DCS P2/370A Intel 440BX AGPset 2 in 1 ATX Mainboard

2-in-1 motherboard provides widest range of external CPU clock speed setting. FSB (Front Side Bus) starts from 66MHz, 75MHz, 83MHz and goes up to 150MHz to meet the various CPU application or future CPU specification. 16 sets of clock speed setting can completely satisfy the needs of speed chasers. Sound on board is the trend of motherboard market. It includes PCI ESS SOLO 1 chipset as another plus. The special specification of Socket370/slot 1 dual socket is a strong selling point for market promotion and differentiation.

Channel Issue

Since Intel is selling both high end model “Slot 1” type and low end model “Socket 370” type in the market, it’s very difficult to forecast the motherboard trends, to control the new products phase in/out stage, or to fulfill customer needs. This model can give you the maximum sales power and minimum trouble of inventory control. It has the greatest advantage for reseller, system house or barebone system planning.

Sales Issue

It supports different types of CPU without extra expense. You may purchase a cheaper Socket 370 type of CPU and upgrade to a high end Pentium II or III model when the price of Pentium II or III become affordable.

At this moment, Intel only release 66MHz type of Socket 370 CPU. This motherboard can support the future 100MHz type of Socket 370 CPU when it’s available.

Technology Issue

Compared to the existing product, you will have to use a CPU card (CPU daughter board) to run Socket 370 type of CPU on the Slot 1 Mainboard. 2-in-1 motherboard will give you the most consistent and stable quality due to the less interface contact, shorter Local-Bus Trace and no compatibility issue of CPU daughter board.

Conclusion

Based on above, we conclude 3 advantages as below,

1. Upgrade with least cost: 2-in-1 motherboard provides you the opportunity to upgrade different types of CPU without changing a new motherboard.: 2-in-1 motherboard provides you the opportunity to upgrade different types of CPU without changing a new motherboard.
2. Continuing products: The design of 2-in-1 motherboard is based on 100MHz. It is more stable and consistent than those 66MHz Socket 370 motherboard. You can adjust the clock speed easily to fulfill your needs and meet the requirement once the 100MHz Socket 370 type of CPU hit the market.: The design of 2-in-1 motherboard is based on 100MHz. It is more stable and consistent than those 66MHz Socket 370 motherboard. You can adjust the clock speed easily to fulfill your needs and meet the requirement once the 100MHz Socket 370 type of CPU hit the market.
3. No worry for Inventory Management: You will have the most flexibility to face the change of CPU or motherboard market. Better inventory control maximize your profits and sales …….: You will have the most flexibility to face the change of CPU or motherboard market. Better inventory control maximize your profits and sales …….

• Support Desktop Management Interface(DMI) through BIOS
• Support Accelerated Graphics Port(AGP) cards for high performance.
• Support SB_Link
• Modem Remote Ring On
• Wake up on LAN
• RTC Wake Up Alarm: Program the date/time to wake up your system
• Auto detect CPU core Voltage and support jumpless function to select CPU frequency
• BIOS Green feature function, and “Plug & Play” Flash ROM
• ESS Solo1 Sound Chip On Board

• CPU
  • P-II CPU 233, 266, 300 and 333Mhz with 66Mhz FSB
  • P-II CPU 350, 400, 450,500 and 500Mhz+ with 100Mhz FSB
  • P-III CPU 450, 500Mhz with 100Mhz FSB
  • Celeron 300, 300A, 333, 366, 400, 433, 466 and 466Mhz+ with 66Mhz FSB
  • 370 CPU 300A, 333, 366, 400, 433, 466 and 466Mhz+ with 66Mhz FSB
• Main board chipset : Intel 440BX AGPset and PIIX4 chipset Intel 440BX AGPset and PIIX4 chipset
• PCI Sound chipset : ESS Solo-1 ES1938 ESS Solo-1 ES1938
• Architecture : AGP * 1, ISA * 1, PCI * 4 AGP * 1, ISA * 1, PCI * 4
• Max. Memory : 168-pin DIMM * 3. support max. 768 MB SDRAM or EDORAM modules and ECC function
• IDE
  • Dual channel PIO and PCI Bus Master IDE ports support up to 4 E-IDE devices for HDD or CD-ROM
  • Supports PIO Mode 4 with data transfer rate up to 14MB/Sec
  • Supports Ultra DMA 33 with data transfer rate up to 33MB/Sec
• BIOS
  • Award plug and play BIOS with built-in Anti-Virus, APM, DMI and ACPI support, and green function.
  • Supports CD-ROM, SCSI, and LS120/ZIP boot up
  • 2MBits flash ROM.
• I/O Devices
  • 1 x FDD control port supports two of the 5.25” or 3.5” floppy drives up to 2.88MB
  • 2 x Serial ports (16550 UARTs)
  • 1 x Parallel port (EPP/ECP)
  • 1 x PS2 Mouse port
  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard connector
  • 1 x SB_Link
• USB Ports
  • 2 USB ports support up to 127 peripheral devices
  • Supports 12Mb/s (high speed) & 1.5Mb (low speed) transfer rate
• IR Port
  • 1 HPSIR/ASKIR compatible IrDA interface port (Cable optional)
• Sound Multimedia Port
  • 1 x game port
  • 1 x Line in
  • 1 x Line out
  • 1 x Microphone in
• Power Management
  • Supports Modem remote Ring-On function
  • Supports software power off function
  • Supports RTC Wake-Up
• Board Size
  • 305mm x 170mm Baby ATX Form Factor

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