Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Owner's manual

GA-M56S-S3

AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /

AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core /

AMD AthlonTM 64 / AMD SempronTM

Rev. 1004

12MC-M56SS3-1004R

Motherboard

GA-M56S-S3

Jul. 10, 2007

Motherboard

GA-M56S-S3

Jul. 10, 2007

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REV : X.X X.X

REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS

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GA-M56S-S3 .................................................................................... 7

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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9

1-2 ..................................................................................................... 10

1-3 .................................................................. 12

1-3-1 (CPU)................................................................................. 12

1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 14

1-4 ....................................................................................... 15

1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 15

1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 16

1-5 ................................................................................................. 17

1-6 ................................................................................... 18

1-7 ....................................................................................... 20

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 ( )............................................... 44

2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 46

2-8 PC Health Status ( )............................................................. 47

2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 49

2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 51

2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 51

2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /)................... 52

2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 53

2-14 Exit Without Saving ( )........................... 53

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3-1 ............................................................................... 55

3-2 ............................................................................................ 56

3-3 ................................................................................... 56

3-4 ..................................................................................................... 57

3-5 ................................................................................................. 57

....................................................................................... 59

4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 59

4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 64

4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 64

4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS......................................................................... 67

4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 69

4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost ................................................................. 70

.......................................................................................................... 71

5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 71

5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 71

5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 76

5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 77

5-2 /........................................................................ 82

5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 82

5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 84

5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 86

5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 88

5-3 ..................................................................................................... 89

5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 89

5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 90

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GA-M56S-S3 - 1

- 1

- 1 - 1

IDE - 1 - 1

SATA 3Gb/s - 2

I/O - 1

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

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

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

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

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GA-M56S-S3

KB_MS

Socket AM2

GA-M56S-S3

USB

LAN

CD_IN

F_AUDIO

AUDIO

IT8716

SPDIF_I

CODEC

LPT

USB

1394

COMA

RTL8211BL

PCI1

CI

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

BIOS

FDD

PCIE_16

PCIE_1

PCIE_2

SYS_FAN

F2_1394

F1_1394

TSB43AB23

F_PANEL

PWR_LED

F_USB1

SATAII1

SATAII2SATAII3

F_USB2

F_USB3

DDRII_1

DDRII_2

DDRII_3

DDRII_4

BATTERY

nVIDIA®

nForce 560

SATAII0 ATX

IDE

ATX_12V

CLR_CMOS

CPU_FAN

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

SPDIF_O

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AMD

Socket AM2

CPU

CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)

Hyper Transport Bus

4 PCI

PCI Bus

2 PCI Express x1

PCI Express Bus

nVIDIA®

nForce 560

3 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)

LPC BUS

Floppy

LPT Port

PS/2 KB/Mouse

LAN

RJ45

RTL

8211BL

IT8716

x1 x1

PCI Express x16

COM Port

PCIe CLK

(100 MHz)

BIOS

PCI CLK

(33 MHz)

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1-1

•

•(CPU)

•

GA-M56S-S3 - 10 -

1-2

(CPU) AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX /

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

AMD SempronTM

( )

(FSB) 2000 MHz

nVIDIA® nForce 560

41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )



DDR2 800/667/533 MHz

( )

Realtek ALC888 CODEC

High Definition Audio

2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1

S/PDIF /

CD

Realtek 8211BL (10/100/1000 Mbit)

1PCI Express x16

2PCI Express x1

4PCI



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

IDE

-4SATA 3Gb/s 4SATA 3Gb/s

- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5

iTE IT8716

- 1 1

IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23

3IEEE 1394a (1 2

IEEE 1394a )

USB 

10 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 6

USB )

124-pin ATX

14-pin ATX 12V

1

1IDE

4SATA 3Gb/s

1CPU

1

1S/PDIF

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3USB 2.0/1.1

2IEEE 1394a

1

1PS/2

1

1S/PDIF

1

4USB 2.0/1.1

1IEEE 1394a

1RJ-45

6 ( / / /

/ / )

I/O iTE IT8716



CPU /

BIOS 14 Mbit flash

AWARD BIOS

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 )

Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000

( )

ATX 30.5 x 21.4

( ) PC 4 GB 4

GB 4 GB

() EasyTune

GA-M56S-S3 - 12 -

1-3

(CPU)

•CPU

(CPU )

•CPU

•CPU ( ) CPU

CPU

•CPU

•CPU CPU

•CPU

CPU

1-3-1 (CPU)

A. CPU ( ) CPU ( )

AM2 CPU

CPU

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B. CPU CPU

CPU ( )

CPU

CPU CPU

CPU

CPU CPU CPU

GA-M56S-S3 - 14 -

CPU CPU

1-3-2 CPU CPU ( )

CPU CPU

()

CPU

CPU (CPU_FAN)

CPU

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1-4

•

( )

•

DDRII_1

DDRII_2

DDRII_3

DDRII_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

2

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 -- )

DDR2

DDRII_1 DDRII_2

GA-M56S-S3 - 16 -

1-4-2

DDR2

DDR2 DDR DDR2

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1-5

•

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. BIOS

7.

PCI Express x16

PCI Express x1

/PCI Express x16

•PCI Express x16

PCI

GA-M56S-S3 - 18 -

1-6

PS/2 PS/2

PS/2 ( ) ( )

S/PDIF

IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a

IEEE 1394a

USB USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB

/USB USB

(RJ-45) (Gigabit Ethernet)

1 GB (1 Gbps)

•

/

1 Gpbs

100 Mpbs

10 Mpbs

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( )

5.1/7.1

( )

4/5.1/7.1

( )

7.1

( )

( ) 2

4/5.1/7.1

( )

~

2/4/5.1/7.1

GA-M56S-S3 - 20 -

1-7

•

2

1

410

9

5

15

6

3

7

8

11

12

13

17

16

18

1) ATX_12V

2) ATX

3) CPU_FAN

4) SYS_FAN

5) FDD

6) IDE

7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3

8) PWR_LED

9) BATTERY

10) F_PANEL

11) F_AUDIO

12) CD_IN

13) SPDIF_I

14) SPDIF_O

15) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3

16) F1_1394 / F2_1394

17) CI

18) CLR_CMOS

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