Gigabyte G41M-COMBO Motherboard

1. Support for an Intel^® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel^® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel^® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel^® Pentium^® processor/Intel^® Celeron^® processor in the LGA775 package (Go to GIGABYTE’s website for the latest CPU support list.)
2. L2 cache varies with CPU

1. 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

1. North Bridge: Intel^® G41 Chipset
2. South Bridge: Intel^® ICH7

DDR3:

1. 2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory (Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1333(O.C.)/1066/800 MHz memory modules

DDR2:

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 1066(O.C.)/800/667 MHz memory modules

(Note: Mixed mode, populating DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules simulta- neously is not supported. Go to GIGABYTE’s website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.)

North Bridge:

1. 1 x D-Sub port

1. VIA VT1708S codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1-channel
4. Support for S/PDIF Out
5. Support for CD In

1. 1 x Atheros AR8151 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. 2 x PCI slots

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 IT8718F chip:

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

South Bridge:

1. Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB header

1. Support for Microsoft^® Windows^® 7/Vista/XP

1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 21.0cm

(Note 1) Due to Windows 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) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install.
(Note 3) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
(Note 4) Due to the hardware limitation, you must install the Intel^®Core™ 2 Extreme/ Core™ 2 Quad/ Core™ 2 Duo/ Pentium Dual-Core/ Celeron Dual-Core/ Celeron 400 Series CPU to enable support for Easy Energy Saver.

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.