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Asus A7V AMD Athlon VIA KT-133
Friday, August 11, 2000
The features (continued)
Additional features of Asus' A7V include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for mouse and keyboard, 2 USB ports on the rear panel with 3 on a support, Power Failure Recovery, SMBus, Antiboot protection, System Resource Alert, Suspend to RAM, RX/TX connectors form infrared communication, and start-up from the mouse/keyboard, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speed, CPU temperature, and of voltages is also provided as a standard feature on this PC99-compliant motherboard.
Below, a photo of the Asus A7V.
Note: Click here for detailed specifications.
Installation
Installation of the Asus A7V may seem complex, owing to the many jumpers that are scattered on board. After checking them briefly, however, to assure there all set in the default position, they cause no further trouble. Don't forget that the majority of the jumpers serve functions that are just as easily accessed from the BIOS. In short, simply install the board in a casing, plug everything in, verify the jumper settings, boot-up, make a quick pass through the BIOS to finalize any adjustments, and you're done.
The software bundle
The installation CD includes the patches, and drivers for the Via KT-133 chipset, Asus PC Probe to monitor the hardware, Asus Update to update the BIOS, Trend PC Cillin 98, Adobe Acrobat Reader, a digital rendition of the user's manual, and a utility capable of reading the stats of the motherboard.
The hardware bundle
The Asus A7V is accompanied by: an 80-pin ATA66 cable, a 40-pin ATA33 cable, a disk drive cable, a cable for relaying 3 additional USB ports towards the back, a bag of spare jumpers, and a thermal sensor.
Next: The Tests
| Processor
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Socket A for AMD ThunderbirdTM / DuronTM 550MHz ~ 1GHz+ CPU |
| Chipset
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VIA® VT8363 (KT133) AGPset
supports 200MHz FSB and 3.3V PC133 SDRAM & VC133 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) |
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VIA® 82C686A South Bridge & Super
I/O to Support ACPI, SMBus, and Integrated AC ' 97 Compliant Audio Controller |
| System Memory |
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3x 168-Pin DIMM Socket to Support Max. 1.5GB PC133 SDRAM & VC133 VCM
(Virtual Channel Memory) |
| Expansion Slots
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1 x AGP Pro / AGP 4X Slot |
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4 x PCI |
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1 x PCI/AMR Shared |
| IDE Ports |
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2 x Ultra DMA/100 & 2 x DMA/66 EIDE Ports |
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Support CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-R/RW, ZIP and LS-120 Drives |
| AC ' 97 Audio Ready |
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AC ' 97 Compliant 3D Audio Controller |
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Crystal® 4299 CrystalClearTM SoundFusion® Audio Codec |
| Special Features
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Power Loss Recovery, ASUS® JumperFreeTM,
CPU Throttle, STR (Suspend-to-RAM), SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) |
| Back Panel I/O Ports |
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2 x USB Ports |
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1 x Parallel Port (EPP, ECP) and 2 x Serial Ports |
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1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port |
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1 x GAME/MIDI and Audio Line-In/Line-Out/MIC-In Ports |
| Onboard I/O Interface |
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3-Headers to Support Optional 5 USB Ports |
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20-pin ASUS® Panel |
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SIR (Integrated Serial Infrared) |
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Headphone |
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MIC |
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CD/Video/AUX/Modem Audio in |
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CPU/Power Supply/Chassis Fan |
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ATX Power |
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IDE LED |
| BIOS |
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2Mbit Award® BIOS with Full ACPI, DMI, Green, Boot Block,
PnP, SM BIOS 2.3, Trend® ChipAway Virus (TCAV) & Symbios® SCSI BIOS |
| Industrial Standard |
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PCI v2.2 and USB v1.1 |
| Manageability |
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WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL, WOR, Chassis Intrusion, SM Bus |
| Package Contents |
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User's Manual |
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UltraDMA/100 Cable x 1 |
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IDE Cable x 1 |
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Floppy Cable x 1 |
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3-Ports USB Bracket x 1 |
| Board
Size |
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ATX Form Factor: 24.5cm x 30.5cm (9.6" x 12.0") |
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