abit AB9 QuadGT Motherboard Review :: abit QuadGT Specific Features

• SilentOTES
• uGURU
• Solid State Capacitors
• Digital PWM
• Onboard On/Off Switch
• External Clear CMOS switch
• HDMI Ready Audio Header
• 2x eSATA

SilenOTES is abit's silent Northbridge and PWM cooling device. It uses a heatpipe to conduct heat from the chipset heatsink to a PWM fin-heatsink collection module. Airflow from the CPU fan removes the heat collected from the CPU, chipset and PWM fin heatsink, effectively cooling your system with no additional noise.

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uGuru

uGuru is an integrated circuit that facilitates hardware monitoring and BIOS level adjustments in Windows. To make troubleshooting seamless and streamlined, uGuru conveniently combines several helpful features, such as hardware monitoring, temperature readings, on-the-fly overclocking, BIOS flashing and audio tweaking in one easy to use interface. uGuru offers unique abit engineered features like abit EQ, FanEQ, OC Guru, FlashMenu, AudioEQ and BlackBox, providing users with the perfect environment to maximize performance and stability.

Capacitors

One of the big issues with motherboards today is leaking capacitors. If a capacitor breaks the process of RMAing the board make it more hassle than its worth. abit offers Solid State Capacitors, which means that they will never break or leak. The other fact about the capacitors abit uses is they are manufactured in Japan, meaning higher quality processes were likely moved.