CPU Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4/Celeron
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready
New power design supports Intel next generation Prescott CPU
Chipset
SIS648FX
SIS963L
Front Side Bus
800 / 533 / 400 MHz
Memory
3 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 3GB non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
(PC2100/PC1600 up to 3 DIMMs; PC3200/PC2700 up to 2 DIMMs; 1GB PC3200/2700 with 32 DDR chips up to 1 DIMM only)
Expansion Slots
1 x AGP8X (1.5V only)
5 x PCI
1 x ASUS Proprietary WIFI Wireless Lan Connector
Storage
2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
LAN
Integrated 10/100 Mbps LAN controller VIA VT6103 PHY
USB 2.0
Integrated 6 USB2.0 ports
Special Features
S/PDIF out interface
ASUS Instant Music Lite
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
ASUS EZ Flash
Overclock Features
ASUS JumperFree
ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
CPU, Memory, and AGP voltage adjustable
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) from 100MHz up to 266MHz at 1MHz increment
Adjustable FSB/DDR ratio, Fixed AGP/PCI frequencies
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x Parallel
1 x Serial
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Audio I/O
1 x RJ45
1 x S/PDIF Output
4 x USB 2.0/1.1
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports
CPU / Chassis FAN connectors
20-pin ATX Power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
Chassis Intrusion
S/PDIF out connector
CD / AUX audio in
GAME/MIDI connector
Front panel audio connector
BIOS Feature
2 Mb Flash ROM, ASUS JumperFree, Award BIOS, TCAV, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ASUS EZ Flash,ASUS C.P.R., ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
Industry Standard
PCI 2.2, USB 2.0
Manageability
WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion, SM bus
Support CD
Drivers
ASUS PC Probe
Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS LiveUpdate Utility
I am using an Intel P4 2.6HT CPU with 1.5Gb DDR400 RAM. The hardware was previously running Red Hat 9.
While RH9 did not automatically detect the on-board sound circuitry, Fedora did.
I also have an nVidia FX5600 video card and when I downloaded and installed the nVidia drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html), the system would lock up 1-2 times per day. I spent a lot of time tracing this and finally found that if I changed the AGP speed in the BIOS from 8x to 4x, the lockups stopped. However, I am not convinced that the motherboard was at fault as many others had a similar problem with different hardware:
The concensus is that the video card driver is buggy.
Onboard network circuitry was auto-detected by both RH9 and Fedora 1.
I also have this motherboard operating in a Red Hat 9 file server and a Red Hat 9 mail server, and they have worked faultlessly in the 4 months that they have been running.
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