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4 motherboard overview, 1 major components – Asus P4PE User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.4

Motherboard overview

Before you install the P4PE 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 P4PE motherboard as
pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.

1.

ATX 12V connector

2.

CPU socket

3.

North Bridge controller

4.

DDR DIMM sockets

5.

ASUS EZ Plug™ 12V connector

6.

ATX power connector

7.

Floppy disk connector

8.

IDE connectors

9.

RAID Ultra ATA/133 connector
(optional)

10.

South Bridge controller

11.

Serial ATA connectors

12.

Speech controller

13.

Flash ROM

14.

RAID/IDE/SATA controller

15.

Standby power LED

16.

ASUS ASIC

17.

Super I/O controller

18.

IEEE 1394 controller (optional)

19.

PCI slots

20.

Audio CODEC (optional)

21.

LAN controller (optional)

22

AGP warning LED

23.

AGP slot

24.

PS/2 mouse port

25.

Parallel port

26.

RJ-45 port (optional)

27.

Line In jack (optional)

28.

Line Out jack (optional)

29.

Microphone jack (optional)

30.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

31.

Serial ports

32.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

33.

Keyboard port

See page 1-8 for the specifications of each component. Refer to
Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components.