ASUS P5 L 1 394 1-3
Serial ATA technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial
ATA interfaces and Intel® ICH7 southbridge. The SATA specication allows
for thinner, more exible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage
requirement, and up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. See page 2-25 for
details.
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 specications. See page 2‑19 for details.
6-channel high definition audio
Onboard is the Realtek® High Denition 6‑channel audio CODEC. This CODEC
is fully-compliant with Intel® High Denition Audio standard (192KHz, 24‑bit
audio). With the CODEC, 6-channel audio ports, and S/PDIF interfaces, you
can connect your computer to home theater decoders to produce crystal-
clear digital audio.
The Realtek® High Denition audio CODEC comes with a software application
that features jack detection to monitor the plugging status of each jack,
impedance sensing to determine audio device classes, and pre ‑dened
equalizaion for various audio devices. See pages 2-22 to 2-23, and 5-10 for
details.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
The motherboard supports the S/PDIF technology through the coaxial
S/PDIF Out port on the rear panel. The S/PDIF technology turns your
computer into a high-end entertainment system with digital connectivity to
powerful audio and speaker systems. See page 2-23 for details.
USB 2.0 technology
The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
specication, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the
12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a faster 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0
is backward compatible with USB 1.1. See pages 2-23 and 2-27 for details.