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1.4 Motherboard overview Before you install the A7V8X motherboard, familiarize yourself with its physical configuration and available features to facilitate the motherboard installation and future upgrades. A sufficient knowledge of the motherboard specifications will also help you avoid mistakes that may damage the board and its components. 1.4.1 Major components The following are the major components of the A7V8X motherboard as pointed out in the picture on page 1-7. 1. North Bridge controller 2. CPU socket 3. DDR DIMM sockets 4. ATX power connector 5. Floppy disk connector 6. IDE connectors 7. AGP warning LED 8. South Bridge controller 9. ASUS ASIC 10. RAID IDE connector* 11. SATA connectors* 12. Flash ROM 13. SATA controller* 14. Stand-by LED 15. Super I/O controller 16 IEEE 1394 connectorE 17. IEEE 1394 controllerE 18. PCI slots (Note: The ASUS BlueMagic PCI slot works as a normal PCI slot and it is also compatible with the ASUS proprietary wireless card - Spacelink B&W) 19. Audio CODECA 20. 10/100 or 1Gbit LAN controllerL 21. AGP slot 22. Mouse port 23. Parallel port 24. RJ-45 portL 25. Line In jackA 26. Line Out jackA 27. Microphone jackA 28. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4 29. Serial ports 1 and 2 30. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 31. Keyboard port * - on SATA model only E - on IEEE model only L - on LAN model only A - on Audio model only See page 1-8 for the specifications of each major component. Refer to Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components. 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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1-6
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.4
Motherboard overview
Before you install the A7V8X motherboard, familiarize yourself with its
physical configuration and available features to facilitate the motherboard
installation and future upgrades. A sufficient knowledge of the motherboard
specifications will also help you avoid mistakes that may damage the
board and its components.
1.4.1
Major components
The following are the major components of the A7V8X motherboard as
pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.
1.
North Bridge controller
2.
CPU socket
3.
DDR DIMM sockets
4.
ATX power connector
5.
Floppy disk connector
6.
IDE connectors
7.
AGP warning LED
8.
South Bridge controller
9.
ASUS ASIC
10.
RAID IDE connector*
11.
SATA connectors*
12.
Flash ROM
13.
SATA controller*
14.
Stand-by LED
15.
Super I/O controller
16
IEEE 1394 connector
E
17.
IEEE 1394 controller
E
18.
PCI slots
(Note: The ASUS
BlueMagic
PCI slot works as a normal
PCI slot and it is also compatible
with the ASUS proprietary
wireless card - Spacelink B&W)
See page 1-8 for the specifications of each major component. Refer to
Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components.
19.
Audio CODEC
A
20.
10/100 or 1Gbit LAN controller
L
21.
AGP slot
22.
Mouse port
23.
Parallel port
24.
RJ-45 port
L
25.
Line In jack
A
26.
Line Out jack
A
27.
Microphone jack
A
28.
USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4
29.
Serial ports 1 and 2
30.
USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2
31.
Keyboard port
* - on SATA model only
E
- on IEEE model only
L
- on LAN model only
A
- on Audio model only