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2-4

Chapter 2: Hardware information

2.4.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 478-pin Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) socket. The socket is designed for the Intel

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Pentium

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4

Processor in the 478-pin package with 512KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron
process. This processor includes the Intel

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NetBurst™ micro-architecture

that features the rapid execution engine, Intel

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Hyper-Threading

Technology, 800/533/400MHz system bus, and execution trace cache.
Together, these attributes improve system performance by allowing higher
core frequencies, faster execution of integer instructions, and data transfer
rates of 6.4GB/s, 4.2GB/s and 3.2GB/s.

Note in the illustration that the CPU
has a gold triangular mark on one
corner. This mark indicates the
processor Pin 1 that should match a
specific corner of the CPU socket.

Gold Mark

2.4

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Notes on Intel

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Hyper-Threading Technology

To use the Hyper-Threading Technology on this motherboard:

1. Buy an Intel Pentium 4 CPU that supports Hyper-Threading

Technology. Install the CPU.

2. Power up the system and enter BIOS Setup (see Chapter 2). Under

the Advanced Menu, make sure that the item CPU Configuration->
Hyper-Threading Technology
is set to Enabled. The item appears
only if you installed a CPU that supports Hyper-Threading Technology.

3. Reboot the computer.

1. This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 CPUs with Hyper-

Threading Technology.

2. Hyper-Threading Technology is supported under Windows XP and

Linux 2.4.x (kernel) and later versions only. Under Linux, use the
Hyper-Threading compliler to compile the code. If you are using any
other operating systems, disable the Hyper-Threading Techonology
item in BIOS to ensure system stability and performance.

3. It is recommended that you install WinXP Service Pack 1.

4. Make sure to enable the Hyper-Threading Technology item in BIOS

before installing a supported operating system.

5. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, visit

www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.