Released in 2009, the ASUS A8AE-LE is a motherboard from Taiwan-based computer technology manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated. The A8AE-LE is most commonly found in personal computers from technology company Hewlett-Packard, which calls it the AmberineM-GL6E when installed on its HP or Compaq desktops.
Design and Interfaces
Measuring 9.6 square inches (243.8 square millimeters), the ASUS A8AE-LE adopts the Advanced Technology Extended, or ATX, motherboard form factor specification established by semiconductor company Intel Corp. Its expansion slots consist of three Peripheral Component Interconnect slots and one PCI Express slot. Internal connectors include a 4-pin and 24-pin ATX power connector, two Integrated Drive Electronics and two Serial Advanced Technology Attachment connectors for hooking up disk drives, one IEEE (International Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394a port, and headphone, microphone and line-in audio jacks.
Processor Support
Although the ASUS A8AE-LE is designed according to Intel specifications, its processor (or central processing unit) socket is from another semiconductor company, Advanced Micro Devices. Named Socket 939, it mechanically and electrically supports certain single- and dual-core 64-bit AMD Athlon CPUs (Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2, respectively), as well as some of those from the budget-oriented AMD Sempron brand. The processor fitted in the A8AE-LE's Socket 939 must have a 1,600- or 2,000-megahertz (1,600 million or 2,000 million transfers per second) front-side bus speed, which is the rate at which the CPU conducts data transfer with the motherboard through the front-side bus interface.
Memory and Audio/Video Support
Each ASUS A8AE-LE has four 184-pin dual inline memory module slots for the computer's system memory, using Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory architecture. Maximum RAM capacity is 4 gigabytes, and access memory is 300 or 400 MHz. The motherboard's audio and video/graphics controllers are integrated. The former in particular is a Realtek 8101L, which adheres to Intel's Audio Codec '97 standard.
Connectivity
Each ASUS A8AE-LE has a built-in 10/100-Mbps LAN PHY Ethernet driver, which means that this wired networking device can deliver a peak data transfer speed of 100 megabits per second. Besides its internal connectors, the ASUS motherboard supports an RJ-45 Ethernet jack, two PS/2 ports for a computer keyboard and mouse, Video Graphics Array output for a computer monitor, parallel connector, four USB 2.0 ports and Sony Philips Digital Interface.
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