GA-EP45-DS3R

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R, GA-EP45-DS3 Owner's manual

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    Do these motherboards support RAID?
    What kind of audio chipset is integrated?
GA-EP45-DS3R/
GA-EP45-DS3
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1004
12MC-EP45DS3R-1004R
May 15, 2008
Motherboard
GA-EP45-DS3R/GA-EP45-DS3
Motherboard
GA-EP45-DS3R/
GA-EP45-DS3
May 15, 2008
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-EP45-DS3R/DS3 ........................................................................ 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 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 39
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 46
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 48
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 51
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 55
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 57
2-9 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 58
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 60
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 60
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 61
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 62
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 62
2-15 Security Chip Configuration ( ) ( ) .................................... 63
GA-EP45-DS3R
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 65
3-2 ............................................................................................ 66
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 66
3-4 ................................................................................................. 67
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 67
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 68
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 69
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 74
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 74
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 77
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 78
4-4 -(DES Advanced) ............................................. 79
4-5 Ultra TPM ( ) ................................................................................... 81
4-6 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 82
4-7 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 83
4-8 (Teaming) .................................................................... 84
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5-1 Serial ATA ...................................................................... 87
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................. 87
5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 93
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 95
5-2 /...................................................................... 100
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................. 100
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )............................................... 102
5-2-3 Dolby Home Theater ................................................................ 104
5-2-4 .......................................................................................... 105
5-2-5 .......................................................................................... 107
5-3 ................................................................................................... 108
5-3-1 .............................................................................................................. 108
5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 109
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GA-EP45-DS3R
( )
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2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)
GA-EP45-DS3R GA-EP45-DS3 - 1
- 1
- 1 - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA - 1
I/O - 1
GA-EP45-DS3R
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GA-EP45-DS3R/DS3
KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-EP45-DS3R/DS3
F_AUDIO
ATX_12V_2X4
Intel® P45
PCIEX1_1
SYS_FAN2
F1_1394F_PANEL PWR_LED
F_USB2
IDE
F_USB1
CD_IN
FDD
PCIEX8_1
CODEC
TSB43AB23
PCI1
PCI2
BAT
IT8718
Intel® ICH10R
Intel® ICH10
CLR_CMOS
CI
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
SPDIF_I
SATA2_3
RTL8111C
SATA2_2
SATA2_1
SATA2_0
PHASE LED
USB_LAN2
AUDIO
R_SPDIF
USB_1394_2
USB_1394_1
USB_LAN1
PWR_FAN
GA-EP45-DS3R
GA-EP45-DS3
( )
JMicron 368
M_BIOS B_BIOS
SATA2_5
SATA2_4
LPTCOMA
TPM IC ( )
SPDIF_O
PCIEX16_1
PCIEX1_2
PCIEX1_3
RTL8111C
SYS_FAN1
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GA-EP45-DS3R
GA-EP45-DS3
( )
1 PCI Express x8
1 PCI Express x16
LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel®
P45 MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz)
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
Dual BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
3 IEEE 1394a
12 USB Ports
CPU CLK+/-
(400/333/266/200 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)
PCI Express x16
Intel® ICH10R
Intel® ICH10
TPM ( )
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
x1
x1
ATA-133/100/66/
33 IDE Channel
JMicron
368
x1 x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1
RTL
8111C
LAN1
RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN2
RJ45
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x8
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
COM Port
IT8718
LPC Bus
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) LGA775 Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme /
Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad / Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo /
Intel® Pentium® / Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® P45
Intel® ICH10R / ICH10
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
Dolby® Home Theater ( )
S/PDIF /
CD
2Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
(Teaming)
1PCI Express x16 ( )
1PCI Express x8
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 ATI CrossFireXTM PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1
2PCI
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
JMicron 368
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
iTE IT8718
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (2 1
IEEE 1394a )
GA-EP45-DS3R
GA-EP45-DS3
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USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
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
2RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU/ ( )
GA-EP45-DS3R/DS3 - 12 -
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Q-Flash
Virtual Dual BIOS
Download Center
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
EasyTune ( )
-(DES Advanced)
Ultra TPM ( )
Time Repair
Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
() Windows Vista/XP 32-bit
( ) PCIEX16_1
PCIEX16_1 x8
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
( )
GA-EP45-DS3R
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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
(CPU
CPU )
CPU
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CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU ' '
()
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
1-3-2 CPU CPU (Intel®)
()
CPU
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1-4
( )
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
POST
Flex Memory Mode Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory Technology)
/
2
4
DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
1-4-1 4DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR2_1 DDR2_2 ( 12)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_3 DDR2_4 ( 34)
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1-4-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCI Express x1
/PCI Express
PCI
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCIEX16_1
PCI Express x8
PCIEX8_1
PCI Express
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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
GA-EP45-DS3R
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/
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1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
1-7
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
/