Asus P4S800-MX SE Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
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 contents
Check 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.
1.3 Special 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.