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.