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... based on system to your PCs. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. It can easily install our systems to handle the RAID function...
... based on system to your PCs. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. It can easily install our systems to handle the RAID function...
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...users a RAID system with PCI spec. When a system is programmed to combine RAID system without any limitations. When a PC is in high CPU operation or PCI traffic, users won't have any compatibility issue. It can support the RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1 (striping and ...This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller is an excellent product resulting from the traditional software RAID system. It is compatible with low CPU utilization. Similarly, it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is entirely different from Soc concept. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller...
...users a RAID system with PCI spec. When a system is programmed to combine RAID system without any limitations. When a PC is in high CPU operation or PCI traffic, users won't have any compatibility issue. It can support the RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1 (striping and ...This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller is an excellent product resulting from the traditional software RAID system. It is compatible with low CPU utilization. Similarly, it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is entirely different from Soc concept. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller...
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Table of Contents GA-8I915P (Ultra)(Pro)(-G) Motherboard Layout 6 Block Diagram ...7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Priorto Installation 9 1-2 Feature Summary 10 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink 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 Installexpansion cards 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction 17 1-7 ConnectorsIntroduction 18 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 29 The...
Table of Contents GA-8I915P (Ultra)(Pro)(-G) Motherboard Layout 6 Block Diagram ...7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Priorto Installation 9 1-2 Feature Summary 10 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink 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 Installexpansion cards 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction 17 1-7 ConnectorsIntroduction 18 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 29 The...
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Only for GA-8I915P-G. - 7 - Only for GA-8I915P Pro. Block Diagram P CI-E CL K (100M Hz) LGA775 Pr oce ss or CPU CLK+ /-(2 00/1 33M H z) Ho st Interfa ce DDR 400/333/266MHz DIMM Intel 3 PCI E xpressx 1 Ports 915P M CH P CI-E CL K (100M Hz) PCI Express x16 ... IDE2/IDE3 3 IEEE1394 Back Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Surround Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Only for GA-8I915P Ultra.
Only for GA-8I915P-G. - 7 - Only for GA-8I915P Pro. Block Diagram P CI-E CL K (100M Hz) LGA775 Pr oce ss or CPU CLK+ /-(2 00/1 33M H z) Ho st Interfa ce DDR 400/333/266MHz DIMM Intel 3 PCI E xpressx 1 Ports 915P M CH P CI-E CL K (100M Hz) PCI Express x16 ... IDE2/IDE3 3 IEEE1394 Back Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Surround Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Only for GA-8I915P Ultra.
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... 5. Please do not remove the stickers on the motherboard. Damage due to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) cuff when handling electronic components (CPU, RAM). 4. Damage due to use of the product, please consult a certified computer technician. Thus, prior to natural disaster, accident or...first carefully read the information in the provided manual. 3. To prevent damage to the motherboard, please do not allow screws to be an unofficial Gigabyte product. - 9 - Turning on an uneven surface. 7. If you the power supply is best to improper installation. 4. Damage due to...
... 5. Please do not remove the stickers on the motherboard. Damage due to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) cuff when handling electronic components (CPU, RAM). 4. Damage due to use of the product, please consult a certified computer technician. Thus, prior to natural disaster, accident or...first carefully read the information in the provided manual. 3. To prevent damage to the motherboard, please do not allow screws to be an unofficial Gigabyte product. - 9 - Turning on an uneven surface. 7. If you the power supply is best to improper installation. 4. Damage due to...
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... A 33/ATA 66/ATA 100), allows connection of 2 IDE devices (IDE1) w 2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), compatible with CPU w GA-8I915P Series Motherboard: GA-8I915P Ultra/GA-8I915P Pro/GA-8I915P-G/GA-8I915P w Northbridge: Intel® 915P Express Chipset w Southbridge: Intel® ICH6 w 4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of...
... A 33/ATA 66/ATA 100), allows connection of 2 IDE devices (IDE1) w 2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133), compatible with CPU w GA-8I915P Series Motherboard: GA-8I915P Ultra/GA-8I915P Pro/GA-8I915P-G/GA-8I915P w Northbridge: Intel® 915P Express Chipset w Southbridge: Intel® ICH6 w 4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of...
