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GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard Layout KB_MS CPU_FAN IT8718 LGA775 ATX_12V FDD GA-G31MX-S2 LPT LAN VGA COMA R_USB BATTERY USB CLR_CMOS AUDIO SYS_FAN F_AUDIO PCIE_16 PCI1 RTL8110SC PCI2 CODEC PCIE_4 SPDIF_IO CD_IN Intel® G31 IDE ATX MBIOS Intel® ICH7 CI SATAII0 SATAII2 F_USB1 F_USB2 SATAII1 SATAII3 DDRII1 DDRII2 PWR_LED F_PANEL - 7 -
GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard Layout KB_MS CPU_FAN IT8718 LGA775 ATX_12V FDD GA-G31MX-S2 LPT LAN VGA COMA R_USB BATTERY USB CLR_CMOS AUDIO SYS_FAN F_AUDIO PCIE_16 PCI1 RTL8110SC PCI2 CODEC PCIE_4 SPDIF_IO CD_IN Intel® G31 IDE ATX MBIOS Intel® ICH7 CI SATAII0 SATAII2 F_USB1 F_USB2 SATAII1 SATAII3 DDRII1 DDRII2 PWR_LED F_PANEL - 7 -
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Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) D-Sub PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x4 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x4 PCI Express Bus PCI Bus RTL 8110SC RJ45 LAN LGA775 Processor CPU CLK+/- (333/266/200 MHz) Host Interface DDR2 800/667 MHz Intel® G31 Dual Channel Memory GMCH CLK (333/266/200 MHz) Intel® ICH7 CODEC BIOS ATA-100/66/33 IDE Channel 4 SATA 3Gb/s 8 USB Ports IT8718 Floppy LPT Port COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 PCI PCI CLK (33 MHz) Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out - 8 -
Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) D-Sub PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x4 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x4 PCI Express Bus PCI Bus RTL 8110SC RJ45 LAN LGA775 Processor CPU CLK+/- (333/266/200 MHz) Host Interface DDR2 800/667 MHz Intel® G31 Dual Channel Memory GMCH CLK (333/266/200 MHz) Intel® ICH7 CODEC BIOS ATA-100/66/33 IDE Channel 4 SATA 3Gb/s 8 USB Ports IT8718 Floppy LPT Port COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 PCI PCI CLK (33 MHz) Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out - 8 -
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... Hyper-Threading Technology L2 cache varies with CPU 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB North Bridge: Intel® G31 Express Chipset South Bridge: Intel® ICH7 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of... memory (Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR2 800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Integrated in the North Bridge Realtek ALC888 codec High... on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers) GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard - 10 -
... Hyper-Threading Technology L2 cache varies with CPU 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB North Bridge: Intel® G31 Express Chipset South Bridge: Intel® ICH7 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of... memory (Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR2 800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Integrated in the North Bridge Realtek ALC888 codec High... on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers) GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard - 10 -
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.... : Q-Flash Press the key to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu is effective for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS...Xpress Recovery2 If you to set the first boot device without having to accept. GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard - 32 - After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu. Intel G31 BIOS for one time only. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress...
.... : Q-Flash Press the key to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu is effective for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS...Xpress Recovery2 If you to set the first boot device without having to accept. GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard - 32 - After system restart, the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu. Intel G31 BIOS for one time only. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress...
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...hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Intel G31 BIOS for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Figure 9 C. Xpress Recovery2 will begin to startup XpressRecovery2........ When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). English B. Figure 8 2. When you wish to check disk allocation. Figure 12 GA-G31MX-S2...
...hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 10 Figure 11 3. Intel G31 BIOS for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Figure 9 C. Xpress Recovery2 will begin to startup XpressRecovery2........ When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). English B. Figure 8 2. When you wish to check disk allocation. Figure 12 GA-G31MX-S2...
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...with the Q-Flash Utility A. Intel G31 BIOS for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Because BIOS flashing is Q-FlashTM? English 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update ...tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. With Q-Flash you from the nearest @BIOS server site and update the BIOS. 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. What is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to enter MSDOS mode. GA-G31MX-S2...
...with the Q-Flash Utility A. Intel G31 BIOS for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Because BIOS flashing is Q-FlashTM? English 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update ...tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. With Q-Flash you from the nearest @BIOS server site and update the BIOS. 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. What is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to enter MSDOS mode. GA-G31MX-S2...