Asus A7V8X Personal Computer User Manual


 
ASUS A7V8X motherboard user guide
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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.
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 blue PCI slot is a standard PCI slot and also
an optional ASUS proprietary slot)
Gigabit LAN or LAN controller. The BroadCom Gigabit LAN
delivers transfer rates up to ten times faster than conventional 10/
100 Ethernet connections. Ideal for handling large amounts of data
such as video, audio and voice.
AGP slot. This Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot supports 1.5V
AGP8X mode graphics cards for 3D graphical applications.
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