Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2
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| Version | Status | Date Updated | Updated By |
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| 710 | According to category, Works without caveats. Confirmed | 11th May 2010 | Wierdbeard65, Techstyle |
| 810 | Working as Core (everything but Video tested) | 12th May 2010 | Techstyle |
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The following information only refers to this specific piece of hardware. Please expand it with your own experience if you have any.
Status
This motherboard has been tested with LinuxMCE-0710 and has not exhibited any problem. However that is not to say that every single hardware feature has been exhaustively tested so please bare that in mind when reading this page.
Versions Used
- LinuxMCE 7.10 RC2 both i386 and AMD64
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Hardware Overview
NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 405 chipset
Supports AMD Athlon/ Sempron processors*
Supports high performance Dual Channel DDR2 800 memory
Integrated NVIDIA® CineFX 3.0 Graphics Engine
Features NVIDIA® SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet solution
Enhances security with NVIDIA TCP/IP Acceleration technology
Features 8 channel High Definition Audio
RoHS compliant motherboard for green computing
Hardware Features
CPU:
Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™FX processor/ AMD Phenom™ processor/ AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor/AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/AMD Athlon™ 64 processor/AMD Sempron™ processor.
Chipset:
NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 405 chipset
Super I/O: ITE IT8716 chip
Integrated Peripherals:
Realtek RTL8201 phy Realtek ALC883 Audio Codec
Memory:
2 DDR2 DIMM memory slots (supports up to 8GB memory)
Supports dual channel DDR2 800/667/533/400 DIMMs
Supports 1.8V DDR2 DIMMs
Internal Connectors:
1 24-pin ATX power connector
1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 floppy connector
1 IDE connectors
2 SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 CPU fan connector
1 system fan connector
1 front panel connector
1 front audio connector
1 CD In connector
1 COMB connector
1 Power LED connector
2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables
1 SPDIF In/Out connector
1 Chassis Intrusion connector
1 HDA_SUR connector
Display
Onboard nVidia 6100 graphics. Work well with UI1/UI2 + Overlay & UI2 + Alpha Blending. Video from DVD, ripped DVD, HD 720P work very well.
Problems and Pitfalls
None Found
Personal experience (please add yours)
Working fine for me as my Core/Hybrid. Using the onboard LAN as Eth0 and a PCI Gugabit NIC for Eth1. Not using the onboard Audio. AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000 with 2 Gb RAM. Using both SATA II connectors for 2 HDD and both IDE for DVD player and another HDD (OS installed on the IDE HDD) -- Techstyle 2 May 2009
