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GA-X38-DQ6 LGA775 socket motherboard for Intel® CoreTM processor family/ Intel® Pentium® processor family/Intel® Celeron® processor family User's Manual Rev. 1002 12ME-X38DQ6-1002R
GA-X38-DQ6 LGA775 socket motherboard for Intel® CoreTM processor family/ Intel® Pentium® processor family/Intel® Celeron® processor family User's Manual Rev. 1002 12ME-X38DQ6-1002R
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Box Contents GA-X38-DQ6 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables Two SATA brackets I/O Shield Two screws The ...
Box Contents GA-X38-DQ6 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Intel® LGA775 CPU Installation Guide One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable Four SATA 3Gb/s cables Two SATA brackets I/O Shield Two screws The ...
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GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard Layout KB_MS RCA_SPDIF USB_1394_1 SYS_FAN1 ATX_12V_2X LGA775 CPU_FAN PCIE_12V ATX USB_1394_2 USB_LAN USB_LAN2 PWR_FAN RTL8111B Intel® X38 AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIE_1 NB_FAN RTL8111B GA-X38-DQ6 FDD PCIE_16_1 DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4 CODEC CD_IN PCIE_2 PCIE_3 BP_BIOS MAIN_BIOS BAT PCIE_16_2 CLR_CMOS Intel® ICH9R SATAII0 IDE SATAII1 SPDIF_O PCI1 IT8718 PCI2 LPT CI COM TPM F_1394 F_USB2 F_USB1 TSB43AB23 GIGABYTE SATA2 SATAII4 SATAII2 GSATAIIA PWR_LED SPDIF_IN SYS_FAN2 F_PANEL SATAII5 SATAII3 GSATAIIB - 7 -
GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard Layout KB_MS RCA_SPDIF USB_1394_1 SYS_FAN1 ATX_12V_2X LGA775 CPU_FAN PCIE_12V ATX USB_1394_2 USB_LAN USB_LAN2 PWR_FAN RTL8111B Intel® X38 AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIE_1 NB_FAN RTL8111B GA-X38-DQ6 FDD PCIE_16_1 DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4 CODEC CD_IN PCIE_2 PCIE_3 BP_BIOS MAIN_BIOS BAT PCIE_16_2 CLR_CMOS Intel® ICH9R SATAII0 IDE SATAII1 SPDIF_O PCI1 IT8718 PCI2 LPT CI COM TPM F_1394 F_USB2 F_USB1 TSB43AB23 GIGABYTE SATA2 SATAII4 SATAII2 GSATAIIA PWR_LED SPDIF_IN SYS_FAN2 F_PANEL SATAII5 SATAII3 GSATAIIB - 7 -
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... CLK (100 MHz) RTL RTL 8111B 8111B x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 PCI Express Bus 2 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/ 33 IDE Channel GIGABYTE SATA2 Intel® X38 Intel® ICH9R Dual Channel Memory MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz) Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s 12 USB Ports PCI Bus TSB43AB23 CODEC IT8718...
... CLK (100 MHz) RTL RTL 8111B 8111B x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 PCI Express Bus 2 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/ 33 IDE Channel GIGABYTE SATA2 Intel® X38 Intel® ICH9R Dual Channel Memory MCH CLK (400/333/266/200 MHz) Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s 12 USB Ports PCI Bus TSB43AB23 CODEC IT8718...
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...; Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with CPU 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB North Bridge: Intel® X38 Express Chipset South Bridge: Intel® ICH9R 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB... 3Gb/s devices - Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394 header) GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 10 -
...; Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with CPU 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB North Bridge: Intel® X38 Express Chipset South Bridge: Intel® ICH9R 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB... 3Gb/s devices - Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394 header) GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 10 -
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...; Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Voltage adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH) allow you to: - GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 12 - Increase FSB voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 1 MHz increment Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 (Note 4) ...increment Frequency adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe) allow you to: - Adjust PCI Express x16 frequency from 100 MHz to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase CPU voltage (Note 3) -
...; Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Voltage adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe/FSB/(G)MCH) allow you to: - GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 12 - Increase FSB voltage by 0.05V to 0.35V with 1 MHz increment Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 (Note 4) ...increment Frequency adjustments in BIOS Setup (CPU/DDR2/PCIe) allow you to: - Adjust PCI Express x16 frequency from 100 MHz to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system. Increase CPU voltage (Note 3) -
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English 1-3-3 Removing the Crazy Cool Heatsink from the Back of the Motherboard To install a non-Intel CPU cooler that requires extra mounting holes, follow the steps below to remove the Crazy Cool heatsink from the back of the board, align...: 1. Always keep the removed screws in appearance from the back of the Crazy Cool heatsink. (Note) The components received may vary in a safe place. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 16 - On the front side of the motherboard. 1. Screws provided with the motherboard from the ones illustrated above. Through the heatsink mounting holes, ...
