Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5, User Manual

Page 1: ...GA X38 DS5 LGA775 socket motherboard for Intel CoreTM processor family Intel Pentium processor family Intel Celeron processor family User s Manual Rev 1003 12ME X38DS5 1003R...

Page 2: ...Motherboard GA X38 DS5 Sept 20 2007 Motherboard GA X38 DS5 Sept 20 2007...

Page 3: ...form or by any means without GIGABYTE s prior written permission Documentation Classifications Inordertoassistintheuseofthisproduct GIGABYTEprovidesthefollowingtypesofdocumentations For quick set up o...

Page 4: ...2 Installing a Memory 17 1 5 Installing an Expansion Card 18 1 6 Installing the SATABracket 19 1 7 Back Panel Connectors 20 1 8 InternalConnectors 22 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 35 2 1 StartupScreen 36 2 2 T...

Page 5: ...iguring SATA Hard Drive s 75 5 1 1 Configuring Intel ICH9R SATA Controllers 75 5 1 2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5 1 3 Making a SATA RAID AHCI Driver Diskette 87 5 1 4 Installing the...

Page 6: ...contents above are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on product package you obtain The box contents are subject to change without notice Optional Items 2 port USB 2 0 bracket Part N...

Page 7: ..._1 SYS_FAN1 USB_1394_2 GIGABYTE SATA2 SPDIF_IN F_1394 F_PANEL PWR_LED F_USB2 LPT SYS_FAN2 IDE F_USB1 CD_IN FDD PCIE_16_1 PCIE_2 CODEC TSB43AB23 PCIE_16_2 PCI1 PCI2 BAT GSATAIIA IT8718 Intel ICH9R PCIE...

Page 8: ...12 USB Ports IT8718 CPU CLK 400 333 266 200 MHz TSB43AB23 Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Line Out MIC Line In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Side Speaker Out Surround Speaker Out CODEC PCIe CLK 100 MHz PCI Express...

Page 9: ...r hands dry and first touch a metal object to eliminate static electricity Prior to installing the motherboard please have it on top of an antistatic pad or within an electrostaticshieldingcontainer B...

Page 10: ...k ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2 4 5 1 7 1 channel Support for DTS dts NEO PC Support for S PDIF In Out Support for CD In LAN Realtek 8111B chip 10 100 1000 Mbit Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express...

Page 11: ...x S PDIF In header 1 x S PDIF Out header 2 x USB 2 0 1 1 headers 1 x IEEE 1394a header 1 x parallel port header 1 x Trusted Platform Module TPM header 1 x serial port header 1 x power LED header 1 x c...

Page 12: ...05V to 0 35V with 0 05V increment Increase G MCH voltage by 0 025V to 0 375V with 0 025V increment Frequency adjustments in BIOS Setup CPU DDR2 PCIe allow you to Adjust CPU host frequency from 100 MH...

Page 13: ...the surface of the CPU Do not turn on the computer if the CPU cooler is not installed otherwise overheating and damage of the CPU may occur Set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the CPU specif...

Page 14: ...U socket or you may align the CPU notches with the socket alignment keys and gently insert the CPU into position Step 3 Lift the metal load plate on the CPU socket Step 5 Once the CPU is properly inse...

Page 15: ...he CPU cooler because the thermal grease tape between the CPU cooler and CPU may adhere to the CPU Inadequately removing the CPU cooler may damage the CPU Step 5 After the installation check the back...

Page 16: ...will double the original memory bandwidth The four DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as following Channel 0 DDRII1 DDRII2 Channel 1 DDRII3 DDRII...

Page 17: ...ion of the memory module Spread the retaining clips at both ends of the memory socket Place the memory module on the socket As indicated in the picture on the left place your fingers on the top edge o...

Page 18: ...el with a screw 5 After installing all expansion cards replace the chassis cover s 6 Turn on your computer If necessary go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card s 7 I...

Page 19: ...e bracket The SATA bracket allows you to connect external SATA device s to your system by expanding the internal SATA port s to the chassis back panel Turn off your system and the power switch on the...

Page 20: ...yboard Coaxial S PDIF Out Connector This connector provides digital audio out to an external audio system that supports digital coaxial audio Before using this feature ensure that your audio system pr...

Page 21: ...ne in devices such as an optical drive walkman etc Line Out Jack Green The default line out jack Use this audio jack for a headphone or 2 channel speaker This jack can be used to connect front speaker...

Page 22: ...prevent damage to the devices After installing the device and before turning on the computer make sure the device cable has been securely attached to the connector on the motherboard 1 ATX_12V_2X 2 AT...

Page 23: ...X_12V_2X ATX ATX Use of a power supply providing a 2x4 12V power connector is recommended by the CPU manufacturer when using an Intel Extreme Edition CPU 130W To meet expansion requirements it is reco...

