GA-M55plus-S3G

1. AMD Athlon ™64 X2/ Athlon ™64 socket AM2 platform 2. Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800 memory architecture 3. Integrated CineFX 3.0 Graphics Engine 4. Supports NVIDIA SATA 3Gb/s and RAID 0,1,0+1,5 function 5. Integrated Gigabit Ethernet solution with NVIDIA TCP/IP Acceleration technology 6. Integrated IEEE1394 FireWire interface 7. Features 8 channel High Definition Audio 8. RoHS compliant motherboard for green computing

Overview

Introduction GIGABYTE Technology latest S-series motherboards for AMD socket AM2 platform, featuring with three innovative features- Safe, Smart, and Speed Technologies. The new S-series motherboards GA-M55plus-S3G; supporting AMD new generation AM2 processor with dual

channel DDR2 800MHz high frequency memories, providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings. GIGABYTE S-series motherboards, the champion's choice for AMD Socket AM2 platform!

Speed The Speed compliant motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series provide intelligent over-clocking and over-voltage software settings through the well known EasyTune ™ 5, R.G.B. and & M.I.T. utilities.

Easy Tune ™ 5 & M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) * Overclocking Wide range of frequency tuning for CPU/Memory/PCI Express speed * Overvoltage Flexible voltage setting for CPU/ Memory/ PCI Express/ to enhance overclocking ability

R.G.B. (Robust Graphics Booster) Enhance Graphic performance through simple BIOS setting

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!

Download Center Smart driver selection and download from Gigabyte's website

Xpress Install Complete drivers installation on one simple click

Smart LAN BIOS built-in diagnostic program to examine LAN cable connection status

@BIOS / Q-Flash Smart and automatic BIOS update via internet / BIOS built-in flash utility

Boot Menu Select boot device without entering bios setup

Smart Fan Make your system cooler and quieter

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!

Virtual Dual BIOS BIOS crash free protection with physical BIOS and Xpress BIOS Rescue

BIOS Settings Recovery Recoverable Safe and frequently used CMOS settings

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Hard drive "Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology" support

C.O.M. (Corporate Online Manager) System administration utility for local area network

Xpress Recovery 2 Quick system image backup and restore

PC Health Monitor System health monitor via bios and EasyTune utility

Windows Vista Ready Windows Vista Ready Requirement: High Definition Audio and DirectX 9.0 VGA

AMD Live Ready AMD Live Ready Requirement

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX/ 64 X2 / 64 /Sempron™ Processor The leading-edge performance and unparallel technology of AMD Athlon™64 socket AM2 series processor has built its strength on the well-known AMD64 framework which consisted of 64-bit computing platform, HyperTransport Technology, and integrated memory controller. The latest Athlon™64 socket AM2 processor brings the power and multitasking performance on the desktop platform and ensures superior performance on mission critical business applications.

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 GPU The brand new NVIDIA 6100 GPU features CineFX™ 3.0 Engine. This unique combination of 6100 GPU creates a single motherboard featuring a world-class DX9, Model 3.0 GPU for faster and smoother game-play, a high quality engine for advance quality of video and DVD playback.

NVIDIA ® PureVideo™ NVIDIA PureVideo DVD decoder software delivers optimal picture clarity, smooth video, and precise for all video content in home theater applications.

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.

Superior Dual channel DDR2 800 Architecture AMD Athlon64 FX/ 64 X2 achieves the milestone for desktop computing with the CPU-integrated memory controller. This platform supports dual channel DDR2 800 memory architecture with high bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s and shorter memory accessing latency thus delivering the greatest memory performance.

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, 0+1, 5 based on users' priority of protection/ performance. This NVIDIA RAID function makes the RAID even more accessible by introducing the innovative windows- based facility.

IEEE1394 motherboard This motherboard with IEEE1394 FireWire interface from Texas Instruments (TI). With the transfer speed up to 400Mb/s, the new generation IEEE1394 interface further enhances PC connectivity with consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, and storage peripherals.

High Definition Audio Experience home theater-quality sound with your PC using High Definition Audio for enhanced mult

Specification Processor 1. Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon ™ 64 FX / Athlon ™ 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon ™ 64 / Sempron ™ processor Chipset 1. Northbridge: nVIDIA ® GeForce 6100 2. Southbridge: nVIDIA ® nForce 430 3. Super I/O: ITE IT8716 chip. 4. Integrated Peripherals 1. T.I. IEEE1394 controller 2. Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit Ethernet controller 3. Realtek ALC883 Audio Codec Memory 1. 4 DDR2 DIMM memory slots (supports up to 16GB memory)(Note 1) 2. Supports dual channel DDR2 800/667/533/400 DIMMs 3. Supports 1.8V DDR2 DIMMs (Note 1) Due to the limitation of Windows 32-bit operating system, when more than 4GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory available for the operating system will be less than 4GB; Windows 64-bit operating system doesn't have such limitation. Internal I/O Connectors 1. 1 24-pin ATX power connector 2. 1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 3. 1 floppy connector 4. 2 IDE connectors 5. 4 SATA 3Gb/s connectors 6. 1 CPU fan connector 7. 1 system fan connector 8. 1 front panel connector 9. 1 front audio connector 10. 1 CD In connector 11. 2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables 12. 2 IEEE1394a connectors for additional 2 port by cable 13. 1 SPDIF In/Out connector 14. 1 Power LED connector 15. 1 COMB connector Expansion Slots 1. 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 2. 2 PCI Express x 1 slot 3. 4 PCI slots Rear Panel I/O 1. 1 PS/2 keyboard port 2. 1 PS/2 mouse port 3. 1 parallel port 4. 1 COMA port 5. 1 VGA port 6. 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 7. 1 IEEE1394a port 8. 1 RJ-45 port 9. 6 audio jacks (Line In / Line Out / MIC In/Surround Speaker Out (Rear

Power 1. ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector

Form Factor 1. ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm

H/W Monitoring 1. System voltage detection 2. CPU / System temperature detection 3. CPU / System fan speed detection 4. CPU warning temperature 5. CPU / System fan failure warning 6. Supports CPU / System Smart Fan function(Note 2) (Note 2) Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install. BIOS 1. 1 4Mbit flash ROM 2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Other Features 1. Supports @BIOS 2. Supports Download Center 3. Supports Q-Flash 4. Supports EasyTune (only supports Hardware Monitor function)(Note 3) 5. Supports Xpress Install 6. Supports Xpress Recovery2 7. Supports Xpress BIOS Rescue (Note 3) EasyTune functions may vary depending on different motherboards.