Asus A7A266 User Manual download pdf (Page 10)

ASUS A7A266 User’s Manual

2. FEATURES

Performance

2. FEATURES

2.1.3 Special Features

• ACPI Ready: Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides more

Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS Direct Power

Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features implemented in the OS,

PCs can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all the energy saving standards.

To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI, an ACPI-supported OS, such as Windows

98/2000/Millenium must be used.

• Easy Installation: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk

drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk

drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.

• New Compliancy: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of this motherboard meet

the stringent requirements for PC 99 certification. The new PC 99 requirements

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

port for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring

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

procedures for Windows95/98/NT . Color-coded connectors and descriptive icons

make identification easy as required by PC 99.

2.1.4 Performance Features

• High-Speed Data Transfer Interface: IDE transfers using UltraDMA/33 Bus

Master IDE can handle rates up to 33MB/s. This motherboard with its chipset

and support for UltraDMA/100 increases the data transfer rate to 100MB/s.

UltraDMA/100 is backward compatible with DMA/66, DMA/33, and DMA and

with existing DMA devices and systems so there is no need to upgrade current

EIDE/IDE drives and host systems. (UltraDMA100/66 require a 40-pin 80-con-

ductor cable to be enabled.)

• DDR SDRAM Optimized Performance: This motherboard supports a new gen-

eration memory, Double Data Rate (DDR) Dynamic Random Access Memory

(SDRAM), which is compatible to the industry standard SDRAM. This new memory

technology increases performance by executing two actions per clock cycle,

resulting in data transfer rates of up to 2.1 GB/s for 133MHz DDR SDRAM and

1.6GB/s for 100MHz DDR SDRAM.

1 2 ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... 99 100

No comments

Asus A7A266 User Manual Page 10