Page 24: ...e motherboard has a 4 pin CPU fan header CPU_FAN a 3 pin SYS_FAN1 and a 4 pin SYS_FAN2 system fan header and a 3 pin power fan header PWR_FAN Each fan header supplies a 12V power voltage and possesses...

Page 25: ...may lead to an unstable system PIin No Definition 1 NC 2 GND 3 GND 4 12V 1 8 FDD Floppy Disk Drive Connector This connector is used to connect a floppy disk drive The types of floppy disk drives suppo...

Page 26: ...b s standard Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device The ICH9R controller supports RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 and RAID 10 Refer to Chapter 5 Configuring SATA Hard Drive s for instructions on confi...

Page 27: ...Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires two hard drives GSATAIIA GSATAIIB 7 1 7 1 12 PWR_LED System Power LED Header This header can be used to...

Page 28: ...Blue Connects to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel The LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data RES Reset Switch Green Connects to the reset switch on the chassis...

Page 29: ...io header supports HD audio by default If your chassis provides an AC 97 front panel audio module refer to the instructions on how to activate AC 97 functioninality via the audio software in Chapter 5...

Page 30: ...s a S PDIF digital audio cable provided by expansion cards for digital audio output from your motherboard to certain expansion cards like graphics cards and sound cards For example some graphics cards...

Page 31: ...he IEEE 1394a bracket To connect an IEEE 1394a device attach one end of the device cable to your computer and then attach the other end of the cable to the IEEE 1394a device Ensure that the cable is s...

Page 32: ...nnect a TPM Trusted Platform Module to this header 1 2 19 20 Pin No Definition 1 STB 2 AFD 3 PD0 4 ERR 5 PD1 6 INIT 7 PD2 8 SLIN 9 PD3 10 GND 11 PD4 12 GND 13 PD5 Pin No Definition 14 GND 15 PD6 16 GN...

Page 33: ...the battery Replace the battery with an equivalent one Danger of explosion if the battery is replaced with an incorrect model Contact the place of purchase or local dealer if you are not able to repl...

Page 34: ...cord from the power outlet before clearing the CMOS values After clearing the CMOS values and before turning on your computer be sure to remove the jumper cap from the jumper Failure to do so may cau...

Page 35: ...sily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system BIOS is a Windows based utility that searches and downloads the latest version of BIOS from the Internet and updates the BIOS For ins...

Page 36: ...IOS Setup In Boot Menu use the up arrow key or the down arrow key to select the first boot device then press Enter to accept To exit Boot Menu press Esc The system will directly boot from the device c...

Page 37: ...menus only F5 Restore the previous BIOS settings for the current submenus F6 Load the Fail Safe BIOS default settings for the current submenus F7 Load the Optimized BIOS default settings for the curre...

Page 38: ...ower Management Setup Use this menu to configure all the power saving functions PnP PCI Configurations Use this menu to configure the system s PCI PnP resources PC Health Status Use this menu to see i...

Page 39: ...rd CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Thu Jul 26 2007 Time hh mm ss 18 25 04 IDE Channel 0 Master None IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None IDE Channel 1 Slave None IDE Channel 2 Master None ID...

Page 40: ...ed hard drive Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinder Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A Allows you to selects the type of flop...

Page 41: ...BIOS Setup program HDD S M A R T Capability Enables or disables the S M A R T Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology capability of your hard drive This feature allows your system to report read writ...

Page 42: ...stem halt state to decrease power consumption Default Enabled CPU Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Note Enables or disables Intel CPU Thermal Monitor TM2 function a CPU overheating protection function When enabl...

Page 43: ...s 9X ME Default Enabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that support Native mode e g Windows XP 2000 USB Contr...

Page 44: ...ble This feature will detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to the fault or short Refer to the following information for diagnosing your LAN cable When No LAN Cable Is Attached If n...

Page 45: ...TA IDE Ctrl Mode GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip or configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode IDE Disables RAID for the SA...

Page 46: ...button is pressed for less than 4 seconds the system will enter suspend mode PME Event Wake Up Allows the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by a wake up signal from a PCI or PCIe device N...

Page 47: ...les this function Default Double Click Double click on left button on the PS 2 mouse to turn on the system Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on by a PS 2 keyboard wake up event Note...

Page 48: ...signment Auto BIOS auto assigns IRQ to the second PCI slot Default 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Assigns IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to the second PCI slot CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2007 Award S...

Page 49: ...PU temperature When CPU temperature exceeds the threshold BIOS will emit warning sound Options are Disabled default 60o C 140o F 70o C 158o F 80o C 176o F 90o C 194o F CPU SYSTEM POWER FAN Fail Warnin...

