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GA-EP45-EXTREME

  (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. 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
  4. L2 cache varies with CPU
Chipset North Bridge:
  1. Intel® P45 Express
South Bridge:
  1. Intel® ICH10R
Memory
  1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
  2. Dual channel memory architecture
  3. DDR2 1333+/1066/800/667 MHz
Audio
  1. Realtek ALC889A 8-channel audio codec
LAN
  1. 2 x Realtek 8111C chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
  2. Support for Teaming
Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8
  2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
  3. 1 x PCI Express x 4 slot
  4. 1 x PCI Express x1
  5. 3 x PCI
Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x reset switch
  2. 1 x power switch
  3. 3 x IEEE 1394a
  4. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s
  5. 2 x system fan headers
  6. 1 x SPDIF in
  7. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  8. 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
  9. 1 x power fan connector
  10. 1 x IDE
  11. 1 x power LED connector
  12. 1 x front audio connector
  13. 1 x front panel connector
  14. 1 x CPU fan connector
  15. 1 x SPDIF out
  16. 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
  17. 1 x CD in
  18. 1 x COM
  19. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1
  20. 1 x FDD
Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x clearing CMOS switch
  2. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1
  3. 1 x SPDIF out (optical)
  4. 1 x SPDIF out (coaxial)
  5. 6 x audio ports (Line In / Line Out / MIC In / Surround Speaker Out(Rear Speaker Out) / Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out)
  6. 2 x RJ45 LAN
  7. PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse)
I/O Controller
  1. iTE IT8720
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 244mm
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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