Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 4 - Table of Contents Item Checklist ................................................................................................................. 6Optional Accessories ...................................................................................................... 6GA-965GM-DS2 / GA-965...
Page 8 - Block Diagram
- 8 - Block Diagram (Note) To use a DDR II 800/667 memory module on the motherboard, you must install an 1066/ 800 MHz FSB processor. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Line-Out MIC CPU CLK+/-(266/200/133 MHz) PCI Express x16 Host Interface GMCH CLK (266/200/133 MHz) DDRII 800/667/533 MHz DIMM (Note) IT87...
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-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary C P U LGA775 for Intel ® Core TM 2 Extreme quad-core / Core TM 2 Extreme dual-core / Core TM 2 Quad / Core TM 2 Duo / Pentium ® processor Extreme Edition / Pentium ® D / Pentium ® 4 / Celeron ® D L2 cache varies with CPU Front Side Bu...
Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler; overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur.; HT functionality requirement content :; Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 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...
Page 14 - is switched off to prevent hardware damage.; Installation of Memory
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 14 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. 2. Before install...
Page 15 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration; Channel has two DIMM sockets as following:; be populated and remain in dual-channel mode.
Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-965GM-DS2 / GA-965GM-S2 supports the Dual Channel Technology.After operating the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of memory buswill double.The GA-965GM-DS2 / GA-965GM-S2 includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has ...
Page 16 - Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card:
GA-965GM-(D)S2 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 c...
Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Monitor can be connected to VGA port.
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction 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). Parallel Port (LPT) The parallel port allows connection of a pri...
Page 18 - I D E; MIC In; The default MIC In jack. Microphone must be connected to MIC In jack.; Connectors Introduction
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 18 - English 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) C P U _ F A N 4) SYS_FAN 5) I D E 6) F D D 7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 8) GSATAII0/1 9) P W R _ L E D 10) F _ PA N E L 11) F _ A U D I O 12) C D _ I N 13) SPDIF_IO 14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3 15) F1_1394 / F2_1394 16) C O M...
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 30 - Load Optimized Defaults; item in the BIOS Setup when somehow the system
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 30 - English The Main Menu (For example: GA-965GM-DS2 BIOS Ver.: F1) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on thescreen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. ...
Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date
GA-965GM-(D)S2 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 maximum...
Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard Disk Boot Priority
GA-965GM-(D)S2 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> to...
Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals SATA Port0-3 Native Mode Enabled Set SATA Port0~3 to operate at Native IDE mode. Disabled Set SATA Port0~3 to operate at Legacy IDE mode. (Default value) USB Controller Enabled Enable USB Controller. (Default value) Disabled Disabl...
Page 37 - SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function)
BIOS Setup - 37 - English SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function) This motherboard incorporates cable diagnostic feature designed to detect the status of the attached LANcable. This feature will detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to the fault or short.Refer to the following i...
Page 39 - Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type
BIOS Setup - 39 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)] 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) Ala...
Page 40 - Power On By Keyboard; PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI1 IRQ Assignment
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 40 - English Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password. Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have "POWER Key" button, you can press thekey to power on the system. KB Po...
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 - Smart FAN Control Method
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 42 - English Smart FAN Control Method (Note) Auto BIOS sets the optimal CPU fan speed automatically. (Default value) Intel(R) QST Control the fan speed with Intel ® QST (Intel ® Quiet System Technology). Legacy CPU fan runs at different speed depending on CPU temperature...
Page 43 - BIOS Setup; Frequency/Voltage Control; CPU Clock Ratio; The values depend on; System Memory Multiplier
BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-7 Frequency/Voltage Control Incorrectly using these features may result in system instability or corruption.Doing a overclock or overvoltage on CPU, chipsets and memory modules may result indamages or shortened life expectancy to these components.Please be aware that the ...
Page 44 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 44 - 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 46 - -12 Exit Without Saving
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 46 - 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 47 - Install Drivers; Chapter 3 Install Drivers; Install Chipset Drivers
Install Drivers - 47 - 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 48 - Software Applications
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 48 - 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 drive...
Page 49 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.
Install Drivers - 49 - 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 51 - Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities; User Interface Overview
Appendix - 51 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement andmanageability utility...
Page 52 - How to use the Xpress Recovery2; Advanced BIOS Feature; enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the future.
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 52 - 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, X...
Page 53 - The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2
Appendix - 53 - 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 there is no backupf...
