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1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union's Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard consumers' health while minimizing the impact on the environment. LGA775 Intel® Core™2 Processor Ready This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™2 processor in the LGA775 package. With the new Intel® Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1066 / 800 MHz FSB, Intel® Core™2 processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world. Intel P965 Chipset The Intel® P965 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB of dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533 architecture, 1066/800/533 FSB (Front Side Bus), PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPU. It especially includes the Intel® Fast Memory Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of available memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses. DDR2 memory support The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of 800/667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 12.8 GB/s. Without restriction to the memory size across the two channels, the motherboard allows you to install DIMMs with different memory size and enjoy dual-channel feature at the same time. See pages 2­‑13 to 2-15 for details. Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA on the go This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See pages 2-23, 2-26, and 2-27 for details. 1- Chapter 1: Product introduction

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1-2
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3
Special features
1.3.1
Product highlights
Green ASUS
This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction
on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision
of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard
consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.
LGA775 Intel
®
Core™2 Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Core™2 processor in the LGA775
package. With the new Intel
®
Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1066 /
800 MHz FSB, Intel
®
Core™2 processor is one of the most powerful and energy
efficient CPU in the world.
Intel P965 Chipset
The Intel
®
P965 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB
of dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533 architecture, 1066/800/533 FSB (Front Side
Bus), PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPU. It especially includes the
Intel
®
Fast Memory Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of
available memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of
800/667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest
3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2
architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system
performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 12.8 GB/s.
Without restriction to the memory size across the two channels, the motherboard
allows you to install DIMMs with different memory size and enjoy dual-channel
feature at the same time. See pages 2-13 to 2-15 for details.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA on the go
This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial
ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and
doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external
SATA port located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions.
Easily backup photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices.
See pages 2-23, 2-26, and 2-27 for details.