Asus M2NPV-VM 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

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 430

MCP southbridge allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD
configurations for four SATA connectors.

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 1-30 for details.

HDTV output

The motherboard features the NVIDIA

GeForce6150 chipset that supports

superior HDTV-out functionality with a higher resolution to 1080i and 720p
format, which are clearer than traditional formats allow. ASUS M2NPV-VM
motherboard bundles a HDTV-out module that helps you enjoy the high-
quality scaling and filtering technology.

Gigabit LAN solution

NVIDIA

Gb LAN controller delivers transfer speeds up to ten times faster

than conventional 10/100 Ethernet connections. Gigabit LAN is the
networking standard for the early future and is ideal for handling large
amounts of data such as video, audio, and voice.

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 1-24 and 1-29 for details.