Asus KFN4-DRE Manual page 17

Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports the next-generation Serial ATA 3Gb/s
technology through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA nForce4
® ®
PRO chipset. The SATA 3Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth
of the current Serial ATA products. Additionally, Serial ATA allows thinner,
more flexible cables with lower pin count, and reduced voltage requirement.
See pages 2-24.
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to provide
comprehensive solution for your networking operation. The integrated
network controllers use the PCI Express segment to provide higher data
bandwidth for your wired or wireless Internet, LAN, and file sharing
requirements. See page 2-18, 2-19, and 2-21 for details.
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. See pages 2-21 and 2-25 for details.
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC (Winbond W83792D) to
prevent overheating and damage. The system fan rotations per minute
(RPM) is monitored for timely failure detection. The ASIC monitors the
voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical components.
See section "4.4.8 Hardware Monitor" on page 4-29.
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