Computer Hardware GA-8I915P

Gigabyte Computer Hardware GA-8I915P, GA-8I915P, GA-8I915P Duo Pro-A, GA-8I915P Duo-A User manual

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GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)-A
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 LGA775
Rev. 1001
12MC-8I915PUPA-1001
Motherboard
GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)-A
Jun. 11, 2004
Jun. 11, 2004
Motherboard
GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)-A
© 2004 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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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
1-5-1 G.E.A.R. ............................................................................................. 17
1-5-2 ................................................................................... 17
1-6 ........................................................................................ 19
1-7 ............................................................................................. 20
BIOS ..................................................................................... 31
(BIOS E11) ...................................................................... 32
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ............................................. 34
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ....................................... 36
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ........................................................ 38
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ................................................ 42
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) .............................. 44
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ................................................................ 45
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ....................................... 46
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) ......................................... 48
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ..................................... 48
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 49
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................. 50
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 50
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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 Xpress Recovery .................................................................................... 56
4-1-2 BIOS ...................................................................................... 59
4-1-3 Serial ATA RAID BIOS .............................................. 70
4-1-4 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ................................................................................ 77
4-2 ........................................................................................................... 83
GA-8I915P Duo Pro-A
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GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)-A
KB_MS
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
LGA775
SPDIF_O
COMA
LPT
USB
LAN2
IR
BAT
TSB43AB23
CD_IN
AZALIA_FP
Intel 915P
NB_FAN
AUDIO1
S_ATA1
ICH 6 /
ICH 6R
M ain
BIOS
Backup
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
DDRII_1
DDR1
DDRII_2
DDR2
ATX
PWR_FAN
IDE1
SYS_FAN
S_ATA4
S_ATA3
S_ATA2
FDD
PWR_LED
F_PANEL
CLR_CMOS
F1_1394
F2_1394
PC IE_16
PCIE_1
PCIE_2
GEAR
F_U SB2
F_U SB1
IT8712
CODEC
GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)-A
SPDIF_I
AUDIO2
IDE2
IDE3
VT6410
Broadcom
5751
Broadcom
5751
USB
LAN1
GA-8I915P Duo Pro-A
GA-8I915P Duo-A
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GA-8I915P Duo Pro-A
GA-8I915P Duo-A
Line-Out
MIC
Surround Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Back Surround Speaker Out
LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz)
PCI Express x16
33MHz
Host
Interface
Intel
915P
MCH
MCHCLK (133/200MHz)
66MHz
48MHz
DDRII 533/400MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
COM Port
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
24MHz
33MHz
IT 8712
4 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100
IDE1 Channels
Intel
ICH6 /ICH6R
14.318MHz
Dual BIOS
8 USB
Ports
CODEC
Line-In
PCI Express x1 Bus
PCICLK
(33MHz)
2 PCI
1 G.E.A.R.
PCI Bus
3 IEEE1394
TSB43AB23
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
LPT Port
2 PCI Express x 1 Ports
DDR 400/333MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
RJ45
Broadcom
5751
VT6410
IDE RAID
IDE2/IDE3
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
RJ45
Broadcom
5751
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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
®
4 LGA775
800/533MHz FSB
2nd CPU
Intel
®
915P Express
Intel
®
ICH6 /ICH6R
2 DDR DIMM 2GB
2.5V DDR DIMM
DDR400/333 DIMM
2 DDR II DIMM 2GB
1.8V DDR II DIMM
DDR II 533/400 DIMM
( DDR DDR II )
1 PCI-Express x 16
2 PCI Express x 1
2 PCI
1 G.E.A.R.
IDE 1 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 2 IDE (IDE1)
2 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA133) RAID
4 IDE (IDE2/IDE3)
( )
1 2
SATA 4 Serial ATA
1 Normal/EPP/ECP
1 (COMA)
8 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 4 x 4- )
3 IEEE1394 ( )
1
1
1 PS/2
1 PS/2
Broadcom 5751 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
2 RJ 45 --LAN1 /LAN2
( ) ATAPI
1-2
GA-8I915P Duo Pro-A
GA-8I915P Duo-A
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C-Media 9880 CODEC (UAJ)
Jack Sensing
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
/
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
SATA RAID ICH6R
striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
JBOD
150 MB
4 SATA
Win 2000/XP
IDE RAID VT6410
(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 1
I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU / /
CPU
CPU / /
CPU
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Dual BIOS /Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune
BIOS (CPU/DDR/PCI-E)
BIOS (CPU/DDR)
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
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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.
