GA-MA770-ES3 (rev. 1.0)
Specification
AMD 770 + SB710 Chipset
- CPUCPU
- Support for Socket AM3 / AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX processor/ AMD Phenom™ X4 processor/ AMD Phenom™ X3 processor/ AMD Athlon™ X2 processor/ AMD Athlon™ processor/ AMD Sempron™ X2 processor/ AMD Sempron™ processor
- Hyper Transport BusHyper Transport Bus
- 5200 MT/s
- ChipsetChipset
- North Bridge: AMD 770
- South Bridge: AMD SB710
- MemoryMemory
- 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory (Note1)
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR2 1200(OC)/1066/800 MHz memory modules
- Support ECC memory modules (Note 2)
- AudioAudio
- Realtek ALC888 codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note 3)
- Support for S/PDIF In/Out
- Support for CD In
- LANLAN
- Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
- Expansion SlotsExpansion Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIE_16)
(The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) - 4 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 2 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIE_16)
- Storage InterfaceStorage InterfaceSouth Bridge:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
- USBUSBIntegrated 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 ConnectorsInternal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 4-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
- 1 x clearing CMOS jumper
- Back Panel ConnectorsBack Panel Connectors
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x parallel port
- 1 x serial port
- 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
- 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 1 x RJ-45 port
- 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
- I/O ControllerI/O Controller
- iTE IT8720 chip
- H/W MonitoringH/W MonitoringSystem voltage detection:
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
- CPU fan speed control (Note 4)
- BIOSBIOS
- 2 x 8 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
- Support DualBIOS™
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
- Unique FeaturesUnique Features
- Support for @BIOS
- Support for Download Center
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
- Support for Xpress Install
- Support for Xpress Recovery2
- Support for Virtual Dual BIOS
- Support for Easy Energy Saver
- Bundled SoftwareBundled Software
- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
- Operating SystemOperating System
- Support for Microsoft® Windows Vista/XP
- Form FactorForm Factor
- ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 19.0cm
- NoteNote(Note 1) Due to Windows® XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
(Note 2) Use of a CPU that supports ECC is required if you wish to install ECC memory.
(Note 3) To enable 7.1-channedl audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
(Note 4) Whether the CPU/ system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/ system cooler you installed.
(Note 5) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. - RemarkRemark
- Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
- Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.

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* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.
