
GA-945P-S3
Intel® Core
TM
2 Extreme / Core
Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775
Rev. 1001
12MC-945PS3-1001R
TM
2 Duo
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BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
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2-1 Standard CMOS Features (
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features (
2-3 Integrated Peripherals (
2-4 Power Management Setup (
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations (
2-6 PC Health Status (
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 (
2-11 Save & Exit Setup (
2-12 Exit Without Saving (
CMOS ) ........................................... 32
BIOS ) ..................................... 34
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PCI ) ............................. 40
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Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 45
Optimized ) ...................................... 45
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SETUP )................................ 47
SETUP ) .......................... 47
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3-4
3-5
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 53
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 53
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 54
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 56
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IDE - 1 , - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O
*
2 USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4
5.1/7.1
USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
(SPDIF + ) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)
( 12CF1-1AU004-01R )
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PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
LGA775
Processor
CPUCLK+/-(266/200/133 MHz)
Host
Interface
DDRII 667
( )
/533/400 MHz DIMM
PCI Express Bus
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
3 PCI Express x1
x1
PCI Bus
LAN
RJ45
RTL8111B
x1
x1
x1
Intel
CODEC
MIC
Line-Out
Intel
945P
ICH7
Line-In
®
®
SPDIF In
Dual Channel Memory
MCHCLK (266/200/133 MHz)
BIOS
4 SATA 3Gb/s
IT8718
8 USB
Ports
SPDIF Out
ATA33/66/100
IDE Channel
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
3 PCI
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
PCI CLK(33 MHz)
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
( ) DDRII667 FSB800/1066MHz
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LGA775 Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Extreme / Core
TM
2 Duo / Pentium® D /
Pentium® 4
L2 CPU
1066/800/533MHz FSB
Intel® 945P
Intel® ICH7
RTL8111B (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC883 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
SPDIF /
CD
Intel® ICH7
-1 1
-1IDE UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100 2 IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4 SATA 3Gb/s
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
4 DDRII DIMM 4GB
DDRII 667
( )
/533/400 unbuffered DIMM
( )
1.8V DDRII DIMM
1 PCI Express x16
3 PCI Express x1
3 PCI
1 24-pin ATX
1 4-pin ATX 12V
1
1 IDE
4 SATA 3Gb/s
1 CPU
1
1
1
1 (CD In)
1 (HDA_SUR)
2 USB 2.0/1.1 4 USB 2.0/1.1
1 SPDIF In/Out
1
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1 PS/2
1 PS/2
1 (COMA)
1
4 USB 2.0/1.1
1 RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O IT8718
CPU
CPU /
CPU
CPU /
CPU
BIOS 1 4 Mbit flash ROM
AWARD BIOS
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune
( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
ATX 30.5 x 19.3
( ) 8 5.1/7.1 (
)
( ) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
( ) DDRII 667 FSB800/1066 MHz
( ) EasyTune
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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. 2.
3.
(
)
(
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4.

Dual Channel DDRII ( )
GA-945P-S3
Memory Bus
GA-945P-S3 4 (DIMM) Channel
2
Channel 0 DDRII1 DDRII2 ( 1 2)
Channel 1 DDRII3 DDRII4 ( 3 4)
1.
2. DDRII (
) DDRII
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS X
)
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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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
(COMA)
(USB)
USB USB / USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
( )
( )
2-/4-/6-/8-
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN
)
+12V (GND)
CPU/ CPU/
CPU
CPU_FAN :
5) FDD ( )
1
CPU_FAN
1
SYS_FAN
1
2 +12V /
3
4
SYS_FAN :
1
2 +12V
3
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
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34
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6) IDE1 (IDE )
IDE IDE IDE IDE
IDE ( ) IDE
Master Slave ( IDE
) IDE
2
1
7) SATAII0/1/2/3 (SATA 3Gb/s Intel ICH7 )
SATA 3Gb/s 300MB BIOS Serial ATA
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5RXN
6 RXP
7
40
39
SATAII0
SATAII1
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1
1
7
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7
SATAII2
SATAII3
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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:
( ) Pin 2- Pin 3:
Pin 4: Data(-)
RES (Reset Switch) Open: Normal
( ) Close: Reset Hardware System
PW (Power Switch) Open: Normal :
( ) Close: Power On/Off : /
MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)
( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)
NC ( )
MSG+
MSG-
HD-
HD+
Power
Switch
PW+
PW-
RES+
NC
RES-
Reset Switch
Speaker Connector
SPEAK+
SPEAK-
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9) F_AUDIO ( )
HD (High Definition ) AC97
12
910
HD
1 MIC2_L
2
3 MIC2_R
4 -ACZ_DET
5 LINE2_R
6 FSENSE1
7 FAUDIO_JD
8
9 LINE2_L
10 FSENSE2
AC'97
1 MIC
2
3 MIC
4
5 Line Out (R)
6
7
8
9 Line Out (L)
10
HD AC97
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