Asus P8H61-M LX3 User Manual

1-1Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
Product introduction
Motherboard ASUS P8H61-M LX3 Series motherboard
Cables 2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s cables
Accessories 1 x I/O shield
Application DVD ASUS motherboard support DVD
Documentation User Manual
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
LGA1155 socket for Intel
®
2nd Generation Core™ i7 / Core™
i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium
®
/ Celeron
®
Processors
This motherboard supports the Intel
®
2nd generation Core™ i7/i5/i3/
Pentium
®
/Celeron
®
processors in the LGA1155 package, with memory
and PCI Express controllers integrated to support 2-channel (2 DIMMs)
DDR3 memory, and 16 PCI Express lanes. This provides great graphics
performance. Intel
®
2nd generation Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium
®
/Celeron
®
processors are among the most powerful and energy efcient CPUs in
the world.
1.1 Welcome!
Thank you for buying an ASUS
®
P8H61-M LX3 Series 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.
1.2 Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.

Asus P8H61-M LX3 Specifications

General

Form Factor	Micro ATX
Chipset	Intel H61
CPU Socket	LGA 1155
Memory Slots	2
Memory Type	DDR3
Max Memory	16 GB
PCIe x16 Slots	1
SATA Ports	4 x SATA 3Gb/s
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC887
Ethernet	10/100/1000 Mbps
USB Ports	8 x USB 2.0
Audio	Realtek ALC887
LAN	Realtek 8111E
Video Outputs	D-Sub