Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 is a high-performance motherboard that supports AMD AM2+/AM2 Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X3 / Athlon™ X2 / Athlon / Sempron™ X2 / Sempron processors, featuring dual-channel DDR2 1200(O.C.) / 1066 / 800 MHz memory, PCI Express x16 graphics, six SATA 3Gb/s ports, two PCI Express x1 slots, four PCI slots, Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio, and Realtek 8111C Gigabit LAN. It offers connectivity options such as USB 2.0/1.1, IEEE 1394a, PS/2, and D-Sub ports, and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD configurations. The motherboard also features DualBIOS™

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 is a high-performance motherboard that supports AMD AM2+/AM2 Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X3 / Athlon™ X2 / Athlon / Sempron™ X2 / Sempron processors, featuring dual-channel DDR2 1200(O.C.) / 1066 / 800 MHz memory, PCI Express x16 graphics, six SATA 3Gb/s ports, two PCI Express x1 slots, four PCI slots, Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio, and Realtek 8111C Gigabit LAN. It offers connectivity options such as USB 2.0/1.1, IEEE 1394a, PS/2, and D-Sub ports, and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD configurations. The motherboard also features DualBIOS™

GA-M720-US3
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1101
12MC-M720US3-1101R
Motherboard
GA-M720-US3
Dec. 8, 2008
Dec. 8, 2008
Motherboard
GA-M720-US3
© 2009
\ \
http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-M720-US3 .................................................................................. 7
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 12
1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 14
1-4 ....................................................................................... 15
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 15
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 16
1-5 ................................................................................................. 17
1-6 ................................................................................... 18
1-7 ....................................................................................... 20
BIOS ....................................................................................... 31
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 32
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 33
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 35
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 39
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 41
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( )....................................................... 43
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 46
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 48
2-9 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 49
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 51
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 51
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /)................... 52
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 53
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 53
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3-1 ............................................................................... 55
3-2 ............................................................................................ 56
3-3 ................................................................................... 56
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 57
3-5 ................................................................................................. 57
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 59
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 62
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 62
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 65
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 66
4-4 (Easy Energy Saver) ................................................. 67
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 69
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 69
5-1-2 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .74
5-1-3 SATA RAID ................................................... 75
5-2 /........................................................................ 79
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 79
5-2-2 S/PDIF .............................................................................................. 81
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 82
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 84
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 85
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 85
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 86
5-4 ..................................................................................................... 88
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GA-M720-US3 - 1
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- 1 - 1
IDE - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
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)
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GA-M720-US3
KB_MS
CPU_FAN
ATX
GA-M720-US3
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
M_BIOS
PCIEX16
PCIEX1_1
F_USB2
IDE
SPDIF_O
DDR2_1
DDR2_3
BATTERY
F_PANEL
IT8720
ATX_12V
PWR_LED
FDD
PCI2
PCI3
PCI4
CLR_CMOS
CODEC
RTL8111C
PWR_FAN
SYS_FAN1
F_USB1
SYS_FAN2
RCA_SPDIF
R_USB
USB_1394_1
USB_1394_2
USB_LAN
Socket AM2
CI
F1_1394
TSB43AB23
B_BIOS COM
DDR2_2
DDR2_4
NVIDIA®
nForce 8200
SATA2_0
SATA2_1
SATA2_2
SATA2_3
SATA2_4
SATA2_5
PCIEX1_2
PCI1
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1 PCI Express x16
AMD Socket
AM2+/AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
PCI Bus LPC BUS
PCI Express x1 Bus
2 PCI Express x1
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
4 PCI
LAN RJ45 Realtek
8111C
6 SATA 3Gb/s
12 USB Ports
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB
IT8720
NVIDIA®
nForce 8200
x1
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
Dual BIOS
Dual Channel Memory
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
DDR2 1200 ( )/1066/800 MHz
( )
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1-1
(CPU)
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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 8200
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1200( )/1066/800 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC888
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1/7.1
S/PDIF
CD
Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16)
(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)
2PCI Express x1
4PCI
NVIDIA® nForce 8200
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD
iTE IT8720
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (2 1
IEEE 1394a )
USB NVIDIA® nForce 8200
-12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
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( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( )
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
( ) AMD AM2+ PhenomTM CPU
1
1
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
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
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Virtual Dual BIOS
(Easy Energy Saver)( )
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 21.5
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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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CPU CPU
CPU CPU
1-3-2 CPU CPU ( )
CPU CPU
()
CPU
CPU
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
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1-4
( )
CPU
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_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 -- )
2
4
DDR2
DDR2_1 DDR2_2
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)
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1-4-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
PCI Express x1
PCI
PCI Express x16
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCIEX16
PCIEX16
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1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
USB 2.0/1.1 USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
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2/4/5.1/7.1
( )
5.1/7.1
( )
4/5.1/7.1
( )
7.1
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1/7.1
( )
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13
15
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN1/SYS_FAN2
5) PWR_FAN
6) FDD
7) IDE
8) SATA2_0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
9) PWR_LED
10) BATTERY
11) F_PANEL
12) F_AUDIO
13) CD_IN
14) SPDIF_O
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) F1_1394
17) COM
18) CI
19) CLR_CMOS
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Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 is a high-performance motherboard that supports AMD AM2+/AM2 Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X3 / Athlon™ X2 / Athlon / Sempron™ X2 / Sempron processors, featuring dual-channel DDR2 1200(O.C.) / 1066 / 800 MHz memory, PCI Express x16 graphics, six SATA 3Gb/s ports, two PCI Express x1 slots, four PCI slots, Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio, and Realtek 8111C Gigabit LAN. It offers connectivity options such as USB 2.0/1.1, IEEE 1394a, PS/2, and D-Sub ports, and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD configurations. The motherboard also features DualBIOS™

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