GA-M52L-S3

Gigabyte GA-M52L-S3 Owner's manual

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GA-M52L-S3
AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /
AMD AthlonTM 64 / AMD SempronTM
Rev. 2001
12MC-M52LS3-2001R
Motherboard
GA-M52L-S3
Aug. 2, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M52L-S3
Aug. 2, 2007
© 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 .................................................................. 12
1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 14
1-4 ....................................................................................... 15
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 15
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 16
1-5 ................................................................................................. 17
1-6 ................................................................................... 18
1-7 ....................................................................................... 20
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 .......................................................................................... 67
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 68
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 69
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 69
5-1-2 Windows XP/2000 SATA RAID
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5-1-3 SATA RAID ................................................... 75
5-2 /........................................................................ 78
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 78
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 80
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 82
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 84
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 85
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 85
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 86
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GA-M52L-S3 - 1
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(Windows Vista )- 1
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IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 1
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
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GA-M52L-S3
KB_MS
LPT
ATX
Socket AM2
COMA
ATX_12V
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
CLR_CMOS PCI1
PCI2
IT8716
BATTERY
BIOS
CI
SPDIF_I
CODEC
FDD
CD_IN
GA-M52L-S3
IDE
SYS_FAN
CPU_FAN
F_AUDIO
PCIE_16
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
AUDIO
Realtek
8201CL PCIE_1
R_USB
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
PCIE_2
PCI3
PCI4
NVIDIA®
nForce 520LE
(Geforce 6100/
nForce 430)
SATAII1
F_USB2
F_USB1
SATAII0
USB
LAN
COAXIAL
SPDIF_O
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Center/Subwoofer Spear Out
DDR2 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport
2 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
PCI Bus
8 USB
Ports
Dual Channel Memory
LPC BUS
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
PCI Express x1 Bus
2 PCI Express x1
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PS/2 KB/Mouse
COM Port
LPT Port
Floppy
BIOS
x1
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
4 PCI
LAN
RJ45
RTL
8201CL
NVIDIA®
nForce 520LE
(Geforce 6100/
nForce 430)
IT8716
1 PCI Express x16
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core / AMD AthlonTM 64 /
AMD SempronTM
( )
Hyper Transport Bus 2000 MT/s
NVIDIA® nForce 520LE(Geforce 6100/nForce 430)
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 800/667/533/400 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC883
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
RTL 8201CL (10/100 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16
2PCI Express x1
4PCI
NVIDIA® nForce 520LE(Geforce 6100/nForce 430)
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33
2IDE
-2SATA 3Gb/s 2SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1
iTE IT8716
-1 1
USB NVIDIA® nForce 520LE(Geforce 6100/nForce 430)
8USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4
USB )
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12 V
1
1IDE
2SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
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1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1S/PDIF
1
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8716
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/ ( )
BIOS 14 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Virtual Dual BIOS
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000
ATX 30.5 x 21.5
( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
( ) 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
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) DDRII_1 DDRII_3 ( 13)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII_2 DDRII_4 ( 24)
CPU
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
2
4
DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
DDR2
DDRII_1 DDRII_2
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
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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 Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI
PCI Express x1
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
S/PDIF
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45) (Fast Ethernet) 10/
100 Mbps
1-6
//
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
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2/4/5.1/7.1
( )
5.1/7.1
( )
4/5.1/7.1
( )
7.1
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1/7.1
( )
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1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0 / 1
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_I
14) SPDIF_O
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) CI
17) CLR_CMOS
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