Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2 Owner's manual

Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2 is a motherboard that supports AMD Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon 64, and Sempron processors with Socket AM2. It features dual-channel DDR2 memory, PCI Express x16 graphics, integrated nVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a graphics, and Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio. The motherboard also includes four SATA 3Gb/s ports, two IEEE 1394a ports, and ten USB 2.0/1.1 ports.

Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2 is a motherboard that supports AMD Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon 64, and Sempron processors with Socket AM2. It features dual-channel DDR2 memory, PCI Express x16 graphics, integrated nVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a graphics, and Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio. The motherboard also includes four SATA 3Gb/s ports, two IEEE 1394a ports, and ten USB 2.0/1.1 ports.

GA-M68SM-S2
AM2
AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /
AMD AthlonTM 64 / AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1002
12MC-M68SMS2-1002R
*WEEE logo
*WEEE
Motherboard
GA-M68SM-S2
Jul. 27, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M68SM-S2
Jul. 27, 2007
© 2007
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REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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GA-M68SM-S2 .................................................................................. 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 ................................................................................... 19
1-7 ....................................................................................... 21
BIOS ....................................................................................... 31
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 32
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 33
2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 35
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 37
2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 39
2-6 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 43
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 45
2-8 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 46
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 48
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 48
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / ) ................... 49
2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 50
2-13 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 50
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3-1 ............................................................................... 51
3-2 ............................................................................................ 52
3-3 ................................................................................... 52
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 53
3-5 ................................................................................................. 53
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 55
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 60
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 60
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS ......................................................................... 63
4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 65
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 66
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 67
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 67
5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 72
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 73
5-2 /........................................................................ 78
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 78
5-2-2 (S/PDIF +)( ) .................................. 80
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 82
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 84
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 85
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 85
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 86
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GA-M68SM-S2 - 1
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IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)
4USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01/R)
SATA ( 12CF1-3SATPW-11R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-31/R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11/R)
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GA-M68SM-S2
KB_MS
Socket AM2
ATX
GA-M68SM-S2
USB
LAN
CD_IN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BIOS
FDD
PCIE_1
IDE
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
F1_1394
TSB43AB23
PCIE_16
PCI1
BATTERY
F_PANEL
CI
CODEC
ATX_12V
USB
1394
COM
DVI
LPT
PWR_LED
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
RTL
8211BL
CPU_FAN
SATAII0
SATAII3
SATAII2
F_USB2
F_USB3
PCI2
SPDIF_IO
SYS_FAN
nVIDIA®
GeForce 7025/
nForce 630a
SATAII1
VGA
IT8716
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PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport Bus
2 PCI
PCI Bus
1 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
2 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
4 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-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCI Express x16
LPC BUS
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
LAN
RJ45
RTL
8211BL
x1
D-Sub
DVI-D
nVIDIA®
GeForce 7025/
nForce 630a
IT8716
BIOS
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(CPU) î‚ŠAM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core / AMD AthlonTM 64 /
AMD SempronTM
( )
(FSB) î‚Š2000 MHz
nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a
î‚Š41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
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î‚ŠDDR2 800/667/533 MHz
( )
î‚ŠRealtek ALC888
î‚ŠHigh Definition Audio
î‚Š2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
î‚ŠS/PDIF /
î‚ŠCD
î‚ŠRTL 8211BL (10/100/1000 Mbit)
î‚Š1PCI Express x16
î‚Š1PCI Express x1
î‚Š2PCI
nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33
2IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 JBOD
î‚ŠiTE IT8716
-1 1
IEEE 1394 î‚ŠT.I. TSB43AB23
î‚Š2IEEE 1394a (1 1
IEEE 1394a )
USB nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a
î‚Š10 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 6
USB )
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î‚Š124-pin ATX
î‚Š14-pin ATX 12 V
î‚Š1
î‚Š1IDE
î‚Š4SATA 3Gb/s
î‚Š1CPU
î‚Š1
î‚Š1
î‚Š1
î‚Š1
î‚Š1S/PDIF /
î‚Š3USB 2.0/1.1
î‚Š1IEEE 1394a
î‚Š1
î‚Š1
î‚Š1
î‚Š1PS/2
î‚Š1PS/2
î‚Š1
î‚Š1DVI-D
î‚Š1D-Sub
î‚Š1IEEE 1394a
î‚Š4USB 2.0/1.1
î‚Š1RJ-45
î‚Š6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O î‚ŠiTE IT8716
î‚Š
î‚ŠCPU/
î‚ŠCPU/
î‚ŠCPU/
î‚ŠCPU/
î‚ŠCPU ( )
BIOS î‚Š14 Mbit flash
î‚ŠAWARD BIOS
î‚ŠPnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
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î‚Š@BIOS
î‚ŠDownload Center
î‚ŠQ-Flash
î‚ŠEasyTune ( )
î‚ŠXpress Install
î‚ŠXpress Recovery2
î‚ŠVirtual Dual BIOS
î‚ŠNorton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000
î‚ŠMicro ATX 24.4 x 24.4
( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
( ) CPU CPU
() EasyTune
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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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( )
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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
2
4
DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
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DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
DDR2
DDRII_1 DDRII_2
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
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1-4-2
DDR2
DDR2 DDR DDR2
DDR2
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
/PCI Express x16
PCI
•
PCI Express x16
•
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
( ) ( )
DVI
DVI-D DVI-D
D-Sub
15-pin D-Sub D-Sub
1-6
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•
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/USB USB
(RJ-45)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
•DVI D-Sub
•nVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a GA-M68SM-S2
PCI Express x16 PCI
/
/
1 Gpbs
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
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2/4/5.1/7.1
( )
5.1/7.1
( )
4/5.1/7.1
( )
7.1
( )
( )
2
4/5.1/7.1
( )
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Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2 Owner's manual

Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2 is a motherboard that supports AMD Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon 64, and Sempron processors with Socket AM2. It features dual-channel DDR2 memory, PCI Express x16 graphics, integrated nVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a graphics, and Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio. The motherboard also includes four SATA 3Gb/s ports, two IEEE 1394a ports, and ten USB 2.0/1.1 ports.

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