ASUS M5A78L-M LE/USB3 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

The motherboard comes with an AM3+ socket designed for AMD

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FX™ Series/Phenom™ II/

Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors.

The AM3+ socket has a different pinout from the AM2+/AM2 socket. Ensure that you usd 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.  ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin ATX12V)

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2.  CPU and chassis fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN, and 3-pin CHA_FAN)

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3.  AMD AM3+ socket

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4.  DDR3 DIMM slots

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5.  Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER)

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6.  System panel connector (10-1 pin F_PANEL)

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7.  SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~4)

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8.  USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB56, USB78)

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9.  Clear RTC RAM (2-pin CLRTC)

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

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