GA-M61SME-S2L

Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2L Owner's manual

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GA-M61SME-S2L
AM2
AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /
AMD AthlonTM 64 / AMD SempronTM
Rev. 2003
12MC-M61SMES2L-2003R
Aug. 3, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M61SME-S2L
Motherboard
GA-M61SME-S2L
Aug. 3, 2007
© 2007
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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 ................................................................................... 20
1-7 ....................................................................................... 22
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 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 47
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 47
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 48
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 49
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 49
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3-1 ............................................................................... 51
3-2 ............................................................................................ 52
3-3 ................................................................................... 52
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 53
3-5 ................................................................................................. 53
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 55
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 60
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 60
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS ......................................................................... 63
4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 65
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 66
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 67
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 67
5-1-2 Windows XP/2000 SATA RAID .... 72
5-1-3 SATA RAID ................................................... 73
5-2 /........................................................................ 76
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 ......................................................................................... 76
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( ) ................................................. 79
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 81
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 83
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 84
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 84
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 85
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GA-M61SME-S2L - 1
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- 1
IDE - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 1
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPOUT-02R)
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GA-M61SME-S2L
KB_MS
LPT
ATX
Socket AM2
COMA
ATX_12V
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
CLR_CMOS
PCI1
PCI2
IT8716
BATTERY
BIOS
F_USB1
F_USB2
CI
CODEC FDD
CD_IN
GA-M61SME-S2L
IDE
nVIDIA®
GeForce 6100/
nForce 405
SYS_FAN
CPU_FAN
R_USB
F_AUDIO
PCIE_16
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
AUDIO
Realtek
8201CL
PCIE_1
USB
LAN
SATAII 0
SATAII 1
VGA
SPDIF_IO
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DDR2 800/667/533 MHz DIMM
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x8
AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
2 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
PCI Bus
8 USB Ports
Dual Channel Memory
LPC BUS
PCI Express x1 Bus
1 PCI Express x1
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
2 PCI
IT8716
D-Sub
LAN RJ45 Realtek
8201CL
PS/2 KB/Mouse
COM Port
LPT Port
Floppy
BIOS
Line-Out (Front Speaker Out)
MIC (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out)
CODEC
Line-In (Rear Speaker Out)
SPDIF Out
nVIDIA®
GeForce 6100/
nForce 405
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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
( )
(FSB) 2000 MHz
nVIDIA® GeForce 6100/nForce 405
21.8V DDR2 DIMM 8 GB ( )
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC662
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1
S/PDIF
CD
RTL 8201CL (10/100 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 ( )
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
nVIDIA® GeForce 6100/nForce 405
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33
2IDE
-2SATA 3Gb/s 2SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1
iTE IT8716
-1 1
USB nVIDIA® GeForce 6100/nForce 405
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
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
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1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1
1D-Sub
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O iTE IT8716
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU ( )
BIOS 14 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 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
Micro ATX 24.4 x 22.5
( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
() GA-M61SME-S2L PCI Express x8 18
( ) 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
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 Express x16
PCI
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
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PCI Express x16
Windows XP
(...)
Nvidia Gigabyte GV-NX53128D
Gigabyte GV-NX57128D
Gigabyte GV-NX59128D
Gigabyte GV-NX62128D
Gigabyte GV-NX66128DP2
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D
Gigabyte GV-NX68T256DH
Gigabyte GV-NX55128DP
Gigabyte GV-NX68U256D-B
Gigabyte GV-NX62TC128D
Gigabyte GV-3D1
Gigabyte GV-NX66L128DP
Gigabyte GV-NX68256D
Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B
Gigabyte GV-NX78T256V-B
Gigabyte GV-NX79T256DP-RH
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH
Gigabyte GV-NX76G256D-RH
Gigabyte GV-NX73T256D-RH
Gigabyte GV-NX73G128D-RH
Gigabyte GV-NX73L128D-RH
Gigabyte GV-NX65128DE
Gigabyte GV-NX79G256DP-RH
Gigabyte GV-NX71G512P8-RH
Nvidia 7900GTX
Nvidia 8800GTX
Nvidia P502/P602
ASUS EN6600GT/TD/128
ASUS EN6600/TD/128
MSI NX6800GT-TD256E
Leadtek WinFast PX6600GT TDH
ELSA GLADIAC 760GT
ELSA GLADIAC 790GT
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ATi Gigabyte GV-RX30S128D
Gigabyte GV-RX30HM128D
Gigabyte GV-RX30128D
Gigabyte GV-RX60P128DE
Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V
Gigabyte GV-RX70128D
Gigabyte GV-RX70P128D
Gigabyte GV-RX80T256V
Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V
Gigabyte GV-RX80256D
Gigabyte GV-RX55128D
Gigabyte GV-RX85T256V-B
Gigabyte GV-RC850T256D-B
Gigabyte GV-RX13P256D-RH
Gigabyte GV-RX16P256DE-RH
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B
Gigabyte GV-RX18T512V-B
Gigabyte GV-RC19T512B-RH
Gigabyte GV-RX165T256D-RH
Gigabyte GV-RX13128D-RH
Gigabyte GV-RX195P256D-RH
Gigabyte GV-RX165P256D-RH
Gigabyte GV-RX16T256V-RH
ASUS AX800XT
ASUS AX700PRO
MSI RX600 XT-TD128
VIA S3 GammaChrome S18
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
( ) ( )
D-Sub
15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45)
(Fast Ethernet) 10/
100 Mbps
1-6
/
/
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
/