Asus A88XMPLUSCSM Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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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 specications summary
APU 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.
Chipset AMD
®
A88X FCH
Memory 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 (Qualied 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.
Graphics 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.
Expansion slots 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.