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... Contents ItemChecklist ...6 OptionalAccessories ...6 GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram ...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation 9 1-2 Feature Summary 10 1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 12 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU 12 1-3-2 Installation of the Heatsink 13 1-4 Installation of Memory 14 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards 15 1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel...
... Contents ItemChecklist ...6 OptionalAccessories ...6 GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram ...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation 9 1-2 Feature Summary 10 1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 12 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU 12 1-3-2 Installation of the Heatsink 13 1-4 Installation of Memory 14 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards 15 1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel...
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...Intel® ICH7 LAN Marvell 8001 chip (10/100/1000Mbit) Audio Onboard Realtek ALC883 CODEC chip Supports High Definition Audio Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio Supports SPDIF In/Out connection Supports CD In connection Storage Intel® ICH7 - 1 FDD connector, allowing connection of 1 FDD device - 1 IDE ... COMB connector 1 power LED connector 2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables 1 SPDIF In/Out connector 1 HDA_SUR connector GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 10 -
...Intel® ICH7 LAN Marvell 8001 chip (10/100/1000Mbit) Audio Onboard Realtek ALC883 CODEC chip Supports High Definition Audio Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio Supports SPDIF In/Out connection Supports CD In connection Storage Intel® ICH7 - 1 FDD connector, allowing connection of 1 FDD device - 1 IDE ... COMB connector 1 power LED connector 2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables 1 SPDIF In/Out connector 1 HDA_SUR connector GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 10 -
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... version) Form Factor Micro ATX form factor; 24.4cm x 22.0cm (Note 1) For further CPU support information, please go to GIGABYTE's website. (Note 2) The GA-8I945GZME-RH supports up to PCI Express x4 mode. (please refer to the VGA cards support list on page 16) (Note 3) EasyTune functions may vary depending on different motherboards. - 11 - Hardware...
... version) Form Factor Micro ATX form factor; 24.4cm x 22.0cm (Note 1) For further CPU support information, please go to GIGABYTE's website. (Note 2) The GA-8I945GZME-RH supports up to PCI Express x4 mode. (please refer to the VGA cards support list on page 16) (Note 3) EasyTune functions may vary depending on different motherboards. - 11 - Hardware...
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...the socket in a straight and downwards motion. Align the indented corner of the CPU with the processor specifications. Please make sure that supports HT Technology - CPU: An Intel® Pentium 4 Processor with the following platform components: - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and... that might cause damage to set the frequency beyond hardware specifications since it enabled - If you wish to the CPU during installation.) GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 12 - OS: An operation system that the system bus frequency be set the CPU host frequency in the wrong direction,...
...the socket in a straight and downwards motion. Align the indented corner of the CPU with the processor specifications. Please make sure that supports HT Technology - CPU: An Intel® Pentium 4 Processor with the following platform components: - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and... that might cause damage to set the frequency beyond hardware specifications since it enabled - If you wish to the CPU during installation.) GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 12 - OS: An operation system that the system bus frequency be set the CPU host frequency in the wrong direction,...
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...Memory Before installing the memory modules, please comply with each slot. It is supported by the motherboard. The motherboard supports DDRII memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. ...Then push it down. Please make sure that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be installed in only one direction. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make sure that the memory used . 2. GA-8I945GZME-RH...
...Memory Before installing the memory modules, please comply with each slot. It is supported by the motherboard. The motherboard supports DDRII memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications. ...Then push it down. Please make sure that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be installed in only one direction. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make sure that the memory used . 2. GA-8I945GZME-RH...
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... at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot when you must install them into the computer. 2. Hardware Installation English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-8I945GZME-RH supports the Dual Channel Technology. Dual Channel mode will double. To enable Dual Channel mode with two memory modules (it is locked by following the steps...
... at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot when you must install them into the computer. 2. Hardware Installation English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-8I945GZME-RH supports the Dual Channel Technology. Dual Channel mode will double. To enable Dual Channel mode with two memory modules (it is locked by following the steps...
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...-RX18L256V-B GV-RX18T512V-B AX800XT AX700PRO RX600 XT-TD128 GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 16 - When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on graphics card.) Figure 1. English 1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List (The items below are all supported under the Windows XP operating system.
