GA-EX38T-DQ6

Gigabyte GA-EX38T-DQ6 Owner's manual

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GA-EX38T-DQ6
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1101
12MC-EX38TDQ6-1101R
Motherboard
GA-EX38T-DQ6
Feb. 22, 2008
Motherboard
GA-EX38T-DQ6
Feb. 22, 2008
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-EX38T-DQ6 ................................................................................ 7
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 13
1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 13
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15
1-3-3 Crazy Cool ................................................. 16
1-4 ....................................................................................... 17
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 17
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 18
1-5 ................................................................................................. 19
1-6 SATA .................................................................................. 20
1-7 ................................................................................... 21
1-8 ....................................................................................... 23
BIOS ....................................................................................... 37
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 38
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 39
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 41
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 43
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 45
2-6 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 49
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 51
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 52
2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 54
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 58
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 58
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 59
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 60
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 60
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3-1 ............................................................................... 61
3-2 ............................................................................................ 62
3-3 ................................................................................... 62
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 63
3-5 ................................................................................................. 63
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 65
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 70
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS........................................................................ 70
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 73
4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 75
4-4 (Dynamic Energy Saver) ................................................ 76
4-5 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 78
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 79
5-1-1 Intel® ICH9R SATA .......................................................... 79
5-1-2 GIGABYTE SATA2 .......................................................... 85
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 91
5-1-4 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 92
5-2 /...................................................................... 100
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................. 100
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )............................................... 102
5-2-3 DTS (Digital Theater Systems) ......................................... 104
5-2-4 .......................................................................................... 105
5-2-5 .......................................................................................... 107
5-3 (Teaming) .................................................................. 108
5-4 ....................................................................................................110
5-4-1 .............................................................................................................. 110
5-4-2 .......................................................................................................... 111
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GA-EX38T-DQ6 - 1
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Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA - 2
I/O - 1
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2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(SPDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)
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KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA775
ATX
GA-EX38T-DQ6
USB_LAN
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
MAIN_BIOS
PCIE_16_1
F_USB1
IDE
CI
DDRIII1
DDRIII2
DDRIII3
DDRIII4
BAT
IT8718
SYS_FAN1
SATAII0
ATX_12V_2X
PWR_LED
FDD
PCIE_2
SATAII1
GIGABYTE
SATA2
PCIE_3
PCI1
PCI2
CLR_CMOS
RCA_SPDIF
USB_1394_1
LPT
CODEC
PWR_FAN
NB_FAN
COM
SPDIF_O
GSATAIIA
USB_1394_2
SYS_FAN2SPDIF_IN TPM
F_USB2
F_1394
F_PANEL GSATAIIB
SATAII2
SATAII3
SATAII4
SATAII5
PCIE_1
USB_LAN2
BP_BIOS
TSB43AB23
PCIE_16_2
GA-EX38T-DQ6
Intel® X38
Intel® ICH9R
V_PHASE LED
RTL8111B/
RTL8111C
RTL8111B/
RTL8111C
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LGA775
Processor
Host
Interface
Intel® X38 MCH CLK
(400/333/266/200 MHz)
Intel®
ICH9R
Dual BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
3 IEEE 1394a
12 USB Ports
IT8718
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
COM Port
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
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
x1
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
2 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/
33 IDE Channel
GIGABYTE
SATA2
x1 x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1
2 PCI Express x16
TPM
DDR3 1900/1600/1333/
1066/800 MHz
RTL
8111B/
8111C
LAN1
RJ45
RTL
8111B/
8111C
LAN2
RJ45
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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® Pentium® D /
Intel® Pentium® 4 / Intel® Pentium® 4 /
Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® X38
Intel® ICH9R
41.5V DDR3 DIMM 8 GB ( )
( )
DDR3 1900/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
( )
ECC
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
DTS(dts NEO : PC)
S/PDIF /
CD
2Realtek 8111B/8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
(Teaming)
2PCI Express x16 ATI CrossFireXTM
(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1
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
2IDE
-2SATA 3Gb/s (GSATAIIA GSATAIIB) 2SATA
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
1
1IDE
8SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1(TPM)
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 ( )
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( ) Windows XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) DDR3 1900/1600 MHz (Channel)
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
( ) CPU CPU
( ) Intel ICH9R RAID Windows 2000
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 )
BIOS (CPU/DDR3/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH)
-CPU ( )
-DDR3 0.05V
(+0.05V +1.55V)
-PCI Express 0.05V
(+0.05V +0.75V)
-FSB 0.05V
(+0.05V +0.35V)
-(G)MCH( )0.025V
(+0.025V +0.775V)
BIOS (CPU/DDR3/PCIe)
-CPU 1 MHz
100 MHz 700 MHz
-DDR3
-PCI Express 1 MHz
90 MHz 150 MHz
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ( )
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
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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 ()
1-3-2 CPU CPU (Intel®)
CPU ' '
()
CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
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1-3-3 Crazy Cool
Intel CPU CPU
Crazy Cool
1.
2.
1. Crazy Cool
2.
Crazy Cool
( )
( )
/
Crazy
Cool
Crazy Cool
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DDRIII1
DDRIII2
DDRIII3
DDRIII4
1-4
( )
1-4-1 4DDR3 (Dual Channel
Technology) BIOS
4DDR3 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRIII1 DDRIII2 ( 12)
1 (Channel 1) DDRIII3 DDRIII4 ( 34)
1. DDR3
2. DDR3
( ) DDR3
DDR3 1900/1600 MHz (Channel)
POST
Flex Memory Mode Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory
Technology)
/
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDRIII1 DDRIII2 DDRIII3 DDRIII4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
GA-EX38T-DQ6 - 18 -
1-4-2
DDR3 DDR2 DDR
DDR3
DDR3
DDR3
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCI
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
/PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
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1-6 SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATASATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
/