1Chapter 1Introduction of A353DMS/A353DM MotherboardThank you for purchasing the A353DMS/A353DM motherboard which provideextremely performance and meet future specification demand.A353DMS/A353DM motherboard is adopted with advanced technologies to deliver the extremelyperformance for Intel Pentium 4 socket 478 processors. A353DMS/A353DM motherboard alsofeature AGP 8X, Serial ATA RAID0, 1, USB 2.0 as well as 6-channel audio which are based onthe advanced ATI RADEON 9000 PRO IGP (RC350) chipset with FSB 800MHz processor andDDR 400 MHz memory provide. Now we could know more details by reading the features ofmotherboards below.1-1 Feature of motherboardA353DMS/A353DM motherboard is designed for Intel Pentium 4 Socket-478 400MHz/533MHz/800MHz Front Side Bus Frequency CPUs and the memory size expandable to 2.0GB.By using ATI RADEON 9000 PRO IGP (RC350)/IXP 300 chipset which provides800/533/400MHz Front Side Bus frequency and DDR266/333/400 SDRAM support as a obviousfurther step to the next generation of 400/533/800MHz processors (not support Willamate (0.18u)processor). A353DMS/A353DM motherboard also offers two ULTRA ATA 133 to providespeedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance, and IXP 300 integratedSerial ATA controller chipset support two Serial ATA(150Mb/sec transfer rate) portssupport RAID 0, RAID 1 function.Integrated AC’97 CODEC audio on system supports 6-channel speaker for 3D Surround Effectwhich is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality andcompatibility. AGP 8X slot enables more complex models and detailed textures with AGP 8Xgraphic accelerators which creates richer and more lifelike virtual environments.A353DMS/A353DM integrated RealTek RT8100C LAN controller chip supports 10/100Mbpsdata transfer rate full duplex, half duplex operation(Option). USB control as well as capability ofexpanding to 8 USB function ports support USB2.0/1.1 Devices.Built-in hardware monitor function will monitor and protect your computer which is the specialdesign in hardware for protecting Pentium 4 CPU from burned, and will shutdown power supplyautomatically when CPU is overheated or the CPU cooling fan is not working.Minor adjustable DDR memory 2.5V Voltage, AGP 1.5V Voltage, and other special functionsallows user to increase CPU Host clock step by step by setting up BIOS to approach overclocking and increasing stability of the system.SURROUNDVIEW provided the power and convenience of multi-adapter, multi-monitorsupport for computers that use internal ATI integrated graphics processors (IGP) in combinationwith an external ATI AGP graphics card, can support up to three, independent monitors.