GA-8I945P PRO DRIVER

About Us Employment Privacy Policy. Also included is a multi-language illustrated hardware installation guide which essentially explains how to build a computer from start to finish. There's absolutely no reason not to use this, as installing it takes only a few seconds, even for a novice. The included single-language manual is well written and covers all the basics, going more in-depth with BIOS settings than we are used to seeing. We've seen a few other motherboard manufacturers slip up like this recently too, so we hope it does not become a trend. The GA-8IP Pro motherboard can use either 20 or pin ATX power connectors and comes with a small plastic insert to block off the unused four pins as necessary. Gigabyte gains some user-friendliness marks with its documentation.

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It's always good to see a motherboard that includes just about everything a user would need from the get-go.

Gigabyte GA-8IP Pro Intel P Motherboard Review -

Following along in the traditional Gigabyte manner, this motherboard comes with a nice pile of extras. Beginners Guides Cases and Access.

The ICH-7R Southbridge chip also features a small passive heatsink and this got quite toasty during testing. We used pin Pri powersupply for all testing. Gigabyte loses the user-friendliness marks they gained in the last paragraph.

Gigabyte GA-8I945P PRO - motherboard - ATX - LGA775 Socket - i945P

The necessary drivers are included on CD, as is ga-8i9455p program to create a driver floppy disk, but this is not explained in the documentation well. By default, the Intel P Northbridge chip is passively cooled, but Gigabyte has included a small 40mm fan that clips to the top of the heatsink. A new computer user trying to install Windows XP on this motherboard would be lost at this point.

The included single-language manual is well written and covers all the basics, going more in-depth with BIOS settings than we are used to seeing. We used the fan for all testing. There's absolutely no reason not to use this, as installing it takes only a few seconds, even for a novice.

Like clockwork, Intel can be relied upon to keep churning out chipsets, as well as reasons to want to use them. This is the first time we've had a chance to look at an Intel dual-core processor and supporting motherboard in action, so we're quite excited about the whole thing.

Also included is a multi-language illustrated hardware installation guide which essentially explains how to build a computer from start to finish.

The driver installation software is slick and easy to use too, though in our case it did not run automatically from the driver CD. About Us Employment Privacy Policy. Privacy policy and Terms of Use. A single PCI Express x16 slot provides the graphical interface.

Gigabyte GA-8IP PRO - motherboard - ATX - LGA Socket - iP Overview - CNET

The GA-8IP Pro motherboard can use either 20 or pin ATX power connectors and comes with a ga-8ii945p plastic insert to block off the unused four pins as necessary. Gigabyte gains some user-friendliness marks with its documentation.

We've seen a few other motherboard manufacturers slip up like this recently too, so we hope it does not become a trend. We had to run the application directly first.