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ASUS P2E-B User’s Manual 9

II. FEATURES

(Smart Series)

Introduction to ASUS Smart Series motherboards

Performance

• SDRAM Optimized Performance - ASUS smart series of motherboards sup-

port the new generation memory - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access

Memory (SDRAM) which increases the data transfer rate from 264MB/s max

using EDO memory to 528MB/s max using SDRAM.

• Double the IDE Transfer Speed - ASUS smart series of motherboards with

Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE

which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/s. The best of all is that this new

technology is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specs so there is no need to

upgrade current hard drives or cables.

• Concurrent PCI - Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master

busses to memory to CPU.

• ACPI Ready - ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is also

implemented on all ASUS smart series of motherboards. ACPI provide more

Energy Saving Features for the future operating systems (OS) supporting OS

Direct Power Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features imple-

mented in the OS, PCs can be ready around the clock everyday, yet satisfy all

the energy saving standards. To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI, an ACPI-

supported OS such as in the next release of Windows 95 must be used.

• PC ’97 Compliant - Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series

of motherboards meet PC ’97 compliancy. The new PC ‘97 requirements for

systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support

for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and

managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation pro-

cedures for both Windows 95 and Windows NT.

Intelligence: (with optional Hardware/Thermal Monitor only)

• Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm - To prevent system overheat and system

damage, the CPU fan and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure.

Each fan can be set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.

• Temperature Monitoring and Alert - To prevent system overheat and system

damage, there are heat sensors to monitor the CPU (the Pentium II processor

requires a special heatsink with a thermal sensor) and system temperatures to

warn of damaging temperatures.

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