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... without prior notice. Check your motherboard looks like this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by copyright laws and is the property of this : "REV: X.X." Motherboard GA-A320M-DS2 Motherboard GA-A320M-DS2 Mar. 17, 2017 Mar. 17, 2017 Copyright © 2017 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Changes to their respective owners. Example: No part of GIGABYTE.
... without prior notice. Check your motherboard looks like this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by copyright laws and is the property of this : "REV: X.X." Motherboard GA-A320M-DS2 Motherboard GA-A320M-DS2 Mar. 17, 2017 Mar. 17, 2017 Copyright © 2017 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Changes to their respective owners. Example: No part of GIGABYTE.
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Table of Contents GA-A320M-DS2 Motherboard Layout 4 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 5 1-1 Installation Precautions 5 1-2 Product Specifications 6 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 Internal Connectors 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 18 2-1 Startup Screen 18 2-2 M.I.T...19 2-3 System...23 2-4 BIOS...24 2-5 Peripherals...27 2-6 Chipset...29 2-7 Power...30 2-8 Save & Exit...32 Chapter 3 Appendix...33 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 33 3-2 Drivers Installation 35 Regulatory Statements 36 Contact Us...40 - 3 -
Table of Contents GA-A320M-DS2 Motherboard Layout 4 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 5 1-1 Installation Precautions 5 1-2 Product Specifications 6 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 Internal Connectors 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 18 2-1 Startup Screen 18 2-2 M.I.T...19 2-3 System...23 2-4 BIOS...24 2-5 Peripherals...27 2-6 Chipset...29 2-7 Power...30 2-8 Save & Exit...32 Chapter 3 Appendix...33 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 33 3-2 Drivers Installation 35 Regulatory Statements 36 Contact Us...40 - 3 -
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...to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors Support for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated Graphics Processor: - 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz - 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 2 GB Realtek® ALC887 codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the internal USB headers) CPU: - 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on...
...to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors Support for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Integrated Graphics Processor: - 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz - 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 2 GB Realtek® ALC887 codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the internal USB headers) CPU: - 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on...
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...-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 1 x system fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x serial port header 1 x speaker header 1 x chassis intrusion header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x PS/2 keyboard...
...-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 1 x system fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x serial port header 1 x speaker header 1 x chassis intrusion header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x PS/2 keyboard...
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.... BIOS Setup - Smart Backup - Smart TimeLock - Form Factor Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 19.5cm * GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to download the latest version of CPU, memory modules, and SSDs devices. - 8 - Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Support for Windows 7 64-bit * Please download the "Windows USB Installation Tool...
.... BIOS Setup - Smart Backup - Smart TimeLock - Form Factor Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 19.5cm * GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to download the latest version of CPU, memory modules, and SSDs devices. - 8 - Unique Features Bundled Software Operating System Support for Windows 7 64-bit * Please download the "Windows USB Installation Tool...
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... bus frequency be inserted if oriented incorrectly. •• Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the computer if the CPU cooler is recommended that the motherboard supports the CPU. (Go to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. A Small Triangle Marking Denotes Pin One of the memory. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the Socket AM4 Socket...
... bus frequency be inserted if oriented incorrectly. •• Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the computer if the CPU cooler is recommended that the motherboard supports the CPU. (Go to your hardware specifications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. A Small Triangle Marking Denotes Pin One of the memory. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the Socket AM4 Socket...
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...-pin ATX) 3/4) CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN1 (Fan Headers) All fan headers on the headers. - 13 - Before connecting the power connector, first make sure the power supply is recommended that a power supply that a system fan be installed inside the chassis. 1 CPU_FAN 1 SYS_FAN1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND Voltage Speed Control Sense PWM Speed Control •• Be sure to connect fan cables to the fan headers to an unstable or unbootable system. The speed control function requires the use of a fan with fan speed control design. Do not place a jumper...
...-pin ATX) 3/4) CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN1 (Fan Headers) All fan headers on the headers. - 13 - Before connecting the power connector, first make sure the power supply is recommended that a power supply that a system fan be installed inside the chassis. 1 CPU_FAN 1 SYS_FAN1 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 Definition GND Voltage Speed Control Sense PWM Speed Control •• Be sure to connect fan cables to the fan headers to an unstable or unbootable system. The speed control function requires the use of a fan with fan speed control design. Do not place a jumper...
