Asus M3A78 - Product Introduction and Specifications; M3 A78 Specifications Summary

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M3A78 specications summary
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CPU AMD
®
Socket AM2+ / AM2 for AMD Phenom™FX /
Phenom / Athlon™ / Sempron™ processor
Supports up to 140W CPU
AMD Live!™ Ready
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Chipset AMD 770 / SB700
System bus Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface
for AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support unbuffered
ECC and non-ECC DDR2 1066/800/667/533MHz
memory modules
Supports up to 8GB system memory
* Due to AM2+ CPU limitation, only one DDR2 1066
DIMM is supported per channel. When four DDR2
1066 DIMMs are installed, all DIMMs run at 800MHz
frequency by default for system stability.
** Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for
Memory QVL (Qualied Vendors List)
*** When you install a total memory of 4GB or more,
Windows
®
32-bit operation system may only recognize
less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less
than 3GB is recommended if you are using a Windows
32-bit operation system.
Expansion slots 1 x PCI Express™ x16 slot
2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots
3 x PCI 2.2 slots
Support PCI Express™ 2.0 / 1.0 Architecture
Storage / RAID 1 x UltraDMA 133/100 connector
6 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, and JBOD conguration
Audio VT1708B High Denition Audio 8-channel CODEC
Supports Jack-Detect and Multistreaming technologies
Supports S/PDIF Out interface
S/PDIF Out port at the back panel
USB Supports up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports
at mid-board, 6 ports at the back panel)
LAN Gigabit LAN