Biostar U8598 U8598 user's manual - Page 6

Shadow RAM, Green Functionality, BUS Slots, Flash Memory, Built in IDE Facilities - motherboard drivers

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Mainboard Features Shadow RAM: Motherboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS. Green Functionality: 1.Supports Award BIOS ™ power management functionality. 2.Has a power down timer from 1 to 15 minutes. 3.Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity. BUS Slots: 1.Contains 1 AGP slot. 2.Contains 1 CNR slot. 3.Contains 5 32-bit PCI bus slots. Flash Memory: 1.Supports flash memory functionality. 2.Supports ESCD functionality. Built in IDE Facilities: 1.Dual channel master mode hard disk controller supporting four Enhanced IDE devices. 2.Transfer rate up to 133MB/sec to cover PIO mode 4,multi-word DMA mode 2 drives,and UltraDMA-133 interface. 3.Increased reliability using UltraDMA-133/100/66 transfer protocols. 4.Thirty-two levels (doublewords)of prefetch and write buffers. 5.Dual DMA engine for concurrent dual channel operation. 6.Bus master programming interface for SFF-8038i rev.1.0 and Windows-95 compliant. 7.Full scatter gather capability. 8.Support ATAPI compliant devices including DVD devices. 9.Support PCI native and ATA compatibility modes. 10. Complete software driver support. 3

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Mainboard Features
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Shadow RAM:
Motherboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and
support for ROM BIOS.
Green Functionality:
1.Supports Award BIOS ™ power management functionality.
2.Has a power down timer from 1 to 15 minutes.
3.Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity.
BUS Slots:
1.Contains 1 AGP slot.
2.Contains 1 CNR slot.
3.Contains 5 32-bit PCI bus slots.
Flash Memory:
1.Supports flash memory functionality.
2.Supports ESCD functionality.
Built in IDE Facilities:
1.Dual channel master mode hard disk controller supporting four Enhanced
IDE devices.
2.Transfer rate up to 133MB/sec to cover PIO mode 4,multi-word DMA mode 2
drives,and UltraDMA-133 interface.
3.Increased reliability using UltraDMA-133/100/66 transfer protocols.
4.Thirty-two levels (doublewords)of prefetch and write buffers.
5.Dual DMA engine for concurrent dual channel operation.
6.Bus master programming interface for SFF-8038i rev.1.0 and Windows-95
compliant.
7.Full scatter gather capability.
8.Support ATAPI compliant devices including DVD devices.
9.Support PCI native and ATA compatibility modes.
10. Complete software driver support.