Gigabyte GA-8IG1000MF-P: Chapter 1 Introduction

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Features Summary

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

Motherboard y GA-8IG1000MF or GA-8IG1000MF-P

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CPU y Socket 478 for Intel

Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium

4 processor

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y Supports Intel

Pentium

4 (Northwood, Prescott) processor

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(Note)

y Supports Intel

Pentium

4 Processor with HT Technology

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y Intel

Pentium

4 800/533/400MHz FSB

y 2nd cache depends on CPU

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Chipset y Intel

Chipset 865G HOST/AGP/Controller

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y Intel

ICH5 I/O Controller Hub

Memory y 4 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

y Supports Dual Channel DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 DIMM

y Supports 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB unbuffered DRAM

y Supports up to 4GB DRAM (Max)

y Supports only DDR DIMM

I/O Control y IT8712F

Slots y 1 AGP slot supports 4X/8X (1.5V) device

y 3 PCI slots support 33MHz & PCI 2.3 compliant

On-Board IDE y 2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2) with

PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100) operation modes

y Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

Serial ATA y 2 Serial ATA connectors in 150 MB/s operation mode

y Controlled by ICH5

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, COMB on board

y 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 x Rear, 4 x Front by cable)

y 1 IrDA connector for IR

y 2 IEEE1394 ports (by cable)

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

to be continued...

Due to chipset (Intel 865G) architecture limitation, DDR 400 memory module is only supported

when using FSB 800 Pentium 4 processor. A FSB 533 Pentium 4 processor will support

DDR333 and DDR266 memory module. A FSB 400 Pentium 4 processor will only support

DDR 266 memory module.

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