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Asus P5WDG2-WS Premium Edition (w/ PCI-X)

Asus P5WDG2-WS Premium Edition.

The main difference between the P5WD2-E and the P5WDG2-WS is that the latter model targets the professional user and workstation segment. As a result, the P5WDG2-WS comes with two PCI-X-133 interfaces, and features an 8-phase voltage regulator. The downside is in the area of multimedia support - the audio chip supports only one rather then three Dolby modes.

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Asus P5WDG2-WS (Rev. 1.01g)
PlatformSockel LGA775
NorthbridgeIntel 975X (Rev. C0)
SouthbridgeIntel ICH7R (82801 GB)
Phasen8-Phasen Regulator
BIOS0401 (01/16/06)
Clock ChipICS 954123CGLF
Clock Setting in BIOSMeasurement
266.6 MHz (FSB1066)267.1 MHZ (+0.12%)
SPD Memory Timing RecognitionTiming Result
DDR2-667CL 4.0-4-4-8
Interfaces
Connectorsonboard / IO - panel
USB 2.04 / 4
IEEE1394/Firewire1 / 1
Serial COM Port1 / none
Parallel LPT Portnone / 1
Game1 / none
LANnone / 2
WLANnone / none
SATA8 / 0
Audio analogLineIn CD / 7.1 Cannels
Audio digitalnone / optical Out, SPDIF Out
Connectorsonboard only
PCIe 16x2
PCIe 4xnone
PCIe 1xnoen
PCI-X 1332
PCI2
IDE (PATA)1 (2 channels)
Fan 4 pins (CPU)1
Fan 3 pins (System)3
Mass Storage Controller
ICH71x IDE (ATA100)4x SATA (RAID 0,1,5,10)
Marvell 88SE6141 PCIe4x SATA (RAID 0,1,0+1,5)
LAN
Marvell 88E8062-BDJ PCI-X 661x 1 Gbit/s LAN
Marvell 88E8062-BDJ PCI-X 661x 1 Gbit/s LAN
Audio
Realtek ALC882D 7.1AC97 or High Definition Audio
IEEE1394/Firewire
Texas Instruments TI 43AB22A2x 1394a (400 Mbit/s)