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Chapter 1: Product introductionChapter 1: Product introduction

Chapter 1: Product introduction

Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go

Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go

The motherboard supports the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology through the

Silicon Image Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA

SLI™ - Intel

Edition

chipset. The Serial ATA 3 Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth of

the current Serial ATA products with a host of new features, including Native

Command Queuing (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation

Algorithm, and Hot Swap. Serial ATA allows thinner, more flexible cables

with lower pin count and reduced voltage requirements.

Leveraging these Serial ATA 3Gb/s features is the *SATA-On-The-Go. This

external port on the rear panel I/O provides smart setup, hot-plug and

support for up to 16 devices with port-multiplier functions. See pages 2-28

and 2-29 for details. (*

Deluxe model only

)

Dual RAID solutionDual RAID solution

Dual RAID solution

Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with dual-RAID

functionality that allows you to select the best RAID solution using IDE or

Serial ATA devices.

The NVIDIA

nForce4

SLI™ allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, and a

software patch to support RAID 5 configuration for four SATA 3Gb/s and

two PATA connectors. See pages 2-27 and 5-23.

The *Sil3132R controller supports two additional SATA 3Gb/s connectors

and allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations through the internal and

external SATA ports. See pages 2-28 and 5-30 for details.

(*Deluxe model only)

Dual Gigabit LAN solution Dual Gigabit LAN solution

Dual Gigabit LAN solution

(Deluxe model only)

The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to provide the

total solution for your networking needs. These network controllers use the

PCI Express segment to provide faster data bandwidth for your wired or

wireless Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. See page 2-25 for

details.

PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface

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 pages 2-20 and 2-21 for details.