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GA-M720-ES3

  (rev. 1.1)
other version:  rev. 1.0  
CPU
  1. Support for Socket AM3 / AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX/ AMD Phenom™ X4/ AMD Phenom™ X3/ AMD Athlon™ X2/ AMD Athlon™/ AMD Sempron™ X2/ AMD Sempron™
Hyper Transport Bus
  1. 5200/2000 MT/s
Chipset North Bridge:
  1. NVIDIA GeForce 8200
  2. Realtek 8111C
  3. Realtek ALC888 8-channel audio codec
Memory
  1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
  2. Dual channel memory architecture
  3. DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard)
  2. 2 x PCI Express x1
  3. 4 x PCI
Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s
  2. 2 x system fan headers
  3. 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
  4. 1 x power fan connector
  5. 1 x IDE
  6. 1 x power LED connector
  7. 1 x front audio connector
  8. 1 x front panel connector
  9. 1 x CPU fan connector
  10. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
  11. 1 x SPDIF out
  12. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  13. 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
  14. 1 x CD in
  15. 1 x COM
  16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1
Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
  2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
  3. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1
  4. 1 x SPDIF out (optical)
  5. 1 x SPDIF out (coaxial)
  6. 6 x audio ports (Line In / Line Out / MIC In / Surround Speaker Out(Rear Speaker Out) / Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out)
  7. 1 x RJ45 LAN
I/O Controller
  1. iTE IT8720
H/W Monitoring
  1. CPU/System fan speed control
  2. CPU/System fan speed detect
  3. CPU overheating warning
  4. System voltage detection
  5. CPU/System temperature detection
  6. CPU/System fan failure warning
BIOS
  1. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
  2. 2 x 8 Mbit flash ROM
  3. Supports DualBIOS™
  4. Licensed AWARD™ BIOS
Unique Features
  1. Virtual Dual BIOS
  2. @BIOS™
  3. Supports EasyTune
  4. Xpress™ Recovery 2
  5. Xpress™ Install
  6. Download Center
  7. Q-Flash™
  8. Support for Easy Energy Saver
Bundle Software
  1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Operating System
  1. Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
Form Factor
  1. ATX
  2. 305mm x 215mm
Remark
  1. 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.
  2. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website
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