GA-M57SLI-DS4

Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-DS4 Owner's manual

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GA-M57SLI-DS4 (rev. 2.0)
AMD AthlonTM 64 FX / AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /
AMD AthlonTM 64 / SempronTM AM2
Rev. 2002
12MC-57SLIDS4-2002R
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Motherboard
GA-M57SLI-DS4
Jan. 10, 2007
Jan. 10, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M57SLI-DS4
© 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
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GA-M57SLI-DS4 (rev. 2.0) ................................................................ 7
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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9
1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10
1-3 .................................................................. 12
1-3-1 ............................................................................................ 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13
1-4 ....................................................................................... 14
1-5 ................................................................................................. 16
1-6 SLI (Scalable Link Interface ) .................... 17
1-7 ................................................................................... 20
1-8 ....................................................................................... 22
BIOS ....................................................................................... 33
(BIOS E10) .................................................................. 34
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 36
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 38
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 40
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 44
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 46
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 47
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)( /) ....................................... 49
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 51
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 51
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 52
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 53
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 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 ............................................................................................ 59
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 59
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 60
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 62
4-1-4 Serial ATA ............................................................................. 66
4-1-5 /// .............................................................................. 76
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 81
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2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
e-SATA ( 12CF1-3SATPW-11R)
IDE 1 1
SATA 3Gb/s 4
I/O
SLI 1(GC-DGBR2-RH)
1
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GA-M57SLI-DS4 (rev. 2.0)
KB_MS
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-M57SLI-DS4
USB
LAN1
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BIOS
SYS_FAN
FDD
PCIE_16_1
PCIE_1
IT8716
IDE1
PCIE_2
SPDIF_I
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
F2_1394F1_1394
TSB43AB23
PCIE_12V
PCIE_16_2
PCI1
BATTERY
F_PANEL
CI
PWR_FAN
CODEC
ATX_12V
nVIDIA®
nForce 570-SLI
LPT
USB
1394
COMA
SPDIF_O
SPDIFO_OPT
PCIE_3
PCI2
PWR_LED
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
Marvell
88E1116
CPU_FAN
SATAII6
SATAII5
SATAII4
SATAII1
SATAII2
SATAII3
F_USB2
F_USB3
REV: 2.0
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AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
2 PCI
PCI Bus
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
nVIDIA®
nForce 570-SLI
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
DDRII 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
10 USB
Ports
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
ATA-33/66/100/133
IDE Channel
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x8
LPC BUS
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LAN
RJ45
Marvell
88E1116
IT8716
x1
BIOS
x1
PCI Express x16
SLI
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
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1-1
1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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1-2
AMD AM2 AthlonTM 64 FX / AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /
AthlonTM 64 / SempronTM
2000 MHz
nVIDIA® nForce 570-SLI
Marvell 88E1116 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Realtek ALC888 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
S/PDIF /
CD
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a
nVIDIA® nForce 570-SLI
-1 2
-1IDE ATA-33/66/100/133 2IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
4DDRII DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDRII 800/667/533/400 DIMM
1.8V DDRII DIMM
ECC
2PCI Express x16
3PCI Express x1
2PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
3USB 2.0/1.1 6USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a 2IEEE 1394a
1
1
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1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1S/PDIF ( )
1S/PDIF ( )
1
4USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / / ( )
/ ( ) / )
I/O IT8716
CPU
CPU / /
CPU
CPU / /
CPU ( )
BIOS 14 Mbit flash ROM
AWARD BIOS
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
ATX 30.5 x 23.4
( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
1. 90
2. ( )
90
(1) ( ) (
2)
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1-3-2
1.
(
)
2. CPU_FAN
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDRII BIOS
DDRII
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDRII ( )
GA-M57SLI-DS4 --
Memory Bus
CPU
1. DDRII
2. DDRII (
)DDRII
3. DDRII (
)
Dual Channel Technology
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR II_1 DDR II_2 DDRII_ 3 DDR II_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
2DDRII DDRII_1 DDRII_2
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1-5
1.
2. (
)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express
x16
PCIE_12V
PCI Express x16
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1-6 SLI (Scalable Link Interface )
NVIDIA nForce 570-SLI NVIDIA SLI
SLI PCI Express NVIDIA GeForce
NVIDIA nForce 570-SLI SLI
GA-M57SLI-DS4 SLI
SLI SLI PCIE_16_1 PCIE_16_2
(GV-NX76T256D-RH)
PCI Express PCIE_16_1
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PCIE_16_1
( )
"1-5 "
SLI PCIE x 16
PCIE_16_1 PCIE_16_2
SLI (GC-DGBR2-RH)
( ) SLI PCIE_16_1
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NVIDIA
"NVIDIA "
GeForce
SLI (GPU)
CPU SLI
(GPU) SLI
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
SPDIF_O (COAXIAL SPDIF )
SPDIF AC-3
AC-3 (SPDIF In)
SPDIF_OPT (OPTICAL SPDIF )
SPDIF AC-3
AC-3 (SPDIF In)
A
IEEE 1394a 1394 IEEE 1394 (Institute of Electrical
Electronics Engineers)
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps
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