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Contents Notices...vi Safety information vii About this guide viii M4A785-M specifications summary x Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-1 1.2 Package contents 1-1 1.3 Special features 1-1 1.3.1 Product highlights 1-1 1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-3 1.4 Before you proceed 1-5 1.5 Motherboard overview 1-6 1.5.1 Placement direction 1-6 1.5.2 Screw holes 1-6 1.5.3 Motherboard layout 1-7 1.5.4 Layout contents 1-7 1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU 1-8 1.6.1 Installing the CPU 1-8 1.6.2 Installing the heatsink and fan 1-10 1.7 System memory 1-11 1.7.1 Overview 1-11 ...
Contents Notices...vi Safety information vii About this guide viii M4A785-M specifications summary x Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-1 1.2 Package contents 1-1 1.3 Special features 1-1 1.3.1 Product highlights 1-1 1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-3 1.4 Before you proceed 1-5 1.5 Motherboard overview 1-6 1.5.1 Placement direction 1-6 1.5.2 Screw holes 1-6 1.5.3 Motherboard layout 1-7 1.5.4 Layout contents 1-7 1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU 1-8 1.6.1 Installing the CPU 1-8 1.6.2 Installing the heatsink and fan 1-10 1.7 System memory 1-11 1.7.1 Overview 1-11 ...
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...;C (41ºF) and 40ºC (104ºF). • Place the product on it may become wet. How this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. viii This motherboard should only be used in any damage, contact your retailer. If you detect any area where it , carefully read...
...;C (41ºF) and 40ºC (104ºF). • Place the product on it may become wet. How this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. viii This motherboard should only be used in any damage, contact your retailer. If you detect any area where it , carefully read...
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... is backward compatible with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133). You could use a USB floppy disk drive when installing Windows® XP operating system on RAID/AHCI, refer to [RAID]. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)... These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for details. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. See section 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk... in the BIOS to the RAID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included in the folder named Manual in the support DVD. 3. ASUS M4A785-M 1-25
... is backward compatible with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133). You could use a USB floppy disk drive when installing Windows® XP operating system on RAID/AHCI, refer to [RAID]. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)... These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for details. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. See section 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk... in the BIOS to the RAID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included in the folder named Manual in the support DVD. 3. ASUS M4A785-M 1-25