Chapter 1
Introduction
This mainboard provides very high performance as it supports all
of Intel’s Slot-1 processors including the Pentium-III, the
Pentium-II, and the SEPP (Single Edge Processor Package)
Celeron. Pentium-III processors run at clock rates of 450 and 500.
Pentium-II processors run from 233 MHz through to 450 MHz, and
the SEPP Celerons run from 266 up to 433 MHz. The mainboard
also has a Socket-370 for the new PPGA (Plastic Pin Grid
Array) Celeron processor.
The mainboard is highly integrated and includes a built-in PCI 3D
Sound System. In addition, the mainboard has a full set of ATX
I/O Ports including two serial ports, two PS/2 ports, a parallel port
and two USB ports.
The mainboard supports CPU Plug & Play through firmware. The
board adheres to the ATX Form Factor and it can be installed in
an ATX. The board is installed with a full set of expansion slots
including an AGP slot for an AGP graphics adapter, four 32-bit
PCI slots, and two 8/16-bit legacy ISA slots.