English 1-3-3 Removing the Crazy Cool Heatsink from the Back of the Motherboard To install a non-Intel CPU cooler that requires extra mounting holes, follow the steps below to remove the Crazy Cool heatsink from the back of the board, align...: 1. Always keep the removed screws in appearance from the back of the Crazy Cool heatsink. (Note) The components received may vary in a safe place. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 16 - On the front side of the motherboard. 1. Screws provided with the motherboard from the ones illustrated above. Through the heatsink mounting holes, ...
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... for 2x4 pin 12V) 3 GND 4 GND 5 +12V (Only for 2x4 pin 12V) 6 +12V (Only for 2x4 pin 12V) 7 +12V 8 +12V 12 24 1 13 ATX GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard ATX : Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Definition 3.3V 3.3V GND +5V GND +5V GND Power Good 5V SB(stand by the CPU manufacturer...connector and the main power connector on the motherboard. Do not insert the power supply cables into pins under the protective covers when using an Intel Extreme Edition CPU (130W). • To meet expansion requirements, it is compatible with power supplies with 2x10 power connectors. The 12V power ...
... for 2x4 pin 12V) 3 GND 4 GND 5 +12V (Only for 2x4 pin 12V) 6 +12V (Only for 2x4 pin 12V) 7 +12V 8 +12V 12 24 1 13 ATX GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard ATX : Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Definition 3.3V 3.3V GND +5V GND +5V GND Power Good 5V SB(stand by the CPU manufacturer...connector and the main power connector on the motherboard. Do not insert the power supply cables into pins under the protective covers when using an Intel Extreme Edition CPU (130W). • To meet expansion requirements, it is compatible with power supplies with 2x10 power connectors. The 12V power ...
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Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 30 - For HD Front Panel Audio: For AC'97 Front Panel Audio: 10 9 Pin No. Make sure the wire assignments of the module connector ... NC • The front panel audio header supports HD audio by default. English 14) F_AUDIO (Front Panel Audio Header) The front panel audio header supports Intel High Definition audio (HD) and AC'97 audio. Definition Pin No. Incorrect connection between the module connector and the motherboard header will make the device...
Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 30 - For HD Front Panel Audio: For AC'97 Front Panel Audio: 10 9 Pin No. Make sure the wire assignments of the module connector ... NC • The front panel audio header supports HD audio by default. English 14) F_AUDIO (Front Panel Audio Header) The front panel audio header supports Intel High Definition audio (HD) and AC'97 audio. Definition Pin No. Incorrect connection between the module connector and the motherboard header will make the device...
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... subsequent access to enter BIOS Setup first. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 38 - The POST Screen Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. To exit Boot Menu, press . Motherboard Model BIOS Version Intel X38 BIOS for one time only. You can..., the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for X38-DQ6 D19 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 08/17/2007-X38-ICH9-6A79OG0QC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST Screen Press the key to show the BIOS ...
... subsequent access to enter BIOS Setup first. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 38 - The POST Screen Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc. To exit Boot Menu, press . Motherboard Model BIOS Version Intel X38 BIOS for one time only. You can..., the device boot order will directly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu is effective for X38-DQ6 D19 . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 08/17/2007-X38-ICH9-6A79OG0QC-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST Screen Press the key to show the BIOS ...
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...Monitor (TM2) function, a CPU overheating protection function. For more information about Intel CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website. to 3 (Note) Allows you to determine whether to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. With virtualization, one CPU core. This feature only works... voltage will allow a platform to Disabled for legacy operating system such as the first display. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 44 - PEG2 Sets PCI Express graphics card on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as the first display. (Note) This item is overheated. ...
...Monitor (TM2) function, a CPU overheating protection function. For more information about Intel CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website. to 3 (Note) Allows you to determine whether to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. With virtualization, one CPU core. This feature only works... voltage will allow a platform to Disabled for legacy operating system such as the first display. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 44 - PEG2 Sets PCI Express graphics card on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as the first display. (Note) This item is overheated. ...