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Only for GA-8I915P Ultra. Hardware Installation English On-Board IDE RAID w Onboard GigaRAID IT8212 chipset (IDE2, IDE3) w Supports disk striping (RAID 0) or disk m irroring (RAID 1) or striping + mirroring (... failure warning w CPU Smart FAN Control BIOS w Use of licensed AWARD BIOS w Supports Dual BIOS /Q-Flash Additional Features w Supports @BIOS w Supports EasyTune O ve rc lo ck in g w Over Voltage via BIOS (CPU/DDR/PCI-E) w Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR) Form Factor w ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm Only for GA-8I915P Pro. - 11...
Only for GA-8I915P Ultra. Hardware Installation English On-Board IDE RAID w Onboard GigaRAID IT8212 chipset (IDE2, IDE3) w Supports disk striping (RAID 0) or disk m irroring (RAID 1) or striping + mirroring (... failure warning w CPU Smart FAN Control BIOS w Use of licensed AWARD BIOS w Supports Dual BIOS /Q-Flash Additional Features w Supports @BIOS w Supports EasyTune O ve rc lo ck in g w Over Voltage via BIOS (CPU/DDR/PCI-E) w Over Clock via BIOS (CPU/DDR) Form Factor w ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm Only for GA-8I915P Pro. - 11...
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...: A BIOS that has optimizations for your computer system requires all gold colored triangle located on the CPU socket to the CPU during installation.) GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 12 - Fig. 4 Once the CPU is not recommended that the motherboard supports the CPU. 2. If you wish to set beyond the proper specifications, please do so according to system...
...: A BIOS that has optimizations for your computer system requires all gold colored triangle located on the CPU socket to the CPU during installation.) GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 12 - Fig. 4 Once the CPU is not recommended that the motherboard supports the CPU. 2. If you wish to set beyond the proper specifications, please do so according to system...
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..., please attach the power connector of m otherboard after installing. The heatsink may adhere to the CPU as the picture, the installation is com plete. Fig. 4 Please make sure the Male and... be used for Intel boxed fan) Fig. 3 Place the heatsink atop the CPU and m ake sure the push pins aim to the CPU fan header located on the surface of the heatsink paste.To prevent such an occurrence..., it is inserted as a result of hardening of the installed CPU. Fig. 2 (Turning the push pin along the direction of arrow is to rem ove the heatsink, on...
..., please attach the power connector of m otherboard after installing. The heatsink may adhere to the CPU as the picture, the installation is com plete. Fig. 4 Please make sure the Male and... be used for Intel boxed fan) Fig. 3 Place the heatsink atop the CPU and m ake sure the push pins aim to the CPU fan header located on the surface of the heatsink paste.To prevent such an occurrence..., it is inserted as a result of hardening of the installed CPU. Fig. 2 (Turning the push pin along the direction of arrow is to rem ove the heatsink, on...
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... supply that can withstand high power consumption be used that does not provide the required power, the result can supply enough stable power to the CPU. English 1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (Power Connector) With the use a power supply that is 24 pins; Ifa power supply is used (300W or greater...
... supply that can withstand high power consumption be used that does not provide the required power, the result can supply enough stable power to the CPU. English 1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (Power Connector) With the use a power supply that is 24 pins; Ifa power supply is used (300W or greater...
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A red power connector wire indicates a positive connection and requires a +12V power voltage. Caution! Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent CPU overheating and failure. 1 C PU_ F AN 1 PWR_ FAN 1 SYS_ FAN Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND +12V Sense SpeedControl (Onlyfor CPU_FAN) ...) power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design. The black connector wire is GND) Pin No. Definition 1 1 +12V 2 GND GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 20 - Please remember to connect the power to the CPU fan to prevent system overheating and fa ilur e.
A red power connector wire indicates a positive connection and requires a +12V power voltage. Caution! Please remember to connect the power to the cooler to prevent CPU overheating and failure. 1 C PU_ F AN 1 PWR_ FAN 1 SYS_ FAN Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND +12V Sense SpeedControl (Onlyfor CPU_FAN) ...) power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design. The black connector wire is GND) Pin No. Definition 1 1 +12V 2 GND GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 20 - Please remember to connect the power to the CPU fan to prevent system overheating and fa ilur e.
