1.1Welcome!

Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4P800-X motherboard!

The ASUS P4P800-X motherboard, based on the Intel® 865PE chipset supporting 800FSB that 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 P4P800-X package for the following items.

ASUS P4P800-X motherboard ASUS motherboard support CD 2 x Serial ATA cable

1 x UltraDMA 100/66 cable1 x Floppy disk cable I/O shieldBag of extra jumper caps User Guide

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

1.3Special features

Latest processor technology

The motherboard supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor via a 478-pin surface mount ZIF socket. The Pentium 4 processor includes a 800/533/400 MHz system bus, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and a power design that allows up to 3.6+ GHz core frequencies for up to 6.4GB/s data transfer rates. See page 1-7.

Dual-channel DDR 400 support

Employing the dual channel Double Data Rate (DDR) memory architecture, the motherboard supports up to 4GB of system memory using DDR400/333/266 DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400MHz memory bus delivers the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction