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Asus M3N78-AM User Manual

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ASUS M3N78-AM

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AMD Socket AM2 Athlon™ / Sempron™

CPU support

This motherboard supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon / Sempron processors. It

features 2000/1600MT/s HyperTransport system bus, dual-channel unbuffered

DDR2 800 memory support, and AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology. See page 1-10

for details.

AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology

The motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology, which monitors

system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and frequency for a cool

and quiet operating environment. See page 2-25 for details.

64-bit CPU support

64-bit computing, the technology to replace 32-bit architecture, delivers advanced

system performance, faster memory access, and increased productivity. This

motherboard provides excellent compatibility and flexibility by supporting either

64-bit or 32-bit architecture.

NVIDIA

®

GeForce

8200 chipset

The NVIDIA

®

GeForce™ 8200 offers the lastest support of Hybrid SLI Technology,

DirectX10 graphics features, HD video playback with HDMI / DVI output. It also

supports HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface, PCI Express™ 2.0 bus architecture,

Serial ATA 3Gb/s devices, and is optimized with AMD’s latest AM2+ and multi-core

CPUs to provide excellent system performance.

Native DDR2 1066 support

This motherboard supports native DDR2 1066. It provides faster data transfer rate

and more bandwidth to increase memory computing efficiency, enhancing system

performance in 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications. See

pages 1-14 for details.

Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU for one

DIMM per channel only. Refer to www.asus.com for the CPU models.