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Introducing the Mainboard
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Thank you for choosing this mainboard. This mainboard has a Socket-478
processor socket for Intel Pentium 4 type of processors supporting front side
bus (FSB) speeds up to 533 MHz.
This mainboard incorporates the VIA P4X333 Northbridge and
VT8235/8233A(CE) Southbridge chipsets that support AC 97 audio codec,
and provide Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 function. If the VT8235 SB is installed,
the mainboard supports built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, imple-
ments Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with
UHCI 1.1 and EHCI 0.95; if the VT8233A(CE) SB, it doesn’t support USB2.0
and without LAN. This mainboard has four 32-bit PCI slots, one 4xAGP slot,
one CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) slot, and an onboard
10BaseT/100BaseTX Network interface (optional).
There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and key-
board, two serial ports, one parallel port, one MIDI/game port and maximum
six USB ports --two back-panel ports and onboard USB headers make four
extra USB ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard.
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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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This User’s Manual
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One diskette drive ribbon cable
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One IDE drive ribbon cable
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Software support CD
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One Retention Module