Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L, GA-EP43-S3L, GA-EP43-DS3LR User Manual [zh]

GA-EP43-DS3LR/
GA-EP43-DS3L/
GA-EP43-S3L

LGA775

Intel® Core

Intel® Celeron®

Rev. 1006
12MC-EP43DS3L-1006R

TM

/ Intel® Pentium® /

May 23, 2008

GA-EP43-DS3L/GA-EP43-S3L

Motherboard

May 23, 2008

GA-EP43-DS3L/

GA-EP43-S3L

Motherboard

Oct. 9, 2008

GA-EP43-DS3LR

Motherboard

Oct. 9, 2008

GA-EP43-DS3LR

Motherboard

© 2008

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

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http://www.gigabyte.tw/

REV : X.X X.X

REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS

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GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L ............................................................. 8

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1-1 ....................................................................................11

1-2

1-3 .................................................................. 15

1-3-1 (CPU) ................................................................................. 15

1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 17

1-4 ....................................................................................... 18

1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 18

1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 19

1-5 ................................................................................................. 20

1-6

1-7 ....................................................................................... 23

..................................................................................................... 12

................................................................................... 21

BIOS ....................................................................................... 35

2-1 ..................................................................................................... 36

2-2 BIOS
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) (

2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 46

2-5 Advanced BIOS Features (
2- 6 Integrated Peripherals (
2- 7 Power Management Setup (

2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )............................. 56

2-9 PC Health Status (
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults (
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults (

2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 59

2-13 Save & Exit Setup (
2-14 Exit Without Saving (

.............................................................................. 37

/ ) ...................................... 39

BIOS )..................................... 48

)....................................................... 51

)............................................... 54

).............................................................57

) ............................................ 58

) .......................................... 58

) ................................ 60

)...........................60

- 5 -

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3-1 ....................................................................................... 61

3-2 ............................................................................................ 62

3-3
3-4
3-5

( ).......................................................................................... 62

................................................................................................. 63

..................................................................................................... 63

3- 6 Download Center............................................................................................ 64

....................................................................................... 65

4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 65

4-2 BIOS

4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 70

4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 73

.................................................................................. 70

4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 74

4-4 - (DES Advanced) ............................................. 75

4-5 Q-Share
4- 6 Time Repair

................................................................................................ 77

.......................................................................................... 78

.......................................................................................................... 79

5-1 Serial ATA .................................................................... 79

5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................. 79

5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 85

5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 87

5-2 / ........................................................................ 92

5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ...............................................................................92

5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 94

5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 96

5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 98

5-3 ..................................................................................................... 99

5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 99

5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 100

5-4 ................................................................................................... 102

Only for GA-EP43-DS3LR.

- 6 -

GA-EP43-DS3LR GA-EP43-DS3L

GA-EP43-S3L - 1

- 1

- 1

- 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4

I/O - 1

•

•

2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2 SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)

(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)

( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)

- 7 -

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L

KB_MS

R_SPDIF
COAXIAL

R_USB_1

R_USB_2

R_USB_3

USB_LAN

AUDIO

RTL8111C

CODEC

SPDIF_O

CD_IN

IT8718

F_AUDIO

SPDIF_I

PCI1

PCI2

ATX_12V

SYS_FAN1

PCIEX1_1

PCIEX16

PCIEX1_2

PCIEX1_3

PCIEX1_4

B_BIOS

M_BIOS

CLR_CMOS

LGA775

Intel® P43

BATTERY

CI

CPU_FAN

PHASE LED

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L

DDR2_1

DDR2_3

DDR2_2

Intel® ICH10
Intel® ICH10R

SATA2_4

JMicron 368

IDE

F_USB1

PWR_LED

SATA2_3

SATA2_5

F_PANEL

DDR2_4

SATA2_2

ATX

FDD

PWR_FAN

SYS_FAN2

SATA2_0

SATA2_1

COMA

LPT

"*" GA-EP43-DS3LR/GA-EP43-DS3L

GA-EP43-DS3L
GA-EP43-S3L
GA-EP43-DS3LR

F_USB2

- 8 -

1 PCI Express x16

LGA775

Processor

CPU CLK+/-

(400(O.C.)/333/266/200 MHz)

4 PCI Express x1

PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)

x1

PCI Express Bus

ATA-133/100/66/

33 IDE Channel

PCI Express x16

x1 x1

PCI Bus

PCIe CLK

(100 MHz)

x1

JMicron

368

LAN

RJ45

RTL

8111C

x1

Intel

P43

Intel® ICH10
Intel® ICH10R

CODEC

Host

Interface

®

DDR2 1200/1066/

800/667 MHz

Dual Channel Memory

MCH CLK

(400(O.C.)/333/266/200 MHz)

Dual BIOS

6 SATA 3Gb/s

12 USB Ports

LPC Bus

IT8718

PS/2 KB/Mouse

Floppy

LPT Port

COM Port

2 PCI

PCI CLK

(33 MHz)

Only for GA-EP43-DS3L.
Only for GA-EP43-S3L.
Only for GA-EP43-DS3LR.

MIC

Line-In

Line-Out

SPDIF In

SPDIF Out

Side Speaker Out

Surround Speaker Out

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

- 9 -

- 10 -

1-1

•

•

•

•

• (CPU)

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

- 11 -

1-2

(CPU)  LGA775 Intel® Core

(FSB)  1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 MHz

USB 

TM

2 Extreme /

TM

2 Duo /

Intel® Core

TM

2 Quad / Intel® Core
Intel® Pentium® / Intel® Celeron®
( )

 L2 CPU

 Intel® P43
 Intel® ICH10R /ICH10
 4 1.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB

( )



 DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz

( )

 Realtek ALC888
 High Definition Audio
 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
 S/PDIF /
 CD
 1 Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
 1 PCI Express x16 x16

(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)

 4 PCI Express x1
 2 PCI



-6SATA 3Gb/s 6 SATA 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

 12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4

USB )

"*" GA-EP43-DS3LR/GA-EP43-DS3L

GA-EP43-DS3L
GA-EP43-S3L
GA-EP43-DS3LR

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 12 -

 1 24-pin ATX
 1 4-pin ATX 12V
 1
 1 IDE
 6 SATA 3Gb/s
 1 CPU
 2
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1 S/PDIF
 1 S/PDIF
 2 USB 2.0/1.1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1 PS/2
 1 PS/2
 1 S/PDIF
 1 S/PDIF
 8 USB 2.0/1.1
 1 RJ-45
 6 ( / / /

