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Table of Contents GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard Layout 6 Block Diagram ...7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Prior to 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 Installation of Expansion Cards 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction 17 1-7 Connectors Introduction 18 Chapter 2 BIOS...
Table of Contents GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard Layout 6 Block Diagram ...7 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Considerations Prior to 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 Installation of Expansion Cards 16 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction 17 1-7 Connectors Introduction 18 Chapter 2 BIOS...
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GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB ...; Supports 1.8V DDR II DIMM Supports dual channel DDR II 600(Note)/533/400 DIMM (Note: Mixed mode, populating DDR and DDR II memory modules simultaneously is not supported.) 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 2 PCI Express x 1 slots 3 PCI slots 1 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA ...
GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Chipset Memory Slots IDE Connections FDD Connections Onboard SATA Peripherals Onboard LAN Supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 CPU Supports 800/533MHz FSB ...; Supports 1.8V DDR II DIMM Supports dual channel DDR II 600(Note)/533/400 DIMM (Note: Mixed mode, populating DDR and DDR II memory modules simultaneously is not supported.) 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 2 PCI Express x 1 slots 3 PCI slots 1 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA ...
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...that supports HT Technology and has it enabled - BIOS: A BIOS that has optimizations for your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. Fig. 2 Remove the plastic covering on the edge of the CPU socket. If this occurs, please change the insert...Technology 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Metal Lever Fig. 1 Gently lift the metal lever located on the CPU prior to the CPU during installation.) GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 12 - It is not recommended that supports HT Technology - Fig. 3 Notice the small gold colored triangle located on the CPU...
...that supports HT Technology and has it enabled - BIOS: A BIOS that has optimizations for your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. Fig. 2 Remove the plastic covering on the edge of the CPU socket. If this occurs, please change the insert...Technology 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Metal Lever Fig. 1 Gently lift the metal lever located on the CPU prior to the CPU during installation.) GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 12 - It is not recommended that supports HT Technology - Fig. 3 Notice the small gold colored triangle located on the CPU...
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...DDR Notch DDR II Fig.1 The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can be used is switched off to remove the DIMM module. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 14 - Then push it down. Memory modules are unable to lock the DIMM module. Fig.2 Close the plastic clip at ...both edges of similar capacity, specifications and brand be inserted only in one direction. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make...
...DDR Notch DDR II Fig.1 The DIMM socket has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can be used is switched off to remove the DIMM module. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 14 - Then push it down. Memory modules are unable to lock the DIMM module. Fig.2 Close the plastic clip at ...both edges of similar capacity, specifications and brand be inserted only in one direction. Before installing or removing memory modules, please make...
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... will add double. We'll strongly recommend our user to slot two DDR/DDR II memory modules into Channel A and B. The following explanations due to work. English Dual Channel DDR/DDR II GA-8I915PC Duo supports the Dual Channel Technology. GA-8I915PC Duo includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has two DIMM sockets as following: Channel A : DDR...
... will add double. We'll strongly recommend our user to slot two DDR/DDR II memory modules into Channel A and B. The following explanations due to work. English Dual Channel DDR/DDR II GA-8I915PC Duo supports the Dual Channel Technology. GA-8I915PC Duo includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has two DIMM sockets as following: Channel A : DDR...
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... for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy. to 3 No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Note) CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) (Note) [Setup] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Device Priority KLJI... by ZIP. CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM. Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 34 - Use < > or < > to select a device, then press to move it up, or to exit this function.
... for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. First / Second / Third Boot Device Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy. to 3 No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Note) CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) (Note) [Setup] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Device Priority KLJI... by ZIP. CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM. Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 34 - Use < > or < > to select a device, then press to move it up, or to exit this function.
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KB Power ON Password When "Power On by Keyboard" set at Password, you can set the password here. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 40 - AC Back Function Soft-Off When AC-power back to the system, the system will return to the Last state before AC-power ...off. When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in "Off" state. (Default value) Full-On Memory When AC-power back to the system, the system always in "On" state. Enter Input password (from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On...
