Asus MEZ-VM - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS MEZ-VM User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features
II. FEA
TURES
The ASUS MEZ-VM Motherboard
The ASUS MEZ-VM motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many intelligent features in a small package.
•
Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel’s Celeron processor designed for the
Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA).
• Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440ZX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front side
bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66MHz internal bus to 100MHz.
• AGP 3D AGP VGA: Features onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X (8MB
SDRAM) or Rage IIC AGP (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration.
• Onboard Audio (optional): Provides Creative Labs ES1373 PCI audio chipset
with 3D surround and positioning capability. Includes complete online help to
guide you through the audio software.
• Audio Codec (optional): Features an 18-bit stereo, full duplex, audio codec
that conforms to AC’97 analog component specfications.
• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hard-
ware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually au-
tomatic setup.
• Versatile Memory: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100-
compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB.
• AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance,
component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us-
ing a 66MHz bus.
• PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides two 32-bit PCI expansion slots and one 16-bit
ISA expansion slot .
• Wake-On-LAN Header: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an optional
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card.
• SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility us-
ing Intel’s PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compatible PCI
audio cards.
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
• 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.)
• Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra
DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports
Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup, CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives.
• Easy Installation: Equipped with BIOS that supports autodetection of hard
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
• IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.