1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome!
T ha nk yo u f or bu yin g a n AS US
®
M 2N- MX SE PL US
mo the rbo ar 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.
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
1.2 Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS motherboard
Cables 1 x Serial ATA signal cables
1 x Serial ATA power cable
1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
Accessories I/O shield
Application CD ASUS motherboard support CD
Documentation User guide
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
This motherboard supports the latest AM2+ CPUs with better overclocking
capabilities and less power consumption. It provides extremely high performances
and shortened data access time by supporting 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport
Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 1066 memory and AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet
Technology. See page 1-9 for details.
AM2+ CPU socket is backward compatible with AM2 CPU socket, but the AM2
processors work at AM2 platform, and AM2+ processors work at AM2+ platform.