2.
1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR/DDR II BIOS
DDR II
DDR
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Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
Dual Channel DDR/DDR II ( )
GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)-A Memory Bus
6.4GB/s(DDR) 8.5GB/s(DDR II)
GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)-A 4 (DIMM)
Channel A : DDR 1 Channel A : DDR II 1
Channel B : DDR 2 Channel B : DDR II 2
1. DDR DDR II
2. DDR DDR II ( )
Channel A Channel B DDR DDR II
Channel
DDR DDR II
2
DDR 1 DDR 2
DS/SS DS/SS
2
DDR II 1 DDR II 2
DS/SS DS/SS
DDR DDR II
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1-5
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI-Express x 16/G.E.A.R.
/
PCI Express x 16/G.E.A.R.
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1-5-1 G.E.A.R.
( Windows XP VGA
)
Nvidia Gigabyte GA-620
Gigabyte GA-622
Gigabyte GA-660 Plus
Gigabyte GA-GF2560
Gigabyte GA-GF2000
Gigabyte GA-GF1280
Gigabyte GV-GF2010D
Gigabyte GA-GF3000D
Gigabyte GV-GF1280-32E
Gigabyte GV-GF1280T-32P
Gigabyte GV-GF3200TF
Gigabyte GV-GF3500TF-GH
ELSA Gladiac Ultra
ELSA Gladiac 517
ELSA Gladiac 517vivo
ELSA Gladiac 525 A128
Leadtek WinFast A170 TH
Leadtek WinFast A250 TO
Leadtek WinFast A250 Ultra
1. 4X
...
1-5-2
G.E.A.R. (GIGABYTE Enhance AGP Riser) AGP Intel
PCI Express
G.E.A.R. AGP 4X 8X
1. AGP G.E.A.R.
2. G.E.A.R. PCI Express AGP
PCI Express x 16 AGP
3. G.E.A.R. PCI AGP AGP
4.
http://chinese.giga-byte.com
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. 8X
ATi Gigabyte GV-AR64DL-T-SI
Gigabyte GV-AR64S-H
Gigabyte GV-AP64D
Gigabyte GV-AP64DH
Gigabyte GV-AP128DG-H
Gigabyte GV-AF128D-GH
SiS Prolink SiS315 64MB
Savage ASUS V3500
2. 4X
Nvidia Gigabyte GV-N57L128D
Gigabyte GV-N59X128D
ASUS V9180TD
ASUS V9480-TVD
ASUS V9520
MSI MX440-VTD8X MS-8888
MSI Ti4600-TD-8X
Leadtek WinFast A280LE TD
Leadtek WinFast A310 TD
Albatron NVIDIA 5950
ATi Gigabyte GV-R9700 Pro
Gigabyte GV-R9700
Gigabyte GV-R9500
Gigabyte GV-R9200C3
Gigabyte GV-R98P128D
Gigabyte GV-R92P128VH
SiS Triplex Xabre Pro
Power Color Xabre 600 Pro
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
SPDIF_O (SPDIF )
SPDIF AC-3 AC-3
(SPDIF In)
SPDIF_I (SPDIF )
SPDIF
(SPDIF Out)
A
1
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
2
Gigabit Ethernet(PCI-E Gigabit) 10/100/1000Mbps
(USB)
USB
USB / USB USB USB
USB
( )
GA-8I915P Duo Pro-A
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1-7
2-/4-/5.1-/7.1-
/
/
GA-8I915P Duo Pro-A
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) PWR_FAN
6) NB_FAN
7) FDD
8) IDE1
9) IDE2/IDE3
10) S_ATA1 / S_ATA2 / S_ATA3 / S_ATA4
11) PWR_LED
12) F_PANEL
13) AZALIA_FP
14) CD_IN
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) F1_1394 / F2_1394
17) IR
18) CLR_CMOS
19) BAT
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