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Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L Owner's manual

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GA-G41M-ES2L
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1401
12MC-G41MES2L-1401R
Jun. 30, 2010
Motherboard
GA-G41M-ES2L
Motherboard
GA-G41M-ES2L
Jun. 30, 2010
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-G41M-ES2L ................................................................................ 7
GA-G41M-ES2L ....................................................................... 8
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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 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 35
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 41
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 43
2-6 Advanced Chipset Features ( )................................ 45
2-7 Integrated Peripherals ( )....................................................... 47
2-8 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 50
2-9 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 52
2-10 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 53
2-11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 54
2-12 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 54
2-13 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /)................... 55
2-14 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 56
2-15 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 56
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 57
3-2 ............................................................................................ 58
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 58
3-4 ................................................................................................. 59
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 59
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 60
3-7 ................................................................................................. 60
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 61
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 64
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 64
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 67
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 68
4-4 (Easy Energy Saver) ................................................. 69
4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 71
4-6 SMART Recovery ............................................................................... 72
4-7 Auto Green ........................................................................................... 73
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5-1 /........................................................................ 75
5-1-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 75
5-1-2 S/PDIF /................................................................................. 78
5-1-3 ............................................................................................ 80
5-1-4 ............................................................................................ 82
5-2 ..................................................................................................... 83
5-2-1 ................................................................................................................ 83
5-2-2 ........................................................................................................... 84
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 86
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GA-G41M-ES2L - 1
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IDE - 1
SATA - 2
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-5*R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-1*R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-3*R)
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GA-G41M-ES2L
KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-G41M-ES2L
F_AUDIO
SYS_FAN
PCIEX16
IDE
BATTERY
ATX_12V
Intel®G41
USB
LAN
AUDIO
LPT
R_USB
COMA
CLR_CMOS
FDD
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
VGA
Intel®ICH7
SATA2_0
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
CI
CD_IN
F_USB1
CODEC
SPDIF_IO
M_BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
F_USB2
PCIEX1
SATA2_2
SATA2_3
SATA2_1
B_BIOS
COMB
iTE
IT8718
Realtek
RTL8111E
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GA-G41M-ES2L
LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel® G41 GMCH CLK
(333/266/200 MHz)
Intel®
ICH7
2 PCI
PCI Bus
PCI Express Bus
Dual Channel Memory
4 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
8 USB Ports
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
DDR2 800/667 MHz
Dual BIOS
Line Out
MIC
CODEC
Line In
S/PDIF In
S/PDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
COM Ports
RJ45
LAN
Realtek
RTL8111E
iTE
IT8718
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1-1
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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
( )
Realtek ALC888B
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1/7.1 ( )
S/PDIF /
CD
1Realtek RTL8111E (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-100/66/33 2IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
iTE IT8718
- 1 1
USB
- 8 USB 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 /
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1
1D-Sub
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU
CPU/
CPU
CPU/
CPU ( )
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
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@BIOS
Q-Flash
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Download Center
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
EasyTune ( )
(Easy Energy Saver)( )
SMART Recovery
Auto Green
ON/OFF Charge
Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP
Micro ATX 24.4 x 19.4
( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) 7.1 HD (High Definition )
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
( ) Intel®CoreTM 2 Extreme/ CoreTM 2 Quad/
CoreTM 2 Duo/ Pentium Dual-Core/ Celeron Dual-Core/ Celeron 400
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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
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1-4-1 2DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
2DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR2_1 ( 1)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_2 ( 2)
1. DDR2
2.
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
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1-4-2
DDR2
DDR2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
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1-5
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCI
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
/PCI Express x16
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PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
D-Sub 15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
USB 2.0/1.1 USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
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1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
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( )
( ) 2
4/5.1
( )
7.1 HD (High Definition )
2/4/5.1/7.1
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