Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2 (rev. 3.0) AMD Chipset Driver 8.591 for

CPU    
1. Support for AM3/AM2+/AM2 processors: AMD Phenom II processor/AMD Phenom processor /AMD Athlon II processor/AMD Athlon processor/AMD Sempron processor 

Hyper Transport Bus    
1. 2000 MT/s 

Chipset    
1. North Bridge: AMD 740G
2. South Bridge: AMD SB710 

Memory    
1. 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz memory modules 

Onboard Graphics    
1. Integrated in the North Bridge 

Audio    
1. Realtek ALC888B codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for S/PDIF Out
5. Support for CD In 

LAN    
1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) 

Expansion Slots    
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. 2 x PCI slots 

Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1. 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
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 

iTE IT8718 chip:
1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive 

USB
Integrated in the South Bridge
1. 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) 

Internal I/O Connectors    
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
6. 1 x CPU fan header
7. 1 x system fan header
8. 1 x front panel header
9. 1 x front panel audio header
10. 1 x CD In connector
11. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
12. 1 x Serial port header
13. 1 x chassis intrusion header
14. 1 x power LED header
15. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper 

Back Panel Connectors    
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse port
2. 1 x Parallel port
3. 1 x D-Sub port
4. 1 x DVI-D port
5. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
6. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
7. 1 x RJ-45 port
8. 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone) 

I/O Controller    
1. ITE IT8718 chip 

H/W Monitoring
System voltage detection
1. CPU/System temperature detection
2. CPU/System fan speed detection
3. CPU overheating warning
4. CPU/System fan fail warning
5. CPU/System fan speed control

BIOS    
1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support DualBIOS
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b 

Unique Features    
1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Download Center
3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
4. Support for Q-Flash
5. Support for EasyTune
6. Support for Xpress Install
7. Support for Xpress Recovery2 

Bundle Software    
1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version) 

Form Factor    
1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 23.4cm 



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