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GA-M56S-S3

  (rev. 1.x)
CPU
  1. Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™FX/ AMD Phenom™/ AMD Athlon™ 64 FX/AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core/AMD Athlon™ 64/AMD Sempron™
Chipset North Bridge:
  1. NVIDIA® nForce 560
  2. Super I/O: ITE IT8716
  3. Realtek 8211BL Gigabit Ethernet
  4. TI IEEE 1394
  5. Realtek ALC888 8-channel audio codec
Memory
  1. 4 x DDRII DIMM slots up to 16GB
  2. Supports dual channel DDRII 800 / 667 / 533 / 400 DIMM
  3. Supports 1.8V DDRII DIMM
Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16
  2. 2 x PCI Express x1
  3. 4 x PCI
Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
  2. 1 x IDE
  3. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 (support 6 ports)
  4. 4 x SATA II 3Gb/s
  5. 2 x IEEE 1394a (supports 2 ports)
  6. 1 x SPDIF in/out
  7. 1 x power LED connector
  8. 1 x front audio connector
  9. 1 x front panel connector
  10. 1 x system fan connector
  11. 1 x CPU fan connector
  12. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  13. 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
  14. 1 x CD in
  15. 1 x FDD
Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x SPDIF out (optical)
  2. 1 x SPDIF out (coaxial)
  3. 1 x IEEE 1394
  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. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
  6. 1 x serial port (COM A)
  7. PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse)
  8. 1 x LPT
  9. 1 x RJ45 LAN
H/W Monitoring
  1. CPU/System fan speed detect
  2. CPU fan failure warning
  3. CPU/System warning temperature
  4. System voltage detection
  5. CPU Smart Fan control
  6. CPU temperature detection
BIOS
  1. 4 Mbit flash ROM
  2. Licensed AWARD™ BIOS
Unique Features
  1. @BIOS™
  2. Supports EasyTune
  3. Xpress™ Recovery 2
  4. Virtual Dual BIOS (Xpress BIOS Rescue)
  5. Xpress™ Install
  6. Download Center
  7. Q-Flash™
Power
  1. ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
Form Factor
  1. ATX, 305mm x 214mm
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