Asus Motherboard NCL-DS User Manual

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Gigabit LAN solution

The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to provide a
total solution for your networking needs. The onboard Broadcom BCM5721
Gigabit LAN controllers use the PCI Express interface and have network
throughput close to Gigabit bandwidth. See page 2-26 for details.

Serial ATA technology

The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces controlled by the Intel

ICH5R. The SATA specification allows for

thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage
requirement, and up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate.

Built-in SATA RAID solution

The Intel

ICH5R allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration for two SATA

connectors and supports the Intel

Matrix Storage Technology. See page

2-28 for details.

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 pages 2-26 and 2-30 for details.

Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring

The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC (integrated in the Winbond
hardware monitor) 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 4-31 for details.

This manual is related to the following products:

Motherboard NCL-D Motherboard NCL-DR1