GA-VM900MC

Gigabyte GA-VM900MC Owner's manual

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GA-VM900MC
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo / Intel® Pentium® D /
Intel® Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D LGA775
Rev. 1002
12MC-VM900MC-1002R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-VM900MC
Jun. 26, 2007
Motherboard
GA-VM900MC
Jun. 26, 2007
© 2007
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-VM900MC ................................................................................... 7
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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
1-5 ................................................................................................. 17
1-6 ................................................................................... 18
1-7 ....................................................................................... 19
BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 30
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 31
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 33
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 35
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 38
2-6 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 40
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 42
2-8 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 43
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 44
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 44
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 45
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 46
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 46
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3-1 ............................................................................... 47
3-2 ............................................................................................ 48
3-3 ................................................................................... 48
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 49
3-5 ................................................................................................. 49
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 51
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 56
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 56
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 59
4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 61
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 62
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 63
5-1-1 VIA VT8237S ................................................................... 63
5-1-2 SATA ............... 70
5-1-3 SATA ............................................................. 71
5-2 /........................................................................ 74
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 74
5-2-2 (S/PDIF +)( ) .................................. 77
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 79
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 81
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 82
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 82
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 83
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GA-VM900MC - 1
- 1
- 1
Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 1
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11R)
5.1/7.1 ( 12CF1-1AU004-01R)
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GA-VM900MC
KB_MS
CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-VM900MC
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
BIOS
FDD
PCIE_16
CODEC
SPDIF_IO
IDE1
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDR1
CI
HDA_SUR
PCI1
PCI2 BATTERY
SATAII0
F_PANEL
RTL8201
ATX_12V
VIA
P4M900
VIA
VT8237S
USB
LAN
AUDIO
LPT
USB COMA
CLR_CMOS
PCIE_1
SATAII1
SYS_FAN
COMB
VGA
IDE2
F_USB2F_USB1
Winbond
W83627
PWR_LED
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( ) DDR2 667 MHz FSB 1066/800 MHz CPU
LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
VIA
P4M900
DDR2 667/533/400 MHz ( )
2 PCI
PCI Bus
PCI Express Bus
DDR2
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
8 USB Ports
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channels
RTL8201
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
CPU CLK+/- (266/200/133 MHz)
D-Sub
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
Winbond
W83627
VIA
VT8237S
COM Ports
2 SATA 3Gb/s
LAN
RJ45
x1
PCI Express x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
BIOS
DDR 400 MHz
DDR
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) LGA775 Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 /
Celeron® D
( )
Intel®(Hyper-Threading)
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1066/800/533 MHz
VIA P4M900
VIA VT8237S
21.8V DDR2 DIMM 4 GB ( )
12.5V DDR DIMM 2 GB
(DDR DDR2 )
DDR2 667/533/400 MHz ( )
DDR 400 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC883
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ( )
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8201 (10/100 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
-2IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 4
IDE
-2SATA 3Gb/s 2SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1
Winbond W83627
- 1 1
USB
8USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4
USB )
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124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12 V
1
2IDE
2SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
1
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1
1
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O Winbond W83627
CPU/
CPU/
CPU
CPU/
CPU
BIOS 14 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 ACPI 1.0b
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@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000
Micro ATX 24.4 x 24.4
( ) Windows® XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) DDR2 667 MHz FSB 1066/800 MHz CPU
( ) 7.1 5.1/7.1 (
)
() EasyTune
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1-3
(CPU)
CPU
(CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU CPU (
CPU CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
(HT)
(Intel®)
HT Intel® CPU
HT Intel®
HT
HT BIOS ( BIOS
Advanced BIOS Features )
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
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CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
' '
(
)
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
1-3-2
CPU CPU (Intel®)
CPU
(
)
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DDR2
DDR2/DDR
1-4
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDR1
DDR
( )
DDR DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
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
( ) ( )
15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45)
(Fast Ethernet) 10/
100 Mbps
( )
( )
2
4/5.1/7.1
/
/
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
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1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1 / IDE2
7) SATAII0 / SATAII1
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) HDA_SUR
14) SPDIF_IO
15) COMB
16) F_USB1 / F_USB2
17) CI
18) CLR_CMOS
2
1
10
7
175
3
6
7.1 5.1/7.1 (
)
2/4/5.1/7.1
( )
4
816
9
18
151413
12
11
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin 12V 2x12-pin )
12V CPU 12V
13 3.3V
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V ( 2x12-pin
)
24 (2x12-pin
)
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V ( 2x12-pin
)
12 3.3V ( 2x12-pin
)
131
24
12
ATX_12V
ATX_12V
ATX
ATX
(400 )
2x10-pin
2x12-pin 2x10-
pin
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
1
3
2
4
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