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Contents
1.11 Software support ........................................................................ 1-28
1.11.1 Installing an operating system ......................................
1-28
1.11.2 Support DVD information ..............................................
1-28
Chapter 2: BIOS information
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 2-1
2.1.1 ASUS Update ..................................................................
2-1
2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ............................................................
2-2
2.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ................................................
2-3
2.2 BIOS setup program ....................................................................
2-4
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen ..........................................................
2-5
2.2.2 Menu bar .........................................................................
2-5
2.2.3 Navigation keys ...............................................................
2-5
2.2.4 Menu items .....................................................................
2-6
2.2.5 Submenu items ...............................................................
2-6
2.2.6 Conguration elds .........................................................
2-6
2.2.7 Pop-up window ...............................................................
2-6
2.2.8 Scroll bar .........................................................................
2-6
2.2.9 General help ...................................................................
2-6
2.3 Main menu ....................................................................................
2-7
2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx] ...................................................
2-7
2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] .........................................
2-7
2.3.3 SATA3G_1/2/3/4/5/6 .......................................................
2-7
2.3.4 SATA Conguration .........................................................
2-8
2.3.5 System Information .........................................................
2-9
2.4 Advanced menu .........................................................................
2-10
2.4.1 JumperFree Conguration ............................................
2-10
2.4.2 CPU Conguration ........................................................
2-13
2.4.3 Chipset ..........................................................................
2-14
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Conguration ....................................
2-15
2.4.5 PCIPnP .........................................................................
2-16
2.4.6 USB Conguration ........................................................
2-16
2.5 Power menu ................................................................................
2-17
2.5.1 Suspend Mode [Auto] ...................................................
2-17
2.5.2 ACPI 2.0 Support [Enabled] ..........................................
2-17
2.5.3 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] .......................................
2-17
Содержание
- First edition v1 april 2011 2
- Chapter 1 product introduction 3
- Contents 3
- Chapter 2 bios information 4
- Contents 4
- Asus recycling takeback services 6
- Canadian department of communications statement 6
- Federal communications commission statement 6
- Notices 6
- Electrical safety 7
- Operation safety 7
- Safety information 7
- About this guide 8
- Bold text 8
- Conventions used in this guide 8
- How this guide is organized 8
- Typography 8
- Where to find more information 8
- M5a78l m usb3 specifications summar 9
- M5a78l m usb3 specifications summary 10
- Chapter 1 11
- Package contents 11
- Product highlights 11
- Product introduction 11
- Special features 11
- Welcome 11
- Channel high definition audio 12
- Cool n quiet technology 12
- Dual channel ddr3 2000 o c support 12
- Gigabit lan solution 12
- Hypertransport 3 support 12
- Serial ata 3gb s technology and raid support 12
- Usb 3 support 12
- Asus anti surge protection 13
- Asus crashfree bios 3 13
- Asus epu 13
- Asus ez flash 2 13
- Asus mylogo2 13
- Asus q fan 13
- Asus turbo key 13
- Core unlocker 13
- Innovative asus features 13
- C p r cpu parameter recall 14
- Erp ready 14
- Before you proceed 15
- M5a78l m usb3 onboard led 15
