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...GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard GA-H81M-HD2 Dec. 27, 2013 Dec. 27, 2013 Copyright © 2013 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Check your motherboard looks like this: "REV: X.X." Changes to their respective owners. Disclaimer Information in this manual may be made by any form or by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE...For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. For example, "REV: 1.0"...
...GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard GA-H81M-HD2 Dec. 27, 2013 Dec. 27, 2013 Copyright © 2013 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Check your motherboard looks like this: "REV: X.X." Changes to their respective owners. Disclaimer Information in this manual may be made by any form or by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE...For product-related information, check on our website at: http://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. For example, "REV: 1.0"...
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Table of Contents GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Layout 4 GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Block Diagram 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 6 1-1 Installation Precautions 6 1-2 Product Specifications 7 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 ... Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 17 2-1 Startup Screen 17 2-2 M.I.T...18 2-3 System Information 23 2-4 BIOS Features 24 2-5 Peripherals...27 2-6 Power Management 29 2-7 Save & Exit...31 Chapter 3 Appendix...32 Drivers Installation...32 Regulatory Statements 33 Contact Us...36 - 3 -
Table of Contents GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Layout 4 GA-H81M-HD2 Motherboard Block Diagram 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 6 1-1 Installation Precautions 6 1-2 Product Specifications 7 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 ... Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 17 2-1 Startup Screen 17 2-2 M.I.T...18 2-3 System Information 23 2-4 BIOS Features 24 2-5 Peripherals...27 2-6 Power Management 29 2-7 Save & Exit...31 Chapter 3 Appendix...32 Drivers Installation...32 Regulatory Statements 33 Contact Us...36 - 3 -
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... HDMI 1 0 SATA3 R_USB30 USB_LAN iTE® BAT AUDIO Super I/O Realtek® GbE LAN PCIEX16 GA-H81M-HD2 PCIEX1_1 CODEC PCIEX1_2 B_BIOS M_BIOS Intel® H81 F_AUDIO SYS_FAN F_USB2 F_USB1 CLR_CMOS F_PANEL 3 2 SATA2 Box Contents 55 GA-H81M-HD2 motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Two SATA cables 55 I/O Shield The box contents above are...
... HDMI 1 0 SATA3 R_USB30 USB_LAN iTE® BAT AUDIO Super I/O Realtek® GbE LAN PCIEX16 GA-H81M-HD2 PCIEX1_1 CODEC PCIEX1_2 B_BIOS M_BIOS Intel® H81 F_AUDIO SYS_FAN F_USB2 F_USB1 CLR_CMOS F_PANEL 3 2 SATA2 Box Contents 55 GA-H81M-HD2 motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Two SATA cables 55 I/O Shield The box contents above are...
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.../Intel® Pentium® processors/ Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset ...138; Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated Graphics Processor: - 1 x D-Sub ...ports on the back panel - 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the audio driver.
.../Intel® Pentium® processors/ Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset ...138; Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated Graphics Processor: - 1 x D-Sub ...ports on the back panel - 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the audio driver.
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...at up to 192KHz/24bit 8-channel LPCM audio output. Line In Jack (Blue) The default line in jack. To configure 7.1-channel audio, you install motherboard drivers in OS. The following describes the states of the LAN port LEDs. Mic In Jack (Pink) The default Mic in jack. This jack can use... an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. •• When removing the cable connected to a back panel connector, first remove the cable from the connector. Use this audio jack for the Onboard...
...at up to 192KHz/24bit 8-channel LPCM audio output. Line In Jack (Blue) The default line in jack. To configure 7.1-channel audio, you install motherboard drivers in OS. The following describes the states of the LAN port LEDs. Mic In Jack (Pink) The default Mic in jack. This jack can use... an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. •• When removing the cable connected to a back panel connector, first remove the cable from the connector. Use this audio jack for the Onboard...
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...AC power. (Default) Fast Boot Keeps the Fast Boot settings upon the return of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support Disabled All USB...® Execute Disable Bit function. set to shorten the OS boot process. && Fast Boot Enables or disables Fast Boot to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network.
...AC power. (Default) Fast Boot Keeps the Fast Boot settings upon the return of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support Disabled All USB...® Execute Disable Bit function. set to shorten the OS boot process. && Fast Boot Enables or disables Fast Boot to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network.
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... memory size of the onboard graphics. Options are routed to the EHCI controller and the xHCI controller is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as High Speed devices regardless of xHCI software support/availability. Manual Allows you to determine whether to rout...
... memory size of the onboard graphics. Options are routed to the EHCI controller and the xHCI controller is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as High Speed devices regardless of xHCI software support/availability. Manual Allows you to determine whether to rout...
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...-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Chapter 3 Appendix Drivers Installation •• Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows 8 as the example operating system.) •...;• After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and then list all of the drivers that are recommended to install. Click on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc"...
...-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Chapter 3 Appendix Drivers Installation •• Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. (The following instructions use Windows 8 as the example operating system.) •...;• After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and then list all of the drivers that are recommended to install. Click on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc"...