Asus Maximus II Formula Sound Blaster X-Fi Utility 1.0

CPU SUPPORT
Socket LGA 775 
- Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / Pentium Extreme / Pentium D / Pentium 4
- 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz System Bus

CHIPSET    
- Intel P45 / ICH10R with Intel Fast Memory Access Technology

MEMORY    
- Four DDR2 dual channel memory sockets
- DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz, non-ECC un-buffered memory
- 16GB maximum

EXPANSION SLOTS    
- Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots with ATI CrossFireX Technology at x8 speed
- Three PCI Express x1 slots
- Two PCI 2.2 slots

STORAGE    
Intel ICH10R Southbridge
- Six SATA 3.0Gb/s ports
- Intel Matrix Storage supporting SATA RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10

Marvell 88SE6121 Controller
- One UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to two PATA devices
- One External SATA 3.0Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)

Silicon Image SIL5723 controller (Drive Xpert Technology)
- Two SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports 

AUDIO    
ADI AD2000B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Creative X-Fi capability
- X-Fi interface
- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at rear I/O 

LAN    
- Dual Gigabit LAN Controllers
- Featuring AI NET2
- Supports Teaming Technology

REAR I/O PANEL    
- One PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse combo port
- One External SATA port
- One IEEE 1394a port
- Two RJ45 ports
- Six USB 2.0 / 1.1 ports
- One Clr CMOS switch

INTERNAL I/O HEADERS    
- Three USB connectors support additional six USB ports
- One Floppy disk drive connector
- One IDE connector
- Six SATA connectors (blue)
- Two Speeding HDD connectors (black)
- One CPU Fan connector
- Three Chassis Fan connectors
- One Power Fan connector
- Three optional Fan connectors
- Three thermal sensor connectors
- One IEEE 1934a connector
- Front panel audio connector
- En/Dis-able Clr CMOS
- LCD Poster connector
- ROG connector
- Chassis Intrusion connector
- 24-pin ATX Power connectors
- 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
- System Panel (Q-Connector)
- One Power On switch
- One Reset switch

SYSTEM BIOS
- 16Mb AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4

FORM FACTOR
- Standard ATX
- 12\" x 9.6\" 

Bundle

ACCESSORIES
- SupremeFX X-Fi Audio Card
- LCD Poster
- ASUS Optional Fan
- ASUS Q-Shield (I/O shield)
- ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, 394, system panel)
- 2-port USB and 1-port 1394 I/O module
- Cable ties

CABLES    
- One SATA power cable for two devices
- SATA signal cables
- One Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable
- One Floppy disk drive cable

APPLICATION DVD    
Asus Motherboard Support DVD
- Drivers
- ASUS PC Probe II
- ASUS Update
- ASUS AI Suite
- 3DMark 06 Advanced Edition
- Kaspersky Anti-virus software


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