Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Owner's manual

GA-MA790FX-DQ6

AM2+ / AM2

AMD PhenomTM FX /

AMD PhenomTM /

AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /

AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /

AMD AthlonTM 64 / AMD SempronTM

Rev. 1003

12MC-MA79FX6-1003R

Motherboard

GA-MA790FX-DQ6

Sept. 28, 2007

Motherboard

GA-MA790FX-DQ6

Sept. 28, 2007

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REV : X.X X.X

REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS

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GA-MA790FX-DQ6 ........................................................................... 7

................................................................................................. 8

................................................................................................... 9

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 SATA .................................................................................. 20

1-7 ................................................................................... 21

1-8 ....................................................................................... 23

BIOS ....................................................................................... 35

2-1 ..................................................................................................... 36

2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 37

2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 39

2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 41

2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 43

2-6 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 49

2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 51

2-8 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 52

2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 54

2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 58

2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 58

2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 59

2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 60

2-14 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 60

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....................................................................................... 61

3-1 ............................................................................... 61

3-2 ............................................................................................ 62

3-3 ................................................................................... 62

3-4 ..................................................................................................... 63

3-5 ................................................................................................. 63

....................................................................................... 65

4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 65

4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 70

4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 70

4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS ......................................................................... 73

4-3 EasyTune 5 Pro ................................................................................... 75

4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 76

.......................................................................................................... 77

5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 77

5-1-1 AMD SB600 SATA .......................................................... 77

5-1-2 GIGABYTE SATA2 .......................................................... 83

5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 90

5-1-4 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 91

5-2 /........................................................................ 99

5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 99

5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( ) ............................................... 101

5-2-3 DTS (Digital Theater Systems) ......................................... 103

5-2-4 .......................................................................................... 104

5-2-5 .......................................................................................... 106

5-3 ................................................................................................... 107

5-3-1 .............................................................................................................. 107

5-3-2 ......................................................................................................... 108

................................................................................................................. 110

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GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - 1

- 1

IDE - 1 - 1

SATA 3Gb/s - 4

SATA - 1

I/O - 1

•

2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)

2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)

2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)

(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)

( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)

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GA-MA790FX-DQ6

KB_MS CPU_FAN

Socket AM2

ATX

GA-MA790FX-DQ6

F_AUDIO

PWR_FAN

ATX_12V_2X

AMD 790FX

USB_LAN1

AUDIO

OPTICAL

V1394

PCIE_12V

PCIE_1

SYS_FAN1

USB_ESATA

GIGABYTE

SATA2

SPDIF_IN

F2_1394

F_PANEL

PWR_LED

F_USB1

LPT

SYS_FAN2

IDE

F_USB2

CD_IN

FDD

PCIE_16_A

PCIE_8_A

CODEC

TSB43AB23

PCIE_16_B

PCI1

PCI2

BATTERY

GSATAII_2

IT8718

RTL8111B

AMD SB600

GSATAII_1

SATAII2

CLR_CMOS

CI

Main

BIOS

Backup

BIOS

NB_FAN

SATAII3

DDRII_1

DDRII_2

DDRII_3

DDRII_4

SPDIF_OUT

USB_LAN2

SATAII0SATAII1

RTL8111B

COMA

COAXIAL

F1_1394

PCIE_8_B

GIGABYTE

SATA2

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PCI CLK

(33 MHz)

1 PCI Express x1

PCIe CLK

(100 MHz)

AMD Socket

AM2+/AM2

CPU

Hyper Transport 3.0

AMD 790FX

Dual BIOS

2 PCI

PCI Bus

PCI Express Bus

4 SATA 3Gb/s

x1

3 IEEE 1394a

10 USB Ports

IT8718

Floppy

PS/2 KB/Mouse

LPT Port

COM Port

CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)

TSB43AB23

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

Line-Out

MIC

Line-In

SPDIF In

SPDIF Out

Side Speaker Out

Surround Speaker Out

CODEC

PCIe CLK

(100 MHz)

x1

LAN

RJ45

AMD SB600

RTL8111B

x1

LAN

RJ45

RTL8111B

DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz DIMM

Dual Channel Memory

4 SATA 3Gb/s

PCI Express x 16 Bus

4 PCI Express x8

2 PCI Express x16

ATA-133/100/66/33

IDE Channel

GIGABYTE

SATA2 x 2

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1-1

•

•(CPU)

