User Guide

2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.2 Core Specifications
The A7V333 motherboard is designed and assembled according to the highest
standards. This ASUS motherboard represents the latest advances and
offers users the finest componentry available today...
AMD
®
Athlon
™
/ Athlon
™
XP and Duron
™
Socket A (462) Processor
North Bridge Chipset: the VIA
®
KT333 supports AGP 4X/2X mode,
133/100MHz Front Side Bus, and the fastest 333/266/200MHz memory
bus.
South Bridge Chipset: the VIA
®
VT8233A integrated peripheral controller
supports UltraDMA133/100/66/33 for burst mode data transfer rates of
up to 133MB/sec, and USB controller with two root hubs for four USB
ports.
PC2700 / PC2100 / PC1600 DDR Support: Equipped with three Double
Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Module (DDR DIMM) sockets to support
up to 3GB of DDR333 SDRAM, the newest memory standard with the
highest bandwidth and lowest latency currently available. DDR memory
technology increases performance by executing two process actions per
clock cycle.
UltraDMA/133 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE
controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two
channels. Supports UltraDMA133/100/66/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4, Bus
Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-
ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.
Multi-I/O Chipset: Offers complete support for a variety of I/O functions.
Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel
port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from
COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. The Super I/O
controller supports a floppy disk drive, PS/2 keyboard, and PS/2 mouse.
Smart BIOS: 2Mb firmware enables Vcore and CPU/DDR SDRAM frequency
adjustments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy
boot selection.
Expansion: One AGP PRO 4X, four USB 2.0 ports, four USB 1.1 ports, five
PCI slots, SPDIF digital audio connector, 1394 header, game connector,
MS & SD headers, iPanel connector, front audio panel connector, smart
card connector, infrared port.
Connections: Parallel Port, PS/2 mouse Port, PS/2 keyboard, 4 USB ports,
Microphone, Line In Jack, Line Out Jack, Standard ATX power.