/ / )

I/O  iTE IT8718



 CPU/
 CPU/ /
 CPU
 CPU/ /
 CPU/

( )

GA-EP43-DS3L
GA-EP43-DS3LR

- 13 -

BIOS  2 8 Mbit flash

 AWARD BIOS
 DualBIOS
 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)
 Time Repair
 Q-Share
 Norton Internet Security (OEM )
 Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
 ATX 30.5 x 21.0

TM

( )

( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB

4 GB
( ) CPU/ CPU/
( ) EasyTune

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 14 -

1-3

(CPU)

• CPU
( CPU )

• CPU

• CPU CPU CPU (

CPU CPU )

• CPU

• CPU CPU

• CPU

1-3-1 (CPU)

A. CPU CPU

LGA775 CPU

CPU

LGA775 CPU

- 15 -

CPU

B. CPU CPU

CPU CPU

CPU

CPU

CPU
( CPU
CPU )

CPU

CPU

( CPU )

CPU CPU

( ) CPU

( CPU

)

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 16 -

1-3-2

CPU

CPU CPU ( Intel

CPU

(

' '

(

)

®

)

)

CPU (CPU_FAN)

CPU

CPU CPU

CPU CPU

- 17 -

1-4

•

( )

•

•

1-4-1

4 DDR2

(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS

4 DDR2 (Channel)

0 (Channel 0) DDR2_1 DDR2_2 ( 1 2)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_3 DDR2_4 ( 3 4)

2

4

(SS DS -- )

DDR2_1

DDR2_2

DDR2_3

DDR2_4

1. DDR2

2. DDR2
( ) DDR2

POST

Flex Memory Mode Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory Technology)

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 18 -

DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -

- - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

/

1-4-2

DDR2 DDR DDR2

DDR2

DDR2

- 19 -

1-5

•

•

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. BIOS

7.
/ PCI Express x16

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

PCI

•

•

PCI Express x16

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 20 -

PCI Express x16

PCI Express

x16

1-6

PS/2 PS/2

PS/2

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

USB

USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB

/ USB USB

(RJ-45)

1 GB (1 Gbps)

/

( ) ( )

(Gigabit Ethernet)

/

•

•

GA-EP43-DS3L
GA-EP43-DS3LR

1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps

- 21 -

5.1/7.1

( )

4/5.1/7.1

( )

7.1

( )

( )

( )

~

( )

2

4/5.1/7.1

2/4/5.1/7.1

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 22 -

1-7

1 3

21

2

10

4

13

14
19

12

1) ATX_12V

2) ATX

3) CPU_FAN

4) SYS_FAN1/SYS_FAN2

5) PWR_FAN

6) FDD

7) IDE

8) SATA2_0/1/2/3/4/5

9) PWR_LED

10) F_AUDIO

11) F_PANEL

17 16

15

18 7

9

12) CD_IN

13) SPDIF_I

14) SPDIF_O

15) F_USB1/F_USB2

16) LPT

17) COMA

18) CI

19) CLR_CMOS

20) BATTERY

21) PHASE LED

6

5
20

4

8

11

•

•

•

- 23 -

1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin 12V 2x12-pin )

12V CPU 12V

• (500 )

• 2x10-pin

2x12-pin 2x10­pin

ATX_12V

3
1

ATX

12

24

1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
1 1 +12V (

131

12 3.3V (

ATX

ATX_12V

4
2

2x12-pin

2x12-pin

1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V

13 3.3V
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V (

)

24

)

2x12-pin

)

( 2x12-pin

)

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 24 -

3/4/5) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN1 / SYS_FAN2 / PWR_FAN ( )

CPU_FAN SYS_FAN2 4-pin SYS_FAN1

PWR_FAN 3-pin (

) CPU CPU

CPU_FAN

1

1

CPU_FAN

2 +12V
3
4

SYS_FAN 2

• CPU

•

6) FDD ( )

1.44 MB 2.88 MB

1

SYS_FAN2

1

SYS_FAN1 / PWR_FAN

CPU

1
2
3
4 +5V

SYS_FAN1 / PWR_FAN

1
2 +12V
3

360 KB 720 KB 1.2 MB

34

33

- 25 -

2

1

7) IDE (IDE )

IDE IDE ( )

IDE

(Master/Slave) ( IDE )

39

40

8) SATA2_0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (SATA 3Gb/s )

SATA SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA

SATA

7

SATA2_3
SATA2_4

SATA2_5

7

1

2

1

7

1

1

1

SATA2_0
SATA2_1

SATA2_2

1

7

2TXP
3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7

GA-EP43-DS3L
GA-EP43-S3L

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 26 -

SATA 3Gb/s L

SATA

8) SATA2_0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (SATA 3Gb/s )

SATA SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA

SATA ICH10R RAID 0 RAID 1
RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID
Serial ATA

7

SATA2_3
SATA2_4

SATA2_5

1

7

1

• RAID 0 RAID 1

• RAID 5 ( )

• RAID 10

9) PWR_LED ( )

1
2TXP

7

1

SATA2_0
SATA2_1

SATA2_2

1

7

3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7

SATA 3Gb/s L

SATA

(S3/S4) (S5)

GA-EP43-DS3LR

- 27 -

(S1)

1 MPD+
2 MPD-

1

3 MPD-

S0
S1
S3/S4/S5

10) F_AUDIO ( )

HD (High Definition ) AC'97

HD

1 MIC2_L
2

2

1

9

10

3 MIC2_R
4 -ACZ_DET
5 LINE2_R
6
7 FAUDIO_JD
8
9 LINE2_L
10

AC'97

1 MIC
2
3 MIC
4
5 Line Out (R)
6
7
8
9 Line Out (L)
10

• HD AC'97
2/4/5.1/7.1

•

HD

2/4/5.1/7.1

•

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 28 -

11) F_PANEL ( )

• MSG ( )

(+/-)

PW+

MSG+

MSG-

PW-

2

1

HD-

RES+

NC

HD+

RES-

SPEAK+

SPEAK-

20
19

S0
S1
S3/S4/S5

• PW ( )

( BIOS Power Management Setup

)

• SPEAK ( )

• HD ( )

• RES ( )

• NC( )

(S1)

(S3/S4) (S5)

