Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P 8GB DDR2 AMD Motherboard

GIGABYTE's GA-M68M-S2P  AMD motherboards are ready to support the new generation of AMD Phenom  II X 6 processors, delivering the very best platform for multitasking, multimedia and high performance gaming.

On/Off Charge Support
GIGABYTE On/Off Charge technology that enables faster iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch charging. A derivative of GIGABYTE's highly acclaimed 3x USB Power feature, On/Off Charge technology allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices to draw more current from GIGABYTE motherboard USB ports than standard USB ports allow, with the added benefit that the PC can be on, in standby mode or even off

Supports next generation of 45nm AMD AM3 CPU
AMD AM3 CPU 45nm Ready.This motherboard features Split Power Plane, 3+1 phase VRM to support AMD's latest 45nm AM3 Athlon II/ Phenom II series processors, delivering greater performance enhancements and the ultimate in hardware scalability.

Smart
The Smart featured motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series provide GIGABYTE proprietary innovative software such as Download Center, BIOS, Q-Flash, Xpress Install, Boot menu, and Smart Fan. BIOS and driver management now becomes much easier and user friendly through GIGABYTE Smart features

Safe
Safe is the key feature of GIGABYTE S-series motherboards with the following elements: Excellent hardware design, reinforced BIOS protection through GIGABYTE Virtual Dual BIOS Technology and GIGABYTE BIOS Setting Recovery Technology. Unique system software such as Xpress Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., and C.O.M. further strengthen the stability and reliability of your PC

NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a GPU
The brand new NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA  nForce 630aGPU features CineFX  3.0 Engine. This unique combination of 7025 GPU creates a single motherboard featuring a world-class DX9, Shader Model 3.0 GPU for faster and smoother game-play, a high quality video processing engine for advance quality of video and DVD playback.

PCI Express Interface
Revolutionary PCI Express interface provides scalable bandwidth for multi-purpose usage. PCI-E x16 interface doubles the bandwidth of graphics interface of previous generation thus delivering the utmost gaming experience. PCI-E x1interface provides twice the bandwidth of PCI interface up to 250MB/s for new generation I/O peripheral devices.

Dual Channel DDR2 1066 MHz
Experience the advanced technology of DDR2 1066  memory, featuring faster speeds and higher data bandwidth, which delivers superior performance for the most demanding applications.

SATA 3Gb/s & RAID
This platform supports reliable storage solution for enhanced data protection and data accessing performance. Serial ATA 3Gb/s is firstly introduced in this platform to provide blazingly 3Gb/s bus bandwidth thus higher disk performance. The NVIDIA® RAID allows multi-disk designs to be set up as RAID 0, 1, based on users' priority of protection/ performance. This NVIDIA RAID function makes the RAID even more accessible by introducing the innovative windows-based facility.

DualBIOS - Patented Dual Hardware BIOS Protection
DualBIOS is a GIGABYTE patented technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when main BIOS has crashed or failed. Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating.

Technical Details

Model

• Brand : Gigabyte
• Model : GA-M68M-S2P

CPU

• Support for AM3/AM2+/AM2 processors: AMD Phenom II processor/ AMD Phenom processor/AMD Athlon II processor/ AMD Athlon processor/AMD Sempron processor

Hyper Transport Bus 2000 MT/s

• Chipset NVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a chipset
   

Memory

• 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8GB of system memory (Note 1)
• Dual channel memory architecture.
• Support for DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz memory modules

Audio

• Realtek ALC888B codec
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note 2)
• Support for S/PDIF In/Out
• Support for CD In
   

LAN

• Onboard Realtek RTL8211CL (10/100/1000Mbit)
   

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
• 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
• 2 x PCI slots

Interface

• 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
• 4x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD

iTE IT8718 chip:

• 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
   

USB

• Integrated in the NVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a chipset
• 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 24-pin ATX power connector
• 1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 1 floppy connector
• 1 IDE connectors
• 4 SATA 3Gb/s connectors
• 1 CPU fan connector
• 1 system fan connector
• 1 front panel connector
• 1 front panel audio connector
• 1 x surround/center audio header
• 1 CD In connector
• 1 SPDIF In/Out connector
• 2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional
• 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables
• 1 Chassis Intrusion connector
• 1 Power LED connector
   

Back Panel Connectors

• 1 PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 PS/2 mouse port
• 1 parallel port
• 1 x serial port
• 1 x D-Sub port
• 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 RJ-45 port 3 audio jacks (Line In / Line Out / MIC In)
   

I/O Controller

• iTE IT8718 chip
   

H/W Monitoring

• System voltage detection
• CPU / System temperature detection
• CPU / System fan speed detection
• CPU / System warning temperature ]
• CPU / System fan failure warning
• CPU fan speed control (Note 3)

BIOS

• 2 x 8 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
• Support for DualBIOSTM
• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b
   

Other Features

• Supports @BIOS
• Supports Q-Flash
• Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
• Supports Download Center
• Supports Xpress Install
• Supports Xpress Recovery2
• Supports EasyTune(Note 4)
   

Bundle Software

• Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System

• Support for Microsoft Windows Vista/XP
   

Form Factor

• Micro ATX form factor; 24.4cm x 22.5cm