GA-EG31MF-S2

Gigabyte GA-EG31MF-S2 Owner's manual

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GA-EG31MF-S2
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1002
12MC-EG31MF2-1002R
Mar. 3, 2008
Motherboard
GA-EG31MF-S2
Motherboard
GA-EG31MF-S2
Mar. 3, 2008
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-EG31MF-S2 ................................................................................ 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 ....................................................................................... 31
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 32
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 33
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 35
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 37
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 40
2-6 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 43
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 45
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 46
2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 48
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 50
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 50
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 51
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 52
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 52
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3-1 ............................................................................... 53
3-2 ............................................................................................ 54
3-3 ................................................................................... 54
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 55
3-5 ................................................................................................. 55
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 57
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 62
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS........................................................................ 62
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 65
4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 67
4-4 (Dynamic Energy Saver) ................................................ 68
4-5 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 70
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5-1 /........................................................................ 71
5-1-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 71
5-1-2 (S/PDIF +)( ) .................................. 73
5-1-3 ............................................................................................ 75
5-1-4 ............................................................................................ 77
5-2 ..................................................................................................... 78
5-2-1 ................................................................................................................ 78
5-2-2 ........................................................................................................... 79
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2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11R)
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IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
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GA-EG31MF-S2
KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-EG31MF-S2
F_AUDIO
ATX_12V
Intel® G31
USB_LAN
AUDIO
USB_1394
PCIE_1
SYS_FAN
F1_1394 F_PANEL
PWR_LED
F_USB2
IDE
F_USB1
CD_IN
FDD
PCIE_16
CODEC TSB43AB23
PCI1
PCI2
BAT
IT8718 Intel® ICH7
CLR_CMOS
CI
MBIOS
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
SPDIF_IO
SATAII3
RTL8111C
COMA
LPT
VGA
SATAII2
SATAII1
SATAII0
PHASE LED
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1 PCI Express x16
Dual Channel Memory
LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel®
G31 GMCH CLK
(333/266/200 MHz)
BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
PCI Express Bus 4 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
8 USB Ports
IT8718
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
CPU CLK+/-
(333/266/200 MHz)
D-Sub
1 PCI Express x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz) x1 ATA-100/66/33 IDE Channel
COM Port
DDR2 800/667 MHz
RJ45
LAN
RTL8111C
2 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
Intel®
ICH7
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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® Pentium® D /
Intel® Pentium® 4 / Intel® Pentium® 4 /
Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® G31
Intel® ICH7
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 4 GB ( )
DDR2 800/667 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC888
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-100/66/33 2
IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
iTE IT8718
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
2IEEE 1394a (1 1
IEEE 1394a )
USB
8USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4
USB )
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124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12 V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
2USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1
1D-Sub
4USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU
CPU/
CPU
CPU/
CPU/ ( )
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BIOS 18 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Virtual Dual BIOS
(Dynamic Energy Saver)
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000
Micro ATX 24.4 x 23
( ) PC 4 GB 4 GB
4 GB
( ) 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
LGA775 CPU
LGA775 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
1-3-2 CPU CPU (Intel®)
()
CPU
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1-4
( )
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
3. (DDRII1 DDRII2)
POST
Flex Memory Mode Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory Technology)
/
2
4
DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS
SS SS SS SS
(SS DS -- )
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
1-4-1 4DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRII1 DDRII2 ( 12)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII3 DDRII4 ( 34)
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1-4-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
PCI
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/
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1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
D-Sub 15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
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5.1/7.1
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4/5.1/7.1
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7.1
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1/7.1
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2/4/5.1/7.1
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