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1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13
1-4 ....................................................................................... 14
1-5
1-6 ................................................................................... 17
1-7
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BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
(BIOS F2) .................................................................... 30
2-1 Standard CMOS Features (
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 34
2-3 Integrated Peripherals (
2-4 Power Management Setup (
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations (
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 42
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) (
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults (
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults (
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 45
2-11 Save & Exit Setup (
2-12 Exit Without Saving (
CMOS ) ........................................... 32
) ....................................................... 36
) ............................................... 39
PCI ) ............................. 41
/ ) ...................................... 43
Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 44
Optimized ) ...................................... 44
SETUP )................................ 46
SETUP ) .......................... 46
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3-1 ............................................................................... 47
3-2
3-3
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3-4 ..................................................................................................... 49
3-5
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 51
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 52
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................. 53
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 55
4-1-4 / / / .............................................................................. 64
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 68
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PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
VGA
LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz)
PCI Express x16
1 PCIExpress x 1Ports
PCI-ECLK(100MHz)
PCI Express x1 Bus
PCI Bsu
RTL8110S
RTL8100C
RJ45
2 PCI
TSB43AB23
3 IEEE1394
Intel
915G
GMCH
Intel
ICH6
CODEC
MIC
Line-Out
Host
Interface
GMCHCLK (133/200MHz)
8 USB
Ports
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
DDR400/333MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
66MHz
33MHz
14.318MHz
48MHz
BIOS
4 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100
IDE Channels
Floppy
LPT Port
IT 8712
COM Ports
24MHz
33MHz
PS/2 KB/Mouse
PCICLK
(33MHz)
GA-8I915G-MF
GA-8I915GM
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
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1-2
Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775
800/533MHz FSB
2nd CPU
4 DDR DIMM 4GB
DDR400/333 DIMM
2.5V DDR DIMM
1 PCI Express x 16
1 PCI Express x 1
2 PCI
IDE 1 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 2 IDE
1 2
SATA 4 Serial ATA
1 Normal/EPP/ECP
1 VGA COMA/COMB
8 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 4 x 4- )
3 IEEE1394 ( )
1
1
1 PS/2
1 PS/2
RTL8110S (10/100/1000 Mbit)
RTL8100C (10/100 Mbit)
1 RJ 45
ALC880 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
I/O IT8712
®
915G
®
ICH6
( )
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
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GA-8I915GM
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CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune5( )
BIOS (DDR)
Micro ATX 24.4 x 24.4
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1-3
1-3-1
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
HT
(Hyper-Threading Technology)
- HT Intel Pentium 4
- HT
- BIOS BIOS HT
- HT
1.
3.
(
)
(
)
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2.
4.
1-4
1.
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
DDR
2.
3.
DIMM
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GA-8I915G-MF/GA-8I915GM (Dual Channel DDR Technology)
Memory Bus
GA-8I915G-MF/GA-8I915GM 4 (DIMM) Channel 2
Channel A DDR 1 DDR 2
Channel B DDR 3 DDR 4
1. DDR
2. DDR ( )
Channel A Channel B DDR
Channel
3. DDR Memory size
DDR
(SS DS )
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
2
4
DS/SS X DS/SS X
X DS/SS X DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS )
1
2
3
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
DS/SS X X X
X DS/SS X X
X X DS/SS X
X X X DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS X X
X X DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X
DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS
DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS
X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
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1-5
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x 16
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PCI Express x 16
1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
SPDIF_O (SPDIF )
SPDIF AC-3 AC-3
(SPDIF In)
SPDIF_I (SPDIF )
SPDIF
(SPDIF Out)
(USB)
USB / USB USB USB
USB
USB
( )
/
/
GA-8I915G-MF
GA-8I915GM
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
10/100Mbps
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1-7
2-/4-/6-/8-
3
2
14
1
10
11
12
1315
4
5
6
17
16
7
9
8
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) S_ATA0 / S_ATA1 / S_ATA2 / S_ATA3
8) F_PANEL
9) PWR_LED
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10) AZALIA_FP
11) CD_IN
12) F_USB1 / F_USB2
13) F1_1394 / F2_1394
14) I R
15) COMA / COMB
16) CLR_CMOS
17) BAT
3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN )
+12V (GND)
!
CPU
CPU_FAN
1
SYS_FAN
5) FDD ( )
1
1
2 +12V
3
4
( CPU_FAN )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
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34
2
33
1
6) IDE (IDE )
IDE IDE IDE IDE
IDE ( ) IDE
Master Slave ( IDE )
3940
2
1
7) S_ATA0/S_ATA1/S_ATA2/S_ATA3 (Serial ATA ICH6 )
Serial ATA 150MB BIOS Serial ATA
1
7
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7
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8) F_PANEL ( )
Message LED/
Power/
Sleep LED
2
1
IDE Hard Disk
Active LED
HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)
( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)
SPEAK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1: VCC(+) +5v
( ) Pin 2- Pin 3: NC
Pin 4: Data(-)
RES (Reset Switch) Open: Normal Operation
( ) Close: Reset Hardware System
PW (Power Switch) Open: Normal Operation :
( ) Close: Power On/Off : /
MSG(Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)
( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)
NC( )
MSG+
HD+
MSG-
HD-
Power
Switch
PW+
PW-
RES-
RES+
SPEAK+
NC
Reset Switch
Speaker Connector
SPEAK-
20
19
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9) PWR_LED
PWR_LED ON OFF Power LED Suspend
10) AZALIA_FP ( )
HD(High Definition) AC'97
1
HD
1 MIC2_L
10
2
2
9
3 MIC2_R
4 -ACZ_DET
1
5 Line2_R
6 FSENSE1
7 FAUOIO_JD
8
9 LINE2_L
10 FSENSE2
1 MPD+
2 MPD-
3 MPD-
AC'97
1 MIC
2
3 MIC
4 N/A
5 Line Out (R)
6 N/A
7 N/A
8
9 Line Out (L)
10 N/A
HD(High Definition) AC'97
BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals Front Panel Type
AC97
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11) CD_IN ( )
CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD
12) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 ( )
USB
Wake up From S3" S3
1
1 CD-L
2
3
4 CD-R
USB
I/O USB "USB Device
1
1
9
10
2
2
3 USB DX-
4 USB Dy-
5 USB DX+
6 USB Dy+
7
8
9
10
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