ECS A785GM-M5 User Manual

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Installing the Motherboard
Expansion Slots
Installing Add-on Cards
The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect them
to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the
motherboard’s features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can in-
crease the motherboard’s capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are
not part of the basic system.
PCIEX16 Slot
PCI1~2 Slots This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots. PCI
stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus stan-
dard for expansion cards, which for the most part, is a supple-
ment of the older ISA bus standard. The PCI slots on this board
are PCI v2.3 compliant.
The PCI Express x1 slot is fully compliant to the PCI Express
®
Generation 2.0.
PCIE1 Slot
Before installing an add-on card, check the documentation for
the card carefully. If the card is not Plug and Play, you may have
to manually configure the card before installation.
The PCI Express x16 slot is used to install an external PCI
Express graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express
®
Generation 2.0.

ECS A785GM-M5 Specifications

General

Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM3
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Power fan connector	Yes
Number of SATA connectors	6
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	VIA VT1705
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	AMD 785G
Audio output channels	6.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Graphics card	Radeon HD 4200
Maximum graphics card memory	512 MB
RAID levels	0, 1, 10

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	210 mm
Width	244 mm