Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2C Owner's manual

Brand: Gigabyte

Model: GA-G31M-ES2C

Category: Motherboards

Type: Owner's manual

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GA-G31M-ES2L

The Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2C motherboard supports LGA775 socket CPUs, including Intel Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Celeron, and Pentium processors. It features an Intel G31 chipset and an ICH7 southbridge, enabling dual-channel DDR2 memory with up to 4GB capacity. With a PCI Express x16 slot, it supports high-performance graphics cards. Network connectivity is provided by Realtek's AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet and AR8132 Fast Ethernet controllers. Additionally, the motherboard offers High Definition Audio with 7.1-channel surround sound capabilities.

GA-G31M-ES2L/

GA-G31M-ES2C

LGA775

Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /

Intel® Celeron®

Rev. 2301

12MC-G31MES2L-2301R

May 20, 2010

Motherboard

GA-G31M-ES2L/GA-G31M-ES2C

Motherboard

GA-G31M-ES2L/

GA-G31M-ES2C

May 20, 2010

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REV : X.X X.X

REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS

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GA-G31M-ES2L/GA-G31M-ES2C ..................................................... 7

................................................................................................. 8

................................................................................................... 9

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.) ( / ) ...................................... 47

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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....................................................................................... 53

3-1 ....................................................................................... 53

3-2 ............................................................................................ 54

3-3 ().......................................................................................... 54

3-4 ................................................................................................. 55

3-5 ..................................................................................................... 55

3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 56

....................................................................................... 57

4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 57

4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 60

4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 60

4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 63

4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 64

4-4 (Easy Energy Saver) ................................................. 65

4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 67

4-6 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 68

.......................................................................................................... 69

5-1 /........................................................................ 69

5-1-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 69

5-1-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 72

5-1-3 ............................................................................................ 74

5-1-4 ............................................................................................ 76

5-2 ..................................................................................................... 77

5-2-1 ................................................................................................................ 77

5-2-2 ........................................................................................................... 78

5-3 ..................................................................................................... 80

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GA-G31M-ES2L GA-G31M-ES2C - 1

- 1

IDE - 1

SATA - 2

I/O - 1

( 12CF1-1FD001-7*R)

2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-5*R)

2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R)

(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPOUT-0*R)

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GA-G31M-ES2L/GA-G31M-ES2C

KB_MS CPU_FAN

LGA775

ATX

GA-G31M-ES2L/GA-G31M-ES2C

F_AUDIO

SYS_FAN

PCIE_16

IDE

BAT

IT8718

ATX_12V

Intel®G31

USB

LAN

AUDIO

LPT

R_USB

COMA

CLR_CMOS

FDD

DDRII1

DDRII2

VGA

Intel®ICH7

SATAII0

F_PANEL

PWR_LED

CD_IN

F_USB1

CODEC

SPDIF_O

M_BIOS

PCI1

PCI2

F_USB2

PCIE_1

SATAII2

SATAII3

SATAII1

B_BIOS

AR8131

AR8132

GA-G31M-ES2L

GA-G31M-ES2C

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GA-G31M-ES2L

GA-G31M-ES2C

LGA775

CPU

Host

Interface

Intel® G31 GMCH CLK

(333/266/200 MHz)

Intel®

ICH7

2 PCI

Dual Channel Memory

4 SATA 3Gb/s

PCI CLK

(33 MHz)

PCIe CLK

(100 MHz)

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

Dual BIOS

Line Out

MIC

CODEC

Line In

S/PDIF Out

Side Speaker Out

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

Surround Speaker Out

RJ45

LAN

AR8131

AR8132

PCI Express x16

PCI Express Bus

PCI Bus

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1-1

•

•(CPU)

•

GA-G31M-ES2L/ES2C - 10 -

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® G31

Intel® ICH7

21.8V DDR2 DIMM 4 GB ( )



DDR2 800/667 MHz

( )



Realtek ALC883/888B

High Definition Audio

2 / 4 / 5.1/7.1 ( )

S/PDIF

CD

AR8131 (10/100/1000 Mbit)

AR8132 (10/100 Mbit)

1PCI Express x16

1PCI Express x1

2PCI



-1IDE ATA-100/66/33 2IDE

-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s

iTE IT8718

- 1 1

USB 

8USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4

USB )

GA-G31M-ES2L

GA-G31M-ES2C

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124-pin ATX

14-pin ATX 12V

1

1IDE

4SATA 3Gb/s

1CPU

1

1S/PDIF

2USB 2.0/1.1

1

1PS/2

1

1D-Sub

4USB 2.0/1.1

1RJ-45

3 ( / / )

I/O iTE IT8718



CPU

CPU/

CPU

CPU/

CPU ( )

BIOS 24 Mbit flash

AWARD BIOS

DualBIOSTM

PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b

GA-G31M-ES2L/ES2C - 12 -

@BIOS

Q-Flash

Xpress BIOS Rescue

Download Center

Xpress Install

Xpress Recovery2

EasyTune ( )

(Easy Energy Saver)( )

Time Repair

ON/OFF Charge

Q-Share

Norton Internet Security (OEM )

Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP

Micro ATX 24.4 x 19.4

( ) PC 4 GB 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

CPU

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B. CPU CPU

CPU

(CPU )

CPU CPU

( ) CPU

(CPU

)

CPU

(CPU

CPU )

CPU

CPU CPU

CPU

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CPU CPU

CPU ' '

()

CPU (CPU_FAN)

CPU

1-3-2 CPU CPU (Intel®)

CPU ()

GA-G31M-ES2L/ES2C - 16 -

1-4

•

( )

•

1-4-1 2DDR2

(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS

2DDR2 (Channel)

0 (Channel 0) DDRII1 ( 1)

1 (Channel 1) DDRII2 ( 2)

1. DDR2

DDRII1

DDRII2

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1-4-2

DDR2

DDR2 DDR DDR2

GA-G31M-ES2L/ES2C - 18 -

1-5

•

6. BIOS

PCI

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

/PCI Express x16

•

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 USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB

/USB USB

(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)

1 GB (1 Gbps)

•

1 Gbps

100 Mbps

10 Mbps

GA-G31M-ES2L

GA-G31M-ES2L/ES2C - 20 -

( )

( ) 2

4/5.1

( )

7.1 HD (High Definition )

2/4/5.1/7.1

GA-G31M-ES2C

(RJ-45) (Fast Ethernet) 10/

100 Mbps

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