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M2n68-am specifications summary – Asus M2N68-AM User Manual

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M2N68-AM specifications summary

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CPU

AMD socket AM2/AM2+ for AMD Phenom™ FX /

Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors

AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and

64-bit computing

Supports AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology

Chipset

MCP68S/MCP68PVNT

System bus

2000 / 1600 MT/s

Memory

Dual-channel memory architecture 2 x 240-pin DIMM

sockets support up to 4GB of unbufferred ECC and

non-ECC 1066 / 800 / 667 / 533 MHz DDR2 memory

modules

Notes*:

• Only AM2+ supports DDR2 1066.

• When you install total memory of 4GB or more,

Windows

®

32-bit operating system may only recognize

less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less

than 3GB is recommended if you are using a 32-bit

Windows operating system.

Expansion slots

1 x PCI Express™ x16 slot

1 x PCI Express™ x1 slot

2 x PCI slots

Graphics

Integrated Nvidia

®

GeForce

®

7 Series Shader model 3.0

DirectX9 graphics processor

Maximum shared memory of 256 MB

Supports RGB with max. resolution 1920 x 1440

(@70MHz*32bpp / 75Mhz*16bpp)

Notes*:

• Due to the chipset limitation, only MPEG 2 & WMV

Offload can support HD format 1920 x 1080p

• The suggested system configuration when playing HD

DVD and Blu-ray disc: DDR2 800 1GB x 2 / Althon

64 x 2 4400+ / Graphic shared memory 256 MB /

Purevideo HD support.

Storage

- 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 interface

- 4 x Serial ATA 3 Gb/s hard disk drives supporting

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

configurations

- ATAPI support, AHCI mode

Supported OS

Windows Vista/XP

High definition audio

ALC662 High Definition Audio 6-channel CODEC

Supports Anti Pop Function

Supports S/PDIF Out interface, Jack-detect, and

multi-streaming

USB

Supports up to 10 USB 2.0 / 1.1 ports (6 on the board, 4

at the rear panel)