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P4M Mainboard Series
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PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
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Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices.
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P4M2 mainboards support ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 and ATA/133
hard drives.
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PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate up to
16.6MB/sec.).
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Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer.
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Supports ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-120 and ZIP.
Utility Panel: Front USB
The Front Utility Panel is a unique design concept that brings USB ports to the
front of your system. The internal USB connectors can be connected to these
ports. The Front Utility Panel is shown below.
Front USB Ports
Front Utility Panel
1.4.1. Hardware Monitoring System Utility
The mainboards both come with the Hardware Monitoring System utility
contained on the CD. It is capable of monitoring the system’s hardware
conditions such as the temperature of the processor, voltage, and the speed of
both the CPU and chassis fans. You are allowed to manually set a range to the
items being monitored. If the values are over or under the set range a warning
message will automatically pop up. We recommend that you use the Default
Settings, which are the ideal settings that will maintain the system in a good
working condition.
The mainboard is capable of monitoring the following health conditions of your
system:
1. Processor temperature. It has an overheat alarm.
2. VCORE/3.3V/5V/12V/-12V voltages and failure alarm.
3. Processor and chassis fan speeds. It has a failure alarm for these fans.
4. Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan speed.
1.4. System Health Monitor Functions
Note: Only use this utility in Windows ® 95 or Windows ® 98 operating systems.
Introduction
