Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Review & Specs

CPU

1. Support for AMD AM3+ processor
2. Support for AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processor / AMD Athlon™ II processor

Hyper Transport Bus

1. HyperTransport™ 3.0
2. Support up to 5200MT/s

Chipset

1. North Bridge: AMD 760G
2. South Bridge: AMD SB710

Memory

1. 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Onboard Graphics

1. 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
2. 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 (Note 2)
3. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 (Note 3)
4. Support for DirectX 10
5. Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

Audio

1. Realtek® ALC892 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note 4)
4. Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

1. Realtek® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
4. 1 x PCI slot

Storage Interface

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33
2. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
3. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD

USB

1. 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

1. 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 1 x CPU fan header
6. 1 x system fan header
7. 1 x front panel header
8. 1 x front panel audio header
9. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
10. 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
11. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
12. 1 x serial port header
13. 1 x parallel port header
14. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
2. 1 x D-Sub port
3. 1 x DVI-D port
4. 1 x HDMI port
5. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
6. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
7. 1 x RJ-45 port
8. 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller

1. iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System fan speed detection
4. CPU overheating warning
5. CPU/System fan fail warning
6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 5)

BIOS

1. 2 x 32 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features

1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
4. Support for Download Center
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for EasyTune (Note 6)
7. Support for Smart Recovery2
8. Support for Auto Green
9. Support for ON/OFF Charge
10. Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software

1. Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System

1. Support for Windows 7/XP

Form Factor

1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm

Note

(Note 1) Due to a 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 the size of the physical memory installed.

(Note 2) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.

(Note 3) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported.

(Note 4) 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.

(Note 5) Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

(Note 6) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

Remark

1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
2. 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.