GIGABYTE S series motherboards, the champion's choice for AMD AM2+ platform!
1. Supports AMD Athlon/ Sempron processors
2. Solid capacitors design in CPU VRM
3. Dual Channel DDR2 1066 for remarkable system performance
4. Integrated ATI Radeon HD3200-based graphics (DX10)
5. Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E 2.0 x16 interface with ATI Hybrid CrossFireX support
6. Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
7. Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE1394
8. High quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio
9. Integrated HDMI/ DVI interface with HDCP
10. Supports Windows Vista Premium
The GA-MA78GM-S2H is GIGABYTEs next generation, high performance platform based on the new AMD 780G Chipset and support for the new AMD Phenom quad-core processors, with the latest AM2+ platform support, integrated DDR2 1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 technology links and 128-bit Floating Point Units. In addition, GA-MA78GM-S2H features with two innovative S features - Safe, Smart technologies, further providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings.
Specifications
Processor :
Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenom FX processor/ AMD Phenom X4 processor/ AMD Phenom X3 processor/ AMD Athlon X2 processor/ AMD Athlon processor/ AMD Sempron processor
Hyper Transport Bus
1. 5200/2000 MT/s
Chipset :
1. North Bridge: AMD 780G
2. South Bridge Chipset: AMD SB700
Memory :
1. 4 x 1.8v DDR2 DIMM memory slots (supports up to 16GB memory)(Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules
(Note 1) Due to the limitation of Windows 32-bit operating system, when more than 4GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory available for the operating system will be less than 4GB; Windows 64-bit operating system doesn't have such limitation.
(Note 2) Whether 1066 MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU being used.
Audio :
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for DTS (dts NEO:PC)
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In
Expansion Slots :
1. 1 PCI Express x 16 slot
2. 1 PCI Express x 4 slot
3. 2 PCI slot
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. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. 2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface :
South Bridge :
1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4) supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s device
4. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10
iTE IT8718 chip :
1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
IEEE 1394 :
1. Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)
USB :
1. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 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. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
6. 1 x CPU fan header
7. 1 x system fan header
8. 1 x front panel header
9. 1 x North Bridge fan header
10. 1 x front panel audio header
11. 1 x CD In connector
12. 1 x S/PDIF In/Out header
13. 1x IEEE 1394a header
14. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
15. 1 x parallel port header
16. 1 x serial port header
17. 1 x chassis intrusion header
18. 1 x power LED header
Back Panel Connectors :
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
3. 1 x D-Sub port
4. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 3)
5. 1 x HDMI port
6. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
7. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
8. 1 x IEEE 1394a port
9. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
10. 1 x RJ-45 port
11. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
(Note 3) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
H/W Monitoring :
1. CPU/System temperature detection
2. CPU/System fan speed detection
3. CPU overheating warning
4. CPU/System fan fail warning
5. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4)
(Note 4) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/ system cooler you install
Unique Features :
1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Download Center
3. Support for Q-Flash
4. Support for EasyTune
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for Virtual Dual BIOS
Operating System :
1. Support for Microsoft Windows Vista/ XP
Form Factor :
1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm
