Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 boasts remarkable features that cater to various computing needs. This motherboard seamlessly supports AM2+ and AM2 CPUs, including the powerful AMD Phenom FX, Phenom X4, Phenom X3, Athlon X2, Athlon, Sempron X2, and Sempron. With four 1.8V DDR2 DIMM slots, it accommodates up to 16 GB of system memory, enabling smooth multitasking and handling of demanding applications.

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 boasts remarkable features that cater to various computing needs. This motherboard seamlessly supports AM2+ and AM2 CPUs, including the powerful AMD Phenom FX, Phenom X4, Phenom X3, Athlon X2, Athlon, Sempron X2, and Sempron. With four 1.8V DDR2 DIMM slots, it accommodates up to 16 GB of system memory, enabling smooth multitasking and handling of demanding applications.

GA-M720-US3
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1002
12MC-M720US3-1002R
Motherboard
GA-M720-US3
Dec. 8, 2008
Dec. 8, 2008
Motherboard
GA-M720-US3
© 2009
\ \
http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-M720-US3 .................................................................................. 7
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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 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 35
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 39
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 41
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( )....................................................... 43
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 46
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 48
2-9 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 49
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 51
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 51
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /)................... 52
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 53
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 53
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3-1 ............................................................................... 55
3-2 ............................................................................................ 56
3-3 ................................................................................... 56
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 57
3-5 ................................................................................................. 57
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 59
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 62
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 62
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 65
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 66
4-4 (Easy Energy Saver) ................................................. 67
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 69
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 69
5-1-2 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .74
5-1-3 SATA RAID ................................................... 75
5-2 /........................................................................ 79
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 79
5-2-2 S/PDIF .............................................................................................. 81
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 82
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 84
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 85
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 85
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 86
5-4 ..................................................................................................... 88
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GA-M720-US3 - 1
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IDE - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
( 12CF1-1FD001-7*R)
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-5*R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-0*R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-3*R)
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GA-M720-US3
KB_MS
CPU_FAN
ATX
GA-M720-US3
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
M_BIOS
PCIEX16
PCIEX1_1
F_USB2
IDE
SPDIF_O
DDR2_1
DDR2_3
BATTERY
F_PANEL
IT8720
ATX_12V
PWR_LED
FDD
PCI2
PCI3
PCI4
CLR_CMOS
CODEC
RTL8111C
PWR_FAN
SYS_FAN1
F_USB1
SYS_FAN2
RCA_SPDIF
R_USB
USB_1394_1
USB_1394_2
USB_LAN
Socket AM2
CI
F1_1394
TSB43AB23
B_BIOS COM
DDR2_2
DDR2_4
NVIDIA®
nForce 720D
SATA2_0
SATA2_1
SATA2_2
SATA2_3
SATA2_4
SATA2_5
PCIEX1_2
PCI1
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1 PCI Express x16
AMD Socket
AM2+/AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
PCI Bus LPC BUS
PCI Express x1 Bus
2 PCI Express x1
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
4 PCI
LAN RJ45 Realtek
8111C
6 SATA 3Gb/s
12 USB Ports
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB
IT8720
NVIDIA®
nForce 720D
x1
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
CODEC
Dual BIOS
Dual Channel Memory
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
DDR2 1200 ( )/1066/800 MHz
( )
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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
( )
Hyper Transport Bus 5200/2000 MT/s
NVIDIA® nForce 720D
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1200( )/1066/800 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC888
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1/7.1
S/PDIF
CD
Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16)
(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)
2PCI Express x1
4PCI
NVIDIA® nForce 720D
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD
iTE IT8720
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (2 1
IEEE 1394a )
USB NVIDIA® nForce 720D
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
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( ) Windows XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( )
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
( ) AMD AM2+ PhenomTM CPU
1
1
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
8USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8720
CPU/
CPU/
CPU
CPU/
CPU/ ( )
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
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
(Easy Energy Saver)( )
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 21.5
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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+/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
( )
CPU
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR2
DDR2_1 DDR2_2
1-4-1 4DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDR2_1 DDR2_3 ( 13)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_2 DDR2_4 ( 24)
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1-4-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
DDR2
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1-5
PCI Express x1
PCI
PCI Express x16
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCIEX16
PCIEX16
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1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
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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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13
15
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN1/SYS_FAN2
5) PWR_FAN
6) FDD
7) IDE
8) SATA2_0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
9) PWR_LED
10) BATTERY
11) F_PANEL
12) F_AUDIO
13) CD_IN
14) SPDIF_O
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) F1_1394
17) COM
18) CI
19) CLR_CMOS
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Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 boasts remarkable features that cater to various computing needs. This motherboard seamlessly supports AM2+ and AM2 CPUs, including the powerful AMD Phenom FX, Phenom X4, Phenom X3, Athlon X2, Athlon, Sempron X2, and Sempron. With four 1.8V DDR2 DIMM slots, it accommodates up to 16 GB of system memory, enabling smooth multitasking and handling of demanding applications.

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