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Introducing the Mainboard
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Thank you for choosing the mainboard. The mainboard
is an ATX mainboard that uses a 4-layer printed circuit board and measures
305 mm x 244 mm. The mainboard features a Socket 478 that accommodates
Intel Pentium 4 processors supporting front side bus (FSB) speeds of 400/533
MHz (133 MHz QDR).
This mainboard incorporates the VIA P4X333 Northbridge and VT8235
Southbridge chipsets which supports the AC 97 audio codec, which combines
support for DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM up to 3 GB (registered)/1.5 GB
(unbuffered).
The is designed to give customers an advanced, multimedia solu-
tion at a very low cost. It is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports, such
as dual channel IDE interfaces, a floppy controller, two high-speed serial port,
an EPP/ECP capable bi-directional parallel port connector, four USB (Univer-
sal Serial Bus) connector, a PS/2 keyboard, and mouse connectors. One AGP
slot, five PCI local bus slots and one communication and networking riser
(CNR) slot provide expandability for add-on peripheral cards.
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Compare the mainboard’s package contents with the following checklist:
Standard Items
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One mainboard
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One diskette drive ribbon cable
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One IDE drive ribbon cable
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One retention module
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Software support CD
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This user’s manual
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