GIGABYTE GA-H61M-DS2 Socket 1155 Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-H61M-DS2 Socket 1155 Motherboard

• All new design of Ultra Durable 4 classic
• Supports 3rd Gen. Intel® 22nm CPUs and 2nd Gen. Intel® Core™ CPUs (LGA1155 socket)
• Unique On/Off Charge delivers the best recharging capability to iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
• Supports 3rd generation PCI-Express interface
• Industry's Leading All Solid Capacitor Design
• Touch BIOS™ delivers No Need for Reboot to more easily modify BIOS settings
• Enhanced Intel HD Graphics 2000/3000 integrated with the processor
• Innovative Smart 6 technology for smarter PC management
• DualBIOS™ protection with 3TB+ HDD boot up capability

Specification

CPU    

• Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package
• L3 cache varies with CPU

Chipset    

• Intel® H61 Express Chipset

Memory    

• 2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
• Due to Windows 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.
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
• Support for non-ECC memory modules

Onboard Graphics    Integrated Graphics Processor:

• 1 x D-Sub port

Audio    

• Realtek ALC887 audio codec
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
• To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.

LAN    

• 1 x Atheros GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
• (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
• * PCIE Gen.3 is dependent on CPU and expansion card compatibility.
• 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
• (The PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Storage Interface    

• Chipset: 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices

USB    

• Chipset: Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power 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
• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
• 1 x parallel port header
• 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
• 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 IT8728 chip
• H/W Monitoring    
• System voltage detection
• CPU/System temperature detection
• CPU/System fan speed detection
• CPU fan speed control
• * Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install.

BIOS

• 2 x 32 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
• * Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
• Support for Smart 6™
• Support for Auto Green
• Support for ON/OFF Charge
• Support for Cloud OC
• Support for 3TB+ Unlock
• Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software    

• Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System    

• Support for Microsoft® Windows® 8/7/Vista/XP

Form Factor    

• Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 17.4cm

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.