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Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1
Welcome!
Thank you for buying an
®
AIMB-562 motherboard!
The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making
it another standout in the long line of quality motherboards!
Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it, check the
items in your package with the list below.
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Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard
AIMB-562 motherboard
Cables
1 x Serial ATA signal cable
1 x Serial ATA power cable
1 x Ultra DMA 133 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
Accessories
I/O shield
Application CDs
motherboard support CD
Documentation
User guide
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
1.3
Special features
1.3.1
Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel
®
Core
®
2 Duo / Pentium
®
D / Pentium
®
4 / Celeron
®
processor in the 775 -land package. The motherboard
suppor ts the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 or Intel
®
Pentium
®
D processor with
1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). The motherboard also supports
the Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully compatible with Intel
®
PCG
04B/04A and 05B/05A processors. See page 1-9 for details.
Intel
®
65nm Dual-Core Technology CPU support
This motherboard supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
D/Pentium
®
4/Celeron
®
dual-core
processors built on the 65-nanometer (nm) process technology with copper
interconnect.
