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 Undisputed Innovation Leadership
Continuously Delivering top notch technologies

Delivering World’s Best

Innovation Only from GIGABYTE A Smarter way for
PC system
Management

World’s 1st 24 Phase

World’
Power VRM Motherboard

World’s 1st 2oz

World’
Copper PCB Motherboard
World’s 1st Dynamic
World’
Phase Power Switching
Energy Saving Technology

World’s 1st Low RDS(on),

World’ RDS(on),

World’s 1st All Solid

World’
Ferrite Core, Solid Cap Setting Industrial Quality
Motherboard
Capacitor Motherboard Standards Year by Year

2006 2007 2008 2009

 World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design
The smoothest power delivery from high quality components

Enabling optimum power delivery and lowest thermal

 World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design
The smoothest power delivery from high quality components

Fast transient response that provides quick VRM heat is effectively dissipated by
and seamless power delivery during sharing loadings among the 24 power
extensive CPU loading variations phases

24 phase power Traditional VRM

VRM Design
Power delivery Excellent Poor
stability
VRM temperature Low High
Efficiency High Low
Durability High Low
Phase Power VRM Transient Response Comparison
GIGABYTE 24 Phase Power Design Other brand’s Phase Power Design

Faster response,
delivers more stable
power to CPU Slower response,
delivers unstable
power to CPU

Better!

TBD

Remain below Intel’s
specification, ensure
a longer CPU lifespan
Overshooting voltage
at high loading, easily
cause damage to the
CPU.

Better!

World’s best Power design, providing a faster transient response,

more stable CPU power and enhanced CPU life span
 World’
World’s Best Phase Power Design
Delivering cooler working temperatures than traditional motherboards
motherboards

Others 24 phase power

>168°C >168°C >168°C

Water Cooler Fan cooler

Water Cooler

<31°C <31°C <31°C

* The two water cooler figures are measured under 100A electronic load on CPU Vcore
 The Difference 2oz Copper PCBs Make
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™
Durable™ 3 is the industry’
industry’s 1st consumer desktop motherboard
design featuring 2oz copper for both power and ground layers

PCB electrical waste is reduced by 50%

Improved signal quality

Reduced temperature around
critical onboard components

1 oz Copper PCB Design 2 oz Copper PCB Design

Power
Layer

Electrons Traveling Through the Copper Electrons Traveling Through the Copper

Ground
Layer
2oz Copper PCB Design Benefits

Lower Better Power

Temperature Efficiency

2X Lower Lower EMI

Impedance

Better Better
Overclocking ESD Protection
 High Quality Motherboards MUST HAVE

50,000 hr. Japanese

Solid Capacitors Longer Life time

Lower RDS(on)
MOSFETs Lower Temperature

Ferrite Core
Chokes Lower Power Loss

2 oz Copper
PCB Lower Impedance

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 Motherboards lead

the industry for quality standards
 Smart Dual LAN
Blisteringly Fast and Seamless Connectivity

GIGABYTE Smart Dual LAN technology features intelligent LAN port auto-
switching between the 2 physical Gigabit LAN chips; offering hassle free,
zero downtime, high speed network connectivity.

How Smart Dual LAN Works

LAN Chip 1 encounters hardware failure, resulting in
network outage for LAN 1…
Traditional Design Smart Dual LAN

Better!

Users are required to With Smart Dual LAN,

reconnect the network by LAN Chip 2 automatically kicks
switching the network cable to in without requiring users to
LAN 2 physically switch the network cable
 Smart Dual LAN
Blisteringly Fast and Seamless Connectivity

Experience blistering fast network data access of up to 2Gbps bandwidth

transmission with the Teaming function enabled, and enjoy added power
savings with the Green Ethernet feature.

How Teaming Works Performance Enhancement with 8111D

68% Better!
With the Teaming function enabled, the network
bandwidth of both systems are grouped together,
doubling the bandwidth of up to 2 Gb/s.
Gb/s.
 eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors
2 eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors for enhanced
storage flexibility with no need for additional power source

2-in-1 combination connector

design capable of accepting
eSATA & USB cable plug

Power eSATA !
eSATA HDD USB drive

Provides connection between a PC and an external storage drive. Similar to existing USB
connections, but support for up to 3 Gb/s SATA data rates
What is Smart 6?
A Smarter way for PC system Management
GIGABYTE Smart 6™ is designed with user-friendliness in mind, and offers a combination of 6 innovative software utilities that
provide easier and smarter PC system management. Smart 6™ allows you to speed up system performance, reduce boot-up
time, manage a secure platform and recover previous system settings easily with a click of the mouse button.
Smart QuickBoot
~ No more waiting for PC Boot up!

