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Gigabyte GA-K8A480M-9 Owner's manual

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GA-K8A480M-9
AMD Socket 939
Rev. 1002
12MC-K8A480M9-1002
Mar. 16, 2005
Motherboard
GA-K8A480M-9
Motherboard
GA-K8A480M-9
Mar. 16, 2005
© 2005 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
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GA-K8A480M-9 ................................................................................. 6
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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 ................................................................................... 17
1-7 ....................................................................................... 18
BIOS ....................................................................................... 27
(BIOS D6) .................................................................... 28
2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 29
2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 31
2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 32
2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 34
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 36
2-6 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 37
2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 38
2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 39
2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized ) ...................................... 39
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 40
2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP ) ................................ 41
2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 41
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3-1 ............................................................................... 43
3-2 ............................................................................................ 44
3-3 ..................................................................................................... 44
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 45
3-5 ................................................................................................. 45
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4-1 ............................................................................................ 47
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 47
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery .................................................................................... 48
4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 51
4-1-4 Serial ATA RAID BIOS ................................................ 60
4-1-5 /// .............................................................................. 70
4-2 ..................................................................................................... 74
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GA-K8A480M-9
ATX_12V
DDR1
DDR2
DDR3
ATX
GA-K8A480M-9
KB_MS
Socket 939
USB
LAN
DDR4
COMA
LPT
CODEC
IT8712
COMB F_USB2
F_USB1
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN
CD_IN
F_PANEL
PCI1
PCI2
SPDIF_IO
PCIE_16_1
SATA2
SATA3
SATA0
CPU_FAN
BIOS
PCIE_1
BAT
IDE2
FDD
AUDIO1
USB
AZALIA_FP
IDE1
AUDIO2
SATA1
VGA
RTL8110S
ATi RS480
ULi M1573
CI
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VGA
AMD K8
Socket 939
CPU
CPUCLK+/-(200MHz)
PCI Express x16
33MHz
Host
Interface
ATi
RS480 66MHz
48MHz
COM Ports
Floppy
PS/2 KB/Mouse
48MHz
33MHz
4 Serial ATA
ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channels
ULi
M1573
14.318MHz
BIOS
8 USB
Ports
PCI Express x1 Bus
PCICLK
(33MHz)
2 PCI
PCI Bus
RTL
8110S
RJ45
LPT Port
1 PCI Express
x 1 Port
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz)
PCI-ECLK
(100MHz) DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
IT 8712
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
SBLINK_CLK P/N (100MHz)
NBSRC_CLK P/N (100MHz)
NB_OSC (14.318MHz)
Local Frame Buffer(L.F.B.)
SBSRC_CLK P/N (100MHz)
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1-1
1.
2.
3. (CPU RAM)
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
GA-K8A480M-9 - 10 -
AMD AthlonTM 64 / 64 FX K8 Socket 939
2000MT/s
3000+ CPU
ATi RS480
ULi M1573
Win 2000/XP
4DDR DIMM 4GB ( 1)
DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM
1 PCI Express x 16
1PCI Express x 1
2PCI
IDE 2IDE (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133) 4IDE
1 2
SATA 4Serial ATA ULi M1573
Win 2000/XP
1Normal/EPP/ECP
1VGA 1COMA COMB
8USB 2.0/1.1 (x 4 x 4- )
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
Realtek 8110S (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1RJ 45
ALC880 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 6 / 8
( )
/
SPDIF / SPDIF
CD
Win 2000/XP
I/O IT8712
L.F.B. 16MB x 2
(Local Frame Buffer)
1-2
(1) PC 4GB 4GB
4GB
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CPU
CPU/
CPU
CPU /
CPU
SATA RAID ULi M1573
-striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)
striping + mirroring (RAID 0+1) JBOD
-150MB
-
- 4 SATA
-Win 2000/XP
BIOS AWARD BIOS
Q-Flash
@BIOS
EasyTune ( )
Micro ATX 24.4 x 24.4
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
90 (
1) ( )
(2)
1.
90
2.
( )
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1-3-2
1.
(
)
2.
CPU_FAN
GA-K8A480M-9 - 14 -
1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDR BIOS
DDR
1.
2.
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Dual Channel DDR ( )
GA-K8A480M-9 (Dual Channel DDR Technology)
Memory Bus
CPU
1. DDR
2. DDR (
)DDR
3. DDR (
)
Dual Channel Technology (SS DS )
2
4
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
DS/SS DS/SS X X
X X DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
2DDR DDR1 DDR2
1
2
3
DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4
X DS/SS X X
X X X DS/SS
X DS/SS DS/SS X
DS/SS X X DS/SS
X DS/SS X DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS X
X DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS X DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS X DS/SS
(SS DS )
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1-5
1.
2. (
)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x 16
/
PCI Express x 16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( )
( )
B
(USB)
USB USB /USB USB USB
USB
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
( )
/
/
2-/4-/6-/8-
GA-K8A480M-9 - 18 -
1-7
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX (Power Connector)
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE1 / IDE2
7) SATA0/ATA1/SATA2/SATA3
8) F_PANEL
9) AZALIA_FP
10) CD_IN
11) SPDIF_IO
12) F_USB1 / F_USB2
13) COMB
14) CI
15) CLR_CMOS
16) BAT
13
6
11
5
2
16
9
10
15
7
8
13 4 12
14
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1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2 pin ATX_12V / 2x12 pin ATX)
ATX_12V CPU ATX_12V
(300
)
ATX 24 ATX
20
1
2
3 +12V
4 +12V
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB (stand by +5V)
10 +12V
11 +12V
12 3.3V( 24
)
13 3.3V
14 -12V
15
16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)
17
18
19
20 -5V
21 +5V
22 +5V
23 +5V
24
113
24
12
1
2
34
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V 3-pin
+12V
(GND)
CPU
SYS_FAN
1
CPU_FAN
1
5) FDD ( )
360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB
2
34
1
33
1
2 +12V
3
/