Layout Contents; Accelerated Processing Unit (Apu) - Asus A55M-A Series User Manual

1.3.4

Layout contents

Connectors/Jumpers/Slots/LED
1. Keyboard power (3-pin KB_USBPWB)
2. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin ATX12V)
3. AMD FM2 socket
4. CPU fan connector (4-pin CPU_FAN) and Chassis fan connector (3-pin CHA_FAN)
5. DDR3 DIMM slots
6. SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~6)
7. System panel connector (10-1 pin F_PANEL)
8. Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER)
9. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC)
10. USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB56, USB34)
11. USB device wake-up (3-pin USBPWF)
12. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
13. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
14. Standby power LED (SB_PWR)
1.4

Accelerated Processing Unit (APU)

This motherboard comes with an FM2 socket designed for AMD
processors with AMD
Ensure that you use a APU designed for the FM2 socket. The APU fits in only one correct
orientation. DO NOT force the APU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and
damaging the APU!
A55M-A/USB3 CPU socket FM2
ASUS A55M-A Series
Radeon™ HD 7000 series graphics.
®
A55M-A/USB3
A-series accelerated
®
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