Asus MOTHERBOARD ULTRA P5V-VM - Manual (Page 13)

ASUS P5V-VM Ultra Motherboard 1-3
VT8237A chipset
The VT8237A southbridge employs the VIA DriveStation™ Controller Suite that
enables multiple drive configuration through native Serial ATA, RAID, and Parallel
ATA/133 support. This chip also supports USB 2.0, MC97, PCI and LPC interfaces
and allows 6-channel audio through the VIA Vinyl Audio technology. When Serial
ATA installing OS, there is no need to set up drive.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates of
533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications. With initial speeds from 400 and 533 MHz,
DDR2 memory provides bandwidth up to 4.3 GB/s. See pages 1-15 to 1-18 for
details.
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 1-22 for details.
Integrated 10/100 Mbps LAN
The on-board LAN controller is a highly integrated FAST Ethernet controller.
It is enhanced with an ACPI management function to provide efficient power
management for advanced operating systems.
USB 2.0 technology
USB 2.0 is the latest connectiviity standard for next generation components and
peripherals.Backwards compatible with current USB 1.1 peripherals, USB 2.0
delivers transfer speeds up to 40 times faster at 480MB/s, for easy connectivity.
Serial ATA RAID
The on board VT8237A southbridge provides the complete solution for your RAID
requirements on different disk array standards, and supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and
JBOD configurations on two Serial ATA ports.