AMD G03-M379GDGEXTLF User Guide

USER'S MANUAL

AMD 790GX & AMD SB750

Based

M/B For Socket AM2+ Quad Core

AMD Processor

NO. G03-M379GDGEXTLF

：

2.0

Rev

Release date: April, 2010

Trademark:

* Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and ar e

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

SAFETY ENVIROMENTAL INSTRUCTION ....................................................................iii

USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iv

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iv

COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iv

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 790GX MOTHERBOARDS

1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................................................... 1

1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................... 2

1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3

1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM ........................................................................................................... 6

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 9

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 9

2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 10

2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 10

2-3-2

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 11

2-5 EXPANSION CARDS........................................................................................................... 13

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 13

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD.................................................... 13

2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT............................................................................................. 13

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS............................................................................................... 15

2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 15

2-6-2 HEADERS ............................................................................................................... 18

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER................................................................................. 21

ABOUT AMD ATHLON64 Socket AM2 CPU SOCKET

............................... 11

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 22

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 22

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 23

3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES........................................................................................... 24

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 25

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 26

3-6-1 MEMORY CONFIGURATION ......................................................................... 27

3-6-2 INTERNAL GRAPHICS CONFIGURATION ................................................. 28

3-6-3 PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION .................................................................. 29

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.........................................................................................29

3-7-1 ONBOARD SATA DEVICE .................................................................................30

3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE CONTROL............................................................................ 30

3-7-3 SUPER IO DEVICE ..............................................................................................31

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 31

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL........................................................................................ 32

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 33

3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATION........................................................................ 33

3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS............................................................................. 34

3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING........................................................................ 34

3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS .................................................................................................. 35

3-14 LOAD OPTIMISED/ FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS............................................................... 36

3-15 SAVE CHANGES ANS EXIT/DISCARD CHANGES AND EXIT................................. 36

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK......................................................................... 38

4-2 SOUND INSTALL HD AUDIO CODEC DRIVER....................................................... 39

4-3 LAN INSTALL LAN......................................................................................................... 40

4-4 RAID INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY ............................................... 40

4-5 NORTON INSTALL NORTON 2009 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM.......................... 41

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 41

4-7 HDMI INSTALL HDMI UTILITY................................................................................... 42

4-8 OVERCLOCK INSTALL OVERVLOK DRIVE UTILITY............................................. 42

4-9 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 43

4-10 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION............................................... 44

4-11 G.P.I. FUNCTION LED DISPLAY..................................................................................... 48

APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................................... 49

Safety Environmental Instruction

z Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in

any area where it may become wet.

z 0 to 40 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request

of the main chipset)

z Generally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact

malfunction and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from the welding spots’ that connect components and PCB. Computer should go through an adaptive phase before it boots when it is moved from a cold environment to a warmer one to avoid condensation phenomenon. These water drops attached on PCB or the surface of the components can bring about phenomena as minor as computer instability resulted from corrosion and oxidation from components and PCB or as major as short circuit that can burn the components. Suggest starting the computer until the temperature goes up.

z The increasing temperature of the capacitor may decrease the life of computer.

Using the close case may decrease the life of other device because the higher temperature in the inner of the case.

z Attention to the heat sink when you over-clocking. The higher temperature may

decrease the life of the device and burned the capacitor.

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USER’S NOTICE

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THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE AMD 790GX MOTHERBOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).

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Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

2.0 Second Edition April, 2010

Item Checklist

AMD790GX Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard

CD for Motherboard Utilities

User’s Manual

Switch Card

4 in 1 Cable Package (optional)

SATA Cable (optional)

I/O Back Panel Shield

AMD K10 Processor Family

Cooling Solutions

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24 hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increasing surface area and concentrated airflow from attached active cooling fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.

Please refer to the website for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for Socket AM2+ processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2+ processors.

