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4 motherboard overview, 1 major components – Asus P4G8X User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.4

Motherboard overview

Before you install the motherboard, familiarize yourself with its physical
configuration and available features to facilitate the motherboard
installation and future upgrades. A sufficient knowledge of the motherboard
specifications will also help you avoid mistakes that may damage the
board and its components.

1.4.1 Major components

The following are the major components of the P4G8X motherboard as
pointed out in the picture on page 1-7. See page 1-8 for the specifications
of each component. Refer to Chapter 2 for detailed information on the
components.

1.

ATX 12V connector

2.

North Bridge controller

3.

CPU socket

4.

DDR DIMM sockets

5.

ATX power connector

6.

ASUS EZ Plug™ 12V connector

7.

Floppy disk connector

8.

IDE connectors

9.

AGP Pro 8X slot

10.

Speech controller*

11.

ASUS ASIC

12.

South Bridge controller

13.

IEEE 1394 controller (optional)*

14.

SATA/RAID controller*

15.

Flash ROM

16.

Standby power LED

17.

Audio CODEC

18.

PCI slots

19.

Super I/O controller

20.

AGP warning LED

21.

LAN controller (optional)*

22.

PS/2 mouse port

23.

Parallel port

24.

RJ-45 port (optional)

25.

Line In jack (optional)

26.

Line Out jack (optional)

27.

Microphone jack (optional)

28.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

29.

Serial ports

30.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

31.

PS/2 keyboard port

* The IEEE 1394, Gigabit LAN, SATA/RAID, and POST Reporter
features are present in P4G8X Deluxe models only.

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