Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Owner's manual

Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 motherboard supports AMD AthlonTM 64 FX/ 64 X2 Dual-Core/ AthlonTM 64/ SempronTM processors with Socket AM2. It features dual channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB, integrated nVIDIA® nForce 560 graphics, Realtek ALC888 CODEC High Definition Audio, Realtek 8211BL Gigabit LAN, 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID support, 3 IEEE 1394a ports, and 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports. It also has an ATX form factor, 24-pin ATX and 4-pin ATX 12V power connectors.

Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 motherboard supports AMD AthlonTM 64 FX/ 64 X2 Dual-Core/ AthlonTM 64/ SempronTM processors with Socket AM2. It features dual channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB, integrated nVIDIA® nForce 560 graphics, Realtek ALC888 CODEC High Definition Audio, Realtek 8211BL Gigabit LAN, 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID support, 3 IEEE 1394a ports, and 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports. It also has an ATX form factor, 24-pin ATX and 4-pin ATX 12V power connectors.

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
© 2007
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http://www.gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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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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3-2 ............................................................................................ 56
3-3 ................................................................................... 56
3-4 ..................................................................................................... 57
3-5 ................................................................................................. 57
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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
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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
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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)
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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
1
1
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
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3USB 2.0/1.1
2IEEE 1394a
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1
1S/PDIF
1S/PDIF
1
4USB 2.0/1.1
1IEEE 1394a
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8716
CPU /
CPU /
CPU /
CPU /
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
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(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
( )
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
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1-4-2
DDR2
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 Express x16
PCI
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PS/2 PS/2
PS/2 ( ) ( )
S/PDIF
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
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7.1
( )
( ) 2
4/5.1/7.1
( )
~
2/4/5.1/7.1
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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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Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Owner's manual

Type
Owner's manual

Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 motherboard supports AMD AthlonTM 64 FX/ 64 X2 Dual-Core/ AthlonTM 64/ SempronTM processors with Socket AM2. It features dual channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB, integrated nVIDIA® nForce 560 graphics, Realtek ALC888 CODEC High Definition Audio, Realtek 8211BL Gigabit LAN, 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID support, 3 IEEE 1394a ports, and 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports. It also has an ATX form factor, 24-pin ATX and 4-pin ATX 12V power connectors.

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