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M5A78L-M LX3 Series specifications summary
CPU
AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II /
Sempron™ 100 series processors
AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports AMD
®
AM3/AM3+ CPU up to 95W
* Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
®
CPU support list
Chipset
AMD
®
760G(780L) / SB710
Front side bus
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface
Memory
Dual-channel memory architecture
2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 16GB unbuffered ECC and non-
ECC DDR3 1866 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066MHz memory modules
* AMD
®
FX™ Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3
1866MHz as its standard memory frequency.
** Due to CPU specification, AMD
®
AM3 CPUs on this motherboard support
up to DDR3 1333MHz.
*** Refer to www.asus.com
for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors
List).
**** Use a 64-bit Windows
®
OS if you want to install 4GB or more memory
on the motherboard.
Graphics
Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU
Supports max. shared memory of 1GB
Supports RGB with max. resolution of 2560 x 1440 (@75Hz)
Supports Microsoft
®
DirectX 10
Supports Hybrid CrossFireX
TM
(For Windows Vista or later versions)
* Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs that support Hybrid
CrossFireX™.
Expansion slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
Storage / RAID
4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, 1, 10 and JBOD
LAN
Qualcomm Atheros Gb LAN
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC887 8-channel* High Definition Audio CODEC
* Use the chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support 8-
channel audio output.
USB
Supports up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at the
back panel)
ASUS Unique
Features
ASUS MyLogo 2
ASUS EZ Flash 2
ASUS EPU
ASUS Anti-Surge
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
ASUS Fan Xpert
ASUS Core Unlocker
Summary of Contents for M5A78L-M LX BR
Page 1: ...Motherboard M5A78L M LX3 Series M5A78L M LX3 M5A78L M LX3 PLUS ...
Page 5: ... Appendices Notices A 1 ASUS contact information A 3 ...
Page 17: ...1 4 1 CPU installation 1 4 3 2 ASUS M5A78L M LX3 Series 1 7 ...
Page 19: ...To uninstall the CPU heatsink and fan assembly 5 3 1 4 2 ASUS M5A78L M LX3 Series 1 9 ...
Page 25: ...1 5 3 Installing a DIMM 1 2 3 To remove a DIMM B A A ASUS M5A78L M LX3 Series 1 15 ...
Page 36: ...Chapter 1 Product introduction 1 26 ...