- Onboard led 15
- Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings 15
- The motherboard comes with a standby power led that lights up to indicate that the system is on in sleep mode or in soft off mode this is a reminder that you should shut down the system and unplug the power cable before removing or plugging in any motherboard component the illustration below shows the location of the onboard led 15
- Motherboard overview 16
- Placement direction 16
- Screw holes 16
- 1 3 2 4 17
- 7 10 9 8 13 12 17
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 1 7 17
- Layout contents 17
- M5a78l m usb3 17
- Motherboard layout 17
- Central processing unit cpu 18
- Installing the cpu 18
- M5a78l m usb3 cpu socket am3 18
- M5a78l m usb3 cpu fan connector 19
- Attach one end of the retention bracket to the retention module base 20
- Installing the heatsink and fan 20
- Place the heatsink on top of the installed cpu ensuring that the heatsink fits properly on the retention module base 20
- To install the cpu heatsink and fan 20
- M5a78l m usb3 240 pin ddr3 dimm sockets 21
- Overview 21
- System memory 21
- Always install dimms with the same cas latency for optimum compatibility we 22
- And 200 series cpus support up to ddr3 22
- Chapter 1 product introduction 1 12 22
- Ddr3 2000 o c mhz capability 22
- Due to the cpu specification am 22
- Due to the memory address limitation on 32 bit window 22
- Frequency dimms 22
- Fx series cpu on this motherboard supports up to ddr3 1866mhz as its 22
- Install a maximum of 3gb system memory if you are using a 32 bit window 22
- M5a78l m usb3 motherboards qualified vendors lists qvl 22
- Memory configurations 22
- Mhz with asus design this motherboard can support up to ddr3 1333mhz 22
- Or more memory on the motherboard the actual usable memory for the os can be about 3gb or less for effective use of memory we recommend that you do any of the followings 22
- Os if you want to install 4gb or more memory on the motherboard 22
- Os use a 64 bit window 22
- Os when you install 4gb 22
- Overclocking capability 22
- Recommend that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor 22
- Standard memory frequency 22
- The total size of the lower sized channel for the dual channel configuration any excess memory from the higher sized channel is then mapped for single channel operation 22
- This motherboard does not support dimms made up of 256 megabits mb chips or less 22
- We recommend that you install the memory modules from the blue slots for better 22
- When overclocking some amd cpus may not support ddr3 1600mhz or higher 22
- You may install 512mb 1gb 2gb and 4gb unbuffered ecc and non ecc ddr3 dimms into the dimm sockets 22
- You may install varying memory sizes in channel a and channel b the system maps 22
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 1 13 23
- Ddr3 1600 o c mhz capability 23
- Ddr3 1866 o c mhz capability 23
- Chapter 1 product introduction 1 14 24
- Continued on the next page 24
- Ddr3 1333mhz capability 24
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 1 15 25
- Ddr3 1333mhz capability 25
- And 200 series cpus support up to ddr3 1066mhz with 26
- Asus design this motherboard can support up to ddr3 1333mhz 26
- Chapter 1 product introduction 1 16 26
- Ddr3 1066mhz capability 26
- Due to cpu spec am 26
- Fx series cpu on this motherboard supports up to ddr3 1866mhz as its 26
- Higher frequency dimms 26
- Ss single sided ds double sided dimm support a supports one module inserted into any slot as single channel memory configuration b supports one pair of modules inserted into either the blue slots or the black slots as one pair of dual channel memory configuration c supports two pairs of modules inserted into both the blue slots and the black slots as two pairs of dual channel memory configuration 26
- Standard memory frequency 26
- Visit the asus website at www asus com for the latest qvl 26
- When overclocking some amd cpu models may not support ddr3 1600 mhz or 26
- When using a ddr3 2000mhz memory module ensure to install it on the a1 slot for better overclocking capability 26
- Installing a dimm 27
- Removing a dimm 27
- Configuring an expansion card 28
- Expansion slots 28
- Installing an expansion card 28
- Pci express x1 slot 28
- Pci express x16 slot 28
- Pci slots 28
- Jumpers 29
- M5a78l m usb3 clear rtc ram 29
- Connectors 30
- Rear panel ports 30
- And better performance for your usb 3 devices 31
