GA-X48-DS4

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 Owner's manual

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GA-X48-DS4
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1301
12MC-X48DS4-1301R
Apr. 4, 2008
Motherboard
GA-X48-DS4
Motherboard
GA-X48-DS4
Apr. 4, 2008
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-X48-DS4 ..................................................................................... 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
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 16
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 17
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-6 SATA .................................................................................. 19
1-7 ................................................................................... 20
1-8 ....................................................................................... 22
BIOS ....................................................................................... 35
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 36
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 37
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 39
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 41
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 43
2-6 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 46
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 48
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 49
2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 51
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 55
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 55
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 56
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 57
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 57
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3-1 ............................................................................... 59
3-2 ............................................................................................ 60
3-3 ................................................................................... 60
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 61
3-5 ................................................................................................. 61
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 63
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 68
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 68
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 71
4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 73
4-4 (Dynamic Energy Saver) ................................................ 74
4-5 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 76
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 77
5-1-1 Intel® ICH9R SATA ........................................................... 77
5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 83
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 84
5-2 /........................................................................ 89
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 89
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 91
5-2-3 DTS (Digital Theater Systems) ........................................... 93
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 94
5-2-5 ............................................................................................ 96
5-3 (Teaming) .................................................................... 97
5-4 ..................................................................................................... 99
5-4-1 ................................................................................................................ 99
5-4-2 ......................................................................................................... 100
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2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)
GA-X48-DS4 - 1
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- 1 - 1
Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA - 1
I/O - 1
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GA-X48-DS4
KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-X48-DS4
F_AUDIO
PWR_FAN
ATX_12V_2X
Intel® X48
USB_LAN1
AUDIO
RCA_SPDIF
USB_1394_1
PCIE_1
SYS_FAN1
USB_1394_2
GIGABYTE
SATA2
SPDIF_IN
F_1394
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
F_USB2
LPT
SYS_FAN2
IDE
F_USB1
CD_IN
FDD
PCIE_16_1
PCIE_2
CODEC
TSB43AB23
PCIE_16_2
PCI1
PCI2
BAT
IT8718
Intel® ICH9R
PCIE_3
CLR_CMOS
CI
MAIN_BIOS
BP_BIOS
NB_FAN
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
COM
SPDIF_O
TPM
SATAII0
SATAII1
RTL8111C
PHASE LED
SATAII2
SATAII4
SATAII5
SATAII3
USB_LAN2
RTL8111C
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2 PCI Express x16
LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel®
X48 MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz)
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
Dual BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
3 IEEE 1394a
12 USB Ports
IT8718
CPU CLK+/-
(400/333/266/200 MHz)
TSB43AB23
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
Intel®
ICH9R
TPM
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
COM Port
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
x1
x1
ATA-133/100/66/
33 IDE Channel
GIGABYTE
SATA2
x1 x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1
RTL
8111C
LAN1
RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN2
RJ45
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) LGA775 Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme /
Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad / Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo /
Intel® Pentium®/ Intel® Pentium® D /
Intel® Pentium® 4 / Intel® Pentium® 4 /
Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® X48
Intel® ICH9R
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB ( )
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
( )
ECC
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
DTS(dts NEO : PC)
S/PDIF /
CD
2Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
(Teaming)
2PCI Express x16 ATI CrossFireXTM
(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1
2PCI
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
iTE IT8718
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (2 1
IEEE 1394a )
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USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12 V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1
1(TPM)
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
8USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
2RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU ( )
GA-X48-DS4 - 12 -
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Virtual Dual BIOS
(Dynamic Energy Saver)
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
BIOS (CPU/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH)
-CPU ( )
-DDR2 0.05V
(+0.05V +1.55V)
-PCI Express 0.05V
(+0.05V +0.75V)
-FSB 0.05V
(+0.05V +0.35V)
-(G)MCH( )0.025V
(+0.025V +0.775V)
BIOS (CPU/DDR2/PCIe)
-CPU 1MHz
100 MHz 700 MHz
-DDR2
-PCI Express 1 MHz
90 MHz 150 MHz
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ( )
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
( ) Windows XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
( ) CPU CPU
( ) Intel ICH9R RAID Windows 2000
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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
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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
( )
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
POST
Flex Memory Mode Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory Technology)
/
2
4
DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
1-4-1 4DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRII1 DDRII2 ( 12)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII3 DDRII4 ( 34)
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1-4-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCI Express x1
/PCI Express x16
PCI
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
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1-6 SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
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/
/
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
1-7
* S/PDIF S/PDIF
*
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
/