P6EX-A+ User’s Manual
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Package & Product Information – 1.8
CPU Slot & Supported CPUs
The Slot 1 CPU slot supports the full range of Pentium II CPUs
from Intel. The mainboard comes with a “retention module” which
mounts on the mainboard to provide guide rails and latch recep-
tacles for the latches on the Pentium II. Installing a CPU in the
socket is easy. The CPU slides into the guide rails, inserts in the
slot and secures to the retention module with the attached spring-
loaded latches.
If you want to install a CPU upgrade or are installing a CPU
on the board for the first time, please refer to ‘Installing a CPU’ in
Section 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard.
Port & Controller Connections
There are several ports and connectors on the mainboard. Some
are external ports and others are internal connectors that connect
to other parts of the computer or internal options.
External Ports
This mainboard has several external ports and connectors in-
cluding the COM1 and COM2 serial ports, a Parallel port, two
USB ports and PS/2-type keyboard and mouse ports. These ex-
ternal ports are all accessible at the rear of the computer when
the mainboard is installed.
Internal Connectors
There are also several connectors built onto the mainboard,
including two connectors for up to four Enhanced IDE devices in
two channels and a connector for two floppy disk drives. There
are also connectors for a cooling fans and both modem ring-in
wake-up and LAN signal wake-up cables.
An SBLink connector provides a connection for PCI sound
cards that support this feature to maintain Creative Labs
SoundBlaster compatibilty in certain applications. See your sound
card documentation for more information.
Details about these connectors are in Section 4: Reference In-
formation.
