Asus A7N8X-VM User Manual page 12

ATX power connector. This standard 20-pin connector connects to an ATX
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12V power supply. The power supply must have at least 1A on the +5V
standby lead (+5VSB).
CPU Sockets. Socket 462 (Socket A) Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for
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the AMD Athlon™/Athlon XP™ 3000+ processors or higher.
NorthBridge Controller. The NVIDIA
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controller chipset. The controller supports a 64/128bit DDR memory
controller and up to 2 GB of 333/266/200MHz DDR memory.
DDR DIMM Sockets. Equipped with two Double Data Rate Dual Inline
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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 memory technology supplies data transfer rates
up to 5.4GB/s for 333MHz DDR SDRAM.
IDE Connectors. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support
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up to four Ultra DMA133/100/66, PIO Modes 3 & 4 IDE devices. Both the
primary(blue) and secondary(black) connectors are slotted to prevent
incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable.
Floppy Disk connector. This connector connects the provided ribbon
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cable for the floppy disk drive. One side of the connector is slotted to
prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable.
Flash ROM. This 4Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS
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program.
Super I/O chipset. ITE IT8712F-A offers support for a variety of I/O
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functions. Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one
parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed
from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. The Super I/O
controller supports a floppy disk drive, PS/2 keyboard, and PS/2 mouse.
South bridge controller. Features the brand new NVIDIA
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peripheral South Bridge controller operates at 800MB/sec to communicate
with the North Bridge for maximum bandwith required for PCI, USB and
support for Fast Ethernet devices. The controller supports standard
UltraDMA133/100/66/33 and separate data paths for each IDE channel are
built-in for up to two IDE devices. The controller supports six USB ports,
one LAN port and is PCI rev2.2 compliant.
AGP Slot. This Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot only supports 1.5V
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AGP 8X mode graphics cards for 3D graphical applications.
CNR slot. The Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) slot supports
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interface cards that integrates audio, modem, and network functionality.
Audio CODEC. The Realtek 6-channel CODEC is an AC'97 compliant
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audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems.
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nForce2™ IGP North Bridge
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Chapter 1: Motherboard Information
MCP integrated
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