Asus Maximus II Formula Manual

Asus Maximus II Formula User Manual

The ASUS Maximus II Formula motherboard is the latest release in their premium branded Republic of Gamers product line. The board is designed around the Intel P45 chipset, supporting the following technologies: all current Intel LGA 775 processors, DDR2 memory operating in Dual Channel mode up to 1066MHz officially, and dual card CrossFireX graphics mode using matched ATI graphics cards. ASUS created the Maximus II Formula board as a feature complete solution, with the board itself requiring a bare minimum of components to be made operational: an Intel LGA 775 processor, DDR2 memory, a video card, drives, and a PSU. The board itself offers the following onboard integrated devices: 6 SATA II ports (RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 capable) on the Intel ICH10R controller; 1 ATA-133 IDE port and 1 eSATA port on the Marvell controller; 2 SATA II ports (RAID 0 and 1 equivalent capable) on the Silicon Image controller; 12 USB 2.0 capable ports (6 in rear panel, and 3 onboard headers supporting 2 ports each); 2 IEEE 1394 capable ports (1 in rear panel, and 1 onboard header); 2 x Marvell Yukon GigE Ethernet ports in the rear panel; ADI 8-channel HD audio codec featuring Creative Labs X-Fi support with S/PDIF optical and component output ports; onboard power and reset buttons; and a PS/2 keyboard port in the rear panel.

Feature List

• Support for Intel LGA755 CPUs including 65m, and 45m Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium dual-core, Celeron dual-core and Celeron with 800-1,600MHz front side bus.
  
• Intel P45 northbridge
  
• Intel ICH10 southbridge
  
• Four DDR2 memory sockets supporting up to 16GB of memory at 667-1,200MHz.
  
• Two PCI-Express x16 slots (either x16/x1 or x8/x8) with support for ATI CrossFire graphics
  
• Supreme FX X-Fi audio card, with ADI SoundMAX 2000B 7.1 channel High-Definition audio codec and Creative X-Fi technology
  
• Three PCI-Express x1 slots
  
• Two PCI slots
  
• Six SATA 3Gbps ports with Intel Matrix RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5.
  
• Silicon Image Sil5723 supporting two SATA 3Gbps ports with RAID 0 and 1.
  
• Marvell 88SE6121 supporting one eSATA 3Gbps port and one IDE socket
  
• Two Marvell 88E8056-NNC1 Gigabit Ethernet controllers featuring teaming technology
  
• VIA VT6308P IEEE 1394a Firewire controller with two connections
  
• Twelve USB 2.0 ports (six via pin-outs, six via rear I/O)

 

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