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Q:
How do I know if the system detects the number of CPUs
properly?
A:
The AMI BIOS will show a “Pentium–II x2” message during the
memory check to indicate the presence of two CPUs.
Q:
How many devices can I hook up to each SCSI channel?
A:
You can cascade up to fifteen 16-bit devices per channel and seven
of them can be 8-bit devices.
Q:
How do I use the RAID port on my motherboard?
A:
The RAID port allows you to put in an Adaptec Array 1000 family
card, which will enable the SCSI chip on the motherboard to perform
the RAID function under Netware and Windows NT. RAID 0 is used
for performance purposes (increases SCSI speed), RAID 1 is used for
mirroring (creates two drives with identical information), and RAID 5 is
used for redundancy (if one drive goes down, another will take its
place).
Q:
Can I mix EDO DIMM with SDRAM DIMM on this motherboard?
A:
Yes. However, the AGP graphics card performs better with
SDRAM installed on the motherboard because the AGP card can store
the texture map in the system memory.
Q:
What is AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)?
A:
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is a new BUS architecture for
3D graphics. The AGP slot eliminates the PCI bandwidth bottleneck by
bypassing the PCI interface and accessing the system memory directly.
Currently, the AGP supports 1X and 2X which yields bandwidths of
264MB/s at 33MHz and 533MB/s at 66MHz BUS speeds, respectively.
Compare with 132MB/s at 33MHz bus speed with PCI bus.
Q:
Does my operating system support AGP?
A:
Currently, only Windows 98 and Windows NT 5.0 will have built-in
support for AGP. Some AGP cards require Windows 95 OSR2.1 or a
special driver from Intel. Please check with your graphics vendor for
more detail.
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