...-RX18L256V-B GV-RX18T512V-B AX800XT AX700PRO RX600 XT-TD128 GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 16 - When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on graphics card.) Figure 1. English 1-5-1 Graphics Card Support List (The items below are all supported under the Windows XP operating system.
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...is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. MIC In Microphone can be connected to VGA port. Hardware Installation Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of 10/...100/ 1000Mbps. have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. If your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, ...
...is Gigabit Ethernet, providing data transfer speeds of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices. For more information please contact your OS supports USB controller. MIC In Microphone can be connected to VGA port. Hardware Installation Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of 10/...100/ 1000Mbps. have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. If your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, ...
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... to 300MB/s transfer rate. English 6) FDD (FDD Connector) The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive.
... to 300MB/s transfer rate. English 6) FDD (FDD Connector) The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. The types of the cable connects to the FDD drive.
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Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 9) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module. To connect an AC97 front panel audio module to this connector. Incorrect ... work or even damage it. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 22 - Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to support HD Audio. English 8) PWR_LED ...
Definition 1 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 9) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module. To connect an AC97 front panel audio module to this connector. Incorrect ... work or even damage it. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 22 - Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out (R) 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out (L) 10 NC By default, the audio driver is configured to indicate whether the system is connected with the system power indicator to support HD Audio. English 8) PWR_LED ...
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...Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Date The date format is 13:00:00. The four options are : Large/Auto(default:Auto) GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 32 - time clock. English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright ...IDE Channel 0 Master ` IDE Channel 0 Slave ` IDE Channel 2 Master ` IDE Channel 2 Slave ` IDE Channel 3 Master ` IDE Channel 3 Slave Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [1.44M, 3.5"] [Disabled] [All, But Keyboard] 640K 239M Change the day, ...
...Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Date The date format is 13:00:00. The four options are : Large/Auto(default:Auto) GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 32 - time clock. English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright ...IDE Channel 0 Master ` IDE Channel 0 Slave ` IDE Channel 2 Master ` IDE Channel 2 Slave ` IDE Channel 3 Master ` IDE Channel 3 Slave Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [1.44M, 3.5"] [Disabled] [All, But Keyboard] 640K 239M Change the day, ...
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Floppy 3 Mode Support (for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. (Default value) All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for Japan Area) Disabled ...
Floppy 3 Mode Support (for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. (Default value) All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for Japan Area) Disabled ...
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...The system can not boot and can not access to move it up when you install the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT Technology. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 34 - Setup The system will boot, but access to move it down the list. 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 Setup will show up when you install a processor which supports this function. USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD.
...The system can not boot and can not access to move it up when you install the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT Technology. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 34 - Setup The system will boot, but access to move it down the list. 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 Setup will show up when you install a processor which supports this function. USB-ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB-ZIP. USB-HDD Select your boot device priority by USB-HDD.
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...Enabled Limit CPUID Maximum value to 8MB. (Default value) (Note) This item will show up when you install a processor which supports this function. - 35 - On-Chip Frame Buffer Size 1MB Set on-chip frame buffer size to 1MB. 8MB Set on-...C1E) function. (Default value) Disabled Disable CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function. Disabled Disables CPUID Limit for operating system with multi processors mode supported. Virtualization Technology (Note) Enabled Disabled Enable Virtualization technology function. (Default value) Disable this feature is only working for windows XP. (Default ...
...Enabled Limit CPUID Maximum value to 8MB. (Default value) (Note) This item will show up when you install a processor which supports this function. - 35 - On-Chip Frame Buffer Size 1MB Set on-chip frame buffer size to 1MB. 8MB Set on-...C1E) function. (Default value) Disabled Disable CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function. Disabled Disables CPUID Limit for operating system with multi processors mode supported. Virtualization Technology (Note) Enabled Disabled Enable Virtualization technology function. (Default value) Disable this feature is only working for windows XP. (Default ...
