Asus P2E-VM Computer Hardware User Manual


 
8 ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VM User’s Manual
ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VM Motherboard Features
The ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VM motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding
PC user who wants many features in a small package.
ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VM Specifications:
microATX: Features ASUS’ custom designed microATX form factor.
Multi-Speed: Supports the Intel Pentium
®
II (233MHz–333MHz) and Celeron™
(266MHz and faster) processors.
Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440LX or 440EX AGPset with I/O subsystems.
Onboard AGP VGA: Features ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X VGA chipset onboard
with 8MB SDRAM memory.
Onboard Audio (optional): Features surround sound audio onboard with digital
audio SPDIF (Sony/Philips digital interface) input/output. 16-bit full-duplex Sound
Blaster 16/PRO compatible with stereo voice up to 48KHz sampling. Features 3D
positional audio supporting Microsoft Direct Sound 3D DirextX 5.0.
Versatile Memory: Supports two DIMM sockets to support 8MB-128MB 168-
pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB.
Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE/Floppy: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE
controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,
supports Ultra DMA/33, PIO Modes 0 to 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Modes 0 to
2, and supports Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives.
Supports two drives of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB,
1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. Supports Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-inch
disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB,
1.44MB, 720K). BIOS also supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.
Multi-Cache: Supports a Pentium
®
II processor with either 512KB, 128KB, or
0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache in the Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge.
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.
AMC: Supports an ATI-compatible TV tuner card on the ATI Multimedia Connector
TV-Out: Supports viewing on a standard television with the optional onboard
ImpacTV2 and an optional TV-Out bracket with SVHS and RCA connectors.
IrDA: Supports an optional IrDA-compliant module for wireless interface.
The P2L-VM Motherboard adds:
Versatile Memory: Supports three DIMM sockets to support 8MB-128MB
168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 384MB.
Data Integrity: Features Error Checking and Correction (ECC) through the
440LX chipset and ECC supported DIMM.
II. FEATURES
Features
II. FEATURES