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Asus P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard

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 Asus P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard
Manufacturer Asus
Category Motherboard
Socket Socket 775 LGA
Chipset Intel 975X
Editor Winston Chim


"... It's feature-rich, offers great performance and overclockability ... other manufacturers will find the P5W DH Deluxe hard to beat."

 

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Asus P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard
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Features and Specifications

Features and Specifications

 

CPU
LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium 4/Celeron CPU
Support Inte Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition & Intel Pentium® D Processor
Support Intel 65nm, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme
Support Intel next generation Mulit-Core CPU
Compatible with Intel 05B/ 05A and 04B/04A processors
Intel EM64T and Hyper-Threading Technology ready
Chipset
Intel 975X
Intel ICH7R
Front Side Bus
1066/ 800 MHz
Memory
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
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x 16 slot for discrete graphics card
2 x PCI Express x 1
3 x PCI
CrossFire
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
Storage/RAID
Intel ICH7R South Bridge:
  *1 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
  *3 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1, 5 support
Jmicron JMB363 controller
 *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
Silicon Image 4723 Hardware RAID controller (ASUS EZ-Backup)
  *2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with RAID 0, 1 support
  *Support RAID 10 cross Intel® ICH7R and Silicon Image 4723 controller
LAN
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™)
Audio
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
IEEE 1394a
TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB
Max. 8 USB2.0/1.1 ports
ASUS Digital Home Accessories
1 x Asus DH Remote™
1 x ASUS DH Remote™ Receiver
1 x ASUS MP3-In™ module
1 x ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Antenna
2 x ASUS EZ-Backup™ SATA cables
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features
Stack Cool 2 patented fanless cooling system
"SATA on the Go" External SATA connector
AI Quiet
Overclocking Features
AI NOS™ (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)
Other ASUS Special Features
CrashFree BIOS 3
EZ-Flash2
Q-Fan2
Multi-language BIOS
MyLogo2
BIOS
8 Mb Flash ROM,AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability
WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion, PXE & RPL
Back Panel I/O Ports
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™ antenna jack
8-Channel Audio I/O
Internal I/O Connectors
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
Support CD
Drivers
Make RAID driver Disk for Intel ICH7R and JMB 363
ASUS DH Remote Application
ASUS WiFi-AP Solo™ Wizard
ASUS PC Probe 2
ASUS LiveUpdate Utility
InterVideo® Media Launcher (OEM version)
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS Digital Home Features
ASUS EZ-Backup™  
-  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™  
- Power 
- Quick Power 
- Noise Off 
- EZ WiFi 
- Full Screen 
- AP Launch 
- Media Control Zone

ASUS MP3-In™
Accessories

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

 

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)

 

 

Intel 975X Express Chipset Overview

 

 

975x_diagram
 

 

Platforms based on the Intel® 975X Express Chipset and Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition deliver incredible high performance for gaming, multimedia entertainment and demanding business applications of today and tomorrow.

The Intel 975X Express Chipset enables Intel's highest desktop performance platforms, with support for the latest Intel dual-core processors, adding intelligence to help manage and prioritize multiple (quad) threads received from the processor.

In addition to multiple thread support, the Intel 975X Express Chipset enables key performance-optimized capabilities such as support for multiple 2x8 graphics cards, Intel® Memory Pipeline Technology (Intel® MPT), 8GB memory addressability to enable 64-bit computing, and ECC memory support.

 

Intel® 975X Express Chipset Features

Features Benefits
Supports Intel® Viiv™ Technology∇ Get ready for a new kind of consumer entertainment PC that will change the way you enjoy entertainment at home. With a system based on the Intel® 975X Express Chipset, control the music, movies, games, and photos you want to enjoy both from your personal entertainment collections and endless entertainment options from a wide range of Intel® Viiv™ technology verified service providers delivered right to your living room.
1066-/800-MHz System Bus Supports Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor, Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition and Intel® Pentium® D processor to deliver higher performance for games and applications.
Intel® Memory Pipeline Technology Enhanced memory pipelining that enables a higher utilization of each memory channel, accelerating data transfers between the processor and system memory, resulting in higher system performance.
Intel® High Definition Audio Integrated audio support for new consumer electronic formats, increased audio quality, and multiple audio streaming capability for premium digital sound.
PCI Express* Interface 16 lanes of PCI Express in the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) capable of delivering greater than 3.5 times the performance over the traditional AGP 8X interface, supporting the latest graphics cards for demanding games and applications. 6 PCI x1 lanes in the I/O controller hub support a broad array of I/O cards and applications.
PCI Express* configuration flexibility 2 PCI Express controllers in the MCH enable either 1 x 16 or 2 x 8 operation for the 16 PCI Express lanes.
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology Provides quicker access to digital photo, video, and business files with RAID 0, 5, and 10, and data protection against a hard drive failure with RAID 1, 5, and 10.
Serial ATA* (SATA) 3Gbps High speed storage improves transfer rate for improved data access.
Dual-channel DDR2 Memory Support Up to 10.7GB/s of bandwidth and 8GB addressability for faster system response.
Intel® Flex Memory Technology Facilitates easier upgrades by allowing different memory sizes to be populated and remain in dual-channel mode.

 

For more information regarding Intel 975X chipset ... please visit Intel's website.

 

  

 

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