8 ASUS CUW-RM User’s Manual
2. FEATURES
Specifications
2. FEATURES
2.1 The ASUS CUW-RM Motherboard
The CUW-RM motherboard from ASUS is carefully designed for the demanding
PC user who wants many smart features in a small package.
2.1.1 Specifications
• Latest Intel Processor Support!
Intel Pentium III E 100MHz FSB, Coppermine core FC-PGA
Intel Celeron 66MHz FSB, Mendocino core PPGA
• Intel 810 Chipset! Features 100/66MHz FSB Intel 810 chipset with the Accel-
erated Hub Architecture, which provides direct connections between the 810
chipset and subsystems such as IDE controllers, USB controllers, and PCI add-
on cards.
• Multi-Cache! Supports processors with 256, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level
2 Cache.
• Integrated Graphics! Controller supports 3D hyper pipelined architecture, par-
allel data processing and compression, precise pixel interpolation, full 2D hard-
ware acceleration, and motion video acceleration.
• ASUS Graphics Driver! You can gain about 12% performance over that of the
standard graphics driver (2D high-end graphics WinMark) using ASUS’ custom
graphics driver. ASUS custom graphics driver also provides more features and
provides selection of higher refresh rates and resolutions.
• Versatile Memory Support! DRAM controller supports asymmetrical address-
ing and three DIMM sockets support Intel PC100-compliant SDRAMs (16, 32,
64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB. (supports a maximum of 4 sides)
• JumperFree™ Mode! Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre-
quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree™ mode is
enabled. Easy-to-use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included in case you
want to manually adjust the processor’s external frequency.
• Smart Slots! Provides three 32-bit PCI (rev 2.2) expansion slots. PCI supports
up to 133MB/s maximum throughput. Each PCI slot can support a Bus Master
PCI card (such as SCSI or LAN cards).
• Latest Low Pin Count Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible
serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
• Integrated IDE! Controller supports UltraDMA/66 up to 66MB/s, UltraDMA/
33 up to 33MB/s, and PIO Mode 4 up to 17MB/s.
• Peripheral Wake-Up! Supports Wake-On-LAN, Wake-On-Ring, Keyboard
Wake-Up, and BIOS Wake-Up.
• AMR Slot! Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and/or
modem riser card.