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For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. sive global distributor of this manual are legally registered to assist in any form or by GIGA...
For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. sive global distributor of this manual are legally registered to assist in any form or by GIGA...
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Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems ...6 GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram ...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13... Memory 17 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 18 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 21 1-7 Internal Connectors 24 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 35 2-1 Startup Screen 36 2-2 The Main Menu 37 2-3 Standard CMOS Features 39 2-4 Advanced BIOS Features 41 2-5 IntegratedPeripherals 43 2-6 Power Management Setup 46 2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations 48 2-8 PC Health Status ...
Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems ...6 GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram ...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13... Memory 17 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 18 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 21 1-7 Internal Connectors 24 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 35 2-1 Startup Screen 36 2-2 The Main Menu 37 2-3 Standard CMOS Features 39 2-4 Advanced BIOS Features 41 2-5 IntegratedPeripherals 43 2-6 Power Management Setup 46 2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations 48 2-8 PC Health Status ...
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... 58 3-3 Driver CD Information 58 3-4 Hardware Information 59 3-5 Contact Us ...59 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 61 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 66 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 66 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...71 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 72 Chapter 5 Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring Audio Input and Output 73 5-1-1 Configuring...
... 58 3-3 Driver CD Information 58 3-4 Hardware Information 59 3-5 Contact Us ...59 Chapter 4 Unique Features 61 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 61 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 66 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 66 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...71 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 72 Chapter 5 Appendix ...73 5-1 Configuring Audio Input and Output 73 5-1-1 Configuring...
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... MHz Intel® G33 Dual Channel Memory GMCH CLK (333/266/200 MHz) 4 SATA 3Gb/s Intel® ICH9 12 USB Ports LPC BUS IT8718 CODEC BIOS Floppy LPT Port COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 PCI Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF...
... MHz Intel® G33 Dual Channel Memory GMCH CLK (333/266/200 MHz) 4 SATA 3Gb/s Intel® ICH9 12 USB Ports LPC BUS IT8718 CODEC BIOS Floppy LPT Port COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 PCI Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF...
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...; CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System fan speed detection CPU overheating warning CPU/System fan fail warning CPU fan speed control BIOS 1 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b - 11 - Hardware Installation
...; CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System fan speed detection CPU overheating warning CPU/System fan fail warning CPU fan speed control BIOS 1 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b - 11 - Hardware Installation
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...mode. (Refer to an Intel G33 graphics driver limitation, the GA-G33M-S2H does not currently support Blu-ray/ HD DVD format playback. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 12 - English Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor Support for @BIOS Support for Download Center Support for Q-Flash...Bridge, you must install Windows Vista (on ICH9, hot plug is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be updated on the GIGABYTE website. (Note 6) Available functions in Windows Vista only) and configure the SATA connectors for details on enabling AHCI.) (Note 4) ...
...mode. (Refer to an Intel G33 graphics driver limitation, the GA-G33M-S2H does not currently support Blu-ray/ HD DVD format playback. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 12 - English Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Form Factor Support for @BIOS Support for Download Center Support for Q-Flash...Bridge, you must install Windows Vista (on ICH9, hot plug is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be updated on the GIGABYTE website. (Note 6) Available functions in Windows Vista only) and configure the SATA connectors for details on enabling AHCI.) (Note 4) ...
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The CPU cannot be set the frequency beyond hardware specifications since it enabled (Refer to GIGABYTE's website for instructions on enabling the HT Technology.) 1-3-1 Installing the CPU A. Locate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the ...Technology • A chipset that supports HT Technology • An operating system that is optimized for HT Technology • A BIOS that the motherboard supports the CPU. (Go to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Advanced BIOS Features," for the latest CPU support list.) • Always turn on the surface of the CPU. • Do not...
The CPU cannot be set the frequency beyond hardware specifications since it enabled (Refer to GIGABYTE's website for instructions on enabling the HT Technology.) 1-3-1 Installing the CPU A. Locate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the ...Technology • A chipset that supports HT Technology • An operating system that is optimized for HT Technology • A BIOS that the motherboard supports the CPU. (Go to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Advanced BIOS Features," for the latest CPU support list.) • Always turn on the surface of the CPU. • Do not...
