ASUS m5a78l le Manual De Usuario

This motherboard comes with an AM3+ socket designed for FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / 

Sempron™ 100 series processors.

To install a CPU:
1. 

Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

The AM3+ socket has a different pinout from the AM2+/AM2 socket. Ensure that you use a 

CPU designed for the AM3+ socket. The CPU fits in only one correct orientation. DO NOT 

force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU!

1.  USB device wake-up (3-pin USBPW1-4, 

USBPW5-10)

1-20 8.

IDE connector (40-1 pin PRI_IDE)

1-24

2. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin 

ATX12V)

1-23 9.

Onboard LED (SB_PWR)

1-5

3.  Keyboard power (3-pin KBPWR)

1-20 10. System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL) 

1-26

4.  CPU and chassis fan connectors (4-pin 

CPU_FAN, 3-pin CHA_FAN)

1-28 11. USB connectors (10-1 pin USB56, USB78, 

USB910)

1-27

5.  AMD CPU socket

1-8

12. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)

1-19

6. DDR3 DIMM sockets

1-11 13. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT) 1-27

7. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~6) 

1-25 14. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) 1-22

Chapter 1: Product introduction

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