1.4Motherboard overview

Before you install the 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 P4C800 Deluxe motherboard as pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.

1.

CPU socket

18.

Wi-Fi slot

2.

North Bridge controller

19.

Super I/O controller

3.

ATX12V power connector

20.

PCI slots

4.

DDR DIMM sockets

21.

Audio CODEC

5.

Floppy disk connector

22.

LAN controller

6.

IDE connectors

23.

PS/2 mouse port

7.

ATX power connector

24.

Parallel port

8.

AGP Pro/8X slot

25.

IEEE 1394 port (optional)

9.

Standby power LED

26.

RJ-45 port

10.

Flash ROM

27.

Line In jack

11.

Speech controller

28.

Line Out jack

12.

RAID Ultra ATA133 connector

29.

Microphone jack

13.

SATA connectors

30.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

14.

SATA RAID connectors

31.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

15.

RAID/SATA/IDE controller

32.

Serial port

16.

South Bridge controller

33.

S/PDIF out port

17.

IEEE 1394 controller (optional)

34.

PS/2 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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