Chapter 1. Getting Started; Introduction - Albatron P4M800 Pro User Manual

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Introduction

Congratulations on the choosing P4M800 Pro Mainboard. It is based on the VIA
Northbridge chipset and the VT8237R+ Southbridge chipset; the mainboard comprises integrated the
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VIA UniChrome Pro 2D/3D graphics optimized. It also supports the Intel
Processor with 800/ 533 MHz of FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies.
The P4M800 Pro provides two 240-pin DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets which support to
insert DDR II 400 (PC2-3200)/ DDR II 533 (PC2-4300) SDRAM, and support a total memory capacity of
2 GB.
The mainboard provides one 8x AGP slot and three PCI slots. In addition, one 360Kb/ 720Kb/ 1.2Mb/
1.44Mb/ 2.88Mb floppy disk drive connector and two IDE connectors that support Ultra ATA 66/100/133
for hard disk drives are provided on this mainboard. The onboard Serial ATA function, two SATA
connectors are able to support the transfer rate up to 1.5 Gbps.
There is a maximum of eight USB2.0/ 1.1 ports that can be set up on this mainboard.
The onboard AC' 97 Audio codec supports high quality performance 6-channel audio play (Super 5.1
Channel Audio Effect) (See Appendix I). The mainboard also supports the Sony/Philips Digital
Interfaces (SPDIF) function (optional).
The P4M800 Pro comes with an onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN chip. There is a LAN port on the
back panel that you can directly plug an internet cable into.
In addition, this mainboard supports the ABS (Albatron BIOS Security) card (Optional), which is a small
circuit board inserted onto the mainboard providing full backup BIOS functionality in case of BIOS failure
or damage during the BIOS flash (See Appendix II).
All the information (including hardware installation and software installation) in this manual are for
reference only. The contents in this manual may be updated without notice. The company will not
assume any mistake that user caused.
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