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4 motherboard overview, 1 major components – Asus AW171 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.4

Motherboard overview

Before you install the SK8N 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 SK8N motherboard as
pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.

1.

DDR DIMM sockets

2.

CPU socket

3.

12V ATX power connector

4.

ATX Power connector

5.

IDE connectors

6.

Flash ROM

7.

System chipset

8.

Super I/O controller

9.

Floppy disk connector

10.

RAID Ultra ATA/133 connector

11.

Standby power LED

12.

IEEE 1394 controller

13.

Serial ATA controller

14.

Serial ATA connectors

15.

PCI slots

16.

AGP slot

17.

Audio CODEC

18.

LAN PHY

19.

PS/2 Mouse

20.

Parallel port

21.

IEEE 1394 port

22.

RJ-45 port

23.

Line In jack

24.

Line Out jack

25.

Microphone jack

26.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

27.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

28.

Serial port

29.

Keyboard port

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

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