1.1Welcome!Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4S800-MX SE motherboard!

The ASUS P4S800-MX SE 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 contentsCheck your P4S800-MX SE package for the following items.

ASUS P4S800-MX SE motherboard ASUS P4S800-MX SE series support CD Serial ATA cable

Serial ATA power cable

80-conductor UltraATA IDE cable Ribbon cable for a 3.5-inch floppy drive I/O shield

Bag of extra jumper caps User Guide

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

1.3Special features

Intel® 800MHz FSB CPU support

The motherboard comes with a 478-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor. This motherboard supports 800/533/400 MHz system front side bus that allows 6.4GB/s, 4.3GB/s and 3.2GB/s data transfer rates, respectively. The P4S800-MX SE also supports the Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and Intel® Prescott CPU. See page 1-8 for details.

SiS661FX/964 chipset

Embedded in this motherboard is the SiS661FX/964 chipset that integrates various SiS-developed technologies to ensure an efficient and reliable computing performance.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction