GA-M68SM-S2L

Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2L Owner's manual

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GA-M68SM-S2L
AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /
AMD AthlonTM 64 / AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1003
12MC-M68SMS2L-1003R
Oct. 2, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M68SM-S2L
Motherboard
GA-M68SM-S2L
Oct. 2, 2007
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-M68SM-S2L ................................................................................ 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 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 35
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 37
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 39
2-6 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 43
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 45
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 46
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 48
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 48
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 49
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 50
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 50
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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 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 55
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 60
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 60
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 63
4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 65
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 66
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 67
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 67
5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 72
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 73
5-2 /........................................................................ 78
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 ......................................................................................... 78
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 81
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 83
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 85
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 86
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 86
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 87
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GA-M68SM-S2L - 1
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IDE - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPOUT-02R)
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GA-M68SM-S2L
KB_MS
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-M68SM-S2L
USB
LAN
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BIOS
FDD
PCIE_1
IDE
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
PCIE_16
PCI1
BATTERY
F_PANEL
CI
CODEC
ATX_12V
USB
COM
DVI
LPT
PWR_LED
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
RTL
8211BL
CPU_FAN
SATAII0
SATAII3
SATAII1
F_USB2
F_USB3
PCI2
SPDIF_O SYS_FAN
nVIDIA®
GeForce 7025/
nForce 630a
SATAII2
VGA
IT8716
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PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport
2 PCI
PCI Bus
1 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
4 SATA 3Gb/s
10 USB
Ports
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
LPC BUS
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LAN
RJ45
RTL
8211BL
x1
D-Sub
DVI-D
IT8716
BIOS
Line-Out (Front Speaker Out)
MIC (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out)
CODEC
Line-In (Rear Speaker Out)
SPDIF Out
nVIDIA®
GeForce 7025/
nForce 630a
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core / AMD AthlonTM 64 /
AMD SempronTM
( )
Hyper Transport Bus 2000 MT/s
nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a
21.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB ( )
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC662
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1
S/PDIF
CD
RTL 8211BL (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33
2IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 JBOD
iTE IT8716
-1 1
USB nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a
10 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 6
USB )
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12 V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
3USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
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1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1DVI-D
1D-Sub
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O iTE IT8716
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU ( )
BIOS 14 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
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/2000
Micro ATX 24.4 x 22.5
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) 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 ( )
AM2 CPU
AM2 CPU
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 2DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
2DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRII_1 ( 1)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII_2 ( 2)
CPU
1. DDR2
2.
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
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1-4-2
DDR2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCI
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
DVI DVI-D DVI-D
D-Sub 15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
1-6
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
DVI D-Sub
nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a GA-M68SM-S2L
PCI Express x16 PCI
/
/
1 Gpbs
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
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2/4/5.1
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1
( )
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1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_O
14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3
15) COM
16) CI
17) CLR_CMOS
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8
3
14
17
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11
7
6
5
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9
12
15
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