Asus DELUXE P5LD2 - Manual (Page 17)

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PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with
existing PCI specifications. See page 2-20 for details.
Universal PCI Express™ slot (x4 mode) Universal PCI Express™ slot (x4 mode) Universal PCI Express™ slot (x4 mode) Universal PCI Express™ slot (x4 mode) Universal PCI Express™ slot (x4 mode)
The Universal PCI Express slot allows users to set up a dual graphics card
platform on a single motherboard. The ASUS Smart Switch detects PCI
Express devices installed, and intelligently reroutes the PCI Express lanes to
optimize bandwidth allocation. See page 2-20 for details.
Dual RAID solution Dual RAID solution Dual RAID solution Dual RAID solution 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 ® ICH7R allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configuration
for four SATA connectors and supports the Intel ® Matrix Storage
Technology. See pages 2-27 and 5-19 for details.
The Silicon Image ® 3132 Serial ATA controller supports two additional
Serial ATA connectors for RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD functionality. You can
also configure a RAID 10, RAID 5 and CONCATENATION sets using a Serial
ATA port multiplier. See pages 2-23, 2-24, 2-28 and 5-29 for details.