Page 54 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 54 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction 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 witho...
Page 55 - Appendix; button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen
Appendix - 55 - 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 LanguageLoad Fail-Saf...
Page 56 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press; After pressing; Enter
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 56 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios A...
Page 57 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.
Appendix - 57 - 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 Bios Main ROM Type/Size............................
Page 59 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.
Appendix - 59 - 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 the task. Action ba...
Page 60 - Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.; Part One
GA-965GM-(D)S2 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 shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K Kee...
Page 62 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 62 - 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 ...
Page 63 - (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver.; Before you begin; Required when the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID Mode
Appendix - 63 - English To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.(2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.(3) Configure RAID array in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driv...
Page 64 - Integrated Periperals,
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 64 - English Figure 1 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup andset BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array.Step 1:Turn on your c...
Page 65 - First Boot Device; under the; Advanced BIOS; menu to; CDROM; Figure 2
Appendix - 65 - English Step 2:To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 2). Step 3:Save and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 2 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Pri...
Page 66 - Figure 3; In the main screen, you can select a hard disk in the; Hard Disk Drive List; block and press
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 66 - English (3) Configuring RAID array in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to createRAID. Step 1:After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a messagewhic...
Page 67 - Create New RAID
Appendix - 67 - English Figure 6 A. Create Array: In the main screen, press ENTER on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the RAID creation screen appears (Figure 5). GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 [ Create New RAID ] Name: JRAID Level: 0-StripeDisks: Se...
Page 68 - Block
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 68 - English Figure 7 Figure 8 3 . Assign Array Disks: After RAID mode is selected, RAID BIOS automatically assigns the two hard disks installed as the RAID disks. 4 . Set Block Size (only for RAID 0): Under the Block item, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the bloc...
Page 69 - Figure 9; When finished, the new RAID array will be displayed in the; RAID Disk Drive List
Appendix - 69 - English Figure 9 Figure 10 6 . Confirm Creation: After all of the items are configured, the selection bar automatically jumps to the Confirm Creation item. When prompted to confirm your selections (Figure 9), press Y to confirm or N to abort. GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII...
Page 70 - Main Menu; block to; block. Select the array and press ENTER.; After configuring the RAID array, select the; Save And Exit Setup; item in the main screen to save
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 70 - English Figure 11 Figure 12 GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 [ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk DriveDelete RAID Disk DriveRevert HDD to Non-RAIDSolve Mirror ConflictRebuild Mirror DriveSave And Exit SetupExit Without Saving [ ...
Page 71 - To delete the array, select; Delete RAID Disk Drive; in the main menu and press ENTER. The selection; block. Press the SPACEBAR on the array to be deleted a
Appendix - 71 - English GIGA-BYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1.06.53 [ Main Menu ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non-RAIDSolve Mirror ConflictRebuild Mirror DriveSave And Exit SetupExit Without Saving [ RAID Disk Drive List ] [ ]-Select RA...
Page 72 - c d b o o t d r v; BootDrv; window will open similar to that in Figure 16.
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 72 - English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATAcontroller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognize...
Page 73 - (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation; as soon as
Appendix - 73 - English Figure 18 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 19 Windows Setup S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devicesinstalled in your system, or you have chos...
Page 74 - and press ENTER.Then it will; OnBoard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode; item in BIOS Setup to AHCI mode, please select
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 74 - English Step 3:If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 20 belowwill appear. Use the ARROW keys to select GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Controller (Windows 2K/XP/2003) (Note) and press ENTER.Then it will begin to load t...
Page 76 - Introduction; H D A u d i o; Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 76 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 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...
Page 77 - Headphone; or; Line Out; depending on; OK; Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker
Appendix - 77 - English STEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into therear Line Out jack, a small window will pop upand ask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-channel audio setup is completed. 4 Channel...
Page 78 - Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker
GA-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 78 - 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 Pa...
Page 79 - CH Speaker; Channel Audio Setup
Appendix - 79 - 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 80 - 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-965GM-(D)S2 Motherboard - 80 - 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 ta...
Page 81 - Troubleshooting; AWARD BIOS Beep Codes
Appendix - 81 - 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 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BI...
Page 87 - yy; GIGABYTE Global Service System
Appendix - 87 - English y yy y y Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBHWEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de y yy y y U.K. G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk y yy y y The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.nl y yy y y F r a n c e GIGABY...
