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M3a78 specifications summary – Asus M3A78 User Manual

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M3A78 specifications summary

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CPU

AMD

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

Athlon™ / Sempron™ processor

Supports up to 140W CPU

AMD Live!™ Ready

AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology

Chipset

AMD 770 / SB700

System bus

Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM2+ CPU

2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU

Memory

Dual-channel memory architecture

4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support unbuffered ECC and non-ECC

DDR2 1066/800/667/533MHz

Supports up to 8GB system memory

* Due to AM2+ CPU limitation, only one DDR2 1066 DIMM is

supported per channel. When four DDR2 1066 DIMMs are

installed, all DIMMs run at 800MHz frequency by default for

system stability.

** Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for 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

having 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 2.2 slots

Support PCI Express™ 2.0 / 1.0 Architecture

Storage / RAID

1 x UltraDMA 133/100 connector

6 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1,

RAID 0+1, and JBOD configuration

Audio

VT1708B High Definition Audio 8-channel CODEC

Supports Jack-Detect and Multistreaming technologies

Supports S/PDIF Out interface

S/PDIF Out port at the back panel

USB

Supports up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports

at mid-board, 6 ports at the back panel)

LAN

Gigabit LAN

Back panel I/O ports

1 x PS/2 Keyboard port

1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port

1 x COM port

1 x LPT port

1 x RJ45 port

6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

8-channel Audio I/O ports