Asus M3A78 PRO manuals

Asus M3A78 PRO Specifications (108 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 2.84 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition V1

2

May 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

8

Typography

9

(continued on the next page)

10

Product

13

1.1 Welcome!

14

1.2 Package contents

14

1.3 Special features

14

ASUS M3A78-EM 1-3

15

HDMI Interface

16

HDMI/DVI/RGB Support

16

Hybrid CrossFireX

16

PCI Express 2.0 support

16

DDR2 memory support

16

Gigabit LAN solution

17

USB 2.0 technology

17

DisplayPort

17

1.3.2 ASUS unique features

18

ASUS EZ DIY

19

1.3.3 ASUS stylish features

20

1.4 Before you proceed

21

1.5 Motherboard overview

22

1.5.2 Placement direction

23

1.5.3 Screw holes

23

1.6.1 Installing the CPU

24

Gold triangle

25

Small triangle

25

Retention Module Base

26

CPU Heatsink

26

Retention bracket lock

26

Retention bracket

26

1.7 System memory

28

DDR2-1066 MHz capability

30

DDR2-800 MHz capability

30

DDR2-667MHz capability

31

1.7.3 Installing a DIMM

32

1.7.4 Removing a DIMM

32

1.8 Expansion slots

33

Interrupt assignments

34

1.8.3 PCI slots

36

1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slot

36

1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot

36

Clear RTC

37

(Default)

37

1.10 Connectors

38

Activity/Link Speed LED

39

Orient the red markings on

41

IDE Connector

42

M3A78-EM

43

CPU FAN PWR

44

CPU FAN IN

44

CPU FAN PWM

44

Right Audio Channel

45

Left Audio Channel

45

SPDIFOUT

46

Legacy ACʼ97-compliant

47

Azalia-compliant

47

+5VSB_MB

48

Chassis Signal

48

System Panel Connector

50

ASUS M3A78-EM 1-39

51

BIOS setup

53

DOS environment

54

XP environment

54

2.1.2 AFUDOS utility

55

Updating the BIOS le

56

ASUS M3A78-EM 2-5

57

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

58

ASUS M3A78-EM 2-7

59

60

2.1.5 ASUS Update utility

61

2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

62

ASUS M3A78-EM 2-11

63

The ASUS Update utility is

63

2.2 BIOS setup program

64

2.2.1 BIOS menu screen

65

2.2.2 Menu bar

65

2.2.4 Menu items

66

2.2.5 Sub-menu items

66

2.2.6 Conguration elds

66

2.2.3 Navigation keys

66

2.2.7 General help

66

2.2.8 Pop-up window

67

2.3 Main menu

68

Type [Auto]

69

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

69

PIO Mode [Auto]

70

DMA Mode [Auto]

70

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

70

2.3.6 SATA Conguration

71

2.3.7 System Information

72

2.4 Advanced menu

73

2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

74

2.4.2 CPU Conguration

75

2.4.3 Chipset

76

NorthBridge Conguration

76

ECC Conguration

77

AMD 780 HD Audio [Enabled]

78

Internal Graphics

78

Surround View [Auto]

78

Parallel Port Address [378]

79

Parallel Port Mode [Normal]

79

HDAudio Controller [Enabled]

79

Front Panel Select [HD Audio]

79

2.4.5 PCIPnP

80

2.4.6 USB Conguration

81

2.5 Power menu

82

2.5.4 APM Conguration

83

2-32 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

84

2.6 Boot menu

85

2.6.1 Boot Device Priority

86

Full Screen Logo [Enabled]

87

Bootup Num-Lock [On]

87

2.6.3 Security

88

Change User Password

89

Clear User Password

89

Password Check [Setup]

89

2.7 Tools menu

90

2.7.2 Express Gate [Enabled]

91

2.7.3 AI NET 2

91

2.8 Exit menu

92

Software

93

3.2 Support DVD information

94

3.2.2 Drivers menu

95

3.2.3 Utilities menu

96

3-5ASUS M3A78-EM

97

3.2.4 Make Disk menu

98

3.2.5 Manual menu

99

3.2.7 Other information

100

Technical support Form

101

Filelist

101

Browse this DVD

101

Appendix

103

Hybrid CrossFireX™

104

Control Center

105

A.4 Using the ATI CATALYST

105

A-4 Appendix

106

ASUS M3A78-EM A-5

107

A-6 Appendix

108

Asus M3A78 PRO Specifications (96 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 2.57 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Second Edition V2

2

July 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

8

Typography

9

(continued on the next page)

10

Product

13

1.1 Welcome!

14

1.2 Package contents

14

1.3 Special features

14

ASUS M3A78-CM 1-3

15

PCI Express 2.0 support

16

DVI Interface

16

Gigabit LAN solution

16

Max. 12 USB 2.0 ports

17

DisplayPort

17

Express Gate

17

1.4 Before you proceed

19

1.5 Motherboard overview

20

1.5.2 Placement direction

21

1.5.3 Screw holes

21

M3A78-CM

22

Retention Module Base

24

CPU Heatsink

24

Retention bracket lock

24

Retention bracket

24

DDR2-800MHz capability

28

DDR2-1066MHz capability

28

DDR2-667MHz capability

29

DDR2-533MHz capability

29

1.7.3 Installing a DIMM

30

1.7.4 Removing a DIMM

30

1.8 Expansion slots

31

Interrupt assignments

32

1.8.3 PCI slots

33

1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slot

33

1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot

33

1.9 Jumpers

34

1.10 Connectors

35

1.10.2 Internal connectors

37

SPDIFOUT

41

Legacy AC’97-compliant

42

Azalia-compliant

42

BIOS setup

47

DOS environment

48

XP environment

48

2.1.2 AFUDOS utility

49

Updating the BIOS le

50

ASUS M3A78-CM 2-5

51

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

52

2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

54

2.1.5 ASUS Update utility

55

2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

56

ASUS M3A78-CM 2-11

57

The ASUS Update utility is

57

2.2 BIOS setup program

58

2.2.1 BIOS menu screen

59

2.2.2 Menu bar

59

2.2.4 Menu items

60

2.2.5 Sub-menu items

60

2.2.6 Conguration elds

60

2.2.7 General help

60

2.2.3 Navigation keys

60

2.2.8 Pop-up window

61

2.3 Main menu

62

Type [Auto]

