Asus P5K3 Premium/WiFi-AP - Manual (Page 19)

ASUS P5K3 Premium 1-3
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA
(SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling
the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port
located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup
photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See pages
2-20 to 2-24 for details.
Dual RAID solution
The Intel ® ICH9R chipset incorporates five Serial ATA connectors with high
performance RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 functions. The JMicron controller provides another
two Serial ATA connectors for RAID 0 and 1 functions. Making this motherboard
an ideal solution to enhance hard disk performance and data back up protection
without the cost of add-on cards. See pages 2-23 to 2-24 for details.
IEEE 1394a support
The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video
appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals &
other PC portable devices. See pages 2-19 and 2-25 for details.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio
systems via coaxial and optical S/PDIF-out (SONY-PHILIPS Digital Interface) jacks.
It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and keeps the
best signal quality. See page 2-19 and 2-21 for details.
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
The integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a network gateway
for managing traffic between two separate networks. This capability ensures rapid
transfer of data from WAN to LAN without any added arbitration or latency. See
page 2-19 for details.
WiFi-AP Solo (WiFi-AP Edition only)
WiFi-AP Solo allows a new level of versatility for your PC, enabling it to create a
complete wireless home network in either AP or wireless client mode. Users will be
able to play LAN games, connect to the Internet, access and share printers, and
use Skype from anywhere within range. WiFi-AP Solo can provide these functions
even when the PC is in sleep mode, so users can use Skype as a true replacement
for tradition long distance telephone service. WiFi-AP Solo is an on-board feature,
which means that user will save the extra WiFi-AP cost.