Asus A7V333-X User Manual

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Chapter 1: Motherboard Information

NorthBridge Controller. The VIA KT333 NorthBridge controller supports
333 MHz front side bus.

CPU Sockets. Socket 462 (Socket A) Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for
the AMD Athlon XP 2400+/Athlon/Duron Processors, with frequency of
2400+ or higher.(Note: When using 333MHz FSB CPU, system memory
supports DDR333 only.)

DDR DIMM Sockets. These three 184-pin DIMM sockets support up to
3GB using non-ECC PC2100/1600 DDR DIMMs
(Note: PC2700 max. to 4 banks only.)

ATX power connector. This standard 20-pin connector connects to an
ATX 12V power supply. The power supply must have at least 1A on the
+5V standby lead (+5VSB).

Floppy Disk connector. This connector connects the provided ribbon
cable for the floppy disk drive. One side of the connector is slotted to
prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable.

IDE Connectors. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support
up to four Ultra DMA133/100/66, PIO Modes 3 & 4 IDE devices. Both the
primary(blue) and secondary(black) connectors are slotted to prevent
incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable.

South bridge controller. The VIA VT8235 integrated peripheral controller
supports various I/O functions including, dual-channel ATA133/100/66 bus
master IDE controller, up to six USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 keyboard and mouse
port, LPC Super I/O interface, AC’97 interface,10/100Mb LAN and PCI 2.2
interface..

ASUS ASIC. This chip performs multiple system functions that include
hardware and system voltage monitoring among others.

Flash ROM. This 2Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS
program.

Onboard LED. This onboard LED lights up if there is a standby power on
the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off the system power
before plugging or unplugging devices.

Super I/O chipset. This interface provides the commonly used Super I/O
functionality. The chipset supports a high-performance floppy disk
controller for a 360K/720K/1.44M/2.88M floppy disk drive, a multi-mode
parallel port, a game port and a serial port.

PCI slots. These 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus master PCI
cards like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum output.

Audio CODEC. The Realtek 6-channel CODEC is an AC’97 compliant
audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems. (on audio model only)