Asus W5Ae - Pentium M 1.86 GHz- Manuals

Page 2 - Design

W5A specifications: Model # ASUS W5A CPU Intel Pentium M 745 (1.86GHz,533 FSB,2MB L2 CACHA) Northbridge Intel 915GM Southbridge Intel ICH6-M Memory 512MB DDR II 400 (256MB onboard +256MB) HDD 60GB Graphics Intel GMA900 (integrated on 915GM) Optical drive 8X DVD/CDRW COMBO Display 12 inch WXGA widesc...

Page 3 - megapixel camera is also very rare in notebooks of this type.

What separate the W5A from its S5 and M5 predecessors is the new Sonoma platform and the mighty performance that comes from it. More on this in testing below. The 12 inch widescreen TFT LCD is the first of its kind to come out of ASUS. The 1.3 megapixel camera is also very rare in notebooks of this ...

Page 4 - WLAN card power button.

Located at the upper left hand corner of the keyboard are the Power4Gear quick keys and a WLAN card power button. Lighting up in cool blue after power-on is the notebook power button (also taken from the S5/M5) located on the upper right hand corner of the keyboard. The outer ring bearing the text “...

Page 5 - battery is charging, and is dark when the battery is fully charged.; Noise and Heat

On the cover ASUS engineers have added two indicator lights for the power status and the battery. The power indicator light is illuminated constantly when the system is fully active, and flashes during system standby. The battery indicator, on the other hand, illuminates when the battery is charging...

Page 6 - Ports; This is the front end view of the W5A with nothing excessive here.

In the image there is a very thick heatpipe running across the 915GM Northbridge chip, the Pentium M processor, and the cooling system. The 533FSB Pentium M processor has a TDP higher than its predecessors of the two previous generations; reaching a total of 27W, which made cooling a high-priority d...

Page 7 - Display

On the right are the PCMCIA slot, volume adjustor, earphone & microphone jacks, a USB 2.0 port, cooling vent, and VGA-out port. At the back we see the power adapter jack, an S-Video out connector, the battery, one USB 2.0 port, and the notebook lock. Display Two words describe the most important...

Page 8 - Camera

Every manufacturer has its own name for the mirror surface, but what is important is its make-up, which is a basic LCD panel, plus a light filtering layer and a reflective layer, for reduced glare, clearer contrast, and a brighter-looking screen. The W5A provides 15 brightness level adjustments for ...

Page 11 - LifeFrame

640 x 480 image of color palette On the software side, the W5A comes with a very easy to operate image/video shooting title called LifeFrame, and the ASUS Video Security application, which operates as a monitoring and warning system. Any movement that is detected immediately triggers a warning. Life...

Page 12 - ASUS Video Security; Battery; Sysmark 2002 score Overall

ASUS Video Security Battery ASUS W5A is powered by a 6 cell, 4400mAH battery. Using MobileMark 2002, we established the 6-cell battery’s running time to be 229 minutes (3 hours 49 minutes) using screen brightness of 50%. Performance Tests We went into testing expecting a whole lot from the 533 FSB P...

Page 13 - For the performance of subsystems we use Sisoft Sandra 2005:

For the performance of subsystems we use Sisoft Sandra 2005:

Page 14 - the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200.

The notebook’s graphics performance was tested using 3DMark01 and 3DMark03 (1024x768, 32bit). The W5A scored 5046 3DMarks in 01 and 849 in 03. Intel’s previous 855GME chipset achieved only 2300 3DMarks in 3DMark01, so the improvement is obvious. The GMA900 graphics processor’s ability to break throu...

Page 15 - Summary

Summary The ASUS W5A’s weight and size are both marginally above average as far as 12 inch widescreen notebooks go, but don’t forget for one second that that body contains an integrated optical drive when most 12 inch widescreen notebooks do not; and the full-size keyboard that goes a long way towar...