user manual

ix
(continued on the next page)
F2A55 specications summary
APU FM2 socket for AMD
®
A-Series accelerated processors (APU) with AMD
Radeon™ HD 7000 Series graphics, up to 4 CPU 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
®
A55 FCH
Memory 4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 64GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR3
2400(O.C.)/2250(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/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
operating 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 7000 series graphics in Trinity APU
Supports AMD
®
Dual Graphics
* Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs that support Dual Graphics.
Expansion slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (blue @x16 mode, black @x4 mode)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
3 x PCI slots
Multi-GPU
support
Supports AMD
®
CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage / RAID AMD
®
A55 FCH:
- 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10
and JBOD congurations
LAN Realtek
®
8111F PCIe Gigabit LAN controller
Audio ALC887 8-channel High Denition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-
Retasking
- Supports S/PDIF out interface at the back I/O
USB AMD
®
A55 FCH:
- 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the mid-board, 6 ports at the back
panel)
Asmedia
®
PCIe USB3.0 controller:
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (blue, at the back panel)