Motherboard Features
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If only the supervisor password is set, pressing the <Enter> key at the password prompt of the
Setup program gives the user restricted access to Setup.
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If both the supervisor and user passwords are set, you must enter either the supervisor
password or the user password to access Setup.
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Setting a user password restricts who can boot the computer. The password prompt is
displayed before the computer is booted. If only the supervisor password is set, the computer
boots without asking for a password. If both passwords are set, you can enter either password
to boot the computer.
Expansion Slots
The motherboard has six expansion slots for installing add-in boards, like network cards, that
expand the capabilities of your computer. The expansion slots are as follows:
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One ISA slot
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One shared PCI/ISA slot
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Three PCI slots
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One AGP slot
Power Management
The motherboard supports two types of power management — Advanced Power Management
(APM) and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).
Advanced Power Management (APM)
APM’s energy saving standby mode can be initiated in the following ways:
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Specify a time-out period in Setup
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Press the suspend/resume switch connected to the front panel sleep connector
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Use an operating system option, such as the Suspend menu item in Windows 95 and
Windows 98
In standby mode, the motherboard can reduce power consumption by spinning down hard drives,
and reducing power to or turning off VESA
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DPMS-compliant monitors. Power-management
mode can be enabled or disabled in Setup (see Chapter 3).
While in standby mode, the system retains the ability to respond to external interrupts and service
requests, such as incoming faxes or network messages. Any keyboard or mouse activity brings the
system out of standby mode and immediately restores power to the monitor.
The BIOS enables APM by default; but the operating system must support an APM driver for the
power-management features to work. For example, Windows 95 and Windows 98 support the
power-management features upon detecting that APM is enabled in the BIOS.