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1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome!
Thank you for buying an ASUS
®
M3A78-VM 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.
1.2 Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard ASUS M3A78-VM motherboard
Cables 1 x Serial ATA signal cable
1 x 2 in 1 Serial ATA power cable
1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable
Accessories 1 x I/O shield
Application CD/DVD ASUS motherboard support DVD
Documentation User Manual
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.
HyperTransport 3.0 support
MT/s
5200
HyperTransport 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than HT1.0 that
radically improves system efciency for a smoother, faster computing environment.
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition V1 2
- August 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
- DDR2 memory support 15
- 64-bit CPU support 15
- PCI Express 2.0 support 15
- DVI Interface 16
- Gigabit LAN solution 16
- 780G and ATI SB700 chipsets 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-VM 22
- M3A78-VM CPU Socket AM2+ 22
- M3A78-VM CPU fan connector 23
- Retention Module Base 24
- CPU Heatsink 24
- Retention bracket lock 24
- Retention bracket 24
- 1.7 System memory 26
- DDR2-1066MHz capability 27
- DDR2-800MHz 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
- M3A78-VM Clear RTC RAM 34
- 1.10 Connectors 35
- 1.10.2 Internal connectors 37
- M3A78-VM IDE connector 38
- M3A78-VM SATA connectors 39
- M3A78-VM fan connectors 40
- M3A78-VM USB2.0 connectors 41
- M3A78-VM ATX power connectors 43
- M3A78-VM TPM Connector 45
- BIOS setup 47
- DOS environment 48
- XP environment 48
- 2.1.2 AFUDOS utility 49
- Updating the BIOS le 50
- ASUS M3A78-VM 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
- M3A78VM.ROM 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 Conguration 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 Conguration 65
- 2.3.7 System Information 66
- 2.4 Advanced menu 67
- 2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 68
- 2.4.2 CPU Conguration 69
- 2.4.3 Chipset 70
- ECC Conguration 71
- Internal Graphics 72
- Surround View [Auto] 72
- Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] 73
- 2.4.5 PCIPnP 74
- 2.4.6 USB Conguration 75
- 2.5 Power menu 76
- 2.5.4 APM Conguration 77
- 2-32 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 78
- 2.6 Boot menu 79
- 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 80
- ASUS M3A78-VM 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-VM 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
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