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A85F2-A DELUXE (GOLDEN) USER MANUAL
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
Package Contents
A85F2-A DELUXE (GOLDEN) Motherboard
Quick Installation Guide
User Manual
DVD
I/O Shield
7 SATA Cables
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The package contents above are for reference only, please take the actual
package items as standard.
Thank you for choosing the A85F2-A DELUXE (GOLDEN) motherboard. This
motherboard is a high performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports
socket FM2 for AMD TRINITY processors for high-end business or personal desktop
markets.
The motherboard is based on AMD A85X express chipset for best desktop platform.
A85X is a single-chip, highly integrated. The memory controller supports DDR3
memory DIMM frequencies of 2600(OC)/2133(OC)/1866/1600/1333. It supports four
DDR3 slots with maximum memory size of 64 GB. Two PCI Express x16 slots
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tended for Graphics Interface, are fully compliant to the PCI Express Gen2 (version
2.0).
In addition, three PCI Express x1 slots and two PCI slots are supported. It integrates
USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, supporting up to eight USB 2.0 ports (two USB 2.0
ports and three USB 2.0 headers support additional six USB 2.0 ports) and six USB
3.0 ports (four USB 3.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 3.0 header supports
additional two USB 3.0 ports). The gray USB 2.0 header provides EZ charger
technology, please refer to Front Panel USB headers of chapter 2 for more details.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including one D-SUB (VGA)
port, one DVI port, one DP port, one HDMI port, one Clear CMOS Button, one eSATA 3.0
connector, two USB 2.0 ports and four USB 3.0 ports, one optical SPDIFO port, one
LAN port and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out.
* The PCIEX16_S runs at x8.