GA-945GCMX-S2

Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 Owner's manual

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GA-945GCM-S2
GA-945GCMX-S2
Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme dual-core / CoreTM 2 Duo /
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D LGA775
Rev. 6602
12MC-945CMX2R-6602R
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*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-945GCMX-S2
Mar. 23, 2007
Mar. 23, 2007
Motherboard
GA-945GCMX-S2
Motherboard
GA-945GCM-S2
Jan. 12, 2007
Jan. 12, 2007
Motherboard
GA-945GCM-S2
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GA-945GCMX-S2 ............................................................................. 8
GA-945GCM-S2 ................................................................................ 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
1-6 ................................................................................... 19
1-7 ....................................................................................... 20
BIOS ....................................................................................... 31
(BIOS GA-945GCMX-S2 F5a) .................................... 32
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 34
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 36
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 38
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 42
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 44
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 45
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) ............................................ 47
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 49
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 49
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 50
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 51
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 51
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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 ............................................................................................ 57
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 57
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................. 58
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 60
4-1-4 /// .............................................................................. 64
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 69
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2USB 2.0 (12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
(S/PDIF +)( 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)
SATA ( 12CF1-3SATPW-11R)
(12CF1-1CM001-31/12CF1-1CM001-12R)
IDE 1 1
SATA 3Gb/s 2
I/O
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GA-945GCMX-S2
KB_MS
CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-945GCMX-S2
F_AUDIO
SYS_FAN
PCIE_16
IDE
BATTERY
IT8718
ATX_12V
Intel 945
Intel ICH7
USB
LAN
AUDIO
LPT
R_USB
COMA
CLR_CMOS
FDD
F_PANELPWR_LED
SATAII1
CI
CD_IN
F_USB1
CODEC
SPDIF_IO
DDRII1
DDRII2
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
F_USB2
PCIE_4
SATAII2
SATAII3
COMB
VGA
SATAII0
RTL8110SC
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GA-945GCM-S2
KB_MS
CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-945GCM-S2
F_AUDIO
SYS_FAN
PCIE_16
IDE
BATTERY
IT8718
ATX_12V
Intel® 945
Intel® ICH7
USB
LAN
AUDIO
LPT
R_USB
COMA
CLR_CMOS
FDD
F_PANELPWR_LED
SATAII1
CI
CD_IN
F_USB1
CODEC
SPDIF_IO
DDRII1
DDRII2
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
F_USB2
PCI3
SATAII2
SATAII3
COMB
VGA
SATAII0
RTL8110SC
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Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
( ) FSB 1333 CoreTM 2 FSB 1333 CoreTM 2
DDR2 533( )
( ) DDR2 667 FSB 1066/800 MHz
GA-945GCMX-S2
GA-945GCM-S2
LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel® 945
3 PCI
PCI Bus
Dual Channel Memory
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
IT8718
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
LAN
COM Ports
RTL
8110SC
RJ45
ATA-33/66/100 IDE Channel
BIOS
4 SATA 3Gb/s
8 USB Ports
CPU CLK+/-
(333( ) /266/200/133 MHz)
GMCH CLK
(333( ) /266/200/133 MHz)
DDR2 667/533 MHz DIMM( )
D-Sub
Intel® ICH7
1 PCI Express x4
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x4
2 PCI
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
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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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1-2
LGA775 CoreTM 2 Extreme dual-core / CoreTM 2 Duo /
Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D
L2 CPU
1333( ) /1066/800/533 MHz FSB
Intel® 945
Intel® ICH7
RTL8110SC (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC888 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
S/PDIF /
CD
Intel® ICH7
-1 1
-1IDE ATA-33/66/100 2IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
Microsoft Windows® XP/Vista
2 DDRII DIMM 4 GB ( )
DDRII 667/533 unbuffered DIMM ( )
1.8V DDRII DIMM
1PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x4
2PCI
3PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
2USB 2.0/1.1 4USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
GA-945GCMX-S2
GA-945GCM-S2
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1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1
1
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
6 ( / / / ( )
/ ( ) / )
I/O IT8718
CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
BIOS 14 Mbit flash ROM
AWARD BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( ) ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Micro ATX 22.0 x 24.4
( ) FSB 1333 CoreTM 2 FSB 1333 CoreTM 2
DDR2 533( )
( ) Windows XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) DDR2 667 FSB 1066/800 MHz
() 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.
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)
4.
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1-3-2
1.
6.
CPU
3.
CPU CPU
CPU CPU
2.
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(Intel )
4.
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5.
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3.
DDR2 BIOS
DDR2
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR2 ( )
GA-945GCMX-S2/GA-945GCM-S2
Memory Bus
1. DDR2
2.
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2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI
Express x16
(
)
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps
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/ /
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2/4/6/8
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1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_IO
14) F_USB1 / F_USB2
15) COMB
16) CLR_CMOS
17) CI
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