Intel GA-8I945P-G User Manual

GA-8I945P Pro/GA-8I945P-GIntel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775 Processor MotherboardUser's ManualRev. 100512ME-8I945PP-1005* The WEEE marking on

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 10 -EnglishCPU  Supports Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 LGA775 CPU(Note 1) Supports 1066/800/533MHz FSB L2 cache

Hardware Installation- 11 -EnglishOnboard Audio  ALC882 CODEC High Definition Audio Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio Supports Line In ; Line O

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 12 -English1-3 Installation of the CPU and HeatsinkBefore installing the CPU, please comply with the following condi

Hardware Installation- 13 -English1-3-2 Installation of the HeatsinkThe heatsink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heatsink paste.

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 14 -EnglishThe motherboard supports DDR II memory modules, whereby BIOS will automatically detect memorycapacity and

Hardware Installation- 15 -English2 memory modules4 memory modulesDDR II 1 DDR II 2 DDR II 3 DDR II 4DS/SS X DS/SS XX DS/SS X DS/SSDS/SS DS/SS DS/SS D

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 16 -English1-6 Installation of Expansion CardsYou can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined be

Hardware Installation- 17 -EnglishPS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse ConnectorTo install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (g

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 18 -English1-8 Connectors Introduction1) ATX_12V2) ATX (Power Connector)3) CPU_FAN4) SYS_FAN5) PWR_FAN6) NB_FAN7) FD

Hardware Installation- 19 -English1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (Power Connector)With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable pow

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GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 20 -English3/4/5) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN (Cooler Fan Power Connector)The cooler fan power connector supplies a

Hardware Installation- 21 -English7) FDD (Floppy Connector)The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connect

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 22 -English9) SATAII0/SATAII1/SATAII2/SATAII3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connector)SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s transfer ra

Hardware Installation- 23 -English12) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper)Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 24 -English13) CD_IN (CD IN)Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector.1Pin No. Definition1 CD-L2 GND3 GND

Hardware Installation- 25 -English15) F_ USB/GREEN_USB (Front USB Connector)Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin ass

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 26 -English17) RF_IDThis connector allows you to connect external devices to use extra function. Check the pinassign

Hardware Installation- 27 -English19) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS)You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper. To clear CMOS, temporaril

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BIOS Setup- 29 -EnglishBIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activa

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GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 30 -EnglishThe Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : GA-8I945P Pro F2a)Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, t

BIOS Setup- 31 -English Load Optimized DefaultsOptimized Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in bestp

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 32 -English2-1 Standard CMOS FeaturesDateThe date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.W

BIOS Setup- 33 -EnglishLanding Zone Landing zoneSector Number of sectorsDrive A / Drive BThe category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or d

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 34 -English2-2 Advanced BIOS FeaturesHard Disk Boot PrioritySelect boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI,

BIOS Setup- 35 -EnglishCPU Hyper-ThreadingEnabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is only workingfor operating syst

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 36 -English2-3 Integrated PeripheralsOn-Chip Primary PCI IDEEnabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default va

BIOS Setup- 37 -EnglishSATA RAID / AHCI Mode RAID Set the onboard SATA controller to RAID mode. (Default value)AHCI Set the onboard SATA controller to

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 38 -EnglishOnboard H/W 1394 Enabled Enable onboard IEEE 1394 function.(Default value)Disabled Disable this function.

BIOS Setup- 39 -English2-4 Power Management SetupACPI Suspend TypeS1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value)S3(STR) Se

- 4 -Table of ContentsGA-8I945P Pro/GA-8I945P-G Motherboard Layout ... 6Block Diagram ...

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 40 -EnglishPower On By KeyboardPassword Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password.Disabled

BIOS Setup- 41 -English2-5 PnP/PCI ConfigurationsPCI 1 IRQ AssignmentAuto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value)3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 42 -English2-6 PC Health StatusReset Case Open StatusDisabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value)Enab

BIOS Setup- 43 -EnglishCPU Smart FAN ControlDisabled Disable this function.Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 44 -English2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. For power

BIOS Setup- 45 -EnglishTurbo Set C.I.A.2 to Turbo. (Automatically increase CPU frequency(15%,17%) byCPU loading.Full Thrust Set C.I.A.2 to Full Thrust

