Asus M4A78 PLUS AMD Cool&Quiet Utility 2.18.01

CPU

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

Support 45nm CPU

AMD Cool 'n' Quiet 2.0 Technology (by CPU type)

Support CPU up to 140W



Chipset

AMD 770/SB700



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.



Expansion Slots

2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (*1x PCIe x16, 1x PCIe x4 or x1)

1 x PCIe x1

3 x PCI



Storage    Chipset

1 xUltraDMA 133/100

5 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,10,JBOD

1 x External SATA 3Gb/s support 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

PCIe Gb LAN



Audio

ALC887 High Definition Audio 8 -Channel CODEC

Supports Jack-detect and Multistreaming teconologies

Supports S/PDIF out interface



USB

15 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 9 ports at back panel)

Overclocking Features    SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)

- FSB tuning from 200MHz to 550MHz at 1MHz increment

Adjustable DRAM Voltage

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



Special Features

ASUS EPU-4 Engine

ASUS Express Gate

ASUS Turbo Key

ASUS Q-Fan

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

ASUS EZ Flash 2

ASUS MyLogo 2

ASUS AI NET 2



Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x PS/2 Keyboard

1 x PS/2 Mouse

1 x External SATA

1 x LAN(RJ45) port

9 x USB 2.0/1.1

8 -Channel Audio I/O

1 x Optical S/PDIF_OUT port



Internal I/O Connectors

3 x USB connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports

1 x IDE connector

5 x SATA connectors

1 x LPT connector

1 x S/PDIF output connector

1 x CPU / 1 x Power / 1 x Chassis Fan connectors

1 x System Panel connector

1 x COM connector

1 x CD audio-in connector

1 x High Definition Front panel audio connector

1 x 24-pin EATX power connector

1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector



BIOS

8 Mb Flash ROM

AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI v2.0, WfM2.0, ACPI v2.0a, SMBIOS 2.5



Accessories

User's manual

1 x I/O Shield

1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable

1 x SATA cable



Support Disc

Drivers

ASUS PC Probe II

Anti-virus software (OEM version)

ASUS LiveUpdate Utility



Form Factor

ATX Form Factor

12 inch x 8.8 inch ( 30.5 cm x 22.3 cm )







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