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Motherboard Option

Asus M4A78 Plus

CPU

  • AMD Socket AM2+ / AM2 Phenom™ X4/Phenom™ X3/Athlon™ /Athlon™ X2/Sempron™ Processors
  • Support AM3 Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4 / Athlon™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 Processors
  • Support 45nm CPU
  • AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ 2.0 Technology (by CPU type)
  • Support CPU up to 140W
  • *Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD CPU support list

Chipset

  • AMD 770/SB700

  • Up to 5200 MT/s ; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM3 / AM2+ CPU
  • 2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU

Memory

  • 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR2 1200(O.C.)/1066*/800/667 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
  • Dual Channel memory architecture
  • *Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+/AM3 CPU for one DIMM per channel only.
  • *Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for Memory QVL (Qualify Vendor List)

Expansion Slots

  • 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (*1x PCIe x16, 1x PCIe x4 or x1)
  • 1 x PCIe x1
  • 3 x PCI

Storage

  • Chipset
    • 1 xUltraDMA 133/100
    • 5 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,10,JBOD
    • 1 x External SATA 3Gb/s support JBOD
  • *Due to the Windows XP/ Vista limitation, the RAID array with the total capacity over 2TB cannot be set as a boot disk. A RAID array over 2TB can only be set as a data disk only. For more information, please refer to Microsoft's Support

LAN

  • PCIe Gb LAN

Audio

  • ALC887 High Definition Audio 8-Channel CODEC
  • Supports Jack-detect and Multistreaming teconologies
  • Supports S/PDIF out interface

USB

  • 15 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 9 ports at back panel)

Overclocking Features

  • SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
    • FSB tuning from 200MHz to 550MHz at 1MHz increment
  • Adjustable DRAM Voltage
  • ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Special Features

  • ASUS EPU-4 Engine
  • ASUS Express Gate
  • ASUS Turbo Key
  • ASUS Q-Fan
  • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
  • ASUS EZ Flash 2
  • ASUS MyLogo 2
  • ASUS AI NET 2

Back Panel I/O Ports

  • 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse
  • 1 x External SATA
  • 1 x LAN(RJ45) port
  • 9 x USB 2.0/1.1
  • 8-Channel Audio I/O
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF_OUT port

Internal I/O Connectors

  • 3 x USB connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
  • 1 x IDE connector
  • 5 x SATA connectors
  • 1 x LPT connector
  • 1 x S/PDIF output connector
  • 1 x CPU / 1 x Power / 1 x Chassis Fan connectors
  • 1 x System Panel connector
  • 1 x COM connector
  • 1 x CD audio-in connector
  • 1 x High Definition Front panel audio connector
  • 1 x 24-pin EATX power connector
  • 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector

BIOS

  • 8 Mb Flash ROM
  • AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI v2.0, WfM2.0, ACPI v2.0a, SMBIOS 2.5

Accessories

  • User's manual
  • 1 x I/O Shield
  • 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
  • 1 x SATA cable

Support Disc

  • Drivers
  • ASUS PC Probe II
  • Anti-virus software (OEM version)
  • ASUS LiveUpdate Utility

Form Factor

  • ATX Form Factor
  • 12″ x 8.8″ (30.5 cm x 22.3 cm)

 


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