GA-73VM-S2

Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2 Owner's manual

  • I have carefully reviewed the user manual for the Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2 motherboard. This document provides comprehensive information about this board's many features, including its support for Intel LGA775 processors, DDR2 memory, integrated NVIDIA graphics and various expansion slots. I am ready to help you with any specific questions you may have about the installation, BIOS settings, or other features described in the manual.
  • What type of processors does the motherboard support?
    What kind of memory does the motherboard use?
    Does this motherboard have integrated graphics?
    How many SATA ports are available?
GA-73VM-S2
LGA775
Intel® CoreTM / Intel® Pentium® /
Intel® Celeron®
Rev. 1003
12MC-73VMS2-1003R
Nov. 14, 2007
Motherboard
GA-73VM-S2
Motherboard
GA-73VM-S2
Nov. 14, 2007
© 2007
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-73VM-S2 .................................................................................... 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
1-5 ................................................................................................. 17
1-6 ................................................................................... 18
1-7 ....................................................................................... 20
BIOS ....................................................................................... 29
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 30
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 31
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 33
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 35
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( )....................................................... 38
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 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 74
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 75
5-2 /........................................................................ 80
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 ......................................................................................... 80
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 83
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 85
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 87
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 88
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 88
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 89
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GA-73VM-S2 - 1
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Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPOUT-02R)
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GA-73VM-S2
KB_MS CPU_FAN
LGA775
GA-73VM-S2
F_AUDIO
SYS_FAN
PCIE_16
BAT
IT8718
ATX_12V
USB
LAN
AUDIO
LPT
R_USB
COMA
CLR_CMOS
FDD
VGA
CI
CD_IN
F_USB1
CODEC
SPDIF_O
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
F_USB2
PCIE_1
RTL8201N
ATX
IDE
DDRII2
SATAII0
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
SATAII1 SATAII3
DDRII1
SATAII2
NVIDIA®
GeForce 7050/
nForce 610i
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LGA775
Processor
4 SATA 3Gb/s
LPC BUS
8 USB Ports
2 PCI
PCI Bus
LPT Port
BIOS
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8718
Host
Interface
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz
1 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1
CPU CLK+/-
(333/266/200 MHz)
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
LAN
RJ45
RTL
8201N
D-Sub
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
Line-Out(Front Speaker Out)
MIC(Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out)
Line-In(Rear Speaker Out)
SPDIF Out
CODEC
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
NVIDIA®
GeForce 7050/
nForce 610i
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) LGA775 Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme /
Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad / Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo /
Intel® Pentium®/ Intel® Pentium® D /
Intel® Pentium® 4 / Intel® Pentium® 4 /
Intel® Celeron®
( )
L2 CPU
(FSB) 1333/1066/800 MHz
NVIDIA® GeForce 7050/nForce 610i
21.8V DDR2 DIMM 4 GB
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz
( )
NVIDIA® GeForce 7050/nForce 610i
Realtek ALC662
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1
S/PDIF
CD
RTL 8201N (10/100 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16
1PCI Express x1
2PCI
NVIDIA® GeForce 7050/nForce 610i
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
iTE IT8718
-1 1
USB NVIDIA® GeForce 7050/nForce 610i
8USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4
USB )
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124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12 V
1
1IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1
1D-Sub
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
3 ( / / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/
CPU
CPU/
CPU
BIOS 14 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
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() EasyTune
@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 19.4
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(CPU)
CPU
(CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU CPU (
CPU CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
1-3-1 (CPU)
A. CPU CPU
LGA775 CPU
LGA775 CPU
CPU
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B. CPU CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
( ) CPU
(CPU
)
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
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CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU ' '
()
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
1-3-2 CPU CPU (Intel®)
CPU ()
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1-4
( )
1-4-1
DDR2
DDR2
DDR2 DDR 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 x1
PCI
PCI Express x16
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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
//
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
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( )
( ) 2
4/5.1
( )
2/4/5.1
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1) ATX_12V
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3
8) PWR_LED
9) BAT
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_O
14) F_USB1 / F_USB2
15) CLR_CMOS
16) CI
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