User’s Manual

1-2
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.2.1 Layout contents
1. CPU socket
The motherboard comes with an AMD Socket AM4 designed for 3
rd
/2
nd
/1
st
Gen AMD
Ryzen™/ 2
nd
and 1
st
Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics/ Athlon™ with
Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors.
For more details, refer to Central Processing Unit (CPU).
2. DDR4 DIMM slots
The motherboard comes with Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) slots designed for DDR4
(Double Data Rate 4) memory modules.
For more details, refer to System memory.
3. Expansion slots
This motherboard supports two PCIe x16 graphics cards and three PCIe 2.0 x1 network
cards, SCSI cards and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specication. Please
refer to the following table for the Hyper M.2 conguration.
Hyper M.2 x16 series card configuration
• Hyper M.2 X16 series cards are sold separately.
• When using 3
rd
2
nd
/1
st
Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors and a Hyper M.2 X16 series card
with 4 M.2 SSDs, if you wish to connect a display, we suggest installing a VGA card to
PCIe X16_2, which will run at x4.
• Set PCIeX16_1 to [PCIe RAID Mode] under BIOS settings to enable the Hyper M.2
X16 series card.
4. Fan headers
The Fan headers allow you to connect fans to cool the system.
Header
Max.
Current
Max.
Power
Default Speed
Shared
Control
CPU_FAN 1A 12W Q-Fan Controlled A
CHA_FAN1 1A 12W Q-Fan Controlled -
CHA_FAN2 1A 12W Q-Fan Controlled -
CHA_FAN3 1A 12W Q-Fan Controlled -
AIO_PUMP 1A 12W Q-Fan Controlled -
5. Power connectors
These Power connectors allow you to connect your motherboard to a power supply. The
power supply plugs are designed to t in only one orientation. Find the proper orientation and
push down rmly until the power supply plugs are fully inserted.
FAN PWM
FAN IN
FAN PWR
GND
GND
FAN PWR
FAN IN
FAN PWM
Slot
PCIe bifurcation settings in PCIe x16 slots with different Ryzen™ CPUs
PCIeX16_1
3
rd
/2
nd
/1
st
Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors (Support PCIe Gen 3 SSDs)
Supported SSDs
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