A8V-XE specifications summary

CPU

Chi pset

System Bus

Memory

E xpansi on sl ots

Storage

Audi o

USB

L AN

ASUS speci al features

BI OS features

Back Panel I /O Ports

Socket 939 for AMD® Athlon™ 64FX/ Athlon™ 64 X2/ Athlon™ 64/ Sempron processor

Supports AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet!™ Technology

Northbridge: VIA® K8T890

Southbridge: VIA® VT8251

2000/ 1600 MHz

Dual-channel memory architecture

4 x 184-pin DIMM sockets support unbufferred ECC/ non-ECC DDR 400/333/266 MHz memory modules

Supports up to 4 GB system memory

1 x PCI-E x16 slot for discrete graphic card 2 x PCI-E x1 slots

3 x PCI slots

VIA® VT8251 South Bridge supports:

-2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 connectors for up to four IDE devices

-4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s devices with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD

ADI AD1986A SoundMax 6-channel HIgh Definition Audio CODEC

Supports Jack Sensing and Enumeration Technology Supports S/PDIF out interface

Supports up to 8 USB 2.0 ports

Realtek RTL8201CL 10/100M LAN PHY

ASUS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) ASUS JumperFree

ASUS MyLogo

ASUS EZ Flash

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2

SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) from 200MHz up to 300 MHz at 1MHz increment

4 Mb Flash ROM, Award BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3

1 x Parallel port

1 x Serial port

1 x PS/2 keyboard port

1 x PS/2 mouse port

1 x RJ45 port

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

1 x 6-Channel Audio I/O port

1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial) port

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