AMD GA-M55S-S3 Service Manual

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)

AMD Socket AM2

Rev. 2002

12MC-M55S3R-2002R

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Nov. 10, 2006

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)

Motherboard

Nov. 10, 2006

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)

Motherboard

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GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) ..................................................................... 7

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

1-2

1-3

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

1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 13

1-4 ....................................................................................... 14

1-5

1-6

1-7

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BIOS ....................................................................................... 29

(BIOS FAa).................................................................. 30

2-1 Standard CMOS Features (

2-2 Advanced BIOS Features (

2-3 Integrated Peripherals (

2-4 Power Management Setup ( ) ............................................... 40

2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations (

2-6 PC Health Status (

2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)(

2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe ) .......................................... 47

2-9 Load Optimized Defaults (

2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password (

2-11 Save & Exit Setup (

2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP ) .......................... 49

CMOS ) ........................................... 32

BIOS ) ..................................... 34

) ....................................................... 36

PCI ) ............................. 42

) ............................................................. 43

/ ) ....................................... 45

Optimized ) ...................................... 47

/ ) ................... 48

SETUP ) ................................ 49

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3-1 ............................................................................... 51

3-2

............................................................................................ 52

3-3 ................................................................................... 52

3-4

3-5

..................................................................................................... 53

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4-1 ............................................................................................ 55

4-1-1 EasyTune 5 ............................................................................................... 55

4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 ................................................................................... 56

4-1-3 BIOS ....................................................................................... 58

4-1-4 Serial ATA ............................................................................. 67

4-1-5 / / / .............................................................................. 77

4-2 ..................................................................................................... 82

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IDE 1 1

SATA 3Gb/s 2

I/O

*

 2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51/R)

 4 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-21/R)

 2

 2

 e-SATA

SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)

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

( 12CF1-3SATPW-11R)

 (S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01/R)

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GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0)

SPDIF_O

SPDIFO_OPT

KB_MS

AUDIO

CD_IN

LPT

COMA

USB

USB

F_AUDIO

CODEC

REV: 2.0

1394

LAN1

IT8716

Marvell

88E1116

PCIE_12V

SPDIF_I

PCI1

PCI2

ATX_12V

PCIE_1

PCIE_16_1

PCIE_2

PCIE_3

PCIE_4

FDD

CPU_FAN

BIOS

Socket AM2

GA-M55S-S3

F1_1394

F2_1394

TSB43AB23

nVIDIA

nForce 550

CI

PWR_LED

DDRII_1

DDRII_2

F_PANEL

®

DDRII_3

DDRII_4

F_USB3

F_USB2

PWR_FAN

SATAII4

SATAII1

CLR_CMOS

BATTERY

F_USB1

ATX

IDE1

SATAII2

SATAII3

SYS_FAN

- 7 -

AMD

Socket AM2

CPU

CPUCLK+/-(200 MHz)

DDRII 800/667/533 MHz DIMM

PCI-ECLK

(100 MHz)

PCI-ECLK

(100 MHz)

PCI Express x16

PCI Express Bus

x1

x1

4 PCI Express x1

PCI Bus

TSB43AB23

3 IEEE 1394a

x1

x1

nForce 550

CODEC

MIC

Line-Out

Hyper Transport Bus

®

nVIDIA

10 USB

SPDIF In

SPDIF Out

Ports

Line-In

LAN

RJ45

Marvell

88E1116

BIOS

LPC BUS

Dual Channel Memory

4 SATA 3Gb/s

ATA33/66/100/133
IDE Channel

IT8716

PS/2 KB/Mouse

Floppy

LPT Port

COM Port

2 PCI

Side Speaker Out

Surround Speaker Out

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

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1-1

1.

2.

3. (CPU RAM)

4.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

- 9 -

1-2

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

AthlonTM 64 / Sempron

 2000 MHz
 nVIDIA® nForce 550
 Marvell 88E1116 (10/100/1000 Mbit)
 Realtek ALC888 CODEC
 High Definition Audio
 2 / 4 / 6 / 8
 S/PDIF /
 CD

IEEE1394  T.I. TSB43AB23

 3 IEEE1394a
 nVIDIA® nForce 550

-1 2

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

-4SATA 3Gb/s (SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4)

4 SATA 3Gb/s

- SATA striping (RAID 0) mirroring (RAID 1)

striping+mirroring (RAID 0+1) RAID5

 Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
 4 DDRII DIMM 16GB
 DDRII 800/667/533 DIMM
 1.8V DDRII DIMM
 ECC
 1 PCI Express x16
 4 PCI Express x1
 2 PCI
 1 24-pin ATX
 1 4-pin ATX 12V
 1
 1 IDE
 4 SATA 3Gb/s
 1 CPU
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1 S/PDIF
 3 USB 2.0/1.1 6 USB 2.0/1.1
 2 IEEE 1394a 2 IEEE 1394a
 1
 1

TM

( )

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 10 -

 1 PS/2
 1 PS/2
 1
 1 S/PDIF ( )
 1 S/PDIF ( )
 1 (COMA)
 4 USB 2.0/1.1
 1 IEEE 1394a
 1 RJ-45
 6 ( / / / ( )

/ ( ) / )

I/O  IT8716


 CPU
 CPU / /
 CPU
 CPU / /
 CPU

BIOS  1 4 Mbit flash ROM

 AWARD BIOS
 @BIOS
 Download Center
 Q-Flash
 EasyTune

( )

 Xpress Install
 Xpress Recovery2
 Xpress BIOS Rescue
 Norton Internet Security (OEM )
 ATX 30.5 x 23.4

( )

( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB

4 GB Windows 64-bit

( ) CPU CPU
( ) EasyTune

- 11 -

1-3

(CPU)

1.

