Asus P5BV-C - Motherboard - ATX User Manual page 17

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 or
PCI-X specifications. See page 2-18 for details.
Gigabit LAN solution
The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers and ports to provide a
total solution for your networking needs. The onboard Marvell 88E8056 Gigabit
LAN controllers use the PCI Express interface and could achieve network
throughput close to Gigabit bandwidth. See page 2-22 for details.
Serial ATA II technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces controlled by the Intel ICH7R. The SATA specification allows for thinner,
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more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to
300 MB/s data transfer rate.
Built-in SATA RAID solution
The Intel ICH7R allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration for
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SATA hard disk drives via the Intel Matrix Storage Manager (under Windows
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Operating System) or the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility (no RAID
5). See page 2-25 and Chapter 5 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 2-22 and 2-26 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.
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