1.4Motherboard overview

Before you install the K8V Deluxe 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 K8V Deluxe motherboard as pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.

1.

12V ATX power connector

18.

Speech controller

2.

NorthBridge controller

19.

PCI connectors

3.

CPU socket

20.

Audio CODEC

4.

DDR DIMM sockets

21.

Gigabit LAN controller

5.

ATX Power connector

22.

IEEE 1394 controller

6.

IDE connectors

23.

PS/2 Mouse

7.

AGP slot

24.

Parallel port

8.

Floppy disk connector

25.

IEEE 1394 port

9.

Serial ATA connectors

26.

RJ-45 port

10.

RAID Ultra ATA/133 connector

27.

Line In jack

11.

Flash ROM

28.

Line Out jack

12.

Standby power LED

29.

Microphone jack

13.

Super I/O controller

30.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

14.

SouthBridge controller

31.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

15.

RAID controller

32.

Serial port

16.

COM2 connector

33.

S/PDIF jack

17.

WiFi connector

34.

Keyboard port

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

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