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
or
FCPGA Pentium III
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
. The
mainboard supports a system bus of
66 MHz,
100 MHz
or
133
MHz
(i810e chipset only).
The mainboard uses the Intel i810/i810e chipset which provides
CPU Plug & Play
through firmware. The mainboard is highly
integrated and includes a built-in
Graphics Accelerator
with
optional
AV/S-Video
output, 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
and
three expansion
slots
.
This mainboard has all the features you need to develop a powerful
multimedia workstation that is network ready, and has built-in
communications. It supports
hardware monitoring
and built-in
trend’s
ChipAwayVirus
virus protection system. The board
adheres to the
micro-ATX form factor
and
ATX power supply
which supports all of the ATX power management features
including
ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power management
Interface),
power saving modes
and
keyboard power on hot
keys
.