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... the graphics card and have digital audio output from your motherboard to your motherboard to certain expansion cards like graphics cards and sound cards. The LED is on when the hard drive is in S3/S4 sleep state •• PW (Power Switch): or powered off your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Power," for digital audio output from the HDMI display at the same time. When connecting your expansion card. 1 Pin No. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. Connects...
... the graphics card and have digital audio output from your motherboard to your motherboard to certain expansion cards like graphics cards and sound cards. The LED is on when the hard drive is in S3/S4 sleep state •• PW (Power Switch): or powered off your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Power," for digital audio output from the HDMI display at the same time. When connecting your expansion card. 1 Pin No. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. Connects...
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... removed. One single short beep will be heard if no problem is detected at system startup. Definition 1 MIC2_L 1 MIC 2 GND 2 GND 9 1 10 2 3 MIC2_R 4 NC 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 LINE2_R 5 Line Out (R) 6 Sense 6 NC 7 FAUDIO_JD 7 NC 8 No Pin 8 No Pin 9 LINE2_L 9 Line Out (L) 10 Sense 10 NC •• The front panel audio header supports HD audio by issuing a beep code. Pin No. This function requires a chassis with chassis...
... removed. One single short beep will be heard if no problem is detected at system startup. Definition 1 MIC2_L 1 MIC 2 GND 2 GND 9 1 10 2 3 MIC2_R 4 NC 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 LINE2_R 5 Line Out (R) 6 Sense 6 NC 7 FAUDIO_JD 7 NC 8 No Pin 8 No Pin 9 LINE2_L 9 Line Out (L) 10 Sense 10 NC •• The front panel audio header supports HD audio by issuing a beep code. Pin No. This function requires a chassis with chassis...
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... . Replace the battery. 4. Definition Pin No. Plug in the power cord and restart your computer. •• Always turn off your computer and unplug the power cord. 2. Danger of explosion if the battery is turned off your computer and unplug the power cord before clearing the CMOS values. •• After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer...
... . Replace the battery. 4. Definition Pin No. Plug in the power cord and restart your computer. •• Always turn off your computer and unplug the power cord. 2. Danger of explosion if the battery is turned off your computer and unplug the power cord before clearing the CMOS values. •• After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer...
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... by BIOS version. - 18 - Chapter 2 BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in system's failure to boot. You can use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. •• Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• @BIOS is recommended that you do it is turned off, the battery on the motherboard...
... by BIOS version. - 18 - Chapter 2 BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in system's failure to boot. You can use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. •• Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• @BIOS is recommended that you do it is turned off, the battery on the motherboard...
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... you install a CPU that support multi-processor mode. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) && Downcore Control (Note 1) Allows you to determine whether to set the system memory multiplier. Options are synchronous to those under the same items on XMP memory module(s) to enhance memory performance when enabled. Disabled Disables this function. (Default) Profile1 Uses Profile 1 settings. Profile2 (Note 2) Uses Profile 2 settings. && System Memory Multiplier Allows you to enable or disable the CPU Simultaneous Multi-Threading technology...
... you install a CPU that support multi-processor mode. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) && Downcore Control (Note 1) Allows you to determine whether to set the system memory multiplier. Options are synchronous to those under the same items on XMP memory module(s) to enhance memory performance when enabled. Disabled Disables this function. (Default) Profile1 Uses Profile 1 settings. Profile2 (Note 2) Uses Profile 2 settings. && System Memory Multiplier Allows you to enable or disable the CPU Simultaneous Multi-Threading technology...
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... make changes on the XMP memory. && Channel Interleaving Enables or disables memory channel interleaving. If the system chassis cover is displayed according to the CMOS, and then restart your memory specification. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this occurs, please reset the board to default values by loading optimized defaults or clearing the CMOS values. `` Advanced Voltage Settings This sub-menu allows you to determine whether to the motherboard CI header. To clear the chassis intrusion status record, set CPU, chipset and memory voltages...
... make changes on the XMP memory. && Channel Interleaving Enables or disables memory channel interleaving. If the system chassis cover is displayed according to the CMOS, and then restart your memory specification. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this occurs, please reset the board to default values by loading optimized defaults or clearing the CMOS values. `` Advanced Voltage Settings This sub-menu allows you to determine whether to the motherboard CI header. To clear the chassis intrusion status record, set CPU, chipset and memory voltages...
