Asus M4N78 SE User Manual

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CPU AMD Phenom™x4/Phenom™x3/ Athlon™x2/ Athlon ™
/Sempron™ processors (Socket AM2+ / AM2)
Compatible with Phenom™ II/ Athlon™x4/ Athlon™x3/
Athlon™x2 (AM3 CPU)
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
AMD Live!™ Ready
Supports CPU up to 125W
Chipset NVIDIA
®
nForce™ 720D
System bus Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface
for AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support unbuffered ECC and
non-ECC DDR2 1066/800/667MHz memory modules
Supports up to 8GB system memory
* Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL
(Qualied Vendors List).
** Due to the memory address limitation on 32-bit
Windows OS, when you install 4GB or more memory on
the motherboard, the actual usable memory for the OS
can be about 3GB or less. For effective use of memory,
we recommend that you install a 64-bit Windows OS
when having 4GB or more memory installed on the
motherboard.
Expansion slots 1 x PCI Express™ x16 slot
2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots
3 x PCI 2.2 slots
Storage / RAID 1 x UltraDMA 133/100 connector
4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors
Nvidia
®
MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD congurations (on
Windows Vista only)
Audio ALC662 High Denition Audio 6-channel CODEC
Supports Jack-detection and Multi-streaming
Supports S/PDIF out interface
USB Supports up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports
at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
LAN Nvidia nForce built-in Gigabit MAC with external Realtek
8211CL-GR PHY
M4N78 SE specications summary
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Asus M4N78 SE Specifications

General

CPU Socket	AM2+
Memory Type	DDR2
Memory Slots	4 x DIMM
Max Memory	16 GB
Form Factor	ATX
S/PDIF Out	1 x Optical
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI
USB Ports	12 x USB 2.0
LAN	Realtek RTL8211CL Gigabit LAN controller
Video Outputs	VGA
Dimensions	30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
Power Pin	24-pin ATX
Storage Interfaces	1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 6 x SATA 3 Gb/s
PS/2	1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port