ASUS P3C2000 features
Lets take a look at the spec sheet for the P3C2000:
Single Slot 1 for Pentium III/II Processor
Slot 1 for Intel® Pentium® III / Pentium® II 300 ~ 733+ MHz with Built-in 512KB L2 Cache
Support 133MHz / 100MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) Processors
Supports ASUS® Socket 370 CPU Card for PPGA Celeron Processors
External Frequencies, Vcore & Vio Adjustable
Intel 820 Chipset
Supports Pentium® III / II Processor CPU 133MHz/100MHz FSB
Advanced MCH + ICH + FWH Architecture
AGP 4X/AGP Pro Slot for High-end 3D Graphics
AGP Pro Slot with Universal AGP Connector and additional Power Connectors to Support High-end 3D or Workstation Class Graphics Adapter
AGP Pro/AGP 4X/AGP 2X Graphics Adapter Compatible
4 DIMM Sockets for PC100 SDRAM
PCI/ISA Slots
5xPCI, 1xISA Slots
PCI 2.2, 32-bit Bus Master Slots
Optional ISA Slot to Support Legacy Add-On Card
Smart BIOS - Jumper Free
Award® 4Mb BIOS with Full ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP, Trend® ChipAway Virus (TCAV) & Symbios® SCSI
Jumper Setting by S/W (JumperFreeTM)
Vcore, CPU/PCI Ratio & Boot Media Selections
PC '99 Color-Coded I/O Ports
2 x USB Ports (Support Hot-Plug Function)
2 x Serial Ports, 1 x Parallel Port (EPP, ECP)
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
1 x Game / MIDI Port, Line-In /Out / MIC-in
UltraDMA/66 IDE Ports
2 x UltraDMA/66 Bus Master IDE (Up to 4 ATAPI Devices)
Support DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and LS-120 Drives
Onboard Chassis Intrusion Detector Circuit
Provides 2-pin Switch for Chassis Open Protection
ASUS® BIOS Provides Intrusion Event Log
AC '97 Ready Audio
AD1881 3D Enhanced CODEC
ATX 20-pin Power Connector
ATX 20-pin Power Connectors for 3V, 5V, 5VSB and 12V
Soft Power Off & Keyboard Power On Supported
Wake-Up on Modem, LAN, Keyboard, Mouse & RTC Timer
AC Power Loss Recovery Supports
Board Size
ATX Form Factor with size: 24.1cm x 30.5cm (9.5" x 12.0")
An 820 motherboard with support for SDRAM and 4 DIMMs in particular! Sounds pretty good doesn't it? Read on to find out our thoughts.