ASUS P4SP-MX SE motherboard user guide
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The SiS651 Northbridge chip is a high performance Host Memory Controller for the
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor, and supports a 2D/3D graphic engine, memory
controller, AGP 4X, and 533MHz front side bus. The SiS651 interconnects with the
SiS962L Southbridge chip at speeds of up to 533MB/s using the proprietary SiS
MuTIOL
®
technology.
Providing I/O and peripheral support is the SiS962L MuTIOL
®
Media I/O. The
Southbridge is a subsystem that integrates various I/O functions including
dual-channel DMA133 bus master IDE, USB 2.0/1.1, Ethernet, and audio
controllers. The SiS962L provides the necessary interfaces for the LPC, AC’97
audio/modem devices, and complies with the Advanced Power Management
(APM) 1.2 and ACPI 1.0b specification.
Integrated 2D/3D graphic engine
Embedded in the Northbridge is an integrated graphic engine with a 256-bit 3D and
2D graphics accelerator with maximum 64MB shared display memory.
See page 2-19.
Integrated 10/100 Mbps LAN controller
The SiS651 Northbridge provides an integrated Fast Ethernet solution that fully
supports 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX networking. The integrated controller works with
the onboard Realtek LAN PHY to give you faster Internet and LAN connections.
See page 1-17.
SoundMAX digital audio system
The SoundMax Digital Audio System is the industry’s highest performance and
most reliable audio solution for business professionals, audiophiles, musicians,
and gamers. SoundMAX Digital Audio System can output 5.1 channel surround
and features state-of-the-art DLS2 MIDI synthesizer with Yamaha DLSbyXG sound
set, 5.1 Virtual Theater™ and supports all major game audio technologies
including Microsoft DirectX™8.0, Microsoft DirectSound 3D™, A3D, MacroFX,
ZoomFX, MultiDrive 5.1 and EAX. See page 1-17.
USB 2.0 connectivity
The motherboard rear panel is equipped with four (4) Universal Serial Bus (USB)
ports to connect USB 2.0 devices. A USB header is also available at mid-board to
accommodate a USB module for two (2) additional USB ports. The USB ports and
header comply with USB 2.0 specification that supports up to 480 Mbps connection
speed. This speed advantage over the conventional USB 1.1 (12 Mbps) allows
faster Internet connection, interactive gaming, and simultaneous running of
high-speed peripherals. USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.1.
See pages 1-17 and 1-20.
