ASUS P5N-D

Specs

Manufacturer's Specs

• Brand ASUS - Model P5N-D

• Form Factor

ATX 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm )

• Socket Type

LGA 775

• Processors Supported

Core 2 Quad

Core 2 Extreme

Core 2 Duo

Pentium Extreme

Pentium D

Pentium 4 Processors

Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processor

• FSB

1333/1066/800 MHz

• Chipset

North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI

Audio Chipset Realtek ALC883 - 8 Channels

Video (none)

• Ports and Slots

Memory Slots 4×240pin - DDR2 800 - Up to 8GB - Dual Channel Supported

PCI Express 2.0 x16 = 2

PCI Express x1 = 2

PCI Slots = 2

PATA 1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max

SATA 3Gb/s 4

SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD

Onboard Video None

Onboard LAN 10/100/1000Mbps

• Rear Panel Ports

PS/2 2

COM 1

LPT 1

USB 4 x USB 2.0

IEEE 1394 1 x IEEE 1394a

S/PDIF Out 1x Optical, 1x Coaxial

Audio Ports 6 Ports

Onboard USB 2 x USB connectors support additional 4 USB ports

Onboard 1394 1x 1394a

Turning on SPDIF

• at the command line
• # alsamixer
• go to the right and hit "M" when your over "iec958" and Hit "esc"

Fixing SPDIF only plays 2ch issue - Mythbuntu 8.04 x64

• Here are my settings for mythfrontend General Setup.
  • AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE = ALSA:default
  • PASSTHROUGH OUTPUT DEVICE = ALSA:iec958:{ AES0 0x02 }
  • MAX AUDIO CHANNELS = stereo
  • UPMIX = passive
  • X=Enable AC3 to SPDIF Passthrough
  • X=Enable DTS to SPDIF Passthrough
  • _=Aggressive Sound Card Buffering
  • _=Use internal Volume Controls