Information and Picture of the soon to be released Asus A7V266 mb (link to pic)

[broadwayblue]

Will this mb be supporting both pc100/133 and pc1600/2100 ram? In the picture you can see two sets of dimm slots, one with 2 (pc1600/2100?) and one with 3 (pc100/133?) Has anyone heard about this? If that is the case then it will definitely be a no-brainer for me to go with as I can get the board now (next month) and use the 168 pin ram I have now until the 184 pin ram comes down in price. Also, does this card have onboard raid? Thanks.

asus a7v266

Edit: my questions have been answered in a recent article by xbit
xbit article

And yes, this board will support both types of ram and comes with an onboard ATA/100 promise RAID controller along with 5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro and 1 ACR slot, and the opportunity to change the FSB frequency with 1MHz increments. I think my search may be over.

 

[jimmygates]

What's with the off position last PCI slot?






-jimbo

 

[Yozza]

That's not a PCI slot.

It's an updated [ new ] version of that AMR riser, and is backwards compatible with it.

Yoz

 

[broadwayblue]

what exactly is an AMR slot used for?

 

[TungFree]

great news

 

[EpsiIon]

AMR? Nothing... Literally. Nobody supports it AT ALL, but it's on all the MB's... Go figure...

 

[Noriaki]

Thanks for the info broadwayblue!

I must say I mislike the placement of the floppy connector, especially since my floppy bay is at the very top of a 25" high case...but I should be able to manage.

 

[broadwayblue]

ok, so why do they put the AMR slot on the board if it has no function? What were they used for back in the day?

 

[w9design]

back in the day? it's really actually a recent thing.
The chipset has a built in modem and audio codec (maybe network now too?), and you can buy cheap $10 risers that enable the codecs that plug into the AMR or CNR slot. They're really designed for OEMs who want to cut costs.

 

[broadwayblue]

I see, so I guess they are pretty much worthless to end users.

 

[broadwayblue]

anyone get any new info on an eta?

 

[TungFree]

any news?

 

[broadwayblue]

i'm so ready to buy a motherboard.

 

[TungFree]

LOL me too have everything but MOBO and the CPU and hsf