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ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Review (introduction)  Page read 20395 times
 
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Review

Supplied By: CyberCPU.net
Written By: Rich
Price: Under $140 to $160
Written: 1/26/2003
Buy now for $114.00

In today's world of technology everything you can do to your computer to gain performance is worth doing in some people eyes and motherboards are often the most overlooked parts by amateurs. Motherboards are one of the most important part of a computer. If you think about it this way, everything in your computer uses the motherboard.

 
Today I will be looking at the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe which uses an NVIDIA nForce 2 chipset. Let me briefly go over the stats to this motherboard.
 
A7N8X Deluxe Specification (From ASUS.com)

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Processor

Socket A for AMD® Athlon™ XP/ Athlon™ / Duron™ 600MHz ~ 2800+
Thoroughbred core CPU ready

Chipset

North Bridge: NVIDIA® nForce2 SPP
South Bridge: NVIDIA® nForce2 MCP-T

FSB

333 / 266 / 200 MHz

Memory

Dual-Channel DDR 400
3 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets
Max. 3 GB unbuffered PC3200/PC2700/PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC DDR RAM Memory (Twinbank)

Expansion Slots

1 x AGP Pro/8X (1.5V only)
5 x PCI

IDE Ports

2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33

Serial ATA

Silicon Image® Sil 3112A Controller with 2 ports
Support RAID 0/1

Audio

Realtek® ALC650 6CH w/built in HP amplifier
Integrated APU(Audio Processor Unit) SoundStorm?/ Dolby® Digital (AC-3) Encoder

LAN

2 Ports
MCP integrated NVIDIA® MAC + Realtek® 8201BL PHY
MCP integrated 3Com® MAC + Broadcom® AC101L PHY

1394

2 Ports MCP-T Integrated IEEE 1394a + Realtek® PHY 8801B

Special Features

Post Reporter
Power Loss Restart
Q-Fan Technology
STR (Suspend-to-RAM)
C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection)
CPU Throttle

Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x Parallel
1 x Serial
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Audio I/O
4 x USB 2.0
1 x S/PDIF out + 1 x Surround L/R audio jack + 1 x CNTR/LFE audio jack
2 X RJ45

Internal I/O Connectors

1 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 2 USB 2.0 ports
CPU/Power/Chassis FAN connectors
Game Connector
20 pin ATX power connector
IDE LED connector, power LED connector
2 x 1394 Connector
2 x SATA (Serial ATA) Connector
WOR, WOL, Chassis Intrusion, SM Bus, SIR
Headphone (optional)
Front MIC
CD/AUX/Modem audio in
Front Panel Audio connector (optional)

BIOS Feature

4Mb Flash ROM, Award BIOS, TCAV, PnP, DMI2.0, DMI, Green

Industrial Standard

PCI 2.2, USB 2.0

Manageability

DMI 2.0, WOR, WOL, Chassis Intrusion, SM Bus

Support CD

Drivers
ASUSR PC Probe
Trend Micro?PC-cillin 2002 anti-virus software with Windows® XP support
ASUS LiveUpdate Utility

Accessories

I/O Shield
SATA Cable
2-port USB 2.0 / Game port bracket
User's Manual
UltraDMA 133 cable
2-Port 1394 Bracket
FDD cable
UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
9-pin COM cable
InterVideo® WinCinema (optional)
(WinDVD/WinRip/WinCoder/WinProducer) software

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor
12" x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.5cm)

Memory QVL TABLE

DDR 400 Table
DIMM
Vendor
DIMM Part No.
CL
Size
Side
DIE
Vendor
DIE Part No.
Samsung
M368L6423
DTM-CC4
3
512MB
Double
Samsung
K4H560838D-
TCC4
Samsung
M368L3223
DTM-CC4
3
256MB
Single
Samsung
K4H560838D-
TCC4
Adata
BDMA83A
2.5
256MB
Single
Winbond
W942508BH-5
TwinMOS
MDouble
TTUF08108L294
K4FW0/T
2.5
256MB
Single
TwinMOS
TMD7608F
8E50B
Winbond
W9451GBDB-5
2.5
512MB
Double
Winbond
W942508BH-5
TwinMOS
 
2.5
512MB
Double
Winbond
W942508BH-5
TwinMOS
 
2.5
256MB
Single
Winbond
W942508BH-5
Kingston
KVR400X64
C25/256
2.5
256MB
Single
Winbond
W942508BH-5
Corsair
CMX512-3200C
2XMS3202 v1.1
2.5
512M
Double
 
 

 

 
This motherboard comes with just about everything. The dual DDR400 support is what turns a lot of people on to this motherboard. As far as I know this is one of the best DDR400 Motherboards you can get. Well lets get on with the review and see what this motherboard is made of.
 
 

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