Monday, October 26, 2009

Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L Bios F9c Beta

CPU   

1. Support for an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor/ Intel Core 2 Quad processor/Intel Core 2 Duo processor/ Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor/Intel Celeron processor in the LGA 775 package

(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.

2. L2 cache varies with CPU



Front Side Bus   

1. 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB



Chipset   

1. North Bridge: Intel P43 Express Chipset

2. South Bridge: Intel ICH10



Memory   

1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory

2. Dual channel memory architecture

3. Support for DDR2 1200+/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules

(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)



Audio   

1. Realtek ALC888 codec

2. High Definition Audio

3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

4. Support for S/PDIF In/Out

5. Support for CD In



LAN   

1. Realtek 8111C chip (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 slots

3. 2 x PCI slots



Storage Interface

South Bridge:

1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices



JMicron 368 chip:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices



iTE IT8718 chip:

1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive



USB   

1. Integrated in the South Bridge

2. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)



Internal I/O Connectors   

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector

4. 1 x IDE connector

5. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors

6. 1 x CPU fan header

7. 2 x system fan headers

8. 1 x power fan header

9. 1 x front panel header

10. 1 x front panel audio header

11. 1 x CD In connector

12. 1 x S/PDIF In header

13. 1 x S/PDIF Out header

14. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

15. 1 x parallel port header

16. 1 x serial port header

17. 1 x power LED header

18. 1 x chassis intrusion header



Back Panel Connectors

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port

2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port

3. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector

4. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

5. 1 x RJ-45 ports

6. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)



I/O Controller   

1. iTE IT8718 chip



H/W Monitoring   

1. System voltage detection

2. CPU/System temperature detection

3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection

4. CPU overheating warning

5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning

6. CPU/System fan speed control



BIOS

1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash

2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS

3. Support for DualBIOS

4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b



Unique Features   

1. Support for @BIOS

2. Support for Q-Flash

3. Support for Virtual Dual BIOS

4. Support for Download Center

5. Support for Xpress Install

6. Support for Xpress Recovery2

7. Support for EasyTune

8. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced

9. Support for Time Repair

10. Support for Q-Share



Bundle Software   

1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)



Form Factor

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm







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