BIOS

(Reset)

- 29 -

12) CD_IN ( )

13) SPDIF_I (S/PDIF )

S/PDIF S/PDIF

1
2
3

1

4

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 30 -

1

1
2 SPDIFI
3

14) SPDIF_O (S/PDIF )

S/PDIF ( )

HDMI

HDMI

1

15) F_USB1 / F_USB2 (USB )

USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB

USB

1 SPDIFO
2

1 (5V)

1

9

2

10

2 (5V)
3 USB DX­4 USB DY­5 USB DX+
6 USB DY+
7
8
9
10

• 2x5-pin IEEE 1394 USB

• USB

USB

- 31 -

16) LPT ( )

17) COMA ( )

1092

25

26

1 STB­2 AFD­3 PD0
4 ERR­5 PD1
6 INIT­7 PD2
8 SLIN­9 PD3
10
1 1 PD4
12
13 PD5

1

1

2

14
15 PD6
16
17 PD7
18
19 ACK­20
21 BUSY
22
23 PE
24
25 SLCT
26

1 NDCD ­2 NSIN
3 NSOUT
4 NDTR ­5
6 NDSR ­7 NRTS ­8 NCTS ­9 NRI ­10

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 32 -

18) C I ( )

19) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )

CMOS ( BIOS )

CMOS

1

1

2

CMOS

• CMOS

• CMOS

• BIOS (Load Optimized Defaults)

( BIOS )

- 33 -

20) BATTERY ( )

•

•

•

• (+) (-) ( )

•

21) PHASE LED ( )

CMOS ( BIOS )

CMOS

CMOS

1.

2. (

)

3.

4.

CPU CPU

- (DES Advanced)

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 34 -

BIOS

BIOS (Basic Input and Output System ) CMOS

(POST Power-On

Self-Test) BIOS BIOS

CMOS

BIOS BIOS POST <Delete>

BIOS BIOS BIOS

<Ctrl> + <F1>

BIOS BIOS Q-Flash @BIOS

Q-Flash BIOS BIOS

BIOS

@BIOS Windows BIOS

BIOS

Q-Flash @BIOS BIOS

• BIOS BIOS
BIOS BIOS

•

• BIOS

CMOS BIOS

( CMOS Load Optimized Defaults

CLR_CMOS )

- 35 - BIOS

2-1

A. LOGO ( )

<TAB>:POST Screen <DEL>:BIOS Setup/Q-Flash <F9>:XpressRecovery2 <F12>:Boot Menu <END>:Qflash

B. POST

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc.

EP43-DS3L F1da
.
.

BIOS

.
.

<DEL>: BIOS Setup <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash
05/21/2008-P43-ICH10-7A89PG0FC-00

<TAB> POST Screen

<Tab> POST POST 50

Full Screen LOGO Show

<DEL> BIOS Setup/Q-Flash

<Delete> BIOS BIOS Q-Flash

<F9> XpressRecovery2

Xpress Recovery2

Xpress Recovery2 POST <F9>

Xpress Recovery2

<F12> Boot Menu

Boot Menu BIOS < >

< > <Enter> <Esc>

Boot Menu

<End> Q-Flash

<End> BIOS Q-Flash

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 36 -

BIOS

2-2 BIOS

BIOS

<Enter>

(BIOS GA-EP43-DS3L F1da)

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

KLJI

Change CPU's Clock & Voltage

BIOS /

< >
<Enter>
<Esc> BIOS
<Page Up>
<Page Down>
<F1>
<F2> (Item Help)
<F5> ( )
<F6> ( )
<F7> ( )
<F8> Q-Flash
<F9>
<F10> BIOS
<F11> CMOS
<F12> CMOS

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

BIOS

<F1>
(General Help) <Esc>
(Item Help)

• <Ctrl>
+ <F1>

• Load Optimized Defaults

• BIOS BIOS BIOS

- 37 - BIOS



 <F11> <F12> ( )



` F11 Save CMOS to BIOS

BIOS CMOS (Profile)

(Profile 1-8) (

<SPACE> <Enter>

` F12 Load CMOS from BIOS

BIOS

CMOS BIOS

<Enter>



 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / )



CPU/



 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )



/ POST



 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )



/ CPU



 Integrated Peripherals ( )



IDE SATA USB



 Power Management Setup ( )





 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )



PnP PCI



 PC Health Status ( )





 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( )



BIOS



 Load Optimized Defaults ( )



BIOS



 Set Supervisor Password ( )



BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS



 Set User Password ( )



BIOS

BIOS BIOS



 Save & Exit Setup ( )



CMOS BIOS <Y>

BIOS <F10>



 Exit Without Saving ( )



<Esc>

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 38 -

2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

Robust Graphics Booster [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio
Fine CPU Clock Ratio

CPU Frequency 2.66GHz(266x10)

********

>>>>> Standard Clock Control

CPU Host Clock Control [Disabled]

x CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) 266

PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) [Auto]
C.I.A. 2 [Disabled]

>>>>> Advanced Clock Control

` Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]

********

Performance Enhance [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)
(G)MCH Frequency Latch [Auto]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [Auto]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

( )

( )

Clock Chip Control

DRAM Performance Control

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

[10 X]
[+0.5]

********

********

( )

[Disabled]

Item Help

Menu Level`

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

Memory Frequency (Mhz) 800 800

DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) [Auto]

>>>>> Standard Timing Control
x CAS Latency Time 4 Auto
x tRCD 4 Auto
x tRP 4 Auto
x tRAS 11 Auto

>>>>> Advanced Timing Control

` Advanced Timing Control [Press Enter]

Mother Board Voltage Control

********

Voltage Types Normal Current

------------------------------------------------------------------

>>> CPU

CPU Vcore 1.17500V [Auto]

CPU Termination 1.200V [Auto]

CPU PLL 1.550V [Auto]

CPU Reference 0.805V [Auto]

>>> MCH/ICH

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

********

Item Help

Menu Level`

( )
( )

- 39 - BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

MCH Core 1.100V [Auto]
ICH I/O 1.550V [Auto]

>>> DRAM

DRAM Voltage 1.800V [Auto]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Item Help

Menu Level`

CPU

(

CMOS BIOS

)

Robust Graphics Booster ( )

(R.G.B.)

