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GA-8I925XE-G/
GA-8I925XC-G
Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1004
12MC-8I925XEG-1004
* WEEE logo
* WEEE
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Nov. 24, 2004
GA-8I925XE-G
Motherboard
Nov. 24, 2004
GA-8I925XE-G
Motherboard
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Jun. 8, 2005
GA-8I925XC-G
Motherboard
Jun. 8, 2005
GA-8I925XC-G
Motherboard
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GA-8I925XE-G / GA-8I925XC-G ....................................................... 7
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2
1-3
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13
1-4 ....................................................................................... 14
1-5
1-6
1-7
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BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
(BIOS GA-8I925XC-G/ D2) ..................................... 30
2-1 Standard CMOS Features (
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features (
2-3 Integrated Peripherals (
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 39
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations (
2-6 PC Health Status (
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) (
2-8 Select Language ( ) ........................................................................ 46
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults (
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults (
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password (
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 48
2-13 Exit Without Saving (
CMOS ) ........................................... 32
BIOS ) ..................................... 34
) ....................................................... 36
PCI ) ............................. 40
) ............................................................. 41
/ ) ...................................... 43
Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 46
Optimized ) ...................................... 47
/ ) ................... 47
SETUP ) .......................... 48
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3-1 ............................................................................... 49
3-2
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3-3 ................................................................................... 50
3-4
3-5
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 53
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 54
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery .................................................................................... 55
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 58
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ................................................ 69
4-1-5 / / / .............................................................................. 76
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 80
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GA-8I925XE-G / GA-8I925XC-G
SPDIF_O
SPDIF_I
KB_MS
COMA
R_USB
USB
AUDIO1
AUDIO2
CODEC
LPT
CD_IN
ATX_12V
LAN
AZALIA_FP
Broadcom
5751/5789
IT8712
PCIE_16
PCIE_1
PCIE_2
CPU_FAN
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
LGA775
Intel 925XE*
or
Intel 925X
GA-8I925XE-G (or GA-8I925XC-G)
NB_FAN
Backup
BIOS
Main
BIOS
PCI1
TSB43AB23
PCI2
PCI3
IR
F2_1394
F1_1394
Intel ICH6R
F_USB2
F_USB1
IDE2
IDE3
PWR_FAN
ATX
IDE
BATTERY
CLR_CMOS
SATA3_SB
SATA2_SB
SATA1_SB
SATA0_SB
FDD
SYS_FAN
F_PANEL
IT8212
PWR_LED
"*" GA-8I925XE-G
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PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
2 PCI Express x 1 Ports
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
PCI Express x 1 Bus
PCI Bus
TSB43AB23
3 IEEE1394
PCI Express x16
RJ45
Broadcom
5751/5789
LGA775
Processor
Intel
925XE* or 925X
MCH
Intel
ICH6R
CODEC
CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz)
Host
Interface
MCHCLK (133/200MHz)
DDRII 711*/600
( )
Dual Channel Memory
66MHz
33MHz
14.318MHz
48MHz
Dual BIOS
4 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100 IDE Channel
IT8712
/533/400MHz DIMM
IDE2 / IDE3IT8212
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
3 PCI
PCICLK
(33MHz)
MIC
Line-In
Line-Out
SPDIF In
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
8 USB
Ports
SPDIF Out
24MHz
33MHz
PS/2 KB/Mouse
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
"*" GA-8I925XE-G
( ) DDRII 711 FSB1066MHz BIOS
DDR II 711
DDRII 600 FSB800MHz BIOS
DDR II 600
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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
Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775
1066*/800/533MHz FSB
L2 CPU
GA-8I925XE-G
GA-8I925XC-G
Intel® ICH6R
Win 2000/XP
4 DDR II DIMM 4GB
DDR II 711*/600
1.8V DDR II DIMM
1 PCI Express x 16
2 PCI Express x 1
3 PCI
IDE 1 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) 2 IDE (IDE)
- Win 2000/XP
2 IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4 IDE
(IDE2 IDE3)
1 2
SATA 4 Serial ATA ICH6R
(SATA0_SB, SATA1_SB, SATA2_SB, SATA3_SB)
Win 2000/XP
1 Normal/EPP/ECP
1 (COMA)
8 USB 2.0/1.1 ( x 4 x 4- )
3 IEEE1394 ( )
1
1
1 PS/2
1 PS/2
Broadcom 5751/5789 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1 RJ 45
Win 2000/XP
®
925XE
®
925X
( )
( )
/533/400 unbuffered DIMM
"*" GA-8I925XE-G
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
( ) DDRII 711 FSB1066MHz
BIOS DDR II 711
DDRII 600 FSB800MHz
BIOS DDR II 600
GA-8I925XE-G / GA-8I925XC-G - 10 -
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ALC880 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
Win 2000/XP
I/O IT8712
CPU
CPU / /
CPU
CPU / /
CPU
SATA RAID ICH6R (SATA0_SB, SATA1_SB, SATA2_SB, SATA3_SB)
striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
150 MB
4 SATA
Win 2000/XP
IDE RAID GigaRAID IT8212 (IDE2, IDE3)
striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping + mirroring (RAID 0 + RAID 1)
JBOD
ATA133 IDE
ATAPI
IDE bus master
ATA133/RAID ( BIOS )
Mirroring
BIOS LBA 13h
BIOS AWARD BIOS
DualBIOS/Q-Flash/ BIOS
@BIOS
EasyTune 5
BIOS (CPU/ DDR II/ PCI-E)
BIOS (CPU/ DDR II/ PCI-E)
ATX 30.5 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.