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... arrow key s to select among the items and press to search the adv anced option hidd en. n PC Health Status This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio. Only for stability . If y ou can't find the setting y ou w ant, please press "Ctrl+F1" to accept or enter... Optimiz ed Defaults in standard compatible BIOS. n Load Fail -Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the v alue of Aw ard special enhanced features. Only for GA-8I915P Ultra. English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F1) Once y ou enter Aw ard BIOS C MOS Setup Utility , the Main Menu (as usual. I ...
... arrow key s to select among the items and press to search the adv anced option hidd en. n PC Health Status This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio. Only for stability . If y ou can't find the setting y ou w ant, please press "Ctrl+F1" to accept or enter... Optimiz ed Defaults in standard compatible BIOS. n Load Fail -Safe Defaults Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the v alue of Aw ard special enhanced features. Only for GA-8I915P Ultra. English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F1) Once y ou enter Aw ard BIOS C MOS Setup Utility , the Main Menu (as usual. I ...
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...-fatal error the sy stem w ill be detectedand y ou w illbe prompted. Total Memory This item display s the memory s ize that has been installed in the CPU 's memory address map.
...-fatal error the sy stem w ill be detectedand y ou w illbe prompted. Total Memory This item display s the memory s ize that has been installed in the CPU 's memory address map.
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... dev ice priority by USB-CDROM. USB-CDROM Select y our boot dev icepriority by ZIP. LAN Select y our boot dev ice priority by USB-ZIP. GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 34 - If y ou w ant to cancel the setting of passw ord, please just press ENTER to 3 [Enab led] higf: M ove ... otPrio rity First Boot De vice Second Bo ot Device [Press Enter] [Floppy ] [Hard Disk] Item Help Menu Level} Third Boo t Device Pass word Check # CPU H y per-Thre ading [CDROM] [Se t up w hen y ou install the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor w ithHT Technology. to make [SETUP] empty . Password...
... dev ice priority by USB-CDROM. USB-CDROM Select y our boot dev icepriority by ZIP. LAN Select y our boot dev ice priority by USB-ZIP. GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 34 - If y ou w ant to cancel the setting of passw ord, please just press ENTER to 3 [Enab led] higf: M ove ... otPrio rity First Boot De vice Second Bo ot Device [Press Enter] [Floppy ] [Hard Disk] Item Help Menu Level} Third Boo t Device Pass word Check # CPU H y per-Thre ading [CDROM] [Se t up w hen y ou install the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor w ithHT Technology. to make [SETUP] empty . Password...
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to 3 Enab led Disabled Limit CPUID Max imum v alue to 3 w hen use older OS like NT4. (Default v alue) Disables CPUID Limit for operating sy stem w ith multi processors mode supported. (Default v alue) Disabled Disables CPU Hy per Threading Feature. BIOS Setup Limit CPUID Max. English CPU Hyper-Threading Enab led Enables CPU Hy per Threading. Please note that this feature is only working for w indow s XP. - 35 -
to 3 Enab led Disabled Limit CPUID Max imum v alue to 3 w hen use older OS like NT4. (Default v alue) Disables CPUID Limit for operating sy stem w ith multi processors mode supported. (Default v alue) Disabled Disables CPU Hy per Threading Feature. BIOS Setup Limit CPUID Max. English CPU Hyper-Threading Enab led Enables CPU Hy per Threading. Please note that this feature is only working for w indow s XP. - 35 -
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...FAN Fail Warning Disabled Enab led Fan w arning function disable. (Default v alue) Fan w arning function enable. b. CPU Sm art FAN Control Disabled Disable thi s function. The speed of CPU fan w ill increase linearly depand onthe temperature if the temperature is more than 41 degree and less than 40 degrees ... Vcore DDR 25V +3.3V +12V CurrentCPU Temperature Curren t CPU FAN Speed Curren tPOWER FAN Speed Curr ent SYST EM FAN Speed CPU Warning Temperature CPU FAN FailWa rning POWERFAN FailWarning SYST EM FAN FailWar ning CPU Sm artFAN Co ntrol CPU FAN PIN Ty pe OK OK OK OK 33oC 4687 ...
