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Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
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General Information
The Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus is a motherboard with an Intel LGA775 socket, compatible with 45nm multi-core CPUS.
Technical specifications
| CPU-socket | Intel LGA775 |
|---|---|
| Front Side Bus | 1333/1066/800/533/ MHz |
| Memory | 4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR2 800/667/533 |
| Northbridge | C55 a.k.a. nForce®650i SLI |
| Expansion Slots | 2 x PCIe x16 slot (SLI) + 2 x PCI 2.2 + 1 x PCI Express x16, at x8 speed |
| Southbridge | MCP55P a.k.a. nForce®570 SLI |
| Storage | 1 xUltraDMA + 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s |
| Integrated NIC | Dual Gigabit/ MAC with external Marvell PHY Support |
| Integrated Audio | ADI 1988B 8 -Channel |
| USB | 10 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel) |
| IEE1394 (Firewire) | VIA6308P controller supports 2 x 1394a ports |
Kernel Configuration
SATA
Select "NVIDIA SATA support" module.
KERNEL SATA on P5N32-E SLI Plus
'"`UNIQ--pre-00000000-QINU`"'
Sound
The soundchip works with the snd-hda-intel sound module. The corresponding kernel options are:
KERNEL Soundchip on P5N32-E SLI Plus
'"`UNIQ--pre-00000003-QINU`"'
USB
KERNEL USB on P5N32-E SLI Plus
'"`UNIQ--pre-00000006-QINU`"'
Network
The NIC is a NVIDIA Dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY.
KERNEL NIC on P5N32-E SLI Plus
'"`UNIQ--pre-00000009-QINU`"'
Appendices
Lspci Output
CODE lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2) 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1) 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1) 00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:0e.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:0e.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2) 00:0f.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2) 00:11.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:12.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2) 02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev c0)
Disclaimer
Everything been tested working on
CODE uname -a
2.6.28-gentoo-r3 #2 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 18 15:45:13 IST 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux