4 motherboard overview, 1 major components – Asus AP1720-E1 User Manual

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1-6

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.4

Motherboard overview

Before you install the 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 PC-DL Deluxe
motherboard as pointed out in the picture on page 1-7.

1.

SSI-type power connector (24-pin)

2.

CPU sockets

3.

North Bridge controller

4. SSI-type 12V power connector

(8-pin)

5.

DDR DIMM sockets

6.

AGP Pro/8X slot

7.

RAID Ultra ATA133 connector

8.

SATA connectors (supported by
Promise

®

20378 controller)

9.

Flash ROM

10.

SATA connectors
(supported by ICH5R)

11.

IDE connectors

12.

Floppy disk connector

13.

Standby power LED

14.

Speech controller

15.

IEEE 1394 controller

16.

South Bridge controller

17.

SATA/RAID controller

18.

PCI slots

19.

Super I/O controller

20.

Audio CODEC

21.

AGP warning LED

22.

Gigabit LAN controller

23.

PS/2 mouse port

24.

Parallel port

25.

IEEE 1394 port

26.

RJ-45 port

27.

Line In jack

28.

Line Out jack

29.

Microphone jack

30.

USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4

31.

USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2

32.

Serial ports

33.

PS/2 keyboard port

See page 1-8 for the specifications of each component. Refer to
Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components.

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