The motherboard has one PCI-Express x16 slot, is fully compliant to the PCI-Express Base Specification V1.1. So it doesn’t support PCI-Express V2.X graphics card. The Graphics card Support Table is the PCI-Express graphical card that ECS had tested and qualified, we strong suggest user to use them when you would like to install additional graphics card.

This model is designed for supporting 89W CPU base on AM2+ platform. As you can see there are some 95W CPU listed on CPU support table, these CPU are validated by ECS and able to work properly. For more detail CPU support list, please refer to following with your PCB version.  

- CPU support table for PCB 1.0
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=864&CategoryID=1&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=20&LanID=9#fragment-CPU

- CPU support table for 1.0A
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=974&CategoryID=1&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=20&LanID=9#fragment-CPU

- CPU support table for PCB 7.0
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=1083&CategoryID=1&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=20&LanID=9#fragment-CPU

- CPU support table for  PCB 8.0/8.1
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=1127&CategoryID=1&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=20&LanID=9#fragment-CPU

The main difference is the below table. Due to there are some different hardware among them, they cannot share the BIOS for each other.

This board can support AMD AM3 CPU, please refer to the CPU support table, ECS strongly suggest users to use these CPUs with this model for better compatibility. If your system works not very well with AMD AM3 CPU, please download and update the latest BIOS.

- CPU support table of A740GM-M V7.0
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=1083&CategoryID=1&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=20&LanID=9#fragment-CPU