1.1Welcome!

Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4P800S-X motherboard!

The ASUS P4P800S-X motherboard, based on the Intel® 848P MCH 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 P4P800S-X package for the following items.

ASUS P4P800S-X motherboard ASUS motherboard support CD 1 x Serial ATA signal 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 with 512KB cache on 0.13 micron process and the 1MB L2 cache on 0.09 micron processor includes a 800/533/400 MHz system bus, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and the FMB2 power design that allows up to 3.6+ GHz of core frequency. See page 1-7.

DDR400 (PC3200) support

DDR400 (PC3200), the latest and fastest DDR memory standard, supports bandwidth of up to 3.2 GB/s to provide enhanced system performance. See 1-9.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction