Asus P4B-MX User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

South bridge controller. Referred to as the Intel I/O Controller
Hub 2 (ICH2) of the Intel 845 chipset, this controller provides the
I/O subsystem that allows access to the rest of the system. The
ICH2 integrates I/O functions such as system bus interface, Ultra
ATA/100, Low Pin Count (LPC) interface, Universal Serial Bus
(USB) 1.1 interface, PCI interface, and CNR interface.

AGP slot. This Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot supports 1.5V
AGP4X mode graphics cards for 3D graphical applications.

Onboard LED. This onboard LED lights up if there is a standby
power on the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off
the system power before plugging or unplugging devices.

Audio CODEC. This AC ‘97 audio codec provides stereo analog
I/O on the motherboard and peripheral devices to deliver high
quality audio to PC-connected speakers, headphones, and
microphones. The codec includes analog-to-digital and digital-to-
analog sample rate converters, as power amplifiers and
programmable gain blocks.

PCI slots. These three 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus
master PCI cards like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum
throughput.

LAN controller. This Intel 82562ET is a highly integrated Platform
LAN Connect (PLC) device that allows 10BASE-T and
100BASE-TX networking capabilities, and provides the LAN
solution to perform high-speed data transfers over the PCI bus.

ATX 12V connector. This power connector connects the 4-pin 12V
plug from the ATX 12V power supply.

USB ports. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are
available for connecting USB devices such as a mouse and PDA.

RJ-45 port. This port allows connection to a Local Area Network
(LAN) through a network hub.

Microphone jack. This Mic (pink) jack connects a microphone. In
6-channel mode, the function of this jack becomes Bass/Center.

Line In jack. This Line In (light blue) jack connects a tape player or
other audio sources.

Line Out jack. This Line Out (lime) jack connects a headphone or
a speaker.