Core Specifications - Asus K8V Deluxe User Manual

1.4.2 Core specifications

ATX 12V connector. This power connector connects the 4-pin 12V
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plug from the ATX 12V power supply.
North bridge controller. The VIA
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mode, Ultra V-Link, and an ultra scalable HyperTransport™ link to
the CPU.
CPU socket. A 754-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
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socket designed for the AMD
integrated low-latency high-bandwidth memory controller and a
highly-scalable HyperTransport™ technology-based system bus.
DDR DIMM sockets. These three 184-pin DIMM sockets support up
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to 3GB system memory using ECC or non-ECC PC3200/2700/2100/
1600 unbuffered DDR DIMMs.
ATX power connector. This 20-pin connector connects to an ATX
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+12V power supply. The power supply must have at least 1.5A on the
+5V standby lead (+5VSB).
IDE connectors. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors
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support Ultra DMA133/100, 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.
AGP slot. This Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot supports 1.5V
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AGP8X mode graphics cards for 3D graphical applications.
Floppy disk connector. This connector accommodates the provided
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ribbon cable for the floppy disk drive. One side of the connector is
slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable.
SATA connectors. These four 7-pin connectors support Serial ATA
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that allows for up to 150MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the
standard Parallel ATA with 133 MB/s.
RAID ATA133 connector. This bus master IDE connector supports
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Ultra DMA/133 IDE devices. This connector is slotted to prevent
incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable.
Flash ROM. This 4Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS
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program.
Standby power LED. This LED lights up if there is a standby
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power on the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off
the system power before plugging or unplugging devices.
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K8T800 supports AGP 8X
Athlon 64™processor with an
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