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1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome!
Thank you for buying an ASUS® M3A78-EH motherboard!
The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it
another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards!
Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it, check the
items in your package with the list below.
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
AMD
®
Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX /
Phenom / Athlon™ / Sempron™ CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with
unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power
consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and
accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based
system bus. See page 1-10 for details.
1.2 Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard ASUS M3A78-EH motherboard
Cables 2 x Serial ATA signal cables
1 x 2-port Serial ATA power cable
1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x FDD cable
Accessories 1 x I/O shield
Application DVD ASUS motherboard support DVD
Documentation User guide
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition 2
- February 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
- 1.3 Special features 14
- 1.2 Package contents 14
- HyperTransport 3.0 support 15
- DDR2 memory support 15
- 64-bit CPU support 15
- Gigabit LAN solution 17
- USB 2.0 technology 17
- 1.4 Before you proceed 19
- 1.5 Motherboard overview 20
- 1.5.2 Placement direction 21
- 1.5.3 Screw holes 21
- 1.6.1 Installing the CPU 22
- Gold triangle 23
- Small triangle 23
- Retention Module Base 24
- CPU Heatsink 24
- Retention bracket lock 24
- Retention bracket 24
- 1.7 System memory 26
- DDR2-800 MHz capability 28
- 1066 MHz capability 28
- DDR2-667MHz capability 29
- DDR-533MHz 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
- M3A78-EH 38
- 1.10 Connectors 39
- Orient the red markings on 41
- NOTE: Orient the red markings 42
- (usually zigzag) on the ID 42
- Rotation 44
- ASUS M3A78-EH 1-33 45
- M3A78-EH USB 2.0 Connectors 45
- SPDIFOUT 46
- Legacy AC’97-compliant 47
- Azalia-compliant 47
- ASUS M3A78-EH 1-37 49
- System Panel Connector 49
- BIOS setup 51
- DOS environment 52
- XP environment 52
- 2.1.2 AFUDOS utility 53
- Updating the BIOS le 54
- ASUS M3A78-EH 2-5 55
- 2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 56
- 2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 58
- 2.1.5 ASUS Update utility 59
- 2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 60
- ASUS M3A78-EH 2-11 61
- The ASUS Update utility is 61
- 2.2 BIOS setup program 62
- 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 63
- 2.2.2 Menu bar 63
- 2.2.4 Menu items 64
- 2.2.5 Sub-menu items 64
- 2.2.6 Conguration elds 64
- 2.2.7 General help 64
- 2.2.3 Navigation keys 64
- 2.2.8 Pop-up window 65
- 2.3 Main menu 66
- Type [Auto] 67
- LBA/Large Mode [Auto] 67
- PIO Mode [Auto] 67
- 2.3.5 SATA 1-6 68
- 2.3.6 SATA Conguration 69
- 2.3.7 System Information 70
- 2.4 Advanced menu 71
- 2.4.3 CPU Conguration 72
- 2.4.4 Chipset 73
- Memory Conguration 74
- ECC Conguration 75
- Alternate VID [Auto] 76
- DRAM Timing Conguration 76
- Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] 77
- 2.4.6 PCIPnP 78
- 2.4.7 USB Conguration 79
- 2.5 Power menu 80
- 2.5.4 APM Conguration 81
- 2.5.5 Hardware Monitor 82
- 2.6 Boot menu 83
- 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 84
- ASUS M3A78-EH 2-35 85
- 2.6.3 Security 86
- Change User Password 87
- Password Check [Setup] 87
- 2.7 Tools menu 88
- 2.8 Exit menu 89
- 2-40 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 90
- Software 91
- 3.2 Support DVD information 92
- 3.2.2 Drivers menu 93
- 3.2.3 Utilities menu 94
- 3.2.4 Make Disk menu 95
- 3.2.5 Manual menu 96
- 3.2.7 Other information 97
- Technical support Form 98
- Filelist 98
- Browse this DVD 98
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