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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
This motherboard has a
Socket-478
to support
Intel Pentium 4/
Prescott
processors with
Hyper-Threading Technology
and
Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to
800
MHz
. The Prescott CPU
provides higher power, better voltage regulator tolerance and
thermal solution, performing better graphics and audio, speeding
up the processor. Hyper-Threading Technology, designed to take
advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you
the power to do more things at once.
This motherboard integrates the
Intel 865GV
Northbridge along
with
Intel 82801EB I/O Controller Hub (ICH5)
that supports
the
Serial ATA
— a new interface for high-performance and
mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in
USB 2.0
providing higher
bandwidth, implementing
Universal Serial Bus Specification
Revision 2.0
and is compliant with
UHCI 1.1
and
EHCI 0.95
.
This motherboard supports 6-channel
AC’97 Audio Codec
,
Ultra DMA
100
/66
function, one
AGP Express
slot, one
CNR
slot and three 32-bit
PCI
slots. There is a full set of I/O ports
including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one VGA port,
one serial port, one parallel port, three audio jacks for micropone,
line-in and line-out, four back-panel USB2.0 ports and onboard
USB headers USB3/USB2 providing four extra USB2.0 ports by
connecting the Extended USB Module to the motherboard.
This motherboard is a
Micro
ATX
motherboard and has power
connectors for an ATX power supply.
