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ECS A55F-M3 User Manual

ECS A55F-M3
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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the A55F-M3 motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports socket for FM1 for
AMD A series processor for high-end business or personal desktop markets.
There is an full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and keyboard
connectords, one D-sub (VGA) port, four USB 2.0 ports, one LAN port, three audio
jacks for microphone, line-in and 6-ch line-out.
The motherboard is based on AMD A55 (Hudson D2) express chipset for best desk-
top platform. A55 is a single-chip, highly integrated, high performance Hyper-
Transport peripheral controller, unmatched by any other single chip-device control-
ler. The memory controller supports DDR3 memory DIMM frequencies of 1866*
1
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1600/1333. It supports two DDR3 slots with maximum memory size of 32 GB. One
PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI
Express Gen2 (version 2.0). In addition, one PCI Express x1 slot and one PCI slot
are supported.
It implements USB 2.0 interface, supporting up to eight USB 2.0 ports (four USB 2.0
ports and two USB 2.0 headers support additional four USB 2.0 ports). This
motherboard integrates a Serial ATA host controller, supporting four SATA ports
with maximum transfer rate up to 3 Gb/s each.
*1. Due to the limitation of chipset spec, it supports up to 1866 MHz for
motherboard with a single DIMM per channel.

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ECS A55F-M3 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Memory channelsDual-channel
Supported memory typesDDR3-SDRAM
Supported memory clock speeds1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
Processor socketSocket FM1
Processor manufacturerAMD
Compatible processor seriesAMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core, AMD Sempron
USB 2.0 connectors2
Power fan connectorYes
Number of COM connectors1
Number of SATA II connectors4
Number of Parallel ATA connectors0
Headphone outputs3
USB 2.0 ports quantityUSB 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.
Audio chipVIA VT1705
Component forPC
Power source typeATX
Motherboard chipsetAMD A55
Audio output channels5.1 channels
Motherboard form factormicro ATX
Compatible operating systemsWindows XP, Vista
RAID levels0, 1, 10
Supported storage drive interfacesSATA II
On-board graphics cardNo
Parallel processing technology supportNot supported
LAN controllerRealtek RTL8111E
Networking featuresGigabti Ethernet
Ethernet interface typeFast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS typeAMI
BIOS memory size16 Mbit
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Depth180 mm
Width230 mm

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