Welcome; Package Contents; Special Features - Asus P4S800-MX User Manual

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Welcome!

Thank you for buying the ASUS
The ASUS P4S800-MX 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.
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Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.
ASUS P4S800-MX motherboard
Micro-ATX form factor: 9.6 in x 9.6 in (24.5 cm x 24.5 cm)
ASUS P4S800-MX series support CD
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.
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Special features

®
Intel 800MHz FSB CPU support
The motherboard comes with a 478-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket for the Intel
micron process. 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 also supports the Intel
next-generation Intel
SiS661FX/963L chipset
Embedded in this motherboard is the SiS661FX/963L chipset that integrates
various SiS-developed technologies to ensure an efficient and reliable computing
performance.
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®
P4S800-MX motherboard!
® ®
Pentium 4 processor and 512/256KB L2 cache on 0.13
® Prescott CPU. See page 1-8.
® Hyper-Threading Technology and the
Chapter 1: Product introduction