GA-8I915MD-GV

Gigabyte GA-8I915MD-GV, GA-8I915MD-G Owner's manual

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GA-8I915MD-G/
GA-8I915MD-GV
Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1003
12MC-8I915MDS-1003R
Motherboard
GA-8I915MD-G
Sept. 1, 2005
Motherboard
GA-8I915MD-G
Sept. 1, 2005
Motherboard
GA-8I915MD-GV
Sept. 1, 2005
Motherboard
GA-8I915MD-GV
Sept. 1, 2005
© 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV ..................................................... 7
(GA-8I915MD-G) ..................................................................... 8
(GA-8I915MD-GV)................................................................... 9
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1-1 .................................................................................... 11
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 12
1-3 .................................................................. 14
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 14
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15
1-4 ....................................................................................... 16
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-5-1 * ......................................................................................... 18
1-6 ................................................................................... 20
1-7 ....................................................................................... 21
BIOS ....................................................................................... 33
(BIOS GA-8I915MD-G F3a) ........................................ 34
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 36
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 38
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 40
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 42
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 43
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 44
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) ............................................ 45
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 46
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 46
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 47
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 48
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 48
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3-1 ............................................................................... 49
3-2 ............................................................................................ 50
3-3 ................................................................................... 50
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 51
3-5 ................................................................................................. 51
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 53
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 54
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 55
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 57
4-1-4 / / ........................................................ 66
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 72
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GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV
GA-8I915MD-G GA-8I915MD-GV
KB_MS
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
LGA775
AUDIO
Intel 915G /
Intel 915GV
SPDIF_IO
CODEC
VGA
LPT
USB
LAN
USB
Intel ICH6
F_PANEL
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
RTL8110S /
RTL8100C
F_AUDIO
F_USB2
F_USB1
SATA0
BAT
ATX
IDE1
FDD
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
PWR_LED
CD_IN
GA-8I915MD-G or GA-8I915MD-GV
COMB
DDRII1
DDRII2
PCI3
COMA
SATA1
AUX_IN
SUR_CEN
PCIE_16
CI
IT8712
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(GA-8I915MD-G)
() DDRII 600 FSB800MHz
BIOS DDR II 600
LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz)
PCI Express x16
33MHz
Host
Interface
Intel
915G
MCH
MCHCLK (200/133MHz)
66MHz
48MHz
COM Ports
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
24MHz
33MHz
IT8712
2 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100
IDE1 Channel
Intel
ICH6
14.318MHz
BIOS
8 USB
Ports
PCICLK
(33MHz)
3 PCI
PCI Bus
LPT Port
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
RJ45
RTL8110S
DDRII 600( )/533/400MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
VGA
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(GA-8I915MD-GV)
() DDRII 600 FSB800MHz
BIOS DDR II 600
LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz)
PCI Express x4
33MHz
Host
Interface
Intel
915GV
MCH
MCHCLK (200/133MHz)
66MHz
48MHz
COM Ports
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
24MHz
33MHz
IT8712
2 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100
IDE1 Channel
Intel
ICH6
14.318MHz
BIOS
8 USB
Ports
PCICLK
(33MHz)
3 PCI
PCI Bus
LPT Port
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
RJ45
RTL8100C
DDRII 600( )533/400MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
VGA
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1-1
1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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GA-8I915MD-G GA-8I915MD-GV
Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775
800/533MHz FSB
L2 CPU
Intel® 915G /915GV Express
Intel® ICH6
Win 2000/XP
2DDR II DIMM 2GB
1.8V DDR II DIMM
DDR II 600( )533/400 DIMM
1 PCI-Express x 16 ( )
3PCI
IDE 1IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 2IDE (IDE1)
-Win 2000/XP
1 2
SATA 2Serial ATA
Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
1VGA 1COMA COMB
8USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 4- )
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
Intel® 915G /915GV Express
RTL8110S (10/100/1000Mbit)
RTL8100C (10/100Mbit)
1RJ 45
Win 2000/XP
ALC655 CODEC
Line In ; Line Out ; MIC In
2/4/6
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD /
1-2
( ) DDRII 600 FSB800MHz
BIOS DDR II 600
() GA-8I915MD-GV PCI Express x4 mode 18 19
GA-8I915MD-G PCI Express x16 mode
GA-8I915MD-G GA-8I915MD-GV
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I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune 5( )( )
Micro ATX 24.4 x 21.5
() EasyTune
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
HT
(Hyper-Threading Technology)
- HT Intel Pentium 4
- HT
- BIOS BIOS HT
- HT
1-3-1
1.
2.
3.
(
)
(
)
4.
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1-3-2
1.
6.
CPU
3.
2.
(
)
(Intel )
4.
(
)
5.
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV - 16 -
1.
2.
1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDRII BIOS
DDR II
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Dual Channel DDR II ( )
GA-8I915MD-G/GA-8I915MD-GV
Memory Bus
1. DDR II
2. DDR II (
)
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1-5
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI-Express x 16
PCI Express x 16
(Windows XP VGA
)
1-5-1 *
Graphics Chip Maker Model Name
Nvidia Gigabyte GV-NX53128D
Gigabyte GV-NX57128D
Gigabyte GV-NX59128D
Gigabyte GV-NX62128D
Gigabyte GV-NX66256D
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128VP
...
1-1. PCI Expressx16
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Graphics Chip Maker Model Name
Nvidia Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D
Gigabyte GV-NX68T256DH
Gigabyte GV-NX55128DP
Gigabyte GV-NX68U256D
Gigabyte GV-NX62TC256D
ASUS EN6600/TD/128
ATi Gigabyte GV-RX30S128D
Gigabyte GV-RX60P128D
Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V
Gigabyte GV-RX70128D
Gigabyte GV-RX70P128D
Gigabyte GV-RX80T256V
Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V
Gigabyte GV-RX80256D
ASUS AX800XT
ASUS AX700PRO
MSI RX600 XT-TD128
1-2. PCI Expressx16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
A
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
2-/4-/5.1-
/