Introduction
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ASUS P5G41-M
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Released on: 07-03-2009
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Test Date: 01-11-2010
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Product page
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The ASUS P5G41-M is the basis for a cheap Home Theatre PC (HTPC) with a HDMI interface and Optical Audio.
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The backpanel lacks 'legacy' connectors like COM and LPT, anothor connector that is missing is the DVI, you'll find it on the P5G41-M LE which is basically the same board but is not equipped with the HTPC items like Optical Audio Out and HDMI.
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The COM 1and LPT ports are placed below the last PCI slot at the bottom of this board, there's no floppy connector.
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There PCI Express X16 (version 1.1) capabilities of the P5G41-M are about half the speed of boards that are equipped with the PCI Express version 2.0. Modern Graphics Cards are backward compatible with PCI express 1.1.
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There is a maximum of 8GB DDR2 memory, 1066MHz modules will have to be overcloced to get their proper speed.
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The P5G41-M is equipped with an Energy Processing Unit, the ASUS EPU-L chip, unfortunately this feature is not accompanied with ASUS software like EPU-4. To protect the board from power surges or unstable power fluctuations the P5G41-M has a built-in Anti-Surge.
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