Package Contents; A78M-A - Asus A78M-A Manual

Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard
Cables
Accessories
Application DVD
Documentation
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

A78M-A

APU
Chipset
Memory
Graphics
Expansion slots
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ASUS A78M-A motherboard
2 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables
1 x I/O Shield
Support DVD
User Guide
AMD ® FM2+ socket for AMD
Supports CPU up to 4 cores
AMD ® Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support
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• The AMD Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support depends on the APU types.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
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AMD A78 FCH
4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 64GB unbuffered non-ECC
Dual-channel memory architecture
• Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of indivudal
APUs.
• The maximum 64GB memory capacity can be supported with 16GB or above
DIMMs. ASUS will update the memory QVL once the DIMMs are available in the
market.
• When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows
operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a
maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows
system.
Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 8000/7000 Series Graphics in A-Series APU
Multi-VGA output support: HDMI, DVI, D-Sub ports
- Maximum shared memory of 2G
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- Supports AMD Dual Graphics technology
• Refer to http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/dual-graphics/Pages/
dual-graphics.aspx#3 for the discrete GPUs that support Dual Graphics
technology.
• Only FM2+ APU can support up to 4096x2160 resolution display via HDMI port.
1 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot*
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
* Only FM2+ processors can support PCIe 3.0.
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® A-Series/Athlon series processors
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APU support list.
® 32-bit
® 32-bit operating