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H61H2-M17 USER MANUAL
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the
H61H2-M17
motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA1155
socket for
2
nd
/3
rd
Generation Intel
Sandy/Ivy Bridge Processors for high-end busi-
ness or personal desktop markets.
This motherboard is based on Intel
H61 Express Chipset for best desktop platform
solution. H61 is a single-chip, highly integrated, high performance Hyper-Threading
peripheral controller, unmatched by any other single chip-device controller. It sup-
ports up to 16 GB
of system memory with dual channel DDR3 1600
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/1333/1066/800
MHz. One PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, is fully conformed to
PCI Express 3.0
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Standard. In addition, two PCI Express x1 slots are for extending
usage.
It implements an EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) compliant interface that
provides ten/eight USB 2.0 ports (six/four USB 2.0 ports at the rear panel and two
USB 2.0 headers support additional four USB 2.0 ports).
The motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS2 mouse and PS2 keyboard connectors, one D-sub (VGA) port, one HDMI
port (Optional), one RJ45 LAN connector, six USB 2.0 ports (four USB 2.0 ports op-
tional) and audio jacks for line-in, line-out and mircophone.
In addition, this motherboard supports four SATA 3Gb/s connectors for expansion.
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
Package Contents
H61H2-M17 Motherboard
User Manual
DVD
I/O Shield
2 SATA 3Gb/s Cables
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Accessories may vary, please refer to actual goods you purchase.
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For Ivy Bridge CPU only.