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Asus M3N78 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

Gigabit LAN solution

The on-board LAN controller is a highly integrated Gb LAN controller. It is

enhanced with an ACPI management function to provide efficient power

management for advanced operating systems. See page 1-23 for details.

HyperTransport 3.0 Support

HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT3.0) technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than

HT1.0 that radically improves system efficiency for a smoother, faster computing

environment.

HDMI Interface

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first and only industry-supported,

uncompressed, all digital audio and video interface via a single cable and is HDCP

compliant allowing playback of HD DVD, Blu-Ray Disc and other protected content.

See page 1-24 for details.

Dual VGA output

This motherboard supports Dual-VGA output (RGB & HDMI/DVI). HDMI/DVI

interface is compliant with HDCP.

PCI Express 2.0 support

This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and

bandwidth which enhances system performance.

Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology

The motherboard supports next-generation SATA hard drives based on the new

SATA 3Gb/s storage specification. The onboard NVIDIA

GeForce 8200 allows

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations for five onboard

SATA connectors.