Auto BIOS

Auto ( ) Fast Turbo

CPU Clock Ratio (CPU )

( )

CPU CPU

CPU

Fine CPU Clock Ratio (CPU )

( )

CPU Clock Ratio 0.5

CPU Frequency (CPU )

CPU

Clock Chip Control

********

Standard Clock Control

>>>>>

********

CPU Host Clock Control (CPU )

CPU

20 CMOS

( Disabled)

( )
GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 40 -

CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) (CPU )

CPU CPU Host Clock Control

Enabled

100 ~ 1200 CPU 100 MHz 1200 MHz

FSB 800 MHz 200 MHz
FSB 1066 MHz 266 MHz
FSB 1333 MHz 333 MHz

PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) (PCI Express )

PCI Express 90 MHz 150 MHz

Auto BIOS PCI Express 100 MHz ( Auto)

C.I.A.2 ( CPU )

C.I.A.2 CPU C.I.A.2

CPU

Disabled ( )
Cruise CPU 5% 7% CPU
Sports CPU 7% 9% CPU
Racing CPU 9% 11% CPU
Turbo CPU 15% 17% CPU
Full Thrust CPU 17% 19% CPU

CPU

CPU

Advanced Clock Control

>>>>>

Advanced Clock Control

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

CPU Clock Drive [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive [800mV]
CPU Clock Skew [0ps]
MCH Clock Skew [0ps]

Advanced Clock Control

Item Help

Menu Level`

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

- 41 - BIOS

CPU Clock Drive

CPU/

700mV 800mV ( ) 900mV 1000mV

PCI Express Clock Drive

PCI Express/

700mV 800mV ( ) 900mV 1000mV

CPU Clock Skew

CPU

0ps~750ps ( 0ps)

MCH Clock Skew

CPU

0ps~750ps ( 0ps)

******** DRAM Performance Control ********

Performance Enhance ( )

Standard
Turbo ( )
Extreme

Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)

BIOS XMP SPD
Disabled ( )
Profile1
Profile2

( )

(G)MCH Frequency Latch

Auto ( ) 200MHz 266MHz 333MHz 400MHz

System Memory Multiplier ( )

FSB CPU

(G)MCH Frequency Latch Auto BIOS SPD

( Auto)

Memory Frequency (Mhz) ( )

CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) System Memory Multiplier

DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD)

Manual

Auto ( ) Manual

>>>>> Standard Timing Control

CAS Latency Time

Auto ( ) 3~7

( )
GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 42 -

tRCD

Auto ( ) 1~15

tRP

Auto ( ) 1~15

tRAS

Auto ( ) 1~63

Advanced Timing Control

>>>>>

Advanced Timing Control

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

x tRRD 2 Auto
x tWTR 2 Auto
x tWR 4 Auto
x tRFC 28 Auto
x tRTP 2 Auto
x Command Rate (CMD) 0 Auto

>>>>> Channel A
x Static tRead Value 4 Auto
x tRD Phase0 Adjustment 0 Auto
x tRD Phase1 Adjustment 0 Auto
x tRD Phase2 Adjustment 0 Auto
x tRD Phase3 Adjustment 0 Auto
x Trd2rd(Different Rank) 6 Auto
x Twr2wr(Different Rank) 6 Auto
x Twr2rd(Different Rank) 5 Auto
x Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank) 8 Auto

>>>>> Channel B
x Static tRead Value 4 Auto
x tRD Phase0 Adjustment 0 Auto

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Advanced Timing Control

Item Help

Menu Level`

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

x tRD Phase1 Adjustment 0 Auto
x tRD Phase2 Adjustment 0 Auto
x tRD Phase3 Adjustment 0 Auto
x Trd2rd(Different Rank) 6 Auto
x Twr2wr(Different Rank) 6 Auto
x Twr2rd(Different Rank) 5 Auto
x Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank) 8 Auto

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Advanced Timing Control

Item Help

Menu Level`

- 43 - BIOS

Advanced Timing Control

********

********

tRRD

Auto ( ) 1~15

tWTR

Auto ( ) 1~31

tWR

Auto ( ) 1~31

tRFC

Auto ( ) 1~255

tRTP

Auto ( ) 1~15

Command Rate(CMD)

Auto ( ) 1~3

>>>>> Channel A

Static tRead Value

Auto ( ) 1~15

tRD Phase0 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

tRD Phase1 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

tRD Phase2 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

tRD Phase3 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

Trd2rd(Different Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

Twr2wr(Different Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

Twr2rd(Different Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

>>>>> Channel B

Static tRead Value

Auto ( ) 1~15

tRD Phase0 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

tRD Phase1 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

tRD Phase2 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 44 -

tRD Phase3 Adjustment

Auto ( ) 0-Normal 1-Advanced

Trd2rd(Different Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

Twr2wr(Different Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

Twr2rd(Different Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)

Auto ( ) 1~15

******** Mother Board Voltage Control ********
>>> CPU

CPU Vcore

Auto

CPU Termination

Auto

CPU PLL

Auto

CPU Reference

Auto

>>> MCH/ICH

MCH Core

Auto

ICH I/O

Auto

>>> DRAM

DRAM Voltage

Auto

- 45 - BIOS

2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

Date (mm:dd:yy) Wed, May 21 2008
Time (hh:mm:ss) 18:25:04

` IDE Channel 0 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 0 Slave [None]
` IDE Channel 1 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 1 Slave [None]
` IDE Channel 2 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 3 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 4 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 4 Slave [None]

Drive A [1.44M, 3.5"]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]

Halt On [All, But Keyboard]

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 510M

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Default F7: Optimized Defaults

Standard CMOS Features

Item Help

Menu Level`

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

Total Memory 512M

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Default F7: Optimized Defaults

Standard CMOS Features

Item Help

Menu Level`

Date (mm:dd:yy) ( )

( )/ / /

Time (hh:mm:ss) ( )

13 0 0

IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave ( / IDE/SATA )

IDE HDD Auto-Detection <Enter> IDE/SATA
IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave IDE/SATA

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 46 -

• Auto BIOS POST IDE/SATA ( )

• None IDE/SATA None

• Manual Access Mode ( ) CHS

Access Mode Auto ( )/CHS/LBA/Large

IDE Channel 2/3 Master, 4 Master/Slave (
IDE/SATA )

IDE Auto-Detection <Enter> IDE/SATA
Extended IDE Drive IDE/SATA

• Auto BIOS POST IDE/SATA ( )

• None IDE/SATA None

Access Mode Large/Auto ( Auto)