SMART QuickBoot speeds up the system

boot-up process and shortens the waiting
time for entering the operating system,
delivering greater efficiency for daily use.

BIOS QuickBoot :
Shorten boot up POST time !!!

OS QuickBoot :
Shorten entering OS wait time!!!
This utility will do ‘Suspend’ & ‘Hibernate at the same
time when the system powers down, so the system
will resume from suspend (S3) at next power on! Data
is still protected by hibernation (S4) even if power is
lost at shutdown
Smart QuickBoost
~ One-
One-click Overclocking
 Smart Recovery
~Reverse time for you

SMART Recovery allows users to

easily roll-back system settings to a
previous known working status.
Users can simple select the day,
week or month without prior setup of
a backup time flag.

Theory of Smart Recovery : This

utility takes a ‘Snapshot’ of your
hard drive everyday and records any
added/deleted/modified files.

Currently, Smart Recovery allows up

By selecting the desired files according to the
back up date, you can use ‘Copy’ function to
restore.
to 60 ‘snap shots’ in your hard drive
(based on the reserved size of your
hard drive).
 Smart DualBIOS
~ Smart personal reminder

Password : you can store 12 set of Date : Input 12 sets of your special
passwords, such as your Yahoo mail, dates and set an auto reminder for 1
Google mail, or on-line bank account day, 3 day or 1 week before.
details.
All the data is stored in Dual BIOS, protected against HDD crash or OS re-installation
 Smart Recorder
~ Your PC’
PC’s Watch Dog

On/Off Recorder records when the File monitor records when and which
system is powered on or off, so folder that data has been copied from local
unauthorized use of your PC can be hard drive to external storage such as USB
detected. thumb drive or e-SATA HD.

All the data is stored in Dual BIOS, protected against HDD crash or OS re-installation
 Smart TimeLock
~ Time Controller for PC

SMART TimeLock allows parents

to schedule time limits for their
children PC usage.

Allowed Time :
Parents can set up how much time
PC can be used per day!

Non-Use Time :
Parents can set “Go to bed” time
frame for this PC. PC will be forced to
shutdown from 10 PM till next day
7AM for example!

Both can be setup based on

All the data is stored in Dual BIOS, protected against weekday and weekend usage
HDD crash or OS re-installation
 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
World’
World’s most intelligent energy saving utility
with multi-
multi-gear power phase switching
GIGABYTE Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 incorporates a host of intelligent
features that use a proprietary hardware and software design to considerably
enhance PC system energy efficiency

Reduce power consumption and deliver optimized auto-phase-switching for

CPU Memory Chipset VGA HDD Fan
GIGABYTE Smart TPM
A smarter , better way to protect your data
GIGABYTE Smart TPM provides the industry’
industry’s highest level of data protection with 2048 bit hardware encryption.
encryption. Smart TPM allows users
Smart TPM allows users to lock the protected data remotely using a Bluetooth®
to store their digital key on a USB thumb drive. In addition, Smart
enabled mobile phone.

Smart TPM Smart TPM

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from PC

Smart TPM allows locking up the protected data remotely through a Bluetooth® enabled mobile phone
or USB thumb drive to prevent unauthorized access.
 When your cell phone is

Smart TPM : DEMO in range, Smart TPM

will auto detect and
mount your PSD drive

In
Ra
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e

Now you can see

your PSD drive with
all your personal
date files.
 When your cell

Smart TPM : DEMO phone is away,

Smart TPM will un-
un-
mount your PSD
drive

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Your PSD drive
disappears,
protecting your data
against
unauthorized
access.
 XHD (eXtreme
(eXtreme HardDrive)
HardDrive)
Accelerating hard drive performance with ease

Accelerating system performance is made easy with the user friendly GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard
Drive (X.H.D). GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) provides a quick and easy way to boost
your hard drive performance simply by adding another hard drive.
 AutoGreen
Greening your PC via Bluetooth cellphone

AutoGreen technology can

automatically save power for
you simply by your bluetooth
cell phone when you are away
from your computer
 AutoGreen
Greening your PC via Bluetooth cellphone

Configure your Bluetooth

cell phone

or Save Power!

