Asus CUSL-L 815 microATX User Manual

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6 CUSL-L User’s Manual2.1 The CUSL-LThe CUSL-L motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user whowants advanced features processed by the fastest processors.2.1.1 Specifications• Latest Intel Processor SupportPentium III™ 100/133MHz FSB FC-PGA370Celeron™ 66MHz FSB FC-PGA370• North Bridge System Chipset: The Intel® Solano™ 82815 chipset (N.B. 544BGA) supports a 66/100/133 Front Side Bus (FSB), up to 512MB of PC100/PC133 SDRAM, internal graphics AGP 2.0 and universal AGP slot support.• South Bridge System Chipset: The Intel I/O Controller Hub 1 (ICH1) featuressupport for UltraDMA/66, which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to66MB/sec.• Intel® Accelerated Hub Architecture: Features a dedicated high speed hublink between the ICH1 and GMCH with a bandwidth of 266MB/sec – twice themaximum bandwidth of the PCI bus.• Onboard Audio: Features AC’97 2.1 Compliant ICH1 Internal Audio Control-ler and Cirrus Logic CS4299 Codec..• PC100/PC133 Memory Support: Equipped with two Dual Inline Memory Mod-ule (DIMM) sockets to support PC100/PC133-compliant SDRAMs (available in64, 128, 256, 512MB densities) up to 512MB.• Solano Internal Graphics: Integrated graphics support (AGP 2.0 ).• Universal AGP Slot: Comes with an Accelerated Graphic slot that supportsAGP cards for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3Dgraphical applications using a 1X, 2X or 4X mode bus. (Backward compatibleto support AGP 4X and AGP 2X. This slot can also support an AGP InlineMemory Module (AIMM) for up to 4MB of 133MHz SDRAM display cache.)• UltraDMA33/66 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE con-troller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Sup-ports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDEDMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.• Low Pin Count (LPC) Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatibleserial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.• Fault Detection: CPU Fan and Chassis Fan.• PCI Expansion Slots: Provides three 32-bit PCI (PCI 2.2 compliant) expansionslots. All PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LANcards. (PCI supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput.)• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus Protection: Firmware HUB programmable(Flash EEPROM)BIOS with enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for auto-setup.• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-ter busses to the memory and processor.• LCD/TV Output: The LCD/TV interface can support either an optional LCDmodule for LCD output or a TV-out module for TV output.2. FEATURESSpecifications2. FEA TURES