Owner's Manual

GA-MA78G-DS3H/DS3HP Motherboard - 12 -
1-2 Product Specifications
CPU  Support for Socket AM2+/AM2 processors:
AMD Phenom
TM
FX processor/AMD Phenom
TM
X4 processor/
AMD Phenom
TM
X3 processor/AMD Athlon
TM
X2 processor/
AMD Athlon
TM
processor/AMD Sempron
TM
X2 processor/
AMD Sempron
TM
processor
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Hyper Transport Bus  5200/2000 MT/s
Chipset  North Bridge: AMD 780G
 South Bridge: AMD SB700
Memory  4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
(Note 1)
 Dual channel memory architecture
 Support for DDR2 1066
(Note 2)
/800/667 MHz memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio  Realtek ALC889A codec
 High Definition Audio
 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
 Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
(Note 3)
 Support for S/PDIF In/Out
 Support for CD In
LAN  Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots  1 x PCI Express x16 slot
(Note 4)
, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1)
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1)
(The PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX4_1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
 3 x PCI Express x1 slots (The PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots share the
same PCIe bus with the PCIEX4_1 slot)
(Note 5)
 2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface  South 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, RAID 10 and JBOD
 iTE IT8718 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
IEEE 1394  T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
 Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 2 via the IEEE 1394a bracket
connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)
USB  Integrated in the South Bridge
 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)