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...be simulated to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for PATA. Support a maximum of 2 SATA devices. If PATA IDE were set to Ch. 0 Master/Slave,this function will be ignored. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 36 - Non-Combined Set On-Chip SATA mode to ". SATA Port 0/2 Set ... Set to SATA Port 0/2 Set to SATA Port 1/3 Set to use up to 4 HDDs to USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB storage detect Azalia Codec Onboard H/W LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel ...
...be simulated to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for PATA. Support a maximum of 2 SATA devices. If PATA IDE were set to Ch. 0 Master/Slave,this function will be ignored. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 36 - Non-Combined Set On-Chip SATA mode to ". SATA Port 0/2 Set ... Set to SATA Port 0/2 Set to SATA Port 1/3 Set to use up to 4 HDDs to USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB storage detect Azalia Codec Onboard H/W LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel ...
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Disabled Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) Legacy USB storage detect Enabled Enable USB storage device boot. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Disabled Enable this ... 2 . - 37 - Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1. Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address. BIOS Setup Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support. Azalia Codec Auto Disabled Auto detect Azalia audio function. (Default value) Disable Azalia audio function. USB Keyboard...
Disabled Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) Legacy USB storage detect Enabled Enable USB storage device boot. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Disabled Enable this ... 2 . - 37 - Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1. Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address. BIOS Setup Disable USB keyboard support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support. Azalia Codec Auto Disabled Auto detect Azalia audio function. (Default value) Disable Azalia audio function. USB Keyboard...
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...system broken. for FSB(Front Side Bus) frequency=800MHz, 2.0 Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.0. 2.66 Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.66. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 44 - Auto Set Memory frequency by CPU detection. Auto Set Memory frequency by DRAM SPD data. (Default value) for FSB(Front Side Bus)...Ratio if CPU Ratio is not changeable. For power end-user use only. The option will show up when you install a processor which supports this function. CPU Clock Ratio (Note) This setup option will automatically assign by DRAM SPD data. (Default value) Memory Frequency (Mhz...
...system broken. for FSB(Front Side Bus) frequency=800MHz, 2.0 Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.0. 2.66 Memory Frequency = Host clock X 2.66. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 44 - Auto Set Memory frequency by CPU detection. Auto Set Memory frequency by DRAM SPD data. (Default value) for FSB(Front Side Bus)...Ratio if CPU Ratio is not changeable. For power end-user use only. The option will show up when you install a processor which supports this function. CPU Clock Ratio (Note) This setup option will automatically assign by DRAM SPD data. (Default value) Memory Frequency (Mhz...
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... system and then list all items defaulted. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". Install Drivers After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 49 - in Windows XP. After restarting your...
... system and then list all items defaulted. Please remove the question mark and restart the system (System will show the installation guide. For USB2.0 driver support under "Device Manager". Install Drivers After install Windows Service Pack, it will auto-detect the right USB2.0 driver). - 49 - in Windows XP. After restarting your...
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... Enters the Smart-Fan setting page 4. Enters the C.I.A./2 and M.I .B. GO Confirmation and Execution button 6. GIGABYTE Logo Log on different motherboards. - 53 - Display screen Display panel of both CPU cooling fan and North... status.(Note) User Interface Overview Button / Display Description 1. and M.I .B. 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 and...
... Enters the Smart-Fan setting page 4. Enters the C.I.A./2 and M.I .B. GO Confirmation and Execution button 6. GIGABYTE Logo Log on different motherboards. - 53 - Display screen Display panel of both CPU cooling fan and North... status.(Note) User Interface Overview Button / Display Description 1. and M.I .B. 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 and...
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...v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM for 8I945GZME-RH E4 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 05/18/2006-I945-6A79HG0VC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from CD/...enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in your CD-ROM drive. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 54 - System requirements: 1. At least 64M bytes of the hard disk will affect the data backup speed. 3. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from...
...v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc. Upon system restart, the message which says "Boot from CD-ROM for 8I945GZME-RH E4 . . . . :BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, : Xpress Recovery2, For Boot Menu 05/18/2006-I945-6A79HG0VC-00 Xpress Recovery2 1. Boot from CD/...enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in your CD-ROM drive. GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard - 54 - System requirements: 1. At least 64M bytes of the hard disk will affect the data backup speed. 3. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from...