ASUS P5A

The latest Socket 7 motherboard supports AMD-K6-2 (Super 7TM) CPU processor and other processors up to 100MHz Front Side Bus and extended bus structure to deliver a Pentium II compliant operating environment at an affordable price range.





Processor
  • 100/83.3/75/66 MHz F.S.B
  • Intel Pentium Processor: P55C/P54C/P54CS 90MHz~233MHz
  • Cryix M II: 300MHz ~ 333MHz ,
         6x86MX: PR166+ ~ PR266+MHz
  • AMD-K6®-2, AMD-K6® 233MHz ~ 350MHz

  • Chipset
  • ALi® M1541 Aladdin V AGPset supports up to 100MHz F.S.B.
  • ALi® M1543 Super I/O Controller

  • Bus Architecture
    32-bit AGP Bus, 32-bit PCI Bus and 16-bit ISA Bus Compatible


    Expansion Slots
    1 x 32-bit AGP Slot
    5 x 32-bit PCI Slots
    2 x 16-bit ISA Slots

    Cache
    On Board Pipelined Burst SRAM 512KB (-5ns)

    System Memory
  • 3 x 168-pin DIMM Sockets Support 8-384MB SDRAM/EDO
  • Features ECC/Parity Support (66MHz Only)
  • PC100 (100MHz)Compliant SDRAM Interface

  • AGP Connector
    AGP 1.0 Compliance Interface Supports both 1x and 2x Speed Mode with Sidehand Address Capability

    Onboard I/O
    2 x USB Ports onboard
    1 x Floppy Port (Up to 2.88MB, 3 Mode)
    2 x Serial Ports
    1 x Parallel Port (EPP, ECP Port)
    FIR TX/RX Header

    Onboard PCI IDE
    2 x PCI Bus Master IDE ports (Support up to 4 IDE devices)
    Support:
  • PIO Mode 3 & 4 : 17MB/Sec. DMD Mode 2 : 17MB/Sec. (Max.; The Actual Transfer Speed Depends On HD)
  • ATAPI IDE CD-ROM and LS-120 Supported
  • Ultra DMA/33 : 33MB/Sec.(Synchronous DMA Mode)

  • Onboard PCI Audio
  • High Performance ESS Solo-1™ PCI Audio Controller
  • Sound Blaster 16 and Microsoft Sound System Compatible
  • Up to 16-bit Stereo 44KHz Sampling Rate, Full Duplex
  • Microsoft® PC97/PC98 Compliant
  • Software WaveTable Bundled
  • 3D Audio Effects and ESFMTM Music Synthesizer

  • OS Certification
  • Microsoft PC97 Logo (Design for Windows95, Windows98 and WindowsNT)
  • Novell Yes Test Approved
  • Solaris H/W x86 Certified
  • NSTL Year 2000 Test Approved

  • CD-ROM Content
  • Auto Run Software Install Utility
  • ALi® Bus Master IDE Driver
  • Intel® LDCM Hardware Monitoring, DMI Browser and Remote Access Utility
  • ESS® Audio Driver with S/W Wave Table Utility
  • ASUS PC Probe Hardware Monitoring Utility for Single Desktop User

  • BIOS
  • 2M-bit Flash EEPROM
  • Award® AGP BIOS with ACPI, DMI, Green, Plug and Play Features
  • Enhanced ACPI Features for PC98/Win98

  • Other Features
  • PC Health Monitoring ASIC Supports CPU Voltage, Fan Status, and System Temperature Detection
  • Intel® LANDesk Client Manager S/W and ASUS PC Probe Utility Bundled

  • Dimensions
    ATX Form Factor (8.3" x 12")