GA-8I945GMF-RH

Gigabyte GA-8I945GMF-RH Owner's manual

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GA-8I945GMF-RH
Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1103
12MC-945GMFR-1103R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-8I945GMF-RH
Mar. 1, 2006
Mar. 1, 2006
Motherboard
GA-8I945GMF-RH
© 2006 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 Recovery2 .................................................................................. 55
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 57
4-1-4 /// .............................................................................. 66
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 70
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GA-8I945GMF-RH
KB_MS ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
LGA775
CI
BATTERY
TSB43AB23
SATAII0_1
Intel ICH7
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
SATAII2_3
FDD
F_PANEL
CLR_CMOS
F1_1394 F2_1394
PCIE_16
PCIE_1
F_USB
GREEN_USB
COMB
CODEC
VGA
LPT
USB
LAN
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
Intel 945G
AUDIO1
ATX
IDE
USB
1394
GA-8I945GMF-RH
IT8712F
COMA
SPDIF_IO
AUDIO2
SYS_FAN
Marvell 8053
RF_ID
PWR_LED
(Optional)
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TSB43AB23
3 IEEE1394
LGA775
Processor
CPU CLK+/-(266/200/133 MHz)
VGA
BIOS
PCI Express x16
33 MHz
14.318 MHz
DDRII 667( )/533/400 MHz DIMM
Host
Interface
Intel 945G
GMCH
Dual Channel Memory
GMCH CLK (266/200/133 MHz)
66 MHz
48 MHz
PCI Bus
4 Serial ATAII
IT 8712F
ATA33/66/100
IDE Channel
LPT Port
COM Ports
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
24 MHz
33 MHz
8 USB
Ports
Intel ICH7
CODEC
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
2 PCI
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
1 PCI Express x1 Port
PCIe CLK(100 MHz)
PCI Express Bus
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
Marvell
8053
RJ45
( ) DDRII 667 FSB800/1066MHz
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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 ( )
1066/800/533 MHz FSB
L2 CPU
® 945G
® ICH7
Win 2000/XP
4 DDR II DIMM 4 GB ( )
1.8V DDR II DIMM
DDR II 667( )533/400 DIMM
1 PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
IDE 1IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 2IDE
(IDE)
Win 2000/XP
1 2
SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
1VGA COMA/COMB
8USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 4- )
1
3IEEE1394 ( )
1PS/2
1PS/2
Marvell 8053 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1RJ 45
Win 2000/XP
ALC882 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF /
CD
Win 2000/XP
1-2
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I/O IT8712F
CPU /
CPU /
CPU /
CPU /
CPU
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune 5 ( )( )
BIOS (DDRII)
Micro ATX 24.4 x 24.4
( ) CPU
( ) PC 4 GB 4 GB
4GB
( ) DDRII 667 FSB 800/1066 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.
DDR II BIOS
DDRII
1.
2.
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Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
Dual Channel DDRII ( )
GA-8I945GMF-RH
Memory Bus
GA-8I945GMF-RH 4(DIMM) Channel
2
Channel A DDRII 1 DDRII 2 ( 12)
Channel B DDRII 3 DDRII 4 ( 34)
1. DDRII
2. DDRII (
)DDRII
2
4
1 2 3 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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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
A
IEEE 1394
1394 IEEE1394 (Insitute of Electrical
ElectronicsEngineers)
IEEE1394
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
( )
( )
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1-7
~
2/4/6/8
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0_1 / SATAII2_3
8) F_PANEL
9) F_AUDIO
10) PWR_LED (Optional)
11) CD_IN
12) GREEN_USB/F_USB
13) F1_1394 / F2_1394
14) COMB
15) SPDIF_IO
16) CI
17) CLR_CMOS
18) RF_ID
19) BATTERY
13
5
2
81214 10
16
11
4
6
7
9
15 13
19
18
17
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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
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
)
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN _FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN
)
+12V (GND)
CPU/ CPU/
CPU
CPU_FAN
SYS_FAN
1
1
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 :
/