GA-EG41M-US2H

Gigabyte GA-EG41M-US2H Owner's manual

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GA-EG41M-US2H
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1001
12MC-EG41MUS2H-1001R
Motherboard
Mar. 20, 2009
GA-EG41M-US2H
Mar. 20, 2009
Motherboard
GA-EG41M-US2H
© 2009
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-EG41M-US2H ............................................................................. 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 ....................................................................................... 16
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 17
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-6 ................................................................................... 19
1-7 ....................................................................................... 21
BIOS ....................................................................................... 33
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 34
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 35
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 37
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 44
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 46
2-6 Advanced Chipset Features ( ) ................................ 48
2-7 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 50
2-8 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 53
2-9 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 55
2-10 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 56
2-11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 57
2-12 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 57
2-13 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 58
2-14 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 59
2-15 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 59
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 61
3-2 ............................................................................................ 62
3-3 () .......................................................................................... 62
3-4 ................................................................................................. 63
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 63
3-6 Download Center............................................................................................ 64
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 65
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 68
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 68
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS ......................................................................... 71
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 72
4-4 -(DES Advanced) ............................................. 73
4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 75
4-6 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 76
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5-1 /........................................................................ 77
5-1-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 77
5-1-2 S/PDIF /................................................................................. 79
5-1-3 ............................................................................................ 81
5-1-4 ............................................................................................ 83
5-2 ..................................................................................................... 84
5-2-1 ................................................................................................................ 84
5-2-2 ........................................................................................................... 85
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 87
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GA-EG41M-US2H - 1
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- 1
IDE - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
( 12CF1-1FD001-7*R)
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-5*R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-3*R)
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GA-EG41M-US2H
KB_MS
LGA775
ATX
GA-EG41M-US2H
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
PCIEX1
IT8718
IDE
DDR2_1
ATX_12V
R_USB
CPU_FAN
Intel® G41
DDR2_2
CI
F_PANEL
PHASE LED
SATA2_0
Intel® ICH7 PWR_LED
CLR_CMOS
M_BIOS
CD_IN
PCIEX16
BATTERY
PCI1
SYS_FAN
B_BIOS
OPTICAL
DVI
VGA
PCI2
SPDIF_I FDD F_USB1 F_USB2
SATA2_1
SATA2_2
SATA2_3
Level Shifter
HDMI
CODEC
SPDIF_O
Level Shifter
COMA
RTL8111C/D
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Dual BIOS
LPC BUS Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8718
4 SATA 3Gb/s
8 USB Ports
ATA-100/66/33 IDE Channel
CPU CLK+/-
(333/266/200 MHz)
LGA775
Processor
Intel® G41
Host
Interface
DDR2 800/667 MHz
GMCH CLK
(333/266/200 MHz)
Intel® ICH7
Dual Channel Memory
2 PCI
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
1 PCI Express x1
x1
PCI Express Bus
PCI Bus
1 PCI Express x1 6 ( )
SwitchSwitch
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
HDMI DVI-D
D-Sub
x4 x4
x8
Line Out
MIC
CODEC
Line In
S/PDIF In
S/PDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
() PCI Express x16 DVI-D/HDMI PCI Express x16 PCI
Express x16 HDMI DVI-D
x1
RTL8111C/D
LAN
RJ45
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) LGA775 Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme /
Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad / Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo /
Intel® Pentium® / Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® G41
Intel® ICH7
21.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB ( )
DDR2 800/667 MHz
( )
-1D-Sub
-1DVI-D () ( )
-1HDMI ( )
Realtek ALC888B
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
RTL8111C/D (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 ( )
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-100/66/33 2
IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
iTE IT8718
- 1 1
USB
8USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4
USB )
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124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1CMOS
1PS/2
1PS/2
1D-Sub
1DVI-D () ( )
1HDMI ( )
1S/PDIF
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
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
Micro ATX 24.4 x 21.0
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) DVI-D D-Sub
() PCI Express x16 DVI-D/HDMI PCI Express x16 PCI
Express x16 HDMI DVI-D
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
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LGA775 CPU
LGA775 CPU
CPU
1-3
(CPU)
CPU
(CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU CPU (
CPU CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
1-3-1 (CPU)
A. CPU CPU
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B. CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
(CPU )
CPU CPU
( ) CPU
(CPU
)
CPU
CPU
CPU
(CPU
CPU )
CPU
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CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
' '
(
)
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
(
)
CPU
1-3-2
CPU CPU (Intel®)
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Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory Technology)
/
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
1-4
( )
1-4-1
2DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
2DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR2_1 ( 1)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_2 ( 2)
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1-4-2
DDR2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
( ) ( )
D-Sub
15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
DVI-D
DVI-D DVI-D
HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) /
HDCP
HDMI HDMI 1920x1080
HDMI AC3 DTS 2-channel-LPCM (AC3
DTS )
Winsdows Vista > >
>HDMI
( ) DVI-D D-Sub
() PCI Express x16 DVI-D/HDMI PCI Express x16 PCI
Express x16 HDMI DVI-D
() ( )
()
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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
( )
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
/
/
S/PDIF
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
A.
DVI-D HDMI D-Sub
DVI-D + HDMI BIOS
(POST) HDMI
B. HD DVD
HD DVD ( )
CPU Intel
2DDR2 800 MHz 1 GB
CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0
HDCP
/