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ASUS TX97 User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
(Features)
II. FEA
TURES
Features of the ASUS TX97 Motherboard
The ASUS TX97 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many
intelligent features in a small package. This motherboard:
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Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems.
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Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support: Intel Pentium
®
75-200MHz (P55C-MMX
™
,
P54C/P54CS), Cyrix
®
P166+ (Rev 2.7 & later), AMD-K5
™
(PR75-133MHz).
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Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
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ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots, three 32-bit
PCI slots, and one PCI/MediaBus/ISA shared slot which allows the use of either
a standard PCI card, an ASUS MediaBus card, or an ISA card.
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ASUS MediaBus: Features an expansion slot extension shared with PCI Slot 4
for an optional high-performance expansion card which includes two functions
in one easy-to-install card.
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Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed
from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. Two floppy drives
of either 5.25" or 3.5" (1.44MB or 2.88MB) are also supported without an exter-
nal card. Supports Japanese standard "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5" 1.2MB).
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Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS which
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher
level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V)
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PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard Ultra DMA/33
Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices
in two channels up to 33MB/sec IDE transfers and supports Enhanced IDE de-
vices. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA
Mode 2. BIOS now supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI bootup.
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Level 2 Cache: 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard.
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Versatile Memory Support: Is equipped with three DIMM sockets to support
(8, 16, 32, 64, or 128MB) 168-pin SDRAM memory modules up to 256MB.
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Optional PS/2 Mouse, USB, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket
set to mount the connectors to an unused expansion slot on the system chassis. A
second IrDA connector is available for a standard individual infrared cable set.
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ATX Power Supply: Supports an ATX power supply and the soft-off function
using an optional ATX to AT power adapter.
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SCSI BIOS: Has firmware to support optional ASUS SCSI controller cards.
