MB Gigabyte X48-DS4

MB Gigabyte X48-DS4

1. Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® D processor/ Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® 4 processor/ Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package
    (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
 2. L2 cache varies with CPU
 3. 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

Chipset

 1. North Bridge: Intel® X48 Chipset
 2. South Bridge: Intel® ICH9R

Memory

 1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory
 2. Dual channel memory architecture
 3. Support for DDR2 1200/1066/800/667MHz, ECC, non ECC memory modules.

Please refer "Memory Support List" for memory support information.
Audio

 1. Realtek ALC889A codec
 2. High Definition Audio
 3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
 4. Support for DTS (dts NEO:PC)
 5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
 6. Support for CD In

LAN

 1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

 1. 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (The PCIE_16_1 slot supports x16; the PCIE_16_2 supports x16.)
 2. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots (share with the PCIE_16_2 slot)
 3. 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface South Bridge:

 1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
 2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:

 1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
 2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAIIA, GSATAIIB) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
 3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

iTE IT8718 chip:

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

IEEE 1394

 1. T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
 2. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394 bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394 header)

USB

 1. Integrated in the South Bridge
 2. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 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 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
 3. 1 x 4-pin PCIe 12V power connector
 4. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
 5. 1 x IDE connector
 6. 8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
 7. 1 x CPU fan header
 8. 2 x system fan headers
 9. 1 x power fan header
10. 1 x North Bridge fan header
11. 1 x front panel header
12. 1 x front panel audio header
13. 1 x CD In connector
14. 1 x S/PDIF In header
15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
17. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
18. 1 x parallel port header
19. 1 x serial port header
20. 1 x power LED header
21. 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 coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
 4. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
 5. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
 6. 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
 7. 2 x RJ-45 port
 8. 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/Power fan speed detection
 4. CPU overheating warning
 5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
 6. CPU fan speed control

BIOS

 1. Supports DualBIOS Plus
 2. 2 x 8 Mbit flash ROM
 3. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
 4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b.

Unique Features

 1. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver
 2. Support for @BIOS
 3. Support for Download Center
 4. Support for Q-Flash
 5. Support for EasyTune
 6. Support for Xpress Install
 7. Support for Xpress Recovery2

Form Factor

 1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

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.
 3. Duo to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.