Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 is a high-performance motherboard that supports AMD AM2+ and AM2 CPUs, up to 16GB of DDR2 memory, and features an AMD 790X chipset. With 1 PCI Express x16 slot, 3 PCI Express x1 slots, and 2 PCI slots, it offers great expandability for graphics cards, sound cards, and other peripherals. It also includes 6 SATA 3Gb/s ports for fast data transfer and storage, as well as 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports for connecting various devices.

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 is a high-performance motherboard that supports AMD AM2+ and AM2 CPUs, up to 16GB of DDR2 memory, and features an AMD 790X chipset. With 1 PCI Express x16 slot, 3 PCI Express x1 slots, and 2 PCI slots, it offers great expandability for graphics cards, sound cards, and other peripherals. It also includes 6 SATA 3Gb/s ports for fast data transfer and storage, as well as 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports for connecting various devices.

GA-MA790X-UD4
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1002
12MC-MA79XU4-1002R
Motherboard
GA-MA790X-UD4
Dec. 5, 2008
Dec. 5, 2008
Motherboard
GA-MA790X-UD4
© 2009
\ \
http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-MA790X-UD4 ............................................................................. 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
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 17
1-5 ................................................................................................. 18
1-6 ATI CrossFireXTM ........................................................................ 19
1-7 ................................................................................... 20
1-8 ....................................................................................... 22
BIOS ....................................................................................... 33
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 34
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 35
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 37
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )........................................... 41
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )..................................... 43
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 45
2-7 Power Management Setup ( )............................................... 48
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 50
2-9 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 51
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 53
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 53
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )................... 54
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 55
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 55
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3-1 ....................................................................................... 57
3-2 ............................................................................................ 58
3-3 ().......................................................................................... 58
3-4 ................................................................................................. 59
3-5 ..................................................................................................... 59
3-6 Download Center ............................................................................................ 60
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 61
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 64
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 64
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 67
4-3 EasyTune 6 .......................................................................................... 68
4-4 (Easy Energy Saver) ................................................. 69
4-5 Q-Share ................................................................................................ 71
4-6 Time Repair .......................................................................................... 72
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 73
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 73
5-1-2 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .79
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 80
5-2 /........................................................................ 84
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 84
5-2-2 S/PDIF /................................................................................. 86
5-2-2 S/PDIF /................................................................................. 86
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 88
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 90
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 91
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 91
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 92
5-4 ..................................................................................................... 94
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GA-MA790X-UD4 - 1
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IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-5*R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-0*R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-3*R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-1*R)
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GA-MA790X-UD4
KB_MS
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-MA790X-UD4
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
M_BIOS
FDD
PCIEX16_1
IT8720
IDE
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
F_1394
TSB43AB23
PCIEX1_1
PCI1
BATTERY
CODEC
ATX_12V_2X4
AMD 790X
COM
PWR_LED
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
RTL8111C
CPU_FAN
SATA2_0
SATA2_3
SATA2_1
F_USB2
PCI2
SPDIF_IO
SYS_FAN2
AMD SB750
SATA2_2
F_PANEL
CI
SATA2_4
PWR_FAN
B_BIOS
AUDIO
RCA_SPDIF
R_USB
USB_1394_1
USB_1394
PCIEX1_2
PCIEX1_3
PCIEX8_1
SATA2_5
SYS_FAN1
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( )
( ) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 PCIEX16_1 x8
AMD Socket
AM2+/AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
AMD 790X
DDR2 1200 ( )/1066/800 MHz
Dual Channel Memory
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
x1 x1
RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN
x1
2 PCIe x8 ( )
1 PCIe x16 ( )
Switch
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express Bus
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
LPC BUS
Line-Out
MIC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8720
Dual BIOS
6 SATA 3Gb/s
12 USB Ports
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
2 PCI
PCI Bus
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
AMD SB750
CODEC
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1-1
(CPU)
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(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
AMD 790X
AMD SB750
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1200 ( )/1066/800 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16_1)
1PCI Express x16 x8 (PCIEX8_1) ( )
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 ATI CrossFireXTM PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s (SATA2_0 SATA2_1 SATA2_2
SATA2_3 SATA2_4 SATA2_5) 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
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (8 4
USB )
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124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
1IEEE 1394a
2USB 2.0/1.1
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
GA-MA790X-UD4 - 12 -
@BIOS
Q-Flash
Virtual Dual BIOS
Download Center
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
EasyTune ( )
(Easy Energy Saver) ( )
Time Repair
Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 23.0
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( )
( ) PCIEX16_1
PCIEX8_1 PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
PCIEX16_1 x8
( ) CPU/ CPU/
() EasyTune
( ) AMD AM2+ PhenomTM CPU
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(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
( )
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)
CPU
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
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DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR2
DDR2_1 DDR2_2
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
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1-4-2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
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 x1
PCI
PCI Express
PCI Express x16
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1-6 ATI CrossFireXTM
ATI CrossFireXTM CrossFireX
A. 12V 20A
B. Windows Vista Windows XP
C. BIOS CrossFireX BIOS Advanced BIOS
Features Init Display First PEG PCIe x16
PCIEX16_1 BIOS
PCIEX8_1 )
1-5 ATI
CrossFireX PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
(CrossFireX )
CrossFireX
PCIEX16_1
DVI LCD
DVI D-Sub D-Sub
ATI Catalyst Control Center
CrossFire CrossFire
CrossFire
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1-7
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)
/
/
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
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Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Owner's manual

Category
Motherboards
Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 is a high-performance motherboard that supports AMD AM2+ and AM2 CPUs, up to 16GB of DDR2 memory, and features an AMD 790X chipset. With 1 PCI Express x16 slot, 3 PCI Express x1 slots, and 2 PCI slots, it offers great expandability for graphics cards, sound cards, and other peripherals. It also includes 6 SATA 3Gb/s ports for fast data transfer and storage, as well as 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports for connecting various devices.

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