GA-8I945GMBX

Gigabyte GA-8I945GMBX Owner's manual

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  • What type of processors are supported by this motherboard?
    How much DDR II memory can this motherboard support?
    What is the purpose of the Q-Flash utility?
GA-8I945GMBX
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1002
12MC-8I945GMBX-1002R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-8I945GMBX
Aug. 5, 2005
Aug. 5, 2005
Motherboard
GA-8I945GMBX
© 2005 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 F2) .................................................................... 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 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) ............................................ 44
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 45
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 45
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 46
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 47
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 47
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3-1 ............................................................................... 49
3-2 ............................................................................................ 50
3-3 ................................................................................... 50
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 51
3-5 ................................................................................................. 51
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 53
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 .................................................................................................. 54
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery ......................................................................................... 55
4-1-3 BIOS ........................................................................................... 58
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ...................................................... 67
4-1-5 /// .................................................................................... 74
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 78
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GA-8I945GMBX
KB_MS
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
LGA775
AUDIO1
Intel 945G
PCIE_16
CODEC
COMA VGA
LPT
USB
LAN
IT8712
Intel ICH7R
F_PANEL
BIOS
Intel
Tekoa
82573V
PCIE_1
PCI2
DDRII1
COMB
F2_1394
F_AUDIO
GREEN_USB
F_USB
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
TSB43AB23
BATTERY
ATX
IDE1
FDD
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
SPDIF_IO
CD_IN
SATAII0_1
GA-8I945GMBX
PCI1
USB
1394
AUDIO2
CI
F1_1394
SATAII2_3
PWR_LED
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() DDRII 667 FSB 800/1066MHz
TSB43AB23
3 IEEE1394
LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(266/200/133MHz)
VGA
BIOS
PCI Express x16
33MHz
14.318MHz
DDRII 667( )/533/400MHz DIMM
Host
Interface
Intel
945G
GMCH
Dual Channel Memory
GMCHCLK (266/200/133MHz)
66MHz
48MHz
PCI Bus
4 Serial ATAII
IT8712
ATA33/66/100
IDE Channels
LPT Port
COM Ports
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
48MHz
33MHz
8 USB
Ports
Intel
ICH7R
CODEC
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
2 PCI
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
1 PCI Express x 1 Port
PCI-ECLK(100MHz)
PCI Express x1 Bus
PCICLK
(33MHz)
RJ45 100MHz
SRCCLK-MCH (100MHz)
DOTCLK (96MHz)
Intel Tekoa
82573V
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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
® 945G
® ICH7R
Win 2000/XP
4DDR II DIMM 4GB ( )
1.8V DDR II DIMM
DDR II 667( )533/400 DIMM
1 PCI Express x 16
1PCI Express x 1
2PCI
IDE 1IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 2IDE
Win 2000/XP
1 2
SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
2(COMA COMB) 1 VGA
8USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 4- )
3IEEE1394 (x 1 x 2- )
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
® 945G
® Tekoa 82573V (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1RJ 45
Win 2000/XP
( ) CPU
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
( ) DDRII 667 FSB 800/1066MHz
1-2
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ALC882 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF
SPDIF
CD
Win 2000/XP
I/O IT8712
CPU /
CPU /
CPU /
CPU /
CPU /
SATA 3Gb/s ICH7R
RAID striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
mirroring + striping (RAID 0+1) RAID 5
300MB
4 SATA 3Gb/s
Win 2000/XP
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune ( ) ( )
Micro BTX 26.7 x 26.4
() 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.
2.
4.
(CPU_FAN)
3.
( )
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR II BIOS
DDR II
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR II ( )
GA-8I945GMBX (Dual Channel DDR Technology)
Memory Bus
GA-8I945GMBX 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 ( )
Channel A Channel B DDR II
Channel
3. DDR II Memory size
DDR II
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
2
4
DDR II 1 DDR II 2 DDR II 3 DDR II 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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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
IEEE1394
IEEE1394
(USB)
USB
USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
A
( )
( )
/
/ /
~
2/4/6/8
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1-7
16 10
4
3
5
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0_1 / SATAII2_3
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_IO
14) F_USB / GREEN_USB
15) F1_1394 / F2_1394
16) COMB
17) CLR_CMOS
18) CI
1
9
11
2
6
7
12
15
13
14
818
17
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
(300
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
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( 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
)
42
31
24 13
12 1
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4pin( CPU_FAN )
+12V (GND)
CPU
5) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
1
2
33
34
1
2 +12V
3
4
(CPU_FAN )
1
CPU_FAN
SYS_FAN
1
/