Question 1

Can this motherboard take a high end graphics card?

Accepted Answer

It can as long as you have a power supply that has the molex power connections for the video card. There are limits to all motherboards that are PCI Express as to what the connector itself can power. Generally if the video card needs greater than what a PCI Express slot can power alone, the video card will have the 12 volt molex connections for direct 12V from PSU. Just be sure to have a power supply that is rated for the video card and CPU combination. A 500watt is sort of the bare minimum for high end video cards. Check with the video card power requirements when selecting a power supply. I've been building systems for over 25 years btw to share my level of knowledge in the answer I gave.

Question 2

Is this product only for windows 8?

Accepted Answer

Not at all... I had an unused copy of Windows Vista Premium laying around and installed it last year and it's run flawlessly ever since running on this board.

Question 3

I installed the memory it says 8 gig  (3.25 useable) what does that mean does it mean the memory stick are bad just wondering it works fine and runs very fast?

Accepted Answer

I wonder if you have installed a 64 bit version of windows?
When using a 32 bit os with 4Gb of memory it also reports 3.25Gb
usable.  May be a coincidence, but I would  double check you do indeed have a 64 bit version of windows installed.

Control Panel, system and security, system, view amount of RAM, will tell you.

Question 4

Can I load Windows 7?

Accepted Answer

not sure never got board to work ,and waited too long to send it back. But it should and also 8

Question 5

what power connector is needed for this board? 24 pin?20 pin? something else?

Accepted Answer

You can  uses a 20-pin with this board too. That's what I used.

Question 6

What would you recommend for a cpu cooler for this MD...?

Accepted Answer

Honestly this motherboard was replacing one that died on my girl friends HP Pavillion PC. We just reinstalled the stock CPU cooler to the new board. Looking at the main board it looks like you could easily install an after market cooler without too much of an issue. My only comment is this is a bit older main board for an older style CPU. You may have some problems finding an aftermarket CPU cooler for an AM3 chip.

Good luck.

Question 7

what chipset does this board have?

Accepted Answer

I am not sure which chipset you are referring to, but it does have onboard video chipset of ATI Radeon 3000.  the Audo chipset i belive is VIA VT1708 and a REaltek 8105GT network chipset only 100MBS .  the nortbridge chipset is amd760G and south bridge is the amd sb710.  can only be used with AM3 CPU max 95W

Question 8

To make sure, will this MB work with a AMD Athlon ll x3. Old MB had Kingston KVR1066D3N7K2/4G (DDR3).  Came out of a Dell Inspiron 570. ?

Accepted Answer

Mine is running a Phenom ii x4 so according to the biostar site it will support your Athlon ii x3. Do a Google search with the biostar a780l3c as your search request and go to the link. Once on the page go to specifications section and it list the processors it supports and yours and mine are listed.

Question 9

this is motherboard is new?

Accepted Answer

Yes, brand new.

Question 10

Will the Biostar A780L3C AM3 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard replace HP P6130y Pegatron M2N78-LA Motherboard?

It has Phenom 2 CPU

Accepted Answer

No, I don't believe it will.

The Biostar has an AM3 socket, while the Pegatron has an AM2+ socket.
The CPU from the Pegatron will not work with the DDR3 memory that the AM3 Biostar is made to use.

You would either need an AM2+ mobo(for the old CPU), or an AM3 CPU and DDR3 Ram(for the new board).

Brand	BIOSTAR
Model	A780L3C

CPU Socket Type	AM3
CPU Type	Athlon II / Phenom II / Sempron

Number of Memory Slots	2x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600(OC)
Maximum Memory Supported	16GB

PCI Express 2.0 x16	1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16
PCI Slots	1 x PCI Slot

PATA	1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
SATA RAID	0/1/10

BIOSTAR A780L3C AM3 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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Back I/O Ports	1 x D-Sub / 2 x PS/2 / 3 x Audio Jacks / 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
PS/2	2
Video Ports	D-Sub
USB 1.1/2.0	4 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports	3 Ports

Onboard USB	4 x USB 2.0
Other Connectors	1 x Printer Header 1 x Front Audio Header 1 x Front Panel Header 1 x CPU FAN Header 1 x System FAN Header

Form Factor	Micro ATX
Dimensions (W x L)	8.86" x 7.17"
Power Pin	24 Pin

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset	VIA VT1708B
Audio Channels	6 Channels

Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset	Realtek 8105T
Max LAN Speed	100Mbps

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