ASUS P2B-VM Manuel D’Utilisation
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ASUS P2B-VM User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features
II. FEA
TURES
Features of the ASUS P2B-VM Motherboard
The ASUS P2B-VM is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants
advanced features processed by the fastest CPU.
advanced features processed by the fastest CPU.
Specifications:
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Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium
®
II (233MHz to 450MHz) and Celeron
TM
(266MHz and faster) processors.
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Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side
bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz internal bus speed to 100MHz.
bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz internal bus speed to 100MHz.
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Multi-Cache: Supports processors with either 0, 128, or 512KB Pipelined Burst
Level 2 cache.
Level 2 cache.
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PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel
PC100-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 768MB. These
new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed
requirement.
PC100-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 768MB. These
new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed
requirement.
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Peripheral Wake Up: Supports modem wake up, keyboard wake up, and LAN
card wake up functions from sleep or soft-off mode.
card wake up functions from sleep or soft-off mode.
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AGP 3D VGA: Features optional onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X (8MB
SDRAM) or Rage IIC AGP (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration.
SDRAM) or Rage IIC AGP (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration.
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AGP Slot (optional): Supports AGP graphics cards for high performance, com-
ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications. This
slot is available as an option with the Rage IIC only.
ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications. This
slot is available as an option with the Rage IIC only.
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PCI Audio (optional): Features optional ESS 32-bit PCI audio onboard.
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SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, us-
ing Intel’s PC-PCI DMA and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compat-
ible PCI audio cards.
ing Intel’s PC-PCI DMA and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compat-
ible PCI audio cards.
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PCI & ISA Expansion Slots: Provides three 32-bit PCI slots and one 16-bit ISA
slot. The ISA slot is shared with a PCI slot.
slot. The ISA slot is shared with a PCI slot.
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Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from
COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from
COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
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Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE
controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports
UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports
Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives.
controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports
UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports
Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives.
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Universal Retention Mechanism: Supports a Pentium
®
II processor packaged
in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC/SECC2) or a Celeron
TM
processor
packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP).
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Wake-On-LAN Header: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity with special net-
work cards, such as the ASUS PCI-L101 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI card.
work cards, such as the ASUS PCI-L101 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI card.