GA-970A-DS3P Rev.2.0 | Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Service Care

GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P Rev.2.0 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ DDR3 ATX Motherboard. GIGABYTE motherboards feature GIGABYTE Dual BIOS, an exclusive technology from GIGABYTE that protects arguably one of your PC's most crucial components, the BIOS. GIGABYTE Dual BIOS means that your motherboard has both a 'Main BIOS' and a 'Backup BIOS', making users protected from BIOS failure due to virus attack, hardware malfunction, improper OC settings or power failure during the update process.

- Supports AMD AM3+ FX / AM3 series Processors
- GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ Technology
- Audio Noise Guard with High Quality Audio Capacitors
- GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™
- 2-way CrossFire™ Support
- 4 USB 3.0 ports with transfer rates of up to 5Gbps
- GIGABYTE On/Off Charge™ for USB devices

New OEM / White Box Packaging! Includes Backplate, SATA Cable & Drivers CD Only. No Other Accessories Included! Corner has a minor crack. See pictures bellow!!!

AM3+ Socket:
CPU
AMD AM3+ FX processors
AMD AM3 Phenom II processor/ AMD Athlon II processor
(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)
Hyper Transport Bus
HyperTransport 3.0
Support up to 5200MT/s
Chipset
North Bridge: AMD 970
South Bridge: AMD SB950
Memory
4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)
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 PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD
USB South Bridge:
12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
VIA® VL805 chip:
4 x 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 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
1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
6 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® 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 4)
BIOS
2 x 32 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
Support for DualBIOS
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
Unique Features
Support for APP Center
* Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model.
Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
BIOS
Ambient LED
Cloud Station
EasyTune
Game Controller
Smart TimeLock
Smart Recovery 2
System Information Viewer
USB Blocker
Support for Q-Flash
Support for ON/OFF Charge
Support for Smart Switch
Support for Xpress Install
Operating System
Support for Windows 10/8.1/7 32-bit/64-bit
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm

CPU Support

Socket AM3+
Motherboard
Motherboard
Vendor	CPU Model	Frequency	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Core Name	Process	Stepping	Wattage	System Bus(MT/s)
AMD	Opteron 3260	2700MHz	1MBx4	4MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	45W	5200
AMD	Opteron 3250	2500MHz	1MBx4	4MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	45W	5200
AMD	FX-8370	4000MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	125W	5200
AMD	FX-8370E	3300MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-8350	4000MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	125W	5200
AMD	FX-8320	3500MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	125W	5200
AMD	FX-8320E	3200MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-8310	3400MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-8300	3300MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-8150	3600MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	125W	5200
AMD	FX-8140	3200MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	95W	5200
AMD	FX-8120	3100MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	125W	5200
AMD	FX-8120	3100MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	95W	5200
AMD	FX-8100	2800MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	95W	5200
AMD	FX-6350	3900MHz	1MBx6	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	125W	5200
AMD	FX-6300	3500MHz	1MBx6	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-6200	3800MHz	1MBx6	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	125W	5200
AMD	FX-6120	3500MHz	1MBx6	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	95W	5200
AMD	FX-6100	3300MHz	1MBx6	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	95W	5200
AMD	FX-4350	4200MHz	1MBx4	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	125W	5200
AMD	FX-4330	4000MHz	1MBx4	8MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-4320	4000MHz	1MBx4	4MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-4300	3800MHz	1MBx4	4MB	Vishera	32nm	C0	95W	5200
AMD	FX-4200	3300MHz	1MBx8	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	125W	5200
AMD	FX-4170	4200MHz	1MBx4	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	125W	5200
AMD	FX-4150	3900MHz	1MBx4	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	95W	5200
AMD	FX-4130	3800MHz	1MBx4	4MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	125W	5200
AMD	FX-4100	3600MHz	1MBx4	8MB	Bulldozer	32nm	B2	95W	5200

Socket AM3
Motherboard
Motherboard
Vendor	CPU Model	Frequency	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Core Name	Process	Stepping	Wattage	System Bus(MT/s)
AMD	Phenom II X6 1100T	3300MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X6 1090T	3200MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X6 1075T	3000MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X6 1065T	2900MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X6 1055T	2800MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X6 1055T	2800MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X6 1045T	2700MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X6 1035T	2600MHz	512KBx6	6MB	Thuban	45nm	E0	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 980	3600MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 980	3700MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 975	3600MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 970	3500MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 965	3400MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 965	3400MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	140W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 960T	3000MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Zosma	45nm	E0	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 955	3200MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 955	3200MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 955	3200MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 945	3000MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 945	3000MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	125W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 945	3000MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 925	2800MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 925	2800MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 910	2600MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 910e	2600MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 905e	2500MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 900e	2400MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 850	3300MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Deneb	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 840	3200MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Deneb	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 820	2800MHz	512KBx4	6MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 810	2600MHz	512KBx4	4MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X4 805	2500MHz	512KBx4	4MB	Deneb	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X3 740	3000MHz	512KBx3	6MB	Heka	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X3 720	2800MHz	512KBx3	6MB	Heka	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X3 710	2600MHz	512KBx3	6MB	Heka	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X3 705e	2500MHz	512KBx3	6MB	Heka	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X3 700e	2400MHz	512KBx3	6MB	Heka	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 570	3500MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C3	80W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 565	3400MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C3	80W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 560	3300MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C3	80W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 555	3200MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C3	80W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 550	3100MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C3	80W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 550	3100MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C2	80W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 545	3000MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C3	80W	4000
AMD	Phenom II X2 545	3000MHz	512KBx2	6MB	Callisto	45nm	C2	80W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 655	3300MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 650	3200MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 645	3100MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 640	3000MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	E0	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 640	3000MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 635	2900MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 635	2900MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 630	2800MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 630	2800MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 620	2600MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 620e	2600MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 615e	2500MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 610e	2400MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 605e	2300MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 605e	2300MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C2	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X4 600e	2200MHz	512KBx4	N/A	Propus	45nm	C2	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 460	3400MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 455	3300MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 450	3200MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 445	3100MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 440	3000MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 440	3000MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 435	2900MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 435	2900MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 425	2700MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C2	95W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 425e	2700MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 420e	2600MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 415e	2500MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 405e	2300MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 405e	2300MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C2	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X3 400e	2200MHz	512KBx3	N/A	Rena	45nm	C2	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 280	3600MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 275	3500MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 270	3400MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 265	3300MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 260	3200MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 255	3100MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 255	3100MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 255e	3000MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 250	3000MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 250	3000MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 250e	3000MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 245	2900MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 245	2900MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 245e	2900MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 240	2800MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 240e	2800MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 240e	2800MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 235e	2700MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	45W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 225	2900MHz	512KBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 220	2800MHz	512KBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 215	2700MHz	512KBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 215	2700MHz	512KBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	65W	4000
AMD	Athlon II X2 260u	1800MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C3	25W	3600
AMD	Athlon II X2 260u	1800MHz	1MBx2	N/A	Regor	45nm	C2	25W	3600
AMD	Athlon II 170u	1800MHz	1MB	N/A	Sargas	45nm	C3	20W	3600
AMD	Athlon II 160u	1800MHz	1MB	N/A	Sargas	45nm	C2	20W	3600
AMD	Sempron 190	2500MHz	512KBx2	N/A	Sargas	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Sempron 180	2400MHz	512KBx2	N/A	Sargas	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Sempron 145	2800MHz	1MB	N/A	Sargas	45nm	C3	45W	4000
AMD	Sempron 140	2700MHz	1MB	N/A	Sargas	45nm	C2	45W	4000