The ASUS P8Q67-M DO/CSM has a legacy serial port, available on a header labeled “COM1,” and a legacy parallel port, available on a header labeled “LPT.” If you want to have these ports available, you will have to buy the necessary adapters, since the product doesn’t come with them.
In Figure 6, you can see all the accessories that come with this motherboard.
Figure 6: Accessories
We took an in-depth look at the new member of ASUS Eee PC, 1002HA, which is a “Netbook” (small laptop) based on Intel Atom N270 CPU (1.6 GHz) with 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, 1.3 MP webcam, 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth and more.
We took a look at Centurion 534 case from Cooler Master, which has an aluminum front panel but internally is still made of steel.
Let’s take a look at this socket 1156 motherboard from Gigabyte featuring a 24-phase voltage regulator, six memory sockets, 2 oz copper tracks and more.
Learn how the sound card that comes embedded on your motherboard works.
Understand why new busses like PCI Express, USB and Serial ATA are using serial communication instead of parallel.
During CES 2009 we could take a look at CoolIT Domino ALC, a self-containing water cooling system for CPUs with an LCD display and that is coming with an impressive low price (USD 79). Check it out.