2. FEATURES 2.1 The ASUS CUA The ASUS CUA 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 133MHz FSB Coppermine core FC-PGA Intel Pentium ® III 100MHz FSB Coppermine core FC-PGA Intel Celeron™ 66MHz FSB Mendocino core FC-PGA Intel Celeron™ 66MHz FSB Mendocino core PPGA North Bridge System Chipset: Features the ALi M1631™ system controller; 133/100/66MHz Front Side Bus (FSB); and 133MHz memory bus. South Bridge System Chipset:
ALi M1535D™ PCIset with PCI Super I/O inte- grated peripheral controller supports UltraDMA/66, which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 66.6MB/sec; AC97 audio; and four USB ports. PC133 SDRAM / VC133 VCM Support: Equipped with three Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets to support Intel PC133/PC100-compliant (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512MB) or NEC’s VC133-compliant Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAM up to 1.5GB. VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service, among others, high multimedia requirements. Integrated VGA:
Integrated NVIDIA® RIVA TNT2™ 3D/2D graphics engine supports Digital Flat Panel up to 1280x1024 resolution, NTSC/PAL TV output. Memory configuration [either Frame Buffer or Shared Memory Architecture (SMA) mode] options: 32MB (4MB•16•4) or 8MB (1MB•16•4) SDRAM or 0MB. LCD/TV Output: The LCD/TV interface can support an optional LCD/TV-out module for LCD/TV output. 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 to allow manual adjustment of the processor’s external frequency. Multi-Cache:
Supports processors with 512, 256, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache. UltraDMA/66 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE control- ler with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Sup- ports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/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. Specifications 2. FEATURES 8 ASUS CUA User’s Manual