Asus A7N8X Series User Manual

4 Chapter 1: Product introduction
Location
Processor Support Socket A for AMD
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Athlon
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and Duron
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Processors ....... 1
Chipsets nVidia
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nForce2
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SPP North Bridge................................ 2
4Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM ............................. 7
nVidia
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nForce2
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MCP-T/MCP South Bridge .................. 8
Multi-I/O controller ........................................................... 9
Serial ATA Controller ...................................................... 18
1394 PHY Realtek 8801B .............................................. 22
Main Memory Maximum 3GB support
3 DDR DIMM Sockets...................................................... 3
Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots ..................................................................... 20
1 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro Slot ................. 31
System I/O 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ........................................ 5
2 IDE Connectors (UltraDMA133/100/66 Support) .......... 6
1 COM2 Header............................................................. 10
1 Gameport Connector ...................................................11
1 Infrared Connector ...................................................... 12
1 Panel Connector ......................................................... 13
1 SM Bus Connector...................................................... 14
USB Headers (Ports 5/6) ............................................... 15
Serial ATA Headers ........................................................ 17
Modem Connector ......................................................... 21
IEEE 1394 Headers ....................................................... 23
S/PDIF Connector.......................................................... 24
1 PS/2 Mouse Connector.................................. (green) 32
1 PS/2 Keyboard Connector ............................ (purple) 45
RJ45 Connector (3COM LAN Controller) ...................... 33
RJ45 Connector (NVIDIA LAN Controller) ..................... 35
1 Parallel Port ................................................................ 34
USB Connectors (Ports 3/4) .......................................... 44
USB Connectors (Ports 1/2) .......................................... 39
1 Serial Ports (COM1) ................................................... 43
Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitor (integrated in ASUS ASIC) ...... 16
Special Feature Onboard LED (Green) ................................................... 19
Onboard AGP Warning LED (Red) ................................ 29
Network Feature Realtek 8201BL PHY .................................................... 28
BroadCom PHY ............................................................ 30
3Com LAN ..................................................................... 33
NVIDIA LAN ................................................................... 35
Audio Features Audio Codec .................................................................. 25
CD / AUX Audio Connectors .......................................... 26
Front Panel Audio Connectors ....................................... 27
1 Line In Connector .................................... (light blue) 36
1 Line Out Connector........................................... (lime) 37
1 Microphone Connector .....................................(pink) 38
1 S/PDIF out Connector................................... (yellow) 40
1 Surround L/R audio Connector ....................... (violet) 41
1 CNTR / LFE Connector................................ (orange) 42
Power ATX Power Supply Connector ......................................... 4
Form Factor ATX
1.4 Motherboard Components
Before installing the A7N8X motherboard, take time to familiarize yourself
with its configuration:
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Asus A7N8X Series Specifications

General

Memory Type	DDR SDRAM
Maximum Memory Supported	3 GB
Expansion Slots	1 x AGP 8x, 5 x PCI
Form Factor	ATX
Socket	Socket A
Supported CPUs	AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron
Memory Slots	3 x DIMM
Memory Types	DDR266/333/400
IDE	2 x ATA/133
Audio	6-channel AC'97