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ASUS K7V
The Next Generation
(Review by MS)

At one glance

ASUS K7V, VIA KX 133 based mainboard

CPU interface

  • Slot A for AMD Athlon processors 500 - 800+ MHz

    Chipset

  • VIA KX-133
  • North Bridge: VIA VT8371
  • South Bridge: VIA VT82C686A

    Hardware monitoring

  • ASUS ASIC for CPU and system temperature

    Bus speed selection

  • 90, 92, 95, 97, 100, 101, 103, 105, 107, 110, 112, 115, 117, 120, 122, 124, 127, 130, 133, 136, 140, 145, 150, 155 MHz

    Memory

  • 3 DIMM slots
  • up to 768 MB system RAM
  • Support for SDRAM and VCM
  • ECC supported
  • suspend to RAM supported with LED signal for power-on in standby mode

    Expansion slots

  • 1 x 64 bit AGP slot (1X, 2X, 4X)
  • 1 x audio modem riser slot
  • 5 x 32 bit PCI slots

    IDE interface

  • Two dual channel (up to 4 devices)
  • UDMA 33, UATA / 66

    Multi I/O interface

  • 1 x floppy port
  • 1 x parallel port
  • 2 x serial ports (16550 fast UART)
  • 1 x integrated sound (AC97) and joystick I/O block

    BIOS

  • Award BIOS supporting ACPI and Green

    Other Connectors

  • 2 USB connectors in ATX backpanel
  • 2 USB connectors for backpanel bracket (bundled)
  • 3 USB headers for front panel USB ports
  • Serial Infrared connector
  • Wake on LAN
  • Wake on Ring (modem)
  • Case intrusion
  • SPDIFIOUT
  • Headphone true level out header
  • SMBus

    Advanced functions

  • STR
  • Resume on Alarm (wake up on timer)
  • Keyboard and mouse Power On

    Form Factor

  • ATX
  • PCB Dimensions: 305 x 244 mm

  • There are some rumors ....

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