Asus P2L-B - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS P2L-B User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
(Features)
II. FEA
TURES
Features of the ASUS P2L-B Motherboard
The ASUS P2L-B is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many
intelligent features in a small package. This motherboard:
• Intel Chipset: Features Intel’s 440LX AGPset with I/O subsystems.
• Multi-Speed: Supports an Intel Pentium ® II processor from 233MHz–333MHz.
• Multi-Cache: Supports a Pentium ® II processor with either 512KB, 256KB, or
0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache in the Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge.
• Versatile Memory: Is equipped with three DIMM sockets to support 8MB-
128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 384MB.
• AGP: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance, com-
ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.
• 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 & PCI Expansion: Provides two 16-bit ISA expansion slots and three 32-
bit PCI expansion slots.
• Wake on LAN: Supports Wake on LAN activity through optional ASUS
PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet 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: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, 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.
• Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through
onboard firmware.
• 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.
• Optional PS/2 Mouse, USB, IrDA: 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.