(

)
Capacity
Cylinder
Head
Precomp (Precompensation)
Landing Zone
Sector

Drive A ( )

None

None 360K, 5.25" 1.2M, 5.25" 720K, 3.5" 1.44M, 3.5" 2.88M, 3.5"

Floppy 3 Mode Support ( 3 Mode )

3 Mode Disabled

( ) Drive A ( A 3 Mode )

Halt On ( )

POST
No Errors
All Errors
All, But Keyboard ( )
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key

Memory ( )

BIOS POST (Power On Self Test)

Base Memory PC 640 KB MS-DOS

Extended Memory
Total Memory

- 47 - BIOS

2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [Floppy]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [CDROM]
Password Check [Setup]
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability [Disabled]
CPU Multi-Threading
Limit CPUID Max. to 3
No-Execute Memory Protect
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)
C2/C2E State Support

x C4/C4E State Support

CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2)
CPU EIST Function
Virtualization Technology
Delay For HDD (Secs) [0]
Full Screen LOGO Show [Enabled]
Init Display First [PCI]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

( )

( )

( )

( )
( )

( )

( )

( )

Hard Disk Boot Priority ( )

<Enter> < > < > <+>/

<PageUp> <->/<PageDown> <Esc>

First / Second / Third Boot Device ( / / )

<Enter>
Floppy
LS120 LS120
Hard Disk
CDROM
ZIP ZIP
USB-FDD USB
USB-ZIP USB ZIP
USB-CDROM USB
USB-HDD USB
Legacy LAN
Disabled

Password Check ( )

User Password

Setup BIOS ( )
System BIOS

Advanced BIOS Features

( )

Item Help

Menu Level`

[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]

Disabled

[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]

< > < >

BIOS

BIOS Set Supervisor/

( ) Intel CPU

Intel

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 48 -

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability ( )

S.M.A.R.T.

( Disabled)

CPU Multi-Threading ( CPU )

Enabled CPU ( )
Disabled CPU

Limit CPUID Max. to 3 ( CPUID )

Windows® XP Disabled

Windows® NT 4.0 Enabled ( Disabled)

No-Execute Memory Protect (Intel

®

Intel® Execute Disable Bit

(buffer overflow) ( Enabled)

CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Intel® C1E )

Intel® CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ( CPU

) CPU

( Enabled)

C2/C2E State Support

( )

CPU C2/C2E

CPU ( Disabled)

C4/C4E State Support

( )

C2/C2E State Support

CPU C4/C4E CPU

Disabled)

CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) (Intel® TM2 )

Intel® Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) (CPU )

CPU CPU ( Enabled)

CPU EIST Function (Intel® EIST )

Enhanced Intel® Speed Step (EIST) EIST

CPU CPU

( Enabled)

Virtualization Technology (Intel

Intel® Virtualization Technology ( ) Intel

( )

®

( )

Intel® CPU CPU

( )

CPUID

( )

)

( )

C2/C2E (

( )

( )

)

®

( Enabled)

( ) Intel CPU

Intel

- 49 - BIOS

Delay for HDD (Secs) ( )

Full Screen LOGO Show ( )

Logo Disabled

POST ( Enabled)

Init Display First ( )

PCI PCI Express
PCI PCI ( )
PEG PCI Express

0~15 ( 0)

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 50 -

2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode 3 [Disabled]
SATA AHCI Mode 12 [Disabled]
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode [Disabled]
USB Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect [Enabled]
Azalia Codec [Auto]
Onboard H/W LAN [Enabled]
Green LAN [Disbabled]

` SMART LAN [Press Enter]

Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard IDE Controller [Enabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Default F7: Optimized Defaults

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10R )

Disabled SATA AHCI SATA PATA

( )

AHCI SATA AHCI AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)

Native Command Queuing (Hot Plug)

RAID SATA RAID

SATA AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10 )

Disabled SATA AHCI SATA PATA

( )

AHCI

( )

SATA AHCI AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)

Native Command Queuing (Hot Plug)

SATA Port0-3 Native Mode
(

Disabled SATA Legacy IDE ( )

Enabled SATA Native IDE Native IDE

SATA Native IDE )

Legacy IDE IRQ

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help

Menu Level`

Intel ICH10R SATA RAID

Serial ATA

Intel ICH10 SATA AHCI

Serial ATA

SATA

Native IDE Disabled

Enabled

GA-EP43-DS3L
GA-EP43-S3L
GA-EP43-DS3LR

( ) Windows® Vista

®

- 51 - BIOS

USB Controller ( USB )

USB ( Enabled)

USB 2.0 Controller ( USB 2.0 )

USB 2.0 ( Enabled)

USB Keyboard Support ( USB )

MS-DOS USB ( Disabled)

USB Mouse Support ( USB )

MS-DOS USB ( Disabled)

Legacy USB storage detect ( USB )

POST USB USB

USB ( Enabled)

Azalia Codec ( )

Onboard H/W LAN ( )

Green LAN

Enabled

( Auto)

Disabled

( Enabled)

Disabled

( Disabled)

SMART LAN ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

Start detecting at Port.....

Part1-2 Status = Open / Length = 0m
Part3-6 Status = Open / Length = 0m
Part4-5 Status = Open / Length = 0m
Part7-8 Status = Open / Length = 0m

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

0m

Gigabit hub 10/100 Mbps hub

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 52 -

SMART LAN

Item Help

Menu Level`

BIOS

Status Open Length

Start detecting at Port.....

