Asus A7V8X-MX SE A7V8X-MX SE User's Manual - Page 11

Integrated 10/100 LAN The A7V8X-MX SE motherboard comes with an onboard 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller to give you a fast and reliable connection to a local area networks (LANs) and the Internet. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the 12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.1. Digital audio support A Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) connector is onboard to give you convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems. The S/PDIF technology allows direct digital audio transfers keeping the best signal quality. SoundMAX Digital Audio System The SoundMax Digital Audio System is the industry's highest performance and most reliable audio solution for business professionals, audiophiles, musicians, and gamers. SoundMAX Digital Audio System can output 5.1 channel surround and features state-of-the-art DLS2 MIDI synthesizer with Yamaha DLSbyXG sound set, 5.1 Virtual Theater™ and supports all major game audio technologies including Microsoft DirectX™8.0, Microsoft DirectSound 3D™, A3D, MacroFX, ZoomFX, MultiDrive 5.1 and EAX. ASUS C.O.P. The ASUS C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection) is a hardware protection circuit that automatically shuts down the system power before temperatures go high enough to permanently damage the CPU. ASUS CrashFree BIOS CrashFree BIOS allows users to restore BIOS data from a floppy disk even when BIOS code and data are corrupted. Users can now enjoy this feature without the need to buy a new ROM. ASUS A7V8X-MX SE motherboard user guide 1-3