Ii. features, The asus mel-m motherboard – Asus MEL-M 370 User Manual
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ASUS MEL-M User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features
II. FEA
TURES
The ASUS MEL-M Motherboard
The ASUS MEL-M motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many intelligent features in a small package.
Specifications
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Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel’s Celeron processor designed for the
Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA).
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Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440LX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front
side bus (FSB) platform for 66MHz internal bus.
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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.
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Versatile Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support
Intel PC66-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 768MB.
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AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance,
component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications sup-
porting a 66MHz bus.
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Yamaha Audio with AC’97 Codec (optional): Provides a PCI audio chipset
with 3D surround and positioning capability and an 18-bit stereo, full duplex,
audio codec that conforms to AC’97 analog component specfications.
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PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides three 32-bit PCI expansion slots and one 16-
bit ISA expansion slot .
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Wake-On-LAN: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an optional ASUS
PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card.
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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.
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PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easier way to examine and manage system
status information such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan sta-
tus through the onboard hardware ASIC and bundled LDCM.
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Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
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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.)