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Chapter 1 Introduction
This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel
processors with Hyper-Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds
up to 1066/800/533 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technology, designed to take advan-
tage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to do more
things at once.
It integrates the VIA P4M800Pro Northbridge and VT8237R+ Southbridge that
supports the Serial ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream desktop
PCs; the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing Universal
Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI 1.1 and EHCI
1.0. It supports AC' 97 Audio Codec and provides Ultra DMA 133/100/66 func-
tion. It has one 8X AGP, one CNR and three 32-bit PCI slots. There is a full set of
I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one serial port, one
parallel port, one LAN port, one VGA port, three audio jacks for Line-in, Line-out
and Microphone, four back-panel USB2.0 ports and onboard USB headers provid-
ing extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the motherboard.
It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power
supply.
Key Features
The key features of this motherboard include:
LGA775 Socket
Supports latest Intel
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Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports up to 1066/800/533 3MHz Front-Side Bus
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Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it's
hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both
on separate 'logical' processors within the same physical processor.
Chipset
There are VIA P4M800Pro Northbridge and VT8237R+ in the chipsets in accor-
dance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and per-
formance.
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High Performance Northbridge with 1066/800/533 MHz FSB for Intel
Celeron D processors
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V-link 533 MB/s high bandwidth North/South Bridge interconnect
Integrated UniChrome Pro 3D/2D Graphics & Video Controller,
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Microsoft DirectX 9.0 compatible, OpenGL supported
Supports for AGP 8X/4X, AGP v3.0 compliant with 1.5V
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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