63

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

63

PIO Mode [Auto]

63

2.3.5 SATA 1-6

64

2.3.6 SATA Conguration

65

2.3.7 System Information

66

2.4 Advanced menu

67

2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

68

2.4.2 CPU Conguration

69

2.4.3 Chipset

70

ECC Conguration

71

Internal Graphics

72

Surround View [Auto]

72

Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]

73

2.4.5 PCIPnP

74

2.4.6 USB Conguration

75

2.5 Power menu

76

2.5.4 APM Conguration

77

2-32 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

78

2.6 Boot menu

79

2.6.1 Boot Device Priority

80

ASUS M3A78-CM 2-35

81

2.6.3 Security

82

Change User Password

83

Password Check [Setup]

83

2.7 Tools menu

84

2.7.2 Express Gate [Enabled]

85

2.7.3 AI NET 2

85

2.8 Exit menu

86

Software

87

3.2 Support DVD information

88

3.2.2 Drivers menu

89

3.2.3 Utilities menu

90

3-5ASUS M3A78-CM

91

3.2.4 Make Disk menu

92

3.2.5 Manual menu

93

3.2.7 Other information

94

Technical support Form

95

Filelist

95

Browse this DVD

95

Asus M3A78 PRO Specifications (116 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 6.09 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

May 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

8

Typography

9

(continued on the next page)

10

Chapter 1: Product

13

1.1 Welcome!

14

1.2 Package contents

14

1.3 Special features

15

1.3.2 ASUS unique features

17

ASUS EZ DIY

18

features

19

1.4 Before you proceed

20

1.5 Motherboard overview

21

1.5.2 Placement direction

22

1.5.3 Screw holes

22

1.6.1 Installing the CPU

23

Gold triangle

24

Small triangle

24

Retention Module Base

25

CPU Heatsink

25

1.7 System memory

27

Vista x64 Edition

28

ASUS M3A78 PRO 1-17

29

ASUS M3A78 PRO 1-19

31

ASUS M3A78 PRO 1-21

33

1.7.4 Removing a DIMM

35

1.7.3 Installing a DIMM

35

1.8 Expansion slots

36

Interrupt assignments

37

1.8.3 PCI slots

38

1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slots

38

1.9 Jumpers

39

1.10 Connectors

41

ASUS M3A78 PRO 1-31

43

1.10.2 Internal connectors

44

ASUS M3A78 PRO 1-39

51

Chapter 2 BIOS setup

53

2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

54

DOS environment

55

XP environment

55

Vista environment

55

2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

56

2.1.3 AFUDOS utility

57

Updating the BIOS le

58

2.1.4 ASUS Update utility

59

2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

60

M3A78PRO

61

M3A78PRO.ROM

61

2.2 BIOS setup program

62

2.2.1 BIOS menu screen

63

2.2.2 Menu bar

63

2.2.3 Navigation keys

63

2-12 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

64

2.3 Main menu

65

Type [Auto]

66

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

66

PIO Mode [Auto]

66

2.3.5 SATA1/2/3/4/5/6

67

2.3.6 Storage Conguration

68

2.3.7 System Information

69

2.4 Advanced menu

70

Memclock Value [400 MHz]

72

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto]

73

2.4.2 AI NET 2

74

2.4.3 CPU Conguration

75

2.4.4 Chipset

75

PCI Express Conguration

76

GPP Slots Power Limit, W [25]

76

2.4.5 ECC Conguration

77

ECC Mode [Disabled]

78

HD Audio Azalia Device [Auto]

79

2.4.7 PCI PnP

80

2.4.8 USB Conguration

81

2.5 Power menu

82

2.5.5 APM Conguration

83

2-32 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

84

2.5.6 Hardware Monitor

85

2.6 Boot menu

86

ASUS M3A78 PRO 2-35

87

2.6.3 Security

88

Change User Password

89

Clear User Password

89

Password Check [Setup]

89

2.7 Tools menu

90

2.7.2 Express Gate

91

2.7.3 ASUS O.C. Prole

92

2.8 Exit menu

93

2-42 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

94

Chapter 3 Software

95

3.2 Support DVD information

96

3.2.2 Drivers menu

97

3.2.3 Utilities menu

98

3-5ASUS M3A78 PRO

99

3.2.4 Make Disk menu

100

3.2.5 Manual menu

101

3.2.7 Other information

102

Technical support Form

103

Filelist

103

3.3 ASUS Express Gate

104

The First Screen

105

The Express Gate Environment

105

Using the Conguration Panel

106

Using the LaunchBar

107

FAT16/32 format only

108

3-15ASUS M3A78 PRO

109

Updating Express Gate

111

Repairing Express Gate

111

3.4 ATI

112

Hybrid CrossFireX™

112

3.4.4 Using the ATI CATALYST

113

Control Center

113

3-21ASUS M3A78 PRO

115

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