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ASUS CUW User’s Manual
2. FEATURES
Specifications
2. FEA
TURES
2.1 The ASUS CUW Motherboard
The CUW motherboard from ASUS is carefully designed for the demanding PC
user who wants many smart features in a small package.
2.1.1 Specifications
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Latest Intel Processor Support!
Intel Pentium III E
100MHz FSB, Coppermine core
FC-PGA
Intel Celeron
66MHz FSB, Mendocino core
PPGA
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Intel 810 Chipset! Features 100/66MHz FSB Intel 810 chipset with the Accel-
erated Hub Architecture, which provides direct connections between the 810
chipset and subsystems such as IDE controllers, USB controllers, and PCI add-
on cards.
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Multi-Cache! Supports processors with 256, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level
2 Cache.
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Integrated Graphics! Controller supports 3D hyper pipelined architecture, par-
allel data processing and compression, precise pixel interpolation, full 2D hard-
ware acceleration, and motion video acceleration. Optional onboard 4MB 32-
bit 100MHz SDRAM display cache allows up to 1024x768x16bit color for 3D
graphics and 1600x1200x8bit color for 2D graphics.
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ASUS Graphics Driver! You can gain about 12% performance over that of the
standard graphics driver (2D high-end graphics WinMark) using ASUS’ custom
graphics driver. ASUS custom graphics driver also provides more features and
provides selection of higher refresh rates and resolutions.
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Versatile Memory Support! DRAM controller supports asymmetrical address-
ing and three DIMM sockets support Intel PC100-compliant SDRAMs (16, 32,
64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB. (supports a maximum of 4 sides)
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JumperFree™ Mode! Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre-
quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree™ mode is
enabled. Easy-to-use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included in case you
want to manually adjust the processor’s external frequency.
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Smart Slots! Five 32-bit PCI (rev 2.2) with two 16-bit ISA expansion slots, six
PCI with one ISA, or six PCI with no ISA, depending on territory. PCI supports
up to 133MB/s maximum throughput. Each PCI slot can support a Bus Master
PCI card (such as SCSI or LAN cards).
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Latest Low Pin Count Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible
serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
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Integrated IDE! Controller supports UltraDMA/66 up to 66MB/s, UltraDMA/
33 up to 33MB/s, and PIO Mode 4 up to 17MB/s.
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Peripheral Wake-Up! Supports Wake-On-LAN, Wake-On-Ring, Keyboard
Wake-Up, and BIOS Wake-Up.
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AMR Slot! Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and/or
modem riser card.
