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III. INSTALLATION

ASUS MediaBus Card

MediaBus allows a cost-efficient solution to a complete multimedia
system. The advantages of using one add-on card is to reduce the slot
requirements and compatibility problems in order to maximize the Plug and Play
advantages. The add-on card inserts into the shared PCI 4 / MediaBus 2.0 Slot.

NOTE: This motherboard uses MediaBus Rev. 2.0. The previous
MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus Rev. 1.2 will not fit into the MediaBus
Rev 2.0 that is on this motherboard.

The difference between Rev. 1.2 and Rev. 2.0 is that the later revision has 72 pins
instead of 68 pins so it does not have to use any PCI slot signals reserved for PCI
cards, therefore the motherboard's PCI Slot 4 can meet standard specifications. The
gap between the MediaBus extension and the PCI Slot 4 has been increased from
0.32" to 0.40" in order to prevent Rev. 1.2 MediaBus cards from being installed into
the new motherboards and vice versa.

The following are MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus 2.0 that can be used on
this motherboard:

• PCI-AS2940UW

Ultra Fast/Wide SCSI & Audio MediaBus Card

• PCI-AV264CT-N