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 1 21 31
- Audio 2 4 6 or 8 channel configuration audio 2 4 6 or 8 channel configuration 31
- Do not connect a keyboard mouse to any usb 3 port when installing window 31
- Due to usb 3 controller limitation usb 3 devices can only be used under window 31
- Dvi port this port is for any dvi d compatible device dvi d can t be converted to output rgb signal to crt and isn t compatible with dvi i 31
- Hdmi port this port is for a high definition multimedia interface hdmi connector and is hdcp compliant allowing playback of hd dvd blu ray and other protected content 31
- Operating system 31
- Os environment and after the usb 3 driver installation 31
- Usb 2 ports 1 and 2 these two 4 pin universal serial bus usb ports connect to usb 2 devices 31
- Usb 2 ports 5 and 6 these two 4 pin universal serial bus usb ports connect to usb 2 1 devices 31
- Usb 3 devices can only be used as data storage only 31
- Usb 3 ports 3 and 4 these two 9 pin universal serial bus usb ports are available for connecting usb 3 2 devices 31
- We strongly recommend that you connect usb 3 devices to usb 3 ports for faster 31
- Front panel audio connector 10 1 pin aafp 32
- Internal connectors 32
- Lpt connector 26 1 pin lpt 32
- M5a78l m usb3 front panel audio connector 32
- M5a78l m usb3 lpt connector 32
- The lpt line printing terminal connector supports devices such as a printer lpt is the lpt line printing terminal connector supports devices such as a printer lpt is standardized as ieee 1284 which is the parallel port interface on ibm pc compatible computers 32
- This connector is for a chassis mounted front panel audio i o module that supports either high definition audio or ac 97 audio standard connect one end of the front panel audio i o module cable to this connector 32
- Atx power connectors 24 pin eatxpwr 4 pin atx12v 33
- Atx12v 33
- Eatxpwr 33
- M5a78l m usb3 atx power connectors 33
- These connectors are for an atx power supply the plugs from the power supply are designed to fit these connectors in only one orientation find the proper orientation and push down firmly until the connectors completely fit 33
- Chapter 1 product introduction 1 24 34
- Drives 34
- Due to window 34
- Floppy disk drive when installing window 34
- For more details on raid ahci refer to the raid ahci supplementary guide included 34
- If you intend to create a sata raid set set the type of the sata connectors to raid 34
- In the bios see 2 sata configuration for details 34
- In the folder named manual in the support dvd 34
- Install the window 34
- M5a78l m usb3 sata 3 gb s connectors 34
- Sata3g_1 34
- Sata3g_2 34
- Sata3g_3 34
- Sata3g_4 34
- Sata3g_5 34
- Sata3g_6 34
- Serial ata connectors 7 pin sata3g_1 6 34
- The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector you could use a usb 34
- These connectors are for the serial ata signal cables for serial ata 3gb s hard disk and optical disk drives the serial ata 3gb s is backward compatible with serial ata 1 gb s specification the data transfer rate of the serial ata 3gb s is faster than the standard parallel ata with 133mb s ultra dma133 if you install serial ata hard disk drives you can create a raid 0 raid 1 or raid 10 set through the onboard chipset 34
- Xp limitation window 34
- Xp may not recognize some usb floppy disk 34
- Xp operating system on a hard disk drive that includes a raid ahci set 34
- Xp service pack 3 or later versions before using serial ata 34
- M5a78l m usb3 system panel connector 35
- Chapter 1 product introduction 1 26 36
- Digital audio connector 4 1 pin spdif_out 36
- M5a78l m usb3 digital audio connector 36
- M5a78l m usb3 usb2 connectors 36
- Never connect a 1394 cable to the usb connectors doing so will damage the motherboard 36
- Sound playback to configure the setting 36
- The s pdif module is purchased separately 36
- The usb 2 module is purchased separately 36
- These connectors are for usb 2 ports connect the usb module cable to any of these connectors then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis these usb connectors comply with usb 2 specification that supports up to 480mbps connection speed 36
- This connector is for an additional sony philips digital interface s pdif port 36
- Usb connectors 10 1 pin usb78 usb910 usb1112 36
- Usb1112 36
- Usb910 36
- M5a78l m usb3 fan connectors 37
- M5a78l m usb3 serial port com1 connector 37
- Installing an operating system 38
