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GA-X38-DS4 LGA775 socket motherboard for Intel® CoreTM processor family/ Intel® Pentium® processor family/Intel® Celeron® processor family User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-X38DS4-1001R
GA-X38-DS4 LGA775 socket motherboard for Intel® CoreTM processor family/ Intel® Pentium® processor family/Intel® Celeron® processor family User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-X38DS4-1001R
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...-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-X38-DS4 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 One SATA bracket...
...-1SPDIN-01R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-32R) LPT port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1LP001-01R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-X38-DS4 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 One SATA bracket...
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GA-X38-DS4 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 PWR_FAN RTL8111B Intel® X38 AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIE_1 NB_FAN GA-X38-DS4 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 PCI1 IT8718 PCI2 LPT CI COM TPM F_1394 F_USB2 F_USB1 TSB43AB23 GIGABYTE SATA2 SATAII4 PWR_LED SATAII2 SATAII3 SPDIF_IN SYS_FAN2 F_PANEL SATAII5 - 7 -
GA-X38-DS4 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 PWR_FAN RTL8111B Intel® X38 AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIE_1 NB_FAN GA-X38-DS4 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 PCI1 IT8718 PCI2 LPT CI COM TPM F_1394 F_USB2 F_USB1 TSB43AB23 GIGABYTE SATA2 SATAII4 PWR_LED SATAII2 SATAII3 SPDIF_IN SYS_FAN2 F_PANEL SATAII5 - 7 -
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... x1 PCI Express Bus ATA-133/100/66/ 33 IDE Channel GIGABYTE SATA2 LGA775 Processor CPU CLK+/(400/333/266/200 MHz) Host Interface DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz Intel® X38 Dual Channel Memory MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz) Intel® ICH9R Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s 12 USB Ports PCI Bus...
... x1 PCI Express Bus ATA-133/100/66/ 33 IDE Channel GIGABYTE SATA2 LGA775 Processor CPU CLK+/(400/333/266/200 MHz) Host Interface DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz Intel® X38 Dual Channel Memory MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz) Intel® ICH9R Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s 12 USB Ports PCI Bus...
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...the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with CPU 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB North Bridge: Intel® X38 Express Chipset South Bridge: Intel® ICH9R 4 x...dts NEO:PC) Support for S/PDIF In/Out Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices iTE IT8718 chip: - ... back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header) GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 10 -
...the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with CPU 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB North Bridge: Intel® X38 Express Chipset South Bridge: Intel® ICH9R 4 x...dts NEO:PC) Support for S/PDIF In/Out Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices iTE IT8718 chip: - ... back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header) GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 10 -
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... you to 700 MHz with 1 MHz increment - Adjust PCI Express frequency from 100 MHz to : - Increase FSB voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 0.05V increment - GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase PCIe voltage by 0.05V to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) -
... you to 700 MHz with 1 MHz increment - Adjust PCI Express frequency from 100 MHz to : - Increase FSB voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 0.05V increment - GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 12 - Increase PCIe voltage by 0.05V to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase CPU voltage (Note 4) -
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...is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. Four Modules DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DDRII4 - GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 16 - A memory module can be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. If you begin to install the memory: • Make sure that ...supports Dual Channel Technology. DS/SS - - DS/SS - - Dual Channel mode cannot be populated and remain in Dual Channel mode. 1. Intel® Flex Memory Technology offers greater flexibility to upgrade by allowing different memory sizes to chipset limitation, read the following : Channel 0: DDRII1, ...
...is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. Four Modules DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DDRII4 - GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 16 - A memory module can be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. If you begin to install the memory: • Make sure that ...supports Dual Channel Technology. DS/SS - - DS/SS - - Dual Channel mode cannot be populated and remain in Dual Channel mode. 1. Intel® Flex Memory Technology offers greater flexibility to upgrade by allowing different memory sizes to chipset limitation, read the following : Channel 0: DDRII1, ...
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...systems and applications in system halt state. Virtualization enhanced by Intel® Virtualization Technology will be reduced when the CPU is present only if you install a CPU that supports this item to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. PCI Sets the PCI graphics ... display from the installed PCI graphics card or PCI Express graphics card. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 42 - to 3 (Note) Allows you to determine whether to Enabled for Windows XP operating system; Depending on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as Windows NT4.0. (Default: Disabled) ...
...systems and applications in system halt state. Virtualization enhanced by Intel® Virtualization Technology will be reduced when the CPU is present only if you install a CPU that supports this item to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. PCI Sets the PCI graphics ... display from the installed PCI graphics card or PCI Express graphics card. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 42 - to 3 (Note) Allows you to determine whether to Enabled for Windows XP operating system; Depending on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as Windows NT4.0. (Default: Disabled) ...
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GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 50 - This item is configurable only if CPU Smart FAN Control is not designed following Intel PWM fan specifications, selecting PWM mode may not effectively reduce the fan speed. If disabled, CPU fan runs at different speed according to the CPU ...
GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 50 - This item is configurable only if CPU Smart FAN Control is not designed following Intel PWM fan specifications, selecting PWM mode may not effectively reduce the fan speed. If disabled, CPU fan runs at different speed according to the CPU ...
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...223.6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] Choose the RAID level: RAID0: Stripes data (performance). Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. The stripe block size can be included in the RAID array. There are typical values: ...RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [K L ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 78 - All Rights ...
...223.6 GB Create Volume [ HELP ] Choose the RAID level: RAID0: Stripes data (performance). Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. The stripe block size can be included in the RAID array. There are typical values: ...RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [K L ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 78 - All Rights ...
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...] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [K L ]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 80 - In the DELETE VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to non-RAID. Name Volume0... Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. Are you sure you want to delete "Volume0"? (Y/N) : Deleting a volume will reset the disks to...
...] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [K L ]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 80 - In the DELETE VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to non-RAID. Name Volume0... Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. Are you sure you want to delete "Volume0"? (Y/N) : Deleting a volume will reset the disks to...
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Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 will be shown as Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller when the SATA controllers are set to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 9 (Note) The item displayed in Figure 8 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller (Note) and press Next. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 86 - Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to AHCI mode.
Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 will be shown as Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller when the SATA controllers are set to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 9 (Note) The item displayed in Figure 8 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller (Note) and press Next. GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard - 86 - Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to AHCI mode.