Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4 Intel ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Driver 8.5.0.1032

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. 2 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. 1 x PCI Express x4 slot

4. 3 x PCI Express x1 slot

5. 1 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



iTE IT8213 chip:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices



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

(2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)



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. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors

6. 1 x CPU fan header

7. 3 x system fan headers

8. 1 x power fan header

9. 1 x North Bridge fan header

10. 1 x front panel header

11. 1 x front panel audio header

12. 1 x CD In connector

13. 1 x S/PDIF In header

14. 1 x S/PDIF Out header

15. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

16. 1 x IEEE 1394a header

17. 1 x serial port header

18. 1 x power LED header

19. 1 x chassis intrusion header

20. 1 x power switch

21. 1 x reset switch

22. 1 x clearing CMOS switch



Back Panel Connectors   

1. 1 x PS/2 mouse port

2. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/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. 2 x IEEE 1394a ports

7. 2 x RJ-45 ports

8. 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 Dual 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 Time Repair

10. Support for Q-Share



Bundled Software   

1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)



Form Factor   

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm





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