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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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...device, then press to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu. GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard - 32 - Note: The setting 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 ...configured in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 If you to set the first boot device without having to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. Intel G31 BIOS for one time only. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. English 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear ...
...device, then press to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu. GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard - 32 - Note: The setting 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 ...configured in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 If you to set the first boot device without having to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. Intel G31 BIOS for one time only. You can be based on BIOS Setup settings. English 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear ...
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...the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Figure 10 Figure 11 3. English B. Boot from CD/DVD...: Press any key to access Xpress Recovery2 for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Figure 9 C. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Intel G31 BIOS for the first time. Figure 8 2. After you use the backup function...
...the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-G31MX-S2 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). Figure 10 Figure 11 3. English B. Boot from CD/DVD...: Press any key to access Xpress Recovery2 for G31MX-S2 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 06/27/2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Figure 9 C. Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1. Intel G31 BIOS for the first time. Figure 8 2. After you use the backup function...
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...2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Because BIOS flashing is Q-FlashTM? From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Note: You can update the system BIOS without the need to your motherboard model. 2. GA-G31MX-S2 ...Motherboard - 64 - English 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. What is saved to a hard drive in ...
...2007-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0UC-00 Because BIOS flashing is Q-FlashTM? From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. Note: You can update the system BIOS without the need to your motherboard model. 2. GA-G31MX-S2 ...Motherboard - 64 - English 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. What is saved to a hard drive in ...