CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Mainboard Features
CPU
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Socket 7 supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
processor /Pentium
®
processor w/
MMX
TM
technolgy.
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The Cyrix
®
6x86/6x86L/6x86MX and AMD
®
K5/K6 processor are also
supported.
Chipset
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Intel
®
82430 TX chipset.
Cache Memory
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Supports 512K pipelined burst cache memory.
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Supports Direct Map Organization and Write-Back cache policy.
Main Memory
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Supports five memory banks using two 72-pin SIMM sockets and three
168-pin DIMM sockets (for unbuffered DIMM).
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Up to 256 Mbytes main memory.
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Supports EDO Hyper Page Mode DRAM, Standard Fast Page mode
DRAM and SDRAM(Synchronous DRAM).
Slots
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Four 32-bit PCI Bus slots (four 32-bit bus master PCI slots + four 16-bit
ISA bus slots). One shared slot can be used as ISA or PCI.
On-Board IDE
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Supports Bus Master and Ultra DMA/33 IDE.
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Supports up to 4 IDE drives.
On-Board Peripherals
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On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD
- 2 serial ports (COMA + COMB)
- 1 parallel port supports ECP or EPP mode
- USB Ports
- IR (reserved)
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