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The G486VPC system board is an Energy Star compliant system board
that reduces energy consumption by automatically turning off peripher-
als when not in use.
The G486VPC system board is equipped with a 237-pin Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) CPU socket that allows users to easily upgrade their pro-
cessor with Intel, AMD, Cyrix or SGS-Thomson CPUs.
The G486VPC system board uses Award BIOS (Windows 95 Plug and
Play compatible) that supports Enhanced IDE HDDs larger than 528MB.
The G486VPC can support 1MB to 64MB of system memory using x32
or x36 DRAM. It also supports 128KB or 256KB Level 1 and Level 2
write-back/write-through cache.
Equipped with one built-in VL-bus IDE connector and one ISA IDE con-
nector, the G486VPC system board can control four drives and sup-
ports fast Mode 3 and Mode 4 HDDs. This system board is also
equipped with two NS16C550A-compatible serial ports, an ECP/EPP
parallel port, a floppy disk drive controller, one PS/2 mouse port and
one AT or optional PS/2 keyboard connector.
The G486VPC design is based on the Peripheral Component Intercon-
nect (PCI) local bus and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) stan-
dards. It is equipped with 6 dedicated ISA slots, and 1 shared PCI/8-bit
ISA slot.
Chapter 1
Introduction
