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1.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
This motherboard comes with an AM3+ socket designed for FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II /
Sempron™ 100 series processors.
The AM3+ socket has a different pinout from the AM2+/AM2 socket. Ensure that you use a
CPU designed for the AM3+ socket. The CPU ts in only one correct orientation. DO NOT
force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU!
1.3.4 Layout contents
Connectors/Jumpers/Slots/LED Page
1. USB device wake-up (3-pin USBPW 1-4, USBPW 5-8) 1-18
2. Keyboard power (3-pin KBPWR) 1-18
3. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin ATX12V) 1-21
4. CPU and chassis fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN and 3-pin CHA_FAN) 1-24
5. AMD CPU socket 1-6
6. DDR3 DIMM slots 1-10
7. SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~4) 1-22
8. Standby power LED (SB_PWR) 1-3
9. System panel connector (10-1 pin F_PANEL) 1-23
10. Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER) 1-23
11. USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB56, USB78) 1-24
12. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC) 1-17
13. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) 1-20
M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS
M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS CPU socket AM3+
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