Package Contents; M5A97 Plus Specifications Summary; Specifications - Asus M5A97 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.

M5A97 PLUS specifications summary

APU
Chipset
System Bus
Memory
Expansion slots
Storage
LAN
Audio
USB
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ASUS M5A97 PLUS motherboard
2 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables
1 x I/O Shield
Support DVD
User Guide
AMD AM3+ socket for AMD FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™
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100 series processors
Support AMD Cool n Quiet™ Technology
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Supports CPU up to 140W
• Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
AMD ® 970/SB950
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0
4 x DIMM slots support maximum 32GB unbuffered ECC and non-ECC
DDR3 2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
Dual-channel memory architecture
• Due to OS limitation, when you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more,
Windows 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. We
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recommend a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows
32-bit operating system.
• AMD ® FX Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as its
standard memory frequency.
• AMD AM3 100 and 200 series CPU support up to DDR3 1066MHz.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List).
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
3 x PCI slots
6 x Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10
and JBOD support
RTL8111F PCIe Gb LAN
ALC887 7.1-Channel Audio CODEC
14 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 8 ports at rear panel)
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CPU support list.
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