2012-05-08
GIGABYTE® "S Series" G41 & ICH7 Express Chipset - Socket LGA775
Intel®G41 + ICH7 Chipset
- Revolution energy saving design with DES Advanced featuring hardware based Dynamic switching.
- Ultra Durable 2 design in CPU VRM
- Supports 45nm Intel Core 2 multi-core processors with FSB 1333 MHz
- Dual channel DDR2 800 for remarkable system performance
- Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 (DirectX 10)
- Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet.
- Home theater quality 8-channel High Definition Audio
- Features smoother HD video playback and Blu-ray/ HD DVD support
- Integrated HDMI/ DVI interface for Full HD 1080 Blu-ray playback with HDCP
- Patented DualBIOS with dual hardware BIOS protection
| 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. North Bridge: Intel® G41 Chipset 2. South Bridge: Intel® ICH7 |
| Memory | 1. 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory (Note 1) 2. Dual channel memory architecture 3. Support for DDR2 800/667 MHz memory modules |
| Onboard Graphics | North Bridge: 1. 1 x D-Sub port 2. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2) SiI1392 chip*: 1. 1 x HDMI port* |
| Audio | 1. Realtek ALC888 codec 2. High Definition Audio 3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel 4. Support for S/PDIF In/Out 5. Support for CD In |
| LAN | 1. Realtek 8110SC chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) |
| Expansion Slots | 1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (Refer to the graphics cards support list.) 2. 3 x PCI slots |
| Storage Interface | South Bridge: 1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices 2. 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices iTE IT8718 chip: 1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive |
| USB | 1. Integrated in the South Bridge 2. Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 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 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector 4. 1 x IDE connector 5. 4 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 header 12. 1 x S/PDIF Out header 13. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 14. 1 x serial port header 15. 1 x power LED header 16. 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 D-Sub port 4. 1 x DVI-D port 5. 1 x HDMI port 6. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector 7. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 8. 1 x RJ-45 port 9. 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 3) |
| 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 Virtual Dual BIOS 4. Support for Download Center 5. Support for Xpress Install 6. Support for Xpress Recovery2 7. Support for EasyTune (Note 4) 8. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced 9. Support for Time Repair 10. Support for Q-Share |
| Bundle 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 20.7cm |
| 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. Due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If some vendors still has Win9X/ME drivers available, we will publish on website. |
| 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. |
