Entered CNET Catalog:
04/06/2005
SKU: 90-M9L0JA-G0UAY
Manufacturer: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Manufacturer description
The A8N-E has a no nonsense, all performance attitude. This motherboard is designed to take in AMD Socket 939 CPUs, PCI Express graphics cards SATA 2.0 devices, and dual-channel memories. On top of all these, ASUS has also offered AI NOS and Precision Tweaker for the users to crank up performance even more! If words like speed and power are relevant to you, then look no further, here it is - A8N-E.
User opinions
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User Rating: 
7/10
Solid board with the right driversby 21kev - February 8, 2007
Pros: Has SATA and supports 4 gigs of memory
Cons: Drivers crash the operating system
Review:
For the price, this is a good board. HOWEVER, the CD that comes with the board has bad drivers on it. When the Nvidia chipset drivers are installed, windows 2000 crashes after reboot. After installing the OS, get to Nvidias website and download the latest chipset drivers. Only install the network card drivers off the CD, nothing else. It took me 4 tries to finally figure out why the operating system was crashing - blue screen of death on startup and no safe mode either. After the newest drivers were installed, the board is solid. The built in over clocking feature is nice. The board gets a rating of 7 because it was shipped with bad drivers on the CD, otherwise it would have been and 8 or 9.
User Rating: 
9/10
Best Motherboard for compatibility, Stability, Performance and money !!!by sathishmls - July 28, 2005
Pros: nForce 4 Ultra, Good Design, PCIE x16, PCIE x4, 3 x PCI, 2 x PCIE x1,10 USB Ports
Cons: No Firewire(not needed mostly)
Review:
By far, guys who dont need SLI, A8N-E is the best motherboard.
As a short,its the motherboard having the Best chipset nVidia NForce 4 Ultra and been manufactured by the Best manufacturer ASUS.
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Asus A8N-E nForce4 Socket 939 ATX Motherboard specifications
- General
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Product type (AE)
Motherboard
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Form factor
ATX
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Width
12.0 in
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Depth
9.6 in
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Compatible Processors
Athlon 64
, Athlon 64 FX
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64-bit Processor Compatibility
Yes
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Mainboard processor socket
Socket 939
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Chipset Type
NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
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Data bus speed
1000.0 MHz
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BIOS type
Phoenix-Award
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Storage key information
ATA-133 (RAID)
, Serial ATA II (RAID)
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Power connectors
4-pin ATX12V connector
, 24-pin main power connector
- Processor
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Installed Qty (Max Supported)
0.0 ( 1.0 )
- Memory
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Supported RAM Technology
DDR SDRAM
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RAM Installed ( Max )
0.0 MB / 4.0 GB (max)
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Supported RAM Speed
DDR266/PC2100
, PC2700
, PC3200
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RAM Features
Unbuffered
, Two DDR channels
- Audio
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Audio Output
Sound card
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Audio codec
Realtek ALC850
- Telecom / Networking
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Modem
None
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Networking
Network adapter - Gigabit Ethernet
, - Fast Ethernet
, - Ethernet
- Features
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BIOS Features
WfM 2.0 support
, DMI 2.0 support
, ASUS EZ Flash
, ASUS MyLogo2
, SMBIOS 2.3 support
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Hardware Features
CrashFree BIOS 2
, ASUS Ai Proactive
, ASUS Q-Fan
- Expansion / Connectivity
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Expansion Slots Total (Free)
1.0 PCI - DIMM 184-pin
, 3.0 Memory - Socket 939
, 2.0 PCI Express x4
, 1.0 PCI Express x1
, 1.0 Processor
, 4.0 PCI Express x16
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Storage Interfaces
Serial ATA II - connector(s): 2 x 40pin IDC - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 0+1 / JBOD
, ATA-133 - connector(s): 4 x 7pin Serial ATA - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 0+1 / JBOD
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Interfaces
1.0 x Audio - Floppy interface - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
, 1.0 x Network - Line-in - 4 pin MPC
, 1.0 x Audio - Input - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
, 2.0 x Microphone - Line-out (center/subwoofer) - RJ-45
, 4.0 x Headphones / speakers - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
, 1.0 x Audio - Generic - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
, 1.0 x Audio - Output - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
, 1.0 x Audio - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
, 1.0 x Hi-Speed USB - SPDIF output - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25)
, 1.0 x Storage - Line-out (side surround) - 34 pin IDC
, 1.0 x Mouse - SPDIF output - TOSLINK
, 1.0 x Keyboard - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
, 1.0 x Audio - Line-out (rear) - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
, 1.0 x Audio - Line-in - 4 pin USB Type A
, 1.0 x Parallel
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Additional connectors (optional)
6 x Hi-Speed USB