Link Detected --> 100Mbps
Cable Length= 30m

Link Detected hub
Cable Length 10m Cable

length less than 10M

MS-DOS 10/100 Mbps
Windows LAN Boot ROM Gigabit hub 10/100/
1000 Mbps

hub Status Short Length

Part1-2 Status = Short / Length = 2m

Part 1-2 2

10/100 Mbps Part 4-5 7-8

Status Open Length

Onboard LAN Boot ROM ( )

Boot ROM

( Disabled)

Onboard IDE Controller (JMicron 368 )

JMicron 368 IDE

( Enabled)

Onboard Serial Port 1 ( )

Auto BIOS Disabled BIOS

Auto 3F8/IRQ4 ( ) 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4

2E8/IRQ3 Disabled

Onboard Parallel Port ( )

Disabled BIOS 378/IRQ7 ( ) 278/IRQ5

3BC/IRQ7 Disabled

Parallel Port Mode ( )

SPP ( )
EPP EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)
ECP ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)
ECP+EPP EPP ECP

- 53 - BIOS

2-7 Power Management Setup ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

ACPI Suspend Type [S3(STR)]
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-Off]
PME Event Wake Up [Enabled]
Power On by Ring [Enabled]

Resume by Alarm [Disabled]

x Date (of Month) Alarm Everyday
x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0

HPET Support

HPET Mode

Power On By Mouse [Disabled]

Power On By Keyboard [Disabled]

x KB Power ON Password Enter

AC Back Function [Soft-Off]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

( )

( )

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

ACPI Suspend Type ( )

S1(POS) ACPI S1 (POS Power On Suspend)

S1

S3(STR) ACPI S3 (STR Suspend To RAM) S3

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN ( )

MS-DOS
Instant-Off ( )
Delay 4 Sec. 4 4

Power Management Setup

S1

[Enabled]
[32-bit mode]

Menu Level`

( )

Item Help

PME Event Wake Up ( )

ACPI PCI PCIe

/ +5VSB

1 ATX ( Enabled)

Power On by Ring ( )

ACPI

/ ( Enabled)

( ) Windows® Vista
GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 54 -

®

Resume by Alarm ( )

( Disabled)

Date (of Month) Alarm Everyday ( ) 1~31 ( )
Time (hh: mm: ss) Alarm (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59) ( )

HPET Support

( )

Windows® Vista

®

High Precision Event Timer

(HPET ) ( Enabled)

HPET Mode

Windows® Vista
Vista

( )

®

Windows® Vista

®

®

HPET 32-bit

32-bit mode 64-bit Windows

64-bit mode ( 32-bit mode)

Power On By Mouse ( )

PS/2 /

+5VSB 1 ATX
Disabled ( )
Double Click PS/2

Power On By Keyboard ( )

PS/2 /

+5VSB 1 ATX
Disabled ( )
Password 1~5
Keyboard 98 Windows 98

KB Power ON Password ( )

Power On by Keyboard Passoword

<Enter> 1~5 <Enter>

<Enter>

<Enter>

<Enter>

AC Back Function ( )

®

Soft-Off

( )
Full-On
Memory

( ) Windows® Vista

®

- 55 - BIOS

2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

PCI1 IRQ Assignment [Auto]
PCI2 IRQ Assignment [Auto]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

PCI1 IRQ Assignment ( PCI IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI IRQ 3 4 5 7 9

PCI2 IRQ Assignment ( PCI IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI IRQ 3 4 5 7 9

PnP/PCI Configurations

PCI IRQ

10 11 12 14 15

PCI IRQ

10 11 12 14 15

Item Help

Menu Level`

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 56 -

2-9 PC Health Status ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

Reset Case Open Status [Disabled]

Case Opened No
Vcore 1.332V
DDR18V 1.840V
+3.3V 3.296V
+12V 12.048V
Current System Temperature 30oC
Current CPU Temperature 47oC
Current CPU FAN Speed 3375 RPM
Current SYSTEM FAN2 Speed 0 RPM
Current POWER FAN Speed 0 RPM
Current SYSTEM FAN1 Speed 0 RPM

CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled]
CPU FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
SYSTEM FAN2 Fail Warning [Disabled]
POWER FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
SYSTEM FAN1 Fail Warning [Disabled]
CPU Smart FAN Control [Enabled]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Reset Case Open Status ( )

Disabled ( )
Enabled

Case Opened ( )

Yes

Reset Case Open Status Enabled

Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR18V / +3.3V / +12V ( )

CI

PC Health Status

No

Item Help

Menu Level`

Current System/CPU Temperature ( /CPU )

/CPU

Current CPU/SYSTEM/POWER FAN Speed (RPM) ( )

CPU/ /

CPU Warning Temperature (CPU )

CPU

CPU Disabled ( CPU

) 60oC / 140oF 70oC / 158oF 80oC / 176oF 90oC / 194oF

CPU/SYSTEM/POWER FAN Fail Warning (CPU / / )

( Disabled)

CPU Smart FAN Control (CPU )

CPU
Disabled CPU
Enabled CPU CPU

EasyTune ( )

- 57 - BIOS

2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N

KLJI

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

<Enter> <Y> BIOS

2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N

KLJI

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

BIOS

Load Optimized Defaults

<Enter> <Y> BIOS
BIOS BIOS
CMOS

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 58 -

2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

Enter Password:

KLJI

Change/Set/Disable Password

<Enter> 8 <Enter>

BIOS

Supervisor ( )

Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

Setup BIOS

System BIOS

User ( )

Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

System

BIOS

BIOS BIOS

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

<Enter> BIOS

<Enter> PASSWORD DISABLED

BIOS

- 59 - BIOS

2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

KLJI

Save Data to CMOS

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

<Enter> <Y> BIOS

<N> <Esc>

2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

KLJI

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

Abandon all Data

<Enter> <Y> BIOS BIOS

<N> <Esc>

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 60 -

3-1

•

( Windows XP )

•

(

Run.exe)

Xpress Install
Xpress Install Xpress Install

• Xpress Install (
)

• Xpress Install

•

• Windows XP USB 2.0 Windows XP Ser-

vice Pack 1 " \

" "?" ( " ")

( USB 2.0 )

- 61 -

3-2

3-3 ( )

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 62 -

3-4

3-5

- 63 -

3-6 Download Center

BIOS Download Center

BIOS

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 64 -

4- 1 Xpress Recovery2

Xpress Recovery2

NTFS FAT32 FAT16

PATA SATA

• Xpress Recovery2 *

• Xpress Recovery2

( 10 GB

)

• Xpress Recovery2

•

•

®

• Intel

• 64 MB

• VESA

• Windows® XP SP1( )

• Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery

Xpress Recovery2

• USB

• RAID/AHCI

(*) PATA IDE1/IDE2... SATA port0/port1/

port2... PATA IDE1 SATA
port0 PATA IDE1 SATA port0
SATA port1 SATA port0

- 65 -

Xpress Recovery2

( Windows XP )

A. Windows XP

1. BIOS Advanced BIOS Features CD-ROM

2. ( 1) ( ) Xpress Recovery2
10 GB ( 2)

1 2

3. NTFS ( 3)

3

- 66 -GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L

4. ( 4)

Xpress Recovery2 Xpress
Recovery2( 5)

5

4

5.

