Gigabyte 8INXP E7205 Granite Bay Dual Channel DDR Mainboard Gallery (3)
Overclocker 18 Nov 2002

The Mainboard 

DPS is a new innovative design by Gigabyte, it can function in parallel mode or backup mode.

Parallel Mode
Advantages
Provide 6 Phase Power which able to support almost 10GHz CPU
Supply larger and more stable current: Approx 150A
Lower thermal on MOSFET
Greater over clocking capabilities
Auto Backup Mode enabled

Backup Mode
I. During Backup Mode, DPVRM supplies the main power resource. VRD work as a backup power system
II. Any malfunction occurs to the DPVRM, the system will automatically reboot and VRD will take over as main power resource

Advantages
Onboard component durability stays longer
Change new DPVRM and all will back as same before
The Dual Power System only could support Auto Mode (Parallel Mode) now

According to Gigabyte, using DPS lowers temperature by 5 Degrees Celsius.

Gigabyte introduces the SATA "hot swappable kit". The bracket can be connected to the on board SATA ports and SATA HD can be plug in/out at the rear of your PC.

The BIOS screen shot shows that 8INXP is running in Dual Channel Mode. Two similar specs DDR modules is suggested. I tried pairing up a double sided and single sided and it can't operate in dual channel mode. Instead of 512M, it is recognised as 256M on board.

Ram timings can be set if you access the hidden Advanced Chipset features by pressing Ctrl+F1. Once activated, you can set the ram timings accordingly.

Although this board is a Workstation class board, Gigabyte still include overclocking features onto it.

CPU Host frequency : 100 ~ 200 (1 Mhz stepping)
PCI/AGP : AUTO, 33/67 ~ 48/97
DIMM voltage : Default ~ +0.3v
AGP : Default ~ +0.3v
CPU Voltage : Default ~ 1.725v

You can select the display language of the BIOS. There in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified and Japanese.

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