Asus Pentium 1 MotherBoard
Motherboard Review - Asus P/I-P55T2P4 rev. 3.0 and 3.10
Article Info
Motherboard Review - Asus P/I-P55T2P4 rev. 3.0 and 3.10 Created:
December 3, 1996 By:
Thomas Pabst Category:
Motherboards & RAM
Summary:
Recent informations about problems with this board could not be duplicated by me, the problem seems to be of minor nature and is easy to be remedied
Introduction
Recent informations about problems with this board could not be duplicated by me, the problem seems to be of minor nature and is easy to be remedied. The reason why one of my sponsors is publishing a negative image about this board seems to be more of political nature and is disapproved by me.
Features and Specifications
Chipset
* Intel 82430HX chipset, Revision 03, consisting of
o 82439HX System Controller
o 82371SB PCI I/O IDE Xcelerator
CPU
Socket: Socket 7
Supported CPUs:
* Intel Pentium Classic, P54C, 75 - 200 MHz
* Intel Pentium with MMX, P55C
* Cyrix/IBM 6x86 120+ - 166+, revision 2.7 or later required (testing of c't-Magazine has shown, that rev. 2.6 is running also without problems)
* Cyrix/IBM 6x86 P200+, so far only unofficially, but testing of c't-Magazine has shown, that it's running fine
* Cyrix/IBM M2, so far unofficially, but board offers required voltage of 2.9 V
* AMD K5 PR90 - PR100, probably the new ones just as well - will try to get a statement from Asus
Supported CPU Voltages:
* STD 3.3 V
* VRE 3.4 - 3.6 V
* 2.5 V
* 2.6 V
* 2.7 V
* 2.8 V
* 2.9 V
Automatic detection of single or split voltage.
Supported Multiplier Settings:
* x1.5, x2, x2.5, x3 for Intel Pentium CPUs
* x2, x3 for Cyrix/IBM 6x86 CPUs
Supported Bus Speeds:
* 50 MHz
* 55 MHz
* 60 MHz
* 66 MHz
* 75 MHz
* 83 MHz
* (100 MHz) - not verified
Second Level Cache
Pipelined Burst Static RAM Cache
* 0 kB onboard, 0 kB in COAST slot
* 256 kB onboard, 0 kB in COAST slot
* 512 kB onboard, 0 kB in COAST slot
* 0 kB onboard, 256 kB in COAST slot
* 0 kB onboard, 512 kB in COAST slot
COAST modules have to meet the specifications of
* Asus CM1 Rev. 1.6
* Asus CM1 Rev. 3.0
* COAST 2.0
* COAST 2.1
* COAST 3.0
* COAST 3.1
Default of 64 MB cacheable RAM, upgradeable to 512 MB cacheable RAM by installation of 16K8 5V 15ns Tag RAM chip in provided DIL socket.