2. ( )

3.

4.

5.

1-3-1

( 1) ( )

2)

1.

90

(

90

2.

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 12 -

( )

1-3-2

1.

(

)

2.
CPU_FAN

- 13 -

1-4

1.

2.

3.

DDRII BIOS

DDRII

1.

2.

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 14 -

Dual Channel DDRII ( )

GA-M55S-S3 -­Memory Bus

CPU

1. DDRII

2. DDRII (
) DDRII

3. DDRII (

)

Dual Channel Technology (SS DS --

)

DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_ 3 DDRII_4

2

4

DS/SS DS/SS - - - -

- - - - DS/SS DS/SS

DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

2 DDRII DDRII_1 DDRII_2

- 15 -

1-5

1.

2. (
)

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. BIOS

8.

PCI Express x16

/

PCI Express x16

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 16 -

/

( )

1-6

PS/2 PS/2

PS/2 ( )

( )

SPDIF_O (COAXIAL S/PDIF )

S/PDIF AC-3

AC-3 (S/PDIF In)

SPDIF_OPT (OPTICAL S/PDIF )

S/PDIF AC-3

AC-3 (S/PDIF In)

A

IEEE 1394a

1394 IEEE1394 (Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers)

(USB)

USB USB / USB USB USB

USB

Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps

/

/ /

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1-7

( )

~

( )

2/4/6/8

16

3

4

2

8

13

14

7

1) ATX_12V

2) ATX (Power Connector)

3) PCIE_12V

4) CPU_FAN

5) SYS_FAN

6) PWR_FAN

7) FDD

8) IDE1

9) SATAII1 / 2 / 3 / 4

10) BATTERY

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 18 -

9

9

19

10

5

12

11151617 18

11) F_PANEL

12) PWR_LED

13) F_AUDIO

14) CD_IN

15) SPDIF_I

16) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3

17) F1_1394 / F2_1394

18) C I

19) CLR_CMOS

1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin ATX_12V / 2x12-pin ATX)

ATX_12V CPU

ATX_12V

)

ATX 24 ATX

20

( 400

2

4

12

24

131

ATX

1 3.3V

2 3.3V

3

4 +5V

5

6 +5V

7

8

9 5V SB(stand by +5V)

10 +12V

11 +12V(

12 3.3V(

1

3

ATX_12V

24

24

1

2

3 +12V

4 +12V

13 3.3V

14 -12V

15

16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)

17

18

19

20 -5V

21 +5V

22 +5V

23 +5V (

)

24

)

24

)

( 24

)

- 19 -

3) PCIE_12V

PCIE_12V PCIE x16

1

4/5/6) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN ( )

+12V 3-pin/4-pin( CPU_FAN

)

+12V (GND)

CPU/ / CPU/

CPU

1

CPU_FAN

1

SYS_FAN

PIin No. Definition

1NC

2 GND

3 GND

4 +12V

CPU_FAN :

1

2 +12V /

3

4

SYS_FAN / PWR_FAN :

PWR_FAN

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 20 -

1

2 +12V

1

3

7) FDD ( )

360KB 720KB 1.2MB 1.44MB 2.88MB

8) IDE1 (IDE )

IDE IDE IDE IDE

IDE ( ) IDE

Master Slave ( IDE

) IDE

133

234

- 21 -

40

2

39

1

9) SATAII1/2/3/4 (SATA 3Gb/s nForce550 )

SATA 3Gb/s 300MB BIOS

10) BATTERY ( )

SATAII4

SATAII1





SATAII2

1

7

SATAII3

1

2 TXP

3 TXN

4

5 RXN

6 RXP

7



1.

2.

3.

4.

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 22 -

CMOS ...

(

)

11) F_PANEL ( )

Message LED/

Power/

Sleep LED

2
1

MSG (Message LED/Power/Sleep LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)



PW (Power Switch) Open: Normal :

( ) Close: Power On/Off : /



SPEAK (Speaker Connector) Pin 1:

( ) Pin 2- Pin 3:

Pin 4: Data(-)

HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) Pin 1: LED anode(+)

( ) Pin 2: LED cathode(-)



RES (Reset Switch) Open: Normal

( ) Close: Reset Hardware System



NC ( )

Speaker Connector

Power

Switch

PW+

MSG+

PW-

SPEAK+

MSG-

HD-

RES+

NC

HD+

RES-

Reset Switch

IDE Hard Disk Active LED

SPEAK-

20
19

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12) PWR_LED ( )

(S1)

13) F_AUDIO ( )

1

1 MPD+

2 MPD-

3 MPD-

HD (High Definition ) AC97

910

12

HD

AC'97

HD AC97

81

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 24 -

1 MIC2_L

2

3 MIC2_R

4 -ACZ_DET

5 LINE2_R

6 FSENSE1

7 FAUDIO_JD

8

9 LINE2_L

10 FSENSE2

1 MIC

2

3 MIC

4

5 Line Out (R)

6

7

8

9 Line Out (L)

10

14) CD_IN ( )

CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD

15) SPDIF_I (S/PDIF )

Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format /

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

1

2

3

1

4

(S/PDIF Out)

- 25 -

1

2 SPDIFI

3

1

16) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3 ( )

USB

USB

1

2

9

10

17) F1_1394 / F2_1394 ( IEEE 1394 )

1394 IEEE 1394 (Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers)

IEEE 1394

1 (5V)

2 (5V)

3 USB DX-

4 USB Dy-

5 USB DX+

6 USB Dy+

7

8

9

10

IEEE 1394

2

1

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 26 -

1 TPA+

2 TPA-

3

10

9

4

5 TPB+

6 TPB-

7 (12V)

8 (12V)

9

10

18) CI ( )

19) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )

CMOS

1

1

2

CMOS

- 27 -

CMOS

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 28 -

BIOS

BIOS(Basic Input and Output System) CMOS SETUP

CMOS SETUP CMOS SRAM

CMOS SRAM

BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test ) <Del>

BIOS CMOS SETUP BIOS BIOS "Ctrl

+ F1"

BIOS BIOS Q-FlashTM@BIOS

BIOS

TM

TM

BIOS

BIOS

BIOS

Q-Flash

@BIOS

< >
<Enter>
<Esc> SETUP
<Page Up>
<Page Down>
<F1>
<F2>
<F5> ( )
<F6> Fail-Safe ( )
<F7> Optimized ( )
<F8> Q-Flash
<F9>
<F10> CMOS SETUP
<F11> CMOS - CMOS Profiles
<F12> CMOS - CMOS Profiles

TM

SETUP SETUP

<F1>

BIOS CMOS SETUP <Esc>

BIOS BIOS

BIOS- 29 -

<F12> : For Boot Menu

Boot Menu

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc.

M55S-S3 FAa
.
.
.
.

<DEL>:BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, <F9>: XpressRecovery2, <F12>: Boot Menu
09/28/2006-NV-MCP55S-6A61JG07C-00

F12

== Select a Boot First device ==

Floppy

LS120
Hard Disk
CDROM
ZIP
USB-FDD
USB-ZIP
USB-CDROM
USB-HDD
Legacy LAN

:Move Enter:Accept ESC:Exit

<F12> Boot Menu < > < > <Enter>

<ESC>

(BIOS FAa)

CMOS SETUP

<Enter>

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Standard CMOS Features

 Advanced BIOS Features

 Integrated Peripherals

 Power Management Setup

 PnP/PCI Configurations

 PC Health Status

 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)



Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

1. "Ctrl + F1"
BIOS

2. "Load Optimized Defaults"

3. BIOS

BIOS Setting Recovery ( BIOS )

 F11 : Save CMOS to BIOS

CMOS (Profile)

(Profile 1-8) CMOS

 F12 : Load CMOS from BIOS

CMOS

CMOS CMOS

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 30 -



 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )





 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )



BIOS



 Integrated Peripherals ( )



IDE SATA USB IEEE1394

COM port LPT port AC97



 Power Management Setup ( )



CPU



 PnP/PCI Configuration ( PCI )



ISA PnP PCI



 PC Health Status ( )





 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)( / )



CPU



 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe )



BIOS CMOS



 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized )



CMOS



 Set Supervisor Password ( )



SETUP CMOS



 Set User Password ( )



PC BIOS



 Save & Exit Setup ( )



SETUP BIOS

<F10>



 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP )



<ESC>

BIOS- 31 -

2-1 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Oct 30 2006
Time (hh:mm:ss) 9:45:15

 IDE Channel 0 Master [None]
 IDE Channel 0 Slave [None]
 IDE Channel 2 Master [None]
 IDE Channel 3 Master [None]
 IDE Channel 4 Master [None]
 IDE Channel 5 Master [None]

Drive A [1.44M, 3.5"]
Drive B [None]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]

Halt On [All, But Keyboard]

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 511M

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Date (mm:dd:yy) ( ) / Time (hh:mm:ss) ( )

/ / / 24

(mm) 1 12
(dd) 1 28/29/30/31
(yy) 1999 2098

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave ( IDE/SATA )

IDE HDD Auto-Detection "Enter"
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave / IDE/SATA

Standard CMOS Features

/ /

Item Help
Menu Level

• None IDE/SATA None

• Auto BIOS POST IDE/SATA ( )

• Manual

Access Mode CHS/ LBA/ Large/ Auto (

Auto)

IDE Channel 2/3/4/5 Master ( IDE/SATA )

IDE HDD Auto-Detection "Enter"
Extended IDE Drive

/ / / IDE/SATA

• None IDE/SATA None

• Auto BIOS POST IDE/SATA ( )

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 32 -

Access Mode Large/ Auto ( Auto)

Capacity

Cylinder
Head
Precomp Precompensation
Landing Zone
Sector

Drive A / Drive B ( A:/ B: )

None None
360K, 5.25" 5.25 360KB

1.2M, 5.25" 5.25 1.2MB
720K, 3.5" 3 720KB

1.44M, 3.5" 3 1.44MB

2.88M, 3.5" 3 2.88MB

Floppy 3 Mode Support ( 3 Mode )

Disabled 3 Mode ( )
Drive A A : 3 Mode
Drive B B : 3 Mode
Both A : B: 3 Mode

Halt on ( )

