GA-P31-DS3L GIGABYTE MAINBOARD

Supports Intel® Core™ 2 multi-core and 45nm processors
Dual Channel DDR2 1066(O.C.) for remarkable system performance
Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E x16 interface
Integrated high speed SATA 3Gb/s
Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet connection
Home theater quality 8-channel High Definition Audio
All-Solid capacitor motherboard design

Features and benefits

Specifications

CPU Support
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/ Intel® Celeron processor in the LGA 775 package
Support for Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
L2 cache varies with CPU

Front Side Bus 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

Chipset
North Bridge: Intel® P31 Express Chipset
South Bridge: Intel® ICH7

Memory
- 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of system memory (Note 1)
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR2 (1066)/800/667 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
*Because of chipset limitations, do not populate both DIMM sockets of the same channel (e.g. DDR and DDR2), or populate 4 DIMM sockets with double-sided memory modules to prevent system's failure to start or incorrect detection of memory modules. Please refer to the user manual for the memory configurations table.

* Because of chipset limitations, when using FSB 1333 MHz CPU with populating all DIMM sockets, memory frequency will be reduced from the original, and system instability or incorrect detection of memory module may be occur. Please refer "Memory Support List" for memory support information.

(Note 1)Based on 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. For example, 4 GB of memory size will instead be shown as 3.xx GB during system startup.
(Note 2)Some memory configurations will result in memory frequency being reduced from the original frequency.

Audio
- Realtek ALC888 codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for S/PDIF In/Out
- Support for CD In

LAN RTL 8111B chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 3 x PCI slots

Storage Interface
- South Bridge:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- iTE IT8718 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB
- Integrated in the South Bridge
Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 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 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector
- 1 x IDE connector
- 4 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 chassis intrusion header
- 1 x power LED header

Back Panel Connectors
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port Connectors
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x parallel port
- 1 x serial port
- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 1 x RJ-45 port
- 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker
Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O ControlleriTE IT8718 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 fan speed control

BIOS
- 1 x 4 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features
- Support for @BIOS
- Support for Download Center
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for EasyTune (Note 3)
- Support for Xpress Install
- Support for Xpress Recovery2
- Support for Virtual Dual BIOS

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