GA-MA74GM-S2H

Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H Owner's manual

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GA-MA74GM-S2H
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1003
12MC-MA74GMS2H-1003R
Feb. 15, 2008
Motherboard
GA-MA74GM-S2H
Motherboard
GA-MA74GM-S2H
Feb. 15, 2008
© 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 ....................................................................................... 21
BIOS ....................................................................................... 31
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 32
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 33
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 35
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 37
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( )....................................................... 39
2-6 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 42
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 44
2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 45
2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 47
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 49
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 49
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /)................... 50
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 51
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 51
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3-1 ............................................................................... 53
3-2 ............................................................................................ 54
3-3 ................................................................................... 54
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 55
3-5 ................................................................................................. 55
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 57
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 62
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 62
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 65
4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 67
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 69
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 69
5-1-2 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 ............................................................................................ 84
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 86
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 87
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 87
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 88
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GA-MA74GM-S2H - 1
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IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
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GA-MA74GM-S2H
KB_USB
LPT
ATX
Socket AM2
COAXIAL
ATX_12V
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
CLR_CMOS
PCI1
PCI2
IT8718
BIOS
F_USB1
F_USB2
CODEC
FDD
CD_IN
GA-MA74GM-S2H
IDE
AMD SB700
CPU_FAN
F_AUDIO
PCIE_16
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
AUDIO
Realtek
8111C
PCIE_1
USB
LAN
SATAII 5
SATAII 4
DVI
VGA
SPDIF_O
AMD 740G
SYS_FAN
SATAII_1
SATAII_3SATAII_2
SATAII_0
F_USB3
F_USB4
COM
HDMI
BATTERY
CI
TPM
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AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
1 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus AMD 740G
DDR2 800/667 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
LPC BUS
PCI Express x16
AMD SB700 12 USB Ports
GFX CLK (100 MHz)
D-Sub
DVI-D HDMI ( )
2 PCI
PCI Bus
LPT Port
BIOS
Floppy
COM Port
IT8718
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
PS/2 KB
() DVI-D HDMI
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
1 PCI Express x16
RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN
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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
( )
(FSB) 2000 MHz
AMD 740G
AMD SB700
21.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB ( )
DDR2 800/667 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC888
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1/7.1 ( )
S/PDIF
CD
RTL 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33
2IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 JBOD
iTE IT8718
-1 1
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 8
USB )
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124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12 V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
4USB 2.0/1.1
1
1(TPM)
1
1
1PS/2
1
1D-Sub
1DVI-D ( )
1HDMI
1S/PDIF
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/ ( )
BIOS 18 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
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 24.4 x 23.4
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
( ) 7.1 HD (High Definition )
( ) 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 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 2DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
2DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRII_1 ( 1)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII_2 ( 2)
CPU
1. DDR2
2.
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
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1-4-2
DDR2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCI
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
/PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
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USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
PS/2 PS/2
S/PDIF
HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) /
HDCP
HDMI HDMI 1920x1080p
DVD
1080p HD DVD
1-6
HDMI HDMI
( ) BIOS
Advanced BIOS Features Graphics Display Mode
D-SUB/HDMI
HDMI AC3 DTS 2-channel-LPCM (AC3
DTS )
Winsdows Vista >
> >
Realtek HDMI Output
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D-Sub 15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
DVI-D DVI-D DVI-D
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
/
/
1 Gpbs
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1
( )
7.1 HD (High Definition )
2/4/5.1/7.1
B. HD DVD
HD DVD (
)CPU AMD PhenomTM X3
2DDR2 800 MHz 1 GB
BIOS UMA Frame Buffer Size 256 MB ( BIOS
Advanced BIOS Features )
CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 ( )
HDCP
A. DVI-D HDMI D-Sub
DVI-D + D-Sub
DVI-D + HDMI
HDMI + D-Sub
/