II. FEATURES The ASUS MEL-M Motherboard The ASUS MEL-M motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many intelligent features in a small package. Specifications Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel’s Celeron processor designed for the Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA). Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440LX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front side bus (FSB) platform for 66MHz internal bus. Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hard- ware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually au- tomatic setup.
Versatile Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC66-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 768MB. AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications sup- porting a 66MHz bus. Yamaha Audio with AC’97 Codec (optional): Provides a PCI audio chipset with 3D surround and positioning capability and an 18-bit stereo, full duplex, audio codec that conforms to AC’97 analog component specfications. PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides three 32-bit PCI expansion slots and one 16- bit ISA expansion slot . Wake-On-LAN:
Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an optional ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card. SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, us- ing Intel’s PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards. PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easier way to examine and manage system status information such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan sta- tus through the onboard hardware ASIC and bundled LDCM. Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. Desktop Management Interface (DMI):
Supports DMI through BIOS, which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) Features II. FEATURES 8 ASUS MEL-M User’s Manual