Asus P5SD2-X - Motherboard - ATX Installation Manual page 15

Intel Core™2 Processor support
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This motherboard supports the latest Intel Core™2 processor in LGA775 package.
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With new Intel Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1066/800 MHz FSB,
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Intel Core™2 processor is one of the most powerful and enrgy-efficient CPUs in
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the world.
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.
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
The motherboard built with JMicron JMB363 SATA controller 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 on external devices. See pages 1-27 and 1-30 for
details.
Dual RAID solution
The onboard VIA VT8237A chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
configuration for two SATA connectors, and JMicron JMB363 SATA controller also
supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD.
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 1-24 and 1-33 for details.
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