Asus A55A User Manual

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LCD/Monitor Icons (F8): Toggles between the Notebook
PC’s LCD display and an external monitor in this series:
LCD Only -> CRT Only (External Monitor) -> LCD + CRT
Clone -> LCD + CRT Extend. (This function does not
work in 256 Colors, select High Color in Display Property
Settings.) NOTE: Must connect an external monitor
“before” booting up.
Crossed-out Touchpad (F9): Toggles the built-in
touchpad LOCKED (disabled) and UNLOCKED (enabled).
Locking the touchpad will prevent you from accidentally
moving the pointer while typing and is best used with an
external pointing device such as a mouse. NOTE: Selected
models have an indicator between the touchpad buttons
will light when the touchpad is UNLOCKED (enabled) and
not light when the touchpad is LOCKED (disabled).
Crossed Speaker Icons (F10): Toggles the speakers ON
and OFF (only in Windows OS)
Speaker Down Icon (F11):
Decreases the speaker volume (only in Windows OS)
Speaker Up Icon (F12):
Increases the speaker volume (only in Windows OS)
Fn+C: Toggles “Splendid Video Intelligent Technology”
function ON and OFF. This allows switching between
different display color enhancement modes in order
to improve contrast, brightness, skin tone, and color
saturation for red, green, and blue independently. You
can see the current mode through the onscreen display
(OSD).
Fn+V: Toggles “Life Frame” software application.

Asus A55A Specifications

General

Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Laptop
Product color	Black, Bronze
Bus type	DMI
Stepping	E1
Tjunction	105 °C
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	i7-3630QM
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-3600 Mobile series
Processor socket	PGA988
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Ivy Bridge
Processor frequency	2.4 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	22 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.4 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 W
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	24
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Motherboard chipset	Intel HM76
Numeric keypad	Yes
Keyboard layout	-
Pointing device	Touchpad
Operating system installed	Windows 8
Processor code	SR0UX
Processor ARK ID	71459
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 (rPGA988B) mm
CPU configuration (max)	1
Supported instruction sets	AVX
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory form factor	SO-DIMM
Internal memory type	DDR3-SDRAM
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 4 GB
HDD size	2.5 \
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi
Total storage capacity	750 GB
Compatible memory cards	MMC, SD
Display surface	Gloss
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Display resolution	1366 x 768 pixels
Native aspect ratio	16:9
On-board graphics card ID	0x166
Discrete graphics card model	Not available
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
On-board graphics card base frequency	650 MHz
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1150 MHz
Battery capacity	4700 mAh
Number of battery cells	6
AC adapter power	90 W
AC adapter frequency	50 - 60 Hz
AC adapter input voltage	100 - 240 V
AC adapter output current	4.74 A
AC adapter output voltage	19 V
Cable lock slot type	Kensington
Password protection type	BIOS, HDD, User
Audio system	SonicFocus
Wi-Fi standards	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Charging port type	DC-in jack
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	2

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	378 mm
Width	251 mm
Weight	2520 g
Height (rear)	31.9 mm
Height (front)	25.5 mm