Gigabyte GA-8I915GV-M User's Manual

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GA-8I915GV-MF/ GA-8I915GVM Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 Processor Motherboard User's Manual Rev. 1202 12ME-I915GVMF-1202 * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste an...

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Motherboard GA-8I915GV-MF/ GA-8I915GVM Nov. 24, 2004 Nov. 24, 2004 Motherboard GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM ...

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Copyright © 2004 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies. Notice The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte. No p...

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- 4 - Table of Content GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard Layout ................................................... 6 Block Diagram ................................................................................................................ 7...

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- 5 - Chapter 3 Install Drivers ............................................................................................. 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 47 3-2 ...

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- 6 - GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard Layout KB_MS ATX_12V CPU_FAN LGA775 IR BAT TSB43AB23 RTL8110S RTL8100C SATA0 ICH6 BIOS PCI1 PCI2 DDR1 DDR3 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 FDD PWR_LED F_PANEL CLR_CMOS F1_1394 F2_1394 PCIE_1 F_USB2F_USB1 COMB CODEC VGA L...

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- 7 - Block Diagram Only for GA-8I915GV-MF. Only for GA-8I915GVM. TSB43AB23 3 IEEE1394 LGA775 Processor CPUCLK+/-(200/133MHz) VGA BIOS 33MHz 14.318MHz DDR400/333MHz DIMM Host Interface Intel 915GV GMCH GMCHCLK (200/133MHz) 66MHz 48MHz PCI Bus 4 Se...

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Hardware Installation- 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). ...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 10 - English CPU  Supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 CPU  Supports 800/533MHz FSB  L2 cache varies with CPU Chipset  Northbridge: Intel ® 915GV Express chipset  Southbridge: Int...

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Hardware Installation- 11 - English I/O Control  IT8712 Hardware Monitor  System voltage detection  CPU temperature detection  CPU / System fan speed detection  CPU warning temperature  CPU / System fan failure warning  CPU smart...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU. 2. Please take note of th...

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Hardware Installation- 13 - English 1-3-2 Installation of the Heatsink Fig.1 Please apply an even layer of heatsink paste on the surface of the installed CPU. The heatsink may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heatsink paste.To preven...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 14 - English 1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it down. 3. Close the plastic clip a...

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Hardware Installation- 15 - English GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double. GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM includes 4 DIMM sockets, and each Chan...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Install expansion cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below: 1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion ca...

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Hardware Installation- 17 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard o the lower port (purple). Parallel Port T...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) CPU_FAN 4) SYS_FAN 5) FDD 6) IDE 7) SATA0 / SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 8) F_PANEL 9) PWR_LED 10) AZALIA_FP 11) CD_IN 12) F_USB1 / F_USB...

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Hardware Installation- 19 - English 1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, please make s...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 20 - English 1 5) FDD (Floppy Connector) The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive. The types of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB...

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Hardware Installation- 21 - English 6) IDE (IDE Connector) An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector. One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable, and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices (hard drive or optica...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 22 - English 8) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper) Please connect the power LED, PC peaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment below...

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Hardware Installation- 23 - English 1 Pin No. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 1 9 2 10 10) AZALIA_FP(Front Audio Panel Connector) This connector is supported to connect HD(High Definition) Audio and AC'97 Audio. Check the pin assignment carefull...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 24 - English 11) CD_IN (CD IN) Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. 1 Pin No. Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD -R 1 2 9 10 12) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 (Front USB Connector) Be careful with the polar...

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Hardware Installation- 25 - English 2 10 1 9 F2_1394 F1_1394 Pin No. Definition 1 TPA2+ 2 TPA2- 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB2+ 6 TPB2- 7 No Pin 8 Power 9 Power 10 GND Pin No. Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 TPA0+ 4 TPA0- 5 GND 6 GND 7 TPB0+ 8 TPB0- 9 Power 10 Powe...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 26 - English Pin No. Definition 1 NDCD A/B- 2 NSIN A/B 3 NSOUT A/B 4 NDTR A/B- 5 GND 6 NDSR A/B- 7 NRTS A/B- 8 NCTS A/B- 9 NRI A/B- 10 No Pin 2 10 19 16) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS) You may clear the CMOS data to its...

