P C h e a l t h m o n i t o r i n g P C h e a l t h m o n i t o r i n g ASUS A8000 for CPU, system, and chassis fan control, motherboard and CPU temperature...
GMCH Top: Subwoofer Speaker Out Center AUDIO Rear Speaker Out Top:Line In Below Center:Line Out Side Speaker Out Below:Mic In PCIEX16 PCI1 Intel PTGD1-LA RTL8101L ICH6 BAT_H PCI2 SATA3 SATA4 VT6307 IEEE SATA1 SATA2 Controller PCI3 ALC880 FRONT_1394 FRONT_USB1...
Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA775 socket designed for the Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor in the 775-land package with 1MB L2 cache. The processor, built on the 90-nanometer manufacturing technology, supports 800MHz front side bus (FSB), Intel ®...
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Position the CPU over the socket, making sure that the gold triangle is on the bottom-left corner of the socket. The socket alignment key should fit into the CPU notch. A l i g n m e n t k e y A l i g n m e n t k e y A l i g n m e n t k e y A l i g n m e n t k e y...
Memory Module (DIMM) sockets. These sockets support up to 4GB system memory using 184-pin unbuffered non-ECC 2.6V DDR SDRAM. The following figure illustrates the location of the DDR DIMM sockets. PTGD1-LA PTGD1-LA 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets Memory configurations Memory configurations Memory configurations...
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Table 1 Table 1 Table 1 Table 1 Table 1 Recommended memory configurations Recommended memory configurations Recommended memory configurations Recommended memory configurations Recommended memory configurations S o c k e t s S o c k e t s S o c k e t s S o c k e t s S o c k e t s M o d e...
Expansion slots The motherboard has one PCI Express and three PCI slots. To install and configure an expansion card: Install an expansion card following the instructions that came with the chassis. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Assign an IRQ to the card.
Removing the cap will cause system boot failure! CLRTC PTGD1-LA Normal Clear CMOS (Default) PTGD1-LA Clear RTC RAM Clear password (3-pin CLPWD) Clear password (3-pin CLPWD) Clear password (3-pin CLPWD) Clear password (3-pin CLPWD) Clear password (3-pin CLPWD) This jumper allows you to clear the password if you forgot your password.
Connectors 6 . 1 6 . 1 Rear panel connectors Rear panel connectors 6 . 1 6 . 1 6 . 1 Rear panel connectors Rear panel connectors Rear panel connectors 1 . 1 . P S / 2 m o u s e p o r t . P S / 2 m o u s e p o r t .
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Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration H e a d s e t / H e a d s e t / H e a d s e t / H e a d s e t /...
PIN 1. PTGD1-LA PTGD1-LA Floppy Disk Drive Connector 2 . 2 . I D E c o n n e c t o r ( 4 0 - 1 p i n I D E )
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PTGD1-LA PTGD1-LA SATA Connectors A S U S P T G D 1 - L A ( G r o u p e r - G L 8 E ) m o t h e r b o a r d...
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PTGD1-LA PTGD1-LA USB 2.0 Connectors A S U S P T G D 1 - L A ( G r o u p e r - G L 8 E ) m o t h e r b o a r d...
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ECC PC3200/2700/2100 DDR DIMMs. PTGD1-LA PTGD1-LA 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets 8 . 8 . F a n c o n n e c t o r s ( 3 - p i n S Y S _ F A N , 4 - p i n C P U _ F A N )
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CD_IN (Black) F_LINE_IN (White) PTGD1-LA PTGD1-LA Internal Audio Connectors 1 0 . 1 0 . F r o n t p a n e l a u d i o c o n n e c t o r ( 1 0 - 1 F R O N T _ P A N E L ) F r o n t p a n e l a u d i o c o n n e c t o r ( 1 0 - 1 F R O N T _ P A N E L ) 1 0 .
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1 1 . F r o n t h e a d p h o n e c o n n e c t o r ( 1 0 - 1 p i n F R O N T _ A U D I O ) This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel headphone port. FRONT_AUDIO PTGD1-LA PTGD1-LA Front HeadPhone & MIC-IN Header Connector...