Chapter 1
Introduction
This mainboard has a
slot-1
processor socket for an
Intel
processor cartridge
, and it also has a
socket-370
for an
Intel
PPGA (Plastic Pin Grid Array) Celeron
processor. You can
install either one of these processors according to the power and
performance requirements that you need from your system.
Note
that you cannot install two processors on this mainboard.
Slot-1 processors include the
SEPP (Single Edge Processor
Package) Celeron, the Pentium-II, and the Pentium-III.
Clock
rates run as high as
500 MHz
. Socket-370 processors are the
PPGA Celeron
which runs at clock rates up to
466 MHz
. The
mainboard supports a system bus of
66 MHz
or
100 MHz
.
The mainboard uses the Xcel 2000 chipset which provides
CPU
Plug & Play
through firmware. The mainboard is highly integrated
and includes a built-in
64-bit
AGP Graphics Accelerator
, a built-
in
PCI 3D Sound System
, and a built-in
10BaseT/100BaseTX
Network Adapter
. A
V.90 Fax/Modem DAA module
is also
shipped with the mainboard. In addition, it has a full set of
ATX
I/O Ports
including two PS/2 ports, two USB ports, a parallel port,
a serial port and a VGA port.
This mainboard has all the features you need to develop a powerful
multimedia workstation that is network ready, and has built -in
communications. The board is
micro-ATX sized
and has power
connectors for
ATX
power supply units so it can be installed in a
micro-ATX case.
