Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (rev. 3.0) AMD Chipset Driver 8.982 for Windows 8 Download

Posted at December 22, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (rev. 3.0) AMD Chipset Driver 8.982 for Windows 8 Description

Specifications:

- CPU
AM3+ Socket:
AMD AM3+ FX processors
AMD AM3 Phenom II processor/ AMD Athlon II processor
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 ALC887 audio codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out

- LAN
Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

- Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI slots

- Storage Interface
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

- USB
South Bridge:
Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Etron EJ168 chip:
Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel (Note 4)

- Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 4-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 Clear CMOS jumper

- Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

- I/O Controller
iTE I/O Controller 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 (Note 5)

- BIOS
2 x 32 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
Support for DualBIOS
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

- Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.5cm

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