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ASUS TUSI-M User’s Manual
2.1 The ASUS TUSI-M
The ASUS TUSI-M motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors.
2.1.1 Specifications
• Latest Processor Support
Intel Pentium
®
III 100/133MHz FSB Coppermine core FC-PGA
Intel Celeron™ 66MHz FSB Coppermine core FC-PGA
Intel Celeron™ 100MHz FSB Tualatin core FC-PGA2
• SiS AGPset: SiS 630ET AGPset with integrated SiS300 AGP graphics control-
ler supports a 133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) and UltraDMA/100, which allows
burst mode data transfer rates of up to 100MB/sec.
• PC100/133 Memory Support: Equipped with two Dual Inline Memory Module
(DIMM) sockets to support Intel PC100/133-compliant SDRAMs (available in
64, 128, 256, or 512MB densities) up to 1GB.
• UltraDMA/100 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Supports
UltraDMA/100/66/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and
Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, LS-120, and
Tape Backup drives.
• More USB Ports: Supports a total of 5 USB ports for more peripheral connec-
tivity options.
• Peripheral Wakeup: Supports Wakeup on LAN, USB, and PS/2 Mouse/Key-
board.
• SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which is used to physi-
cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices.
• PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system
status information, such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan
status through the onboard hardware ITE 8705 and the bundled ASUS PC Probe
or Intel LDCM software.
• AMR Slot: Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and/or
modem riser card.
• Legacy Free: Provides three 32-bit PCI (Asynchronous PCI 2.2 compliant) with
no ISA, eliminating bottlenecks and system memory management issues. All
PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI
supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput.)
• Low Pin Count (LPC) 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.
• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus Protection: Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98/2000/Millenium compat-
ibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most de-
vices for virtually automatic setup.
2. FEATURES
Specifications
2. FEATURES