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Introduction of BP6 Features 1-1

User’s Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction of BP6 Features

1-1.Features of this Motherboard

This motherboard is a special design for Socket 370 CPUs. It is equipped with two PGA 370

sockets with which you can install two Socket 370 processors.

The BP6 has the HPT366 Ultra ATA/66 Chipset built-in. This means, the BP6 will support

Ultra ATA/66 IDE devices. Ultra ATA/66 is the new standard for IDE devices. It enhances

existing Ultra ATA/33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity. This

new high-speed interface doubles the Ultra ATA/33 burst data transfer rate to 66.6

Mbytes/sec. The result is the maximum disc performance using the current PCI local bus

environment. Another benefit is, you can connect another four IDE devices in your system

either Ultra ATA/33 IDE devices or Ultra ATA/66 IDE devices. You will have more

flexibility to expand your computer system.

The BP6 has built-in hardware monitoring functions (you can refer to

Appendix C

for

detailed information), they can monitor and protect your computer insuring a safe

computing environment. The BP6 also supports both the PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse

wake up features (you can refer to section 3-8 for detailed information), letting you easily

wake up your system by these devices. The motherboard can provide high performance for

workstations and meets the requirements for desktop systems for multimedia in the future.

Sets You Free From the Y2K Threat

The potential threat of Year 2000 (Y2K) problems are making everyone very nervous. The

Y2K issue applies to almost any device, firmware, or software that operates on or with year

based dates. This problem is caused by a design flaw in the

eal

ime

lock (RTC) unit.

The RTC only changes the last two digits of the year code, but not the century information.

As a result, when it comes to 12:00 AM January 1, 2000 the RTC will switch from

December 31 11:59 PM 1999 to 12:00 AM January 1 1900.

Y2K compliance deals with the date change over from 31 December 1999 to 1 January 2000,

and with recording and reporting of all dates from the RTC including leap year dates. This

motherboard is free from the Y2K problem because its BIOS are Y2K compliant.

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