1.4Motherboard overview

Before you install the A7V8X motherboard, familiarize yourself with its physical configuration and available features to facilitate the motherboard installation and future upgrades. A sufficient knowledge of the motherboard specifications will also help you avoid mistakes that may damage the board and its components.

1.4.1 Major components

The following are the major components of the A7V8X motherboard as pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.

1.

North Bridge controller

19.

Audio CODECA

2.

CPU socket

20.

10/100 or 1Gbit LAN controllerL

3.

DDR DIMM sockets

21.

AGP slot

4.

ATX power connector

22.

Mouse port

5.

Floppy disk connector

23.

Parallel port

6.

IDE connectors

24.

RJ-45 portL

7.

AGP warning LED

25.

Line In jackA

8.

South Bridge controller

26.

Line Out jackA

9.

ASUS ASIC

27.

Microphone jackA

10.

RAID IDE connector*

28.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

11.

SATA connectors*

29.

Serial ports 1 and 2

12.

Flash ROM

30.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

13.

SATA controller*

31.

Keyboard port

14.

Stand-by LED

 

 

15.

Super I/O controller

* - on SATA model only

16

IEEE 1394 connectorE

E - on IEEE model only

17.

IEEE 1394 controllerE

L - on LAN model only

18.

PCI slots

A - on Audio model only

 

(Note: The ASUS BlueMagic

 

 

 

PCI slot works as a normal

 

 

 

PCI slot and it is also compatible

 

 

 

with the ASUS proprietary

 

 

 

wireless card - Spacelink B&W)

 

 

See page 1-8 for the specifications of each major component. Refer to Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction