GA-EX38-DQ6
LGA775
Intel® Core
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1101
12MC-EX38DQ6-1101R
TM
/ Intel® Pentium® /
Feb. 22, 2008
Motherboard
GA-EX38-DQ6
Feb. 22, 2008
GA-EX38-DQ6
Motherboard
© 2008
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2
1-3
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
1-7
1-8
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SATA .................................................................................. 20
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BIOS ....................................................................................... 37
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 38
2-2 BIOS
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 41
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features (
2- 5 Integrated Peripherals (
2- 6 Power Management Setup (
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )............................. 51
2-8 PC Health Status (
2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) (
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults (
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 58
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password (
2-13 Save & Exit Setup (
2-14 Exit Without Saving (
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BIOS )..................................... 43
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3-1 ............................................................................... 61
3-2 ............................................................................................ 62
3-3
3-4
3-5
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 65
4-2 BIOS
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS ................................................................... 70
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 73
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4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 75
4-4
4-5 Windows Vista ReadyBoost
(Dynamic Energy Saver) ................................................ 76
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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-EX38-DQ6 - 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA - 2
I/O - 1
-2
•
•
2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2 IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
2 SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)
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GA-EX38-DQ6
KB_MS
RCA_SPDIF
USB_1394_1
USB_1394_2
USB_LAN1
USB_LAN2
AUDIO
RTL8111B/
RTL8111C
CODEC
CD_IN
IT8718
LPT
RTL8111B/
RTL8111C
F_AUDIO
PCIE_1
PCIE_16_1
PCIE_2
PCIE_3
PCIE_16_2
SPDIF_O
PCI1
PCI2
SYS_FAN1
ATX_12V_2X
CI
NB_FAN
BP_BIOS
MAIN_BIOS
TPM
LGA775
Intel® X38
GA-EX38-DQ6
BAT
COM
CLR_CMOS
TSB43AB23
F_USB2
F_1394
CPU_FAN
F_USB1
PWR_LED
DDRII1
Intel® ICH9R
SATAII4
DDRII2
V_PHASE LED
DDRII3
SATAII0
SATAII1
GIGABYTE
SATA2
SATAII2
ATX
PWR_FAN
FDD
DDRII4
IDE
GSATAIIA
SPDIF_IN
SYS_FAN2
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F_PANEL
SATAII5 SATAII3
GSATAIIB
2 PCI Express x16
3 PCI Express x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1
PCI Express Bus
2 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/
33 IDE Channel
PCI Bus
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
x1 x1
TSB43AB23
LAN2
RJ45
RTL
8111B/
8111C
x1
GIGABYTE
SATA2
LAN1
RJ45
RTL
8111B/
8111C
x1
LGA775
Processor
Intel
X38
Intel
ICH9R
CODEC
Host
Interface
®
®
CPU CLK+/-
(400/333/266/200 MHz)
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
Dual Channel Memory
MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz)
Dual BIOS
6 SATA 3Gb/s
12 USB Ports
Floppy
IT8718
LPT Port
COM Port
2 PCI
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
3 IEEE 1394a
MIC
Line-In
Line-Out
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
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PS/2 KB/Mouse
TPM
1-1
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• (CPU)
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•
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1-2
(CPU) LGA775 Intel® Core
Intel® Core
Intel® Pentium
Intel® Pentium® 4 / Intel® Pentium® 4 /
Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
Intel® X38
Intel® ICH9R
4 1.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB
DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz
( )
ECC
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
DTS(dts NEO : PC)
S/PDIF /
CD
2 Realtek 8111B/8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
(Teaming)
2 PCI Express x16 ATI CrossFireX
(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)
3 PCI Express x1
2 PCI
-6SATA 3Gb/s (SATAII0 SATAII1 SATAII2 SATAII3
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
-2SATA 3Gb/s (GSATAIIA GSATAIIB) 2
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD
iTE IT8718
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3 IEEE 1394a (2 1
TM
2 Quad / Intel® Core
®
SATAII4 SATAII5) 6 SATA 3Gb/s
IDE
SATA 3Gb/s
IEEE 1394a )
TM
2 Extreme /
TM
2 Duo /
/ Intel® Pentium® D /
( )
TM
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USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
1 24-pin ATX
1 8-pin ATX 12 V
1
1 IDE
8 SATA 3Gb/s
1 CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1
1 S/PDIF
1 S/PDIF
2 USB 2.0/1.1
1 IEEE 1394a
1
1 (TPM)
1
1
1
1 PS/2
1 PS/2
1 S/PDIF
1 S/PDIF
8 USB 2.0/1.1
2 IEEE 1394a
2 RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU
USB )
( )
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BIOS 2 8 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
Dual BIOS
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/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH)
- CPU
- DDR2 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 +0.375V)
BIOS (CPU/DDR2/PCIe)
- CPU 1MHz
100 MHz 700 MHz
- DDR2
- PCI Express 1 MHz
90 MHz 150 MHz
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
TM
( )
( )
( )
( ) Windows XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) CPU CPU
( ) EasyTune
( ) CPU CPU
( ) Intel ICH9R RAID Windows 2000
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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
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CPU
B. CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
( ) CPU
( CPU
)
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1-3-2
CPU
CPU CPU ( Intel
CPU
(
' '
(
)
®
)
)
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU CPU
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1-3-3 Crazy Cool
Intel CPU CPU
Crazy Cool
1. Crazy Cool
2.
