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Chapter 1 product introduction, 1 welcome, 2 package contents – Asus M4A78-HTPC/RC User Manual

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Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.

Motherboard

ASUS M4A78-HTPC motherboard

Cables

1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable

1 x Serial ATA signal cable

Accessories

1 x I/O shield

1 x 2 in 1 Q-connector (USB and system panel;

Retail version only)

1 x Remote controller (RC Edition only)

1 x IR receiver (RC Edition only)

Application DVD

ASUS motherboard support DVD

Documentations

User manual

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

Chapter 1

Product introduction

AMD

®

Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4 / Athlon™ X3 / Athlon™ X2

processors (socket AM3)

This motherboard supports AMD

®

AM3 multi-core processors with unique

L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power

consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and

accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransort™ 3.0

based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD

®

CPUs in the

new 45nm manufacturing process.

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Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

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Welcome!

Thank you for buying an ASUS

®

M4A78-HTPC 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.

Chapter 1: Product introduction

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