Gigabyte Technology GA-8I945PLGE-RH - Manuals

Page 4 - Table of Contents

- 4 - Table of Contents GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard Layout ...................................................................... 6Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ...........

Page 7 - Block Diagram

- 7 - Block Diagram LGA775 Processor CPUCLK+/-(133/200MHz) PCI Express x16 33MHz Host Interface Intel 945PL MCHCLK (133/200MHz) 66MHz 48MHz DDRII 533/400MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory COM Port Floppy PS/2 KB/Mouse 24MHz 33MHz 4 SATA 3Gb/s ATA33/66/100 IDE1 Channel 14.318MHz BIOS 8 USB Ports PCICLK (33...

Page 9 - Hardware Installation; English; Considerations Prior to Installation; Preparing Your Computer; Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which canbecome damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, pleasefollow the instr...

Page 10 - Feature Summary

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary C P U Supports LGA775 Intel ® Pentium ® Processor Pentium ® D / Pentium ® 4 (Note 1) L2 cache varies with CPU Front Side Bus Supports 800/533MHz FSB Chipset Northbridge: Intel ® 945PL Chipset Southbridge: Intel ® ICH7 LAN Onb...

Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and Heatsink; overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur.; HT functionality requirement content :; Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU.2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the CPU. If you install the CPU in th...

Page 14 - memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used.; Installation of Memory

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 14 - English The motherboard supports DDR II memory modules, where by BIOS will automatically detect memorycapacity and specifications. Memory modules are designed so that they can be inserted only in one direction.The memory capacity used can differ with each slot. Bef...

Page 15 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration

Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-8I945PLGE-RH supports the Dual Channel Technology. After oper-ating the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will adddouble.The GA-8I945PLGE-RH includes 2 DIMM sockets. If you want to operate the Dual Chann...

Page 16 - Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a PCI Express x 16 expansion card:

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis co...

Page 17 - Serial Port; Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.; USB Port; The default MIC In jack. Microphone must be connected to MIC In jack.; I/O Back Panel Introduction

Hardware Installation - 17 - English PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboardto the lower port (purple). LPT (Parallel Port) The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripher...

Page 18 - Connectors Introduction; Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out; F D D

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out The default Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out jack. Center/Subwoofer speakers can be connected toCenter/Subwoofer Speaker Out jack. Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack. Surround side speaker...

Page 29 - CONTROL KEYS; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup - 29 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activate certain system features.The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.When the power is turned off, the battery on ...

Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 32 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximu...

Page 33 - Halt on

BIOS Setup - 33 - English Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard disk. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been...

Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard Disk Boot Priority

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press<ESC> t...

Page 35 - Limit CPUID Max. to 3

BIOS Setup - 35 - English CPU Hyper-Threading Enabled Enable CPU Hyper Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is onlyw o r k i n g for operating system with multi processors mode supported. (Defaultval u e ) Disabled Disables CPU Hyper Threading. Limit CPUID Max. to 3 Enabled Limit CPUID M...

Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals; On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. On-Chip SATA Mode Disabled Disable this function. Auto BIOS will auto detect. (Default value) Comb...

Page 38 - Parallel Port Mode; Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 38 - English Parallel Port Mode SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default value) EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. ECP Mode Use D...

Page 39 - Resume by Alarm

BIOS Setup - 39 - English Resume by Alarm You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Date/time to power on system. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system. If Resume by Alarm is Enabled. Date (of Month) Alarm : Everyday, ...

Page 40 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment; Auto; PCI 3 IRQ Assignment; Auto

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 40 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 S...

Page 41 - PC Health Status; Reset Case Open Status

BIOS Setup - 41 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show "No".If the case have been opened, "Case Opened"...

Page 42 - CPU Smart FAN Control

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 42 - English CPU Smart FAN Control Disabled Disable this function. Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed depending onCPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based ontheir requirements. (Default Value) CPU Smart...

Page 43 - CPU Clock Ratio

BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. For power end-user use only. CPU Clock Ratio (Note) This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection.The option will display "Locked" and read only if the CPU...

Page 44 - CPU Host Clock Control; System Memory Multiplier; DIMM OverVoltage Control

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 44 - English Turbo Set C.I.A.2 to Turbo. (Automatically increase CPU frequency(15%,17%) byCPU loading. Full Thrust Set C.I.A.2 to Full Thrust. (Automatically increase CPU frequency(17%, 19%) by CPU loading. Warning: Stability is highly dependent on system components. CP...

