Integrated 10/100 LAN

Integrated in this motherboard is a 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller to give you a fast and reliable connection to a local area network (LAN) and the Internet.

See page 1-16.

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

1.1to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.1. See page 1-16 and page 1-19.

Digital audio support

A Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) connector is onboard to give you convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems. The S/PDIF technology allows direct digital audio transfers keeping the best signal quality.

SoundMAX 6-channel CODEC

The SoundMAX Digital Audio System is the industry’s highest performance and most reliable audio solution for business professionals, audiophiles, musicians, and gamers. SoundMAX Digital Audio System can output 5.1 channel surround sound and features state-of-the-art DLS2 MIDI synthesizer and supports all major game audio technologies.

1.3.2 ASUS unique features

ASUS C.O.P.

The ASUS C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection) is a hardware protection circuit that automatically shuts down the system power before temperatures go high enough to permanently damage the CPU. See page 2-23.

ASUS CrashFree BIOS

CrashFree BIOS allows users to restore BIOS data from a floppy disk even when BIOS code and data are corrupted. Users can now enjoy this feature without the need to buy a new ROM. See page 2-4.

ASUS A7V400-MX motherboard user guide

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