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4 motherboard overview, 1 major components – Asus K8V User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.4

Motherboard overview

Before you install the K8V Deluxe 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 K8V Deluxe motherboard
as pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.

1.

12V ATX power connector

2.

NorthBridge controller

3.

CPU socket

4.

DDR DIMM sockets

5.

ATX Power connector

6.

IDE connectors

7.

AGP slot

8.

Floppy disk connector

9.

Serial ATA connectors

10.

RAID Ultra ATA/133 connector

11.

Flash ROM

12.

Standby power LED

13.

Super I/O controller

14.

SouthBridge controller

15.

RAID controller

16.

COM2 connector

17.

WiFi connector

18.

Speech controller

19.

PCI connectors

20.

Audio CODEC

21.

Gigabit LAN controller

22.

IEEE 1394 controller

23.

PS/2 Mouse

24.

Parallel port

25.

IEEE 1394 port

26.

RJ-45 port

27.

Line In jack

28.

Line Out jack

29.

Microphone jack

30.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

31.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

32.

Serial port

33.

S/PDIF jack

34.

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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