Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2H REV:1.0

CPU

Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium®processor /Intel® Celeron®processor in the LGA 775 package
L2 cache varies with CPU

Front Side Bus

1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

Chipset

North Bridge: Intel® G41 Chipset
South Bridge: Intel® ICH7

Memory

2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory (Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR2 1066(OC)/800/667 MHz memory modules

Audio

Realtek ALC888B codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note 2)
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In

LAN

Realtek 8110SC chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x 4
3 x PCI slots

Storage Interface
South Bridge:

1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices

iTE IT8720 chip:

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

USB

Integrated in the South Bridge
Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)

Internal I/O Connectors

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
1 x system fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x CD In connector
1 x S/PDIF In /Out header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x serial port header
1 x clearing CMOS jumper.

Back Panel Connectors

1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
1 x D-Sub port
1 x DVI-D port (Note 3)
1 x HDMI port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line out/Microphone)

I/O Controller

iTE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring

System voltage detection
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU/System fan fail warning
CPU fan speed control (Note 4)

BIOS

2 x 8 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features

Support for @BIOS
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
Support for Download Center
Support for Xpress Install
Support for Xpress Recovery2
Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
Support for Easy Energy Saver (Note 6)
Support for Time Repair
Support for Q-Share

Operating System

Support for Microsoft® Windows Vista/XP

Form Factor

Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 20.8cm

Note
(Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
(Note 2) To configure 7.1-channel audio, you need connect with the port of HD Audio standard via front panel and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
(Note 3) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
(Note 4) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install.
(Note 5) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
(Note 6) Due to the hardware limitation, you must install the Intel®Core™ 2 Extreme/ Core™ 2 Quad/Core™ 2 Duo/ Pentium Dual-Core/ Celeron Dual-Core/ Celeron 400 Series CPU to enable support for Easy Energy Saver.
Remark

Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.