Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (rev. 1.0) AMD Chipset Driver

CPU    
1. Support for Socket AM3 / AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD PhenomFX processor/ AMD Phenom processor/ AMD Athlon 64 FX processor/AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/AMD Athlon 64 processor/AMD Sempron processor 

Hyper Transport Bus    
1. 5200/2000 MT/s 

Chipset    
1. North Bridge: AMD 790FX
2. South Bridge: AMD SB600 

Memory    
1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz memory modules
4. Support ECC Memory

Audio    
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for DTS (dts NEO:PC)
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In 

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

Expansion Slots    
1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots (PCIE_16_A, PCIE_16_B) supporting ATI CrossFireX technology (The PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2. 2 x PCI Express x8 slots (PCIE_8_A, PCIE_8_B) supporting ATI CrossFireX technology
3. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
4. 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
2. 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 

2 x GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
1. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII_1, GSATAII_2) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s ports on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD 

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

IEEE 1394
T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
1. 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
1. Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, 4 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 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x 4-pin PCIe 12V power connector
4. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
5. 1 x IDE connector
6. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
7. 1 x CPU fan header
8. 2 x system fan headers
9. 1 x power fan header
10. 1 x North Bridge fan header
11. 1 x front panel header
12. 1 x front panel audio header
13. 1 x CD In connector
14. 1 x S/PDIF In header
15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
17. 2 x IEEE 1394a headers
18. 1 x parallel port header
19. 1 x power LED header
20. 1 x chassis intrusion header 

Back Panel Connectors    
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
3. 1 x serial port
4. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
5. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
6. 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
7. 1 x IEEE 1394a ports
8. 2 x RJ-45 port
9. 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s ports
10. 6 audio jacks (Line In / Line Out / MIC In/Surround Speaker Out (Rear Speaker Out) / Center / Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out) 

I/O Controller    
1. iTE IT8718 chip 

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

BIOS    
1. 2 x 4 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support for Dual BIOS
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 Q-Flash
4. Support for EasyTune
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for Virtual Dual BIOS 

Bundle Software    
1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version) 

Form Factor    
1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm 

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