GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H

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System:
- Tower Case (Full ATX)
- 550W Power supply
- GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H Socket AM2 AMD 690G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz, Model ADO5000DDBOX
- 2 CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
- SoundGraph iMON VFD, IR Remote / Black Internal VFD/IR Receiver
- SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner (SH-183L)
- 4 SATA 500GB Hard drives (to be in a RAID 5, file storage)
- 1 100GB EIDE Hard drive (for OS and applications)


Features of the Motherboard:

Chipsets
- North Bridge AMD 690G
- South Bridge ATI SB600
Memory
- Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin
- Memory Standard DDR2 800
- Maximum Memory Supported 16GB
- Dual Channel Supported Yes
Expansion Slots
- PCI Express x16 1
- PCI Express x4 1
- PCI Slots 2
Storage Devices
- PATA 1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
- SATA 3Gb/s 4
Onboard Video
- ATI Radeon Xpress 1250
Onboard Audio
- Realtek ALC889A
- 8 Channels
Onboard LAN
- Realtek RTL8110
- Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
- PS/2 2
- Video Ports - D-Sub + DVI-D
Note: The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adaptor
- HDMI 1 x HDMI 1.2
- USB 4 x USB 2.0
- EEE 1394 1 x IEEE 1394a
- S/PDIF Out 1x Optical
- Audio Ports 6 Ports
Onboard USB
- 6 x USB 2.0
Physical Spec
- Form Factor Micro ATX
- Dimensions 9.6" x 9.6"
Features
- Power Pin 1 24-pin ATX power connector
- 1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- Supports AMD Athlon 64/ Sempron Socket AM2 platform
- Dual-Channel DDR2 800 for outstanding system performance
- Integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics
- Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E x16 interface
- Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
- Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE 1394
- Integrated ALC889A 8-Channel High Definition audio with 106 dB Signal to Noise ratio, fully support Blu-ray/ HD DVD playback
- Integrated DVI/ HDMI interface with HDCP
- TV out cable with S-video/ YPbPr interface
- Supports Windows Vista Premium

 

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Motherboard and Operating Systems

Ubuntu 7.04 - Live CD
- Installs VESA driver, mistakes onboard 690G as ATI x1200, instead of ATI x1250.
- Restricted ATI driver does not install according to instructions, used 'Envy' installer to install driver correctly. Installing ATI driver loses DVD playback function in Totem.
- Sound works but not stereo or High def
- Recognizes 64 x2 5000+ correctly

Ubuntu 7.10, Tribe 5 - Live CD
- Installs VESA driver, update to ATI restricted driver correctly with some modifications.
- Still loses DVD playback in Totem with restricted drivers.
- Sound does not work

Windows XP 64bit with SP2
- Correctly identifies CPU, video, audio
- Must have SATA drivers downloaded and ready when installing WinXP Pro as a fresh installation and using RAID.
- Installing SP2 after installing Gigabyte drivers will remove the Gigabyte drivers
- 17 reboots counted in just installing OS, SP2, Gigabyte drivers, and one pass of Windows Update.
- BSOD when playing with Dolby Digital output buttons on the RealTek Audio Configuration console.