Asus A1000 was a series of notebook computers made by AsusTek. This set of laptops was first produced in 2001 and is no longer available from AsusTek. However, replacement parts and upgrades are available from a variety of vendors on the Internet.
Processor
Each A1000 notebook computer came equipped with either an Intel Pentium III or Intel Celeron processor, both were mPGA2 package type. The Pentium III processors associated with these computers had clock speeds of 450 to 1000 MHz. The Celeron processors had clock speeds of 450 to 850 MHz. Both types of processors had Intel SiS 630 chipsets. The speed of the front side bus, the main connection between the processor and the system memory, was 100 MHz.
System Memory
The Asus A1000 series computers came with 64 MB of PC-100 SDRAM (synchronous dynamic random access memory), which was non-removable. The laptops also had an additional socket for memory that would support one 256 MB small outline dual inline memory module (SODIMM). Therefore, the maximum memory that the A1000 notebooks could support was 320 MB.
Display
The A1000 laptops were equipped with one of two display sizes: a 12.1-inch active matrix SVGA TFT or a 13.3-inch active matrix XGA TFT. The 12.1-inch screen had a maximum resolution of 800 by 600 pixels. The 13.3-inch screen had a maximum resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels.
Graphics
The graphics for the A1000 series computers were integrated on the Intel SiS 630 chipset. Between 2 and 32 MB of the system memory could be shared with the graphics controller for the video memory.
Disk Drives
Each Asus A1000 laptop was equipped with a 2.5-inch IDE hard disk drive that supported Ultra DMA 33 or 66. The capacities of the hard drives ranged from 5 to 20 GB. Each notebook also had a 5.25-inch CD-ROM drive with 24x read speed. A DVD-ROM drive was optional for these computers.
PCMCIA
The A1000 laptops had a PCMCIA 2.1 card slot that supported two Type II devices or one Type III device. PCMCIA devices were sold separately and could have included additional hard drive, extra battery, video card, audio card and other peripheral devices.
Networking
The Asus A1000 notebook was equipped with standard 56 Kbps V.90 modem and a LAN connection built into the SiS 630 chipset.
Ports
The A1000 laptops were equipped with several input/output ports, including one IrDA infrared port, one serial D-sub port, three audio ports, two USB ports, one PS/2 port, one VGA monitor port, one parallel printer port and one S-Video port.
Battery Life
Each A1000 notebook came with an eight-cell lithium-ion battery. The battery had a run time of 3 hours. The battery charged in 4 hours while powered on or 2.5 hours while powered off.
Dimensions
The physical dimensions of the Asus A1000 laptops were 300 to 316 mm wide by 249.5 mm deep by 41 mm high. The width depends upon the screen size: 12.1-inch versus 13.3-inch. The 12.1-inch laptops weighed 6.38 pounds or 2.9 kg. The 13.3-inch laptops weighed 6.6 pounds or 3.0 kg.
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