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Chapter 1
Introduction of P4M2PRO Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
The P4M2PRO-P motherboard is designed for the use of Intel Pentium 4 Processor in
LGA775 Package Processor with the VIA P4M800 PRO Chipset that delivers a high
performance and professional desktop platform solution. It utilizes the LGA 775 design and
the memory size which is expandable to 2.0GB.
The motherboard utilizes the newest VIA P4M800 PRO chipset which supports 400MHz/
533MHz /800MHz/1066MHz System Bus in data transfer rate and Hyper Threading technology.
The motherboard provides 133MHz/166MHz/200MHz Memory clock frequency for DDRII 266
/DDRII333/DDRII400/DDRII533 system RAM Modules. The motherboard is embedded VIA
VT8237R V-Link LPC South Bridge offers ULTRA
ATA 133
and
Serial ATA with RAID 0,
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functions to provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance. The
P4M2PRO-P used the VIA VT6103 LAN PHY chip Support Fast Ethernet LAN function
provide 10/100 Mb/s data transfer rate.
The motherboard also has an integrated 6-channel AC’97 CODEC on board which is fully
compatible with Sound Blaster Pro
®
that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility.
P4M2PRO-P motherboard is integrated S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro Integrated Graphics
Processor with high performance & high quality 3D accelerator that supports Ultra-AGPII
with 2GB/s bandwidth, built-in MPEG-2/1 Video Decoder and Video Accelerator supports
VCD DVD HDTV decoding and playback, supports graphic and video overlay function.
Built-in programmable 24-bit true-color RAMDAC up to 250MHz pixel clock.
Programmable frame buffer size from 16MB and up to 64MB. For those wanting even greater
graphic performance. P4M2PRO-P provides an AGP slot supports AGP 8X/4X capability and
Fast write Transaction.
With USB controller as well as capability of expanding to 8x USB2.0 function ports
delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth and rich connectivity, these motherboards meet future USB
demand also has built-in hardware monitor function to monitor and protect your computer.
A useful software tool “Magic BIOS” examines the BIOS version automatically with the
correct version available on the web, links the site for users to download the latest version of
BIOS and updates the BIOS. Use “Magic BIOS”, users can download and update BIOS
automatically and completed under the OS easily.
The motherboard provides high performance & meets future specification demand. It is really
wise choice for your computer.