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 46 -English+0.3V Set DIMM OverVoltage Control to +0.3V.+0.4V Set DIMM OverVoltage Control to +0.4V.+0.5V Set DIMM Ov

BIOS Setup- 47 -English2-9 Load Fail-Safe DefaultsFail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum s

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 48 -English2-11 Set Supervisor/User PasswordWhen you select this function, the following message will appear at the

BIOS Setup- 49 -English2-12 Save & Exit SetupType "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.Type "N

- 5 -Chapter 3 Install Drivers ... 513-1 Install Chipset Dr

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Install Drivers- 51 -EnglishChapter 3 Install DriversPictures below are shown in Windows XP.Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 52 -English3-2 Software ApplicationsThis page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software,

Install Drivers- 53 -English3-4 Hardware InformationThis page lists all device you have for this motherboard.3-5 Contact UsPlease see the last page fo

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Appendix- 55 -EnglishChapter 4 Appendix4-1 Unique Software UtilitiesM.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker)Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) a

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 56 -English4-1-1 EasyTune 5 IntroductionEasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enh

Appendix- 57 -English4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 IntroductionXpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora-tion of hard disk data. Suppo

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 58 -English1. RESTORE:Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk.(This button will not appear if there is no backu

Appendix- 59 -English4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method IntroductionA. What is Dual BIOS Technology ?Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS (ROM) on th

- 6 -Item ChecklistIDE Cable x 2 & FDD Cable x 1Serial ATAII Cable x 2Serial ATA Power Cable x 22 Ports USB 2.0 + 2 Ports 1394 Cable x 1 I/O Shiel

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 60 -Englishc. Dual BIOS Item explanation:Wide Range Protection: Disable(Default), EnableStatus 1:If any failure (ex.

Appendix- 61 -EnglishMethod 1 : Q-FlashTM UtilityQ-FlashTM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility,users only have to stay in

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 62 -EnglishEntering the Q-FlashTM utility:CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS F

Appendix- 63 -EnglishDual BIOS UtilityBoot From... Main BiosMain ROM Type/Size...SST 4

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 64 -English3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIO

Appendix- 65 -EnglishCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 66 -EnglishExploring the Q-FlashTM utility screenThe Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key compon

Appendix- 67 -English3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 68 -EnglishMethod 2 : @BIOSTM UtilityIf you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use thenew @BIOS u

Appendix- 69 -EnglishIII. Save BIOSIn the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent

- 7 -GA-8I945P Pro/GA-8I945P-G Motherboard LayoutKB_MSATX_12VCPU_FANLGA775COAXIALLPTATXGA-8I945P (Pro)(-G)R_USBCOMARF_IDBATCD_INICH7R /ICH7MainBIOSPCI

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 70 -English4-1-4 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID LevelsRAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)

Appendix- 71 -EnglishPlease follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array:1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction.Note: To ac

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 72 -EnglishCreate RAID VolumePress Enter under Create RAID Volume to set up RAID.Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager opt

Appendix- 73 -EnglishThe KB is a unit of Strip Size. You can set disk block size with this item.The disk block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. Afte

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 74 -EnglishPress Enter under the Create Volume item.Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM V5.0.0.1011 ICH7R wRA

Appendix- 75 -EnglishAfter the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID, such as RAID level, disk blocksize, disk name and dis

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 76 -EnglishInstalling the RAID driversTo install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need

Appendix- 77 -English4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function IntroductionThis motherboard provide 6 audio connector. You are able to use 2-/4-/

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 78 -EnglishSTEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into the rearLine Out jack, a small window will pop up and

Appendix- 79 -English6 Channel Audio SetupSTEP 3:After plugging in 6-channel speakers to the rearspeaker jacks, a small window will pop up and askyou

- 8 -Block Diagram(Note) To use a DDRII 667 memory module on the motherboard, you must install an 800/1066MHz FSBprocessor .Only for GA-8I945P Pro.Onl

GA-8I945P (Pro)(-G) Motherboard - 80 -EnglishSTEP 2:In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. Inthe upper left list, click 8CH Speaker.STEP

Appendix- 81 -English4-2 TroubleshootingBelow is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherbo

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Appendix- 87 -EnglishContact Us     Taiwan (Headquarters)GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei 231,Taiw

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Hardware Installation- 9 -English1-1 Considerations Prior to InstallationPreparing Your ComputerThe motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic