You can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or using an OS-based flash utility. Simply press the pre-defined hotkey to launch this tool and update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS. This utility saves users the cost and hassle of buying a replacement BIOS chip.ĮZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to restore corrupted BIOS data from a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. This unique adapter eliminates the trouble of plugging in one cable at a time, making connection quick and accurate. The ASUS Q-Connector allows you to connect or disconnect chassis front panel cables in one easy step with one complete module. It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and keeps the best signal quality. This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems via an coaxial S/PDIF-out (SONY-PHILIPS Digital Interface) jack. Backwards compatible with current USB 1.1 peripherals, USB 2.0 delivers transfer speeds up to 40 times faster at 480Mb/s, for easy connectivity and ultra-fast data transfers. USB 2.0 is the latest connectivity standard for next generation components and peripherals. The onboard NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD configurations for four SATA connectors. This motherboard supports next-generation SATA hard drives based on the new SATA 3Gb/s storage specification. The M2N4-SLI uses an onboard Audio CODEC that lets you enjoy high-quality 6-channel audio without having to buy advanced sound cards. Gigabit LAN is the networking standard for the early future and is ideal for handling large amounts of data such as video, audio, and voice. The NVIDIA native Gigabit LAN controller delivers transfer speeds up to ten times faster than conventional 10/100 Ethernet connections. The heat sinks and strategic board layout are tailor made to dissipate heat in the most efficient manner.ĪSUS Q-Fan2 technology intelligently adjusts both CPU fan and chassis fan speeds according to system loading to ensure quiet, cool and efficient operation. ASUS Motherboard´s fansless concept is specifically created to provide a cool environment without all the baggage.ĪSUS has devoted special efforts to address the thermal issues across the motherboard, and most notably the areas that reside the CPU, power, Northbridge and Southbridge. Provide a cool environment without all the baggage.Ĭooling fans, though a popular thermal solution, also come with noise and malfunction likelyhood. Supports AMD Cool ´n´ Quiet! Technology, which monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and frequency for a cool and quiet environment. With the highest speed up to 800MHz, DDR2 memory provides great performance for 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications. The advanced processing technology contains two physical CPU cores with individually dedicated L2 caches to satisfy the rising demand for more powerful processing capability.ĭDR2 is the next generation memory technology to replace the current DDR. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support and AMD Cool ´n´ Quiet! Technology The M2N4-SLI supports AMD socket AM2 single-core Athlon 64/ Sempron and dual-core Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon 64 FX processors with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache, which is based on 64-bit architecture. Supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Sempron. For some applications nearly 2X performance! (From - AMD Socket AM2.
NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software that allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. Performance enhancing features include NVIDIA® LinkBoost™ technology to automatically increase bus speeds and NVIDIA SLI™ technology for scalable graphics performance. NVIDIA nForce® 500 SLI™ media and communications processors (MCPs) deliver a complete range of solutions for AMD-based discrete platforms. The Best C/P SLI Solution on AM2 Platform. The official marketing text of ASUS M2N4-SLI as supplied by the manufacturer