Specifications

2. FEATURES

 

 

2.FEATURES

2.1The ASUS A7V133

The ASUS A7V133 motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding 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 VIA VT8363A (VIA Apollo KT133A) system controller with support for a 200/266MHz 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 per- formance.

•“Super South” South Bridge System PCIset: VIA VT82C686B PCIset with PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC) with support for UltraDMA66/100, which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 100MB/ 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: Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of frequency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree™ mode is enabled. 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.

•Promise® Chip: (optional) supports the PCI-ATA100 controller protocol and Ultra DMA/100 data transfer speeds. The controller delivers reliable redundancy and stable performance to RAID level 0, known as data “ striping.” RAID 0 improves system efficiency as I/O tasks are spread between several channels and two hard disk drives. Promise RAID 0 is optimized for hard disks of iden- tical size.

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ASUS A7V133 User’s Manual