Asus Motherboard NCLV-D (A) User Manual

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Gigabit LAN solution

The motherboard comes with an onboard Gigabit LAN controller to provide
a total solution for your networking needs. The onboard Broadcom
BCM5721 controller uses the PCI Express interface and the BCM5705E
Gigabit LAN controller uses the PCI interface with a network throughput
close to Gigabit bandwidth. See page 2-25 for details.

Built-in SATA RAID solution

The Intel

6300ESB allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration for two SATA

connectors and supports the Intel

Matrix Storage Technology. See page

2-27 for details.

The optional Adaptec AIC-8130 PCI-X SATA-II controller supports four
additional SATA connectors, and allows RAID 0 and RAID 1. See page 2-28
for details.

Zero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solution (on SATA models only)

The Adaptec AIC-8130 PCI-X SATA-II controller also supports an optional
Zero-Channel RAID card on the 64-bit PCI-X slot to create a RAID solution,
including RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1, and RAID5. The ZCR
capability provides a cost-effective high-performance and added reliability.

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 2-25 and 2-30 for details.

Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring

The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC (integrated in the Winbond
Super I/O) to prevent overheating and damage. The system fan rotations
per minute (RPM) is monitored for timely failure detection. The ASIC
monitors the voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical
components. See page 4-29 and 4-30 for details.