Introducing The Motherboard; Introduction; Pakage Contents - ECS A68F2P-M2 User Manual

Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the A68F2P-M2 motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports FM2+ socket for AMD
A series APU in the FM2/FM2+ package for business or personal desktop markets.
This motherboard is based on AMD FCH A68 (Bolton-D2) express chipset for best
desktop platform solution. It supports up to 16GB of system memory with dual
channel DDR3 2133(FM2+)*
Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI Express
addition, one PCI Express x1 slot and one PCI slot are supported.
It implements USB 2.0 interface, supporting up to six USB 2.0 ports (two USB 2.0 ports
at the rear panel and two USB 2.0 headers support additional four USB 2.0 ports) and
four USB 3.0 ports (two USB 3.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 3.0 header
supports additional two USB 3.0 ports). This motherboard integrates a Serial ATA
host controller, supporting four SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 6Gb/s
each.
There is an full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and keyboard
connectors, one HDMI port, one D-sub (VGA) port, two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0
ports, one LAN port, three audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6-ch line-out.
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* Due to the limitation of chipset spec, it supports up to 2133/1866 MHz, 1.5
V memory with a single DIMM per channel.
* 2 FM2+ supports PCI Express Gen3, FM2 supports PCI Express Gen2.
Package Contents
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
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A68F2P-M2 Motherboard
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Quick Installation Guide
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User Manual
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DVD
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I/O Shield
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2 SATA 6Gb/s Cables
The package contents above are for reference only, please take the actual
package items as standard.
A68F2P-M2 USER MANUAL
1/ 1866(FM2)* 1 . One PCI Express x16 slot, intended for
Gen3* 2 (version 3.0). In
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