Asus M5A87 User Manual

ASUS M5A87 2-5
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen
2.2.2 Menu bar
The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items:
Main For changing the basic system conguration
Ai Tweaker
For changing the overclocking settings
Advanced For changing the advanced system settings
Power For changing the advanced power management (APM) conguration
Boot For changing the system boot conguration
Tools For conguring options for special functions
Exit For selecting the exit options and loading default settings.
To select an item on the menu bar, press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the
desired item is highlighted.
2.2.3 Navigation keys
At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for that particular menu.
Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings.
Menu items
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Field
Tab Select Field
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2011, American Megatrends, Inc.
M5A87 BIOS Setup
Main Ai Tweaker Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit
Use [ENTER], [TAB]
or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a eld.
Use [+] or [-] to
congure system
Time.
System Time [16:34:30]
System Date [Tue 01/11/2011]
SATA6G_1 :[Not Detected]
SATA6G_2 :[Not Detected]
SATA6G_3 :[Not Detected]
SATA6G_4 :[Not Detected]
SATA6G_5 :[Not Detected]
SATA6G_6 :[Not Detected]
SATA Conguration
System Information
Main Settings
Menu bar
Conguration elds
General help
Navigation keys
Submenu items
Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another.
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Asus M5A87 Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 2000 MHz
System bus rate	5.2 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X3, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6, AMD Phenom II X8
Number of SATA II connectors	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
Headphone outputs	3
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.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	2
Audio chip	Realtek ALC887
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 870 (RX881)
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
On-board graphics card	-
Parallel processing technology support	Not supported
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Controller interface type	AMD SB850
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
Ethernet interface type	Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	16 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	213 mm
Width	305 mm