ECS A785GM-AD3 (V1.0) Specifications download pdf (Page 5)

Introducing the Motherboard

Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

*1(Due to AMD CPU spec limitation, please refer to Memory QVL for more

information)

Thank you for choosing the A785GM-AD3 motherboard. This motherboard is a high

performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports socket for AM3 Phenom

II/Athlon

II/ Sempron

processors for high-end business or personal desktop

markets.

The motherboard incorporate

s the AMD 785G Northbridge (NB) and SB710

Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The Northbridge supports the HyperTransport

3.0 in-

terface. The memory controller supports DDR3 memory DIMM frequencies of

1600/1333/1066/800

. It supports four DDR3 slots with maximum memory size of

32 GB

. One PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, are fully com-

pliant to the PCI Express (version 2.0). In addition, two PCI Express x1 slots are

supported.

The SB710 Southbridge supports three PCI slot which is PCI v2.3 compliant. It

integrates USB 2.0 interface, supporting up to twelve functional ports (six USB ports

and three USB 2.0 headers support additional six USB ports). One onboard IDE

connector supports two IDE device

s in Ultra ATA 133/100/66 modes. The Southbridge

integrates a Serial ATA host controller, supporting five SATA ports with maximum

transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb/s each. It provides AMD SATA RAID configuration with

RAID 0, 1 and 10 modes supported.

There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including one DVI port, one

VGA port, one LAN port, one eSATA port, one optical SPDIFO port, six USB ports,

nd audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 8-channel line-out.

*2(Due to the DRAM maximum size is 4GB at present, the memory maxi-

mum size we have tested is 8GB)

In addition, this motherboard comes with a power on button, a reset button and a

CLR_CMOS button. The processor can be overclocked when CPU Over-clocking

Func. is set to Enabled in M.I.B.II (MB Intelligent BIOS II).

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