Asus M4N78 PRO EPU Utility 1.00.22

CPU

AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2 ;PhenomII /AthlonII /Phenom / Athlon /Sempron Processors

AMD 140W CPU Support

AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology

Support 45nm CPU



Chipset

NVIDIA GeForce 8300



System Bus

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.

**Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.



Expansion Slots

1 x PCIe 2.0 x16

2 x PCIe x1

3 x PCI 2.2



VGA

Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 8 series GPU

Hybrid SLI Support (supports Windows Vista only)

Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920 x 1200

Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920 × 1200 @ 60 Hz

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920 × 1440 @ 75 Hz

HDMI/DVI/RGB Support

Supports Microsoft DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, Pixel Shader 4.0

Support PCIe 2.0 / 1.0 Architecture



Storage

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

1 xUltraDMA 133/100

6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports (Legacy IDE operation is only supported on drives 1–4.)

NVIDIA MediaShield Support RAID 0,1,0+1,5,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.



LAN

NVIDIA Gigabit MAC



Gigabit

LAN controller featuring AI NET 2



Audio

VIA1708S 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC

- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking

- Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O

- ASUS Noise Filtering



USB

12 USB 2.0 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel)



ASUS Unique Features

ASUS Power Solutions

- 4+1 Phase Power Design

- ASUS Anti-Surge Protection

ASUS Green Design:

- ASUS EPU

*ASUS EPU is supported by AM2+/AM3 CPU only.

- ASUS AI Nap

Express Gate

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

- ASUS Fanless Design: Stylish heatsink solution

- ASUS Q-Fan2

ASUS Crystal Sound

- ASUS Noise Filtering

ASUS EZ DIY

- ASUS Q-Connector

- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2

- ASUS O.C. Profile

- ASUS EZ Flash 2



Overclocking Features

Intelligent overclocking tools

- AI Overclocking (Intelligent CPU Frequency Tuner)

- ASUS TurboV

- ASUS Turbo Key

Precision Tweaker

- vDIMM: 8 -step DRAM voltage control

- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 50mV increment

- vChipset 4-step Chipset voltage control

SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)

- FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 600MHz at 2MHz increment

- PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment

Overclocking Protection

- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)



Special Features

100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors! (VRM 5000hrs lifespan @105°C, 500,000hrs @65°C)

ASUS MyLogo 2



Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x DVI

1 x D-Sub

1 x PS/2 Keyboard

1 x HDMI

1 x PS/2 Mouse

1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)

1 x LAN(RJ45) port

4 x USB 2.0/1.1

8 -Channel Audio I/O



Internal I/O Connectors    4 x USB connectors (8 ports)

1 x Floppy disk drive connector

1 x IDE connector

6 x SATA connectors

1 x CPU Fan connector

1 x Chassis Fan connector

1 x Power Fan connector



Front panel audio connector

COM connector

Chassis Intrusion connector

System Panel (Q-Connector)

1 x S/PDIF Out Header

CD audio in

24-pin ATX Power connector

4-pin ATX 12V Power connector



BIOS

8 Mb Flash ROM

AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0, ASUS EZ Flash 2



Accessories

1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable

2 x Serial ATA cables

I/O Shield

User's manual

2 in 1 Q-connector (USB, System panel; Retail version only)

*The floppy disk drive cable is purchased separately



Support Disc

Drivers

ASUS PC Probe II

Express Gate

ASUS AI Suite

Anti-virus software (OEM version)

ASUS Update



Form Factor

ATX Form Factor

12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )



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