Asus M3A78-EM Computer Hardware User Manual


 
ASUS M3A78-EM 1-5
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports next-generation SATA hard drives based on the new
SATA 3Gb/s storage specication. The onboard ATI
®
SB700 allows RAID 0, RAID
1 and RAID 10 congurations for ve onboard SATA connectors. See pages 1-33
and 2-19 for details.
Gigabit LAN solution
The on-board LAN controller is a highly integrated Gb LAN controller. It is
enhanced with an ACPI management function to provide efcient power
management for advanced operating systems.
USB 2.0 technology
USB 2.0 is the latest connectivity standard for next generation components and
peripherals. Backwards compatible with current USB 1.1 peripherals, USB 2.0
delivers transfer speeds up to 40 times faster at 480Mb/s, for easy connectivity and
ultra-fast data transfers.
8-channel high denition audio
Enjoy high-quality sound system on your PC! The onboard 8-channel HD audio
(High Denition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC enables high-quality
192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-detect feature, which automatically detects and
identies what types of peripherals are plugged into the audio I/O jacks and noties
users of inappropriate connection, meaning there will be no more confusion of
Line-in, Line-out and Mic jacks. See pages 1-27, 1-35 and 2-27 for details.
DisplayPort
This motherboard introduces the new digital display interface standard -
DisplayPort. This new design features a small and user-friendly connector. It
delivers higher performances of resolution, refresh rate, and color depth and
improves digital display connectivity.
Due to chipset limitation, DisplayPort on this motherboard only supports video
signals.