GA-945GCM-S2

Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2 Owner's manual

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GA-945GCM-S2
Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme dual-core / CoreTM 2 Duo /
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D LGA775
Rev. 3901
12MC-945GCM2R-3901R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-945GCM-S2
Jan. 12, 2007
Jan. 12, 2007
Motherboard
GA-945GCM-S2
© 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 12
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13
1-4 ....................................................................................... 14
1-5 ................................................................................................. 16
1-6 ................................................................................... 17
1-7 ....................................................................................... 18
BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
(BIOS D2) .................................................................... 30
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 32
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 34
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 36
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 40
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 42
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 43
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) ............................................ 45
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 47
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 47
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 48
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 49
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 49
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3-1 ............................................................................... 51
3-2 ............................................................................................ 52
3-3 ................................................................................... 52
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 53
3-5 ................................................................................................. 53
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 55
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 55
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................. 56
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 58
4-1-4 /// .............................................................................. 62
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 67
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2USB 2.0 (12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
(S/PDIF +)( 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)
e-SATA ( 12CF1-3SATPW-11R)
(12CF1-1CM001-31/12CF1-1CM001-12R)
IDE 1 1
SATA 3Gb/s 2
I/O
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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® 945GC
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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LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel® 945GC
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
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
LAN
COM Ports
x1
RTL
8110SC
RJ45
ATA 33/66/100 IDE Channel
BIOS
4 SATA 3Gb/s
8 USB Ports
CPU CLK+/-(200/133 MHz)
GMCH CLK (200/133 MHz)
DDRII 533/400 MHz DIMM
VGA
Intel® ICH7
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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
800/533 MHz FSB
Intel® 945GC
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® 2000/XP
2 DDRII DIMM 2 GB
DDRII 533/400 unbuffered DIMM
1.8V DDRII DIMM
1PCI Express x16
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
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() EasyTune
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
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(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.
2.
(
)
(Intel )
4.
(
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5.
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1.
2.
3.
DDRII BIOS
DDRII
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR II ( )
GA-945GCM-S2
Memory Bus
1. DDRII
2. DDRII (
)DDRII
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1-5
1.
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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1-7
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
1
5
12 15
4
11
9
16
13
2
14
7
17
8
3
10
6
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin ATX_12V / 2x12-pin ATX )
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
(300
)
ATX
24 ATX ATX
20
13 3.3V
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V ( 24
)
24 (24
)
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V( 24
)
12 3.3V( 24
)
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
131
24
12
13
2
4
ATX
ATX_12V
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN
)
+12V (GND)
CPU/ CPU/
CPU
1
2 +12V /
3
4
CPU_FAN :
1
2 +12V
3
SYS_FAN :
5) FDD ( )
360 KB 720 KB 1.2 MB 1.44 MB 2.88 MB
1
SYS_FAN
CPU_FAN
1
2
34
1
33
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