POST
No Errors
All Errors
All, But Keyboard ( )
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key

Memory ( )

BIOS POST(Power On Self Test)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Base Memory PC 640KB MS-DOS

Extended Memory

Base Other Memory

BIOS- 33 -

2-2 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [Floppy]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [CDROM]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled]
Password Check [Setup]
Away Mode [Disabled]
Init Display First [PEG]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Hard Disk Boot Priority ( )

< > < > <+> <->

<ESC>

First / Second / Third Boot Device ( / / )

Floppy
LS120 LS120
Hard Disk
CDROM
ZIP ZIP
USB-FDD USB
USB-ZIP USB-ZIP
USB-CDROM USB
USB-HDD USB
Legacy LAN
Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek ( )

PC POST Seek
Enabled Seek
Disabled Seek ( )

Advanced BIOS Features

Item Help
Menu Level

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 34 -

Password Check ( )

System CMOS SETUP
Setup CMOS SETUP ( )

SETUP

<Enter>

Away Mode

Disabled ( )
Enabled Windows XP Media Center

(

)

Init Display First ( )

PCI Express PCI

PCI Slot PCI
PEG PCI Express ( )

BIOS- 35 -

2-3 Integrated Peripherals ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Serial-ATA RAID Config [Press Enter]

On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
On-Chip MAC Lan [Auto]
NV Serial-ATA Controller [All Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Moed [Enabled]
Onboard Audio Function [Auto]

 SMART LAN [Press Enter]

Onboard 1394 [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

x ECP Mode Use DMA 3

On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect [Enabled]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help
Menu Level

F1: General Help

Serial-ATA RAID Config

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

NV SATA RAID function [Disabled]

x NV SATA 1 Primary RAID Enabled
x NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID Enabled
x NV SATA 2 Primary RAID Enabled
x NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID Enabled

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F11/12: Profile F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Serial-ATA RAID Config

Item Help
Menu Level

NV SATA RAID function ( RAID )

Enabled NV SATA RAID

SATA channel RAID ATA

Disabled ( )

NV SATA 1 Primary RAID ( SATA )

Enabled SATA SATA RAID ( )
Disabled RAID SATA ATA

NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID

Enabled SATA SATA RAID ( )
Disabled RAID SATA ATA

NV SATA 2 Primary RAID ( SATA )

Enabled SATA SATA RAID ( )
Disabled RAID SATA ATA

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 36 -

NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID

Enabled SATA SATA RAID ( )
Disabled RAID SATA ATA

On-Chip IDE Channel0 ( channel IDE )

Enabled channel IDE ( )
Disabled

On-Chip MAC Lan ( )

Disabled
Auto ( )

NV Serial-ATA Controller

Disabled SATA
SATA-1 SATA
All Enabled SATA ( )

IDE Prefetch Mode

Enabled IDE ( )
Disabled IDE

Onboard Audio Function ( )

Auto ( )
Disabled

SMART LAN

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Start detecting at Port.....

Pair1-2 Status = Normal / Length = N/A

Pair3-6 Status = Normal / Length = N/A

Pair4-5 Status = Normal / Length = N/A

Pair7-8 Status = Normal / Length = N/A

SMART LAN

Item Help
Menu Level

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

BIOS

1. Gigabit hub Pair 1-2 Pair 3-6
Pair 4-5 Pair 7-8 Status Normal Length N/A
( )

2. 10/100 Mbps hub Pair 1-2 Pair 3-6
Status Normal Length N/A

10/100 Mbps Pair 4-5 7-8 hub

Status Short Open Length

BIOS- 37 -

Status Short Open Length

Pair1-2 Status = Short / Length = 1.6m

Pair 1-2 1.6

Status Open Length

0.0m

Onboard 1394 ( IEEE 1394 )

Enabled IEEE 1394 ( )
Disabled IEEE 1394

Onboard LAN Boot ROM ( )

Enabled
Disabled ( )

Onboard Serial Port 1 ( 1)

Auto BIOS
3F8/IRQ4 1 3F8 /IRQ4 ( )
2F8/IRQ3 1 2F8 /IRQ3
3E8/IRQ4 1 3E8 /IRQ4
2E8/IRQ3 1 2E8 /IRQ3
Disabled 1

Onboard Parallel Port ( )

378/IRQ7 378/IRQ7 ( )
278/IRQ5 278/IRQ5
3BC/IRQ7 3BC/IRQ7
Disabled

Parallel Port Mode ( )

SPP ( )
EPP EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)
ECP ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)
ECP+EPP EPP ECP

ECP Mode Use DMA

Parallel Port Mode "ECP" "ECP+EPP"
3 ECP Mode use DMA 3 ( )
1 ECP Mode use DMA 1

On-Chip USB ( USB)

V1.1+V2.0 USB1.1 USB2.0 ( )
V1.1 USB1.1
Disabled USB

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 38 -

USB Keyboard Support ( USB )

Enabled USB ( USB

USB Enabled)

Disabled USB ( )

USB Mouse Support ( USB )

Enabled USB ( USB

USB Enabled)

Disabled USB ( )

Legacy USB storage detect

POST USB USB

USB
Enabled POST USB ( )
Disabled

BIOS- 39 -

2-4 Power Management Setup ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)]
Soft-Off by Power button [Instant-Off]
PME Event Wake Up [Enabled]
Modem Ring On [Disabled]
USB Resume from Suspend [Disabled]

