Asus M5A97 R2.0 User Manual

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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
3.5.6 CPU Core On/Off Function
CPU Core Activation [Auto]
This item lets user turn off cores except core 1, user can turn off 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc core
manually. Conguration options: [Auto] [Manual]
The following items appear only when you set the previous item to [Manual]
3rd & 4th Core [Enabled]
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
3.5.7 Onboard Devices Conguration
Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller (Rear) [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the rear USB 3.0 controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller (Front) [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the front USB 3.0 controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Asmedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging Support [Disabled]
This item appears only when the Asmedia USB 3.0 Controller (Rear) or Asmedia USB 3.0
Controller (Front) is set to [Enabled].
[Enabled] Enables the Asmedia USB 3.0 battery charging function.
[Disabled] Disables this function
Realtek LAN Controller [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the Realtek LAN controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Realtek PXE OPROM [Disabled]
This item appears only when you set the Realtek LAN Controller item to [Enabled] and allows
you to enable or disable the Rom Help of the Realtek LAN controller.
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Serial Port Conguration
The sub-items in this menu allow you to set the serial port conguration.
Serial Port [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the serial port (COM).
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Change Settings [IO=3F8h; IRQ=4]
This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to
select the Serial Port base address.
Conguration options: [IO=3F8h; IRQ=4] [IO=2F8h; IRQ=3] [IO=3E8h; IRQ=4]
[IO=2E8h; IRQ=3]

Asus M5A97 R2.0 Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866, 2133 MHz
System bus rate	4.8 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
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of SATA III connectors	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors	1
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 970
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB950
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Quad-GPU CrossFireX
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Cables included	SATA
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111F
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	UEFI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	229 mm
Width	305 mm