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Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems ...6 GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram ...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU Cooler 15 1-4 Installing the Memory 16 1-4-1 Installing a Memory 16 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 17 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 18 1-7 Internal Connectors 20...
Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems ...6 GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard Layout 7 Block Diagram ...8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU Cooler 15 1-4 Installing the Memory 16 1-4-1 Installing a Memory 16 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 17 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 18 1-7 Internal Connectors 20...
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... metal leads or connectors. • It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when handling electronic components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory. Hardware Installation These stickers are required for warranty validation. • Always remove the AC power by your dealer. Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1-1 Installation Precautions The motherboard...
... metal leads or connectors. • It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when handling electronic components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory. Hardware Installation These stickers are required for warranty validation. • Always remove the AC power by your dealer. Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1-1 Installation Precautions The motherboard...
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... iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to the internal USB headers) GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 10 - 1-2 Product Specifications CPU Front Side Bus Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio LAN Expansion Slots Storage Interface USB Support for an Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme processor...174; 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® 4 processor/ Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with CPU 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB nVIDIA®...
... iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to the internal USB headers) GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 10 - 1-2 Product Specifications CPU Front Side Bus Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio LAN Expansion Slots Storage Interface USB Support for an Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme processor...174; 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® 4 processor/ Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with CPU 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB nVIDIA®...
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... the power outlet before you wish to set beyond the standard specifications, please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. 1-3-1 Installing the CPU A. If you begin to install the CPU: • Make sure that the system bus frequency be inserted if oriented... Pin One Corner of thermal grease on the computer if the CPU cooler is not recom- mended that the motherboard supports the CPU. (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the peripherals.
... the power outlet before you wish to set beyond the standard specifications, please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. 1-3-1 Installing the CPU A. If you begin to install the CPU: • Make sure that the system bus frequency be inserted if oriented... Pin One Corner of thermal grease on the computer if the CPU cooler is not recom- mended that the motherboard supports the CPU. (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the peripherals.
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...(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to install the memory: • Make sure that memory of the socket will snap into the memory socket. Step ...begin to the memory module. Place the memory module on the top edge of the memory module. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 16 - Notch DDR2 DIMM A DDR2 memory module has a notch, so it vertically into place when the memory module is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. A memory module can only ...
...(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to install the memory: • Make sure that memory of the socket will snap into the memory socket. Step ...begin to the memory module. Place the memory module on the top edge of the memory module. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 16 - Notch DDR2 DIMM A DDR2 memory module has a notch, so it vertically into place when the memory module is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. A memory module can only ...
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...all changes and the previous settings remain in effect. Pressing to the confirmation message will exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing can also carry out this task.) GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 34 - A supervisor password allows you to view the BIOS settings but not to make changes in BIOS Setup. Set User ... Features Use this menu to configure the system time and date, hard drive types, floppy disk drive types, and the type of your CPU, memory, etc. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults are factory settings for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. Load...
...all changes and the previous settings remain in effect. Pressing to the confirmation message will exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing can also carry out this task.) GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 34 - A supervisor password allows you to view the BIOS settings but not to make changes in BIOS Setup. Set User ... Features Use this menu to configure the system time and date, hard drive types, floppy disk drive types, and the type of your CPU, memory, etc. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults are factory settings for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. Load...
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... ` IDE Channel 3 Master ` IDE Channel 3 Slave [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support [1.44M, 3.5"] [Disabled] Halt On [All, But Keyboard] Base Memory Extended Memory 640K 510M KLJI: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Default ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized...
... ` IDE Channel 3 Master ` IDE Channel 3 Slave [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support [1.44M, 3.5"] [Disabled] Halt On [All, But Keyboard] Base Memory Extended Memory 640K 510M KLJI: Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Default ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized...
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...2M/5.25", 720K/3.5", 1.44M/3.5", 2.88M/3.5". Halt on the hard drive. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 36 - Options are : Disabled (default), Drive A. Memory These fields are read-only and are determined by the BIOS POST. Extended Memory The amount of heads. Floppy 3 Mode Support Allows you do not install...following fields display your system. Sector Number of cylinders. Landing Zone Landing zone. If you to None. Base Memory Also called conventional memory. All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system boot will stop . If you wish to...
