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Thank you for choosing the L4S8M mainboard. The L4S8M mainboard is a
high–performance, enhanced function mainboard that supports Socket 478
Pentium 4 processors with system speeds up to 533MHz for high-end busi-
ness or personal desktop markets.
The mainboard incorporates the SiS648 Northbridge and SiS963/SiS963L
Southbridge chipsets. The SiS648 Northbridge chipset provides a 12-level In-
Order-Queue to support maximum outstanding transactions on host up to 12.
The memory controller offers high-bandwidth up to 2.7GB/s under DDR333 in
order to sustain the bandwidth demand from the host processor, as well as the
multi I/O masters and AGP masters. While the SiS963 Southbridge integrates
the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Host Controllers, 1394a
Audio Controller with AC 97 interface.
The L4S8M is designed to give customers an advanced, multimedia solution
and state-of-the-art technology. It provides a versatile range of I/O features,
such as dual channel IDE interfaces, a floppy controller, two high-speed serial
port, an EPP/ECP capable bi-directional parallel port connector, four USB
(Universal Serial Bus) connector, a PS/2 keyboard, 1394a connectors, mouse
connectors and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out. One AGP slot
and three PCI local bus slots which provide expandability for add-on periph-
eral cards.
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Compare the mainboard's package contents with the following checklist:
Standard Items
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One mainboard
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One diskette drive ribbon cable
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One IDE drive ribbon cable
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One auto-install software support CD
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One I/O panel
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One cooling fan retention module
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This user's manual
Introducing the Mainboard
(except for SiS963L)
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