( 6 7)

Xpress Recovery2

6

Xpress Recovery2

7

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B. Xpress Recovery2

1. Xpress Recovery2 "Press

any key to startup XpressRocovery2" ( 8) Xpress Recovery2

.
.
Boot from CD/DVD:

Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2.....

2. Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2

BIOS POST <F9> ( 9)

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc.

EP43-DS3L F1da
.
.
.
.

<DEL>: BIOS Setup <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash
05/21/2008-P43-ICH10-7A89PG0FC-00

C. Xpress Recovery2 (Backup)

1. BACKUP ( 10)

2. Xpress Recovery2 Windows

( 11)

8

9

10 11

3.

Xpress Recovery2

12

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D. Xpress Recovery2 (Restore)

RESTORE

( 13 14)

13 14

E. Xpress Recovery2 (Remove)

1. Xpress Recovery2 REMOVE ( 15)

2.

( 16)

15 16

F. Xpress Recovery2

REBOOT

17

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4-2 BIOS

TM

DualBIOS

BIOS Q-FlashTM@BIOS

TM

DOS BIOS

BIOS

TM

DualBIOS

BIOS BIOS(Main BIOS)

BIOS (Backup BIOS)

BIOS BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS

BIOS BIOS

DOS Windows

®

Q-Flash Q-Flash

BIOS BIOS

TM

@BIOS

@BIOS Windows

®

BIOS

@BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS

A. BIOS ...

1. BIOS

2. BIOS BIOS ( ep43ds3l.F1)

USB ( USB FAT32/16/12

)

3. BIOS POST <End> Q-Flash (

POST <End> BIOS Setup <F8> Q-Flash

BIOS RAID/AHCI IDE/SATA

POST <End> Q-Flash )

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2008, Award Software, Inc.

EP43-DS3L F1da
.
.
.
.

<DEL>: BIOS Setup <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash
05/21/2008-P43-ICH10-7A89PG0FC-00

BIOS BIOS

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B. BIOS

BIOS BIOS

1. BIOS Q-Flash Q-Flash

Update BIOS from Drive <Enter>

• BIOS Save BIOS to Drive

• FAT32/16/12

• BIOS RAID/AHCI IDE/SATA

POST <End> Q-Flash

2. Floppy A <Enter>

Flash Type/Size.................................MXIC 25L8005 1M

Keep DMI Data Enable
Update BIOS from Drive

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Floppy A <Drive>
HDD 0-0 <Drive>

Total size : 0 Free size : 0

3. BIOS <Enter>

BIOS

Q-Flash Utility v2.05

Save BIOS to Drive

0 file(s) found

BIOS "Are you sure

to update BIOS?" <Enter> BIOS

• BIOS BIOS

• BIOS /USB

BIOS Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................MXIC 25L8005 1M

Keep DMI Data Enable
Update BIOS from Drive

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility v2.05

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!

Save BIOS to Drive

Please press any key to continue

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<Esc> <Enter> Q-Flash

POST BIOS

POST <Delete> BIOS Load Optimized

Defaults <Enter> BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item F11: Save CMOS to BIOS
F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup F12: Load CMOS from BIOS

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Y

Load Optimized Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

<Y>

Save & Exit Setup <Y> CMOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

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4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS

A. BIOS ...

1. Windows

2. BIOS ( )

3. G.O.M. (GIGABYTE Online Management)

4. BIOS BIOS

®

BIOS

BIOS

B. @BIOS

1. BIOS

Update BIOS from GIGABYTE Server @BIOS

BIOS

@BIOS BIOS

BIOS

BIOS

2. BIOS

Update BIOS from File

BIOS

3. BIOS

Save Current BIOS to File BIOS

C. ...

<Delete> BIOS Load

Optimized Defaults <Enter> BIOS

BIOS BIOS

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4-3 EasyTune 6

EasyTuneTM 6

EasyTune 6

Easytun 6 CPU

CPU CPU BIOS

Memory

Tuner /

• Easy Mode CPU

• Advance Mode /

• Save (.txt )

• Load

Go

Default

Graphics ATI NVIDIA

EasyTune 6

Smart C.I.A.2 CPU

Smart Fan Advance Mode CPU

CPU

HW Monitor

/

(.wav )

CPU

EasyTune 6

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4-4 - (DES Advanced)

- (Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced)

( )

-

A.

-

1 / ( )
2 / LED ( )
3 / CPU ( )
4 CPU
5 CPU ( 1)

( )

6 CPU
7
8 CPU

9
10
11 /
12
13
14
15
16
17 ( )

( )

•

•

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B.

-

1 / ( )

2 / LED ( )

3 / CPU ( )

4 CPU

5 CPU ( 1)

6 CPU

7

8 CPU

9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 ( )

( )

( )

( )

C.

-

( ) BIOS CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)

CPU EIST Function Enabled
( )
( )1 ( ) 2 3
( )

( ) 99999999

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4-5 Q-Share

Q-Share Q-Share

Q-Share

\ \GIGABYTE\Q-Share.exe Q-Share

Connect ...
Enable Incoming Folder ...
Disable Incoming Folder ...
Open Incoming Folder :
C:\Q-ShareFolder
Change Incoming Folder :
C:\Q-ShareFolder
Update Q-Share ...
About Q-Share ... Q-Share
Exit... Q-Share

( )

( )

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4-6 Time Repair

Time Repair (Volume Shadow Copy) Windows Vista

NTFS

PATA SATA

/

Copy Restore

ON
OFF
SCHEDULE
CAPACITY
TRIGGER
? Time Repair

• 1 GB 300 MB

• 64

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5-1 Serial ATA

SATA

A. SATA
B. BIOS SATA
C. RAID BIOS RAID
D. SATA RAID/AHCI
E. SATA RAID/AHCI

• SATA ( SATA
RAID )

•

• Windows Vista XP

•

5-1-1 SATA

A. SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

( )

( )

( )

GA-EP43-DS3LR
( ) RAID
( ) SATA AHCI RAID

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B. BIOS SATA

BIOS SATA

BIOS POST <Delete> BIOS Setup

Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID/AHCI Mode RAID (

1) RAID Disabled AHCI (
Disabled)

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [RAID]
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode [Disabled]
USB Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect [Enabled]
Azalia Codec [Auto]
Onboard H/W LAN [Enabled]
Green LAN [Disbabled]

` SMART LAN [Press Enter]

Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard IDE Controller [Enabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Default F7: Optimized Defaults

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software

Integrated Peripherals

1

Item Help

Menu Level`

BIOS

BIOS

BIOS

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C. RAID BIOS RAID

SATA RAID BIOS SATA RAID

RAID

BIOS POST (

2) <Ctrl> + <I> ICH10R RAID BIOS

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5
Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

RAID Volumes :
None defined.

