ASUS A55BM-A/USB3 User Manual

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A55BM-A/USB3 specifications summary

APU

AMD

FM2+ Socket for AMD

A-series/Athlon™ Series processors

AMD

Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support

Supports APU up to 4 cores

• Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD

APU support list.

Chipset

AMD

A55 FCH (Hudson D2)

Memory

2 x DDR3 DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.) / 1866 / 1600 / 1333 MHz,

non-ECC un-buffered memory

Dual-channel memory architecture
Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP) memory

• The maximum 32GB memory capacity can be supported with 16GB or above

DIMMs. ASUS will update the memory QVL once the DIMMs are available in the

market.

• Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List).
• When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows

32-bit

operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a

maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows

32-bit operating

system.

Graphics

Integrated AMD

Radeon™ HD 7000 / 8000 Series Graphics in the A-

Series APU

Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200@60Hz
Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution 2560x1600@60Hz
Supports D-Sub with max. resolution 1920x1600@60Hz
AMD

Dual Graphics technology support*

Maximum shared memory of 2G
Supports AMD

Dual Graphics technology

• Refer to http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/dual-graphics/

Pages/dual-graphics.aspx#3 for the discrete GPUs which support Dual Graphics

technology.

Expansion slots

1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 slot*
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
1 x PCI slot

• PCIe 3.0 is supported by FM2+ processors only.

Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.

Motherboard

ASUS A55BM-A/USB3 motherboard

Cables

2 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s cables

Accessories

1 x I/O Shield

Application DVD

Support DVD

Documentation

User Guide

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.