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Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems...6 GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 ... an Expansion Card 18 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 19 1-7 Internal Connectors 21 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 31 2-1 Startup Screen 32 2-2 The Main Menu 33 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T 35 2-4 Standard CMOS Features 41 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features 43 2-6 Advanced Chipset Features 45 2-7 IntegratedPeripherals 47 2-8 Power Management Setup 50 2-9 PnP...
Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems...6 GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 ... an Expansion Card 18 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 19 1-7 Internal Connectors 21 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 31 2-1 Startup Screen 32 2-2 The Main Menu 33 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T 35 2-4 Standard CMOS Features 41 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features 43 2-6 Advanced Chipset Features 45 2-7 IntegratedPeripherals 47 2-8 Power Management Setup 50 2-9 PnP...
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... connector wire is used to prevent your CPU and system from overheating. Overheating may hang. • These fan headers are : 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB. When connecting a fan cable, be installed inside the chassis. 1 CPU_FAN CPU_FAN : Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND +12V / Speed Control Sense Speed Control 1 SYS_FAN SYS_FAN...
... connector wire is used to prevent your CPU and system from overheating. Overheating may hang. • These fan headers are : 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB. When connecting a fan cable, be installed inside the chassis. 1 CPU_FAN CPU_FAN : Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND +12V / Speed Control Sense Speed Control 1 SYS_FAN SYS_FAN...
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... move among the items and press to accept or enter a sub-menu. (Sample BIOS Version: F5F) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI...
... move among the items and press to accept or enter a sub-menu. (Sample BIOS Version: F5F) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI...
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First select the profile you wish to load, then press to complete. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this menu to configure the clock, frequency and voltages of your system becomes unstable and you have loaded the BIOS default ... power-saving functions. PnP/PCI Configurations Use this menu to configure the system's PCI & PnP resources. PC Health Status Use this task.) GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 34 - A supervisor password allows you can also carry out this menu to see information about autodetected system/CPU temperature, system voltage and fan speed...
First select the profile you wish to load, then press to complete. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this menu to configure the clock, frequency and voltages of your system becomes unstable and you have loaded the BIOS default ... power-saving functions. PnP/PCI Configurations Use this menu to configure the system's PCI & PnP resources. PC Health Status Use this task.) GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 34 - A supervisor password allows you can also carry out this menu to see information about autodetected system/CPU temperature, system voltage and fan speed...
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... that supports this feature. - 35 - This page is dependent on your overall system configurations. 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Robust Graphics Booster CPU Clock Ratio (Note) x Fine CPU Clock Ratio (Note) CPU...: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) x tRCD 5 x tRP 5 x tRAS 15 >>>>> Advanced Timing Control Advanced Timing Control Auto Auto Auto [Press...
... that supports this feature. - 35 - This page is dependent on your overall system configurations. 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Robust Graphics Booster CPU Clock Ratio (Note) x Fine CPU Clock Ratio (Note) CPU...: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) x tRCD 5 x tRP 5 x tRAS 15 >>>>> Advanced Timing Control Advanced Timing Control Auto Auto Auto [Press...
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... as the first display. PAVP mode can support increased content protection and robustness requirements for the encryption of compressed video. (Default) Paranoid PAVP Reserves 96 MB of the monitor display from the installed PCI graphics card, PCI Express graphics card or the onboard VGA. PCI Onboard Sets the PCI graphics card...
... as the first display. PAVP mode can support increased content protection and robustness requirements for the encryption of compressed video. (Default) Paranoid PAVP Reserves 96 MB of the monitor display from the installed PCI graphics card, PCI Express graphics card or the onboard VGA. PCI Onboard Sets the PCI graphics card...
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...), 48MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB. Feature Compressed video buffer is encrypted Hardware 128-bit AES decryption Protected memory (96 MB reserved during boot) PAVP Lite Yes Yes No PAVP Paranoid Yes Yes Yes GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 46 - The table below shows the supported features of the PAVP Lite and Paranoid modes. Paranoid PAVP...
...), 48MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB. Feature Compressed video buffer is encrypted Hardware 128-bit AES decryption Protected memory (96 MB reserved during boot) PAVP Lite Yes Yes No PAVP Paranoid Yes Yes Yes GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 46 - The table below shows the supported features of the PAVP Lite and Paranoid modes. Paranoid PAVP...
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...most stable BIOS settings for the motherboard. 2-12 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features... Optimized defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 54 - 2-11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features...
...most stable BIOS settings for the motherboard. 2-12 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features... Optimized defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 54 - 2-11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features...
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... Check item is set to 8 characters and then press . BIOS Setup 2-13 Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated PeripheralEs nter Password: Power Management Setup ...
... Check item is set to 8 characters and then press . BIOS Setup 2-13 Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated PeripheralEs nter Password: Power Management Setup ...
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... BIOS Setup Main Menu. 2-15 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced...the BIOS Setup program. 2-14 Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced...Exit Setup F11: Save CMOS to the BIOS Setup Main Menu. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 56 -
... BIOS Setup Main Menu. 2-15 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced...the BIOS Setup program. 2-14 Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced...Exit Setup F11: Save CMOS to the BIOS Setup Main Menu. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 56 -
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... and SATA hard drives and restore it. Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive Step 1: Click Drive options. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives...
... and SATA hard drives and restore it. Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive Step 1: Click Drive options. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives...
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... load BIOS defaults. Step 5: During the POST, press to CMOS and exit BIOS Setup. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced... Defaults Press to load BIOS defaults Step 6: Select Save & Exit Setup and then press to save settings to enter BIOS Setup. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 66 - System will re-detect all peripherals devices after the system restarts.
... load BIOS defaults. Step 5: During the POST, press to CMOS and exit BIOS Setup. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced... Defaults Press to load BIOS defaults Step 6: Select Save & Exit Setup and then press to save settings to enter BIOS Setup. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 66 - System will re-detect all peripherals devices after the system restarts.
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... the first boot up at the bottom of the screen to quickly back up and restore your system data in the Windows Vista operating system. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 72 - System Restore Choose a system restore point using the navigation bar on the right or at different time. Shadow copies are read-only so... up of the day Displays the Time Repair help file • The hard drive used must have more than 1 GB of capacity and over 300 MB of available space. • Each storage volume can restore system data on PATA and SATA hard drives. 4-6 Time Repair Based on the Microsoft Volume Shadow...
... the first boot up at the bottom of the screen to quickly back up and restore your system data in the Windows Vista operating system. GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard - 72 - System Restore Choose a system restore point using the navigation bar on the right or at different time. Shadow copies are read-only so... up of the day Displays the Time Repair help file • The hard drive used must have more than 1 GB of capacity and over 300 MB of available space. • Each storage volume can restore system data on PATA and SATA hard drives. 4-6 Time Repair Based on the Microsoft Volume Shadow...