Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (rev. 1.0) Realtek Audio Driver

Specifications:

CPU
1. Support for an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor/ Intel Core 2 Quad processor/Intel Core 2 Duo processor/ Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor/Intel Celeron processor in the LGA 775 package
(Note) This motherboard is designed with VRD11.1 power phase, and cannot be compatible with VRD10 designed CPU. Please refer to "CPU Support List" for details.
2. L2 cache varies with CPU

Front Side Bus
1. 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

Chipset
1. North Bridge: Intel P45 Express Chipset
2. South Bridge: Intel ICH10R

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 1333+/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules
(Refer to Memory support list for more information)

Audio
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby Home Theater
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In

LAN
1. 4 x Realtek 8111C chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
2. Support for Teaming

Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8
(The PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slots support ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3. 2 x PCI Express x4 slots
4. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
5. 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 2 x SiI5723 chips (Smart Backup): -4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GS0-Source, GS1, GS2-Source, GS3) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Support for Smart Backup (RAID 1)

iTE IT8720 chip:
1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

IEEE 1394a
1. T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
2. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports
(via the IEEE 1394a brackets connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)

USB
1. Integrated in the South Bridge
2. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
(8 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 floppy disk drive connector
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 10 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
6. 1 x CPU fan header
7. 2 x system fan headers
8. 1 x power fan header
9. 1 x front panel header
10. 1 x front panel audio header
11. 1 x CD In connector
12. 1 x S/PDIF In header
13. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
14. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
15. 3 x IEEE 1394a headers
16. 1 x serial port header
17. 1 x chassis intrusion header
18. 1 x power LED header
19. 1 x power switch
20. 1 x reset switch
21. 1 x clearing CMOS switch

Back Panel Connectors
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
3. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
4. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
5. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
6. 4 x RJ-45 ports
7. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller
1. iTE IT8720 chip

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

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

Unique Features
1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Quad BIOS
4. Support for Download Center
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for EasyTune
8. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
9. Support for Ultra TPM
10. Support for Time Repair
11. Support for Q-Share

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

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