GA-M55plus-S3G

Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G Owner's manual

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GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0)
AMD Socket AM2
Rev. 3001
12MC-M55PS3G-3001R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0)
Nov. 8, 2006
Nov. 8, 2006
Motherboard
GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0)
© 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 D3) .................................................................... 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.)( /) ....................................... 44
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 46
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 46
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 47
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 48
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 48
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3-1 ............................................................................... 49
3-2 ............................................................................................ 50
3-3 ................................................................................... 50
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 51
3-5 ................................................................................................. 51
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 53
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 53
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 54
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 56
4-1-4 Serial ATA ............................................................................. 65
4-1-5 /// .............................................................................. 75
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 80
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2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
2 IEEE 1394 ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
(SPDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)
e-SATA ( 12CF1-3SATPW-11R)
IDE - 1 , - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O
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GA-M55plus-S3G (rev. 3.0)
KB_MS
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
nVIDIA®
GeForce
6150
SPDIF_IO
CODEC
VGA
LPT
USB
LAN
F_PANEL
BIOS
PCI3
PCI4
F_AUDIO
F_USB2F_USB1
BATTERY
ATX
FDD
CD_IN
GA-M55plus-S3G
PCIE_16
CI
Socket AM2
IDE1
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
PCIE_2
F1_1394
nVIDIA®
nForce 430
AUDIO
USB
1394
PWR_LED
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
Marvell
88E1116
COMA
F2_1394
IDE2
PCI1
PCI2
PCIE_1
TSB43AB23
SATAII0_1
IT8716
SATAII2_3
REV: 3.0
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AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport
Bus
4 PCI
PCI Bus
2 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus nVIDIA®
GeForce 6150
nVIDIA®
nForce 430
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
DDRII 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
4 SATA 3Gb/s
8 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 Channels
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
VGA
Hyper Transport
Bus
LAN
RJ45
Marvell
88E1116
IT8716
LPC BUS Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
x1
BIOS
PCI CLK (33 MHz)
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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® GeForce 6150
nVIDIA® nForce 430
Marvell 88E1116 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC883 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
S/PDIF /
CD
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a
nVIDIA® nForce 430
-1 1
-2IDE UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133 4
IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s , 4SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping+mirroring (RAID 0+1) RAID 5
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
4DDRII DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDRII 800/667/533/400 DIMM
1.8V DDRII DIMM
1 PCI Express x16
2PCI Express x1
4PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
2IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
2USB 2.0/1.1 4USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a 2 IEEE 1394a
1
1
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1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1
1
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 21.3
( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
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(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-M55plus-S3G --
Memory Bus
CPU
1. DDRII
2. DDRII (
)DDRII
3. DDRII (
)
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS --
)
2
4
DDR II_1 DDR II_2 DDRII_ 3 DDR II_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 ( )
( )
A
IEEE 1394a
1394 IEEE 1394 (Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers)
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps
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/ /
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2/4/6/8
( )
( )
10) CD_IN
11) PWR_LED
12) F_USB1/F_USB2
13) F1_1394/F2_1394
14) SPDIF_IO
15) CLR_CMOS
16) CI
17) BATTERY
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1/IDE2
7) SATAII0/1/2/3
8) F_AUDIO
9) F_PANEL
912 5
13
6
17
2
8
14
15
4
10
16
13 11
7
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1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
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
)
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
)
1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin ATX_12V / 2x12-pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU
ATX_12V
(300
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
131
24
12
31
4
2
ATX_12V
ATX
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SYS_FAN
1
1
CPU_FAN
234
133
3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin(SYS_FAN)/4-pin
(CPU_FAN)
+12V (GND)
CPU/ CPU/
CPU
5) FDD ( )
360 KB 720 KB 1.2 MB 1.44 MB 2.88 MB
1
2 +12V /
3
4
CPU_FAN :
1
2 +12V
3
SYS_FAN :
/