GA-MA790FX-DS5

Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 Owner's manual

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GA-MA790FX-DS5
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-MA79FX5-1003R
Oct. 12, 2007
Motherboard
GA-MA790FX-DS5
Motherboard
GA-MA790FX-DS5
Oct. 12, 2007
© 2007
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-MA790FX-DS5 ........................................................................... 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 ................................................................................... 20
1-7 ....................................................................................... 22
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 ( ) ............................................... 48
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 50
2-8 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 51
2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( /) ...................................... 53
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 57
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 57
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 58
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 59
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 59
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3-1 ............................................................................... 61
3-2 ............................................................................................ 62
3-3 ................................................................................... 62
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 63
3-5 ................................................................................................. 63
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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
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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
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GA-MA790FX-DS5 - 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
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-DS5
KB_MS CPU_FAN
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-MA790FX-DS5
F_AUDIO
PWR_FAN
ATX_12V_2X
AMD 790FX
USB_1394
AUDIO
OPTICAL
V1394
PCIE_12V
PCIE_1_1
SYS_FAN1
USB_ESATA
GIGABYTE
SATA2
SPDIF_IN
F_PANEL
PWR_LED
F_USB1
LPT
SYS_FAN2
IDE
F_USB2
CD_IN
FDD
PCIE_16_A
PCIE_1_2
CODEC
TSB43AB23
PCIE_16_B
PCI1
PCI2
BATTERY
GSATAII_2
IT8718
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_LAN1
SATAII0
SATAII1
RTL8111B
COMA
COAXIAL
F_1394
PCIE_1_3
GIGABYTE
SATA2
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PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
3 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
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
AMD SB600
x1
LAN
RJ45
RTL8111B
DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
4 SATA 3Gb/s
PCI Express x16 Bus
2 PCI Express x16
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
GIGABYTE
SATA2 x 2
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1-1
(CPU)
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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
Realtek 8111B (10/100/1000 Mbit)
2PCI Express x16 ATI CrossFireXTM
(PCI Express x16 PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI 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 (2 1
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
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
2USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
6USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
2eSATA 3Gb/s
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU/ ( )
GA-MA790FX-DS5 - 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
( ) 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
AM2 CPU
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) 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
DDR2
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1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCI Express x1
PCI
/PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
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PCIE_12V
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
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/
1 Gpbs
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
1-6
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
( ) ( )
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
(RJ-45)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
/