GA-MA790FX-UD5P

Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P Owner's manual

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GA-MA790FX-UD5P
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM II X3 /AMD PhenomTM II X4 /
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1001
12MC-MA79F5P-1001R
Motherboard
GA-MA790FX-UD5P
Feb. 20, 2009
Feb. 20, 2009
Motherboard
GA-MA790FX-UD5P
© 2009
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-MA790FX-UD5P ......................................................................... 7
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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 ATI CrossFireXTM ........................................................................ 19
1-7 SATA .................................................................................. 20
1-8 ................................................................................... 21
1-9 ................................................................................... 23
1-10 ....................................................................................... 24
BIOS ....................................................................................... 37
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 38
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 39
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 41
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 46
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 48
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 50
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 54
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 56
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 58
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 58
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 59
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 60
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 60
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 61
3-2 ............................................................................................ 62
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 62
3-4 ................................................................................................. 63
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 63
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 64
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 65
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 68
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 68
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 71
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 72
4-4 (Easy Energy Saver) ................................................. 73
4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 75
4-6 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 76
4-7 (Teaming) .................................................................... 77
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 79
5-1-1 AMD SB750 ..................................................................... 79
5-1-2 GIGABYTE SATA2 ......................................................... 85
5-1-3 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .91
5-1-4 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 92
5-2 /...................................................................... 101
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................. 101
5-2-2 S/PDIF /............................................................................... 103
5-2-3 Dolby Home Theater ................................................................... 105
5-2-4 .......................................................................................... 106
5-2-5 .......................................................................................... 108
5-3 ................................................................................................... 109
5-3-1 .............................................................................................................. 109
5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 110
5-4 ....................................................................................................112
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- 1
- 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
SATA - 1
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-5*R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-0*R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-3*R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-1*R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-0*R)
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GA-MA790FX-UD5P
Socket AM2
GA-MA790FX-UD5P
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
FDD
SYS_FAN1
CI
F_PANEL
B_ BIOS
CD_IN
IT8720
CODEC
AMD 790FX
RTL
8111DL
SPDIF_IO
AMD SB750
PCIEX1_1
PCI1
PCI2
PCIEX1_2
PCIEX16_1
PCIEX1_3
PCIEX16_2
COM
TSB43AB23
ATX
IDE
PWR_FAN
KB_MS
USB
LAN1
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BATTERY
ATX_12V_2X4
USB
LAN2
CPU_FAN
SYS_FAN2
RCA
SPDIF
M_ BIOS
LPT
F_USB1
PWR_LED
F_USB2
F_1394
CLR_CMOS
USB
1394_2
USB
1394_1
GIGABYTE
SATA2
SATA2_5
SATA2_4
SATA2_3
SATA2_2
SATA2_1
SATA2_0
GSATA2_0
GSATA2_1
CMOS_SW
PW_SW
RST_SW
RTL
8111DL
NB_FAN
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AM3/AM2+/AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
AMD 790FX
DDR2 1333(O.C.)/1066/800 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
LPC BUS
AMD SB750
12 USB Ports
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
2 PCI
PCI Bus
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23 LPT Port
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8720
Dual BIOS
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus x1
x1 x1 x1 x1
RTL
8111DL
LAN2
RJ45
x1
RTL
8111DL
LAN1
RJ45
2 SATA 3Gb/s GIGABYTE
SATA2
PCI Express x16
2 PCIe x16
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) AM3 / AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM II X3 / AMD PhenomTM II X4 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 790FX
AMD SB750
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1333(O.C.)/1066/800 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
Dolby® Home Theater
S/PDIF /
CD
2Realtek 8111DL (10/100/1000 Mbit)
(Teaming)
2PCI Express x16 x16
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 ATI CrossFireXTM PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s (SATA2_0 SATA2_1 SATA2_2
SATA2_3 SATA2_4 SATA2_5) 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD
GIGABYTE SATA2
-2SATA 3Gb/s (GSATA2_0 GSATA2_1) 2
SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD
iTE IT8720
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (2 1
IEEE 1394a )
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
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124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
8SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
1IEEE 1394a
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1CMOS
1PS/2
1PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2IEEE 1394a
8USB 2.0/1.1
2RJ-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
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@BIOS
Q-Flash
Virtual Dual BIOS
Download Center
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
EasyTune ( )
(Easy Energy Saver) ( )
Time Repair
Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
( ) AMD AM3 PhenomTM II / AM2+ PhenomTM
CPU
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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 ( )
AM3/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 x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
PCI
PCI Express x16
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1-6 ATI CrossFireXTM
ATI CrossFireXTM CrossFireX
A. 12V 20A
B. Windows Vista Windows XP
C. BIOS CrossFireX BIOS Advanced BIOS
Features Init Display First PEG PCIe x16
PCIEX16_1 BIOS
PCIEX16_2 )
1-5 ATI
CrossFireX PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2
(CrossFireX )
CrossFireX
PCIEX16_1
DVI LCD
DVI D-Sub D-Sub
ATI Catalyst Control Center
CrossFire CrossFire
CrossFire
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1-7 SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA SATA
SATA SATA
SATA
SATA SATA
SATA SATA
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