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.