KB Power ON Password When "Power On by Keyboard" set at Password, you can set the password here. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 40 - AC Back Function Soft-Off When AC-power back to the system, the system will return to the Last state before AC-power ...off. When AC-power back to the system, the system will be in "Off" state. (Default value) Full-On Memory When AC-power back to the system, the system always in "On" state. Enter Input password (from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On...
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...Stability is overclocked and cannot restart, please wait 20secs. CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) 100MHz ~ 600MHz Set CPU Host Frequency from 100MHz to 130MHz. Auto Set Memory frequency by CPU loading. Racing Set C.I .A.2 to Cruise. (Automatically increase CPU frequency(5%,7%) by CPU loading. CPU Host Clock Control Please note that if your... program executing, and automatically adjust CPU computing power to Full Thrust. (Automatically increase CPU frequency(17%, 19%) by DRAM SPD data. (Default value) GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 44 - C.I.A.2 C.I .A.2 to maximize system performance.
...Stability is overclocked and cannot restart, please wait 20secs. CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) 100MHz ~ 600MHz Set CPU Host Frequency from 100MHz to 130MHz. Auto Set Memory frequency by CPU loading. Racing Set C.I .A.2 to Cruise. (Automatically increase CPU frequency(5%,7%) by CPU loading. CPU Host Clock Control Please note that if your... program executing, and automatically adjust CPU computing power to Full Thrust. (Automatically increase CPU frequency(17%, 19%) by DRAM SPD data. (Default value) GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 44 - C.I.A.2 C.I .A.2 to maximize system performance.
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C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I .B. "Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" 7. GIGABYTE Logo 10. GO 6. Smart-Fan 4. Exit or Minimize button Description Enters the Overclocking setting page Enters the C.I.A./2... CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for enhancing system performance, 2) C.I.A. English 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. PC Health 5. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 54 - Help button 11. Display screen 8. Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website Display ...
C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B./M.I .B. "Easy Mode" & "Advance Mode" 7. GIGABYTE Logo 10. GO 6. Smart-Fan 4. Exit or Minimize button Description Enters the Overclocking setting page Enters the C.I.A./2... CPU and Memory, 3) Smart-Fan control for enhancing system performance, 2) C.I.A. English 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. PC Health 5. GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 54 - Help button 11. Display screen 8. Featuring several powerful yet easy to GIGABYTE website Display ...
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... / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 58 - Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the BIOS file (the one with... OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in the same screen. For example, from end-users. With this utility...they want to a floppy disk. 3. Part One: Updating BIOS with caution!! Please note that Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd is in DOS or Windows. English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 :...
... / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For Xpress Recovery 08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00 GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 58 - Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the BIOS file (the one with... OK , VCore = 1.5250 Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12) Memory Testing : 131072K OK Memory Frequency 266 MHz in the same screen. For example, from end-users. With this utility...they want to a floppy disk. 3. Part One: Updating BIOS with caution!! Please note that Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd is in DOS or Windows. English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 :...
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... 256K Enter : Run Keep DMI Data Enable !! Save BIOS to Floppy Please:Mporevses any keys to return to update BIOS. Congratulation!! GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 64 - The progress of updating BIOS will begin to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed. Press ... time. Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4 Check System Health OK Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0) Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None...
... 256K Enter : Run Keep DMI Data Enable !! Save BIOS to Floppy Please:Mporevses any keys to return to update BIOS. Congratulation!! GA-8I915PC Duo Motherboard - 64 - The progress of updating BIOS will begin to the Q-Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed. Press ... time. Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4 Check System Health OK Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0) Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08 Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101 Secondary Slave : None...
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...memory bad AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error 1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: DRAM error Continuous short beeps: Power error GA-8I915PC Duo...identify the possible computer problems. However, they are always fatal. 1 beep Refresh failure 2 beeps Parity error 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure 4 beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 - The situations might differ from case to it from ...
...memory bad AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error 1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: DRAM error Continuous short beeps: Power error GA-8I915PC Duo...identify the possible computer problems. However, they are always fatal. 1 beep Refresh failure 2 beeps Parity error 3 beeps Base 64K memory failure 4 beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 - The situations might differ from case to it from ...