Power-On by Alarm [Disabled]

x Day of Month Alarm Everyday
x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0

Power On By Mouse [Disabled]

Power On By Keyboard [Disabled]

x KB Power ON Password Enter

AC BACK Function [Soft-Off]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

ACPI Suspend Type ( )

S1(POS) ACPI S1/POS (Power On Suspend) ( )
S3(STR) ACPI S3/STR (Suspend To RAM)

Soft-Off by Power button ( )

Instant-Off ( )
Delay 4 Sec. 4

PME Event Wake Up ( )

Disabled
Enabled ( )

Modem Ring On ( )

Disabled ( )
Enabled

USB Resume from Suspend ( USB )

Disabled ( )
Enabled USB

Power-On by Alarm ( )

Enabled
Disabled ( )
Enabled

Power Management Setup

+5VSB 1

Item Help
Menu Level

Day of Month Alarm : Everyday, 1~31
Time (hh: mm: ss) Alarm : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59)

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 40 -

Power On By Mouse ( )

Disabled ( )
Double-Click PS/2

Power On By Keyboard ( )

Disabled ( )
Password 1-5
Any KEY
Keyboard 98 Windows 98

KB Power ON Password ( )

"Power On by Keyboard" "Password"

Enter 1-5 Enter

AC BACK Function ( )

Soft-Off ( )
Full-On

BIOS- 41 -

2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

PCI 2 IRQ Assignment [Auto]
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment [Auto]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

PCI 2 IRQ Assignment ( PCI 2 IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI 2 IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15

PCI 1 IRQ Assignment ( PCI 1 IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI 1 IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15

PnP/PCI Configurations

Item Help
Menu Level

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 42 -

2-6 PC Health Status ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Reset Case Open Status [Disabled]

Case Opened Yes
Vcore OK
DDR18V OK
+3.3V OK
+12V OK
Current CPU Temperature 45oC
Current CPU FAN Speed 3245 RPM
Current POWER FAN Speed 0 RPM
Current SYSTEM FAN Speed 0 RPM

CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled]
CPU FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
POWER FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
CPU Smart FAN Control
CPU Smart FAN Mode [Auto]

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

(Note)

Reset Case Open Status

Disabled ( )
Enabled

Case Opened

"Case Opened" "Yes" "Reset Case Open

Status" Enabled

Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR18V / +3.3V / +12V ( )

PC Health Status

[Enabled]

"Case Opened" "No"

Item Help
Menu Level

Current CPU Temperature ( /CPU )

CPU

Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) ( )

CPU/ /

CPU Warning Temperature (CPU )

60oC / 140oF CPU 60oC / 140oF
70oC / 158oF CPU 70oC / 158oF
80oC / 176oF CPU 80oC / 176oF
90oC / 194oF CPU 90oC / 194oF
Disabled CPU ( )

CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning (CPU/ / )

Disabled CPU/ / ( )
Enabled CPU/ /

BIOS- 43 -

CPU Smart FAN Control (CPU )

( )

Disabled
Enabled CPU CPU

Easy Tune ( )

CPU Smart FAN Mode

CPU Smart FAN Control
Auto CPU ( )
Voltage 3-pin CPU Voltage
PWM 4-pin CPU PWM

( ) CPU CPU

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 44 -

2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)( / )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

CPU Frequency (MHz) [Auto]
PCIE Clock (MHz) [Auto]
CPU Clock Ratio [Auto]
DDR2 Voltage Control [Normal]
Chipset/PCIE Voltage [Normal]
HT-Link Voltage [Normal]
CPU HT-Link Voltage [Normal]
CPU Voltage Control [Normal]

Normal CPU Vcore 1.3500V

: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

CPU Frequency (MHz) ( )

( Auto)

PCIE Clock (MHz) (PCI Express )

( Auto)

CPU Clock Ratio

CPU ( CPU

)

DDR2 Voltage Control (DDR2 )

DDR2

DDR2
Normal DDR2 ( )
+0.025V ~ +0.700V DDR2 +0.025V +0.700V

Chipset/PCIE Voltage ( / PCI Express )

Normal PCI Express ( )
+0.025V ~ +0.375V PCI Express +0.025V +0.375V

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Item Help
Menu Level

CPU

200 MHz ~ 500 MHz

PCI Express 100 MHz ~ 200 MHz

PCI Express

BIOS- 45 -

HT-Link Voltage (HT-Link )

HT-Link
Normal HT-Link ( )
+0.025V ~ +0.375V HT-Link +0.025V +0.375V

CPU HT-Link Voltage (CPU HT-Link )

CPU HT-Link
Normal ( )
+0.025V ~ +0.375V +0.025V +0.375V

CPU Voltage Control (CPU )

( Normal)

Normal CPU Vcore

CPU

0.8000V 1.5500V

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 46 -

2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Fail-Safe )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Standard CMOS Features

 Advanced BIOS Features

 Integrated Peripherals

 Power Management Setup

 PnP/PCI Configurations

 PC Health Status

 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N



Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Y> <Enter> BIOS

Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-

Safe Defaults

2-9 Load Optimized Defaults ( Optimized )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Standard CMOS Features

