Asus P/I-P65UP8/CP6ND - Manual (Page 8)

8 ASUS P/I-P65UP8 User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features of the ASUS P/I-P65UP8 Baseboard
The P/I-P65UP8 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants great
versatility in a computer system. This baseboard:
• Versatile Processor Support: Supports dual 150–200MHz Pentium Pro or dual
233–333MHz Pentium II processors.
• I2O: Includes onboard Intel’s i960RD I/O processor with 32KB NVRAM,
2x512KB Flash EPROM, and 2SIMM slots for up to 256MB memory.
• VGA: Includes onboard S3Trio64 VGA with 1MB DRAM upgradable to 2MB.
• SCSI: Includes onboard Adaptec AIC 7880 for one primary and Symbios 53C896
for two secondary SCSI channes for a maximum of 45 SCSI devices.
• Dual Power Supply: Has both AT and ATX power connectors onboard to sup-
port an AT or ATX power supply with soft-on/off features.
• Versatile DRAM Memory Support: Supports eight 72-pin SIMMs of 4MB,
8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB to form a memory size between 8MB to
1GB. Supports both Fast Page Mode (FPM), and Extended Data Output (EDO)
SIMMs. Burst Extended Data Output (BEDO) supported with the C-P6ND CPU
card.
• ISA and PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 16-bit ISA slots and seven 32-bit
PCI slots.
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART-compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. Supports two of either 5.25- or
3.5-inch disk drives (1.44MB or 2.88MB) without an external card.
• PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master
IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan-
nels, supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and
supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives.
Supports two drives of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB,
1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. Supports Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-
inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120
MB, 1.44MB, 720K). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.
• 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.)
• 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.
• Optional IrDA Module: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless
file transfers and communication.
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