1.2 Specifications

Platform

- Micro ATX Form Factor

 

- Solid Capacitor for CPU power

CPU

- Support for Socket FM2 100W processors

 

 

- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ QuietTM Technology

 

- UMI-Link GEN2

 

Chipset

- AMD A55 FCH (Hudson-D2)

 

Memory

- Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

 

- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots

 

- Support DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered

 

memory (see CAUTION 1)

 

- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB (see CAUTION 2)

 

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

 

- Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP)

Expansion Slot

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE1 @ x16 mode)

 

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

 

- 1 x PCI slot

 

- Supports AMD Dual Graphics (see CAUTION 3)

 

Graphics

- AMD Radeon HD 7000 graphics

 

- DirectX 11, Pixel Shader 5.0

 

- Max. shared memory 2GB

 

- Dual VGA Output: support DVI and D-Sub ports by

 

independent display controllers

 

- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to

 

2560x1600 @ 75Hz

 

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1600 @

 

60Hz

 

- Supports AMD Steady VideoTM 2.0: New video post

 

processing capability for automatic jutter reduction on home/

 

online video

 

- Supports HDCP function with DVI port

 

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback

 

with DVI port

Audio

- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

LAN

- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

 

- Realtek RTL8111E

 

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

 

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

 

- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az

 

- Supports PXE

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ASRock FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 manual Specifications

FM2A55M-DGS R2.0 specifications

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