 Advanced BIOS Features

 Integrated Peripherals

 Power Management Setup

 PnP/PCI Configurations

 PC Health Status

 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N



Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Load Optimized Defaults

<Y> <Enter> CMOS

BIOS- 47 -

2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Standard CMOS Features

 Advanced BIOS Features

 Integrated Peripherals

 Power Management Setup

 PnP/PCI Configurations

 PC Health Status

 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Enter Password:



Change/Set/Disable Password

8 Enter BIOS

Enter BIOS PASSWORD DISABLED

Supervisor

Supervisor Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

"Setup" CMOS SETUP Supervisor

User

User Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

SYSTEM User Supervisor

CMOS SETUP USER Password

BIOS Supervisor CMOS SETUP

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 48 -

2-11 Save & Exit Setup ( SETUP )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Standard CMOS Features

 Advanced BIOS Features

 Integrated Peripherals

 Power Management Setup

 PnP/PCI Configurations

 PC Health Status

 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y



Save Data to CMOS

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Y> <Enter> RTC CMOS Setup Utility

<N> <Esc>

2-12 Exit Without Saving ( SETUP )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 Standard CMOS Features

 Advanced BIOS Features

 Integrated Peripherals

 Power Management Setup

 PnP/PCI Configurations

 PC Health Status

 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N



Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all Data

<Y> <Enter> Setup Utility <N> <Esc>

BIOS- 49 -

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 50 -

3-1

Xpress Install

Windows XP

(

Run.exe )

Xpress Install

Install Xpress Install

Xpress Install

Windows XP USB2.0

Windows Service Pack \

\ "?"

( USB 2.0 )

- 51 -

3-2

3-3

Install

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 52 -

3-4

3-5

- 53 -

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 54 -

4-1

( )

4-1-1 EasyTune 5

EasyTune5 Microsoft Windows

1) 2) C.I.A. M.I.B. 3)

4)

/

1. Overclocking

2. C.I.A./C.I.A.2 and M.I.B. C.I.A./2 M.I.B.

3. Smart-Fan

4. PC Health

5. GO

6. "Easy Mode" "Advance Mode"

7. CPU

8. LEDs

9. GIGABYTE Logo

10. Help EasyTuneTM 5

11. EasyTuneTM 5

( )

( ) EasyTune 5

- 55 -

4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2

Xpress Recovery2 (BACKUP)
(RESTORE) Microsoft

WinXP/2K/NT/98/Me DOS

NTFS FAT32 FAT16 PATA SATA

IDE Controller Backup
Xpress Recovery2 <F9>

:

1. Intel x86 platform

2. 64M bytes memory

3. VESA supported VGA cards

:

CD-ROM <F9>

BIOS "Advanced BIOS Feature" CD-ROM

"Boot from CD/DVD:"

Xpress Recovery2 CD-ROM

Xpress Recovery2 <F9>

.
.
Boot from CD/DVD:

Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2.....

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc.

M55S-S3 FAa
.
.
.
.

<DEL>:BIOS Setup/Q-Flash, <F9>: XpressRecovery2, <F12>: Boot Menu
09/28/2006-NV-MCP55S-6A61JG07C-00

Boot from CD/DVD:

<F9>: Xpress Recovery2

1. CD-ROM Xpress Recovery2
<F9>

2.

3.

Xpress Recovery2

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 56 -

Xpress Recovery2

1. RESTORE:

( )

2. BACKUP:

3. REMOVE:

( )

4. REBOOT:

:

1. Xpress Recovery

2. primary partition Xpress Recovery2

3. Xpress Recovery2
( :4G Bytes; )

4. Microsoft DOS WinXP/2000/NT/9x/

Me

5. USB

6. RAID/AHCI controller(class code:0104/0106)

7.

: :
a. PATA IDE primary channel
b. PATA IDE secondary channel
c. SATA IDE channel 1
d. SATA IDE channel 2
e. SATA IDE channel 3
f. SATA IDE channel 4

:

1. Win2000 ( 128G Bytes)
"EnableBigLba.exe"

2.

3. GPL

4. nVidia RAID SATA IDE
BIOS

- 57 -

4-1-3 BIOS

Q-Flash

TM

Q-Flash

BIOS BIOS Q-Flash

BIOS

DOS Windows Q-FlashTMQ-Flash

BIOS BIOS

BIOS Q-FlashTM BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

BIOS

1. BIOS

2. BIOS BIOS ( .Fxx 8KNXPU.Fba)

3. Del BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

BIOS BIOS

F1 F12 F1 F4 F4 F8

BIOS

BIOS
BIOS

BIOS Q-Flash

BIOS BIOS Q-Flash Dual BIOS

Ultra Q-Flash BIOS Fa3 Fba

TM

BIOS

TM

TM

TM

BIOS

Q-Flash GA-8KNXP

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star

Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

BIOS Fa3

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fa3
Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12)
<CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027>
Memory Testing : 131072K OK

Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel
Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08
Primary Slave : None
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101
Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For
Xpress Recovery
08/07/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 58 -

TM

Q-Flash

1 Del BIOS Q-Flash

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

ESC: Quit F3: Change Language

F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Select Language

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

2 F8 Y Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

BIOS

Q-Flash

BIOS

Q-Flash

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Halt On Error Disable

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

BIOS ROM Enter

Enter

Dual BIOS/Q-Flash

BIOS

Q-Flash

- 59 -

Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS " "

BIOS BIOS

1. "Load Main BIOS from Floppy" Enter

BIOS "Save Main

BIOS to Floppy"

2. BIOS Enter
BIOS 8KNXPU.Fba

BIOS BIOS

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

8KNXPU.Fba 512K

Total size : 1.39M Free size : 911.50K

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

F5 : Refresh DEL : Delete

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

1 file(s) found

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Halt On Error Disable

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

Enter BIOS

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Reading BIOS file from floppy ...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.....................