Page 50: ...FAN Mode Specifies how to control CPU fan speed This item is configurable only if CPU Smart FAN Control is set to Enabled Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of CPU fan installed and sets the optimal...

Page 51: ...Multiplier SPD Auto Memory Frequency Mhz 667 667 High Speed DRAM DLL Settings Option 1 DRAM Timing Selectable SPD Auto x CAS Latency Time 4 Auto x DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 4 Auto x DRAM RAS Precharge 4 A...

Page 52: ...Express Frequency Mhz Allows you to manually set the PCIe clock frequency The adjustable range is from 90 MHz to 150 MHz Auto sets the PCIe clock frequency to standard 100 MHz Default Auto C I A 2 CP...

Page 53: ...Option 1 or Option 2 to help make your system more stable Option 1 Memory Timing Configuration 1 Default Option 2 Memory Timing Configuration 2 DRAM Timing Selectable SPD Manual allows all DRAM Timing...

Page 54: ...fault 0 05V 0 35V Increases PCIe bus voltage by 0 05V to 0 35V at 0 05V increment FSB OverVoltage Control Allows you to set the Front Side Bus voltage Normal Supplies the FSB voltage as required Defau...

Page 55: ...ad Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Press Enter on this item and then press the Y key to load the optimal...

Page 56: ...tup program allows you to specify two separate passwords Supervisor Password When a system password is set and the Password Check item in Advanced BIOS Features is set to Setup you must enter the supe...

Page 57: ...07 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ESC Quit KLJI Select...

Page 58: ...GA X38 DS5 Motherboard 58 English...

Page 59: ...go to My Computer double click the optical drive and execute the Run exe program Please ignore the popup dialog box es e g the Found New Hardware Wizard dis played when Xpress Install is installing th...

Page 60: ...displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software You may press the Install button following an item to install it 3 3 Driver CD Information This page provides inf...

Page 61: ...are Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard 3 5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branc...

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Page 63: ...hard drive for the operating system Xpress Recovery2 can only back up restore the first physical hard drive that has the operating system installed As Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file at the...

Page 64: ...s the example operating system A Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive 1 Set CD ROM drive as the first boot device under Advanced BIOS Features in the BIOS Setup program Save the chang...

Page 65: ...tall the operating system and re partition your hard drive Figure 7 4 After the operating system is installed right click the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Manage Figure 4 Go to Computer...

Page 66: ...you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2 later simply press F9 during the POST Figure 9 Figure 8 Figure 9 B Accessing Xpress Recovery2 1 Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for...

Page 67: ...Management and hard drive space will be freed up Figure 16 Figure 15 Figure 16 D Using the Restore Function in Xpress Recovery2 Select RESTORE to restore the backup to your hard drive in case the syst...

Page 68: ...the BIOS without the need to enter MS DOS mode Additionally this motherboard features the Dual BIOSTM design which enhances protection for the safety and stability of your computer by adding one more...

Page 69: ...Flash only supports USB flash drive or hard drives using FAT32 16 12 file system If the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE SATA...

Page 70: ...and press Enter to load BIOS defaults System will re detect all peripherals devices after a BIOS update so we recommend that you reload BIOS defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2007 Award So...

Page 71: ...s and TSR Terminate and Stay Resident programs This helps prevent unexpected failures when performing a BIOS update 2 During the BIOS update process ensure the Internet connection is stable and do NOT...

Page 72: ...ard model Updating the BIOS with an incorrect BIOS file could result in an unbootable system If the BIOS update file for your motherboard is not present on the BIOS server site please manually downloa...

Page 73: ...se components Incorrectly doing overclock overvoltage may result in damage to CPU chipset or memory and reduce the useful life of these components Before you do the overclock overvoltage make sure tha...

Page 74: ...enable the ReadyBoost function Step 1 Go to Computer Right click on the USB flash drive icon and choose Properties Step 2 In the ReadyBoost tab select Use this device Under Space to reserve for system...

Page 75: ...s to ensure optimal performance it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity If you do not want to create RAID you may prepare only one hard drive An empty formatte...

Page 76: ...e shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version Step 2 Save changes and exit BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID AHCI Mo...

Page 77: ...nter Figure 2 Figure 3 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 5 0 1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reversed RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive...

Page 78: ...ected the stripe block size press Enter Figure 5 Figure 4 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 5 0 1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reversed CREATE VOLUME MEN...

Page 79: ...can see detailed information about the RAID array in the DISK VOLUME INFORMATION section including the RAID level stripe block size array name and array capacity etc Figure 7 Figure 7 Intel R Matrix...

Page 80: ...onfirm or N to abort Figure 8 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 5 0 1017 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reversed DELETE VOLUME MENU HELP Deleting a volume wil...