When your BT device is away,

the system automatically go into Bluetooth
the energy saving mode you zzZ
select (Standby or Suspend) Out of Range
Multiple Display Support with CrossFireX and SLI
GIGABYTE Unique Features for O. C.

• Hardware Over Voltage Control IC

• Provides more voltage control options

for CPU, Chipset & memory than before

• HW linear real time voltage control, with

no delay compare to previous GPIO
controller

• Finer stepping of 20 mV min (0.002V)

 Security Leadership
Delivering the highest level of protection
from hardware failure and data theft

GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ Technology

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How DualBIOS™ works?
BIOS H/W Boot sequence Boot
check check ON Up!
Pass Pass
Boot
Start
Backup Restore
Boot BIOS data to
Fail kick in main
BIOS

Re-start BIOS Boot Up sequence

 Powerful Audio Technologies
• DOLBY Support
Delivers vivid surround sound for music, movies, and
games, using two to eight speakers or any set of
headphones

• ALC889A Codec
High-performance DAC (Digital-Analog Converter) with
106 dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback quality

• Blu-ray Support
Enables high quality Full Rate Lossless Audio for Content
Protected media
Inspired by the performance
and sleek lines of today’s
modern racing vehicles,
GIGABYTE’s stylish thermal
solution is designed for
extreme performance and
ultra coolness
 Features of P55-
P55-UD6

Extended Multi-
Multi-Phase Power Design
24 phase power for CPU vCore, and additional 2
phases for CPU VTT power , 2 phases for
memory power, ensuring enhanced overclock
stability and longer component lifespan
Intel®
Intel® Next-
Next-Gen Core i7/ Core i5 processors
Supports next-generation Core i7/ Core i5
processors with LGA 1156 socket

eSATA\
eSATA\USB combo connectors
Supports 2 eSATA\USB combo connectors for
enhanced the hard-driver flexibility with no need
for additional power source

GIGABYTE Smart Dual LAN

Smart Dual LAN with intelligent LAN port auto-
switching enabling zero down time network
connection

Dual PCIe 2.0 Graphics Interface

2 PCIe 2.0 graphic interfaces support both
CrossFireX and SLI for ultimate graphics
performance
2 OZ Copper PCB
Delivering cooler working temperatures,
improved durability, enhanced reliability and
higher OC capabilities
Features of P55-
P55-UD6
Precision OV
Unique hardware controller IC providing more
precise voltage control and finer steppings for
CPU, Chipset and memory

Stylish power button

Power button onboard
for easy access

Support for dual channel DDR3 memory

Memory controller embedded inside CPU to
enable higher levels of memory performance

12 SATA Ports with RAID (10 onboard, 2 rear)

Supports 12 devices without the need for drivers
to be installed before being fully operational

GIGABYTE Patented DualBIOS™

DualBIOS™ Technology
2 Physical BIOS ROMs onboard providing double
protection against BIOS corruption or damage

Onboard Debug LED

Simplifies motherboard troubleshooting by
identifying and displaying error codes
 Specification of P55-
P55-UD6
Internal I/O Connectors
Processor
10 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors
Intel Core i7/ Core i5 processors in socket LGA1156
1 x FDD connector
1 x IDE connector
Chipset
1 x IEEE 1394a connector
Intel®
Intel® P55 Chipset
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 4 ports)
Infineon TPM controller
1 x S/PDIF In header
T.I IEEE 1394 controller
1 x S/PDIF Out header
2 Realtek 8111D LAN controller
1 x Serial port header
8 Channels ALC889A Audio controller

Rear I/O Connectors

Memory
2 x eSATA/
eSATA/ USB Combo connector
Supports 2 Channel DDR3 with 6 DIMM slots
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x LAN ports
Expansion Slots
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
(x16, x8, x4)
6 x audio jacks
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x IEEE 1394a connector
2 x PCI slots
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
 Thank You

Leader in Motherboard Innovation