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AsusTeK Corp. M2N-SLI Deluxe
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100% of reviewers $130.00 9.0



Description: CPU

Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlo 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
AMD Live!™ Ready
Chipset

NVIDIA nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP(media and communications processor)
Front Side Bus

2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory

Dual channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM, support max. 8GB DDR2 800/667/533 ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express x16 slot at x16, x8 speed
Support NVIDIA®SLI™ technology (both at x8 mode)
2 x PCI Express x1
3 x PCI 2.2
SLI

Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (at x8, x8 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link
Storage

NVIDIA nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP supports:
- 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
- 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
- NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
JMicron JMB363 SATA controller supports:
- 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
- 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go)
- Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
LAN

Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet® technology
NVIDIA nForce® 570 SLI™ MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY
- Support Teaming and Fail-Over functions
- Support TCP/IP Acceleration
Audio

ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
IEEE 1394a

TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB

max.10 USB2.0/1.1 ports
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features

AI Nap
AI Gear
Advanced Thermal Design:
- ASUS Fanless Design:Heat-pipe Thermal solution
ASUS Crystal Sound:
- ASUS Array Mic
- Noise Filter
Overclocking Features

Intelligent overclocking tools:
-ASUS AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
-AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
-ASUS PEG Link (automatically performance tuning)
ASUS O.C. Profile: overclocking configuration-sharing tool
Precision Tweaker:
- vDIMM: 15-step DRAM voltage control
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
- Stepless Frequency Selection (SFS): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
- PCI Express x16 Frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1 MHz increment
Overclocking Protection:
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
ASUS AI Booster Utility
Adjustable FSB frequencies with fixed PCI/PCI Express frequencies
Special Features

ASUS EZ DIY:
-ASUS Q-Connector
-ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
-ASUS EZ Flash2
ASUS Music Alarm
Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x PS/2 Keyboard port(purple)
1 x PS/2 Mouse (green)
1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out port
1 x External SATA
2 x LAN (RJ45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x IEEE 1394a port
1 x COM port
8-channel Audio ports
Internal I/O Connectors

3 x USB 2.0 connectors support additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
7 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1 x Power Fan connectors
1 x ADH connector
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x Parallel connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
Front Panel Audio connector
1x S/PDIF output connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
System panel connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
BIOS

4Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability

WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE
Accessories

1 x SLI bridge
1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit(USB, 1394, system panel; Retail version only)
1 x ASUS Array Mic
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
6 x SATA cables
3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x IEEE1394a port module
1 x I/O Shield
InterVideo® Media Launcher (OEM version only)
User's manual
Support CD

Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
ASUS AI Booster
NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
Form Factor

ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.5cm)
Keywords: am2, sli
/sbin/lspci output: 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0370 (rev a2)
00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:08.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:09.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0376 (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0374 (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0374 (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0378 (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0375 (rev a2)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0377 (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTra nsport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Con troller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscella neous Control
01:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Cont roller (PHY/Link)
06:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Contr oller (rev 02)
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0392 (rev a 1)
Chipset: NForce 570SLI MCP55


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Old 11-18-2006, 08:32 PM   #1
puntjuh
 
Registered: Apr 2006
Distribution: Gentoo / debian / suse / mint
Posts: 558

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $130.00 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.16.21-0.25-default
Distribution: OpenSuSe 10.1 x86_64



I've been using this board for quite some time now, and I haven't met any problems yet. All of the boards functions worked out of the box. I'm a pleased customer using yet again a brilliant motherboard designed by ASUS.
 
Old 12-31-2006, 10:39 AM   #2
Cyborg16
 
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Debian "Sarge" testing
Posts: 19

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18-3-amd64
Distribution: debian etch


I've had this board a few days and I'm very pleased with it. Debian etch installed very easily and everything worked.

The audio sounds good when it's being used right, but some things have problems (e.g. UT2004 which needs direct access to the sound hardware and sounds a bit scratchy - although mostly things sound fine). This is software specific, and probably common to most onboard sound chips, but I mention it because I never had this problem with my SBLive 5.1 card. I'm just saying don't expect the audio to always be perfect ;)
 
Old 03-21-2007, 03:08 PM   #3
Carpo
 
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Gentoo (for now)
Posts: 364

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18.8-amd64
Distribution: Slackware 11


i have the M2N-SLI Deluxe with the 590 chipset on it and all works ok out of the box using Ubuntu 6.10 (x86 havent tried x64 yet) and slackware 11 (with stock 2.6.17.13 kernel)
 
Old 05-17-2007, 09:19 PM   #4
ovidnet
 
Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu, Slax
Posts: 13

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.31
Distribution: Slackware 11


kernel sata.i from cd
sata works fine
no detected mcp55 ethernet
Is a lot of features on this board, is a shame for me I don't know how to use it. I need help to configure a 2.6 kernel for this board.
 
Old 06-03-2008, 11:28 AM   #5
d3ckard
 
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 13

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18 onward
Distribution: CentOS 5


Not a single problem yet running CentOS kernels, 4GB RAM, everything works (I have not tried the eSATA port or the firewire though)
 




  



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