Innovative Asus Features - Asus Z9PA-D8 User Manual

USB 2.0 technology
The motherboard provides USB 2.0 accessibility, allowing you to experience the
dramatic increase in connection speed from 12Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a
fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.1.
Complete USB 3.0 Integration
ASUS facilitates the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for rear panel — two USB 3.0
ports in total. Experience the latest plug & play connectivity at speeds up to 10
times faster than USB 2.0. The motherboard affords greater convenience to high
speed connectivity.
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
The CPU temperature is monitored to prevent overheating and damage. The
system fan rotations per minute (RPM) is monitored for timely failure detection.
The chip monitors the voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical
components.
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Innovative ASUS features

ASUS Fan Speed control technology
The ASUS Fan Speed control technology smartly adjusts the fan speeds according
to the system loading to ensure quiet, cool, and efficient operation.
PIKE (Proprietary I/O Kit Expansion)
PIKE is an on-demand upgrade kit for users. This ASUS unique feature enables
users to choose their preferred I/O solutions. ASUS provides multiple SAS
solutions for different segments and purposes and PIKE saves lots of validation
efforts and hardware cost for end users. Moreover, the special patent design offers
multiple I/O solutions without occupying the PCI slot in 1U system.
ASUS MIO Audio card
Enjoy high-end sound quality! The ASUS MIO audio card is a discrete 8-channel
high definition audio (High Definition Audio previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC
that offers the clearest high quality audio output, jack-sensing feature, retasking
functions, and multi-streaming technology that simultaneously send different audio
streams to different destinations.
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