Gigabyte's GA-G1975X was one of the first 975X-based Socket 775 motherboards on the market. However, only the current revisions will be able to support Core 2 Duo (Conroe) processors.
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Gigabyte GA-G1975X (Rev. 1.0)
Platform
Sockel LGA775
Northbridge
Intel 975X (Rev. C0)
Southbridge
Intel ICH7R (82801 GB)
Phasen
4-Phasen Regulator
BIOS
F3 (01/11/2006)
BIOS
F4a (03/27/2006)
Clock Chip
RTM865T-470
Clock Setting in BIOS
Measurement
266.6 MHz (FSB1066)
268.0 MHz (+0.49%)
SPD Memory Timing Recognition
Timing Result
DDR2-667
CL 4.0-4-4-8
Interfaces
Connectors
onboard / IO - panel
USB 2.0
6 / 2
IEEE1394/Firewire
2 / none
Serial COM Port
none
Parallel LPT Port
none
Game
none
LAN
none / 1
WLAN
none
SATA
4 / none
Audio analog
LineIn CD / 7.1 Cannels
Audio digital
none / optical Out, SPDIF Out
Connectors
onboard only
PCIe 16x
2
PCIe 4x
2
PCIe 1x
none
PCI
2
IDE (PATA)
2 (4 channels)
Fan 4 pins (CPU)
1
Fan 3 pins (System)
2
Mass Storage Controller
ICH7
1x IDE (ATA100)4x SATA (RAID 0,1,5,10)
GigaATA IT8211F
1x IDE (ATA133 RAID 1,0,0+1)
LAN
Broadcom 5789 PCIe
1x 1 Gbit/s LAN
Audio
Creative Labs Audigy CA0106
PCI Sound Card
IEEE1394/Firewire
Texas Instruments TI43AB23
2x 1394a (400 Mbit/s)
Due to the active cooling system that places two small fans to the left and the right side of the back panel, there are only a few connectors left.
It looks like the venting holes are smaller than the fans, which means the air flow will be rather limited.
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