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Halt On Error Disable

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

BIOS

BIOS " BIOS "

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 60 -

3. BIOS Y BIOS

BIOS

4. BIOS Q-Flash

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!

Halt On Error Disable

Please press any key to continue

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

5. Esc Y Q-Flash

Boot From......................................... Main Bios

Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K

Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K

Wide Range Protection Disable

Copy Main ROM Data to Backup

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Dual BIOS Utility

Boot From Main Bios

Auto Recovery Enable

Are you sure to RESET ?

Halt On Error Disable

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort...

Load Default Settings

Save Settings to CMOS

Q-Flash Utility

Load Main BIOS from Floppy

Load Backup BIOS from Floppy

Save Main BIOS to Floppy

Save Backup BIOS to Floppy

1 ~ 4

BIOS

(Backup BIOS)

Fba

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star

Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

Intel i875P AGPset BIOS for 8KNXP Ultra Fba

BIOS

Check System Health OK , VCore = 1.5250
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.6GHz (133x12)
<CPUID : 0F27 Patch ID : 0027>
Memory Testing : 131072K OK

Memory Frequency 266 MHz in Single Channel
Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08
Primary Slave : None
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101
Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Dual BIOS / Q-Flash / F9 For
Xpress Recovery
09/23/2003-i875P-6A79BG03C-00

BIOS

- 61 -

6. Del BIOS Load Optimized Defaults

Enter BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

ESC: Quit F3: Change Language

F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Y

Load Optimized Defaults

Select Language

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Y

7. Save & Exit Setup CMOS BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

ESC: Quit F3: Change Language

F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Save Data to CMOS

Select Language

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Y

BIOS Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features

` Advanced BIOS Features

` Integrated Peripherals

` Power Management Setup

` PnP/PCI Configurations

` PC Health Status

` MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 62 -

Top Performance

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

KLJI: Select Item

TM

BIOS

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

Q-Flash

Enter

Q-Flash

Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS " "

BIOS BIOS

1. "Update BIOS from Floppy" Enter

BIOS 8GE800.F4

BIOS "Save BIOS to

Floppy"

2. BIOS Enter BIOS

BIOS BIOS

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

8GE800.F4 256K

Total size : 1.39M Free size : 1.14M

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

F5 : Refresh DEL : Delete

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

1 file(s) found

Keep DMI Data Enable

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

BIOS

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Reading BIOS file from floppy ...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.....................

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

BIOS " BIOS "

BIOS

- 63 -

3. BIOS Y BIOS

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Don't Turn Off Power or Reset System

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Updating BIOS Now

Update BIOS from Floppy

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.........................

Save BIOS to Floppy

4. BIOS Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

Please press any key to continue

5. Esc Y Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility V1.30

Keep DMI Data Enable

Are you sure to RESET ?

Update BIOS from Floppy

Save BIOS to Floppy

[Enter] to continure or [Esc] to abort...

BIOS

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star

Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Award Software, Inc.

BIOS

BIOS F4

Intel 845GE AGPSet BIOS for 8GE800 F4
Check System Health OK
Main Processor : Intel Pentium(R) 4 1.7GHz (100x17.0)
<CPUID : 0F0A Patch ID : 0009>
Memory Testing : 122880K OK + 8192K Shared Memory

Primary Master : FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED-03-08
Primary Slave : None
Secondary Master : CREATIVEDVD-RM DVD1242E BC101
Secondary Slave : None

Press DEL to enter SETUP / Q-Flash
03/18/2003-I845GE-6A69YG01C-00

6. Del BIOS Load Optimized Defaults

Enter BIOS 6 7

BIOS

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TM

@BIOS

DOS @BIOS

@BIOS BIOS @BIOS

BIOS BIOS

1. @BIOS 2. @BIOS

/ /Gigabyte/@BIOS

@BIOS

3. @BIOS 4. @BIOS

"" "Update New BIOS"

1.

I. Internet BIOS

a. "Internet Update"
b. "Update New BIOS"
c. @BIOS
d.
e. BIOS

II. Internet BIOS

a. "Internet Update"
b. "Update New BIOS"
c. " "All Files (*.*)"
d. BIOS ( M55SS3.FA)
e.

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III. BIOS

"Save Current BIOS" BIOS

IV. Flash ROM

"About this program" @BIOS

Flash ROM

2.

