1.2Core Specifications

The P4S533-VM motherboard is designed and assembled according to the highest standards. This ASUS motherboard represents the latest advances to supply users the finest componentry available today...

Latest 533MHz P4 Processor Technology: Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 Northwood Processor. The Pentium 4 processor utilizes the advanced

0.18micron processor core in FC-PGA2 package for a 2.0GHz frequency, while the Northwood processor uses the 0.13 micron processor core with 512KB L2 cache for up to a speedy 2.53+ GHz frequency and a 533 MHz FSB. The P4 offers optimized performance for audio, video, and Internet applications.

North Bridge Chipset: the SiS® 651 supports AGP 4X/2X mode, 133/100MHz Front Side Bus, and the fastest 333 MHz memory bus.

South Bridge Chipset: the SiS® 962L integrated peripheral controller supports UltraDMA133/100/66/33 for burst mode data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec, and USB controller with three root hubs for six USB ports.

PC 2700 / 2100 / 1600 DDR Support: Equipped with two Double Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Module (DDR DIMM) sockets to support up to 2GB of DDR DRAM, the newest memory standard with the highest bandwidth and lowest latency currently available. This new memory technology increases performance by executing two actions per clock cycle, resulting in data transfer rates of up to 2.7 GB/s for 166MHz DDR SDRAM and 2.1GB/s for 133MHz DDR SDRAM.

UltraDMA133 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Supports UltraDMA133/100/66/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4, 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.

Multi-I/O Chipset: The ITE 8707F chip offers complete support for a variety of I/O functions. Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can switch from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. The Super I/O controller supports a floppy disk drive.

Smart BIOS: 2Mb firmware enables boot block write protection, and HD/ SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot selection.

Expansion: One AGP 4X, four USB ports, one COM port, one COM header, three PCI slots, SPDIF digital audio, front audio panel, headers, smart card header, CIR infrared, serial IRQ header.

Connections: Parallel, PS/2 mouse, PS/2 keyboard, 2 USB, VGA, RJ45 (optional), Microphone, Line-In / Line-Out jacks, Standard ATX, AUX and 12V power.

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