1.3.4Layout contents

Connectors/Jumpers/Slots/LED

Page

1.

ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin ATX12V)

1-26

2.

CPU, power fan and chassis fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN, 4-pin CHA_FAN and

1-27

 

3-pin PWR_FAN)

 

3.

GPU Boost switch

1-32

4.

GPU Boost LED (GPU_LED)

1-33

5.

AMD® FM2 socket

1-7

6.

DDR3 DIMM slots

1-11

7.

MemOK! switch

1-31

8.

DRAM LED (DRAM_LED

1-32

9.

Standby power LED (SB_PWR)

1-32

10.

SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~6)

1-29

11.

System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL)

1-30

12.

TPM connector (20-1 pin TPM)

1-26

13.

Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC)

1-22

14.

USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB56, USB78, USB910)

1-28

15.

Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM)

1-27

16.

Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)

1-25

17.

Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)

1-25

1.4Accelerated Processing Unit (APU)

This motherboard comes with an FM2 socket designed for AMD® A- series accelerated processors with AMD® Radeon™ HD 7000 series graphics.

F2A55-M

F2A55-M CPU socket FM2

Ensure that you use a APU designed for the FM2 socket. The APU fits in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the APU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the APU!

ASUS F2A55-M

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