MSI MS5169 User Guide - Page 1

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The ATX AL9 mainboard is a high-performance personal computer mainboard. This mainboard supports Intel® Pentium® processor/Pentium® processor with MMXTMtechnology, Cyrix®6x86/6x86L/6x86MX, and AMD® K5/K6 processors. The mainboard also supports four 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Local Bus standard slots. The mainboard uses the highly integrated Aladdin® 5 chipset to support the PCI/ISA and Green standards, and to provide the Host/AGP bridge. The Aladdin® 5 chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). The ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for the OSPM(OS Direct Power Management) function. The Aladdin® 5 chipset also improves the IDE transfer rate by supporting Ultra DMA/33 IDE that transfer data at the rate of 33MB/s. The mainboard also supports the Hardware Monitor Controller as an optional function. This function includes: CPU/chassis/power fan control, CPU temperature detect and protect, system voltage detect. 1-1