Physical Disks :
Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk
1 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk

Press <CTRL - I> to enter Configuration Utility..

2

3 ICH10R RAID ( 3)

(Create RAID Volume)

Create RAID Volume <Enter> RAID

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

[ MAIN MENU ]

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

RAID Volumes :

None defined.

Physical Disks :

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk

1 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk

[KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

3

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CREATE VOLUME MENU Name

16 <Enter>

RAID (RAID Level) ( 4) RAID (RAID Level) RAID 0 RAID 1

RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID

<Enter>

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

[KL]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks
Strip Size : 128KB
Capacity : 223.6 GB

RAID10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror.

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

Choose the RAID level:

RAID0: Stripes data (performance).
RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy).

RAID5: Stripes data and parity.

4

Strip Size ( )( 5) 4 KB

128 KB <Enter> (Capacity)

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks
Strip Size : 128KB
Capacity : 223.6 GB

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

The following are typical values:

RAID0 - 128KB
RAID10- 64KB
RAID5 - 64KB

[KL]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

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5

<Enter> Create Volume ( )

Create Volume <Enter> ( 6)

<Y> <N>

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

WARNING : ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

[KL]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name : RAID_Volume0

RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : Select Disks
Strip Size : 128KB
Capacity : 223.6 GB

Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N) :

Press ENTER to create the specified volume.

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

6

DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION

( 7)

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

[ MAIN MENU ]

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

RAID Volumes :
ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable
0 Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) 128KB 223.6GB Normal Yes

Physical Disks :
Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 ST3120026AS 3JT354CP 111.8GB Member Disk(0)
1 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111.8GB Member Disk(0)

[KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

7

<Esc> Exit <Enter> ICH10R RAID BIOS

SATA RAID/AHCI

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(Delete RAID Volume)

Delete RAID Volume

DELETE VOLUME MENU

<Delete> <Y> <N> ( 8)

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed.

Name Level Drives Capacity Status Bootable
Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) 2 223.6GB Normal Yes

[ DELETE VOLUME MENU ]

[ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ]

ALL DATA IN THE VOLUME WILL BE LOST!

Are you sure you want to delete "Volume0"? (Y/N) :

Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non-RAID.

WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED.

[KL]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu [DEL]-Delete Volume

[ HELP ]

8

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5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI

( AHCI RAID )

AHCI RAID SATA

SATA

( Windows Vista SATA

USB )

( )

MS-DOS D:\>

D:\> <Enter> ( 1)

cd bootdrv
menu

2

2 Windows 32-bit

7) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 bit Windows 64-bit

8) Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit
<0>

SATA

MS-DOS

1 2

( )

BootDrv MENU.exe ( 3) MS-DOS

2

3

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SATA RAID/AHCI USB

SATA RAID/AHCI USB

Intel ICH10R Windows Vista 32-bit

( )

\BootDrv\ MSM32 ( 4) USB

4

USB MSM32 5 Continue extraction?

yes <Enter> 6

5

6

( ) Windows Vista 64-bit MSM64
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5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI

SATA RAID/AHCI BIOS

Windows Vista XP SATA

A. Windows XP

Windows XP Press F6 if you need

to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver <F6> ( 1)

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.

1

SATA RAID/AHCI <S> ( 2)

Windows Setup

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices
installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.
Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s)

<none>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

2

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ICH10R SATA

BIOS SATA RAID/AHCI Mode RAID

Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller ( AHCI

Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller ) <Enter> ( 3)

SATA

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC
to return to the previous screen.

Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller
Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E SATA RAID Controller

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

3

SATA RAID/AHCI

4 <Enter>

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

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4

SATA ( 5) <Enter>

WindowsXP Professional

Windows (R) XP

ENTER= R= F3=

Microsoft(R)

Windows XP

R

Windows XP F3

Windows XP

5

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B. Windows Vista

( )

Windows Vista

( 6)

6

( 7)

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7

8 Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller

( )

8

RAID/AHCI

( 9)

9

( ) SATA AHCI 8

Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller

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5-2 /

5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1

5.1 / 7.1

( )

(High Definition Audio)

Retasking

/

/

•

•

HD

(HD)

(DAC) 44.1KHz 48KHz

96KHz 192KHz (Multi-Streaming)

/ MP3

A.

( Windows XP )

2 / 4 /

/

driver for High Definition Audio Service Pack

( )2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1

•2

•4

• 5.1 /

• 7.1 /
GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 92 -

Microsoft UAA Bus

/

2CH

4CH 6CH 8CH

B.

C. AC'97

AC'97

/

AC'97

D.
( HD )

/

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5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )

(S/PDIF ) S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

A. (S/PDIF )

SPDIF_I

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 94 -

S/PDIF

B. S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

C. S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF S/PDIF

( ) S/PDIF

( ) S/PDIF

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5-2-3

( )

( )

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 96 -

Pink In Front Green In

In

( )

\ \

Realtek HD Audio Input

( )

\ \

Front

Rear Pink

( )

Realtek HD Audio Input

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Front Pink In... )

1 (1)

\

5-2-4

\

( Front Green In

\ \

1. ( )

2.

3. [ ]

4. [ ]

1.

2.
(.wav)

3. [ ]

4. [ ]

5. [ ]

[ ]

GA-EP43-DS3LR/DS3L/S3L - 98 -

5-3

5-3-1

\ \

Q BIOS
A BIOS BIOS POST <Delete>

BIOS <Ctrl> + <F1>

Q /
A /

Q CMOS
A Clear CMOS (CLR_CMOS) CLR_CMOS

CMOS

CMOS

CMOS

(

<Delete> BIOS Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Load

Optimized Defaults) BIOS

BIOS BIOS ( Save & Exit Setup )

)

Q
A

Q
A Award BIOS

1
2 CMOS
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 9 BIOS

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5-3-2

CPU CPU

CPU_FAN

ATX 12V

POST <Delete> BIOS Load
Fail-Safe Defaults
& Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults Save

A

( )

CPU

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