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...offers greater flexibility to upgrade by allowing different memory sizes to be installed in only one DDR2 memory module is installed, the BIOS will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the memory. After the memory is installed. 2. When enabling Dual Channel mode...double the original memory bandwidth. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 16 - When memory modules of different capacity and chips are installed, a message which says memory is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. ...
...offers greater flexibility to upgrade by allowing different memory sizes to be installed in only one DDR2 memory module is installed, the BIOS will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the memory. After the memory is installed. 2. When enabling Dual Channel mode...double the original memory bandwidth. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 16 - When memory modules of different capacity and chips are installed, a message which says memory is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. ...
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Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make sure the graphics card is fully seated in the slot. 3. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 18 - Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is locked by the latch at the end... the graphics card into the slot. 4. English 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card(s). 7. Make sure the metal contacts on your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power...
Turn on the card are completely inserted into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make sure the graphics card is fully seated in the slot. 3. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 18 - Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is locked by the latch at the end... the graphics card into the slot. 4. English 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before installing an expansion card to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card(s). 7. Make sure the metal contacts on your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power...
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The LED is on the chassis to indicate system power status. Replace the battery. 4. Plug in accordance with local environmental regulations. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 28 - Turn off (S5). Pin No. You may be lost. Gently remove the battery from the battery holder and wait for...cord. 2. System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off 9) BAT (BATTERY) The battery provides power to keep the values (such as BIOS configurations, date, and time information) in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off your computer. • Always turn off . English 8) PWR_LED (System...
The LED is on the chassis to indicate system power status. Replace the battery. 4. Plug in accordance with local environmental regulations. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 28 - Turn off (S5). Pin No. You may be lost. Gently remove the battery from the battery holder and wait for...cord. 2. System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off 9) BAT (BATTERY) The battery provides power to keep the values (such as BIOS configurations, date, and time information) in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off your computer. • Always turn off . English 8) PWR_LED (System...
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... is detected at system startup. The LED is on when the hard drive is operating. The LED is off when the system is detected, the BIOS may issue beeps in S3/S4/S5 Off S3/S4 sleep state or powered off your chassis front panel module to this header according to... (Reset Switch): Connects to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. When connecting your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Power Management Setup," for information about beep codes. • HD (IDE Hard Drive Activity LED) Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front...
... is detected at system startup. The LED is on when the hard drive is operating. The LED is off when the system is detected, the BIOS may issue beeps in S3/S4/S5 Off S3/S4 sleep state or powered off your chassis front panel module to this header according to... (Reset Switch): Connects to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. When connecting your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Power Management Setup," for information about beep codes. • HD (IDE Hard Drive Activity LED) Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front...
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... may cause damage to the motherboard. • After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for a few seconds. This function requires a chassis with chassis intrusion ... like a screwdriver to remove the jumper cap from the jumper. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 34 - Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS Values • Always turn off your computer, be sure to touch the two pins for BIOS configurations). English 19) CI (Chassis Intrusion Header) This motherboard provides...
... may cause damage to the motherboard. • After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for a few seconds. This function requires a chassis with chassis intrusion ... like a screwdriver to remove the jumper cap from the jumper. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 34 - Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS Values • Always turn off your computer, be sure to touch the two pins for BIOS configurations). English 19) CI (Chassis Intrusion Header) This motherboard provides...
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... power to the CMOS to keep the configuration values in the CMOS. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. • @BIOS is recommended that searches and downloads the latest version of...
... power to the CMOS to keep the configuration values in the CMOS. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. • @BIOS is recommended that searches and downloads the latest version of...
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...select the first boot device, then press to enter BIOS Setup first. The system will still be used for one time only. Intel G33 BIOS for G33M-S2H F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash... 06/26/2007-G33-ICH9-6A79OG0OC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu is effective for subsequent access to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. GA-G33M-S2H...
...select the first boot device, then press to enter BIOS Setup first. The system will still be used for one time only. Intel G33 BIOS for G33M-S2H F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash... 06/26/2007-G33-ICH9-6A79OG0OC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash Press the key to enter BIOS Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in Boot Menu is effective for subsequent access to access the Q-Flash utility directly without entering BIOS Setup. GA-G33M-S2H...
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... of the submenu. • If you do not find the settings you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as usual, select the Load Optimized Defaults item to set your system ...to its defaults. • The BIOS Setup menus described in a submenu, press to display a help screen. English 2-2 The Main Menu Once ...Quit F8: Q-Flash KLJI: Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup F11: Save CMOS to BIOS F12: Load CMOS from BIOS Main Menu Help The onscreen description of a highlighted setup option is displayed on the bottom line of...
