GA-M750SLI-DS4

Gigabyte GA-M750SLI-DS4 Owner's manual

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GA-M750SLI-DS4
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1002
12MC-M75SLID4-1002R
Motherboard
GA-M750SLI-DS4
May 15, 2008
Motherboard
GA-M750SLI-DS4
May 15, 2008
© 2008
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-M750SLI-DS4 ............................................................................. 7
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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 SLI (Scalable Link Interface ) .................... 19
1-7 ................................................................................... 21
1-8 ....................................................................................... 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 ( ) ....................................................... 48
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 51
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 53
2-9 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 54
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 56
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 56
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 57
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 58
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 58
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3-1 ............................................................................... 59
3-2 ............................................................................................ 60
3-3 ................................................................................... 60
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 61
3-5 ................................................................................................. 61
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 63
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 68
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS........................................................................ 68
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 71
4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 73
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 74
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 75
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 75
5-1-2 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .80
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 81
5-2 /........................................................................ 87
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 87
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 89
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 91
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 93
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 94
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 94
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 95
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GA-M750SLI-DS4 - 1
- 1
- 1 - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
GC-DGBR2-RH (SLI )- 1
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(SPDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)
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GA-M750SLI-DS4
KB_USB
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-M750SLI-DS4
USB_1394
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
M_BIOS
F_USB1
IDE
CI
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
BATTERY
IT8720
CPU_FAN
SATA2_2
ATX_12V_2X4
NVIDIA® nForce® 750a SLI
PCIEX16_1
CLR_CMOS
RCA_SPDIF
VGA_DVI
CODEC
PWR_FAN
COMA
SPDIF_OUT
PCIE_12V
FDD
F1_1394_1
PWR_LED
F_PANEL
PCIEX1_1
USB_LAN1
RTL8211B
B_BIOS
TSB43AB23
PCIEX8_1
F1_1394_2
SYS_FAN1
PCI1
PCI2
SATA2_0
SATA2_4
SPDIF_IN LPT
F_USB2
F_USB3
SYS_FAN2
SATA2_3
SATA2_1
SATA2_5
PCIEX1_2
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AMD Socket
AM2+/AM2
CPU
Hyper Transport 3.0
NVIDIA®
nForce®
750a SLI
PCI Bus
Dual Channel Memory
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
3 IEEE 1394a
IT8720
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
CPU CLK+/- (200 MHz)
TSB43AB23
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
PCI Express Bus
RTL
8211B
LAN RJ45
DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz
2 PCI
PCI Express x16 Bus
2 PCI Express x81 PCI Express x16
Switch
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
SLI ModeNormal Mode
Dual BIOS
6 SATA 3Gb/s
12 USB Ports
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
D-Sub
DVI-D
RGMII Bus
2 PCI Express x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz) x1
LPC Bus
PS/2 KB Mouse
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1-1
(CPU)
GA-M750SLI-DS4 - 10 -
1-2
(CPU) AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX / AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 / AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
( )
Hyper Transport Bus 5200/2000 MT/s
NVIDIA® nForce® 750a SLI
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8211B (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 ( )
1PCI Express x8
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 PCI Express 2.0)
2PCI Express x1
2PCI
NVIDIA® nForce® 750a SLI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33
2IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s ( )
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 JBOD
iTE IT8720
- 1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (1 2
IEEE 1394a )
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (6 6
USB )
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124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12 V
14-pin PCIe 12 V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
3USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
1
1
1
1
1PS/2 PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
1D-Sub
1DVI-D ( )
6USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8720
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU/ ( )
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( ) Windows XP/Vista 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) PCIEX16_1
PCIEX16_1 x8
( ) SATA2_4 SATA2_5 AHCI/RAID
( ) DVI-D D-Sub
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Virtual Dual BIOS
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 22.4
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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 ( )
AM2+/AM2 CPU
AM2
CPU
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B. CPU CPU
CPU ( )
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU CPU
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1-3-2 CPU CPU ( )
CPU CPU
()
CPU
CPU
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU CPU
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1-4
( )
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
1-4-1 4DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR2_1 DDR2_3 ( 13)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_2 DDR2_4 ( 24)
CPU
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
2
4
DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
DDR2
DDR2_1 DDR2_2
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1-4-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI
PCI Express x16/x8
PCI Express x1
PCIE_12V
PCI Express
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1-6 SLI (Scalable Link Interface )
NVIDIA® nForce® 750a SLI NVIDIA SLI
SLI
A.
1. 5V 12V
20A 400W SLI
2.
NVIDIA® SLI Windows XP Vista
3.
PCI Express PCIEX16_1
SLI SLI PCIEX16_1
PCIEX8_1 (GV-NX85T256H)
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B.
1-5
SLI PCI Express
PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
SLI (GC-DGBR2-RH)
PCIEX16_1
(SLI
PCIEX16_1 )
C.
NVIDIA
SLI SLI
(SLI )
SLI
/