Asus M3N78-EH 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.
PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology
that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point serial
interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data
in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI
specifications. See page 1-20 for details.
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
nForce 730a allows RAID
0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations for six SATA connectors.
High Definition Audio
Enjoy high-quality sound system on your PC! The onboard 8-channel HD audio
(High Definition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC enables high-quality
192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-detect feature, and multi-streaming technology.
You can now talk to your partners on the headphone while playing a multi-channel
network game. All of these are done on one computer.