| Asus M3N78-EMH HDMI - Overclocking, BIOS |
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| Written by Jeff_Tom | |||||||
| Monday, 14 July 2008 01:22 | |||||||
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Here are the spec from Asus'.
CPU
AMD Socket AM2+ / AM2 Processors
AMD Phenom™ / Athlon64 FX / Athlon64 X2/Athlon64 / Sempron processors AMD Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology *Support CPU up to 95W
Chipset
NVIDIA GeForce 8200
System Bus
Up to 5200/MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM2+ CPU
Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR2 1066/800/667/533 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture *DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU only **Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for Memory QVL (Qualify Vendor List) ***When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe x16
1 x PCIe x1 2 x PCI
Scalable Link Interface (SLI™)
Support NVIDIA Hybrid SLI-Ready graphics cards
VGA
Integrated NVIDIA GeForce Series DirectX10 graphics processor
Hybrid SLI support Maximus shared memory of 256MB Supports HDMI interface with HDCP compliant with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 Supports HD resolutions of 720p and 1080p Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1440 @ 75Hz
Storage
Southbridge
1 xUltraDMA 133/100 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10,JBOD
LAN
NVIDIA nForce built-in Gigabit MAC with external Atheros PHY
Audio
Realtek® ALC883 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Supports S/PDIF out interface, Jack-detect, and Multi-Streaming
USB
12 USB 2.0 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel)
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution
- ASUS Q-Fan ASUS EZ DIY - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - ASUS EZ Flash 2
Overclocking Features
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
-FSB tuning up to 300MHz at 1MHz increment Overclocking Protection - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Special Features
ASUS MyLogo 2
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x LAN(RJ45) port 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 8 -Channel Audio I/O 1 x HDMI/ DVI/ RGB
Internal I/O Connectors
4 x USB connectors supports additional 8 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 6 x SATA connectors 1 x CPU Fan connector 1 x Chassis Fan connector 1 x S/PDIF Out connector 1 x4-pin ATX 12V Power connector 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector 1 x LPT connector Front panel audio connector COM connector CD/AUX audio in System Panel
BIOS
8 Mb Flash ROM
DMI 2.0 AMI BIOS PnP WfM 2.0 SM BIOS 2.5 ACPI 2.0a ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS MyLogo 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
Manageability
WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL/WOR by PME,WOR by Ring,PXE
Accessories
User's manual
1 x I/O Shield 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 1 x Floppy disk drive cable 2 x SATA cable 1 x 2-port SATA power cable
Support Disc
Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II Anti-virus software (OEM version) ASUS LiveUpdate Utility
Form Factor
uATX Form Factor
9.6 inch x 9.3 inch ( 24.4 cm x 23.7 cm )
Overclock the board we did not go very far at all and were limited by BIOS options with no multiplier control for the CPU and limited voltage adjustments. We've pushed Phenoms far further and the GeForce 8200 unfortunately is not a good overclocker. We'll see how the GeForce 8300 stacks up later. We were able to eek out only a little over 100Mhz on our Phenom X4 9350e test system which is probably the worst overclock we've seen on an Asus board which are usually excellent or the best. We blame Nvidia's chipset though and not them.
We tested with the 0409 BIOS which was the latest at the time though luckily Asus' continues to update it. As mentioned in overclocking the BIOS is also one of the more limited ones we've seen from Asus with no ability to adjust the CPU multiplier and limited adjustment of the voltages. The board did though boot back quickly from failed overclocks although we think more of these options should be in the BIOS.
Let's move onto performance. |
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