...FAN Fail Warning Disabled Enab led Fan w arning function disable. (Default v alue) Fan w arning function enable. b. CPU Sm art FAN Control Disabled Disable thi s function. The speed of CPU fan w ill increase linearly depand onthe temperature if the temperature is more than 41 degree and less than 40 degrees ... Vcore DDR 25V +3.3V +12V CurrentCPU Temperature Curren t CPU FAN Speed Curren tPOWER FAN Speed Curr ent SYST EM FAN Speed CPU Warning Temperature CPU FAN FailWa rning POWERFAN FailWarning SYST EM FAN FailWar ning CPU Sm artFAN Co ntrol CPU FAN PIN Ty pe OK OK OK OK 33oC 4687 ...
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... Ty pe to 4 pin. 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .A.2 to Sports. (Automatically inc rease CPU frequenc y (5%,7%,9%) by Rac ing CPU loading. Spo rts Set C .I .T.) CMOS Setup Utility -Cop y right (C) 198 4-2004 Award Software MB In telligent Tweaker... ance. GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 44 - For pow er end-user useonly . C.I .A.2 to Full Thrust. (Automatically increase CPU frequency (15%, 17%, 19%) by C PU loading. I.T.) CPU Clock Ratio C.I .A.2 to Cruise. (Automatically inc rease CPU frequenc y (3%,5%,7%) by CPU loading. A.2 C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Acelerator...
... Ty pe to 4 pin. 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .A.2 to Sports. (Automatically inc rease CPU frequenc y (5%,7%,9%) by Rac ing CPU loading. Spo rts Set C .I .T.) CMOS Setup Utility -Cop y right (C) 198 4-2004 Award Software MB In telligent Tweaker... ance. GA-8I915P Series Motherboard - 44 - For pow er end-user useonly . C.I .A.2 to Full Thrust. (Automatically increase CPU frequency (15%, 17%, 19%) by C PU loading. I.T.) CPU Clock Ratio C.I .A.2 to Cruise. (Automatically inc rease CPU frequenc y (3%,5%,7%) by CPU loading. A.2 C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Acelerator...
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..." to 133MHz.If y ou use only ! For pow er End-User use FSB800 Pentium 4processor, pleaseset "CPU Clock" to 200MHz. CPU Voltage Co ntrol Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 100MHz to 355MHz. Incorrect using it may c ause y our sy stem broken. Set DIMM Ov erVoltage Control to +0.1V. ...For pow er End-User use only ! Memory Frequency For Wrong frequency may make sy stem can't boot, c lear CMOS to +0.2V. English CPU Host Clock Control Pleas e note that by ov erclocking y our sy stem through the increase of theDIMM v oltage, damage to the memory may occur...
..." to 133MHz.If y ou use only ! For pow er End-User use FSB800 Pentium 4processor, pleaseset "CPU Clock" to 200MHz. CPU Voltage Co ntrol Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 100MHz to 355MHz. Incorrect using it may c ause y our sy stem broken. Set DIMM Ov erVoltage Control to +0.1V. ...For pow er End-User use only ! Memory Frequency For Wrong frequency may make sy stem can't boot, c lear CMOS to +0.2V. English CPU Host Clock Control Pleas e note that by ov erclocking y our sy stem through the increase of theDIMM v oltage, damage to the memory may occur...
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...system performance. provides an immensely durable and stable power circuit to -date drivers and BIOS. - 53 - C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T.'s integration of system loading. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their factory defaults to the... as displaying a detailed list of programs. When the function is disabled, the CPU is designed especially to factory default settings. Designed to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .T. allows corporate MIS engineers to easily maintain corporate...
...system performance. provides an immensely durable and stable power circuit to -date drivers and BIOS. - 53 - C.I.A.2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) GIGABYTE CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2(C.I .T.'s integration of system loading. automatically resets the overclocked system settings back to their factory defaults to the... as displaying a detailed list of programs. When the function is disabled, the CPU is designed especially to factory default settings. Designed to enabled Gigabyte's unique C.I.A. 2 and M.I .T. allows corporate MIS engineers to easily maintain corporate...