The AX6BC is a computer motherboard that was manufactured in 1998 by AOpen, a Taiwanese subsidiary of the Acer Group. A motherboard is a circuit board that holds a computer processor, memory and other critical hardware components of a laptop or desktop computer. The AOpen AX6BC was discontinued. The AX6BC was popular from 1998 to 2000 due to the wide variety of computer processing units (CPUs) that work with this motherboard.
Processor
The AOpen AX6BC motherboard features a Slot-1 CPU table, which is designed to hold an Intel Pentium II, Intel Pentium III or Intel Celeron processor. The available bus speeds on the motherboard are 66, 68, 75, 83, 100, 103, 112, 117, 124, 129, 133, 138, 143, 148 and 153, meaning that this board can be adjusted to hold between a 66 megahertz and 153 megahertz Intel processor. The power requirements of the CPU are automatically detected and a chip that needs 1.3 to 3.5 volts of power may be used.
Memory
The AOpen AX6BC can handle three or four memory sticks total, depending upon the configuration of the motherboard. The random access memory (RAM) that is compatible with the AX6BC is 168-pin dual inline memory module (DIMM) or SDRAM. The maximum amount of SDRAM memory that can be installed on this motherboard is 768 megabytes (MB) for the three stick board and 1024 MB for a four stick board.
Ports
The AOpen AX6BC includes a variety of ports for peripheral hardware. Two serial ports come with the board in order to hook up a printer, as well as two universal serial bus (USB) ports. In addition, PS/2 mouse and keyboard port allow users to plug in a keyboard and mouse. A VGA adapter is included in order to plug in a computer monitor.
Drives
The AX6BC motherboard includes two ISA slots, five PCI slots and one AGP slot. The accelerated graphics ports (AGP) can be used to hold a 1x video card, although a graphics card may also be installed in a PCI slot. Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) was used in order to install older peripheral devices, while Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slots are used for newer components. This motherboard contains a connection for two floppy drives, as well as two IDE plugs to connect a maximum of two hard drives.
Bios
The AOpen AX6BC comes with Plug and Play Flash ROM Bios, with support for Windows 98 and 95 compliant components. The BIOS on this motherboard allows users to easily modify hard drive settings and to adjust the speed of the processor. The BIOS operates using a 3V lithium battery.
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