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Serial ATA I/II technology and SATA-On-The-Go
The motherboard fully supports the Serial ATA II 3.0 Gb/s technology through the
Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA
®
nForce
®
590 SLI™ chipset. The Serial
ATA 3.0 Gb/s specication provides twice the bandwidth of the current Serial ATA
products with a host of new features, including Nativa Command Queueing (NCQ),
and Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm. Serial ATA allows for
thinner, more exible cables with lower pin count and reduced voltage required.
See page 2-26 for details.
Leveraging these Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s features is the SATA-On-The-Go. Supported
by the Silicon Image
®
3132 Serial ATA controller are two external Serial ATA 3.0
Gb/s ports on the rear panel that provide smart setup and hot-plug function. See
page 2-23 for details.
Dual RAID solution
Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with dual-RAID functionality
that allows you to select the best RAID solution for Serial ATA devices.
The NVIDIA
®
MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA
®
nForce
®
590 SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD
congurations for six SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors. See page 2-26.
The Silicon Image
®
3132 controller supports two additional external Serial ATA
3.0 Gb/s ports on the rear panel and allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID
5, and JBOD congurations through port multiplier functions. See page 2-23 for
details.
IEEE 1394a support
The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video
appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals
& other PC portable devices. See pages 2-24 and 2-28 for details.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio
systems via coaxial and optical S/PDIF-out (SONY/PHILIPS Digital Interface)
jacks.It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and
keeps the best signal quality. See pages 2-24 and 2-33 for details.
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to provide the total
solution for your networking needs. These network controllers use the PCI Express
segment to provide faster data bandwidth for your wired or wireless Internet, LAN,
and le sharing requirements. See page 2-22 for details.