1.1Welcome!

T h a n k y o u f o r b u y i n g a n A S U S ® M 2 N - M X S E P L U S m o t h e r b o a r d !

The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards!

Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it, check the items in your package with the list below.

1.2Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.

Motherboard

ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS motherboard

Cables

1 x Serial ATA signal cables

 

1 x Serial ATA power cable

 

1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 cable

 

1 x Floppy disk drive cable

Accessories

I/O shield

Application CD

ASUS motherboard support CD

Documentation

User guide

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

1.3Special features

1.3.1Product highlights

Latest processor technology

This motherboard supports the latest AM2+ CPUs with better overclocking capabilities and less power consumption. It provides extremely high performances and shortened data access time by supporting 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 1066 memory and AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology. See page 1-9 for details.

AM2+ CPU socket is backward compatible with AM2 CPU socket, but the AM2 processors work at AM2 platform, and AM2+ processors work at AM2+ platform.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction