MODEL- GA-MA69GM-S2H      VENDOR- GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY
    
FEATURES- mATX ATI chipset Motherboard
       GIGABYTE Technology latest "S" series motherboards for AMD socket 
        AM2 platform, featuring with innovative features- Safe, Smart 
        Technologies. The new S series motherboards GA-MA69GM-S2H; 
        supporting AMD new generation AM2 processor with dual channel DDR2 
        800MHz high frequency memories, providing reliable and user 
        friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance 
        easily via personalized software settings. GIGABYTE S series 
        motherboards, the champion's choice for AMD Socket AM2 platform!
          - Supports AMD Athlon 64/Sempron Socket AM2 platform 
          - Dual-Channel DDR2 800 for outstanding system performance 
          - Integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics 
          - Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E x16 interface 
          - Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function 
          - Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE 1394 
          - Integrated ALC889A 8-Channel High Definition audio with 106 dB 
            Signal to Noise ratio, fully support Blu-ray/HD DVD playback.
          - Integrated DVI/HDMI interface with HDCP 
          - TV out cable with S-video/YPbPr interface 
          - Supports Windows Vista Premium 
* Smart
   The Smart featured motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series provide GIGABYTE 
   proprietary innovative software such as Download Center, @BIOS, Q-Flash, 
   Xpress Install, Boot menu, and Smart Fan. BIOS and driver management now 
   becomes much easier and user friendly through GIGABYTE Smart features!
    - Download Center
      Smart driver selection and download from Gigabyte's website.
    - Xpress Install
      Complete drivers installation on one simple click.
    - Smart LAN
      BIOS built-in diagnostic program to examine LAN cable connection 
      status.
    - @BIOS/Q-Flash
      Smart and automatic BIOS update via internet/BIOS built-in flash 
      utility.
    - Boot Menu
      Select boot device without entering bios setup.
    - Smart Fan
      Make your system cooler and quieter.
* Safe
   Safe is the key feature of GIGABYTE S-series motherboards with the 
   following elements: Excellent hardware design, reinforced BIOS 
   protection through GIGABYTE Virtual Dual BIOS Technology and GIGABYTE 
   BIOS Setting Recovery Technology. Unique system software such as Xpress 
   Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., and C.O.M. further 
   strengthen the stability and reliability of your PC!
    - Virtual Dual BIOS
      BIOS crash free protection with physical BIOS and Xpress BIOS Rescue.
    - BIOS Settings Recovery
      Recoverable Safe and frequently used CMOS settings.
    - HDD S.M.A.R.T.
      Hard drive "Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology" 
      support.
    - C.O.M. (Corporate Online Manager)
      System administration utility for local area network.
    - Xpress Recovery 2
      Quick system image backup and restore.
    - PC Health Monitor
      System health monitor via bios and EasyTune utility.
* Windows Vista Premium Logo Certified
   Windows Vista Premium promises to deliver a streamlined computing 
   experience designed to fundamentally change how users view, find and 
   organize their digital information. With GIGABYTE 'S' series socket 
   AM2 solutions all enabling support for Vista Premium, GIGABYTE offers a 
   fresh and unique desktop experience that will be more informative, 
   intuitive and completely new.
* AMD Validated Solution (AVS) qualified
   AMD Validated Solutions (AVS) takes the guesswork out of building and 
   selling high-quality, reliable commercial solutions based on AMD64 
   technology. GIGABYTE has teamed with AMD to offer best-of-breed 
   commercial platforms with high quality, high efficiency, and services 
   support to meet the AVS commercial stable infrastructure.
* AMD Athlon 64 FX/64 X2/64 Processor
   The leading-edge performance and unparallel technology of AMD Athlon 64 
   socket AM2 series processor has built its strength on the well-known 
   AMD64 framework which consisted of 64-bit computing platform, 
   HyperTransport Technology, and integrated memory controller. The latest 
   Athlon 64 socket AM2 processor brings the power and multitasking 
   performance on the desktop platform and ensures superior performance on 
   mission critical business applications.
* AMD 690G Chipset 
   The brand new AMD 690G chipset features ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics 
   architecture. This unique combination of Integrated Graphics Processor 
   (IGP) creates a single motherboard featuring a world-class DX9, Pixel 
   Shader V2.0, ATI Avivo Technology, ATI SurroundView Technology for 
   faster and smoother game-play, a high quality video processing engine 
   for advance quality of video and DVD playback.
* PCI Express Interface
   Revolutionary PCI Express interface provides scalable bandwidth for 
   multi-purpose usage. PCI-E x16 interface doubles the bandwidth of 
   graphics interface of previous generation thus delivering the utmost 
   gaming experience. PCI-E x1interface provides twice the bandwidth of PCI 
   interface up to 250MB/s for new generation I/O peripheral devices. 
* HDMI Interface
   HDMI is latest High-Definition Multimedia Interface, which is able to 
   provide up to 5Gb/s video transmitting bandwidth and also 8-channel high 
   quality audio. Via transmitting uncompressed digital data, HDMI is able 
   to reduce signal interference as transferring between digital and analog 
   signal, seen and heard, direct from the source. In addition, HDMI is 
   compatible with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), which
   allowing playback of Blu-ray/HD DVD and other protected contents.