Page 81: ...nabled Then set Onboard SATA IDE Ctrl Mode to RAID IDE Figure 1 If you do not want to create RAID set this item to IDE or AHCI depending on your need The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may...

Page 82: ...on RAID ODD0 DVDROM GO D1600B Press Ctrl G to enter RAID Setup Utility In the main screen of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility Figure 3 use the up or down arrow key to highlight through choices in...

Page 83: ...chnology Corp PCIE to SATAII IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1 06 59 Create New RAID Name GRAID Level 0 Stripe Disks Select Disk Block 128 KB Size 240 GB Confirm Creation RAID Disk Drive List KL Switch RAID...

Page 84: ...pe size which will be used to divide data from to seperate RAID members The following are typical values RAID 0 128KB Figure 7 5 Set Array Size Under the Size item enter the size of the array and pres...

Page 85: ...CIE to SATAII IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1 06 59 Main Menu Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Withou...

Page 86: ...ID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to Non RAID Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving RAID Disk Drive List KL Select RAID SPACE Mark Delete DEL...

Page 87: ...ommands Press Enter after each command Figure 1 cd bootdrv menu Step 2 When the controller menu Figure 2 appears remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk Select the controller drive...

Page 88: ...which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify addit...

Page 89: ...Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen Intel R ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller Desktop ICH9R Intel R 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller Mobile ICH8M E Intel R 8280...

Page 90: ...er Windows 2K XP 2003 To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage de...

Page 91: ...Figure 7 WindowsXP Professional Setup Enter Continue R Repair F3 Exit Welcome to Setup This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft R Windows R XP to run on your computer To set up Windows XP no...

Page 92: ...r system Intel ICH9R SATA controllers Step 1 Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps When a screen similar to that below appears select...

Page 93: ...ontrollers are set to AHCI mode Step 3 When a screen as shown in Figure 10 appears select Intel R ICH8R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller Note and press Next Step 4 After the driver is loaded select the RAID...

Page 94: ...indows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps When a screen similar to that below appears RAID AHCI hard drive s will not be detected at this stage select Load Driver Figure 12 Fi...

Page 95: ...own in Figure 14 appears select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press Next Step 4 After the driver is loaded select the RAID AHCI drive s where you want to install the operating system and then press N...

Page 96: ...ition Audio HD Audio HD Audio includes multiple high quality digital to analog converters DACs that support 48KHz sam pling rate HD Audio features multistreaming capabilities that allow multiple audio...

Page 97: ...en click OK to complete the configuration B Configuring Sound Effect You may configure an audio environment on the Sound Effect tab C Configuring AC 97 Audio If you want to connect an AC 97 front pane...

Page 98: ...irst attach the connector at the end of the cable to the SPDIF_IN header on your motherboard Step 2 Secure the metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw S PDIF In The S PDIF in jacks allow...

Page 99: ...tput source Click OK to complete the configuration S PDIF Out The S PDIF out jacks can transmit audio signals to an external decoder for decoding to get the best audio quality Connect a S PDIF coaxial...

Page 100: ...des you more controls over dts NEO PC Music Mode Cinema Mode 2 dts NEO PC Press this button to enable or disable the dts NEO PC function Enabling dts NEO PC allows the system to transform ordinary 2 c...

Page 101: ...your system tray and click it to open the volume control panel 5 2 4 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1 After installing the audio driver the Audio Manager icon will appear in your system tray D...

Page 102: ...Mute check box under Front Pink In or Front Green In in Master Volume It is recommended that you set the volume at a middle level To hear the sound being recorded during the record ing process when u...

Page 103: ...e sound recording 5 2 5 Using the Sound Recorder Recording the Sound 1 Make sure you have connected the audio input device e g microphone to the computer 2 On the File menu choose New 3 To record a so...

Page 104: ...fter about one minute Refer to the steps below Steps 1 Turn off your computer and unplug the power cord 2 Gently remove the battery from the battery holder and wait for one minute Or use a metal objec...

Page 105: ...installed properly on the memory slot Yes Yes START Make sure the motherboard does not short circuit with the chassis or other metal objects Insertthegraphicscard ConnecttheATXmainpowercableandthe12V...

Page 106: ...ht fail The keyboard or mouse might fail A Turn off the computer and connect the IDE SATA devices Check if the system can boot successfully Press Delete to enter BIOS Setup Select Load Fail Safe Defau...

Page 107: ...GIGABYTE are continuing our efforts to develop products that do not use internationally banned toxic chemicals Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Statement GIGABYTE will fulfill the...

Page 108: ...ed batteries properly With your help we can reduce the amount of natural resources needed to produce electrical and electronic equipment minimize the use of landfills for the disposal of end of life p...

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