Asus P2L97 - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS P2L97 User’s Manual
Features of the ASUS P2L97 Motherboard
The ASUS P2L97 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many
features processed by the fastest CPU.
• Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium ® II (233MHz–333MHz) processor.
• Intel Chipset: Features Intel’s 440LX AGPset with I/O subsystems.
• Multi-Cache: Supports processors with Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache.
• Versatile Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support (8,
16, 32, 64, or 128MB) 168-pin SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 384MB.
• AGP: Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, compo-
nent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.
• PCI & ISA Expansion Slots: Provides four 32-bit PCI, one 16-bit ISA, and one
ISA/PCI shared slot.
• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM),
offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based
virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.
• Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor: Accurately detects the CPU
temperature of processors with the ASUS Smart Fan or the Intel boxed proces-
sor heatsink with fan when connected to an ASUS P2T-Cable.
• Keyboard Power (Wake) Up: Allows the computer to be powered on by press-
ing any key on the keyboard.
• Intelligence: Supports Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm, Temperature Moni-
toring and Alert, Voltage Monitoring and Alert, System Resources Alert, and
Virus Write Protection through the optional onboard LM78 Hardware Monitor
and Intel
® LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM) software.
• Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE/Floppy: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE
controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, sup-
ports 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.
• Universal Retention Mechanism: Supports a Pentium ® II processor packaged
in Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC/SECC2) or a Celeron TM processor pack-
aged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP).
• Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an op-
tional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card.
• Easy Installation: 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.
• 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)
• IrDA Connector: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.
• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter busses to memory to CPU.
II. FEATURES
(Specifications) II. FEA
TURES