User's Manual
ASUS MAXIMUS VII IMPACT
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Chapter 1
Intel
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Ethernet
This LAN solution from Intel features high TCP and UDP throughput with lower CPU
utilization for a smooth networking experience. It has advanced features including advanced
interrupt-handling, low-power consumption, and Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
support thanks to its compatibility with the Intel CPU and chipset.
1.1.3 ROG Exclusive Features
M.2 Support
This motherboard features the M.2 slot, which shares bandwidth with PCIe 3.0 x4 slot to
speed up data transfer rate. This helps enhance the performance of your Solid State Drive
(SSD) that is dedicated only to the operating system. The M.2 slot provides support for faster
access to data and applications, and quicker wake up time for your system.
• Supports PCIe interface only.
• Supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 SSD card up to 110 mm in length.
ROG Connect
ROG Connect allows you to monitor the status of your desktop PC and tweak its parameters
in real time via a notebook. ROG Connect links your main system to a notebook through a
USB cable, allowing you to view real-time POST code and hardware status readouts on your
notebook, as well as make on-the-y parameter adjustments at a purely hardware level.
Impact Power II
The Impact Power II’s vertical architecture provides you the same vaunted overvolting
and overclocking exibilities just like any othe ROG boards - without sacricing stability,
overclocking, and precision on mini-ITX form factor. For precise CPU/memory digital power
control, Impact Power II utilizes the best components such as BlackWing chokes, special n
design, and super-premium 10K black metallic solid state capacitors.
BlackWing chokes can handle as much as 60A of power, which is twice that of generic
chokes.The special n design, with its highly conductive and efcient gold-treated coating,
results in 3-5C lower choke temperatures for added stability and ensures minimal-loss power
delivery. Super-premium 10K Black Metallic solid state capacitors are forged for overclocking
and the most extreme demands, lasting up to ve times longer than generic capacitors with
20% wider temperature tolerance.
iROG
The iROG is a special IC that fully maximizes ROG’s unique functions, providing you with full
control of your motherboard at any stage. It increases your overclocking, and offers you with
advanced system control and management features purely at a hardware level.
LANGuard
ROG revolutionizes the LAN port with its advanced signal-coupling technology and
premium surface-mounted components that improve throughput, while surge-protected and
electrostatic-guarded components (ESD Guards) protect your motherboard from lightning
strikes and static electricity.