First impressions

 

• LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium 4/Celeron CPU
• Support Intel Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition & Intel Pentium® D Processor
• Support Intel 65nm, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme
• Support Intel next generation Multi-Core CPU
• Compatible with Intel 05B/ 05A and 04B/04A processors
• Intel EM64T and Hyper-Threading Technology ready
  

• Intel 975X
• Intel ICH7R

• Dual channel memory architecture
• 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. 8GB DDR2 800/ 667/ 533 ECC and non-ECC memory
• Intel MPT (Intel Memory Pipeline Technology)
• ASUS Hyper Path3

• 2 x PCI Express x 16 slot for discrete graphics card
• 2 x PCI Express x 1
• 3 x PCI

• Support ATI CrossFire graphics cards (both @ x8 mode)
• ASUS two-slot thermal design
• ASUS PEG Link
• Advanced Thermal Design
• ASUS 8-Phase Power Design
• ASUS Stack Cool2
• ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe Thermal solution

• 1 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
• 3 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1, 5 support
  
  

• 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66
• 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s (ASUS SATA-on-the-Go) and 1 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with RAID 0, 1, JBOD support
  
  

• 2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with RAID 0, 1 support
• Support RAID 10 cross Intel® ICH7R and Silicon Image 4723 controller

• Dual Gigabit LAN controllers
• 2 x Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit LAN Controller, both featuring AI NET2
• Wireless LAN: 54Mbps IEEE 802.11g (ASUS WiFi-AP Solo^TM)

• Realtek ALC882M High Definition Audio 8-channel CODEC
• Support Multi-streaming, Jack-sensing and Jack-retasking functions
• Anti Pop Function
• Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
• Features Dolby Master Studio technology
  - Dolby Prologic IIX
  - Dolby Headphone 
  - Dolby Virtual Speaker
  - Dolby Digital Live

• TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports

• Max. 8 USB2.0/1.1 ports

• 1 x Asus DH Remote^TM
• 1 x ASUS DH Remote^TM Receiver
• 1 x ASUS MP3-In^TM module
• 1 x ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Antenna
• 2 x ASUS EZ-Backup^TM SATA cables

• Stack Cool 2 patented fanless cooling system
• "SATA on the Go" External SATA connector
• AI Quiet

• AI NOS^TM (Non-delay Overclocking System)
• ASUS PEG Link
• Precision Tweaker: 
  - vDIMM: 12-step DRAM voltage control 
  - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125 increment 
  - SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment 
  - PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 90MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment"
• AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
• Adjustable FSB/DDR ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies.
• ASUS AI Booster utility
• ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

• CrashFree BIOS 3
• EZ-Flash2
• Q-Fan2
• Multi-language BIOS
• MyLogo2

• 8 Mb Flash ROM,AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3

• WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion, PXE & RPL

• 1 x Serial Port
• 1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse
• 2 x RJ45
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
• 1 x IEEE1394a
• 1 x External SATA port
• 1 x WiFi-AP Solo^TM antenna jack
• 8-Channel Audio I/O
  

• 2 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x IEEE1394a connector
• CPU /  2 x Chassis(system) / 2 x Power Fan connectors
• Front panel Audio connector
• ASUS EZ-Backup jumpers
• Chassis Intrusion connector
• CD audio-in connector
• MP3-In connector (Red)
• SPDIF out connector
• System panel connector
• Azalia Digital Header
• 24-pin ATX Power connector
• 4-pin EATX12V Power connector

• Drivers
• Make RAID driver Disk for Intel ICH7R and JMB 363
• ASUS DH Remote Application
• ASUS WiFi-AP Solo^TM Wizard
• ASUS PC Probe 2
• ASUS LiveUpdate Utility
• InterVideo® Media Launcher (OEM version)
• Anti-virus software (OEM version)

• ASUS EZ-Backup^TM  
  -  2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s support hardware RAID 0 or RAID 1 mode 
  -  Plug and play: Default setting in RAID 1 mode, no driver, no BIOS configuration required
  
  
• ASUS WiFi-AP Solo  
  54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g and backwards compatible with 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b 
  - Software Access point mode  
  - Station mode : Infrastruceure mode and Ad-Hoc mode
  
  
• Asus DH Remote^TM  
  - Power 
  - Quick Power 
  - Noise Off 
  - EZ WiFi 
  - Full Screen 
  - AP Launch 
  - Media Control Zone
  
  
• ASUS MP3-In^TM

• 1 x ASUS Q-Connector set (USB, 1394, system panel; Retail version only)
• InterVideo® MEDIA LAUNCHER Suite (OEM version)
• 1 x Optional Fan
• 1 x IEEE1394a port module
• 2 x SATA cables
• 1 x SATA power cable for 2 devices
• 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
• 1 x IDE cable
• 1 x FDD cable
• 1 x I/O Shield
• 1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
• User's manual