- Place the support dvd into the optical drive if autorun is enabled in your computer the dvd automatically displays the specials screen click drivers utilities make disk manual and contact tabs to display their respective menus 38
- Software support 38
- Support dvd information 38
- The support dvd that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers software applications and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features 38
- This motherboard supports window 38
- To run the support dvd 38
- Xp vista 7 operating systems os always install the latest os version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of your hardware 38
- Asus update 39
- Bios information 39
- Chapter 2 39
- Managing and updating your bios 39
- Asus ez flash 2 40
- Asus crashfree bios 3 41
- Asus crashfree bios 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the bios file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process you can restore a corrupted bios file using the motherboard support dvd or a usb flash drive that contains the bios file 41
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 2 3 41
- Insert the support dvd to the optical drive or the removable device that contains the bios file to the usb port or to the floppy disk drive if supported 41
- Recovering the bios 41
- The utility automatically checks the devices for the bios file when found the utility reads the bios file and starts flashing the corrupted bios file 41
- To recover the bios 41
- Turn off the system after the utility completes the updating process and turn on again 41
- Turn on the system 41
- Bios setup program 42
- Entering bios setup after post 42
- Entering bios setup at startup 42
- Advanced for changing the advanced system settings 43
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 2 5 43
- At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for that particular menu use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings 43
- Bios menu screen 43
- Boot for changing the system boot configuration 43
- Exit for selecting the exit options and loading default settings 43
- Main for changing the basic system configuration 43
- Menu bar 43
- Menu bar configuration fields general help 43
- Menu items 43
- Navigation keys 43
- Navigation keys submenu items 43
- Power for changing the advanced power management apm configuration 43
- Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another 43
- The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items 43
- To select an item on the menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 43
- Tools for configuring options for special functions 43
- Configuration fields 44
- General help 44
- Menu items 44
- Pop up window 44
- Scroll bar 44
- Submenu items 44
- Main menu 45
- Sata3g_1 2 3 4 5 6 45
- System date day xx xx xxxx 45
- System time xx xx xx 45
- Type auto 45
- Bit data transfer enabled 46
- Block multi sector transfer mode auto 46
- Dma mode auto 46
- Lba large mode auto 46
- Onchip sata channel enabled 46
- Pio mode auto 46
- Sata configuration 46
- Smart monitoring auto 46
- Bios information 47
- Processor 47
- System information 47
- System memory 47
- 10 chapter 2 bios information 48
- Advanced menu 48
- Configures the gpu overclocking configuration options auto manual 48
- Cpu overclocking auto 48
- Gpu overclocking auto 48
- Jumperfree configuration 48
- Selects the cpu overclocking options to achieve desired cpu internal frequency configuration options manual auto overclock profile test mode 48
- The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system devices 48
- Cpu nb frequency auto 49
- Cpu over voltage auto 49
- Cpu ratio auto 49
- Ht link speed auto 49
- Ht over voltage auto 49
- Loadline calibration auto 49
- Memory clock mode auto 49
- Pcie overclocking auto 49
- Vddnb over voltage auto 49
- 12 chapter 2 bios information 50
- Dram timing configuration 50
- Keys to adjust the value 50
- Memory over voltage auto 50
- Advanced clock calibration disabled 51
- C1e support disabled 51
- Chipset over voltage auto 51
- Cool n quiet enabled 51
- Cpu configuration 51
- Gart error reporting disabled 51
- Microcode updation enabled 51
- Pci pcie clk status enabled 51
- Secure virtual machine mode disabled 51
- Chipset 52
- Dram controller configuration 52
- Ecc configuration 52
- Internal graphics 52
- Northbridge configuration 52
- Primary video controller gfx0 gpp igfx pci 52
- Allows you to select the parallel port base addresses configuration options disabled 378 278 3bc 53
