Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2L User manual

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GA-945GCM-S2L/
GA-945GCM-S2C
LGA775socketmotherboardforIntel® Core™ processorfamily/
Intel®Pentium®processorfamily/Intel®Celeron®processorfamily
User'sManual
Rev.1005
12ME-945GCMS2-1005R

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ModelNumber-GA-945GCM-S2L/
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IdentifyingYourMotherboardRevision
Therevisionnumberonyourmotherboardlookslikethis:"REV:X.X."Forexample,"REV:1.0"
meanstherevisionofthemotherboardis1.0.Checkyourmotherboardrevisionbeforeupdating
motherboardBIOS,drivers,orwhenlookingfortechnicalinformation.

TableofContents
BoxContents6
OptionalItems6
GA-945GCM-S2L/GA-945GCM-S2CMotherboardLayout7
BlockDiagram8
Chapter 1 HardwareInstallation9
1-1InstallationPrecautions9
1-2ProductSpecifications10
1-3InstallingtheCPUandCPUCooler13
1-3-1InstallingtheCPU13
1-3-2InstallingtheCPUCooler15
14InstallingtheMemory16
1-4-1DualChannelMemoryConfiguration16
1-4-2Installinga Memory17
1-5InstallinganExpansionCard18
1-6BackPanelConnectors19
1-7InternalConnectors21
Chapter2 BIOSSetup31
2-1StartupScreen32
2-2TheMainMenu33
2-3StandardCMOSFeatures35
24AdvancedBIOSFeatures37
2-5IntegratedPeripherals39
2-6PowerManagementSetup43
2-7PnP/PCIConfigurations45
2-8PCHealthStatus46
2-9Frequency/VoltageControl48
2-10LoadFail-SafeDefaults50
2-11LoadOptimizedDefaults50
2-12SetSupervisor/UserPassword51
2-13Save& ExitSetup52
2-14ExitWithoutSaving52

Chapter3 DriversInstallation53
3-1InstallingChipsetDrivers53
3-2SoftwareApplications54
3-3DriverCDInformation54
34HardwareInformation55
3-5ContactUs55
Chapter4 UniqueFeatures57
4-1XpressRecovery257
4-2BIOSUpdateUtilities62
4-2-1UpdatingtheBIOSwiththeQ-FlashUtility62
4-2-2UpdatingtheBIOSwiththe@BI0SUtility65
4-3EasyTune5 67
44WindowsVistaReadyBoost68
Chapter5 Appendix69
5-1ConfiguringAudioInputandOutput. 69
5-1-1Configuring2/4/5.1-ChannelAudio69
5-1-2InstallingtheS/PDIFOutCable(Optional)72
5-1-3ConfiguringMicrophoneRecording74
5-1-4UsingtheSoundRecorder76
5-2Troubleshooting77
5-2-1FrequentlyAskedQuestions77
5-2-2TroubleshootingProcedure78
RegulatoryStatements80

BoxContents
0GA-945GCM-S2LorGA-945GCM-S2Cmotherboard
0Motherboarddriverdisk
0User'sManual
0Intel®LGA775CPUInstallationGuide
0OneIDEcableandonefloppydiskdrivecable
0TwoSATA3Gb/scables
0I/OShield
Theboxcontentsaboveareforreferenceonlyandtheactualitemsshalldependonproductpackageyouobtain.
Theboxcontentsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
Themotherboardimageisforreferenceonly.
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OptionalItems
•2-portUSB2.0bracket(PartNo.12CR1-1UB030-51R)
•2-portSATApowercable(PartNo.12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
•S/PDIFoutcable(PartNo. 12CR1 -1SPQUT-02R)
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(Note1)Enableuseofa Core™2 CPUwith1333MHzFSBthroughoverclocking.Youmustinstallthe
FSB1333MHzCore™2CPUwithDDR2533(orabove)memorymodule(s).
(Note2)Useofa 1066/800MHzFSBCPUisrequiredifyouwishtoinstallDDR2667MHzmemory.
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