Asus M4A78 - M4 A78 Motherboard Specifications Summary; CPU and Chipset Compatibility; Memory and Expansion Slot Support; Storage, LAN, Audio, and USB Features

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M4A78 specications summary
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CPU Phenom™ X4 / Phenom™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 / Athlon™ /
Sempron™ processors (socket for AM2+/AM2)
Compatible with Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4 / Athlon™ X3 /
Athlon™ X2 (AM3 CPU)
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Support CPU up to 125W
* Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD CPU support list
Chipset AMD 770 / SB700
System bus Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM3 /
AM2+ CPU
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 16GB unbuffered
ECC DDR2 1066*/800/667/533MHz memory modules
* DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ / AM3 CPU only.
** Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL
(Qualied Vendors List).
*** When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more,
Windows
®
32-bit operating system may only recognize less
than 3GB. We recommend a maximum of 3GB system memory
if you are using a Windows 32-bit operating system.
Expansion slots 1 x PCI Express™ x16 slot
2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots
3 x PCI slots
Storage 1 x UltraDMA 133/100 connector
5 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1, and
RAID 0+1 and JBOD (only for Windows
®
Vista OS)
congurations
1 x ESATA
LAN Realtek8112 PCIE, Gigabit LAN
Audio ALC887 High Denition Audio 8-channel CODEC
- Supports Jack-detect and Multistreaming technology
- Supports S/PDIF out interface
USB Supports up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 port at mid-board,
6 ports at back panel)
ASUS Unique
fetures
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
- ASUS Q-Fan
ASUS EZ DIY:
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
ASUS AI NET2
Turbo Key
ASUS MyLogo 2
EPU 4-Engine
ASUS Express Gate