- Allows you to select the parallel port mode configuration options normal epp ecp epp ecp 53
- Allows you to select the serial port1 base address configuration options disabled 3f8 irq42f8 irq3 3e8 irq4 2e8 irq3 53
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 2 15 53
- Configuration options below 4g above 4g 53
- Enables or disables the high definition audio controller configuration options disabled enabled 53
- Enables or disables the onboard lan controller configuration options disabled enabled 53
- Enables or disables the onboard usb 3 controller configuration options disabled enabled 53
- Frame buffer location above 4g 53
- Hdaudio controller enabled 53
- Onboard devices configuration 53
- Onboard lan controller enabled 53
- Parallel port address 378 53
- Parallel port mode normal 53
- Serial port1 address 3f8 irq4 53
- Usb 3 controller enabled 53
- Legacy usb support auto 54
- Pcipnp 54
- Plug and play o s no 54
- Usb 2 controller enabled 54
- Usb 2 controller mode hispeed 54
- Usb configuration 54
- Usb functions enabled 54
- Usb mass storage device configuration 54
- Usb mass storage reset delay 20 sec 54
- Acpi 2 support enabled 55
- Acpi apic support enabled 55
- Apm configuration 55
- Power menu 55
- Power on from s5 by pme disabled 55
- Power on from s5 by ring disabled 55
- Restore on ac power loss power off 55
- Suspend mode auto 55
- Anti surge support enabled 56
- Cpu chassis fan speed n a xxxxrpm or ignored 56
- Cpu q fan function enabled 56
- Cpu temperature xxxºc xxxºf or ignored mb temperature xxxºc xxxºf or ignored 56
- Hw monitor configuration 56
- Power on by ps 2 keyboard disabled 56
- Power on by ps 2 mouse disabled 56
- Power on from s5 by rtc alarm disabled 56
- Vcore voltage 3 v voltage 5v voltage 12v voltage xx xxxv or ignored 56
- Addon rom display mode force bios 57
- Asus m5a78l m usb3 2 19 57
- Boot device priority 57
- Boot menu 57
- Boot settings configuration 57
- Enables or disables the full screen logo display feature configuration options disabled enabled 57
- Enabling this item allows the bios to skip some power on self tests post while booting to decrease the time needed to boot the system when this item is set to disabled bios performs all the post items configuration options disabled enabled 57
- Full screen logo enabled 57
- Quick boot enabled 57
- Sets the display mode for option rom configuration options force bios keep current 57
- St xxth boot device 57
- These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices the number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system configuration options removable dev hard drive atapi cd rom disabled 57
- To display the submenu 57
- Bootup num lock on 58
- Change supervisor password 58
- Hit del message display enabled 58
- Security 58
- To display the configuration options 58
- User access level full access 58
- Wait for f1 if error enabled 58
- Change user password 59
- Clear user password 59
- Password check setup 59
- Add your cmos profile 60
- Asus ez flash 2 60
- Asus o c profile 60
- Load cmos profiles 60
- Start o c profile 60
- Tools menu 60
- Discard changes 61
- Exit discard changes 61
- Exit menu 61
- Exit save changes 61
- Load setup defaults 61
- Asus computer gmbh germany and austria 63
- Asus computer international america 63
- Asus contact information 63
- Asustek computer inc 63
- Technical support 63
- Address 800 corporate way fremon 64
- Asus computer international 64
- Ca 94539 64
- Conforms to the following specifications 64
- Date may 3 2011 64
- Declaration of conformity 64
- Ec declaration of conformity 64
- Fcc part 15 subpart b unintentional radiators 64
- Fcc part 15 subpart c intentional radiators 64
- Fcc part 15 subpart e intentional radiators 64
- Hereby declares that the product 64
- Including interference that may cause undesired operation 64
- Interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received 64
- Model number m5a78l m usb3 64
- Per fcc part 2 section 2 1077 a 64
- Phone fax no 510 739 3777 510 608 4555 64
- Product name motherboard 64
- Representative person s name representative person s name steve chang president 64
- Responsible party name responsible party name 64
- Signature 64
- Supplementary information 64
- The following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful 64
- This device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules operation is subject to 64
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