GA-M55S-S3

Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3 Owner's manual

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GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)
AMD Socket AM2
Rev. 2002
12MC-M55S3R-2002R
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*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)
Nov. 10, 2006
Nov. 10, 2006
Motherboard
GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)
© 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 12
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13
1-4 ....................................................................................... 14
1-5 ................................................................................................. 16
1-6 ................................................................................... 17
1-7 ....................................................................................... 18
BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
(BIOS FAa).................................................................. 30
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 32
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 34
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 36
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 40
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 42
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 43
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)( /) ....................................... 45
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 47
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 47
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 48
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 49
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 49
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3-1 ............................................................................... 51
3-2 ............................................................................................ 52
3-3 ................................................................................... 52
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 53
3-5 ................................................................................................. 53
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 55
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 55
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 56
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 58
4-1-4 Serial ATA ............................................................................. 67
4-1-5 /// .............................................................................. 77
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 82
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2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
2IEEE 1394 ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
e-SATA ( 12CF1-3SATPW-11R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01/R)
IDE 1 1
SATA 3Gb/s 2
I/O
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GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)
KB_MS
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-M55S-S3
USB
LAN1
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BIOS
SYS_FAN
FDD
PCIE_16_1
PCIE_1
IT8716
IDE1
PCIE_2
SPDIF_I
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
F2_1394
F1_1394
TSB43AB23
PCIE_12V
PCIE_4
PCI1
BATTERY
F_PANEL
CI
PWR_FAN
CODEC
ATX_12V
nVIDIA®
nForce 550
LPT
USB
1394
COMA
SPDIF_O
SPDIFO_OPT
PCIE_3
PCI2
SATAII4
PWR_LED
F_USB3
F_USB2
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
SATAII1
SATAII2
SATAII3
Marvell
88E1116
CPU_FAN
REV: 2.0
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nVIDIA®
nForce 550
AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPUCLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
2 PCI
PCI Bus
4 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
DDRII 800/667/533 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
4 SATA 3Gb/s
10 USB
Ports
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channel
x1
PCI-ECLK
(100 MHz)
PCI-ECLK
(100 MHz)
LPC BUS
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LAN
RJ45
Marvell
88E1116
IT8716
x1 BIOS
x1
PCI Express x16
x1
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1-1
1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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1-2
AMD AthlonTM 64 FX / AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /
AthlonTM 64 / SempronTM
2000 MHz
nVIDIA® nForce 550
Marvell 88E1116 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC888 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
S/PDIF /
CD
IEEE1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE1394a
nVIDIA® nForce 550
-1 2
-1IDE UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133
2IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s (SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4)
4SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping+mirroring (RAID 0+1) RAID5
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
4DDRII DIMM 16GB( )
DDRII 800/667/533 DIMM
1.8V DDRII DIMM
ECC
1PCI Express x16
4PCI Express x1
2PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
3USB 2.0/1.1 6USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a 2IEEE 1394a
1
1
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( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1S/PDIF ( )
1S/PDIF ( )
1(COMA)
4USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / / ( )
/ ( ) / )
I/O IT8716
CPU
CPU / /
CPU
CPU / /
CPU ( )
BIOS 14 Mbit flash ROM
AWARD BIOS
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
ATX 30.5 x 23.4
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
1.
90
2.
( )
90
(1) ( )
(
2)
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1-3-2
1.
(
)
2.
CPU_FAN
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDRII BIOS
DDRII
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDRII ( )
GA-M55S-S3 --
Memory Bus
CPU
1. DDRII
2. DDRII (
)DDRII
3. DDRII (
)
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS --
)
2
4
DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_ 3 DDRII_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
2DDRII DDRII_1 DDRII_2
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1-5
1.
2. (
)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x16
/
PCI Express x16
/
( )
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
SPDIF_O (COAXIAL S/PDIF )
S/PDIF AC-3
AC-3 (S/PDIF In)
SPDIF_OPT (OPTICAL S/PDIF )
S/PDIF AC-3
AC-3 (S/PDIF In)
A
IEEE 1394a
1394 IEEE1394 (Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers)
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps
/
/ /
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~
2/4/6/8
( )
( )
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) PCIE_12V
4) CPU_FAN
5) SYS_FAN
6) PWR_FAN
7) FDD
8) IDE1
9) SATAII1 / 2 / 3 / 4
10) BATTERY
11) F_PANEL
12) PWR_LED
13) F_AUDIO
14) CD_IN
15) SPDIF_I
16) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3
17) F1_1394 / F2_1394
18) CI
19) CLR_CMOS
7
16
19
9
2
14
5
13
12
3
8
9
11
15
1617 18
10
4
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1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin ATX_12V / 2x12-pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU
ATX_12V
(400
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
131
24
12 13 3.3V
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V ( 24
)
24 (24
)
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V( 24
)
12 3.3V( 24
)
ATX
ATX_12V
43
21
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4/5/6) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN
)
+12V (GND)
CPU/ /CPU/
CPU
3) PCIE_12V
PCIE_12V PCIE x16
1
PIin No. Definition
1NC
2 GND
3 GND
4 +12V
CPU_FAN
1
SYS_FAN
1
PWR_FAN
1
2 +12V /
3
4
CPU_FAN :
1
2 +12V
3
SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN :
1
/