GIGABYTE GA-EP45 Extreme

GA-EP45-EXTREME (rev. 1. 0) Help Intel® P45 + ICH10R Chipset Revolution energy saving design with DES Advanced featuring hardware based Dynamic 6-Gear switching Supports 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 multi-core processors with FSB 1600 MHz Deal channel DDR2 1200 for remarkable system performance Advanced power phase design with virtual 12 power phases to provides highly efficient operation for 45nm CPU Embedded 2 power phases for NB chipset and 2 phases for memory power to excel at power efficiency 2 PCI-E 2. 0 x16 graphic interface plus PCI-E x4 with CrossFireX ™ support for ultimate graphics performance Hardware Overvoltage Control IC Provides more voltage control options on CPU, North bridge and memory All Copper Heat pipe/Heat sink connecting NB, SB, and MOSFET and extra Hybrid Silent-Pipe design provides 30% cooler thermal performance Professed onboard Debug LED and OV-Alert LED, OC-Alert LED, TMP-Alert LED allows user to easily catch on to PC status 2 Gigabit Ethernet LAN with Teaming functionality Supports Dolby Home Theater® audio to create a stunning surround sound listening experience. DualBIOS solution gives a multiple security to the system Power/reset/Clr CMOS onboard button for easily operation on th workbench Maximum CPU keep out zone for extreme CPU cooling Blu-ray playback outputs supported by high quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio (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. Specifications CPU 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. L2 cache varies with CPU Front Side Bus 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB Chipset North Bridge: Intel® P45 Express Chipset South Bridge: Intel® ICH10R Memory 4 x 1. 8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules (Refer to Memory support list for more information) Audio Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5. 1/7. 1-channel Support for Dolby Home Theater Support for S/PDIF In/Out Support for CD In LAN 2 x Realtek 8111C chips (10/100/1000 Mbit) Support for Teaming Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 1 x PCI Express x8 slot (The PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slots support ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2. 0 standard. ) 1 x PCI Express x4 slots 1 x PCI Express x1 slot 3 x PCI slots Storage Interface South Bridge: 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 iTE IT8213 chip: 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices iTE IT8720 chip: 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive IEEE 1394a T. 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TSB43AB23 chip Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (via the IEEE 1394a brackets connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers) USB Integrated in the South Bridge 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 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 3 x IEEE 1394a headers 1 x serial port header 1 x chassis intrusion header 1 x power LED header 1 x power switch 1 x reset switch Back Panel Connectors 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector 1 x clearing CMOS switch 8 x USB 2. 0/1. 1 ports 2 x RJ-45 ports 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/System fan speed control BIOS 2 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Support for DualBIOS™ PnP 1. 0a, DMI 2. 0, SM BIOS 2. 4, ACPI 1. 0b Unique Features Support for @BIOS Support for Q-Flash Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Support for Download Center Support for Xpress Install Support for Xpress Recovery2 Support for EasyTune Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced Support for Time Repair Support for Q-Share Bundle Software Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Operating System Support for Microsoft/ Windows/ Vista/XP Form Factor ATX Form Factor; 30. 5cm x 24. 4cm Remark Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website. Due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If some vendors still has Win9X/ME drivers available, we will publish on website.