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Gigabyte GA-8IDX

Gigabyte GA-8IDX Revision 1.0

Specifications

CPU support

Supported sockets:
  • mPGA478
Front Side Bus speed: 400 MHz
Supported architectures:
  • Intel Celeron Northwood-128
  • Intel Celeron Willamette-128
  • Intel Pentium 4 Northwood
  • Intel Pentium 4 Willamette
Note! Some steppings might require updated BIOS/microcode to work properly.
Only supports 400 MHz FSB CPUs.

System memory

  • Type: SDRAM 100/133 MHz
    3x 168-pin DIMM
    ECC memory is optional
Max supported: 3.00 GB

Platform

Northbridge/MCH: Intel 845
Southbridge/ICH/PCH/MCP: Intel ICH2
SuperIO: ITE IT8712F-A
Avance Logic ALC201A audio IC over AC97 bus
2 Mbit FWH BIOS ROM

Power supply

Main board power: 20-pin ATX
CPU power: 4-pin P4
3 3-pin DC fan headers

Expansion slots

AGP 2.0 4x slot with 1.5 V keying
6 PCI slots
1 Communication and Network riser

Rear I/O ports

PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 mouse
2x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
2x DE-9 serial
1x DB-25 parallel
Audio connectors: Line out, Line in, Microphone in
MIDI/game port

Internal I/O headers

2x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
Audio headers: Line out, Microphone in, Aux in, CD in, S/PDIF
Wake-on-LAN
IrDA header
SMBus header

Storage

2 IDE channels, up to 100 MB/s
Floppy connector, up to 2 drives

Circuit board

ATX form factor

Notes

Optional RTL8100BL Ethernet and CT5880 audio for the GA-8IDXH variant.

Gallery

Board picture

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