1.
Crazy Cool
Cool
2.
/
Crazy
( )
( )
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Crazy Cool
1-4
•
( )
•
•
1-4-1
4 DDR2 (Dual Channel
Technology) BIOS
4 DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRII1 DDRII2 ( 1 2)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII3 DDRII4 ( 3 4)
2
4
(SS DS -- )
DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
- - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
DDRII1
DDRII2
DDRII3
DDRII4
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
POST
Flex Memory Mode Intel® Flex (Intel® Flex Memory Technology)
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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 x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
PCI
•
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
•
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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
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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)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
( ) ( )
(Gigabit Ethernet)
/
/
•
•
* S/PDIF S/PDIF
1 Gpbs
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
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5.1/7.1
( )
4/5.1/7.1
( )
7.1
( )
( )
( )
~
( )
2
4/5.1/7.1
2/4/5.1/7.1
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1-8
3
4
1
25
2
6
14
24
12
15
17
23
1) ATX_12V_2X
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN1/SYS_FAN2
5) PWR_FAN
6) NB_FAN
7) FDD
8) IDE
9) SATAII0/1/2/3/4/5
10) GSATAIIA/B
11) PWR_LED
12) BAT
13) F_PANEL
7
5
9
8
11
20
19
4
13
1016
91821 22
14) F_AUDIO
15) CD_IN
16) SPDIF_IN
17) SPDIF_O
18) F_USB1/F_USB2
19) F_1394
20) LPT
21) TPM
22) COM
23) C I
24) CLR_CMOS
25) V_PHASE LED
•
•
•
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1/2) ATX_12V_2X / ATX (2x4-pin 12V 2x12-pin )
12V CPU 12V
• Intel® Extreme Edition CPU(130W )
CPU 2x4-pin 12V
• (500 )
ATX 2x10-pin
2x12-pin
• ATX_12V_2X 2x2-pin
2x4-pin 12V
2x2-pin
ATX_12V_2X
8
5
ATX_12V_2X
ATX
4
1
1 ( 2x4-pin
2
3
4
5 +12V ( 2x4-pin
6 +12V (
7 +12V
8 +12V
)
( 2x4-pin
)
)
2x4-pin
)
12
ATX
24
131
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V
12 3.3V
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13 3.3V
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V
24
3/4/5) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN1 / SYS_FAN2 / PWR_FAN ( )
+12V CPU_FAN SYS_FAN2 4-pin
SYS_FAN1 PWR_FAN 3-pin
+12V
CPU CPU
CPU_FAN
1
1
CPU_FAN
2 +12V /
3
4
SYS_FAN 2
SYS_FAN2
SYS_FAN1
6) NB_FAN ( )
1
1
1
PWR_FAN
1
1
2
3
4 +5V
SYS_FAN1 / PWR_FAN
1
2 +12V
3
+12V
1
2 +12V
3
• CPU
CPU
•
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7) FDD ( )
1.44 MB 2.88 MB
360 KB 720 KB 1.2 MB
8) IDE (IDE )
IDE IDE ( )
34
2
33
1
IDE
(Master/Slave) ( IDE )
21
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4039
9) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (SATA 3Gb/s ICH9R )
SATA SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA
SATA ICH9R RAID 0 RAID 1
RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID
Serial ATA
SATAII0
7
1
17
SATAII1
SATAII4
71
SATAII2
7
1
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7
1
SATAII5
7
1
SATAII3
7
10) GSATAIIA / GSATAIIB (SATA 3Gb/s GIGABYTE SATA2 )
SATA SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA
SATA GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID 0 RAID 1
RAID Serial ATA
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7
SATA 3Gb/s L
SATA
7
1
• RAID 0 RAID 1
GSATAIIA
GSATAIIB
1
7
• RAID 5 ( )
• RAID 10
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11) PWR_LED ( )
(S3/S4) (S5)
12) BAT ( )
(S1)
1 MPD+
2 MPD-
1
3 MPD-
S0
S1
S3/S4/S5
CMOS ( BIOS )
CMOS
1.
2. (
3.
4.
•
•
•
• (+) (-) ( )
•
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CMOS
)
13) F_PANEL ( )
• MSG ( )
(+/-)
PW+
MSG+
PW-
MSG-
2
1
HD-
RES+
HD+
RES-
NC
SPEAK+
SPEAK-
20
19
S0
S1
S3/S4/S5
• PW ( )
( BIOS Power Management Setup
)
• SPEAK ( )
• HD ( )
• RES ( )
• NC( )
(S1)
(S3/S4) (S5)
BIOS
(Reset)
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14) F_AUDIO ( )
HD (High Definition ) AC' 97
9
10
• HD AC'97
• AC'97
•
15) CD_IN ( )
HD
1 MIC2_L
2
3 MIC2_R
4 -ACZ_DET
5 LINE2_R
6
7 FAUDIO_JD
8
9 LINE2_L
10
1
21
AC'97
1 MIC
2
3 MIC
4
5 Line Out (R)
6
7
8
9 Line Out (L)
10
2/4/5.1/7.1
1
2
3
4
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