GA-945G-S3

Gigabyte GA-945G-S3 Owner's manual

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GA-945G-S3
Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1001
12MC-945GS3-1001R
Motherboard
GA-945G-S3
Aug. 4, 2006
Aug. 4, 2006
Motherboard
GA-945G-S3
© 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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GA-945G-S3 ..................................................................................... 7
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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 E2) ................................................................... 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 ) .......................................... 46
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 46
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 47
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 48
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 48
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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 ............................................................................................... 53
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................. 54
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 56
4-1-4 /// .............................................................................. 65
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 71
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2USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
(SPDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)
5.1/7.1 ( 12CF1-1AU004-01R)
IDE 1 1
SATA 3Gb/s 2
I/O
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GA-945G-S3
KB_MS
CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-945G-S3
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BIOS
PCIE_16
PCIE_3
F_USB1
IDE1
PCIE_1
CD_IN
CI
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
F_USB2
BATTERY
F_PANEL
IT8718
SATAII0
ATX_12V
Intel® 945G
Intel® ICH7
FDD
PCIE_2
SATAII1
SATAII2
SATAII3
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
USB
CLR_CMOS
COMA
LPT
CODEC
RTL8111B
SPDIF_IO
HDA_SUR
SYS_FAN
VGA
PWR_LED
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( ) DDRII667 FSB800/1066MHz
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
CPU CLK+/-(266/200/133 MHz)
PCI Express x16
Host
Interface
GMCH CLK (266/200/133 MHz)
DDRII 667( )/533/400 MHz DIMM
IT8718
Line-In
3 PCI
PCI Bus
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
8 USB
Ports
Dual Channel Memory
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
RTL8111B
x1
LAN
RJ45
PCI CLK(33 MHz)
CODEC
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
Intel®
945G
Intel®
ICH7
LGA775
Processor
x1
x1
x1
4 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA33/66/100
IDE Channel
BIOS
PS/2 KB/Mouse
COM Port
LPT Port
Floppy
VGA
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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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1-2
LGA775 Intel®CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® D /
Pentium® 4
L2 CPU
1066/800/533MHz FSB
Intel® 945G
Intel® ICH7
RTL8111B (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC883 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ( )
SPDIF /
CD
Intel® ICH7
-1 1
-1IDE UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100 2IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
4DDRII DIMM 4GB ( )
DDRII 667/533/400 unbuffered DIMM ( )
1.8V DDRII DIMM
1 PCI Express x16
3PCI Express x1
3PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1(CD In)
1(HDA_SUR)
2USB 2.0/1.1 4USB 2.0/1.1
1SPDIF In/Out
1
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1PS/2
1PS/2
1(COMA)
1
1
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O IT8718
CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
BIOS 14 Mbit flash ROM
AWARD BIOS
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
ATX 30.5 x 19.3
( ) 8 5.1/7.1 (
)
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
( ) DDRII 667 FSB800/1066 MHz
() 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.
6.
CPU
3.
2.
(
)
(Intel )
4.
(
)
5.
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDRII BIOS
DDRII
1.
2.
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Dual Channel Technology
(SS DS X )
Dual Channel DDRII ( )
GA-945G-S3
Memory Bus
GA-945G-S3 4(DIMM) Channel 2
Channel 0 DDRII1 DDRII2 ( 12)
Channel 1 DDRII3 DDRII4 ( 34)
1.
2. DDRII (
)DDRII
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 x16
PCI Express x16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
(COMA)
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
( )
2-/4-/6-/8-
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1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1
7) SATAII0/1/2/3
8) F_PANEL
9) PWR_LED
10) BATTERY
11) F_AUDIO
12) HDA_SUR
13) CD_IN
14) SPDIF_IO
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) CI
17) CLR_CMOS
31
15
2
914 4
12
8
7
11
5
6
17
10
16
13
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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
)
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V( 24
)
12 3.3V( 24
)
1/2) ATX_12V/ATX ( )
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
!
(300
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
113
24
12
1
3
2
4
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN
)
+12V (GND)
CPU/ CPU/
CPU
5) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
1
2
33
34
1
2 +12V /
3
4
CPU_FAN :
1
2 +12V
3
SYS_FAN :
CPU_FAN
1
SYS_FAN
1
/