GA-EX58-DS4

Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4 Owner's manual

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GA-EX58-DS4
LGA1366
Intel® CoreTM i7
Rev. 100
12MC-EX58DS4-100R
Nov. 14, 2008
Motherboard
GA-EX58-DS4
Motherboard
GA-EX58-DS4
Nov. 14, 2008
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-EX58-DS4 ................................................................................... 7
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 13
1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 13
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15
1-4 ....................................................................................... 16
1-4-1 /3 ........................................................................ 16
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 17
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-6 ................................................................................... 19
1-7 ....................................................................................... 21
BIOS ....................................................................................... 35
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 36
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 37
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 39
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 49
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 51
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 53
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 56
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 58
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 60
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 60
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 61
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 62
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 62
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 63
3-2 ............................................................................................ 64
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 64
3-4 ................................................................................................. 65
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 65
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 66
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 67
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 70
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 70
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 73
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 74
4-4 -(DES Advanced) ............................................. 75
4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 77
4-6 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 78
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 79
5-1-1 Intel ICH10R SATA ......................................................... 79
5-1-2 GIGABYTE SATA2 ......................................................... 85
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 86
5-1-4 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 87
5-2 /........................................................................ 92
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 92
5-2-2 S/PDIF /................................................................................. 94
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 96
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 98
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 99
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 99
5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 100
5-4 ................................................................................................... 102
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GA-EX58-DS4 - 1
- 1
- 1 - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
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GA-EX58-DS4
F_USB1F2_1394
KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA1366
ATX
GA-EX58-DS4
F_AUDIO
PWR_FAN
ATX_12V_2X
Intel® X58
AUDIO
R_SPDIF
PCIEX1_1
R_USB
CD_IN
PWR_LED
IDE
SPDIF_I
PCIEX4_1
PCIEX16_1
CODEC
TSB43AB23
PCIEX8_2
PCIEX8_1
IT8720
Intel® ICH10R
M_BIOS
B_BIOS
DDR3_4
DDR3_3
SPDIF_O
PHASE LED
USB_LAN1
RTL8111D
PCI2
F_PANELF_USB2
F1_1394
CMOS_SW PW_SW
CLR_CMOS
V1394-1
DDR3_2
DDR3_1
DDR3_6
DDR3_5
SYS_FAN2
FDD
BATTERY SATA2_0
SATA2_1
SATA2_2
SATA2_3
SATA2_4
SATA2_5
SYS_FAN1
CI
GSATA2_1
GSATA2_0
GIGABYTE
SATA2
PCI1
NB_FAN
COMA
SYS_FAN3
RST_SW
R_USB
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Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LGA1366
Processor
QPI
Interface
Intel®
X58 IOH CLK (133 MHz)
DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz
Dual BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
6 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
12 USB Ports
CPU CLK+/- (133 MHz)
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
Intel®
ICH10R
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
LPC Bus
IT8720
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
1 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
2 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel
GIGABYTE
SATA2
x1
RTL
8111D
LAN
RJ45
x1
x4
1 PCI Express x4
PCI Express Bus
x1
2 PCI Express x8
Dual/3 Channel Memory
x8
1 PCI Express x16
x16
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) LGA1366 Intel® CoreTM i7
( )
L3 CPU
QPI 4.8GT/s 6.4GT/s
Intel® X58
Intel® ICH10R
61.5V DDR3 DIMM 24 GB ( )
/3
DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC888
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8111D (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16_1) ( )
2PCI Express x16 x8 (PCIEX8_1 PCIEX8_2)
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 PCIEX8_2 ATI CrossFireXTM
PCI Express 2.0)
1PCI Express x4
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
-6SATA 3Gb/s (SATA2_0 SATA2_1 SATA2_2
SATA2_3 SATA2_4 SATA2_5) 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-2SATA 3Gb/s (GSATA2_0 GSATA2_1) 2
SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD
iTE IT8720
- 1 1
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (1 2
IEEE 1394a )
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124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
8SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
3
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
1
1
1CMOS
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
1IEEE 1394a
1CMOS
8USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8720
CPU/ /
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU/ ( )
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BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Q-Flash
Virtual Dual BIOS
Download Center
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
EasyTune ( )
-(DES Advanced)
Time Repair
Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) PCIEX16_1
PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
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1-3
(CPU)
CPU
(CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU CPU (
CPU CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
1-3-1 (CPU)
A. CPU CPU
LGA1366 CPU
LGA1366 CPU
CPU
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B. CPU CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
( ) CPU
(CPU
)
CPU
(CPU
CPU CPU
CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
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CPU
1-3-2 CPU CPU (Intel®)
()
CPU ' '
()
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU CPU
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1-4
( )
DDR3 DDR3_1 DDR3_3
POST
Flex Memory Mode Intel®Flex (Intel® Flex Memory
Technology) /3
/
DDR3_2
DDR3_1
DDR3_4
DDR3_3
DDR3_6
DDR3_5
1-4-1 /3 6DDR3 /3
BIOS
3
6DDR3 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR3_1 DDR3_2 ( 12)
1 (Channel 1) DDR3_3 DDR3_4 ( 34)
2 (Channel 2) DDR3_5 DDR3_6 ( 56)
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR3_2 DDR3_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_3 DDR3_6 DDR3_5
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS - - - -
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
3
3
4
6
DDR3_2 DDR3_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_3 DDR3_6 DDR3_5
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS - - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
3
--
1. DDR3
2. DDR3
( )
DDR3 DDR3_1
DDR3_3
3--
1. DDR3 3
2. DDR3 3
( )
DDR3 3
DDR3_1 DDR3_3 DDR3_5
DDR3 3
DDR3_1 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_5
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1-4-2
DDR3 DDR2 DDR
DDR3
DDR3
DDR3
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express x1
PCI
PCI Express x4
PCI Express x16
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clr
CMOS
/
/
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
CMOS CMOS
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
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2/4/5.1/7.1
( )
5.1/7.1
( )
4/5.1/7.1
( )
7.1
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1/7.1
( )
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