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Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2

Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2 Revision 1.0

Specifications

CPU support

Supported sockets:
  • AM2
  • AM2+
  • AM3
Supported architectures:
  • AMD Athlon 64 Lima
  • AMD Athlon 64 Orleans
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX Windsor
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 Windsor
  • AMD Athlon II X2 Regor
  • AMD Athlon II X3 Rana
  • AMD Athlon II X4 Propus
  • AMD Athlon X2 Kuma
  • AMD Opteron Santa Ana
  • AMD Phenom II X2 Callisto
  • AMD Phenom II X3 Heka
  • AMD Phenom II X4 Deneb
  • AMD Phenom II X4 Propus
  • AMD Phenom X3 Toliman
  • AMD Phenom X4 Agena
  • AMD Sempron Manila
  • AMD Sempron X2 Brisbane
  • AMD Sempron X2 Regor
Note! Some steppings might require updated BIOS/microcode to work properly.
AM3 and some AM2+ CPUs are only supported with the latest Beta BIOS.

System memory

  • Type: DDR2 400/533/800 MHz
    2 memory channels on 4x 240-pin DIMM
    ECC memory is optional
Max supported: 8.00 GB

Platform

Southbridge/ICH/PCH/MCP: nVidia nForce 430
SuperIO: ITE IT8716F-S
nVidia GeForce 6100 integrated graphics, with max 256 MB of System VRAM
Realtek ALC883 audio IC over HD Audio bus
Integrated nForce MAC + Realtek RTL8211BL PHY for 1G operation
Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 FireWire/IEEE1394 controller
4 Mbit SPI BIOS ROM

Power supply

Main board power: 24-pin ATX
CPU power: 4-pin P4
1 3-pin DC fan header
1 4-pin PWM fan header

Expansion slots

2 PCI slots
1 PCIe x16 slot
1 PCIe x1 slot

Rear I/O ports

PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 mouse
4x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
1x Firewire 400
1x DE-9 serial
1x DB-25 parallel
1x RJ-45
VGA output
Audio connectors: Line out

Internal I/O headers

6x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
2x Firewire 400
1x RS232 serial
Audio headers: CD in, S/PDIF
Header for front HD Audio

Storage

1 IDE channel, up to 133 MB/s
4 SATA-II (3 Gb/s) ports
SATA RAID supported

Circuit board

Micro ATX form factor

Gallery

Board picture

Attachments

Documentation

BIOS image

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