GA-945GMF-S2

Gigabyte GA-945GMF-S2, GA-945GM-S2 Owner's manual

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GA-945GM-S2 /
GA-945GMF-S2
Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1002
12MC-945GMS2R-1002R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-945GM-S2
Jul. 7, 2006
Jul. 7, 2006
Motherboard
GA-945GM-S2
Motherboard
GA-945GMF-S2
Sept. 12, 2006
Sept. 12, 2006
Motherboard
GA-945GMF-S2
© 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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1-1 .................................................................................... 11
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 12
1-3 .................................................................. 14
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 14
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15
1-4 ....................................................................................... 16
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-6 ................................................................................... 19
1-7 ....................................................................................... 20
BIOS ....................................................................................... 31
(BIOS GA-945GMF-S2 E1) ...................................... 32
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 34
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 36
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 38
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 41
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 43
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 44
2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control ( /) ............................................ 46
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 47
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 47
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 48
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 49
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 49
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3-1 ............................................................................... 51
3-2 ............................................................................................ 52
3-3 ................................................................................... 52
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 53
3-5 ................................................................................................. 53
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 55
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 55
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................. 56
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 58
4-1-4 /// .............................................................................. 67
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 73
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2USB2.0 (12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
2IEEE 1394 ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
(12CF1-1CM001-31/R)
5.1/7.1 (12CF1-1AU004-01R )
IDE 1 1
SATA 3Gb/s 1
I/O
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GA-945GM-S2 / GA-945GMF-S2
KB_MS
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
PCIE_16
CODEC
SPDIF_IO
PCI1
PCI2
BATTERY
RTL8111B
ATX_12V
USB
LAN
AUDIO
LPT
USB COMA
PCIE_1
VGA
HDA_SUR
LGA775
SYS_FAN
CLR_CMOS
1394*
CPU_FAN
ATX
GA-945GM-S2 / GA-945GMF-S2
FDD
IDE
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
IT8718
Intel® 945G
F1_1394* F2_1394*
BIOS
COMB
F_USB1
SATAII0
F_PANEL
Intel® ICH7
PWR_LED
F_USB2
SATAII1
SATAII2
SATAII3
CI
"*" GA-945GMF-S2
TSB43AB23*
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( ) DDRII 667 FSB800/1066 MHz
LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel®
945G
DDRII 667/533 MHz DIMM( )
Intel®
ICH7
BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
Dual Channel Memory
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
4 SATA 3Gb/s
x1
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
8 USB Ports
IT8718
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC COM Ports
RTL
8111B
x1
LAN
RJ45
VGA
CPU CLK+/-(266/200/133 MHz)
ATA 33/66/100 IDE Channel
"*" GA-945GMF-S2
3 IEEE 1394a*
TSB43AB23*
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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
1066/800/533 MHz FSB
Intel® 945G
Intel® ICH7
Realtek RTL8111B (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC883 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ( )
SPDIF /
CD
IEEE 1394* T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a
Intel® ICH7
-1 1
-1IDE UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100 2IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3)
4SATA 3Gb/s
Microsoft Windows® 2000/XP
4DDRII DIMM 4 GB( )
DDRII 667/533 unbuffered DIMM ( )
1.8V DDRII DIMM
1PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1(CD In)
1SPDIF /
1HDA_SUR
2USB 2.0/1.1 4USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a 2IEEE 1394 *
1(COMB)
"*" GA-945GMF-S2
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( ) 8 5.1/7.1 (
)
( ) PC 4 GB 4 GB
4 GB
( ) DDRII 667 FSB800/1066 MHz
() EasyTune
"*" GA-945GMF-S2
1CI
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1(COMA)
1
4USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE1394 *
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 )
Micro ATX 23.3 x 24.4
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(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 DDRII ( )
GA-945GM-S2 / GA-945GMF-S2
Memory Bus
GA-945GM-S2 / GA-945GMF-S2 4(DIMM) Channel 2
Channel 0 DDRII1 DDRII2 ( 12)
Channel 1 DDRII3 DDRII4 ( 34)
1. DDRII
2. DDRII (
)DDRII
Dual Channel Technology
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR II1 DDR II2 DDR II3 DDR II4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
- - DS/SS - - 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 ( )
( )
A
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
IEEE 1394 *
1394 IEEE 1394 (Institute of Electrical Elec-
tronics Engineers)
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
( )
*
85.1/7.1 (
)
"*" GA-945GMF-S2
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1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_IO
14) HDA_SUR
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) F1_1394* / F2_1394*
17) COMB
18) CLR_CMOS
19) CI
2
1
15
7
19
14
5
12
16* 8
3
10
4
11
6
9
18
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"*" GA-945GMF-S2
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