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2 A7V-VM User’s Manual
1. FEATURES
Specifications
1. FEATURES
1.1 The A7V-VM Motherboard
The A7V-VM motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who
wants high-performance features in a small package.
1.1.1 Specifications
• AMD Athlon™/Duron™ Processor Support: Supports AMD Athlon™/
Duron™ processor designed for the AMD Athlon™/Duron™ Processor Mod-
ule (462-pin Socket A).
• North Bridge System Chipset: VIA VT8365A™ (ProvSavage KM133) inte-
grated system controller with AGP 4x Graphics core supports a 266MHz Front
Side Bus (FSB), supports up to 1.5GB of PC133 SDRAM/Virtual Channel
Memory (VCM) SDRAM, complies with AGP 2.0 specifications for 4X, 2X,
and 1X AGP modes and PCI 2.2. bus interface with support for 5 PCI masters. It
is optimized to deliver enhanced AMD Athlon™/Duron™ processor system per-
formance.
• South Bridge System Chipset: VIA VT82C686B PCIset with PCI Super I/O
integrated peripheral controller supports UltraDMA/100, which allows burst mode
data transfer rates of up to 100MB/sec.
• PC100/PC133 Memory Support: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to
support PC100/PC133-compliant SDRAMs (16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB) up
to 1GB.
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
• Expansion Slots: Provides three 32-bit PCI 2.2 slots and one AGP expansion
slot. PCI supports up to 133MB/sec maximum throughput. Each PCI slot can sup-
port a Bus Master PCI card, such as a SCSI card.
• Wake-Up Support: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity with onboard network
support.
• AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance
component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us-
ing 4X, 2X, or 1X mode bus.
• USB: Supports up to 4 USB ports, two on the back panel and two midboard for
more peripheral connectivity options.
• UltraDMA100/66/33: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Supports
UltraDMA100/66/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and 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.
• Onboard LAN Controller: Features the Realtek 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Con-
troller, which supports Wired for Management, remote wake-up, and OnNow
initiative to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).