•

GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - 10 -

1-2

(CPU) AM2+ / AM2 AMD PhenomTM FX /

AMD PhenomTM / AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /

AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core / AMD AthlonTM 64 /

AMD SempronTM

( )

Hyper Transport Bus 5200/2000 MT/s

AMD 790FX

AMD SB600

41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )



DDR2 1066 ( )/800/667 MHz

( )

ECC ( )

Realtek ALC889A

High Definition Audio

2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1

DTS(dts NEO : PC)

S/PDIF /

CD

2Realtek 8111B (10/100/1000 Mbit)

2PCI Express x16 (PCIE_16_A/PCIE_16_B) ATI

CrossFireXTM ( ) (PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)

2PCI Express x8 (PCIE_8_A/PCIE_8_B) ATI CrossFireXTM

(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)

1PCI Express x1

2PCI



-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2

IDE

-4SATA 3Gb/s (SATAII0 SATAII1 SATAII2 SATAII3)

4SATA 3Gb/s

- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1

2GIGABYTE SATA2

-2SATA 3Gb/s (GSATAII_1 GSATAII_2) 2

SATA 3Gb/s

-2eSATA 3Gb/s 2SATA

3Gb/s

- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD

iTE IT8718

-1 1

IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23

3IEEE 1394a (1 2

IEEE 1394a )

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USB 

10 USB 2.0/1.1 (6 4

USB )

124-pin ATX

18-pin ATX 12 V

14-pin PCIe 12 V

1

1IDE

6SATA 3Gb/s

1CPU

2

1

1S/PDIF

2USB 2.0/1.1

2IEEE 1394a

1

1PS/2

1

1S/PDIF

6USB 2.0/1.1

1IEEE 1394a

2RJ-45

2eSATA 3Gb/s

6 ( / / /

/ / )

I/O iTE IT8718



CPU/

CPU/ /

CPU

CPU/ /

CPU/ ( )

GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - 12 -

BIOS 24 Mbit flash

AWARD BIOS

Dual BIOSTM

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

Norton Internet Security (OEM )

BIOS (CPU/DDR2/Chipset/PCIE/FSB/HTT/HTR)

-CPU ( )

-DDR2 0.05V

(+0.05V +0.50V)

-Chipset( )0.05V

(+0.05V +0.40V)

-PCI Express 0.05V

(+0.05V +0.45V)

-FSB 0.05V

(+0.05V +0.35V)

-HTT 0.05V

(+0.05V +0.40V)

-HTR 0.05V

(+0.05V +0.45V)

BIOS (CPU/HT Link/PCIE/DDR2)

-CPU 1 MHz

200 MHz 500 MHz

-HT Link

-PCI Express 1 MHz

100 MHz 200 MHz

-DDR2

Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000

ATX 30.5 x 24.4

( ) Windows XP 32-bit 4 GB

4 GB

( )

( ) ECC ECC CPU

( )

PCIE_16_A/PCIE_16_B PCIE_16_A/PCIE_16_B

x8

( ) CPU/ CPU/

() EasyTune

( ) CPU CPU

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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

CPU

GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - 14 -

B. CPU CPU

CPU ( )

CPU

CPU CPU

CPU

CPU CPU CPU

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CPU CPU

1-3-2

CPU CPU ( )

CPU CPU

(

)

CPU

CPU (CPU_FAN)

CPU

GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - 16 -

1-4

•

( )

•

1-4-1

4DDR2 (Dual Channel

Technology) BIOS

4DDR2 (Channel)

0 (Channel 0) DDRII_1 DDRII_3 ( 13)

1 (Channel 1) DDRII_2 DDRII_4 ( 24)

CPU

1. DDR2

2. DDR2

( ) DDR2

DDRII_1

DDRII_2

DDRII_3

DDRII_4

DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4

DS/SS DS/SS - - - -

- - - - DS/SS DS/SS

DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

(SS DS -- )

2

4

DDR2

DDRII_1 DDRII_2

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1-4-2

DDR2 DDR DDR2

DDR2

GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - 18 -

1-5

•

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. BIOS

7.

PCI Express x1

PCI

PCI Express x8

/PCI Express x16

•

PCI Express x16

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•PCIE_12V

PCI Express x16

•(PCIE_8_A/PCIE_8_B )

PCI Express x16

•(PCIE_16_A/PCIE_16_B )

GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - 20 -

1-6 SATA

SATA SATA SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

•SATA SATA

SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

SATA SATA SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

SATA SATA

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