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II. FEATURES (Features) II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS TX97-XV Motherboard The ASUS TX97-XV is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems. • VGA Onboard: Features ATI's VGA Chipset with VGA out connector. • Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support: Intel Pentium® 75-233MHz (P55CMMX™, P54C/P54CS), Cyrix® P166+ (Rev 2.7 & later), AMD-K5™ (PR75133MHz), AMD-K6™ (PR200-233MHz). • Versatile Memory Support: Is equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8-128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB. Is also equipped with four SIMM sockets to support 4-64MB 72-pin Fast Page Mode (FPM) or Extended Data Out (EDO) memory modules up to 256MB. SIMMs and DIMMs cannot be used at the same time. • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. • ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, and four 32-bit PCI slots. • Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. Two floppy drives of either 5.25" or 3.5" (1.44MB or 2.88MB) are also supported without an external card. Supports Japanese standard "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5" 1.2MB). • Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V) • PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels up to 33MB/sec IDE transfers and supports Enhanced IDE devices. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. BIOS now supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI bootup. • Level 2 Cache: 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard. • SCSI BIOS: (not supported on motherboards with VGA) • Optional IrDA Connector: This motherboard supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface. 8 ASUS TX97-XV User's Manual

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ASUS TX97-XV User’s Manual
Features of the ASUS TX97-XV Motherboard
The ASUS TX97-XV is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants
many many features in a small package.
This motherboard:
•
Intel Chipset:
Features Intel's 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems.
•
VGA Onboard:
Features ATI’s VGA Chipset with VGA out connector.
•
Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support:
Intel Pentium
®
75-233MHz (P55C-
MMX
™
, P54C/P54CS), Cyrix
®
P166+ (Rev 2.7 & later), AMD-K5
™
(PR75-
133MHz), AMD-K6
™
(PR200-233MHz).
•
Versatile Memory Support:
Is equipped with two DIMM sockets to support
8-128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB.
Is
also equipped with four SIMM sockets to support 4-64MB 72-pin Fast Page
Mode (FPM) or Extended Data Out (EDO) memory modules up to 256MB.
SIMMs and DIMMs cannot be used at the same time.
•
Easy Installation:
Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
•
ISA and PCI Expansion Slots:
Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, and four 32-bit
PCI slots.
•
Super Multi-I/O:
Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
UART2 can also be directed
from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
Two floppy drives
of either 5.25" or 3.5" (1.44MB or 2.88MB) are also supported without an exter-
nal card.
Supports Japanese standard "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5" 1.2MB).
•
Desktop Management Interface (DMI):
Supports DMI through BIOS
which
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher
level of compatibility.
(Requires DMI-enabled components.)
(See section V)
•
PCI Bus Master IDE Controller:
Comes with an onboard
Ultra DMA/33
Bus Master IDE
controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices
in two channels up to 33MB/sec IDE transfers and supports Enhanced IDE de-
vices.
This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA
Mode 2.
BIOS now supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI bootup.
•
Level 2 Cache:
512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard.
•
SCSI BIOS:
(not supported on motherboards with VGA)
•
Optional IrDA Connector:
This motherboard supports an optional infrared
port module for wireless interface.
II.
FEATURES
(Features)
II.
FEATURES