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GA-E7AUM-DS2H (Rev. 1.0)

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 chipset
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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 processo/Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package
    2. L2 cache varies with CPU
  • Front Side Bus
    1. 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
  • Chipset
    1. NVIDIA® GeForce 9400
  • Memory
    1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1)
    2. Dual channel memory architecture
    3. Support for DDR2 800/667 MHz memory modules
  • Onboard Graphics
  • Chipset:
    1. 1 x D-Sub port
    2. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2)
    3. 1 x HDMI port (Note 3)
  • 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. Realtek 8211CL chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
  • Expansion Slots
    1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (The PCI Express x16 slot supports NVIDIA Hybrid SLI (Note 4) technology and conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
    2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
    3. 2 x PCI slots
  • Storage Interface
  • Chipset:
    1. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices (Note 5)
    2. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s device
    3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD
    JMicron 368 chip:
    1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
    iTE IT8718 chip:
    1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
  • USB
    1. Integrated in the chipset
    2. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, 6 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
  • IEEE 1394a
  • T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
    1. Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket
  • 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. 5 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. 1 x S/PDIF In/Out header
    12. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
    13. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
    14. 1 x parallel port header
    15. 1 x serial port header
    16. 1 x power LED header
    17. 1 x chassis intrusion header
  • Back Panel Connectors
    1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
    2. 1 x D-Sub port
    3. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2)
    4. 1 x HDMI port (Note 3)
    5. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
    6. 1 x IEEE 1394a port
    7. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
    8. 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
    9. 1 x RJ-45 port
    10. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line out/Microphone)
  • I/O Controller
    1. iTE IT8718 chip
  • H/W Monitoring
    1. System voltage detection
    2. CPU/System temperature detection
    3. CPU/System fan speed detection
    4. CPU overheating warning
    5. CPU/System fan fail warning
    6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 6)
  • BIOS
    1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
    2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
    3. Support for DualBIOSTM
    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 Virtual Dual BIOS
    4. Support for Download Center
    5. Support for Xpress Install
    6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
    7. Support for EasyTune (Note 7)
    8. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
  • Bundled Software
    1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
  • Operating System
    1. Support for Microsoft® Windows Vista/XP
  • Form Factor
    1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm
  • Note
  • (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
    (Note 2) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
    (Note 3) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported.
    (Note 4) Whether Hybird SLI technology is supported depends on the graphics card being used.
    (Note 5) Due to a chipset limitation, the SATA2_3 and SATA2_4 connectors only support AHCI/RAID mode.
    (Note 6) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.
    (Note 7) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
  • Remark
    1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
    2. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.
    • CPU
      1. Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processo/Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package
      2. L2 cache varies with CPU
    • Front Side Bus
      1. 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
    • Chipset
      1. NVIDIA® GeForce 9400
    • Memory
      1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1)
      2. Dual channel memory architecture
      3. Support for DDR2 800/667 MHz memory modules
    • Onboard Graphics
    • Chipset:
      1. 1 x D-Sub port
      2. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2)
      3. 1 x HDMI port (Note 3)
    • 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. Realtek 8211CL chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
    • Expansion Slots
      1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (The PCI Express x16 slot supports NVIDIA Hybrid SLI (Note 4) technology and conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
      2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
      3. 2 x PCI slots
    • Storage Interface
    • Chipset:
      1. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices (Note 5)
      2. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s device
      3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD
      JMicron 368 chip:
      1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
      iTE IT8718 chip:
      1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
    • USB
      1. Integrated in the chipset
      2. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, 6 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
    • IEEE 1394a
    • T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
      1. Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket
    • 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. 5 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. 1 x S/PDIF In/Out header
      12. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
      13. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
      14. 1 x parallel port header
      15. 1 x serial port header
      16. 1 x power LED header
      17. 1 x chassis intrusion header
    • Back Panel Connectors
      1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
      2. 1 x D-Sub port
      3. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2)
      4. 1 x HDMI port (Note 3)
      5. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
      6. 1 x IEEE 1394a port
      7. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
      8. 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
      9. 1 x RJ-45 port
      10. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line out/Microphone)
    • I/O Controller
      1. iTE IT8718 chip
    • H/W Monitoring
      1. System voltage detection
      2. CPU/System temperature detection
      3. CPU/System fan speed detection
      4. CPU overheating warning
      5. CPU/System fan fail warning
      6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 6)
    • BIOS
      1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
      2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
      3. Support for DualBIOSTM
      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 Virtual Dual BIOS
      4. Support for Download Center
      5. Support for Xpress Install
      6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
      7. Support for EasyTune (Note 7)
      8. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
    • Bundled Software
      1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
    • Operating System
      1. Support for Microsoft® Windows Vista/XP
    • Form Factor
      1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm
    • Note
    • (Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
      (Note 2) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
      (Note 3) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported.
      (Note 4) Whether Hybird SLI technology is supported depends on the graphics card being used.
      (Note 5) Due to a chipset limitation, the SATA2_3 and SATA2_4 connectors only support AHCI/RAID mode.
      (Note 6) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.
      (Note 7) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
    • Remark
      1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
      2. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.

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