GA-M56S-S3 Motherboard - 10 -
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1-2 Product Specifications
CPU Support for Socket AM2 processors:
AMD Athlon
TM
64 FX processor/AMD Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core processor/
AMD Athlon
TM
64 processor/AMD Sempron
TM
processor
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Front Side Bus 2000 MHz FSB
Chipset nVIDIA
®
nForce 560 Chipset
Memory 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
(Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR2 800/667/533 MHz
memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio Realtek ALC888 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In
LAN Realtek 8211BL chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
4 x PCI slots
Storage Interface 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
IEEE 1394 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)
USB 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)
Internal Connectors 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