ASUS Crosshair BIOS 0802

Crosshair release BIOS version 0802
1. Enabled support of AM2 processors
2. Enabled support for AMD Virtualization Technology function for Rev.G2 CPU (excluding Sampron).
3. Finetuned Motherboard temperature warning threshold for PC-Probe2

Motherboard Specs:

CPU

Support AMD� Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet� Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
AMD Live!� Ready
Chipset

NVIDIA nForce� 590 SLI� MCP
NVIDIA LinkBoost� Technology
Front Side Bus

2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory

Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA� SLI� technology support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
3 x PCI 2.2
Scalable Link Interface (SLI�)

Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link
Storage

NVIDIA nForce� 590 SLI� MCP supports:
* 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
* 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
* NVIDIA MediaShield� RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0 1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
Silicon Image� 3132 SATA controller supports
* 2 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go)
* Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
LAN

Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet� technology
NVIDIA nForce� 590 SLI� MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY
* Support Teaming and fail-over functions
* Support TCP/IP Acceleration
Audio

SupremeFX Audio Card
featuring ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
8 channel audio ports
Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
* ASUS Array Mic
* Noise Filter
IEEE 1394a

TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB

max. 10 USB2.0/1.1 ports
Overclocking Features

* ASUS AI NOS� (Non-delay Overclocking System)
* AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
* AI Clock Skew
* ASUS PEG Link - automatically performance tuning for graphics cards
* ASUS O.C. Profile: overclocking configuration-sharing tool
* ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
* Extreme Tweaker
ASUS AI Booster Utility
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies.
Special Features

LCD Poster
EL I/O
Onboard LED
Onboard switches: Power / Reset / Clr CMOS
Q-Connector
Q-Fan Plus
ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
ASUS EZ Flash2
ASUS Music Alarm
ASUS MyLogo3
Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
1 x PS/2 Mouses
1 x Optical 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
2 x External SATA
2 x LAN (RJ45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x IEEE 1394a port
1 x onboard LED switch
1 x LCD Poster
Internal I/O Connectors

3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
6 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 7 x option Fan
3 x thermal sensor connector
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x S/PDIF output connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
Front Panel Audio connector
24-pin ATX Power connector
8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System panel connector
1 x EL I/O Shield Connector
BIOS

8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability

WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE