Asus Motherboard A7V8X User Manual

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ASUS A7V8X motherboard user guide

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

RAID IDE connector. This one-channel connector supports Ultra
ATA133/100/66 hard disk drivers in RAID 0 or RAID 1
configurations. (on SATA model only)

SATA connectors. This connector accomodates the provided
Serial ATA cable. One side of the connector is slotted to prevent
incorrect insertion of the cable. The Serial ATA is an evolutionary
replacement for the Parallel ATA. (on SATA model only)

Flash ROM. This 4Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS
program.

SATA controller. The Promise controller supports one ATA133
channel and two Serial ATA connectors. (on SATA model only)

Standby power LED. This 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 controller. This Low Pin Count (LPC) 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, two standard
compatible UARTs, a Standard Infrared (SIR), a Smart Card
Reader and a Flash ROM interface.

IEEE 1394 connectors. This connectors accomodate the bundled
two (2) IEEE 1394 cables. (on 1394 model only)

IEEE 1394 controller. This high speed serial bus provides
enhanced PC connectivity for Audio and Video, high-speed
peripheral devices for storage and other portable devices.
(on 1394 model only)

PCI slots. These six 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus
master PCI cards like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum
throughput. (Note: The ASUS BlueMagic PCI slot works as a
normal PCI slot and it is also compatible with the ASUS proprietary
wireless card - Spacelink B&W)

Audio CODEC . The Realtek ALC650 is an AC’97 compliant audio
CODEC for PC multimedia systems. (on audio models only)

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A7V8X