Introduction of BF6 Features
1-1
User’s Manual
Chapter 1. Introduction of BF6 Features
1-1.Features of This Motherboard
The motherboard is designed for a new generation CPUs. It supports the Intel SLOT1
structure (Pentium
II/III and Celeron
TM
processors), up to 768MB of memory, super I/O,
and Green PC functions. The motherboard provides high performance for server systems
and meets the requirements for desktop system for multimedia in the future.
The BF6 has built-in hardware monitoring functions (you can refer to
Appendix C
for
detailed information), they can monitor and protect your computer insuring a safe
computing environment. The BF6 also supports the PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, password
and hot key wake up features (you can refer to section 3-5 for detailed information), letting
you easily wake up your system by these devices. The motherboard can provide high
performance for workstations and meets the requirements for desktop systems for
multimedia in the future.
The BF6 uses the ABIT newest BIOS technology – CPU Soft Menu
TM
III. The ABIT CPU
Soft Menu
TM
III technology not only lets you configure CPU settings easily but also lets you
have a greater choice of CPU FSB clock settings. It provides 120 different CPU FSB clock
settings. From 84 to 200 MHz, the increment for CPU FSB clock settings is 1Mhz by 1MHz
(you can refer to section 3-1 for detailed information).
Sets You Free From the Y2K Threat
The potential threat of Year 2000 (Y2K) problems are making everyone very nervous. The
Y2K issue applies to almost any device, firmware, or software that operates on or with year
based dates. This problem is caused by a design flaw in the
R
eal
T
ime
C
lock (RTC) unit.
The RTC only changes the last two digits of the year code, but not the century information.
As a result, when it comes to 12:00 AM January 1, 2000 the RTC will switch from
December 31 11:59 PM 1999 to 12:00 AM January 1 1900.
Y2K compliance deals with the date change over from 31 December 1999 to 1 January 2000,
and with recording and reporting of all dates from the RTC including leap year dates. This
motherboard is free from the Y2K problem because its BIOS are Y2K compliant.
Summary of Contents for AB-BF6
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