5
Introducing the Motherboard
Table of Motherboard Components
LABEL COMPONENTS
Socket for AMD Phenom
TM
rocessor
socket AM2+
Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon
TM
64/Sempron
TM
processors
2. CPU_FAN CPU cooling fan connector
3. PWR_FAN2 Power cooling fan connector
4. DDR2_1~4 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM slots
5. ATX_POWE
Standard 24-
in ATX
ower connector
6. IDE Primary IDE connector
7. SPK Speaker header
8. PWR_FAN1 Power cooling fan connector
9. SATA1~6 Serial ATA connectors
10. CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper
11. PWR_BTN Power on button
12. RST_BTN Reset button
13. F_PANEL Front panel switch/LED header
14. SPI_DEBUG SPI DEBUG header
15. F_USB1~3 Front Panel USB headers
16. FDD Floppy disk drive connector
17. SPDIFO SPDIF out header
18. F_AUDIO Front panel audio header
19. PCI1~3 32-bit add-on card slots
20. PCIEX16 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics interface
21. PCIE1~2 PCI Express x1 slots
22. SYS_FAN System cooling fan connector
23. ATX12V 8-pin +12V power connector
1. CPU Socket
This concludes Chapter 1. The next chapter explains how to install the motherboard.