Asus M3N78-VM User Manual

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome!
Thank you for buying an ASUS
®
M3N78-VM motherboard!
The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it
another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards!
Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it, check the
items in your package with the list below.
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
1.2 Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard ASUS M3N78-VM motherboard
Cables 2 x Serial ATA signal cables
1 x 2-port Serial ATA power cable
1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
Accessories I/O shield
Application DVD ASUS motherboard support DVD
Documentation User guide
AMD socket AM2+ Phenom FX / Phenom CPU
The motherboard supports AMD socket AM2+ multi-core
processors. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory
support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200 MT/s via
HyperTransport 3.0 based system bus. See page 1-10 for details.
AMD socket AM2 Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64
FX / Sempron CPU
The motherboard supports AMD socket AM2 Athlon 64 / Athlon
64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Sempron processors with 2MB / 1MB /
512KB L2 cache, which is based on 64-bit architecture.
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights

Asus M3N78-VM Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	6
Number of SATA connectors	5
PS/2 ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	VIA VT1708B
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD

Weight and Dimensions

Width	244 mm