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GA-EP43-DS3L

  (rev. 1.0)
CPU
  1. LGA775
  2. Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Intel® Core™ 2 Quad / Intel® Core™ 2 Duo / Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core / Intel® Celeron®
  3. L2 cache varies with CPU
Chipset North Bridge:
  1. Intel® P43 Express
South Bridge:
  1. Intel® ICH10
  2. Realtek ALC888 8-channel audio codec
Front Side Bus
  1. 1600 (O.C.)/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
Memory
  1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
  2. Dual channel memory architecture
  3. DDR2 1200+/1066/800/667 MHz
LAN
  1. Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard)
  2. 4 x PCI Express x1
  3. 2 x PCI
Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s
  2. 2 x system fan headers
  3. 1 x LPT connector
  4. 1 x SPDIF in
  5. 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
  6. 1 x power fan connector
  7. 1 x IDE
  8. 1 x power LED connector
  9. 1 x front audio connector
  10. 1 x front panel connector
  11. 1 x CPU fan connector
  12. 1 x SPDIF out
  13. 1 x CD in
  14. 1 x COM
  15. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1
  16. 1 x FDD
Back Panel Connectors
  1. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1
  2. 1 x SPDIF out (optical)
  3. 1 x SPDIF out (coaxial)
  4. 6 x audio ports (Line In / Line Out / MIC In / Surround Speaker Out(Rear Speaker Out) / Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out)
  5. PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse)
  6. 1 x RJ45 LAN
I/O Controller
  1. iTE IT8718
H/W Monitoring
  1. CPU/System fan speed control
  2. CPU/System/Power fan failure warning
  3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
  4. CPU overheating warning
  5. System voltage detection
  6. CPU/System temperature detection
BIOS
  1. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
  2. 2 x 8 Mbit flash ROM
  3. Supports DualBIOS™
  4. Award BIOS
Unique Features
  1. Support for Q-Share
  2. Support for Time Repair
  3. Virtual Dual BIOS
  4. @BIOS™
  5. Supports EasyTune
  6. Xpress™ Recovery 2
  7. Xpress™ Install
  8. Download Center
  9. Q-Flash™
  10. Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
Bundle Software
  1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Operating System
  1. Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
Form Factor
  1. ATX, 305mm x 210mm
Remark
  1. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.
  2. (Note) This motherboard is designed with VRD11.1 power phase, and cannot be compatible with VRD10 designed CPU. Please refer to "CPU Support List" for details.
  3. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website
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