ASUS M2NVM-DH

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Contents 1 Status 2 Hardware features 3 Connectors - Internal/External 4 Problems and Pitfalls 5 External Links

Status

Work out of the box.

Hardware features

• Size: µATX
• Socket: AM2
• Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 430MCP
• Memory: 4x DDR2-800 (PC6400)
• Graphics: Integrated GeForce 6100GPU, VGA & DVI-D. Can be used independently(but not with LMCE). DVI only support digital output.
• Expansion: 1x PCIe-16, 1x PCIe-1, 2x PCI
• Audio: ADI AD1988 (7.1 Channel), S/PDIF (coax on back panel)
• Storage: 4x SATA 3.0Gb/s (RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-0+1 & JBOD), 2x UDMA133, 1xJMicron JMB363 (1x SATA, 1x eSATA)
• Network: nForce 430 built-in Gigabit network card with Broadcom phy (10/100/1000)
• Wireless: 54MBps.
• USB: 8x USB-2.0/1.1
• Firewire: 2x IEEE 1394a

Connectors - Internal/External

Back panel:

• 1 x VGA/RGB out
• 1 x VGA/DVI-D out
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse
• 1 x RJ45 (Network)
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
• 1 x IEEE1394a (Firewire)
• 1 x External SATA port
• 1 x S/PDIF Output (coax.)
• 1 x WiFi-AP Solo antenna jack
• 8-Channel Audio I/O

Internal connectors:

• Front panel High Definition Audio connector
• S/PDIF output connector
• Chassis Intrusion connector
• CPU / 1 x Chassis/ 1x Chipset / 1 x Power Fan connectors
• System panel connector
• CD audio-in connector
• 2 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x IEEE1394a connector
• 1 x 4-pin ATX12V Power connector
• 24-pin ATX Power connector
• 1 x COM connector
• 1 x Parallel connector
• MP3 audio-in connector
• 5 x Serial ATA connectors
• 1 x IDE connector
• 1 x Floppy disk drive connector

Problems and Pitfalls

Use the on board graphics- set it to 256 MB.

Use UI2 with overlay (not alpha blending) or UI1.

Wireless is recognized byt kernel but does not work out of the box. Lack of installed WLAN config tools?

External Links

• Asus.com
• ciao.co.uk