GA-MA78GM-S2H

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H, GA-MA78GM-DS2H, GA-MA78GM-S2HP Owner's manual

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GA-MA78GM-DS2H/
GA-MA78GM-S2HP/
GA-MA78GM-S2H
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 2001
12MC-MA78GMS2P-2001R
Motherboard
GA-MA78GM-DS2H/
GA-MA78GM-S2H(P)
Sept. 19, 2008
Sept. 19, 2008
Motherboard
GA-MA78GM-DS2H/GA-MA78GM-S2H(P)
© 2008
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 13
1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 13
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15
1-4 ....................................................................................... 16
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 16
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 17
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-6 ................................................................................... 19
1-7 ....................................................................................... 22
BIOS ....................................................................................... 33
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 34
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 35
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 37
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 40
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 42
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 44
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 47
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 49
2-9 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 50
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 52
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 52
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 53
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 54
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 54
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 55
3-2 ............................................................................................ 56
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 56
3-4 ................................................................................................. 57
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 57
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 58
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 59
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 64
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 64
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 67
4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 68
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 69
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 69
5-1-2 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .75
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 76
5-2 /........................................................................ 81
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 81
5-2-2 (S/PDIF +)( ) .................................. 83
5-2-3 DTS (Digital Theater Systems) ...................................... 85
5-2-4 Dolby Home Theater ................................................................ 86
5-2-5 ............................................................................................ 87
5-2-6 ............................................................................................ 89
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 90
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 90
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 91
5-4 ..................................................................................................... 93
GA-MA78GM-S2H(P)
GA-MA78GM-DS2H
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GA-MA78GM-DS2H GA-MA78GM-S2HP GA-MA78GM-S2H - 1
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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-MA78GM-DS2H/S2HP/S2H
KB_MS
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-MA78GM-DS2H/S2H(P)
USB
LAN
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
M_BIOS
FDD
PCIE_16
IT8718
IDE
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
F_1394_1
TSB43AB23
PCIE_1
PCI1 BATTERY
CI
CODEC
ATX_12V
AMD 780G
ESATA
1394
USB
COM
HDMI
PWR_LED
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
RTL8111C
CPU_FAN
SATA2_0
SATA2_3
SATA2_1
F_USB2
F_USB3
OPTICAL
PCI2
SPDIF_IO SYS_FAN
AMD SB700
SATA2_2
F_PANEL
LPT
DVI-D
VGA
F_USB4
SATA2_4
NB_FAN
B_BIOS
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()DVI-D HDMI
AMD Socket
AM2+/AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
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
2 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
LPT Port
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8718
1 PCI Express x16
1 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz) RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN
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
DTS(dts NEO : PC dts INTERACTIVE)
Dolby® Home Theater ( )
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16)
(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-5SATA 3Gb/s (SATA2_0 SATA2_1 SATA2_2
SATA2_3 SATA2_4) 4SATA 3Gb/s
-1eSATA 3Gb/s 1SATA
3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 JBOD
iTE IT8718
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
2IEEE 1394a (1 1
IEEE 1394a )
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 8
USB )
GA-MA78GM-S2H(P)
GA-MA78GM-DS2H
"*" GA-MA78GM-DS2H
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124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
5SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
1IEEE 1394a
4USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1D-Sub
1DVI-D ( )
1HDMI
1S/PDIF
1eSATA 3Gb/s
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
Micro ATX 24.3 x 24.3
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( )
() Windows Vista/XP 32-bit
( ) 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
DDRII_1 DDRII_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 x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
PCI
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1-6
HDMI HDMI
( ) BIOS
Advanced BIOS Features Onboard VGA output connect
D-SUB/HDMI
HDMI AC3 DTS 2-channel-LPCM (AC3
DTS )
Winsdows XP >
> >
Realtek HDA HDMI Out
Winsdows Vista >
> >
Realtek HDMI Output
S/PDIF
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
D-Sub 15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
DVI-D DVI-D DVI-D
HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) /
HDCP
HDMI HDMI 1920x1080p
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2/4/5.1/7.1
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
eSATA 3Gb/s
AMD SB700 SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/
sSATA SATA
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
( )
5.1/7.1
( )
4/5.1/7.1
( )
7.1
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1/7.1
( )
/
/
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
/