Chapter 1
Introduction
This mainboard has a
Socket-478
supporting
Intel
Pentium 4/Hyper Threading Technology
processors with
Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to
800
MHz. Hyper Threading
Technology, designed to take advantage of the multitasking
features in Windows XP, gives you the power to do more things at
once
.
This mainboard integrates the
Intel 865PE
Northbridge along with
Intel 82801EB I/O Controller Hub (ICH5)
chipsets that supports
the
Serial ATA
— a new interface for high-performance and
mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in
USB 2.0
providing higher
bandwidth, implementing
Universal Serial Bus Specification
Revis ion 2.0
and is compliant with
UHCI 1.1
and
EHCI 0.95
.
This mainboard supports
AC 97 Audio Codec
and provides
Ultra
DMA
33/66/100
functionIt has one
8x AGP
, one
CNR
(Communications and Networking Riser) and five 32 -bit
PCI
slots.
There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse
and keyboard, one serial port, one parallel port and maximum eight
USB2.0 ports – four back-panel ports and onboard USB connectors
USB3/USB2 providing four extra ports by connecting the
Extended USB Module to the mainboard.
This mainboard is a
Full
ATX
mainboard and has power
connectors for an ATX power supply.
Note: You must initiate the HT CPU function through
BIOS setup. It is strongly recommended you
refer to Page 31 for relative details.
