Chapter 1

Product introduction

1.1Welcome!

Thank you for buying an ASUS® M4A78-EM motherboard!

The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards!

Before you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it, check the items in your package with the list below.

1.2Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.

Motherboard

ASUS M4A78-EM motherboard

Cables

1 x Serial ATA cable

 

1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable

Accessories

1 x I/O shield

Application DVD

ASUS motherboard Support DVD

Documentations

User Manual

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

1.3Special features

1.3.1Product highlights

AMD® Phenom™ II / Athlon™ x4 / Athlon™ x3 / Athlon™ x2 AM3 CPU support

This motherboard supports AMD® AM3 multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0- based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD® CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process.

ASUS M4A78-EM

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