Gigabyte GA-8I845GV-C: Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction: Gigabyte GA-8I845GV-C

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Features Summary

Form Factor y 20.9cm x 24.3cm Micro ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB

Motherboard y GA-8I845GV or GA-8I845GV-C

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CPU y Socket 478 for Intel

Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium

4 processor

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y Support Intel

Pentium

4 (Celeron, Willamette, Northwood) processor

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y Support Intel

Pentium

4 Processor with HT Technology

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y Intel

Pentium

4 533/400MHz FSB

y 2nd cache depends on CPU

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Chipset y Intel

Chipset 845GV HOST/AGP/Controller

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y Intel

ICH4 I/O Controller Hub

Memory y 2 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

y Supports DDR333/DDR266/DDR200 DIMM

y Supports up to 2GB DRAM (Max)

y Supports only 2.5V DDR SDRAM

I/O Control y ITE8712F

Slots y 3 PCI slots support 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant

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On-Board IDE y 2 IDE controller on the Intel

ICH4 PCI chipset provides

IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/

ATA66/ATA100) operation modes

y Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

On-Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes

y 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode

y 1 Serial port (COMA), 1 VGA port, Game port, COMB on board

y 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 x Rear, 4 x Front by cable)

y 1 IrDA connector for IR

y 1 Front Audio connector

Hardware Monitor y CPU/System fan revolution detect

y CPU temperature detect

y CPU warning temperature

y System voltage detect

y CPU/System fan fail warning

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On-Board VGA y Built-in Intel

845GV chipset

On-Board LAN * y Builit-in RTL8100C chipset *

y 1 RJ45 port *

On-Board Sound y Realtek ALC655 codec

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y Line Out / 2 front speaker

y Line In / 2 rear speaker (by s/w switch)

y Mic In / center & subwoofer (by s/w switch)

y SPDIF In / Out

y CD In

PS/2 Connector y PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace

BIOS y Licensed AWARD BIOS

y Supports Q-Flash

Additional Features y PS/2 Keyboard power on by password

y PS/2 Mouse power on

y STR (Suspend-To-RAM)

y AC Recovery

y Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection

y USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3

y Supports @BIOS

y Supports EasyTune 4

Overclocking y Over clock (CPU/DDR/AGP/PCI) by BIOS

HT functionality requirement content :

Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your computer system requires all

of the following platform components:

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- CPU: An Intel

Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology

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- Chipset: An Intel

Chipset that supports HT Technology

- BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled

- OS: An operation system that has optimizations for HT Technology

Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor's specifications.

We don't recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU's specification because

these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU, chipset and most of the

peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will

depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU, Memory, Cards…etc.

* For GA-8I845GV only.

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GA-8I845GV Series Motherboard Layout

KB_MS

DIMM_LED

CPU_FAN

FDD

ATX

COMA

LPT

SOCKET 478

VGA

ATX_12V

LINE_OUT

GAME

LINE_IN

F_AUDIO

MIC_IN

GA-8I845GV

Intel 845GV

IDE2

IDE1

USB

LAN*

ITE8712

BATTERY

DDR1

DDR2

SYS _FAN

PCI1

RTL*

8100C

Intel ICH4

CLR_CMOS

PCI2

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-C

CI

SUR_CEN

PCI3

CODEC

F_USB2

BIOS

F_PANEL

IR

CD_IN

COMB

SPDIF_IO

F_USB1

PWR_LED

* For GA-8I845GV only.

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For GA-8I845GV-C only.

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Block Diagram

CPUCLK+/- (100/133MHz)

Pentium 4

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CPU

System Bus 400/533MHz

333/266 MHz

VGA Port

DDR RAM

Intel

MCHCLK+/- (100/133MHz)

845GV

AGPCLK

GMCHCLK (66MHz)

(66MHz)

66 MHz

33 MHz

3 PCI

14.318 MHz

48 MHz

FWH

Intel

Game Port

ICH 4

LPC BUS

Floppy

ITE8712

LPT Port

RTL8100C*

PS/2

AC97 Link

KB/Mouse

24 MHz

RJ45*

33 MHz

6 USB

ATA33/66/100

Ports

IDE Channels

(2.0/1.1)

2 COM Ports

AC97

PCICLK

CODEC

(33MHz)

MIC

LINE-IN

LINE-OUT

PCICLK (33MHz)

MCHCLK+/- (100/133MHz)

USBCLK (48MHz)

CLK

CPUCLK+/- (100/133MHz)

14.318 MHz

AGPCLK (66MHz)

GEN

33 MHz

GMCHCLK (66MHz)

24 MHz

ICH3V66 (66MHz)

* For GA-8I845GV only.

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