CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
The MSI ATX TX5 mainboard is a high-performance personal computer
mainboard. This mainboard supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
processor/Pentium
®
processor with MMX
TM
technology, Cyrix
®
6x86/6x86L/6x86MX processor,
and AMD
®
K5/K6 processor. The mainboard also supports four 32-bit PCI
(Peripheral Component Interconnect) Local Bus standard slots.
The mainboard uses the highly integrated Intel
®
83430TX chipset to support
the PCI/ISA and Green standards, and to provide the Host/PCI bridge. The
Intel
®
82430TX chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). The ACPI provides more
Energy Saving Features for the OSPM(OS Direct Power Management)
function. The Intel
®
82430TX chipset also improves the IDE transfer rate by
supporting Ultra DMA/33 IDE that transfer data at the rate of 33MB/s.
The mainboard also supports the LM78 and LM75 Hardware Monitor
Controller which are optional functions. The LM78 function includes: CPU
chassis/power fan control, CPU temperature detect and protect, system
voltage detect and chassis intrusion detect. The LM75 function includes:
CPU overheat warning.
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