Asus M5A78L User Manual

2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS information
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting this item to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the
device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode
disabled. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When this item is set to [Auto], the data
transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-
sector transfer feature. When this item is set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the
device occurs one sector at a time. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
Selects the PIO mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Conguration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.3.4 SATA Conguration
The SATA Conguration menu allows you to congure your storage devices. Select an item
then press <Enter> to display the submenu.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Enables or disables onboard channel SATA port. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Port1 - Port4 [IDE]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID conguration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI
(Advanced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the onboard
storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases
storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to
internally optimize the order of commands.
• When this item is set to [AHCI], the information of the SATA connectors 1–6 can be seen
only under the OS environment or during POST.
• For Windows
®
XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use the
SATA connectors 1–6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment.
The following two items only appear when you set OnChip SATA Channel to [Enabled].

Asus M5A78L Specifications

General

Memory channels	Dual-channel
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1800, 1866, 2000 MHz
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6
USB 2.0 connectors	3
S/PDIF out connector	Yes
Number of SATA II connectors	6
PS/2 ports quantity	2
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	Realtek ALC887
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 760G
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB710
Compatible operating systems	-
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Not supported
RAID levels	0, 1, 10, JBOD
Trial software	Antivirus
Bundled software	ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	16 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	203 mm
Width	305 mm