Owner manual

HyperTransport™ 3.0 support
HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth
than HT1.0 that radically improves system efciency for a smoother and
faster computing environment.
AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
This motherboard supports the AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology which
monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and
frequency for a cool and quiet operating environment.
Dual-Channel DDR3 1866 (O.C.) support
This motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer
rates of 1866 (O.C.)/1600 (O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher
bandwidth requirements of the latest operating system, 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications.
Hybrid CrossFireX™ support
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX™ technology greatly boosts graphics performance
with an onboard GPU and a discrete GPU.
• Hybrid CrossFireX™ is supported by Windows
®
Vista / Windows
®
7 OS only.
• Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs that support Hybrid CrossFireX™.
Gigabit LAN solution
The onboard LAN controller is a highly integrated Gb LAN controller. It is
enhanced with an ACPI management function to provide efcient power
management for advanced operating systems.
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology and RAID support
This motherboard supports hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA)
3Gb/s storage specication, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling
the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and save. It also supports
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 congurations for Serial ATA hard drives.
100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
(M5A78L-M LX PLUS only)
This motherboard uses all high-quality conductive polymer capacitors for
durability, improved lifespan, and enhanced thermal capacity.
Chapter 1: Product introduction1-2