Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe User Manual

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C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n

Dual RAID solution

Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with dual-RAID
functionality that allows you to select the best RAID solution using IDE or
Serial ATA devices.

The Intel

ICH6R allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration for four Serial ATA

connectors and supports the Intel

Matrix Storage Technology. See page

2-30 for details.

If you are using IDE hard disk drives, the ITE 8212F controller provides
RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD functionality for two IDE channels that
support up to four IDE hard disk drives. See page 2-30 for details.

Gigabit LAN

The motherboard comes with a Gigabit LAN controller to meet your
growing networking needs. The controller uses the PCI Express segment to
provide faster data bandwidth for your Internet, LAN, and file sharing
requirements. See page 2-27 for details.

USB 2.0 technology

The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the
12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is
backward compatible with USB 1.1. See page 2-28 and 2-33 for details.

1.3.2

ASUS Proactive features

AI NET2

The Ai NET2 is a BIOS-based diagnostic tool that detects and reports
Ethernet cable faults and shorts. With this utility, you can easily monitor
the condition of the Ethernet cable(s) connected to the LAN (RJ-45)
port(s). During the bootup process, Ai NET2 immediately diagnoses the
LAN cable(s) and reports shorts and faults up to 100 meters at 1 meter
accuracy. See page 5-10 for details.