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Manual - Page 1
GA-X38-DQ6
LGA775 socket motherboard for Intel® CoreTM processor family/ Intel® Pentium® processor family/Intel® Celeron® processor family
User's Manual
Rev. 1002 12ME-X38DQ6-1002R
Manual - Page 4
... ...6 GA-X38-DQ6 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
1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU Cooler 15 1-3-3 Removing the Crazy Cool Heatsink from the Back of the Motherboard ..... 16 1-4 Installing the Memory 17 1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory...
Manual - Page 6
... package you obtain. Box Contents
GA-X38-DQ6 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables Two SATA brackets I/O Shield Two screws
The box contents above are subject to change without notice. Optional Items
2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-51R...
Manual - Page 7
GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard Layout
KB_MS RCA_SPDIF USB_1394_1
SYS_FAN1 ATX_12V_2X
LGA775
CPU_FAN
PCIE_12V ATX
USB_1394_2
USB_LAN
USB_LAN2
PWR_FAN
RTL8111B
Intel® X38
AUDIO
F_AUDIO PCIE_1
NB_FAN
RTL8111B
GA-X38-DQ6
FDD
PCIE_16_1
DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4
CODEC CD_IN
PCIE_2 PCIE_3
BP_BIOS MAIN_BIOS BAT
PCIE_16_2
CLR_CMOS
Intel® ICH9R
SATAII0
IDE
SATAII1
SPDIF_O
...
Manual - Page 10
... in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Š L2 cache varies with CPU Š 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB Š North Bridge: Intel® X38 Express Chipset Š South Bridge: Intel® ICH9R Š 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory (Note 1) Š Dual channel memory architecture Š Support for DDR2 1066/800...
Manual - Page 12
Increase FSB voltage by 0.05V to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating
system. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 12 - Increase CPU voltage (Note 3) - Adjust PCI Express x16 frequency from 100 MHz to 0.35V with 0.05V increment - Increase PCIe voltage by 0.05V to 700 MHz with 0.05V increment - Adjust CPU host frequency from 90 MHz to 150 MHz with...
Manual - Page 44
set this item to Enabled for Windows XP operating system; Depending on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as the first display.
(Note) This item is
overheated. (Default: Enabled)
CPU EIST Function (Note)
Enables or disables Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST). GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 44 - Limit CPUID Max. Enabled Disabled
Enables all CPU cores and ...
Manual - Page 48
.../IRQ3, Disabled. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 48 - Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode.
Options are : SPP (Standard Parallel Port)(default), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), ECP+EPP. Options are: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. RAID/IDE Enables RAID for the SATA...
Manual - Page 70
... update the backup BIOS manually.
X38DQ6.F1) to enter Q-Flash. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. What is Dual BIOSTM? During the POST, press the key to your floppy disk, USB flash drive,
or hard drive. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 70 - What is @BIOS ? Intel X38 BIOS for the safety and stability of your
motherboard model...
Manual - Page 74
... GIGABYTE's website and follow the instructions in an unbootable system.
• If the BIOS update file for your system.
• If more than one model is correct, then click OK. Upon completion, restart your motherboard model.
Step 4: As the system boots, press to enter the BIOS Setup program. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 74 - Step 4: As the system reboots, press to enter the BIOS Setup...
Manual - Page 86
... ` HDD1: ST3120026AS
Available 120 GB 120 GB
Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
Create RAID [onHethlpe ]select HDD(Y/N)?Y
CONFIRM RAID CREATION
ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED HARD DISK WILL BE LOST WHEN EXIT WITH SAVING
[KL]-Switch Unit
[DEL,BS]-Delete Number
Figure 7
[ENTER]-Next
[ESC]-Abort
GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 86 - GIGABYTE Technology Corp.
Manual - Page 89
... F) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver 64Bit for Windows 64-bit. For example, from the startup disk.
Appendix See the instructions below about how to exit when finished. Prepare a startup disk that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the Windows setup process. Figure 3 - 89 - Your system will open similar to a floppy disk. Boot from...
Manual - Page 98
...in your operating system has been updated with the latest Service Pack for Windows.
(Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1 Channel Audio Configurations: Refer to the following for microphone functionality.
• If your front panel audio supports Intel HD Audio standard, you can listen to the right shows the default audio jack assignments.
Before installing the audio driver, make a telephone call over the...
Manual - Page 108
...problems.
(For reference only.) 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long, 1 short: Memory or motherboard error 1 long, 2 short: Monitor or graphics card error 1 long, 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long, 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: Graphics card not inserted properly Continuous short beeps: Power error
GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 108 - Q: In the BIOS Setup...
Manual - Page 116
... WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.it
Spain GIGA-BYTE SPAIN WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.es
Czech Republic Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. TECH. WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.ru
Latvia GIGA-BYTE Latvia WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.lv
Poland Office of the website. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard
- 116 - English
Germany G.B.T.
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