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At One Glance

ASUS A7V266-E
VIA KT266a (VT8366A-VT8233), 5 PCI, 1 ACR, Promise RAID 0,1, CMedia 6 channel sound

• Socket 462 for AMD Athlon (Thunderbird / Palomino / Duron) processors

Chipset

• VIA KT266A DDR chipset
• VIA VT 8366A North Bridge
• VIA VT8233 South Bridge
• VLink 266 MB/sec high speed interconnect

FSB, Multiplier and Voltage Settings

• 1 MHz micro stepping in BIOS 100-227 MHz depending on PCI divider setting)
• Multiplier settings in BIOS (6-14 x)
• Vre: 1.675- 1.85 via jumpers, Default, +0.025 +0.05 in BIOS
• V DDR: default, 2.5, 2.65, 2.75, 2.8VV.

System Memory

• 3 184 pin DIMM slots supporting 64MB to 1GB DDR DIMMs for maximum 3GB system memory
• DRAM operating mode: By SPD, manual

Memory Adjustment Settings

• CAS latency: 2, 2.5
• tRCD: 2, 3
• tRP: 2, 3
• tRAS: 5T, 6T
• Bank Interleave: disabled, 2 bank 4 bank DRAM Command Rate: 2T, 1T
• Burst Length: 4, 8 QW (quad words, 1 QW= 4 bytes = 32 bits) Page Size: 4K, 8K, auto.

Expansion Slots

• 1 AGP (4x) slot
• 5 32 bit PCI slots (manual assignment of IRQ Int 1-4)
• 1 ACR

Sound

• CMedia CM8738 6-channel audio onboard

BIOS

• Award Medallion BIOS
• PC-99, PnP, ACPI, APM, DMI, Green support

I/O Interface

• 2 x EIDE channels (up to four devices)
• PI/O mode 3,4,5, ATAPI, UDMA 33/66/100
• 2 x IDE RAID 1,0 channels (up to four devices)
• 1 x 3 mode floppy connnector
• 2 x UART 16550 COM ports
• 1 x SPP, EPP, ECP LPT port
• 1 x PS/2 mouse, ATX keyboard port
• 6 x USB ports (2 back panel, 4 front panel USB headers)
• 1 x IrDA
• 1 x Wake-On-LAN
• 1 x Wake-On-Modem
• 1 x Line-out, Line-in, Mic-in, Game MIDI port integrated in ATX I/O port
• 1 x SPDIF connector
• 1 x AFPANEL (iPanel)
• 1 x AAPANEL (iPanel sound)
• 1 x SMBus

Hardware Monitoring and Power Saving

• V core, V I/O, board voltage Fan rpm, CPU and system temp
• Power Saving LED

Form Factor and Dimensions

• ATX
• 304 x 245 mm

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