Asus A7N8X-LA User Manual download pdf (Page 14)

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Chapter 1: Motherboard Information

CPU Sockets. Socket 462 (Socket A) Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for

the AMD Duron™/Athlon™/Athlon XP™ 2800+ processors.

NorthBridge Controller. The NVIDIA

nForce2™ SPP North Bridge

controller chipset. The controller supports a 64/128bit DDR memory

controller and up to 3 GB of 400/333/266/200MHz DDR memory. The 128-

bit memory controller provides an exceptional 6.4 GB/sec system memory

bandwidth using DDR400.

DDR DIMM Sockets. Equipped with three Double Data Rate Dual Inline

Memory Module (DDR DIMM) sockets to support up to 3GB of DDR

DRAM, the newest memory standard with the highest bandwidth and

lowest latency currently available. This new memory technology supplies

data transfer rates up to 6.4 GB/s for 400MHz DDR SDRAM and 5.4GB/s

for 333MHz DDR SDRAM.

ATX power connector. This standard 20-pin connector connects to an

ATX 12V power supply. The power supply must have at least 1A on the

+5V standby lead (+5VSB).

Floppy Disk connector. This connector connects the provided ribbon

cable for the floppy disk drive. One side of the connector is slotted to

prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable.

IDE Connectors. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support

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.

Flash ROM. This 2Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS

program.

South bridge controller. Features the brand new nVidia

nForce2

™

MCP

integrated 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.

Super I/O chipset. ITE IT8708 offers 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 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.

COM2 Header. This 9-pin connects to a COM2 port.

GAME port header. This header connects to a GAME port module.

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