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Asus P5K64 WS User Manual

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ASUS P5K64 WS

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Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go

This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA

(SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling

the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port

located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup

photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See pages

2-23, and 2-26 for details.

IEEE 1394a support

The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video

appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals &

other PC portable devices. See pages 2-22 and 2-28 for details.

S/PDIF digital sound ready

This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio

systems via coaxial and optical S/PDIF-out (SONY-PHILIPS Digital Interface) jacks.

It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and keeps the

best signal quality. See page 2-24 for details.

Dual Gigabit LAN solution

The integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a network gateway

for managing traffic between two separate networks. This capability ensures rapid

transfer of data from WAN to LAN without any added arbitration or latency. See

page 2-22 for details.

High Definition Audio

Enjoy high-end sound quality on your PC! The onboard 8-channel HD audio (High

Definition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC enables high-quality

192KHz/24-bit audio output that simultaneously sends different audio streams to

different destinations. You can now talk to your partners on the headphone while

playing multi-channel network games. See pages 2-22 and 2-23 for details.