GA-EP35-DS3P

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P Owner's manual

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GA-EP35-DS3P
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 2101
12MC-EP35DS3P-2101R
Dec. 14, 2007
Motherboard
GA-EP35-DS3P
Motherboard
GA-EP35-DS3P
Dec. 14, 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-EP35-DSP .................................................................................. 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
....................................................................................... 63
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 GIGABYTE SATA2 .......................................................... 83
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 89
5-1-4 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 90
5-2 /........................................................................ 98
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 98
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( ) ............................................... 100
5-2-3 .......................................................................................... 102
5-2-4 .......................................................................................... 104
5-3 ................................................................................................... 105
5-3-1 .............................................................................................................. 105
5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 106
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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-EP35-DS3P - 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA -1
I/O - 1
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GA-EP35-DSP
KB_MS
CPU_FAN
LGA775 ATX
GA-EP35-DS3P
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
FDD
PCIE_16_1
PCIE_2
CODEC
GIGABYTE
SATA2
SPDIF_IN
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
PWR_FAN
F1_1394
TSB43AB23
PCIE_16_2
PCI1
PCI2
BAT
SATAII0
F_PANEL
IT8718
RTL8111B
ATX_12V_2X
Intel P35
Intel ICH9R
PWR_LED
USB
1394_2
AUDIO
USB
1394_1
RCA
SPDIF-1
F_USB2
PCIE_3
SATAII1
SATAII2
SATAII4
SATAII5
PCIE_12V
PCIE_1
IDE
CLR_CMOS
CI
MAIN_BIOSBP_BIOS
SYS_FAN1
NB_FAN
F_USB1
SATAII3
USB
USB
LAN
SPDIF_O
SYS_FAN2
COMA LPT
GSATAII0
GSATAII1
PHASE LED
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LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel®
P35 MCH CLK
(400 (O.C.)/333/266/200 MHz)
DDR2 1200 (O.C.)/1066/
800/667 MHz
Intel®
ICH9R
Dual BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
PCI Express Bus
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
x1
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
3 IEEE 1394a
12 USB Ports
2 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/
33 IDE Channel
GIGABYTE
SATA2
IT8718
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
COM Port
CPU CLK+/-
(400 (O.C.)/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)
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
Switch
x1 x1
PCI Express x3
RTL8111B
LAN
RJ45
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1-1
(CPU)
GA-EP35-DS3P - 10 -
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 (O.C.)/1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® P35
Intel® ICH9R
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB ( )
DDR2 1200 (O.C.)/1066/800/667 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8111B (10/100/1000 Mbit)
2PCI Express x16
(PCIE_16_1 x16 PCIE_16_2 x4 )
3PCI Express x1 (PCIE_16_2 ) ( )
2PCI
-6SATA 3Gb/s (SATAII0 SATAII1 SATAII2 SATAII3
SATAII4 SATAII5) 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-2SATA 3Gb/s (GSATAII0 GSATAII1) 2
SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD
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
14-pin PCIe 12 V
1
1IDE
8SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
8USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU ( )
GA-EP35-DS3P - 12 -
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
Dual BIOSTM
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 )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ( )
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
( ) Windows XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) PCIE_16_2 PCI Express x1
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
( ) 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
(
)
GA-EP35-DS3P - 16 -
1-4
( )
1-4-1
4DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRII1 DDRII2 ( 12)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII3 DDRII4 ( 34)
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
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1-4-2
DDR2
DDR2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
GA-EP35-DS3P - 18 -
1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCIE_12V
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
PCI
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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1-7
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
( ) ( )
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
(RJ-45)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
/
/
1 Gpbs
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
*
* S/PDIF S/PDIF
/