GA-M56S-S3
AM2
AMD Athlon
TM
AMD Athlon
AMD Athlon
Rev. 1004
12MC-M56SS3-1004R
64 X2 Dual-Core /
TM
64 / AMD Sempron
TM
64 FX /
TM
Jul. 10, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M56S-S3
Jul. 10, 2007
Motherboard
GA-M56S-S3
© 2007
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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
1-5 ................................................................................................. 17
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.) ( / ) ...................................... 49
2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults (
2-11 Load Optimized Defaults (
2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password (
2-13 Save & Exit Setup ( ) ................................ 53
2-14 Exit Without Saving (
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CMOS )........................................... 35
BIOS )..................................... 37
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PCI )............................. 46
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3-2
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3-3 ................................................................................... 56
3-4
3-5
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 59
4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 64
4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 64
4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS ......................................................................... 67
4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 69
4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost
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5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 71
5-1-1 SATA ................................................................................ 71
5-1-2 SATA RAID/AHCI ..... 76
5-1-3 SATA RAID/AHCI ........................................ 77
5-2 / ........................................................................ 82
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 82
5-2-2 (S/PDIF )( )................................................. 84
5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 86
5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 88
5-3 ..................................................................................................... 89
5-3-1 ................................................................................................................89
5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 90
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GA-M56S-S3 - 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
IDE - 1 - 1
SATA 3Gb/s - 2
I/O - 1
2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)
2 IEEE 1394a ( 12CF1-1IE008-01R)
(S/PDIF ) ( 12CR1-1SPDIN-01R)
2 SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)
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GA-M56S-S3
KB_MS
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
LPT
COMA
Socket AM2
USB
USB
AUDIO
RTL8211BL
CODEC
IT8716
1394
LAN
F_AUDIO
CD_IN
CI
ATX_12V
PCIE_16
PCIE_1
SPDIF_O
PCIE_2
PCI1
PCI2
SPDIF_I
PCI3
PCI4
CPU_FAN
FDD
GA-M56S-S3
BIOS
CLR_CMOS
BATTERY
F1_1394
nVIDIA
nForce 560
TSB43AB23
F2_1394
DDRII_1
®
PWR_LED
DDRII_3
DDRII_2
F_USB2
F_USB1
F_USB3
SYS_FAN
DDRII_4
SATAII3
SATAII2
F_PANEL
ATX
IDE
SATAII1
SATAII0
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PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
AMD
Socket AM2
CPU
Hyper Transport Bus
CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz DIMM
Dual Channel Memory
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
4 PCI
PCI Express x16
PCI Express Bus
x1 x1
2 PCI Express x1
PCI Bus
TSB43AB23
3 IEEE 1394a
®
nVIDIA
nForce 560
CODEC
MIC
Line-In
Line-Out
SPDIF In
SPDIF Out
Side Speaker Out
Surround Speaker Out
LPC BUS
10 USB
Ports
RTL
8211BL
4 SATA 3Gb/s
ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channel
IT8716
LAN
RJ45
BIOS
Floppy
LPT Port
COM Port
PS/2 KB/Mouse
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out
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1-1
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•
•
•
• (CPU)
•
•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
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1-2
(CPU) AM2 AMD Athlon
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core / AMD AthlonTM 64 /
AMD Sempron
( )
(FSB) 2000 MHz
nVIDIA® nForce 560
4 1.8V DDR2 DIMM 16 GB
DDR2 800/667/533 MHz
( )
Realtek ALC888 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1
S/PDIF /
CD
