Asus A7V8X - Manual (Page 20)

1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.4 Motherboard overview
Before you install the A7V8X 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 A7V8X motherboard as
pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.
1. North Bridge controller
2. CPU socket
3. DDR DIMM sockets
4. ATX power connector
5. Floppy disk connector
6. IDE connectors
7. AGP warning LED
8. South Bridge controller
9. ASUS ASIC
10. RAID IDE connector*
11. SATA connectors*
12. Flash ROM
13. SATA controller*
14. Stand-by LED
15. Super I/O controller
16 IEEE 1394 connector E
17. IEEE 1394 controller E
18. PCI slots
(Note: The blue PCI slot is a
standard PCI slot and also an
optional ASUS proprietary slot)
19. 10/100 or 1Gbit LAN controller L
20. AGP slot
21. Mouse port
22. Parallel port
23. RJ-45 port L
24. Line In jack A
25. Line Out jack A
26. Microphone jack A
27. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4
28. Serial ports 1 and 2
29. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2
30. Keyboard port
* - on SATA model only
E - on IEEE model only
L - on LAN model only
A - on Audio model only
See page 1-8 for the specifications of each component. Refer to
Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components.