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 ASUS M2R32 MVP
Clocking like a Banshee
(Review by MS, Dec. 19, 2006)

M2R32 MVP At One Glance

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Chipset
  • CrossFire Express 3200
  • ATI RD580 + SB600

Processor Interface

  • Socket AM2
  • AMD Athlon 64 AM2 and Sempron AM2 CPUs
  • Cool'n Quiet
  • AMD Live Ready

Voltage Regulator Module

  • ADP 3186 synchronous buck controller
  • three phase configuration / ADP3418 drivers
  • 0.8V -1.55 V in 25 mV steps

System Memory Support

  • Four color-coded 240 pin DDR2 slots with support of up to 4 GB per module
  • Dual Channel (128-bit wide) Operation supported
  • DDR2 400, 533, 667,800 supported

System BIOS

  • 8 Mb Flash ROM
  • American Megatrends Inc. BIOS
  • PnP, WfM2.0, ACPI, DMI2.0, SMBIOS 2.3 support
  • Support for 48-bit LBA Hard Disc addressing
  • DOS or Windows-based flash utility
  • ASUS EZ-Flash2 support

Plug and Play

  • PnP 1.1 compliant

Onboard I/O

  • 1 x Parallel ATA port for support of two devices up to UltraATA 133
  • 1 x Floppy connector
  • 10 USB Ports (6 via headers on mainboard)
  • PS/2 keyboard and mouse support

Gigabit Ethernet

  • Marvell 88E80001 Gigabit LAN controller
  • AI Net2
  • WOL and Remote Wake-Up function

Expansion Ports

  • 2 x 16 lane PCIe ports
  • Support for CrossFire
  • 2 x 1 lane PCIe port
  • 2 x PCI V.2.2 slot

IEEE1394 Firewire
  • VIA VT6308 Integrated 400 Mbit Phy
  • 1 x port in I/O connector block
  • 1 x header on mainboard

On-Board Audio

  • SoundMAX ADI1988a audio CODEC
  • Direct Sound and SoundBlaster compatible
  • Full Duplex 24-bit two-channel DACs and three Stereo 20-bit ADCs
  • eight-channel analog High Definition
  • S/PDIF Out ports (rear panel) and header (mainboard)

Serial ATAII HBA

  • 4 x SATAII ports supported by SB600
  • Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, WebPAM
  • JMicro 360 controller
  • 1 x eSATA "on the Go" port

Special Features

  • StackCool2
  • ASUS EZ Flash2
  • ASUS Q-Connector
  • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

Overclocking

  • AI-NOS (Non Delay Overclocking System)
  • AI Overclocking
  • ASUS Q-Connector
  • ASUS PEG Link
  • AI Clock Skew
  • CPU input clock 200-400 MHz
  • ASUS CPU Parameter Recall (CPR)

I/O Panel

  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard connector
  • 1 x PS/2 mouse connector
  • 1 x serial (COM) port
  • 1 x RJ45 (LAN) connector
  • 1 x IEEE 1394a Firewire port
  • 8-channel analog audio
  • 1 x Coax S/PDIF

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