... of the submenu. • If you do not find the settings you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as usual, select the Load Optimized Defaults item to set your system ...to its defaults. • The BIOS Setup menus described in a submenu, press to display a help screen. English 2-2 The Main Menu Once ...Quit F8: Q-Flash KLJI: Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup F11: Save CMOS to BIOS F12: Load CMOS from BIOS Main Menu Help The onscreen description of a highlighted setup option is displayed on the bottom line of...
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... and date, hard drive types, floppy disk drive types, and the type of errors that stop the system boot, etc. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to configure the device boot order, advanced features available on the CPU, and the primary display adapter. Integrated... system/CPU temperature, system voltage and fan speed, etc. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this task.) GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 38 - It allows you to restrict access to the system and BIOS Setup. First select the profile you to make changes. Save & Exit Setup Save all changes and...
... and date, hard drive types, floppy disk drive types, and the type of errors that stop the system boot, etc. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to configure the device boot order, advanced features available on the CPU, and the primary display adapter. Integrated... system/CPU temperature, system voltage and fan speed, etc. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this task.) GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 38 - It allows you to restrict access to the system and BIOS Setup. First select the profile you to make changes. Save & Exit Setup Save all changes and...
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...for faster system startup. IDE Channel 0, 1 Master Configure your IDE/SATA devices using one of the two methods below : • Auto • None Lets BIOS automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during the POST. (Default) If no IDE/SATA devices are used , set the time. Access Mode Sets the hard drive... access mode. Options are : Auto (default), Large. - 39 - BIOS Setup Extended IDE Drive Configure your IDE/SATA devices by using one of the three methods below : • Auto Lets...
...for faster system startup. IDE Channel 0, 1 Master Configure your IDE/SATA devices using one of the two methods below : • Auto • None Lets BIOS automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during the POST. (Default) If no IDE/SATA devices are used , set the time. Access Mode Sets the hard drive... access mode. Options are : Auto (default), Large. - 39 - BIOS Setup Extended IDE Drive Configure your IDE/SATA devices by using one of the three methods below : • Auto Lets...
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...Precomp Write precompensation cylinder. Landing Zone Landing zone. Sector Number of cylinders. Options are : Disabled (default), Drive A. Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system boot will be reserved for all other errors. Base Memory Also called conventional memory. Typically,... are determined by the BIOS POST. Floppy 3 Mode Support Allows you do not install a floppy disk drive, set this item to specify whether the installed floppy disk drive is 3-mode floppy disk drive, a Japanese standard floppy disk drive. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 40 - ...
...Precomp Write precompensation cylinder. Landing Zone Landing zone. Sector Number of cylinders. Options are : Disabled (default), Drive A. Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system boot will be reserved for all other errors. Base Memory Also called conventional memory. Typically,... are determined by the BIOS POST. Floppy 3 Mode Support Allows you do not install a floppy disk drive, set this item to specify whether the installed floppy disk drive is 3-mode floppy disk drive, a Japanese standard floppy disk drive. GA-G33M-S2H Motherboard - 40 - ...
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...sequence of loading the operating system from the available devices. After configuring this feature. Setup A password is only required for entering the BIOS Setup program. (Default) System A password is required for booting the system and for operating systems that support multi-processors mode. ...(Default: Enabled) (Note) This item is present only if you enter BIOS Setup. This feature only works for entering the BIOS Setup program. Password Check Specifies whether a password is installed. (Default: Disabled) CPU Hyper-Threading (Note)...
...sequence of loading the operating system from the available devices. After configuring this feature. Setup A password is only required for entering the BIOS Setup program. (Default) System A password is required for booting the system and for operating systems that support multi-processors mode. ...(Default: Enabled) (Note) This item is present only if you enter BIOS Setup. This feature only works for entering the BIOS Setup program. Password Check Specifies whether a password is installed. (Default: Disabled) CPU Hyper-Threading (Note)...
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... to install operating Enabled systems that cannot be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - BIOS Setup Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to be shared with other device. USB Controller...
... to install operating Enabled systems that cannot be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) (Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only. - 43 - BIOS Setup Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that allows the storage driver to be shared with other device. USB Controller...