* ALC889A with DTS Connect Enables a Superior Audio Experience
   - Excellent Audio Performance
     High-performance DAC (Digital-Analog Converter) with 106 dB Signal-to-
     Noise ratio playback quality, designed especially for Windows Vista 
     Premium PCs.
   - Blu-ray/HD DVD Full Rate Audio Support
     The ALC889A enables high quality Full Rate Lossless Audio for content 
     protected media and support for both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats for an 
     exhilarating home theater entertainment experience. 
   - 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Output
     The ALC889A provides support for 7.1 sound playback, plus 2 channels 
     of independent stereo output (multiple streaming) through the front 
     panel stereo outputs. 
* Gigabit LAN connectivity
   The Gigabit network interface delivers a high speed LAN connection with 
   data transfer rate up to 1000Mb/s, providing new generation connectivity 
   for the broadband era. Gigabit LAN is ideally for seamless internet 
   connection such as streaming audio and video contents.
* SATA 3Gb/s & RAID
   This platform supports reliable storage solution for enhanced data 
   protection and data accessing performance. Serial ATA 3Gb/s is firstly 
   introduced in this platform to provide blazingly 3Gb/s bus bandwidth 
   thus higher disk performance. The NVIDIA RAID allows multi-disk designs 
   to be set up as RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 based on users' priority of 
   protection/performance. This NVIDIA RAID function makes the RAID even 
   more accessible by introducing the innovative windows-based facility. 
* IEEE1394 motherboard
   This motherboard with IEEE1394 FireWire interface from Texas Instruments 
   (TI). With the transfer speed up to 400Mb/s, the new generation IEEE1394 
   interface further enhances PC connectivity with consumer electronics 
   audio/video (A/V) appliances, and storage peripherals.
     
  -- SPECIFICATIONs ----------------------------------
PROCESSOR    - AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core/
                 Athlon 64/Sempron processors.
CHIPSET      - North Bridge: AMD 690G 
               South Bridge: ATI SB600 
               Super I/O chip: ITE IT8716 
               Integrated Peripherals: Realtek RTL8110 Gigabit Ethernet 
                                       Realtek ALC889A Audio Codec 
MAIN MEMORY  - (4) 240-pin DDR2 DIMM memory slots (supports up to 16GB 
                   memory) via dual channel DDR2 800/667/533/400 DIMMs.
                   Supports 1.8V DDR2 DIMMs 
               NOTE: 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.
EXPANSION    - (2) 32-bit PCI slots
               (1) PCI-Express x16 slot
               (1) PCI-Express x4 slot
AUDIO        - Integrated Realtek ALC889A Audio Codec
VIDEO        - Integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics
ETHERNET     - Integrated Realtek RTL8110 Gigabit Ethernet 
FIREWIRE     - Integrated IEEE-1394a/FireWire
STORAGE      - (2) UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
               (4) Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors with RAID function
INTERNAL I/O - (1) 24-pin ATX power connector 
               (1) 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 
               (1) Floppy connector 
               (1) IDE connector
               (4) SATA 3Gb/s connectors 
               (1) CPU fan connector 
               (1) System fan connector 
               (1) Front panel connector 
               (1) Front audio connector 
               (1) CD In connector 
               (1) SPDIF In/Out header 
               (1) TV Out header 
               (2) IEEE 1394a headers
               (3) USB 2.0/1.1 header for additional 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 
                   by cables.
               (1) Parallel port header 
               (1) Serial port header 
               (1) Power LED header 
               (1) Chassis Intrusion header 
REAR PANEL I/O-
               (2) PS/2 ports for Keyboard/Mouse 
               (1) 15-pin VGA port
               (1) DVI-D port (does NOT support VGA port by adaptor)
               (1) HDMI port
               (1) Optical SPDIF Out port
               (1) IEEE-1394a/FireWire port
               (4) USB 2.0/1.1 ports 
               (1) RJ45 port 
               (6) Audio ports (Line In/Line Out/MIC In/Surround Speaker 
                   Out (Rear Speaker Out)/Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Side 
                   Speaker Out).
HARDWARE MONITORING-
               System voltage detection 
               CPU/System temperature detection 
               CPU/System fan speed detection 
               CPU/System warning temperature 
               CPU fan failure warning 
               Supports CPU/System Smart Fan function (Note 3) 
                  (Note 3) Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is 
                           supported will depend on the CPU you install. 
BIOS         - 4Mbit flash ROM 
               Use of licensed AWARD BIOS 
               PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b 
MISCELLANEOUS- Supports @BIOS 
               Supports Download Center 
               Supports Q-Flash 
               Supports EasyTune (only supports Hardware Monitor function)
               Supports Xpress Install 
               Supports Xpress Recovery2 
               Supports Xpress BIOS Rescue 
POWER        - ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector 
DIMENSIONS   - microATX (24.4cm x 24.4cm)
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