Asus A7V400-MX - Manual (Page 13)

ASUS A7V400-MX motherboard user guide 1-3
Integrated 10/100 LAN
Integrated in this motherboard is a 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller to give you
a fast and reliable connection to a local area network (LAN) and the Internet.
See page 1-16.
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 1-16 and page 1-19.
Digital audio support
A Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) connector is onboard to give you
convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems. The S/PDIF
technology allows direct digital audio transfers keeping the best signal quality.
SoundMAX 6-channel CODEC
The SoundMAX Digital Audio System is the industry’s highest performance and
most reliable audio solution for business professionals, audiophiles, musicians,
and gamers. SoundMAX Digital Audio System can output 5.1 channel surround
sound and features state-of-the-art DLS2 MIDI synthesizer and supports all major
game audio technologies.
1.3.2 ASUS unique features
ASUS C.O.P.
The ASUS C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection) is a hardware protection circuit
that automatically shuts down the system power before temperatures go high
enough to permanently damage the CPU. See page 2-23.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS
CrashFree BIOS allows users to restore BIOS data from a floppy disk even when
BIOS code and data are corrupted. Users can now enjoy this feature without the
need to buy a new ROM. See page 2-4.