GA-MA790XT-UD4P

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P Owner's manual

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GA-MA790XT-UD4P
AM3 AMD PhenomTM II X4 /AMD PhenomTM II X3
Rev. 1004
12MC-MA79T4P-1004R
Motherboard
GA-MA790XT-UD4P
May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009
Motherboard
GA-MA790XT-UD4P
© 2009
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 13
1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 13
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15
1-4 ....................................................................................... 16
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 16
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 17
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-6 ATI CrossFireXTM ........................................................................ 19
1-7 SATA .................................................................................. 20
1-8 ................................................................................... 21
1-9 ....................................................................................... 23
BIOS ....................................................................................... 35
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 36
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 37
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 39
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 43
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 45
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 47
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 50
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 52
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 54
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 54
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 55
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 56
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 56
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 57
3-2 ............................................................................................ 58
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 58
3-4 ................................................................................................. 59
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 59
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 60
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 61
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 64
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 64
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 67
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 68
4-4 (Easy Energy Saver) ................................................. 69
4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 71
4-6 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 72
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 73
5-1-1 AMD SB750 ..................................................................... 73
5-1-2 GIGABYTE SATA2 ......................................................... 79
5-1-3 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .85
5-1-4 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 86
5-2 /........................................................................ 95
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 95
5-2-2 S/PDIF /................................................................................. 97
5-2-3 Dolby Home Theater ..................................................................... 99
5-2-4 .......................................................................................... 100
5-2-5 .......................................................................................... 102
5-3 ................................................................................................... 103
5-3-1 .............................................................................................................. 103
5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 104
5-4 ................................................................................................... 106
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GA-MA790XT-UD4P - 1
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IDE - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA - 1
I/O - 1
( 12CF1-1FD001-7*R)
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-5*R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-0*R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-3*R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-0*R)
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GA-MA790XT-UD4P
KB_MS
Socket AM3
ATX
GA-MA790XT-UD4P
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
M_BIOS
FDD
PCIEX16_1
IT8720
IDE
DDR3_1
DDR3_2
DDR3_3
DDR3_4
F_1394
TSB43AB23
PCIEX1_1
PCI1
BATTERY
CODEC
ATX_12V_2X4
AMD 790X
COM
PWR_LED
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
RTL8111C/D(L)
CPU_FAN
GSATA2_0 GSATA2_1
F_USB2
PCI2
SYS_FAN2
AMD SB750
F_PANEL
CI
SATA2_4
PWR_FAN
B_BIOS
AUDIO
RCA_SPDIF
R_USB
USB_1394_1
USB_1394
PCIEX1_2
PCIEX1_3
PCIEX8_1
SATA2_5
SYS_FAN1
SATA2_2
SATA2_3
SATA2_0
SATA2_1
GIGABYTE
SATA2
SPDIF_IN
SPDIF_OUT
CD_IN
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( ) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 PCIEX16_1 x8
AM3 CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
AMD 790X
DDR3 1666(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz
Dual Channel Memory
2 PCIe x8 ( )
1 PCIe x16( )
Switch
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express Bus
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
LPC BUS Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8720
Dual BIOS
6 SATA 3Gb/s
12 USB Ports
Line Out
MIC
CODEC
Line In
S/PDIF In
S/PDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
2 PCI
PCI Bus
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
AMD SB750
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1 x1
LAN
x1
2 SATA 3Gb/s GIGABYTE
SATA2
RTL8111C/D(L)
RJ45
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) AM3 AMD PhenomTM II X4 /
AMD PhenomTM II X3
( )
Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s
AMD 790X
AMD SB750
41.5V DDR3 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR3 1666(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
Dolby® Home Theater
S/PDIF /
CD
RTL8111C/D(L) (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16_1) ( )
1PCI Express x16 x8 (PCIEX8_1) ( )
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 ATI CrossFireXTM PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s (SATA2_0 SATA2_1 SATA2_2
SATA2_3 SATA2_4 SATA2_5) 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD
GIGABYTE SATA2
-2SATA 3Gb/s (GSATA2_0 GSATA2_1) 2
SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD
iTE IT8720
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (2 1
IEEE 1394a )
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
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124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
8SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
1IEEE 1394a
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
8USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8720
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU/ ( )
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
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@BIOS
Q-Flash
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Download Center
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
EasyTune ( )
(Easy Energy Saver)
Time Repair
Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 23.3
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) PCIEX16_1
PCIEX8_1 PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
PCIEX16_1 x8
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
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1-3
(CPU)
CPU
(CPU )
CPU
CPU ( ) CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
1-3-1 (CPU)
A. CPU ( ) CPU ( )
AM3 CPU
AM3
CPU
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B. CPU CPU
CPU ( )
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU CPU CPU
CPU
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CPU CPU
CPU CPU
1-3-2 CPU CPU ( )
CPU CPU
()
CPU
CPU
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
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1-4
( )
1-4-1 4DDR3 (Dual Channel
Technology) BIOS
4DDR3 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR3_1 DDR3_3 ( 13)
1 (Channel 1) DDR3_2 DDR3_4 ( 24)
CPU
1. DDR3
2. DDR3
( ) DDR3
DDR3_1 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR3
DDR3_1 DDR3_2
DDR3_1
DDR3_2
DDR3_3
DDR3_4
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1-4-2
DDR3 DDR2 DDR
DDR3
DDR3
DDR3
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCI Express x1
PCI
PCI Express x16 (PCIEX16_1)
PCI Express x16 (PCIEX8_1)
/PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
PCI Express
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1-6 ATI CrossFireXTM
A. -Windows Vista Windows XP
-PCI Express x16 CrossFireX
-CrossFireX
-CrossFireX ( )
- ( )
B.
1-5 PCI
Express x16
( )
CrossFireX
PCIEX16_1
C.
ATI Catalyst Control Center CrossFireX
CrossFireX
( )
CrossFireX
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1-7 SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
/