Asus M3A78-T - Manual (Page 45)

ASUS M3A78-T 2-21
15. HDMI Out port. This port is for a high-definition
multimedia interface (HDMI) connector.
• This motherboard comes with dual-VGA outputs that features different
displays on 2 monitors at the same time if you connect 2 monitors to both
the onboard VGA and HDMI ports.
• Playback of HD DVD and Blu-Ray Discs
The speed and bandwidth of the CPU/Memory, DVD player, and drivers will
affect the playback quality. Following is a configuration example for your
reference. Using the CPU/Memory of higher speed and bandwidth with the
higher-version DVD player and drivers will upgrade the playback quality.
CPU: AMD Athlon64 ADH3200IAA4DE/512KB (single core)
DIMM: Kingston DDR2-800 1G x1 (BIOS share memory: 256MB)
HDD: Seagate ST3160023A (ATA100)
ODD: Sony BWU100A
• To play HD DVD or Blu-Ray Disc, make sure to use an HDCP compliant
monitor.
16. Optical S/PDIF Out port. Optical S/PDIF Out port. This port connects an external audio output device
via an optical S/PDIF cable.
17. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6. These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are
available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.