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CPU Support for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor
Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s
Chipset North Bridge: AMD 770
South Bridge: AMD SB710
Memory 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 1800(OC)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
Support ECC memory
Audio Realtek ALC888/892 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In
LAN Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
4 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface South Bridge:
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD
iTE IT8720 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23 chip:
Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)
USB South Bridge:
Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
NEC D720200F1 chip:
Up to 2 USB3.0 ports on the back panel
Internal I/O Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
2 x system fan headers
1 x power fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x CD In connector
1 x S/PDIF In header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x IEEE 1394a header
1 x parallel port header
1 x serial port header
1 x clearing CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
2 x IEEE 1394a ports
1 x RJ-45 port
6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
I/O Controller iTE IT8720 chip
H/W Monitoring System voltage detection:
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
CPU fan speed control (Note 4)
BIOS 2 x 8 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features Support for @BIOS
Support for Download Center
Support for Q-Flash
Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
Support for Xpress Install
Support for Xpress Recovery2
Support for Easy Energy Saver
Support for Smart Recovery
Support for On/Off Charge
Support for Q-Share
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $100.00 | Rating: 8
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.38-2.slh.2-aptosid-amd64
Distribution:
Aptosid
A good, solid board, with 1 x 16x PCIe, 4 x 1xPCIe and 2 x PCI slots, 6 x SATA ports, 1 x IDE port, 12 x USB 1.1/2.0 ports, 2 x USB 3.0 ports and decent onboard audio.
1 x floppy port and firewire as well, both never used or tested by me.
Currently running kernel 2.6.38, but I've run this board with earlier kernels with no problems (down to 2.6.32).
I'm giving 8/10 due to-
Gigabyte only giving BIOS updates in .exe format
The rtl8169 firmware issue. The network works no problems without the firmware however.
Insane placement of the front-panel audio connectors.
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