Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (rev. 1.0) AMD SATA AHCI Preinstall Driver 1.3.1.0154 Download

Posted at October 26, 2025 by PCI-DB Team

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (rev. 1.0) AMD SATA AHCI Preinstall Driver 1.3.1.0154 Description

Specifications:

CPU:
- AM3+ Socket:
- Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors
- Support for AMD AM3 Phenom II processors / AMD Athlon II processors

Hyper Transport Bus:

- 4800 MT/s

Chipset:

- North Bridge: AMD 970
- South Bridge: AMD SB950

Memory:

- 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Audio:

- Realtek codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN:

- 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots:

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
- 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 2 x PCI slots

Multi-Graphics Technology:

- Support for AMD CrossFireX technology (PCIEX16 and PCIEX4)

Storage Interface:

- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD

USB:

- Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
- 2 x Etron EJ168 chips
- Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

IEEE 1394:

- VIA VT6308 chip
- Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal IEEE 1394a header)

Internal I/O Connectors:

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 1 x CPU fan header
- 2 x system fan headers
- 1 x power fan header
- 1 x front panel header
- 1 x front panel audio header
- 1 x S/PDIF Out header
- 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
- 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
- 1 x IEEE 1394a header
- 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
- 1 x serial port header
- 1 x clearing CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors:

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
- 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
- 1 x IEEE 1394 port
- 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ-45 port
- 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller:

- ITE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring:

- System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
- CPU/System fan speed control

Form Factor:

- ATX Form Factor: 30.5cm x 24.4cm

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