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Standby power LED. This LED lights up if there is a standby power on the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off the system power before plugging or unplugging devices. Super I/O controller. This Low Pin Count (LPC) interface provides the commonly used Super I/O functionality. The chipset supports a high- performance floppy disk controller for a 360K/720K/1.44M/2.88M floppy disk drive, a multi-mode parallel port, two standard compatible UARTs and a Flash ROM interface. PCI slots. These six 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus master PCI cards like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum throughput. 11 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 12 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 Audio CODEC . The ADI AD1980 is an AC’97 CODEC that allows 6-channel audio playback. The audio CODEC provides six DAC channels for 5.1 surround sound, S/PDIF interface, AUX and Line In stereo inputs, integrated headphone amplifier, greater than 90dB dynamic range. (on audio models only) LAN PHY. This Realtek RTL8201BL LAN PHY supports your local area networking needs. (on LAN model only) AGP slot. This Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot supports 1.5V AGP8X mode graphics cards for 3D graphical applications. PS/2 mouse port. This green 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 mouse. Parallel port. This 25-pin port connects a parallel printer, a scanner, or other devices. RJ-45 port. This port allows connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. (on LAN models only) Line In jack. This Line In (light blue) jack connects a tape player or other audio sources. In 6-channel mode, the function of this jack becomes Bass/ Center. (on audio models only) Line Out jack. This Line Out (lime) jack connects a headphone or a speaker. In 6-channel mode, the function of this jack becomes Front Speaker Out. (on audio models only) Microphone jack. This Mic (pink) jack connects a microphone. In 6-channel mode, the function of this jack becomes Rear Speaker Out. (on audio models only) The functions of the Line Out, Line In and Microphone jacks change when you select the 6-channel audio configuration as shown in the following table: Audio 2, 4 or 6-channel configuration (Note:Win98SE supports 4-channel only.) Headphone/ 2-Speaker 4-Speaker 6-Speaker Light Blue Line In Line In Bass/Center Lime Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker 21 22 23 24 25 USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices. Serial port. This 9-pin COM1 port is for pointing devices or other serial devices. S/PDIF out port. This port connects to external home theater systems for surround sound and enhanced 3D audio when playing DVDs or games. PS/2 keyboard port. This purple 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 keyboard. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 1.4 Special features 1.4.1 Product highlights 333MHz FSB Athlon XP CPU support AMD’s Athlon XP 2800+ and all follow-up CPUs now support 333MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) for increased application program productivity and enhanced digital media experience. AGP 8X support AGP 8X (AGP 3.0) is the next generation VGA interface specification that enables enhanced graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds up to 2.12 GB/s. With a bus of 533Mhz, AGP 8X is twice as fast as AGP 4X. DDR400 (PC3200) support DDR400 (PC3200), the latest and fastest DDR memory standard, supports bandwidth up to 3.2 GB/s to provide enhanced system performance. (Note: PC2700 maximum to 4 banks only. PC3200 maximum to 2 banks only.) C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection): With AMD® Athlon XP™ installed, the motherboard offers automatic CPU Overheating Protection to prolong the life of the entire system. If the CPU temperature exceeds the set criteria, the PC shuts down automatically. ASUS EZ Flash With ASUS EZ Flash, you can update BIOS before entering operating system. No more DOS-based flash utility and bootable diskette required. SoundMax Digital Audio System (on audio models only) The SoundMax Digital Audio System is the industry’s highest performance and most reliable audio solution for business professionals, audiophiles, musicians, and gamers. SoundMAX Digital Audio System can output 5.1 channel surround and features state-of-the-art DLS2 MIDI synthesizer with Yamaha DLSbyXG sound set, 5.1 Virtual Theater™ and supports all major game audio technologies including Microsoft DirectX™8.0, Microsoft DirectSound 3D™, A3D, MacroFX, ZoomFX, MultiDrive 5.1 and EAX. Refer to section “3.2.5 Multi-channel audio feature” on page 3-5 for more information. C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) When the system hangs due to overclocking failure, there is no need to open the case to clear the CMOS data. Simply restart the system and the BIOS will automatically restore the CPU default setting for each parameter. CrashFree BIOS CrashFree BIOS allows users to restore BIOS...