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C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel

Pentium

4 processor in the 775-land

package. The motherboard supports the Intel

Pentium

4 processor with

800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). The motherboard also supports the
Intel

Hyper-Threading technology and is fully compatible with Intel

04B

and 04A processors. See page 2-6 for details.

ATI Radeon

XPRESS

XPRESS 200/ULI M1573 chipset

200/ULI M1573 chipset

The ATI Radeon

XPRESS 200 Northbridge and the ULI M1573 Southbridge

provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The ATI Radeon

XPRESS

200 Northbridge integrates the Radeon

X300 GPU, an integrated graphics

processing unit (GPU) for enhanced 3D, 2D, and video capabilities. The
Northbridge also provides the interface for a processor in the 775-land
package with 533/800 MHz front side bus (FSB), dual channel DDR
memory, three PCI Express x1 slots, and a PCI Express x16 slot for discrete
graphics card.

The ULI M1573 Southbridge represents the sixth generation I/O controller
hub that provides the interface for PCI Express and 8-channel high
definition audio.

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

Technology (EIST)

The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

Technology (EIST) intelligently manages the

CPU resources by automatically adjusting the CPU voltage and core frequency
depending on the CPU loading and system speed or power requirement.
See page 4-25 and the Appendix for details.

PCI Express™ interface

The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible
with existing PCI specifications. See page 2-20 for details.

Onboard TV In port

The motherboard comes with a TV in port that allows you to watch and
record live TV on your desktop computer. See 2-25 for details. Refer to
page 5-16 for instructions on installing and uninstalling the required drivers.