Chapter 1

Introduction of AMD790GX Motherboards 1-1 Features of motherboard

The AMD790GX chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD790GX Chipset and the SB750 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM3/AM2+AM2 dual core and quad core AMD Phenom™ processors and 64-bit AMD Socket AM3/AM2+/AM2 multi-tasking Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors and Sempron Processors. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDRII and DDRIII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system bus up to HT 3.0. AMD790GX Platform Processor Chipset mo therb oard s eries deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM3/AM2+ / AM2 AMD Phenom™ FX, AMD Phenom™ Athlon64 FX ， Athlon64 X2，Athlon64 & Sempron processors.

The AMD790GX Series motherboards come with two DDRII memory slots and two DDRIII memory slots to support two DDRII533 /667 /800 (AM2 Sempron processors only support up to DDRII667 memory) memory modules up to 4GB or two DDRIII 1066/ 1333 memory modules up to 8GB. The board also supports dual-channel function. The AMD790GX Series motherboards are embedded with SB750 chipset of providing 1 ULTRA ATA 133 connector and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 functions which support up to two IDE hard disk drive devices and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data security without failure in advanced com pu ting p e r f o r m ance.

The AMD790GX motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with Gigabit LAN which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded HD Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.

The AMD790GX Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for gamers, with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth architecture in the AMD 790GX chipset is with the flexibility for single or dual card or three cards configurations. The AMD 790GX chipset provide 2 x16 by 8 lane PCI Express 2.0 slots to support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics.

AMD790GX Series motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0x16 graphics slots that deliver up to 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction. When PE4 installed switch card, the PE1 will doubled its bandwidth. One PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers 512 Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays .The AMD790GX motherboards also carry one 32-bit PCI slot guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. This motherboard support Hybrid CrossFireX function, the VGA Card on PE1 or PE4 will activate a Hybrid CrossFire with the onboard VGA Card when select sideport function in BIOS, the performance will be increased 15% to 75%.

Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 10 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.

Some special features---

OC-CON / G.P.I. Function

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift / CPU Smart Fan /

etc. in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of these value added product features, please get them in the coming section.

1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard

CPU Thermal Throttling Technology—The CPU Overheat Protection Technology To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 40℃ to 90℃). When the system senses the

CPU operating temperature reaching the preset value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it is in working. (For detail operating please read Section 3-11 Bi-turbo Configuration) CPU Smart Fan—The Noise Management System It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics. CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition, the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and business requirements. CPU Vcore 7-Shift—Shift to Higher Performance The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 31 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance. OC-CON(optional)—High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time, intact extension 10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees Centigrade of working temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.

G.P.I Function(optional)—Green power indicator function)

G.P.I is a technology with remarkable power saving function: when you are using a computer with G.P.I mode turned on, you save averagely 10.5w in power consumption in the whole process than normal computer without G.P.I technology.

DIY Clear(optional) The CMOS button is to facilitate the clear CMOS process for power user overclocking function. The user can easily clear or restore CMOS setting by pressing the button without tacking trouble to remove the case and locate the jumper for clear CMOS .

Power On Button(optional)

You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper.

Reset Button(optional)

You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.

3D Audio((optional)

OP with two-stage Butterworth filter and quadruple noninverting amplifier enhances bass effect under the 100MHz range to perfect audio effect, brings you stunning shock experience in video game, true-to-life simulated feeling when watching films and the greatest touch as that in the concert.

1-2 Specification

Spec Description

ATX form factor ; PCB size:24.5cm x24.5cm

Design Chipset

CPU Socket

Memory Socket

GPU Memory

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and Serial ATA2 RAID

Gigabit LAN

HD-Audio

BIOS

Multi I/O

AMD790GX North Bridge Chipset

AMD SB750 South Bridge Chipset

Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin

Grid Array package processor Support for future AMD Athlon64 940-pin Dual –Core Athlon 64x2

processor, Athlon 64 & Sempron Processors with HTT Frequency 1GHz and the latest AMD Phenom™ FX, quad core AMD Phenom™ processors with HTT 3.0. Ready for AM3 CPU

240-pin DDRII Module socket x 2

240-pin DDRIII Module socket x 2

Support 2pcs DDRII533/667/800 Modules Expandable to 4GB or 2pcs

DDRIII 1066/ 1333 Modules Expandable to 8GB Dual channel supported

DDRIII 128Mb GPU Memory (optional)

2pcs PCI-Express x16 by 8 lane

1pcs PCI-Express x1 slot

32-bit PCI slot x 1pcs

One IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA and the

ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s for 2 IDE Devices and for 6 Serial ATA2 ports providing 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 functions Integrated PCI-E 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN.

Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing 10Mb/100Mb/1000

Mb/s data transfer rate Realtek HD Audio Codec integrated

Support 3D surround & Positioning Audio

Audio driver and utility included

AMI 8MB SPI Flash ROM BIOS

PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors

Coaxial and optical SPDIF_OUT connector(optional)

HDMI Connector / DVI Connector / VGA Connector(HDMI Connector

and DVI Connector can not be used at the same time) USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 3

ESATA Connector x1

SATA Connector x6

RJ-45 Connector x1

Audio connector x1 (8CH Audio)

Hard Disk Drive Connector x1

Serial port header x1

HDMI-SPDIF header x1

IR header x1

1-3 Performance List

The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

Performance Test Report

CPU: AMD PhenomⅡ 940 DRAM:

VGA Card: Hard Disk Driver:

BIOS: T02 OS:

3D Mark 2003 3D Mark 2005 3D Mark 2006 AQUAMRK3

PCMark2005

System / CPU / Memory Graph / HDD Content Creation Winstone 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Winbench 99 V2.0: Business /Hi-end Disk Winmark99

SYSMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

SYSMark 2004

3D Creation/2D Creation

Web publication

Office productivily Communication/Document Creation DATA Analysis SISOFT Sandra 2009 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark 3.Memory bandwidth

Benchmark

DHRYSTON ALU GIPS WHETSTONE ISSE3 GFLOPS

Multi-Media int x8 asse2 Mpixel/s

Multi-Media float x4 isse2 Mpixel/s Multi-Media doubled x2 isse2 Mpixel/s Integer GB/S Floating GB/S

UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS

DOOM 3 FPS Super Pi (1M) Second CPUZ System / CPU Clock 3000.3MHZ

DDR II 1066 1GB*2

onboard(HD3300)

ST sata 1000GB

winxp+sp3 (en)

AMD 790GX

5648 4647 2151

48805

6860/9052/5126

2955/6255

52.4

34.1

6220/29400

409

215/633

501 301

252/364

296

39.96

39.12

116.06

51.07

27.95

9.75

9.81

19.496958/134.963776/251.091202/135.045868

619.4/62.07

95.0

22.96s

CPU: AMD AM3 925 DRAM: VGA Card: Hard Disk Driver:

BIOS: T02 OS:

3D Mark 2003 3D Mark 2005 3D Mark 2006 AQUAMRK3

PCMark2005

System / CPU / Memory Graph / HDD Content Creation Winstone 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Winbench 99 V2.0: Business /Hi-end Disk Winmark99

SYSMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

SYSMark 2004

3D Creation/2D Creation

Web publication

Office productivily Communication/Document Creation DATA Analysis SISOFT Sandra 2009 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark 3.Memory bandwidth

Benchmark

DHRYSTON ALU GIPS WHETSTONE ISSE3 GFLOPS

Multi-Media int x8 asse2 Mpixel/s

Multi-Media float x4 isse2 Mpixel/s Multi-Media doubled x2 isse2 Mpixel/s Integer GB/S Floating GB/S

UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS

DOOM 3 FPS Super Pi (1M) Second CPUZ System / CPU Clock 2800.4MHZ

DDR III 1333 1GB*2

onboard(HD3300)

ST sata 1000GB

winxp+sp3 (en)

AMD 790GX

5919 4835 2224

50568

6493/8520/4987

3043/6242

49.5

32.5

7900/27100

400

217/609

485 294

246/351

295

36.81

36.62

108.06

47.56

26.05

11.24

28.933/131.817/244.0370/131.8953

616.6/608.0

98.6

24.360

(J1)

1-4 Layout Diagram

For MA3-79GDG Extreme-L Motherboard series:

RJ-45 Connector

ESATA

USB Connectors

DDRIII Socket x 2

Line-IN

RS-OUT

Line-OUT

CS-OUT

SS-OUT

MIC-IN

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

Coaxial SPDIF_OUT

Optical SPDIF_OUT

ATX 12V Power Connector

VGA Connector

HDMI

DVI Connector

CPUFAN

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

SPDIF_Out Connectors

HDMI Connector

VGA Connector over

DVI Connecto

E-SATA Ove

USB Connector

(CN5)

RJ45 Over

USB Connector

(UL1)

Audio Connector

PCI Express 2.0 x16

by 8-lane

PCI Express 2.0 x16

Realtek ALC883

Audio Decode

PCI Slot

Audio Header

SYSFAN1

PCI Express x1

by 8-lane

CDIN Header

G.P.I. LED

CPU Socket AM2+/AM3

AMD 790GX Chipset

E-SATA1

Gigabit LAN

IR Heade

3D Audio button

DDRIII 128Mb Sideport Memory

AMD SB750

COM Header

USB Headers

(USB1, 2, 3 )

Front Panel Header

SYSFAN2

Chipset

DDRII Socket x 2

ATX Power Conn.

ATA 133 IDE Conn.

(IDE1)

Serial-ATAII Connectors

SATA4, 5, 6

Serial-ATAII Connecto

SATA1, 2, 3

Power LED Header Speaker Header

(J1)

For MA3-79GEXTLC-LF Motherboard series:

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

HDMI Connector

VGA Connector over

DVI Connecto

ATX 12V Power Connector

RJ-45 Connector

VGA Connector

HDMI Connector

DVI Connector

USB Connectors

CPUFAN

SSP. LED

CPU Socket AM2+/AM3

DDRIII Socket x 2

Line-IN

Line-OUT

MIC-IN

DDRII Socket x 2

ATX Power Conn.

USB Connecto

RJ45 Over

USB Connector

(UL1)

Audio Connector

PCI Express 2.0 x16

PCI Express x1

PCI Express 2.0 x16

Realtek ALC 662

Audio Decode

by 8-lane

PCI Slot

Audio Header

CDIN Header

AMD 790GX Chipset

Gigabit

LAN Chi

SYSFAN1

IR Heade

COM Header

USB Headers

(USB1, 2, 3)

AMD SB750

Chipset

Front Panel Header

SYSFAN2

ATA 133 IDE Conn.

(IDE1)

Serial-ATAII Connectors

SATA4, 5, 6

Serial-ATAII Connectors

SATA1, 2, 3 Power LED Header Speaker Header

Jumpers

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block JBAT Clear CMOS Header 3-pin Block

Jumper Name Description

Connectors

Connector Name Description

ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female UL1/CN5 for USB USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector UL1 for RJ-45LAN Gigabit LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector J1 8-CH HD Audio Connector 6- phone jack Conn. FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40-pin Block

SATA1~SATA6； E-SATA1 (optional) CN5 for ESATA

VGA D-Sub Connector 15-pin Connector DVI1 Digital Visual Interface 29-pin Connector HDMI High-Definition Multimedia 19-pin Connector SPDIF_OUT1/

SPDIF_ Out 2 (optional)

Serial ATAII Hard Disk Driver Connectors 7 -pin Connector

External Serial ATAII Connector 7-pin Connector

Coaxial/ Optical SPDIF Out Connector 1-phone connector

Headers

Header Name Description

AUDIO1 Front Panel SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block USB1, USB2, USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block

JW_FP1 (Reset/IDE LED/Power Button)

SYSFAN1/2 System FAN Headers 3-pin Block CPUFAN CPU FAN Header 4-pin Block CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block COM1 Serial Port COM1 Header 9-pin Block HDMI-SPDIF SPDIF Out header 2-pin Block

Front Panel Header (including IDE activity LED/Reset switch /

Power On Button lead)

9-pin Block

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description

ZIF Socket AM2 CPU Socket 940-pin PGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket DDRIII1/DDRIII2 DDRIII Module Socket 240-pin DDRIII Module Socket DIMM1/ DIMM2 DDRII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket PCI1 PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slot PE2 PCI-Express x1Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot

PE1,PE4 PCI-Express 2.0x16 Slot PCI-Express2.0 x16 Expansion Slot

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

WARNING!

Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:

1. Check motherboard jumper setting

2. Install CPU and Fan

3. Install System Memory (DIMM)

4. Install Expansion cards

5. Connect IDE and Front Panel /Back Panel cable

6. Connect ATX Power cable

7. Power-On and Load Standard Default

8. Reboot

9. Install Operating System

10. Install Driver and Utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

(1) Keyboard/USB function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

JP1

1-2 Closed KB/USB Power ON Disable (Default)

Keyb oard/M ouse & USB Power On Setting

JP1

2-3 Closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled

(2) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin): JBAT

A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1-2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds

4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

JBATJBAT

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

2-3 Closed Clear CMOS

2-3 Install CPU

2-3-1 Glossary

Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.

Processor socket - the socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard. Slot (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM. PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound

cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz. PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003, the speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5 Gbps to 5 Gbps.

Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems. Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers. PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards. USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards,

scanners, and some digital cameras. Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.

LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and

establish the relationship between the various components. Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or other software. Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing the "computing" in "personal computer"

Front Side Bus Frequency -

by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.

CPU L2 Cache -

the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated

2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+/AM3 CPU Socket

This motherboard provides a socket AM2+/AM3 surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA941 socket supports AM3/ AM2+ AMD processor utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology.

The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system.

WARNING!

Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90-degree angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.

Colden Arrow

Socket AM2+

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket, No force required to insert of the CPU, and then press the level to locate position slightly without any extra force.

2-4 Install Memory

This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR II DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR II memory SDRAM expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 4 GB and two 240-pin DDR III SDRAM DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR III memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 8 GB.

Valid Memory Configurations for DDR II

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Maximum Capacity

DIMM1 DDR II 667/DDR II 800 X1 2GB DIMM2 DDR II 667/DDR II 800 X1 2GB

Total System Memory (Max 4GB) 2 4GB

Valid Memory Configuration for DDR III

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Maximum Capacity

DDR III 1 DDRIII1066/DDRIII 1333 X1 4 GB DDR III 2 DDRIII1066/DDRIII 1333 X1 4 GB

Total System Memory (Max. 8 GB) 2 8 GB

NOTICE!

1. If there is only one DDRII memory module, please install in DIMM1 slot; if tthere is only one

DDRIII memory module, please install in DDRIII1 slot.

2. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DDRIII memory modules plug in DIMM1

&DIMM2; or 2 DDRIII memory modules plug in DDR III 1 & DDR III .

3. Memory modules must be of the same type, same size, and same frequency for dual channel

function.

4. DIMM1and DIMM2 is for installing DDR II memory modules only while DDRIII1 and

DDRIII2 is for installing DDRIII memory modules only.

5. User can only install DDRII memory module(s) in DDR II memory module slot(s) when an

AM2 or AM2+ CPU is installed;

6. User can choose either installing DDRII memory module(s) in DDR II memory module slot(s)

or DDRIII memory module(s) in DDR III memory module slot(s), but NEVER both DDRII and DDRIII memory module(s) at the same time under any circumstances.

Install DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure

below to see how to install a 240-Pin DDR II 667/DDR II 800 or a DDR III 1066 and DDR III 1333SDRAM module.

DDRIII1 & DDRIII2: Dua l Channel

DIMM1 & DIMM2: Dual Chan ne l2

Graph 2-4

NOTICE!

WARNING!

When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides.

This motherboard only supports DDR II 667/800 or higher frequency- compliant DDR II Modules in DDRII memory slots and DDR III 1066 or higher frequency-compliant DDR III Modules in DDRIII memory slots.

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