GA-M55plus-S3G

Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G Owner's manual

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GA-M55plus-S3G
AMD Socket AM2
Rev. 1002
12MC-M55PS3G-1002R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-M55plus-S3G
May 16, 2006
May 16, 2006
Motherboard
GA-M55plus-S3G
© 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 E21) .................................................................. 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 /// .............................................................................. 79
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 84
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2 USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4 USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
(SPDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)
IDE - 1 , - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O
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GA-M55plus-S3G
KB_MS
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
nVIDIA®
GeForce 6100
SPDIF_IO
CODEC
VGA
LPT
USB
LAN
F_PANEL
BIOS
PCI3
PCI4
F_AUDIO
F_USB2F_USB1
BAT
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
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AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPUCLK+/-(200MHz)
Hyper Transport
Bus
4 PCI
PCI Bus
2 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus nVIDIA®
GeForce 6100
nVIDIA®
nForce 430
3 IEEE1394a
TSB43AB23
DDRII 800/667/533/400MHz 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
(100MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100MHz)
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
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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
2000MHz
nVIDIA® GeForce 6100
nVIDIA® nForce 430
Marvell 88E1116 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC883 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
SPDIF /
CD
IEEE1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE1394a
nVIDIA® nForce 430
-1 1
-2IDE (IDE1 IDE2) UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133
4IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s (SATAII0 SATAII1 SATAII2 SATAII3) ,
4SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping+mirroring (RAID 0+1) RAID 5
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
4DDRII DIMM 16GB( )
DDRII 800/667/533/400 DIMM
1.8V DDRII DIMM
1 PCI Express x 16
2PCI Express x 1
4PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
2IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1(CD In)
1SPDIF In/Out
2USB 2.0/1.1 4USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE1394a 2IEEE1394a
1
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1PS/2
1PS/2
4USB 2.0/1.1
1
1IEEE1394a
1(COMA)
1
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 4GB
4GB 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 IEEE1394 (Insitute of Electrical
Eletronics Engineers)
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
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/ /
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1-7
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2/4/6/8
( )
( )
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
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
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
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SYS_FAN
1
1
CPU_FAN
1
2 +12V
3
4
(CPU_FAN )
234
133
3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN
)
+12V (GND)
CPU/ CPU/
CPU
5) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
/