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.

A55BM-A/USB3 specifications summary

APU

Chipset

Memory

Graphics

Expansion slots

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.

AMD® A55 FCH (Hudson D2)

2 x DDR3 DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 2133 / 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.

•Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual APUs.

•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.

Integrated AMD® Radeon™ HD 7000 / 8000 Series Graphics in the A- Series APU

Supports HDMI with max. resolution 4096 x 2160* @24Hz / 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

* Only FM2+ APU can support up to 4096 x 2160 resolution display via HDMI port

•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.

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.

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