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2.FEATURES

2.1The ASUS A7PRO

The ASUS A7PRO motherboard is carefully designed for the value-conscious PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors.

2.1.1 Specifications

• AMD Athlon™ /Duron™ Processor Support: Supports Socket A-based AMD Athlon™ /Duron™ processors.

•North Bridge System Chipset: Features the VIAVT8363 (VIAApollo KT133) system controller with support for a 200MHz Front Side Bus (FSB); up to 1.5GB of PC133/PC100 SDRAM / VC 133 Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) SDRAM;

complies with AGP 2.0 specifications for 4X, 2X, and 1X AGP modes; and PCI 2.2. bus interface with support for 5 PCI masters. It is optimized to deliver enhanced AMD Athlon™ /Duron™ processor system performance.

•“Super South” South Bridge System PCIset: VIA VT82C686A PCIset with PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC) with support for UltraDMA/66, which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 66.6MB/sec; AC97 audio; USB controller with root hub and four function ports.

•PC133 SDRAM / VC133 VCM Support: Equipped with three Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets to support Intel PC133/PC100-compliant (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512MB) or NEC’s VC133-compliant Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAM up to 1.5GB. VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service, among others, high multimedia requirements.

•Stepless Frequency Selection: Allows CPU external (FSB) frequency settings to be set in 1MHz-increments or reduction.

•JumperFree™ Mode: Adjust processor frequency settings and makes overclocking and Vcore voltage control easy, all through BIOS setup. Easy-to- use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustment of the processor’s external frequency.

•AGP Pro Slot: Supports AGP/AGP Pro cards for high performance, component level interconnection targeted at 3D graphical applications supporting 133MHz 4X mode.

•UltraDMA/66 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE control- ler with two connectors that support four ATA66/33 devices on two channels. Supports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD- R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.

•Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an op- tional ASUS PCI-L101 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI card (see 7. Appendix).

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