http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/marine+cool used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_debuts_hightech_marine_cool_motherboard_cebit <!--paging_filter--><p>Asus has been <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=568">showing off</a> its cool and quirky Marine Cool concept motherboard at CeBIT, and it's like nothing you've ever seen before. We say 'cool' in a literal sense, as the board's underbelly comes equipped with a backplate the company says utilizes &quot;micro-porous ceramic&quot; technology. According to Asus, the backplate provides &quot;aerospace-grade thermal dissipating,&quot; while also adding to the board's structural integrity. Combined with the metal heat-pipe module covering the chipset and PWM, Asus says &quot;these revolutionary designs improve heat dissipation by up to 2 fold.&quot; </p> <p>The prototype board also boasts an onboard UPS consisting of a built-in polymer battery in the gray portion of the backplate, providing backup power and preventing damage in the case of a blackout. But the quirkiness comes in the form of SO-DIMM memory slots typically found on notebooks. We suppose the space-saving slots might have made sense on paper, but that's probably where it should have stayed. However, we do dig the built-in Failover Memory, which Asus says guarantees the system will boot when using incompatible or faulty memory. </p> <p>Thoughts on the Marine Cool motherboard? Hit the jump and sound off. </p> <p align="center"><img src="/files/u69/Asus_Marine_Cool.png" width="415" height="302" /></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-small">Image Credit: Anandtech </span></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_debuts_hightech_marine_cool_motherboard_cebit#comments News asus build a pc concept hardware marine cool motherboard prototype Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:49:17 -0500 Paul Lilly 5554 at http://www.maximumpc.com