GA-MA78G-DS3HP

Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3HP, GA-MA78G-DS3H Owner's manual

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GA-MA78G-DS3H/
GA-MA78G-DS3HP
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 2002
12MC-MA78GDS3H-2002R
Motherboard
GA-MA78G-DS3HP
Oct. 8, 2008
Oct. 8, 2008
Motherboard
GA-MA78G-DS3HP
Motherboard
GA-MA78G-DS3H
Sept. 24, 2008
Sept. 24, 2008
Motherboard
GA-MA78G-DS3H
© 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-MA78G-DS3H/DS3HP ................................................................ 8
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1-1 ....................................................................................11
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 12
1-3 .................................................................. 15
1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 15
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 17
1-4 ....................................................................................... 18
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 18
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 19
1-5 ................................................................................................. 20
1-6 ................................................................................... 21
1-7 ....................................................................................... 24
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
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 62
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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 ................................................................................... 72
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 73
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 73
5-1-2 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .79
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 80
5-2 /........................................................................ 85
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 85
5-2-2 (S/PDIF +)( ) .................................. 87
5-2-3 Dolby Home Theater ..................................................................... 89
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 90
5-2-5 ............................................................................................ 92
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 93
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 93
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 94
5-4 ..................................................................................................... 96
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GA-MA78G-DS3H GA-MA78G-DS3HP
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- 1
- 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)
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GA-MA78G-DS3H/DS3HP
Socket AM2
GA-MA78G-DS3H/DS3HP
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
FDD
F_PANEL
SYS_FAN2
CI
PWR_LED
M_BIOS
B_ BIOS
CD_IN
IT8718
CODEC
AMD 780G
RTL
8111C
SPDIF_IO
AMD SB700
PCIEX1_1
PCI1
PCI2
PCIEX1_2
PCIEX16_1
PCIEX1_3
F_USB1 F_USB2
PCIEX4_1
F_USB3
F_1394_1
COM
F_USB4
TSB43AB23
SATA2_3
SATA2_2
LPT
F_1394_2
SATA2_0
SATA2_1
ATX
IDE
SATA2_4
SATA2_5
PWR_FAN
KB_MS
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BATTERY
ATX_12V
USB
1394
HDMI
CLR_CMOS
CPU_FAN
OPTICAL
SYS_FAN1
DVI
VGA
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() DVI-D HDMI
( ) PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX4_1 PCIEX4_1
PCIe x4 PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3
AMD Socket
AM2+/AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
PCI Express Bus AMD 780G
DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
LPC BUS
PCI Express x16
AMD SB700 12 USB Ports
GFX CLK (100 MHz)
D-Sub
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
DVI-D HDMI ( )
2 PCI
PCI Bus
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
LPT Port
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8718
1 PCI Express x16
x4
1 PCI Express x4
3 PCI Express x1 ( )
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz) RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN
x1 x1
Dual BIOS
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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
AMD 780G
AMD SB700
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1066 ( )/800/667 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
Dolby® Home Theater ( )
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 ( ) x16 (PCIEX16_1)
1PCI Express x16 x4 (PCIEX4_1)
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX4_1 PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1 (PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX4_1
) ( )
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 JBOD
iTE IT8718
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (1 2
IEEE 1394a )
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 8
USB )
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124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
2IEEE 1394a
4USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1D-Sub
1DVI-D ( )
1HDMI
1S/PDIF
1IEEE 1394a
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
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
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@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 22.8
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( )
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit
( ) PCIEX16_1
( ) PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX4_1 PCIEX4_1
PCIe x4 PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3
( ) DVI-D D-Sub
( ) 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+/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
( )
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
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
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
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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 x1
PCI
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
/PCI Express x16
PCIEX16_1
PCIEX16_1
/