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Specification
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CPU
1 x PCI Express x16 slot
2x PCI Express x1
1x PCI Express x4 (supports up to 1GB/s)
3 x PCI
Storage/RAID
nForce4 Storage:
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s
- 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
- NVRAID : RAID0, RAID1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD span cross SATA and PATA
LAN
nForce4 built-in Gbit MAC with external PHY :
- NV ActiveArmor
- NV Firewall
AI NET2
Audio
Realtek ALC850, 8-channel CODEC
Audio Sensing and Enumeration Technology
Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on back I/O
USB
Max. 10 USB2.0 ports
ASUS AI Proactive Features
AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
AI NET2 network diagnosis before entering OS
Overclocking Features
AI NOS™(Non-delay Overclocking System)
AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
ASUS PEG Link
Precision Tweaker:
- vDIMM: 9-step DRAM voltage control
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125 increment
- SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
- PCIe Frequency: allowing PCIe frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment
Fixed PCIe/PCI/SATA frequencies.
ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Other ASUS Special Features
ASUS EZ Flash
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
ASUS Q-Fan
ASUS MyLogo2
ASUS Multilanguage BIOS
ASUS Instant Music Lite
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel
1 x RJ45
4 x USB
8-Channel Audio I/O
Internal I/O Connectors
3 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x COM connector
1 x GAME/MIDI connector
CPU Fan / 2x Chassis Fan/ Power Fan/ Chipset Fan connectors
Front panel audio connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
CD audio-in connector
24-pin ATX Power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
Accessories
2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x IDE cable
1 x FDD cable
1 x COM cable
1 x 2-port USB2.0/Game module
1 x 2-port USB2.0 USB module
4 x SATA power cable
2 x 2-port SATA power cable
Form Factor
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $100.00 | Rating: 8
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
Distribution:
fedora core 5
This is a great motherboard if you dont want SLI.
There were reported problems with the noise of the chipset fan for the revision 1 of this board. There are also some stability issues with windows (if you are dual booting) but this is fixed by increasing the memory voltage from +2.5V to +2.7V.
I have used this with fedora core 4 and 5 and gentoo 2006.0 with no problems.
"The Live-CD version of Kubuntu loaded in 2 minutes featuring the complete KDE desktop to play with. There was an icon on the desktop called “Install” which triggers the installer and that was the first thing I clicked on. Installing a system off a Live-CD is a great thing."
> formatting his partitions as ext3 was successful.
> cd installation finished successfully.
his Kubuntu desktop booted and it detected and configured all his hardware, but for the video card it used the default, free nv driver.
fixing the video card driver install:
He used EasyUbuntu to install the nvidia drivers, and some other things (like quicktime).
next,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
"When the text wizard (which is invoked with the dpkg-reconfigure command) asks about the driver, we need to select nvidia instead of the previously used nv. Upon next KDE login, the X acceleration should work."
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.18.2-34-default
Distribution:
SuSE 10.2, Slackware 11.0
System Specs:
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory : Corsair XMS 1GB (2x512MB)
GPU : XFX NVidia GeForce 7600GT
HDD : Seagate 7200.9 320GB SATA, 2 Seagate 7200.9 250GB
IDE
Optical : NEC 16X DVD±R DVD IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A
Main boot drive is one of the IDE drives. The 2nd IDE drive is a data drive. The SATA drive is partitioned for a 100GB NTFS Windows installation with the remainder as a 3rd data drive for Linux.
Have had no issues with Linux, per se. I have had some trouble with the dual boot, which I have not been able to pin on any one cause other than some difficulty with Windows being on the SATA drive while the boot loader is on one of the IDE drives. I use GRUB in a triple boot configuration, with both Linux installations being on the main IDE drive and Windows, as mentioned, on the SATA drive. Specifically what occurs is that after booting Windows and then shutting down, when I restart, the MBR has been overwritten, necessitating a reinstall of GRUB. No regular pattern has developed, and I am not sure whether this is a problem with this mobo or its BIOS or with the configuration I have established.
Other than this, I have had no problems at all with this board running my Linux installations after three months of heavy use, this being the general time period after which the first revision of the board would experience a chipset fan burnout.
Highly recommended for those who don't want to pay extra for SLI and who have absolutely no use for it.
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