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...port) Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. Windows XP/2000. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 46 - USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) USB Keyboard Support Allows USB keyboard to be used .... (Default: Auto) If you wish to install operating systems that do not support Native mode, e.g. English SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel ICH9R Southbridge) Specifies the operating mode of the USB functionalities below.
...port) Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install operating systems that support Native mode, e.g. Windows XP/2000. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 46 - USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB 2.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) USB Keyboard Support Allows USB keyboard to be used .... (Default: Auto) If you wish to install operating systems that do not support Native mode, e.g. English SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel ICH9R Southbridge) Specifies the operating mode of the USB functionalities below.
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... 10 Figure 11 3. Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. When you wish to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Intel X38 BIOS for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress...search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to store the backup image file. - 68 - If you see the following message: Press any...
... 10 Figure 11 3. Xpress Recovery2 will stay permanent in Xpress Recovery2 1. When you wish to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time. Intel X38 BIOS for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). When the Windows operating system is detected, Xpress...search the first physical hard drive as the target drive and detect whether this hard drive contains the Windows operating system. Figure 12 GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will begin to store the backup image file. - 68 - If you see the following message: Press any...
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...malfunction. With Q-Flash you from the nearest @BIOS server site and update the BIOS. 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. Before You Begin: 1. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 70 - Normally, the system works on the next system boot and copy the BIOS file to the main BIOS to ensure normal system... sake of your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support Dual BIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS. Intel X38 BIOS for the safety and stability of system safety, users cannot update the ...
...malfunction. With Q-Flash you from the nearest @BIOS server site and update the BIOS. 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. Before You Begin: 1. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 70 - Normally, the system works on the next system boot and copy the BIOS file to the main BIOS to ensure normal system... sake of your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that support Dual BIOS have two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS and a backup BIOS. Intel X38 BIOS for the safety and stability of system safety, users cannot update the ...
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.... • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. B. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer ...to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the GA-X38-DQ6 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are supported by ICH9R Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from your...
.... • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Note 3) setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring Intel® ICH9R SATA Controllers A. B. If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer ...to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the SATA controller for the SATA port. (For example, on the GA-X38-DQ6 motherboard, the SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4 and SATAII5 ports are supported by ICH9R Southbridge.) Then connect the power connector from your...
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... VOLUME MENU screen, enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be automatically assigned to proceed. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID Level : Disks : Strip Size ...typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [K L ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 80 - If only two hard drives are installed, they will be special characters) under the Name item and press . Press to ...
... VOLUME MENU screen, enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be automatically assigned to proceed. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reversed. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : RAID Level : Disks : Strip Size ...typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [K L ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 80 - If only two hard drives are installed, they will be special characters) under the Name item and press . Press to ...
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WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [K L ]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 82 - English Delete RAID Volume To delete a RAID array, select Delete RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press . All Rights Reversed. [ DELETE VOLUME...Status Bootable 2 223.6GB Normal Yes [ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. In the DELETE VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to...
WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [K L ]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 82 - English Delete RAID Volume To delete a RAID array, select Delete RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press . All Rights Reversed. [ DELETE VOLUME...Status Bootable 2 223.6GB Normal Yes [ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.5.0.1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-07 Intel Corporation. In the DELETE VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to...
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When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below assumes that below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 8). Figure 8 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Intel ICH9R SATA controllers: Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 9). Figure 9 GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 94 - English B.
When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below assumes that below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 8). Figure 8 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Intel ICH9R SATA controllers: Step 1: Restart your floppy disk (Figure 9). Figure 9 GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 94 - English B.
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... speaker out. • 7.1 channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, Center/Subwoofer speaker out, and Side speaker out. A. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 98 - English 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides six audio jacks on the back panel... which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel audio. Side Speaker Out Mic In For example, in your front panel audio supports Intel HD Audio standard, you can retask the Center/Subwoofer speaker out jack to be simultaneously processed. High Definition Audio (HD...
... speaker out. • 7.1 channel audio: Front speaker out, Rear speaker out, Center/Subwoofer speaker out, and Side speaker out. A. GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard - 98 - English 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides six audio jacks on the back panel... which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel audio. Side Speaker Out Mic In For example, in your front panel audio supports Intel HD Audio standard, you can retask the Center/Subwoofer speaker out jack to be simultaneously processed. High Definition Audio (HD...