Asus M4N78 - Manual (Page 9)

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CPU AMD ® Phenom™ X4 / Phenom™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 /
Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors (socket AM2+/AM2)
Compatible with Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4 / Athlon™ X3 /
Athlon™ X2 processors (AM3 CPU)
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports CPU up to 125W
Chipset NVIDIA nForce ® 720D
System bus Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM2+ /
AM3 CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 16GB unbuffered
ECC and non-ECC DDR2 1066*/800/667MHz
memory modules
* Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by
AM2+/AM3 CPU for one DIMM per channel only.
** Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL
(Qualified Vendors List).
*** Due to the memory address limitation on 32-bit Windows
OS, when you install 4GB or more memory on the
motherboard, the actual usable memory for the OS can
be about 3GB or less. For effective use of memory, we
recommend that you install a 64-bit Windows OS when
have 4GB or more memory installed on the motherboard.
Expansion slots 1 x PCI Express™ x16 slot
2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots
3 x PCI slots
Storage 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 connector
5 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations
(in Windows ® Vista only)
Audio ALC887 High Definition Audio 8-channel CODEC
- Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
- Supports Jack Detection and Multi-streaming
USB Supports up to 12 USB 2.0 ports (6 port at mid-board,
6 ports at back panel)
LAN Realtek 8211CL Phy Gigabit LAN controller
BIOS 8Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0,
ACPI2.0a, SM BIOS 2.5
M4N78 specifications summary
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