...2M/5.25", 720K/3.5", 1.44M/3.5", 2.88M/3.5". Halt on the hard drive. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 36 - Options are : Disabled (default), Drive A. Memory These fields are read-only and are determined by the BIOS POST. Extended Memory The amount of heads. Floppy 3 Mode Support Allows you do not install...following fields display your system. Sector Number of cylinders. Landing Zone Landing zone. If you to None. Base Memory Also called conventional memory. All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system boot will stop . If you wish to...
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... more information about Intel CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website. - 37 - Capability CPU Multi-Threading (Note) Limit CPUID Max. HDD S.M.A.R.T. to 3 (Note) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Note) CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) (Note) CPU EIST Function (Note) Virtualization Technology (Note) Onboard GPU Frame Buffer Size Init...
... more information about Intel CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website. - 37 - Capability CPU Multi-Threading (Note) Limit CPUID Max. HDD S.M.A.R.T. to 3 (Note) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Note) CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) (Note) CPU EIST Function (Note) Virtualization Technology (Note) Onboard GPU Frame Buffer Size Init...
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... limit CPUID maximum value. Depending on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as Windows NT4.0. (Default: Disabled) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Execute Disable Bit function. If you wish to set up a dual view configuration, set ...(Note) Enables or disables Intel® Virtualization Technology. Set this item to run multiple operating systems and applications in system halt state. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 38 - When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during system halt state to enable all CPU cores...
... limit CPUID maximum value. Depending on CPU loading, Intel® EIST technology can function as Windows NT4.0. (Default: Disabled) No-Execute Memory Protect (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Execute Disable Bit function. If you wish to set up a dual view configuration, set ...(Note) Enables or disables Intel® Virtualization Technology. Set this item to run multiple operating systems and applications in system halt state. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 38 - When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during system halt state to enable all CPU cores...
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... the onboard graphics controller. Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of system memory allocated solely for display. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) Onboard VGA Sets the onboard VGA as the first ...
... the onboard graphics controller. Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of system memory allocated solely for display. PCI Slot Sets the PCI graphics card as the first display. (Default) Onboard VGA Sets the onboard VGA as the first ...
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... Prefetch Mode NV Serial-ATA Controller ` SATA-II RAID Config On-Chip MAC Lan Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Audio Function On-Chip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support HDMI Audio ` SMART LAN Legacy USB storage detect Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP... prefetch mode for the SATA controller integrated in the nVIDIA® GeForce 7100/nForce 630i chipset or configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 40 -
... Prefetch Mode NV Serial-ATA Controller ` SATA-II RAID Config On-Chip MAC Lan Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Audio Function On-Chip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support HDMI Audio ` SMART LAN Legacy USB storage detect Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode x ECP... prefetch mode for the SATA controller integrated in the nVIDIA® GeForce 7100/nForce 630i chipset or configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 40 -
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... - 41 - This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is set to install a 3rd party add-in audio card instead of memory allocated for the third SATA 3Gb/s connector (SATAII2). Disables the integrated USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers. Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you to decide... Enables RAID for the first SATA 3Gb/s connector (SATAII0). SATA-II Pri-Master RAID Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller. USB Memory Type Specifies the type of using the onboard LAN, set to RAID. (Default: Enabled) SATA-II Sec-Slave RAID Enables or disables RAID...
... - 41 - This item is configurable only if the Onchip SATA Mode item is set to install a 3rd party add-in audio card instead of memory allocated for the third SATA 3Gb/s connector (SATAII2). Disables the integrated USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers. Onboard LAN Boot ROM Allows you to decide... Enables RAID for the first SATA 3Gb/s connector (SATAII0). SATA-II Pri-Master RAID Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller. USB Memory Type Specifies the type of using the onboard LAN, set to RAID. (Default: Enabled) SATA-II Sec-Slave RAID Enables or disables RAID...
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...Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Parameters/ Setting/ Current Value Displays the following CPU and memory speed. This page is for advanced users only and we recommend you not to alter the default settings to prevent system instability...to boot. If this feature. - 49 - 2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ` FSB & Memory Config Robust Graphics Booster x VGA Core Clock CPU Clock Ratio (Note) CPU Voltage Control Normal CPU Vcore [Press Enter] [Disabled] + 1% [10X] [...
...Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Parameters/ Setting/ Current Value Displays the following CPU and memory speed. This page is for advanced users only and we recommend you not to alter the default settings to prevent system instability...to boot. If this feature. - 49 - 2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ` FSB & Memory Config Robust Graphics Booster x VGA Core Clock CPU Clock Ratio (Note) CPU Voltage Control Normal CPU Vcore [Press Enter] [Disabled] + 1% [10X] [...
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... second is from 400 MHz to 200 MHz. Robust Graphics Booster Robust Graphics Booster (R.G.B.) helps to enhance the performance of your memory. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 50 - Auto BIOS will automatically set the FSB-Memory clock mode. (Default) Linked Unlinked Allows you to alter the core clock for the installed CPU. For a 1066 MHz FSB...
... second is from 400 MHz to 200 MHz. Robust Graphics Booster Robust Graphics Booster (R.G.B.) helps to enhance the performance of your memory. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 50 - Auto BIOS will automatically set the FSB-Memory clock mode. (Default) Linked Unlinked Allows you to alter the core clock for the installed CPU. For a 1066 MHz FSB...
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... is backed up/restored. • It takes longer to back up a hard drive than to back up your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP3 or later; When hard drives are not supported. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress...
... is backed up/restored. • It takes longer to back up a hard drive than to back up your system data and perform restoration of system memory • VESA compatible graphics card • Windows® 2000 with SP3 or later; When hard drives are not supported. Chapter 4 Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress...
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... and Execution button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Displays panel of CPU frequency Shows the information of the current function Visits GIGABYTE website Displays EasyTune 5 help screen Quits or minimizes EasyTune 5 Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may occur. (Note 1) Available functions ...use and convenient system overclocking and management tool, lets you fully know how to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. - 69 - Display Field 8. GIGABYTE Logo 10. and M.I.B. 4-3 EasyTune 5 EasyTuneTM 5, an easy-to-use each function of these ...
... and Execution button Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode Displays panel of CPU frequency Shows the information of the current function Visits GIGABYTE website Displays EasyTune 5 help screen Quits or minimizes EasyTune 5 Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may occur. (Note 1) Available functions ...use and convenient system overclocking and management tool, lets you fully know how to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. - 69 - Display Field 8. GIGABYTE Logo 10. and M.I.B. 4-3 EasyTune 5 EasyTuneTM 5, an easy-to-use each function of these ...
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Step 2: In the ReadyBoost tab, select Use this device. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 70 - Right-click on the USB flash drive icon and choose Properties. Under Space to reserve for system speed, set the amount of memory space to use for ReadyBoost using the slider or spin box. Follow the steps below ...flash drive must have at least 256 MB of space. • The recommended amount of memory to use for ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of your USB flash drive's memory to speed up your computer's performance. You may enable ReadyBoost and allocate part of RAM installed...
Step 2: In the ReadyBoost tab, select Use this device. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 70 - Right-click on the USB flash drive icon and choose Properties. Under Space to reserve for system speed, set the amount of memory space to use for ReadyBoost using the slider or spin box. Follow the steps below ...flash drive must have at least 256 MB of space. • The recommended amount of memory to use for ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of your USB flash drive's memory to speed up your computer's performance. You may enable ReadyBoost and allocate part of RAM installed...
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... ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The BIOS Setup menus described in system BIOS Setup. Then, enable RAID functionality for RAID. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 72 - Step 1: Turn on the motherboard you want to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in this section may differ from the ...Mode NV Serial-ATA Controller ` SATA-II RAID Config On-Chip MAC Lan Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Audio Function On-Chip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support HDMI Audio ` SMART LAN Legacy USB storage detect Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel ...
... ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The BIOS Setup menus described in system BIOS Setup. Then, enable RAID functionality for RAID. GA-73PVM-S2 Motherboard - 72 - Step 1: Turn on the motherboard you want to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in this section may differ from the ...Mode NV Serial-ATA Controller ` SATA-II RAID Config On-Chip MAC Lan Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard Audio Function On-Chip USB USB Memory Type USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support HDMI Audio ` SMART LAN Legacy USB storage detect Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel ...
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... BIOS Jul 27 2007 - For a non-RAID configuration, please skip this step and proceed to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which is given in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to...
... BIOS Jul 27 2007 - For a non-RAID configuration, please skip this step and proceed to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which is given in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to...