ASUS P5Q WS Manual Do Utilizador

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction 

on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision 

of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packagings to safeguard 

consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.

This motherboard supports the latest Intel

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 Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / 

Core™ 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, 

multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The 

Intel

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 Core™ 2 series processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. 

This motherboard also supports Intel

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 CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing 

process.

The Intel

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 P45 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support dual-

channel DDR2 800 / 667 architecture, 1333 / 1066 / 800 FSB (Front Side Bus), 

PCIe 2.0, and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes Intel

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 Fast Memory Access 

technology that significantly optimizes the use of available memory bandwidth and 

reduces the latency of the memory accesses.

This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 device for twice the current speed 

and bandwidth. This enhances system performance while still providing backward 

compatibility to PCIe 1.0 devices. See page 2-18 for details.

See page 2-18 for details.

This motherboard supports hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3 Gb/s 

storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus 

bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port located 

at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup photos, 

videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See pages 2-22 and

See pages 2-22 and 

2-26 for details.