Realtek 8211BL (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1 PCI Express x16
2 PCI Express x1
4 PCI
-1IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 2
IDE
-4SATA 3Gb/s 4 SATA 3Gb/s
- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 RAID 5
iTE IT8716
- 1 1
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23
3 IEEE 1394a (1 2
USB
10 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 6
1 24-pin ATX
1 4-pin ATX 12V
1
1 IDE
4 SATA 3Gb/s
1 CPU
1
1
1
1
1 S/PDIF
1 S/PDIF
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TM
IEEE 1394a )
USB )
TM
64 FX /
( )
3 USB 2.0/1.1
2 IEEE 1394a
1
1
1 PS/2
1 PS/2
1
1 S/PDIF
1 S/PDIF
1
4 USB 2.0/1.1
1 IEEE 1394a
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 21.4
( )
( ) PC 4 GB 4
GB 4 GB
( ) 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_1
DDRII_2
DDRII_4
DDRII_3
2
4
(SS DS -- )
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 x16
PCI Express x1
PCI
•
PCI Express x16
•
PCI Express x16
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1-6
PS/2 PS/2
PS/2
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
USB
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
/ USB USB
(RJ-45)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
/
( ) ( )
(Gigabit Ethernet)
/
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•
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1 Gpbs
100 Mpbs
10 Mpbs
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
1
3
2
11
14
9
18
12
13
17
6
7
15
5
1) ATX_12V
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN
5) FDD
6) ID E
7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3
8) PWR_LED
9) BATTERY
•
•
•
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4 10
8
16
10) F_PANEL
11) F_AUDIO
12) CD_IN
13) SPDIF_I
14) SPDIF_O
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3
16) F1_1394 / F2_1394
17) CI
18) CLR_CMOS
1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin 12V 2x12-pin )
12V CPU 12V
• (400 )
• 2x10-pin
2x12-pin 2x10pin
ATX_12V :
3
1
ATX :
12
24
1 3.3V
4
2
ATX_12V
2 3.3V
3
4 +5V
5
6 +5V
7
8 Power Good
9 5V SB(stand by +5V)
10 +12V
2x12-pin
2x12-pin
ATX
1 1 +12V (
131
12 3.3V (
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/
1
CPU_FAN
SYS_FAN
• CPU
•
5) FDD ( )
1.44 MB 2.88 MB
CPU/
CPU_FAN :
1
2 +12V
3
4
SYS_FAN :
1
1
2 +12V
3
CPU
360 KB 720 KB 1.2 MB
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34
1
2
6) IDE (IDE )
IDE IDE ( )
IDE
(Master/Slave) ( IDE )
40
2
39
1
7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 (SATA 3Gb/s nForce 560 )
SATA SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA
SATA nForce 560 RAID 0 RAID 1
RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID Serial
ATA
1
2 TXP
3 TXN
4
5 RXN
6 RXP
7
SATAII3
SATAII2
1
7
1
7
7
SATAII1
1
7
SATAII0
1
• RAID 0 RAID 1
• RAID 0+1
• RAID 5 ( )
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8) PWR_LED ( )
(S3/S4) (S5)
(S1)
9) BATTERY ( )
1
1 MPD+
2 MPD3 MPD-
S0
S1
S3/S4/S5
CMOS ( BIOS )
CMOS
CMOS
1.
2. (
3.
4.
•
•
•
• (+) (-) ( )
•
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)
10) F_PANEL ( )
Message/Power/
Sleep LED
2
1
MSG+
HD+
MSG-
HD-
Power
Switch
PW+
RES-
PW-
RES+
NC
Speaker
Connector
SPEAK+
SPEAK-
20
19
(+/-)
IDE Hard Disk
Active LED
• MSG (Message/Power/Sleep LED) ( )
S0
S1
(S3/S4) (S5)
S3/S4/S5
• PW (Power Switch) ( )
( BIOS Power Management Setup
)
• SPEAK (Speaker Connector) ( )
• HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED) ( )
• RES (Reset Switch) ( )
(Reset)
• NC( )
Reset
Switch
(S1)
BIOS
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11) F_AUDIO ( )
HD (High Definition ) AC'97
10
2
HD
9
1
AC'97
• HD AC'97
•
HD
2/4/5.1/7.1
•
12) CD_IN ( )
1 MIC2_L
2
3 MIC2_R
4 -ACZ_DET
5 LINE2_R
6 FSENSE1
7 FAUDIO_JD
8
9 LINE2_L
10 FSENSE2
2/4/5.1/7.1
1
1 MIC
2
3 MIC
4
5 Line Out (R)
6
7
8
9 Line Out (L)
10
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
2 SPDIFI
1
3
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1 SPDIFO
1
2
15) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3 (USB )
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB
USB
10
2
9
1
• 2x5-pin IEEE 1394 USB
• USB
USB
16) F1_1394 / F2_1394 (IEEE 1394a )
IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
2
1
10
9
1 (5V)
2 (5V)
3 USB DX4 USB DY5 USB DX+
6 USB DY+
7
8
9
10
1 TPA+
2 TPA3
4
5 TPB+
6 TPB7 (12V)
8 (12V)
9
10
• USB IEEE 1394a
• IEEE 1394a
IEEE 1394a
• IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a
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17) C I ( )
18) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )
CMOS ( BIOS )
CMOS
1
1
2
CMOS
• CMOS
• CMOS
• BIOS (Load Optimized Defaults)
( BIOS )
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