GA-M55SLI-S4

Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 Owner's manual

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GA-M55SLI-S4
AMD Socket AM2
Rev. 1001
12MC-M55SLIS4-1001R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-M55SLI-S4
Jun. 8, 2006
Jun. 8, 2006
Motherboard
GA-M55SLI-S4
© 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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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 ....................................................................................... 21
BIOS ....................................................................................... 33
(BIOS D8) .................................................................... 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 Top Performance ( ...................................................................... 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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4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 59
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 60
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 62
4-1-4 Serial ATA ............................................................................. 71
4-1-5 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ....................................................................................... 85
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 89
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IDE - 1 , - 1
Serial ATAII - 2
I/O
SLI 1(GC-DGBR2-RH)
1
*
2 USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4 USB2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
2 IEEE1394 ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
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GA-M55SLI-S4
MS / KB
LPT
COAXIAL
GA-M55SLI-S4
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
Socket AM2
AUDIO1
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
IT8716
BIOS
PCI1
PCI2
CD_IN
PCIE_16_1
COMA
PCIE_12V
Marvell
88E1116
DDRII2
DDRII1
ATX
FDD
CODEC
BATTERY
SATAIIO_1
PCIE_1
F_USB2
F_USB1
IDE1
SYS_FAN
IDE2
SPDIF_I
TSB43AB23
CLR_CMOS
F1_1394
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
USB
1394
F2_1394
SATAII2_3
DDRII4
AUDIO2
OPTICAL
DDRII3
F_USB3
PWR_FAN
PCIE_2
PCIE_3
PCIE_16_2
NV_SLI3
nVIDIA®
nForce 4 SLI
NV_SLI2
NV_SLI1
NV_SLI4 NV_SLI5
CI
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Center/Subwoofer Spear Out
AMD Socket
AM2 CPU
CPUCLK+/-(200MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
nVIDIA®
nForce4
SLI
DDRII 400/533/667/800MHz DIMM
IT8716
4 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
PCICLK
(33MHz)
2 PCI
PCI Bus
10 USB
Ports
Dual Channel Memory
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LPT Port
LPC BUS
COM Port
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
PCI Express x 1 Bus
BIOS
RJ45
Marvell
88E1116
3 PCI Express x 1
x1
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
x1 x1
3 IEEE1394
TSB43AB23
PCI Express x 16 Bus
2 PCIE x 8
1 PCIE x 16
or
SLI Jumper
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
SLI Mode
Normal Mode
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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
2000MHz
nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI
Marvell 88E1116 (10/100/1000Mbit)
Realtek ALC850 CODEC
Jack Sensing (Connector Sensing)
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
SPDIF /
CD
IEEE1394 TI TSB43AB23
3IEEE1394a
nVIDIA® nForce4 SLI
-1 2
-2IDE (IDE1, IDE2) UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133
4IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s (S_ATAII0/1/2/3) , 4SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping+mirroring (RAID 0+1) RAID 5
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
4DDRII DIMM 16GB( )
DDRII 800/667/533/400 DIMM
1.8V DDRII DIMM
2 PCI Express x 16
3PCI Express x 1
2PCI
124-pin ATX
14-pin ATX 12V
14-pin PCIE 12V
1
2IDE
4SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
1
1
1
1
1(CD In)
3USB 2.0/1.1 6USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE1394a 2IEEE1394
1SPDIF In
1
1CI
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1PS/2
1PS/2
4USB 2.0/1.1
1SPDIF
1SPDIF
1
1(COMA)
1RJ-45
1IEEE1394
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 4GB
4GB Windows 64-bit
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
1.
90
90
(1) ( )
(
2)
2.
( )
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1-3-2
1.
(
)
2.
CPU_FAN
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDRII
1.
2.
DDR II BIOS
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Dual Channel DDRII ( )
GA-M55SLI-S4 --
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
PCIE_12V
PCIE x16
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1-6 SLI (Scalable Link Interface )
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI NVIDIA SLI
SLI PCI Express NVIDIA Geforce
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
GA-M55SLI-S4 SLI
1. SLI :
PCI Express x16 SLI
1-2 SLI (SLI Mode) 2-3 (Normal Mode)
SLI (SLI Mode):
SLI PCIE x16
2PCIE x8 ;
SLI
SLI (GV-
NX66T128D) SLI
PCIE
PCIE
2-3 : ( )
1-2 : SLI
NV_SLI3
NV_SLI2
NV_SLI1NV_SLI4 NV_SLI5
1
1
NV_SLI3
NV_SLI2
NV_SLI1NV_SLI4 NV_SLI5
1
1
"*" PCIE x8
SLI
Normal
PCIE_1 PCIE_16_1 PCIE_2 PCIE_3 PCIE_16_2
* *
(Normal Mode):
PCIE x16
PCIE x16
x16
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2. :
3. :
NVIDIA SLI Windows XP
SLI
2-3
NV_SLI3
NV_SLI2
NV_SLI1NV_SLI4 NV_SLI5
1
1
2-3 : ( )
1-2 : SLI
NV_SLI3
NV_SLI2
NV_SLI1NV_SLI4 NV_SLI5
1
1
1-2
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:
"1-5 "
SLI
PCIE x 16
PCIE_16_1 PCIE_16_2
SLI
:
NVIDIA
"NVIDIA "
GeForce
GPU
CPU
"GPU" "
"
SLI
PCIE_16_1
BIOS
Init Display First PEG;
PCIE_16_2
PEG (Slot2)
SLI
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
COAXIAL (S/PDIF )
S/PDIF AC-3
AC-3 (S/PDIF In)
OPTICAL (S/PDIF )
S/PDIF AC-3
AC-3 (S/PDIF 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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