Mainboard GA-H81M-DS2

1. Support for Intel^® Core™ i7 processors/Intel^® Core™ i5 processors/Intel^® Core™ i3 processors/Intel^® Pentium^® processors/Intel^®Celeron^® processors in the LGA1150 package
2. L3 cache varies with CPU

(Please refer “CPU Support List” for more information.)

1. Intel^® H81 Express Chipset

1. 2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
   * 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.
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1600/1333 MHz memory modules
4. Support for non-ECC memory modules
5. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

(Please refer “Memory Support List” for more information.)

1. 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200
2. Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

1. Realtek^® ALC887 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
   * 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.

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

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

1. 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0/1) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2 2/3) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices

1. Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel
2. Up to 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
4. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
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. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
10. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

1. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
2. 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
3. 1 x parallel port
4. 1 x serial port
5. 1 x D-Sub port
6. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
7. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
8. 1 x RJ-45 port
9. 3 x audio jacks (Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

1. iTE^® I/O Controller Chip

1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System fan speed detection
4. CPU/System overheating warning
5. CPU/System fan fail warning
6. CPU/System fan speed control
   * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

1. 2 x 64 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

1. Support for Q-Flash
2. Support for Xpress Install
3. Support for APP Center
   * Available applications in APP Center may differ by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also differ depending on motherboard specifications.
   @BIOS
   EasyTune
   EZ Setup
   USB Blocker
4. Support for ON/OFF Charge

1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)

1. Support for Windows 8/7

1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 17cm

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. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.