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Hardware Installation- 27 - English 17) BAT(Battery) Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's...

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BIOS Setup- 29 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the mother...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 30 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : E2) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and pre...

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BIOS Setup- 31 - English    Set User Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system.    Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.    Exi...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 32 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month...

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BIOS Setup- 33 - English Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer. None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5.25" 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capaci...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it u...

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BIOS Setup- 35 - English Password Check Setup The system will boot but will not access to Setup page if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) System The system will not boot and will not access to Setup page if the correc...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-...

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BIOS Setup- 37 - English On-Chip SATA Mode Disabled Disable this function. Auto BIOS will auto detect. (Default value) Combined Set On-Chip SATA mode to Combined, you can use up to 4 HDDs on the motherboard; 2 for SATA and the other for PATA IDE. En...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 38 - English Onboard H/W 1394 Enabled Enable onboard IEEE 1394 function.(Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Onboard H/W LAN Enabled Enable Onboard H/W LAN function. (Default value) Disabled Disable...

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BIOS Setup- 39 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Instant-off Press power but...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 40 - English Resume by Alarm You can set "Resume by Alarm" item to enabled and key in Date/time to power on system. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable alarm function to POW...

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BIOS Setup- 41 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default v...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 42 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V Detect system's voltage status automatically. Current CPU Temperature Detect CPU temperature automatically. Current CPU/SY...

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BIOS Setup- 43 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection. The option will display "Locked" and read only if the CPU ratio is not changeable. Memory Frequency Fo...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 44 - English 2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award S...

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BIOS Setup- 45 - English 2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the c...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 46 - English 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type &...

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Install Drivers- 47 - English Chapter 3 Install Drivers Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 48 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver C...

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Install Drivers- 49 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details. ...

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Appendix- 51 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) allows user to access and change BIOS feature settings with relative speed and ease. Through GIG...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 52 - English 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility. Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such a...

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Appendix- 53 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery ? Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition. If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can restore the drive to its original st...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 54 - English 2. Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode) Press F9 during powering on the computer . Xpress Recovery V1.0 (C) Copy Right 2003. GIGABYTE Technology CO. , Ltd. 1. Execute Backup Utili...

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Appendix- 55 - English 1. Execute Backup Utility:    Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your hard drive. Not all systems support acc...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 56 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they ...

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Appendix- 57 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software  Standard CMOS Features  Advanced BIOS Features  Integrated Peripherals  Power Management Setup  PnP/PCI Configurations ...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 58 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49L...

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Appendix- 59 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... ...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 60 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software  Standard CMOS Features  Advanced BIOS Features  Integrated Peripherals  Power Management Setup  PnP/PCI Configurations  ...

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Appendix- 61 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. Task menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your ...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 62 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash T...

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Appendix- 63 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the l...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 64 - English III. Save BIOS In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM: ...

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Appendix- 65 - English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Line Out Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 66 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Con...

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Appendix- 67 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out". STEP ...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 68 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Center/ Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoof...

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Appendix- 69 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to http://tw.giga-byte.com/faq/faq.htm Question 1: I cannot see some op...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 70 - English Question 7: Why cannot I use the IDE 2? Answer: Please refer to the user manual and check whether you have connected any cable that is not provided with the motherboard package to the USB Over Curr...

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Appendix- 79 - English      Taiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan TEL: +886 (2) 8912-4888 FAX: +886 (2) 8912-4003 Tech. Support : http://tw.giga-byte.co...

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GA-8I915GV-MF/GA-8I915GVM Motherboard - 80 - English      China NINGBO G.B.T. TECH. TRADING CO., LTD. Tech. Support : http://cn.giga-byte.com/TechSupport/ServiceCenter.htm Non-Tech. Support(Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com...