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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 PC-DL Deluxe
motherboard as pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.
1.
SSI-type power connector (24-pin)
2.
CPU sockets
3.
North Bridge controller
4. SSI-type 12V power connector
(8-pin)
5.
DDR DIMM sockets
6.
AGP Pro/8X slot
7.
RAID Ultra ATA133 connector
8.
SATA connectors (supported by
Promise
®
20378 controller)
9.
Flash ROM
10.
SATA connectors
(supported by ICH5R)
11.
IDE connectors
12.
Floppy disk connector
13.
Standby power LED
14.
Speech controller
15.
IEEE 1394 controller
16.
South Bridge controller
17.
SATA/RAID controller
18.
PCI slots
19.
Super I/O controller
20.
Audio CODEC
21.
AGP warning LED
22.
Gigabit LAN controller
23.
PS/2 mouse port
24.
Parallel port
25.
IEEE 1394 port
26.
RJ-45 port
27.
Line In jack
28.
Line Out jack
29.
Microphone jack
30.
USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4
31.
USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2
32.
Serial ports
33.
PS/2 keyboard port
See page 1-8 for the specifications of each component. Refer to
Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components.