Welcome; Package Contents; Special Features; Product Highlights - Advantech AIMB-542 Series User Manual

1.1

Welcome!

Thank you for buying an Advantech
The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it
another standout in the long line of Advantech 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.
Motherboard
Cables
Accessory
Application CD
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array (LGA)
socket designed for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in the 775-land package.
The motherboard supports the Intel® Pentium 4, Intel® Pentium D, Intel® Celeron
and Intel® Dual-Core processors featuring 800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB),
dedicated L2 cache, and a core speed of up to 3.8GHz.
The motherboard also supports the Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, the Intel®
Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) that allows 64-bit computing, and the
Enhanced Intel Speedstep® Technology (EIST) that intelligently adjusts the CPU
voltage and frequency depending on the CPU loading, system speed or power
requirement. See page1-9 for details.
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AIMB-542 motherboard!
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Advantech AIMB-542 motherboard
1 x Serial ATA signal cable
1 x Serial ATA power cable
1 x Ultra DMA 100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
I/O shield
Advantech motherboard support CD
Chapter 1: Product introduction