Page 45 - BIOS Setup; PCI-E OverVoltage Control; FSB OverVoltage Control; Normal; CPU Voltage Control; Display your CPU Vcore Voltage.

BIOS Setup - 45 - English PCI-E OverVoltage Control Normal Set PCI-E OverVoltrage Control to Normal. (Default value) +0.1V Set PCI-E OverVoltrage Control to +0.1V. +0.2V Set PCI-E OverVoltrage Control to +0.2V. +0.3V Set PCI-E OverVoltrage Control to +0.3V. Incorrect using it may cause your system b...

Page 46 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 46 - English 2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum systemperformance. 2-9 Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which...

Page 48 - -12 Exit Without Saving

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 48 - English 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS...

Page 49 - Install Drivers; Chapter 3 Install Drivers; Install Chipset Drivers

Install Drivers - 49 - English Chapter 3 Install Drivers Pictures below are shown in Windows XP.Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROMdevice icon in ...

Page 50 - Software Applications

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 50 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyoneyou want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and driv...

Page 51 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.

Install Drivers - 51 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.

Page 53 - Appendix; Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities; Download Center

Appendix - 53 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) allows user to access and change BIOS featuresettings with relative speed and ease. Through GIGABYTE M.I.T. feature the user is nolonger required...

Page 54 - User Interface Overview

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 54 - English 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement andmanageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1) Overclocking for enhancingsystem performance, 2) C.I.A. ...

Page 55 - How to use the Xpress Recovery2; Advanced BIOS Feature; enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the future.

Appendix - 55 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora-tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems includingWindows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems includingFAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpress Recovery2 is...

Page 56 - Back up data from hard disk.; The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2; SATA IDE channel 4

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 56 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk.(This button will not appear if there is no backupfile.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup filesto release disk space.(This button will not appear if ...

Page 57 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

Appendix - 57 - English Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to updateBIOS. Q-Flash TM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or Windows. Using Q-Flash TM indi...

Page 58 - button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 58 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS FeaturesAdvanced BIOS FeaturesIntegrated PeripheralsPower Management SetupPnP/PCI ConfigurationsPC Health StatusMB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Select La...

Page 59 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press; After pressing; Enter

Appendix - 59 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From...................................... Main BiosMain ROM Type/Size...................... SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type/Size.................. SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Auto Recovery Enable Halt On Error ...

Page 60 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 60 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From...................................... Main BiosMain ROM Type/Size.............

Page 62 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 62 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. Task menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enableexecution of ...

Page 63 - Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.; to Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults, please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in; Part One

Appendix - 63 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K Keep DMI Data Enable ...

Page 64 - I. Update BIOS through Internet; sever

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 64 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use thenew @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS underWindows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latestversion of BIOS. 1. Methods a...

Page 65 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto

Appendix - 65 - English III. Save BIOSIn the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog bo...

Page 66 - Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:; H D A u d i o

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 66 - English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio FunctionIntroduction Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo outputis applied. STEP 1 :After installation of the audio...

Page 67 - Headphone; or; Line Out; depending on; OK; nel audio setup is completed.; Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker

Appendix - 67 - English STEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into therear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-chan- nel audio setup is completed. 4 Chann...

Page 68 - Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker; . T h e 4 - c h a n n e l a u d i o s e t u p i s

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 68 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager icon in your system tray (youcan also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 2:In the Audio Control P...

Page 69 - CH Speaker; . T h e 8 - c h a n n e l a u d i o s e t u p i s; Channel Audio Setup

Appendix - 69 - English STEP 2:In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker . STEP 3:After plugging in 8-channel speakers to the rearspeaker jacks, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose a device depending on...

Page 70 - Sound Effect Configuration:; At the; Sound Effect; menu, users can adjust sound; LOG; icon and then select the; Disable front panel jack detection; This action completes the AC'97 Audio configuration.

GA-8I945PLGE-RH Motherboard - 70 - English Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: To enable the front panel audio connector to sup-port AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio ControlPanel and click the Audio I/O t...

Page 71 - Troubleshooting; AMI BIOS Beep Codes

Appendix - 71 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherboard model, please log on to www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS. Why...