GA-MA790GP-DS4H

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H Owner's manual

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GA-MA790GP-DS4H
AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX /AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 /AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
Rev. 1001
12MC-MA790GP4H-1001R
Motherboard
GA-MA790GP-DS4H
Jul. 23, 2008
Jul. 23, 2008
Motherboard
GA-MA790GP-DS4H
© 2009
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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 .................................................................. 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 ATI Hybrid CrossFireXTM ............................................................ 20
1-7 ATI CrossFireXTM ........................................................................ 21
1-8 ................................................................................... 22
1-9 ....................................................................................... 25
BIOS ....................................................................................... 37
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 38
2-2 BIOS .............................................................................. 39
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 41
2-4 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS ) ........................................... 45
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS ) ..................................... 47
2-6 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 50
2-7 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 53
2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI ) ............................. 55
2-9 PC Health Status ( ) ............................................................. 56
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 58
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults ( ) .......................................... 58
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password ( /) ................... 59
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2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 60
2-14 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 60
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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 ................................................................................... 74
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 75
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 75
5-1-2 Windows XP SATA RAID/AHCI .81
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 82
5-2 /........................................................................ 87
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 87
5-2-2 (S/PDIF +)( ) .................................. 89
5-2-3 Dolby Home Theater ..................................................................... 91
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 92
5-2-5 ............................................................................................ 94
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 95
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 95
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 96
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GA-MA790GP-DS4H - 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 4
2USB 2.0 - 1
I/O - 1
2USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
2SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)
(S/PDIF +) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11R)
( 12CF1-1LP001-01R)
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GA-MA790GP-DS4H
Socket AM2+/AM2
GA-MA790GP-DS4H
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
FDD
F_PANEL
SYS_FAN2
CI
PWR_LED
M_BIOS
B_ BIOS
CD_IN
IT8718
CODEC
AMD 790GX
RTL
8111C
SPDIF_IO
AMD SB750
PCIEX1_1
PCI1
PCI2
PCIEX1_2
PCIEX16_1
PCIEX1_3
F_USB1
F_USB2
PCIEX8_1
F_USB3
F_1394_1
COM
F_USB4
TSB43AB23
SATA2_3
SATA2_1
LPT
F_1394_2
SATA2_0
SATA2_2
ATX
IDE
SATA2_4
SATA2_5
PWR_FAN
KB_MS
USB
LAN
F_AUDIO
AUDIO
BATTERY
ATX_12V_2X4
USB
1394
HDMI
CLR_CMOS
CPU_FAN
OPTICAL
SYS_FAN1
DVI
VGA
SidePort
Memory
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() DVI-D HDMI
( ) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 PCIEX16_1 x8
AMD Socket
AM2+/AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
Hyper Transport 3.0
3 PCI Express x1
PCI Express Bus
AMD 790GX
DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
6 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
x1
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
LPC BUS
PCI Express x16
AMD SB750 12 USB Ports
GFX CLK (100 MHz)
D-Sub
Line-Out
MIC
CODEC
Line-In
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
DVI-D HDMI ( )
2 PCI
PCI Bus
3 IEEE 1394a
TSB43AB23
RJ45
RTL
8111C
LAN
LPT Port
Floppy
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
IT8718
1 PCI Express x16 ( )
x1 x1
x8
2 PCI Express x8 ( )
Dual BIOS
x16
DDR3 SidePort
Memory
x1
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1-1
(CPU)
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1-2
(CPU) AM2+ / AM2
AMD PhenomTM FX / AMD PhenomTM X4 /
AMD PhenomTM X3 / AMD AthlonTM X2 /
AMD AthlonTM / AMD SempronTM X2 /
AMD SempronTM
( )
Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s
AMD 790GX
AMD SB750
41.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB ( )
DDR2 1066 ( )/800/667 MHz
( )
128MB DDR3 (SidePort memory)
Realtek ALC889A
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
Dolby® Home Theater ( )
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8111C (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1PCI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16_1) ( )
1PCI Express x16 x8 (PCIEX8_1) ( )
(PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1 ATI Hybrid CrossFireXTM ATI CrossFireXTM
PCI Express 2.0)
3PCI Express x1
2PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-6SATA 3Gb/s 6SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD
iTE IT8718
-1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3IEEE 1394a (1 2
IEEE 1394a )
USB
12 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 8
USB )
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124-pin ATX
18-pin ATX 12V
1
1IDE
6SATA 3Gb/s
1CPU
2
1
1
1
1
1S/PDIF /
2IEEE 1394a
4USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
1
1
1PS/2
1PS/2
1D-Sub
1DVI-D ( )
1HDMI
1S/PDIF
1IEEE 1394a
4USB 2.0/1.1
1RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8718
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/
CPU/ ( )
BIOS 28 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOSTM
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
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@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune ( )
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Virtual Dual BIOS
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 24.4
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
( )
( ) Windows Vista/XP 32-bit
( ) PCIEX16_1
PCIEX8_1 PCIEX16_1 PCIEX8_1
PCIEX16_1 x8
( ) DVI-D D-Sub
( ) 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+/AM2 CPU
AM2
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) DDR2_1 DDR2_3 ( 13)
1 (Channel 1) DDR2_2 DDR2_4 ( 24)
CPU
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SS DS -- )
2
4
DDR2
DDR2_1 DDR2_2
DDR2_1
DDR2_2
DDR2_3
DDR2_4
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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 x8
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(PCIEX8_1 )
PCIEX8_1
(PCIEX16_1 )
/PCI Express
PCIEX16_1/PCIEX8_1
PCIEX16_1/
PCIEX8_1
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1-6 ATI Hybrid CrossFireXTM
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX AMD
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX
A.
1.
Windows Vista Windows XP *
2. BIOS
BIOS Advanced BIOS Features
Internal Graphics Mode UMA+SidePort
UMA Frame Buffer Size 256MB
Surround View Disabled
Init Display First Onboard
3.
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX
B. ATI Hybrid CrossFireX
ATI
Catalyst
Control Center
CrossFire
CrossFire
Xpress Install
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX
BIOS Internal Graphics Mode UMA Frame Buffer Size
CrossFire
*Window XP AMD 8.51( )
/