GA-8I945P-G-RH

Gigabyte GA-8I945P-G-RH Owner's manual

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GA-8I945P-G-RH
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1003
12MC-8I945PGR-1003R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-8I945P-G-RH
Nov. 9, 2005
Nov. 9, 2005
Motherboard
GA-8I945P-G-RH
© 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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 F1a) .................................................................. 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 ( ) ............................................... 39
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 41
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 42
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 44
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 47
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 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 ............................................................................................... 56
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................. 57
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 59
4-1-4 /// .............................................................................. 68
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 72
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GA-8I945P-G-RH
KB_MS
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
LGA775
COAXIAL
LPT
ATX
GA-8I945P-G-RH
USB
COMA
RF_ID
BAT
CD_IN
ICH7
BIOS
PCI2
PCI3
SYS_FAN
SATAII2
FDD
F_PANEL
CLR_CMOS
PCI1
F_USB GREEN_USB
CODEC
IDE1
Broadcom
5789
SPDIF_I
CI
DDRII1
DDRII2
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO Intel 945P
AUDIO1
PCIE_16
IT8712
AUDIO2
OPTICAL
PCIE_1
PCIE_2
IT8212
IDE3 IDE2
SATAII3
SATAII0
SATAII1
DDRII3
DDRII4
PWR_LED
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() DDRII 667 FSB 800/1066MHz
LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(133/200/266MHz)
PCI Express x16
33MHz
Host
Interface
Intel
945P
MCHCLK (133/200/266MHz)
66MHz
48MHz
DDRII 667(Note)/533/400MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
COM Port
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
24MHz
33MHz
4 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA33/66/100
IDE1 Channel
14.318MHz
BIOS
8 USB
Ports
PCICLK
(33MHz)
3 PCI
PCI Bus LPT Port
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
RJ45
Broadcom
5789
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
PCI Express Bus
x 1
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
IT 8712
IDE2/IDE3
IT8212
IDE RAID
Intel
ICH7
x 1 x 1
2 PCI Express x1
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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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Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775 ( )
1066/800/533MHz FSB
L2 CPU
® 945P
ICH7
Win 2000/XP
4DDR II DIMM 4GB ( )
1.8V DDR II DIMM
DDR II 667( )533/400 DIMM
1 PCI Express x 16
2PCI Express x 1
3PCI
IDE 1IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 2IDE (IDE1)
-Win 2000/XP
2IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA133) RAID
4IDE (IDE2/IDE3)( )
1 2
SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
1(COMA)
8USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 4- )
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
Broadcom 5789 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1RJ 45
Win 2000/XP
( ) CPU
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
( ) DDRII 667 FSB 800/1066MHz
( ) ATAPI
1-2
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ALC882 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF
SPDIF ( + )
CD
Win 2000/XP
IDE RAID GigaRAID IT8212
(IDE2, IDE3) striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping+mirroring (RAID 0+RAID 1)
JBOD
ATA133 IDE
ATAPI
IDE bus master
ATA133/RAID ( BIOS )
Mirroring
BIOS LBA 13h
I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune 5( )
BIOS (CPU/DDR/PCIE/FSB)
BIOS (CPU/DDR/PCIE)
ATX 30.5 x 22.0
() 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.
(
)
(
)
4.
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1-3-2
1.
6.
CPU
3.
2.
(
)
(Intel )
4.
(
)
5.
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR II BIOS
DDRII
1.
2.
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Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
Dual Channel DDR II ( )
GA-8I945P-G-RH
Memory Bus
GA-8I945P-G-RH 4(DIMM) Channel
2
Channel A DDR II 1 DDR II 2 ( 12)
Channel B DDR II 3 DDR II 4 ( 34)
1. DDR II
2. DDR II (
)DDR
2
4
1 2 3 4
DS/SS X DS/SS X
X DS/SS X DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
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1-5
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI-Express x 16
PCI Express x 16
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
COAXIAL (SPDIF )
SPDIF AC-3
AC-3 (SPDIF In)
OPTICAL(SPDIF )
SPDIF AC-3
AC-3 (SPDIF In)
A
(USB)
USB
USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
( )
( )
/
/ /
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2/4/6/8
13
2
6
7
5
15
4
8
13
12 13
11
1014
16
6
917
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1/IDE2/IDE3
7) SATAII0 / SATAII1 / SATAII2 / SATAII3
8) F_AUDIO
9) PWR_LED
10) F_PANEL
11) CD_IN
12) SPDIF_I
13) F_USB/GREEN_USB
14) RF_ID
15) CI
16) CLR_CMOS
17) BAT
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1/2) ATX_12V/ATX ( )
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
!
(300
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
113
24
12
1
3
2
4
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
)
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
)
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN )
+12V (GND)
!
CPU
1
2 +12V
3
4
(CPU_FAN )
1
1
CPU_FAN
SYS_FAN
5) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
1
2
33
34
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