Product Specifications - Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 User Manual

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Product Specifications

CPU
Front Side Bus
Chipset
Memory
Audio
LAN
Expansion Slots
Storage Interface
IEEE 1394
USB
Internal Connectors
GA-M56S-S3 Motherboard
Support for Socket AM2 processors:
AMD Athlon 64 FX processor/AMD Athlon
TM
AMD Athlon 64 processor/AMD Sempron
TM
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
2000 MHz FSB
nVIDIA nForce 560 Chipset
®
4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR2 800/667/533 MHz memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Realtek ALC888 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In
Realtek 8211BL chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
4 x PCI slots
Chipset:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE
devices
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5
iTE IT8716 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 2 via the IEEE 1394 bracket
connected to the internal IEEE 1394 headers)
Integrated in the Chipset
Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 6 via the USB brackets
connected to the internal USB headers)
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
1 x system fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x CD In connector
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64 X2 Dual-Core processor/
TM
processor
TM
(Note 1)