ECS A785GM-M User Manual

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Installing the Motherboard
Expansion Slots
Installing Add-on Cards
The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect
them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the
motherboard’s features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can in-
crease the motherboard’s capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are
not part of the basic system.
PCIEX16 Slot
PCI Slot
This motherboard is equipped with one standard PCI slot. PCI
stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus stan-
dard for expansion cards, which for the most part, is a supple-
ment of the older ISA bus standard. The PCI slot on this board is
PCI v2.3 compliant.
The PCI Express x1 slots are fully compliant to the PCI Express
Gen 2 (version 2.0).
PCIE1~2 Slots
Before installing an add-on card, check the documentation for the card
carefully. If the card is not Plug and Play, you may have to manually
configure the card before installation.
The PCI Express x16 slot is used to install an external PCI
Express graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express
Gen 2 (version 2.0).

ECS A785GM-M Specifications

General

Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Power fan connector	Yes
Number of COM connectors	1
Number of SATA connectors	6
Controller interface type	AMD SB710
PS/2 ports quantity	0
eSATA ports quantity	2
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.
Audio chip	Realtek ALC888S
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	AMD 785G
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
BIOS type	AMI
RAID levels	0, 1
LAN controller	RealTek RTL8111D(L)