Asus A8N-VM CSM/NBP User Manual

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Serial ATA II technology

The motherboard supports the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology through the
Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA

nForce™430 MCP Southbridge. The

Serial ATA II 3 Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth of the
current Serial ATA products with a host of new features, including Native
Command Queueing (NCQ), and Power Management (PM) Implementation
Algorithm. Serial ATA allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin
count, reduced voltage requirement. See page 1-23 for details.

The Hot Swap function is supported only in RAID mode.

S/PDIF digital sound ready

The motherboard supports the S/PDIF Out function through the S/PDIF
interface at midboard. The S/PDIF technology turns your computer into a
high-end entertainment system with digital connectivity to powerful audio and
speaker systems. See page 1-24 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 pages 1-17 and 1-25 for details.

IEEE 1394a support

The IEEE 1394a interface provides high-speed and flexible PC connectivity
to a wide range of peripherals and devices compliant to IEEE 1394a
standards. The IEEE 1394a interface allows up to 400 Mbps transfer rates
through simple, low-cost, high-bandwidth asynchronous (real-time) data
interfacing between computers, peripherals, and consumer electronic
devices such as camcorders, VCRs, printers,TVs, and digital cameras. See
page 1-26 for details.