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
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3-3 ................................................................................... 52
3-4
3-5
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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
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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.
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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
( )
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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
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1-3
(CPU)
1.
2. ( )
3.
4.
5.
1-3-1
( 1) ( )
2)
1.
90
(
90
2.
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( )
1-3-2
1.
(
)
2.
CPU_FAN
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1-4
1.
2.
3.
DDRII BIOS
DDRII
1.
2.
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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
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1-5
1.
2. (
)
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BIOS
8.
PCI Express x16
/
PCI Express x16
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/
( )
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
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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
)
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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CMOS