
GA-M52L-S3
AM2
AMD Athlon
TM
AMD Athlon
AMD Athlon
Rev. 2001
12MC-M52LS3-2001R
64 X2 Dual-Core /
TM
64 / AMD Sempron
TM
64 FX /
TM

Aug. 2, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M52L-S3
Aug. 2, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M52L-S3

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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
1-3
1-3-1 (CPU) ................................................................................. 12
1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 14
1-4 ....................................................................................... 15
1-4-1 ....................................................................................... 15
1-4-2 ............................................................................................ 16
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1-6
1-7
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BIOS ....................................................................................... 31
2-1 ..................................................................................................... 32
2-2 BIOS
2-3 Standard CMOS Features (
2-4 Advanced BIOS Features (
2- 5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 39
2- 6 Power Management Setup (
2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations (
2-8 PC Health Status (
2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ( / ) ...................................... 47
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults (
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults (
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password (
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 51
2-14 Exit Without Saving (
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CMOS )........................................... 35
BIOS )..................................... 37
)............................................... 42
PCI )............................. 44
)............................................................. 45
) ............................................ 49
) .......................................... 49
/ )................... 50
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3-1 ............................................................................... 53
3-2 ............................................................................................ 54
3-3
3-4
3-5
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 57
4-2 BIOS
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 62
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS ......................................................................... 65
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4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 67
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 69
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 69
5-1-2 Windows XP/2000 SATA RAID
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5-1-3 SATA RAID ................................................... 75
5-2 / ........................................................................ 78
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 78
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 80
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 82
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 84
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 85
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................85
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 86
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GA-M52L-S3 - 1
- 1
(Windows Vista )- 1
- 1
- 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 1
I/O - 1
•
•
2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2 SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
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GA-M52L-S3
KB_MS
COAXIAL
LPT
COMA
Socket AM2
ATX
USB
AUDIO
CD_IN
R_USB
SPDIF_O
Realtek
8201CL
CODEC
IT8716
LAN
F_AUDIO
CI
ATX_12V
CPU_FAN
PCIE_16
PCIE_1
PCIE_2
SPDIF_I
BIOS
CLR_CMOS
GA-M52L-S3
BATTERY
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
PCI4
FDD
®
NVIDIA
nForce 520LE
(Geforce 6100/
nForce 430)
PWR_LED
DDRII_1
DDRII_2
SYS_FAN
DDRII_3
F_USB2
F_USB1
DDRII_4
SATAII1
F_PANEL
IDE
SATAII0
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PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
1 PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
DDR2 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
Hyper Transport
PCI Express x1 Bus
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
2 PCI Express x1
4 PCI
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
x1
PCI Bus
x1
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer Spear Out
NVIDIA
nForce 520LE
(Geforce 6100/
nForce 430)
CODEC
MIC
Line-In
Line-Out
®
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
LPC BUS
8 USB
Ports
RTL
8201CL
2 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
IT8716
LAN
RJ45
BIOS
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
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1-1
•
•
•
•
• (CPU)
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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1-2
TM
(CPU) AM2 AMD Athlon
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core / AMD AthlonTM 64 /
AMD Sempron
TM
( )
Hyper Transport Bus 2000 MT/s
NVIDIA® nForce 520LE(Geforce 6100/nForce 430)
4 1.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB
DDR2 800/667/533/400 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC883
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
RTL 8201CL (10/100 Mbit)
1 PCI Express x16
2 PCI Express x1
4 PCI
NVIDIA® nForce 520LE(Geforce 6100/nForce 430)
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33
2 IDE
-2SATA 3Gb/s 2 SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1
iTE IT8716
-1 1
USB NVIDIA® nForce 520LE(Geforce 6100/nForce 430)
8 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4
USB )
1 24-pin ATX
1 4-pin ATX 12 V
1
1 IDE
2 SATA 3Gb/s
1 CPU
1
1
1
1
1 S/PDIF
1 S/PDIF
2 USB 2.0/1.1
1
1
64 FX /
( )
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1 PS/2
1 PS/2
1
1 S/PDIF
1
4 USB 2.0/1.1
1 RJ-45
6 ( / / /
/ / )
I/O iTE IT8716
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
CPU/
BIOS 1 4 Mbit flash
AWARD BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Download Center
Q-Flash
EasyTune
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
Virtual Dual BIOS
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000
ATX 30.5 x 21.5
( )
( )
( ) Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB Windows 64-bit
( ) 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 CPU
CPU
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AM2 CPU

B. CPU CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU ( )
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU CPU
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1-3-2
CPU CPU ( )
CPU CPU
CPU
(
CPU
)
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU CPU
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1-4
•
( )
•
•
1-4-1
4 DDR2
(Dual Channel Technology) BIOS
4 DDR2 (Channel)
0 (Channel 0) DDRII_1 DDRII_3 ( 1 3)
1 (Channel 1) DDRII_2 DDRII_4 ( 2 4)
DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4
DS/SS DS/SS - - - -
- - - - DS/SS DS/SS
DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
DDR2
DDRII_1 DDRII_2
DDRII_2
DDRII_1
2
4
(SS DS -- )
DDRII_3
DDRII_4
CPU
1. DDR2
2. DDR2
( ) DDR2
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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 x16
PCI Express x1
PCI
/ PCI Express x16
•
PCI Express x16
•
PCI Express x16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
S/PDIF
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/ USB USB
(RJ-45)
100 Mbps
( ) ( )
(Fast Ethernet) 10/
/
/
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•
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100 Mbps
10 Mbps

5.1/7.1
( )
4/5.1/7.1
( )
7.1
( )
( )
( )
~
( )
2
4/5.1/7.1
2/4/5.1/7.1
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1-7
2
1
3
11
14
9
17
12
13
16
6
7
15
10
54
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) IDE
7) SATAII0 / 1
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
•
•
•
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8
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_I
14) SPDIF_O
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2
16) CI
17) CLR_CMOS

1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin 12V 2x12-pin )
12V CPU 12V
• (400 )
• 2x10-pin
2x12-pin 2x10pin
ATX_12V :
4
3
ATX :
12
24
2
1
ATX_12V
1 3.3V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
1
13
12 3.3V (
ATX
1 1 +12V (
2x12-pin
2x12-pin
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
)
2x12-pin
)
( 2x12-pin
)
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3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )
+12V CPU_FAN 4-pin SYS_FAN 3-pin
+12V CPU
CPU
CPU_FAN :
• CPU
•
5) FDD ( )
1.44 MB 2.88 MB
CPU_FAN
SYS_FAN
1
1
1
2 +12V /
3
4
SYS_FAN :
1
2 +12V
3
CPU
360 KB 720 KB 1.2 MB
33
1
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2

6) IDE (IDE )
IDE IDE ( )
IDE
(Master/Slave) ( IDE )
7) SATAII0 / 1 (SATA 3Gb/s )
SATA SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA
SATA NVIDIA® nForce 520LE(Geforce 6100/nForce 430)
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID
Serial ATA
40
71
SATAII0SATAII1
17
39
12
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5RXN
6 RXP
7
RAID 0 RAID 1
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8) PWR_LED ( )
(S3/S4) (S5)
9) BATTERY ( )
(S1)
1 MPD+
1
2 MPD3 MPD-
S0
S1
S3/S4/S5
CMOS ( BIOS )
CMOS
1.
2. (
3.
4.
•
•
•
• (+) (-) ( )
•
GA-M52L-S3 - 24 -
CMOS
)

10) F_PANEL ( )
• MSG ( )
(+/-)
PW+
MSG+
PW-
MSG-
2
1
HD-
RES+
HD+
RES-
SPEAK-
SPEAK+
20
19
NC
S0
S1
S3/S4/S5
• PW ( )
( BIOS Power Management Setup
)
• SPEAK ( )
• HD ( )
• RES ( )
• NC( )
(S1)
(S3/S4) (S5)
BIOS
(Reset)
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11) F_AUDIO ( )
HD (High Definition ) AC'97
• HD AC'97
• AC'97
•
12) CD_IN ( )
HD
910
12
1 MIC2_L
2
3 MIC2_R
4 -ACZ_DET
5 LINE2_R
6 FSENSE1
7 FAUDIO_JD
8
9 LINE2_L
10 FSENSE2
AC'97
1 MIC
2
3 MIC
4
5 Line Out (R)
6
7
8
9 Line Out (L)
10
2/4/5.1/7.1
1
1
2
3
4
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13) SPDIF_I (S/PDIF )
S/PDIF S/PDIF
14) SPDIF_O (S/PDIF )
S/PDIF ( )
HDMI
HDMI
1
1
1
2 SPDIFI
3
1 SPDIFO
2
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15) F_USB1/F_USB2 (USB )
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
USB
210
19
• 2x5-pin IEEE 1394 USB
• USB
USB
16) C I ( )
1 (5V)
2 (5V)
3 USB DX4 USB DY5 USB DX+
6 USB DY+
7
8
9
10
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1
1
2

17) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )
CMOS ( BIOS )
CMOS
• CMOS
• CMOS
• BIOS (Load Optimized Defaults)
( BIOS )
CMOS
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