Intel® X38 + ICH9R Chipset
 
  • CPU
    CPU
    1. Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium processor Extreme Edition/ Intel® Pentium D processor/ Intel® Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition/ Intel® Pentium 4 processor in the LGA 775 package
    2. Support for Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
    3. Support 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
  • Chipset
    Chipset
    1. Northbridge: Intel® X38 Express Chipset
    2. Southbridge: Intel® ICH9R
    3. T.I IEEE 1394 Controller
    4. Gigabit Lan Controller
    5. 8 Channels ALC889A Audio controller
  • Memory
    Memory
    1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory
    2. Dual channel memory architecture
    3. Support for DDR3 1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800MHz, non ECC memory modules
    4. Support Intel® XMP Memory controller
    * Please refer "Memory Support List" for memory support information.
  • Audio
    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
  • LAN
    LAN
    1. 2 x Realtek 8111B chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
  • Expansion Slots
    Expansion Slots
    1. 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (The PCIE_16_1 slot supports x16; the PCIE_16_2 supports x16.)
    2. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots (share with the PCIE_16_2 slot)
    3. 2 x PCI slots
  • Storage Interface
    Storage Interface
    South Bridge:
    1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
    2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
    GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
    1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
    2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAIIA, GSATAIIB) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
    3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
    iTE IT8718 chip:
    1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
  • USB
    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)
  • IEEE 1394
    IEEE 1394
    1. T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
    2. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)
  • Internal I/O Connectors
    Internal I/O Connectors
    1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
    2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
    3. 1 x 4-pin PCIe 12V power connector
    4. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
    5. 1 x IDE connector
    6. 8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
    7. 1 x CPU fan header
    8. 2 x system fan headers
    9. 1 x power fan header
    10. 1 x North Bridge fan header
    11. 1 x front panel header
    12. 1 x front panel audio header
    13. 1 x CD In connector
    14. 1 x S/PDIF In header
    15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
    16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
    17. 1 x IEEE 1394a headers
    18. 1 x parallel port header
    19. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
    20. 1 x serial port header
    21. 1 x power LED header
    22. 1 x chassis intrusion header
  • Back Panel Connectors
    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. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
    5. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
    6. 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
    7. 2 x RJ-45 port
    8. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
  • I/O Controller
    I/O Controller
    1. iTE IT8718 chip
  • H/W Monitoring
    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 fan speed control
  • BIOS
    BIOS
    1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
    2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
    3. Support for Dual BIOSTM
    4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
  • Form Factor
    Form Factor
    1. ATX form factor, 305 x 244mm
  • Other Features
    Other Features
    1. Ultra Durable 2 Motherboard
    2. All copper Silent Pipe and Crazy Cool
    3. All Japanese manufactured solid capacitors with SMD (Surface Mount Device)
    4. Over-clocking Enhanced
    5. Support for @BIOS
    6. Support for Download Center
    7. Support for Q-Flash
    8. Support for EasyTune
    9. Support for Xpress Install
    10. Support for Xpress Recovery2
  • Note
    Note
    1. To enable Teaming or Bonding (IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation) feature, it is required the connected network switch or router device supports 802.3.ad LACP function.
      Please refer to your network switch or router device manual for further details.
  • Remark
    Remark
    1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
    2. 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.
    3. Duo to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.

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