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 ® P 5 P E - V M 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 P5PE-VM motherboard

Cables

1 x Serial ATA signal cable

 

1 x Floppy disk drive cable

 

1 x Ultra DMA 100/66 cable

Accessories

I/O shield

Application CDs

ASUS motherboard support CD

Documentation

User guide

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

1.3Special features

1.3.1 Product hi ghli ghts

Latest processor technol ogy

The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array (LGA) socket designed for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in the 775-land package. The motherboard supports the Intel® Pentium 4 processor, Intel® Pentium D, Intel® Celeron and Intel® Dual-Core processors with 1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), L2 cache, and a core speed of up to 3.8GHz.

The motherboard also supports the Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, the Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) that allows 64-bit computing, and the Enhanced Intel Speedstep® Technology (EIST) that intelligently adjusts the CPU voltage and frequency depending on the CPU loading, system speed or power requirement. See page1-8 for details.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction