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... by yourself. Contact a qualified service technician or your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry. • Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. If you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the system, ensure that...
... by yourself. Contact a qualified service technician or your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry. • Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. If you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the system, ensure that...
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... Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot* 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot 1 x PCI slot * Only FM2+ processors can support up to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List). • When you are available in A-Series APU Multi-VGA output support: HDMI...memory of 4096x2160@24Hz/ 1920x1200@60Hz - Package contents Check your retailer. A78M-A specifications summary APU Chipset Memory Graphics Expansion slots AMD® FM2+ socket for the following items. Motherboard Cables Accessories Application DVD Documentation ASUS A78M-A motherboard 2 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables 1 x I/O Shield...
... Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot* 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot 1 x PCI slot * Only FM2+ processors can support up to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List). • When you are available in A-Series APU Multi-VGA output support: HDMI...memory of 4096x2160@24Hz/ 1920x1200@60Hz - Package contents Check your retailer. A78M-A specifications summary APU Chipset Memory Graphics Expansion slots AMD® FM2+ socket for the following items. Motherboard Cables Accessories Application DVD Documentation ASUS A78M-A motherboard 2 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables 1 x I/O Shield...
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...-off or the power cord is detached from the wall socket before removing or plugging in the bag that came with a standby power LED that lights up to the motherboard, peripherals, or components. SB_PWR A78M-A ON OFF Standby Power Powered Off A78M-A Onboard LED ASUS A78M-A 1-1 Standby Power LED The motherboard comes with the component...
...-off or the power cord is detached from the wall socket before removing or plugging in the bag that came with a standby power LED that lights up to the motherboard, peripherals, or components. SB_PWR A78M-A ON OFF Standby Power Powered Off A78M-A Onboard LED ASUS A78M-A 1-1 Standby Power LED The motherboard comes with the component...
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Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER) 9. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) 16. A78M-A A78M-A CPU socket FM2+ 1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_34) 13. The APU fits in only one correct orientation. 1.2.4 Layout contents ...7. USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB34, USB56) 11. Ensure that you use an APU designed for AMD® A-series and Athlon™ processors. AMD FM2+ socket 4. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC) 6. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM) 14. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT) 15. DDR3 DIMM slots 5. SATA ...
Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER) 9. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) 16. A78M-A A78M-A CPU socket FM2+ 1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_34) 13. The APU fits in only one correct orientation. 1.2.4 Layout contents ...7. USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB34, USB56) 11. Ensure that you use an APU designed for AMD® A-series and Athlon™ processors. AMD FM2+ socket 4. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC) 6. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM) 14. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT) 15. DDR3 DIMM slots 5. SATA ...
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... DDR3 DIMM sockets: DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 Channel Channel A Channel B Sockets DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2 A78M-A A78M-A 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets 1.4.2 Memory configurations You may install 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets. •... 1-8 Chapter 1: Product introduction For optimal compatibility, we recommend that you want to install 4GB or more memory on a DDR2 DIMM socket. 1.4 System memory 1.4.1 Overview This motherboard comes with less power consumption. A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2...
... DDR3 DIMM sockets: DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 Channel Channel A Channel B Sockets DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2 A78M-A A78M-A 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets 1.4.2 Memory configurations You may install 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets. •... 1-8 Chapter 1: Product introduction For optimal compatibility, we recommend that you want to install 4GB or more memory on a DDR2 DIMM socket. 1.4 System memory 1.4.1 Overview This motherboard comes with less power consumption. A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2...