Package and Accessories

Asus Rampage Gene II comes in a box with a flip front panel, but without any cool cut-out windows. All extra space on the cover as well as the back of the box is used to deliver the details on the mainboard’s main features and functionality.

Inside the box you find the mainboard itself with bundled accessories that include the following items:

• PATA cable;
• A pair of SATA cables with L-shaped connectors and another pair with straight connectors;
• Graphics card SLI bridge;
• Asus Q-Connector Kit for convenient connection of front panel buttons, indicators and USB ports;
• Several plastic ties for cable management needs;
• LCD Poster – external LCD screen;
• Asus Q-Shield for the back panel (I/O Shield)
• Very large sticker with “Republic of Gamers” logo;
• User manual;
• DVD disk with software and drivers.

Besides the drivers and electronic version of the user manual, the DVD disk contains a number of Asus brand name utilities and tools:

• Asus Update;
• Asus PC Probe II;
• Asus AI Suite;
• Asus AI Direct Link;
• Asus TurboV;
• Asus EPU-6 Engine;
• Asus TweakIt.

Moreover, there are also two marketing videos and several third-party applications:

• Adobe Reader 8;
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus;
• 3DMark 06 Advanced Edition;
• Corel MediaOne Starter;
• Ulead Burn.Now;
• Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE;
• WinZip 11.

There are two accessories included with the board that we would like to dwell on separately: the sticker and the LCD panel. As for the former, it is not a usual small logo sticker for the case front panel, but a huge picture. I doubt that it will fit onto a side panel of any microATX system case. It is more likely to look good on the wall or door. This logo is presented in almost its actual size in the lower right corner of the Asus Rampage Gene II box.

We have first come across the LCD panel that displayed the status of the POST procedure in text form during the system boot-up and after that – the current time on Asus Commando mainboard. Since then its functionality has been significantly improved. First, now you don’t have to turn the system case in order to see the display. A 90 cm cable will allow you to install the LCD screen anywhere you want. LCD Poster can display not only test, but also the actual POST codes. After the boot-up is completed, it may display not just current time, but also some monitoring data: the temperatures, voltages and fan rotation speeds will be rotating on the LCD screen.