Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.

Motherboard

ASUS A88XM-A motherboard

 

 

 

Cables

2 x Serial ATA 6.0 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.

A88XM-A specifications summary

APU

Chipset

Memory

Graphics

Expansion slots

AMD® FM2+ socket for AMD® A-Series / Athlon™ processors Supports CPU up to 4 cores

AMD® Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support

•The AMD® Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support depends on the APU types.

•Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD® APU support list.

AMD® A88X FCH

4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 64GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR3 2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Dual-channel memory architecture

•The maximum 64GB 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 operation 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 8000/7000 Series Graphics in A-Series APU Multi-VGA output support: HDMI, DVI, D-Sub ports

-Supports HDMI with max. resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz

-Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution of 2560x1600@60Hz

-Supports D-Sub with max. resolution of 1920x1600@60Hz

-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 that support Dual Graphics technology.

1 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot*

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

1 x PCI slot

* Only FM2+ processors can support PCIe 3.0.

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