Asus TX97-E - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS TX97-E User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
(Features)
II. FEA
TURES
Features of the ASUS TX97-E Motherboard
The ASUS TX97-E is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants
many intelligent features in a small package. This motherboard:
•
Intel Chipset: Features Intel’s 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems.
• Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support: Intel Pentium ® 75–233MHz (P55C-MMX ™ ,
P54C/P54CS), IBM ® /Cyrix ® 6x86-PR166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), IBM ® /Cyrix ® 6x86MX ™
(PR166 & faster), AMD-K5 ™ (PR75–PR133), AMD-K6 ™ (PR166 & faster).
• 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.
• Dual Power Supply: Has both AT and ATX power connectors onboard to sup-
port an AT or ATX power supply with soft-on/off features.
• ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit
PCI slots, and one PCI/MediaBus/ISA shared slot which allows the use of either
a standard PCI card, an ASUS MediaBus card, or an ISA card.
• ASUS MediaBus: Features an expansion slot extension shared with PCI Slot 4
for an optional high-performance expansion card, which includes two functions
in one easy-to-install card.
• 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.
• 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 PCI Bus Master
IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan-
nels, supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and
supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives.
Supports two drives of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB,
1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. Supports Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-
inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120
MB, 1.44MB, 720K). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.
• Level 2 Cache: 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard.
• Optional PS/2 Mouse, USB, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket
set to mount the connectors to an unused expansion slot on the system chassis. A
second IrDA connector is available for a standard individual infrared cable set.
• SCSI BIOS: Has firmware to support optional ASUS SCSI controller cards.