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The ATX TX3 mainbard is a high-performance personal computer
mainboard. This mainboard supports Intel®Pentium®
processor and
Pentium®processorwithMMXTM technology,Cyrix®6x86/6x86L/6x86MX
processor, and AMD®K5/K6 processor. The mainboard also supports four
32-bit PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Local Bus standard slots.
A cache subsystem is configured for 512K cache memory to improve overall
throughput.
The mainboard uses the highly integrated Intel®
83430TX chipset to support
the PCI/ISA and Green standards, and to provide the Host/PCI bridge. The
Intel®
82430TX chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). The ACPI provides more
Energy Saving Features for the OSPM(OS Direct Power Management)
function. The Intel®
82430TX chipset also improves the IDE transfer rate by
supporting Ultra DMA/33 IDE that transfer data at the rate of 33MB/s.
The mainboard has an on-board Audio which uses Creative®
Vibra 16X
chipset. The Creative®
Vibra 16X chipset provides Windows applications like
Creative®
Wavesynth and Sound Blaster 16 Utility that allows you to play
high quality music for Windows multimedia applications and computer
games.
The mainboard also supports the LM78 System Hardware Monitor
Controller as optional function. The LM78 function includes: CPU chassis/
power fan control, CPU temperature detect and protect, and chassis
intrusion detect.
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