ASRock AliveNF5 eSATA2+ Motherboard
"Overall the ASRock ALiveNF5 eSATA2+ is a surprisingly good budget motherboard for AM2 processors. It offers good performance at a great price."
Posted on May 3, 2007, 1:20 AM UTC by Winston Chim
Features and Specifications
Features and Specifications
| Specifications |
| CPU |
- Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / 64 and Sempron processors
- AMD LIVE!™ Ready
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology |
| Chipset |
- NVIDIA® nForce 520 |
| Memory |
- Dual Channel DDRII memory technology
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Supports DDRII800/667/533
- Max. capacity: 16GB*
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| BIOS |
- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support |
| Audio, Video and Networking |
| Graphics |
- n/a |
| Audio |
- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) |
| LAN |
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111B
- Supports Wake-On-LAN |
| Expansion / Connectivity |
| Slots |
- 3 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 2 x PCI Express x1 slots |
| Connector |
- 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- 2 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII ports), support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Game header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 2 x IEEE 1394 headers
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 headers (support 8 USB 2.0 ports) |
| Rear Panel I/O |
ASRock 8CH_eSATAII I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 2 x eSATAII Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Free Bundle: USB+1394 bracket, providing 2 additional USB 2.0 ports and 1 IEEE 1394 port |
| Other Features / Miscellaneous |
| Hybrid Booster |
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5% |
| Support CD |
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) |
| Accessories |
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 cables
- 4 x SATA data cable (optional)
- 2 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable (optional)
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF cable (optional)
- 1 x USB+1394 bracket |
| Hardware Monitor |
- CPU Internal Temperature Sensing
- CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore |
| Form Factor |
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.0-in, 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm |
| OS |
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit compliant |
| Certifications |
- FCC, CE, WHQL |
For more information ... please visit ASRock's Website
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