I. I ( )

BIOS

II. II BIOS

III. I @BIOS BIOS

BIOS II

BIOS

IV. BIOS

V. C.O.M.(Corporate Online Management)

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4-1-4 Serial ATA

SATA

(1) SATA

(2) BIOS SATA

(3) RAID BIOS RAID

( )

(4) SATA

(5) SATA

(a) SATA ( SATA

RAID )
(b)
(c) Windows®XP 2000
(d)

(1) SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

( ) RAID

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(2) BIOS SATA

BIOS SATA

1

BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test ) <Del>

BIOS CMOS SETUP Integrated Peripherals Serial-

ATA RAID Config( 1)

` Serial-ATA RAID Config [Press Enter]

On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
On-Chip MAC Lan [Auto]
NV Serial-ATA Controller [All Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Moed [Enabled]
Onboard Audio Function [Auto]

` SMART LAN [Press Enter]

Onboard 1394 [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

x ECP Mode Use DMA 3

On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect [Enabled]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Serial-ATA RAID Config , NV SATA RAID function
RAID NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID NV SATA 2
Primary/Secondary RAID Enabled SATAII1 SATAII2

RAID RAID Disabled

NV SATA RAID function [Enabled]
NV SATA 1 Primary RAID [Enabled]
NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID [Enabled]
NV SATA 2 Primary RAID [Enabled]
NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID [Enabled]

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help
Menu Level`

1

NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID Enabled( 2)

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Serial-ATA RAID Config

Item Help
Menu Level`

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

2

BIOS

BIOS

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2

First Boot Device

CDROM ( 3)

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

` Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [CDROM]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [CDROM]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled]
Password Check [Setup]
Init Display First [PEG]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Advanced BIOS Features

Item Help
Menu Level`

3

3
BIOS

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(3) RAID BIOS RAID

SATA RAID BIOS SATA RAID

RAID

1

BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test )

4 <F10> NVIDIA RAID BIOS

MediaShield ROM BIOS 6.55
Copyright (C) 2006 NVIDIA Corp.

Detecting array ...

Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility ...

4

2

<F10> NVIDIA RAID - Define a New Array ( 5)

<Tab>

RAID (RAID Mode)

RAID Mirroring Striping Stripe

Mirroring Spanning RAID 5 RAID 0 (Striping)

Striping Block (Striping Block)

Striping Block KB Optimal( 64K)

4K 128K

MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Capacity

2.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

2.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [

JJ

[

J] Add

JJ

II

[

I] Del

II

5

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Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Capacity

KLKL

KL] Select [ENTER] Popup

KLKL

SATA Free Disks <Tab> Free Disks

< J > Array Disks ( 6)

MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Capacity

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [

Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Capacity

2.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

JJ

[

J] Add

JJ

II

[

I] Del

II

2.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

KLKL

KL] Select [ENTER] Popup

KLKL

6

3

RAID BIOS

<F7> "Clear disk data?" (

7) <Y> <N>
( Yes

)

MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Capacity

Clear disk data ?

[Y] YES [N] NO

[Y] YES [N] NO

Array Disks

Clear disk data ?

JJ

[

J] Add

JJ

II

[

I] Del

II

1.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

1.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

Loc Disk Model Capacity

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [

7

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KLKL

KL] Select [ENTER] Popup

KLKL

Array List ( 8)

BBS BIOS (BIOS Boot Specification) BIOS

MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006

- Array List -

Boot Status Vendor Array Model Name

BBS Healthy NVIDIA STRIPE 223.57G

[Ctrl-X] Exit [

KLKL

KL] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

KLKL

8

<Enter> Array Detail ( 9)

RAID

MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Striping
Striping Width : 2 Striping Block: 64K

Adapt Channel M/S Index Disk Model Capacity

1 0 Master 0 ST3120026AS 111.79GB
1 1 Master 1 ST3120026AS 111.79GB

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return

9

<C> "Clear disk data?"

<Y> <N>

<D> "Delete this array?" <Y>

<N>

<Enter> Array List <Ctrl + X> NVIDIA

RAID

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(4) SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

DOS

1

MS-DOS D:\>

D:\> ENTER ( 10)

cd bootdrv

menu

10 11

2

11

H (H) nVIDIA MCP55 Series Raid (XP)

( )

11 Windows XP (32-bit)

MS-

( )

BootDrv MENU.exe ( 12) MS-DOS

11

12

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(5) SATA

SATA BIOS

Microsoft Windows 2000 XP SATA ( Microsoft

Windows XP )

1

Microsoft Windows XP Press

F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver <F6>

( 13)

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.

13

2

SATA <S> ( 14)

Windows Setup

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices
installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.
Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s)

<none>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

14

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3

RAID 15 NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER

<Enter> 16 <S> 15

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC
to return to the previous screen.

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)
NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required)

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

15

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

16

SATA

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17 <ENTER>

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)
NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

17

SATA Microsoft Windows XP

WindowsXP Professional

Windows (R) XP

ENTER= R= F3=

Microsoft(R)

Windows XP

Windows XP

indows XP

18

:

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4-1-5 / / /

/

/ /

HD Audio Retasking

/

/

/

( Windows XP)

HD Audio

HD Audio (DAC) 192kHz 24bit

(Multi-Streaming) HD Audio /

MP3

1.

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2. /
2CH

3.

2

1.

2. /
4CH

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3.

1.

2. /
6CH

(4

)

3.

(6

/

)

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1.

2. /
8CH

3.

(8

/

)

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) - 80 -

AC97 :

" "

AC97
/

AC97

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4-2

" "

BIOS

BIOS "Del" BIOS "Ctrl

+ F1"

/

/

CMOS

Clear CMOS CMOS

CMOS

( )

Del BIOS "Load Fail-Safe Defaults"( Load Optimized

Defaults)

BIOS BIOS

CMOS CMOS

( )

Award

AWARD BIOS:

1
2 CMOS
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 9 BIOS

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