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Introducing the Mainboard
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Thank you for choosing the P6VEMT mainboard. Based on the highly inte-
grated VIA Apollo PLE133T, this mainboard incorporates the VIA VT8601T
Northbridge and VT82C686B Southbrige chipset. It is designed to take advan-
tage of the latest technology to provide you with the ultimate solution in data
processing. In the tradition of its predecessors, the P6VEMT continues a
commitment to reliability and performance and strives for full compliance and
compatibility with industry software and hardware standards.
The Apollo PLE133T chipset is a high performance, cost-effective and energy
efficient solution for the implementation of integrated 2D/3D Graphics – PCI –
ISA desktop systems from 66 MHz to 133MHz based on 64-bit Socket 370
VIA C3 and Intel Celeron, Pentium III, and Pentium-M (Tualatin) processors.
The VT82C686B Southbridge chipset enhances the functionality of the stan-
dard ISA peripherals.
The P6VEMT is a micro-ATX board measuring 244 X 200 mm and using 4-
layer printed circuit board. It also comes with a full set of I/O ports which in-
cludes one serial port, a parallel port, a monitor port, a PS/2 mouse port, a
PS/2 keyboard port, audio ports, USB ports and a game port. Moreover, it
contains on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD-
ROM.
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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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This User’s Manual
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One diskette drive ribbon cable
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One IDE drive ribbon cable
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Software support CD
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One
Retention
Module
