GA-EP45-EXTREME

Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME Owner's manual

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GA-EP45-EXTREME
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1001
12MC-EP45EXT-1001R
Jun. 6, 2008
Motherboard
GA-EP45-EXTREME
Motherboard
GA-EP45-EXTREME
Jun. 6, 2008
© 2008
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-EP45-EXTREME ........................................................................ 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 Hybrid Silent-Pipe .............................................................. 16
1-5 ....................................................................................... 17
1-5-1 ....................................................................................... 17
1-5-2 ............................................................................................ 18
1-6 ................................................................................................. 19
1-7 SATA .................................................................................. 20
1-8 ................................................................................... 21
1-9 ................................................................................... 23
1-10 ....................................................................................... 25
BIOS ....................................................................................... 37
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 38
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 39
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 41
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 48
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 50
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 53
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 56
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 58
2-9 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 59
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 61
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 61
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 62
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 63
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 63
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 65
3-2 ............................................................................................ 66
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 66
3-4 ................................................................................................. 67
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 67
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 68
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 69
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 74
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS........................................................................ 74
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 77
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 78
4-4 -(DES Advanced) ............................................. 79
4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 81
4-6 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 82
4-7 (Teaming) .................................................................... 83
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 85
5-1-1 SATA ....................................................................... 85
5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 91
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 93
5-2 /........................................................................ 98
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 98
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )............................................... 100
5-2-3 Dolby Home Theater ................................................................... 102
5-2-4 .......................................................................................... 103
5-2-5 .......................................................................................... 105
5-3 ................................................................................................... 106
5-3-1 .............................................................................................................. 106
5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 107
5-4 POST ...................................................................... 109
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2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
GA-EP45-EXTREME - 1
- 1
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Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA - 1
I/O - 1
2IEEE 1394a - 1
Hybrid Silent-Pipe - 1
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GA-EP45-EXTREME
( )
F_USB1F3_1394F1_1394
KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA775 ATX
GA-EP45- EXTREME
F_AUDIO
PWR_FAN
ATX_12V_2X
Intel® P45
USB_LAN2
AUDIO
R_SPDIF
PCIEX1_1
R_USB
SPDIF_I
PWR_LED
IDE
CD_IN
FDD
PCI1
PCIEX16_1
CODEC
TSB43AB23
PCI3
PCIEX8_1
IT8720
Intel® ICH10R
PCI2
CLR_CMOS
M_BIOS
B_BIOS
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
COMA
SPDIF_O
PHASE LED
USB_LAN1
RTL8111C
PCIEX4_1 IT8213
F_PANEL
F_USB2
SYS_FAN1
F2_1394SYS_FAN2
SATA2_2
SATA2_0
SATA2_1
SATA2_3
SATA2_4
SATA2_5
Debug
LED ( )
CMOS_SW
BAT RTL8111C
RST_SW PW_SW
CI
F_LED1/2/3/4/5
CPU_LED1/2/3
CT_LED1/2
DDR_LED1/2/3
SB_LED1/2/3
NB_LED1/2/3
NBT_LED1/2
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LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel®
P45 MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz)
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
Dual BIOS
3 PCI
PCI Bus
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
ATA-133/100/
66/33 IDE
Channel
12 USB Ports
IT8720
CPU CLK+/-
(400/333/266/200 MHz)
IT8213
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
Intel®
ICH10R
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
COM Port
PCI Express Bus x1
x1
RTL
8111C
RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN2
RJ45
PCI Express x16
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1
PCI Express x3
Switch
PCI Express x1
LAN1
Switch
x16x8
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz) LPC Bus
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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® 4 / Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® P45
Intel® ICH10R
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB ( )
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
Dolby® Home Theater ( )
S/PDIF /
CD
2Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
(Teaming)
1PCI Express x16 ( )
1PCI Express x8
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 ATI CrossFireXTM PCI Express 2.0)
1PCI Express x4 ( )
1PCI Express x1
3PCI
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
iTE IT8213
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
iTE IT8720
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (IEEE
1394a )
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USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12 V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
3IEEE 1394a
1
1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
1CMOS
8USB 2.0/1.1
2RJ-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
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit
( ) PCIEX16_1
PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 PCIEX16_1 x8
( ) PCI Express x4 PCI Express x1
PCI Express x4 PCI Express x1
( ) 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
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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 Hybrid Silent-Pipe
Hybrid Silent-Pipe
(
)
Hybrid Silent-
Pipe
Hybrid Silent-Pipe
Hybrid Silent-Pipe
()
1.
2
3.
( )
(F_AUDIO)
Hybrid Silent-Pipe
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1-5
( )
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
POST
Flex Memory Mode Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory Technology)
/
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
1-5-1 4DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR2_1 DDR2_2 ( 12)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_3 DDR2_4 ( 34)
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
GA-EP45-EXTREME - 18 -
1-5-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
DDR2
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1-6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express x1
PCI
PCI Express x16/x8/x4
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1-7 SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
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