(
)
(
)
GA-8I925XE-G / GA-8I925XC-G - 12 -
2.
4.3.
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1-3-2
1.
3.
5.
2.
(
)
( Intel )
4.
(
)
6.
CPU
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR II BIOS
DDR II
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR II ( )
GA-8I925XE-G / GA-8I925XC-G (Dual Channel DDR
Technology) Memory Bus
GA-8I925XE-G / GA-8I925XC-G 4 (DIMM) Channel 2
Channel A DDR II 1 DDR II 2 ( 1 2)
Channel B DDR II 3 DDR II 4 ( 3 4)
1. DDR II
2. DDR II ( )
Channel A Channel B DDR II
Channel
3. DDR II Memory size
DDR II
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
DDR II 1 DDR II 2 DDR II 3 DDR II 4
2
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 x 16
/
PCI Express x 16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
SPDIF_O (SPDIF )
SPDIF AC-3 AC-3
(SPDIF In)
SPDIF_I (SPDIF )
SPDIF
(SPDIF Out)
A
(USB)
USB / USB USB USB
USB
USB
( )
/
/
Gigabit Ethernet(PCI Express Gigabit) 10/100/1000Mbps
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1-7
2-/4-/6-/8-
13
6
13
14
17 15
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) PWR_FAN
6) NB_FAN
7) FDD
8) IDE
9) IDE2 / IDE3
10) SATA0_SB/SATA1_SB/SATA2_SB/SATA3_SB
5
10
16
11) PWR_LED
12) F_PANEL
13) AZALIA_FP
14) CD_IN
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) F1_1394 / F2_1394
17) IR
18) CLR_CMOS
19) BATTERY
2
8
19
18
7
4
12
11
9
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
( 300
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
24
13
13
24
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
1
3
4VCC
5
6VCC
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB (stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V
12 3.3V(
13 3.3V
12
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 VCC
22 VCC
23 VCC
24
24
)
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3/4/5) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4pin( CPU_FAN )
+12V (GND)
CPU
6) NB_FAN ( )
( )
1
CPU_FAN
PWR_FAN
SYS_FAN
1
1
1
1
2 +12V
3
4
( CPU_FAN )
1 +12V
2
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7) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
34
2
8/9) IDE (IDE )
IDE IDE IDE IDE
IDE ( ) IDE
Master Slave ( IDE )
40
33
1
39
IDE
IDE2
IDE3
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2
2
1
1
40
39
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10) SATA0_SB/SATA1_SB/SATA2_SB/SATA3_SB (Serial ATA ICH6R )
Serial ATA 150MB BIOS Serial ATA
1
1
7
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5RXN
6 RXP
7
11) PWR_LED
PWR_LED ON OFF Power LED Suspend
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1
1 MPD+
2 MPD-
3 MPD-
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12) F_PANEL ( )
Speaker Connector
Power Switch
Message LED/
Power/
Sleep 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 ( )
SPEAK-
SPEAK+
PW+
MSG+
PW-
MSG-
19
20
NC
RES+
HD-
Reset Switch
IDE Hard Disk
Active LED
RES-
HD+
12
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13) AZALIA_FP ( )
HD(High Definition) AC'97
HD AC'97
BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals Front Panel Type AC97
14) CD_IN ( )
CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD
1 MIC2_L
910
2
3 MIC2_R
12
4 -ACZ_DET
5 Line2_R
6 FSENSE1
7 FAUDIO_JD
8
9 LINE2_L
10 FSENSE2
1 MIC
2
3 MIC
4
5 Line Out (R)
6
7
8
9 Line Out (L)
10
HD(High Definition) AC'97
1
1
2
3
4
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15) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 ( )
USB
USB
16) F1_1394 / F2_1394 (IEEE1394 )
1394 IEEE1394 (Insitute of Electrical Eletronics
Engineers)
IEEE1394
IEEE1394
F2_1394
2
10
1
9
2
1
1
2
3 TPA1+
4 TPA15
6
7 TPB1+
8 TPB19
10
11 TPA2+
12 TPA213
14
15 TPB2+
16 TPB2-
1
2
3 USB DX-
4 USB Dy-
5 USB DX+
6 USB Dy+
7
8
9
10
16
15
F1_1394
1 TPA0+
2 TPA03
4
5 TPB0+
6 TPB07
8
9
10
210
1
9
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17) IR ( )
1
18) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )
CMOS
1VCC
2
3
4
5
CMOS 1-2
1
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CMOS
1
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19) BATTERY ( )
CMOS ...
1.
2.
(
)
3.
4.
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