ASUS Desktop Board P5CR-LS Retail vs ASUS P5WD2 AiLife Series Motherboard

Comparison of Desktop Board P5CR-LS Retail, P5WD2 AiLife Series Motherboard

34 specifications	A ASUS Desktop Board P5CR-LS RetailView product	B ASUS P5WD2 AiLife Series MotherboardView product
Processoridentical
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor socket	LGA 775 (Socket T)	LGA 775 (Socket T)
Processor system buses supportedKnown for one	800 MHz	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Pentium® D
Memory1 differ
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	4 GB	8 GB
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	8 MB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/Oidentical
USB 2.0 connectorsKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O portsidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	2	—Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	2 x Broadcom PCI-Express BCM5721 GB	Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LAN Controller
Featuresidentical
Motherboard form factor	ATX	ATX
Power source type	ATX	ATX
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows: - Win 2000 Server SP4 - Microsoft Win 2003 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Server EMT64 Edition - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Win 2003 Ent SP1 x32 - Win 2000 Adv Server SP4 - Win 2003 Std SP1 x32 Unix / Linux: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC882
Audio output channelsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x 64bit/100MHz PCI-X 1 x PCI-E 2 x 32bit/33MHz PCI	1x PCI Express x16 slot 1x PCI-E graphics slot (max. x4 mode) 1x PCI Express x1 3x PCI
Operational conditionsidentical
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	305 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	241 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	ASWM2.0	Drivers ASUS PC Probe 2 ASUS LiveUpdate Utility Anti-virus software (OEM version)
Other features1 differ
Floppy disk drive connectorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics controllerKnown for one	ATI RAGE-XL	—Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsDiffers	1 x Floppy Connector 1 x MiniPCI Socket 6 x Fan 3 x SMBus 1 x Chassis Instruction 2 x Front LAN LED	Back panel: 1x Parallel 1x Coaxial S/PDIF Output 1x PS/2 Keyboard 1x PS/2 Mouse 1x RJ45 4x USB 2.0/1.1 8-Channel Audio I/O Internal connectors: 2x USB 2.0 1x COM 1x GAME/MIDI CPU/2*Chassis/Power Fan Front panel Audio Chassis Intrusion CD audio-in 24-pin EATX Power 4-pin ASUS EZ Plug 2x 4-pin EATX12V
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 10
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	64 Mbit

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