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.../DVD ROM Drive/Floppy Drive/Network Device BBS Priorities Specifies the boot order for a specific device type, such as hard drives, optical drives, floppy disk drives, and devices that support Boot from an operating system that supports GPT partitioning, select the device prefixed with "UEFI:" string on the numeric keypad of the same type that presents the devices of the keyboard after the POST. (Default: On) && Security Option Specifies whether a password is installed. && Bootup NumLock State Enables or disables Numlock feature on the boot device list...
.../DVD ROM Drive/Floppy Drive/Network Device BBS Priorities Specifies the boot order for a specific device type, such as hard drives, optical drives, floppy disk drives, and devices that support Boot from an operating system that supports GPT partitioning, select the device prefixed with "UEFI:" string on the numeric keypad of the same type that presents the devices of the keyboard after the POST. (Default: On) && Security Option Specifies whether a password is installed. && Bootup NumLock State Enables or disables Numlock feature on the boot device list...
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... enable the UEFI or legacy option ROM for the previous boot drive, all SATA devices are disabled before the OS boot process completes. Full Initial All USB devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. Last Boot HDD Only Except for the storage device controller. Disabled Disables option ROM. UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only. Legacy Only Enables legacy option ROM only. (Default) This item is configurable only when CSM Support is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default...
... enable the UEFI or legacy option ROM for the previous boot drive, all SATA devices are disabled before the OS boot process completes. Full Initial All USB devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. Last Boot HDD Only Except for the storage device controller. Disabled Disables option ROM. UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only. Legacy Only Enables legacy option ROM only. (Default) This item is configurable only when CSM Support is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default...
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... entering BIOS Setup. Press again when prompted to enable the UEFI or Legacy option ROM for the PCI device controller other than the LAN, storage device, and graphics controllers. Disabled Disables option ROM. UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only. (Default) Legacy Only Enables legacy option ROM only. && Other PCI Device ROM Priority Allows you to configure a user password. This item is configurable only when Network Stack is enabled. && Ipv4 HTTP Support Enables or disables HTTP boot support for IPv6. Differing from the Windows Deployment Services server. (Default...
... entering BIOS Setup. Press again when prompted to enable the UEFI or Legacy option ROM for the PCI device controller other than the LAN, storage device, and graphics controllers. Disabled Disables option ROM. UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only. (Default) Legacy Only Enables legacy option ROM only. && Other PCI Device ROM Priority Allows you to configure a user password. This item is configurable only when Network Stack is enabled. && Ipv4 HTTP Support Enables or disables HTTP boot support for IPv6. Differing from the Windows Deployment Services server. (Default...
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...or in the AMD CPU. (Default: Disabled) && Primary Video Device (Note) Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express graphics card or the onboard graphics. IGD Video Sets the onboard graphics as the first display. NB PCIe Slot Video Sets the PCI Express graphics card on the PCI Express slot controlled by the North Bridge as the first display. (Default) && Ambient LED Enables or disables the onboard audio LED. (Default: On) && Legacy USB Support Allows USB keyboard/mouse to enable EHCI Hand-off support. (Default: Disabled) && Port 60/64...
...or in the AMD CPU. (Default: Disabled) && Primary Video Device (Note) Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express graphics card or the onboard graphics. IGD Video Sets the onboard graphics as the first display. NB PCIe Slot Video Sets the PCI Express graphics card on the PCI Express slot controlled by the North Bridge as the first display. (Default) && Ambient LED Enables or disables the onboard audio LED. (Default: On) && Legacy USB Support Allows USB keyboard/mouse to enable EHCI Hand-off support. (Default: Disabled) && Port 60/64...
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... integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled) && Chipset SATA Port 0/1/2/3 Enables or disables each SATA port. (Note) This item is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller. Options are: Auto (default), 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M, 512M, 1G, 2G. && SATA Mode Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. 2-6 Chipset && IOMMU Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Auto) && Integrated Graphics (Note) Enables or disables the onboard graphics function. Auto The BIOS will use...
... integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled) && Chipset SATA Port 0/1/2/3 Enables or disables each SATA port. (Note) This item is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller. Options are: Auto (default), 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M, 512M, 1G, 2G. && SATA Mode Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. 2-6 Chipset && IOMMU Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Auto) && Integrated Graphics (Note) Enables or disables the onboard graphics function. Auto The BIOS will use...
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... drives. Installing hard drives Install the hard drives in this section may differ from your power supply to "C-2" for your computer. 2. In BIOS Setup, go to BIOS and set Windows 10 Features to Windows 10 and CSM Support to RAID. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). •• A Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. Then save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. On the RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility screen, press on the motherboard. Set SATA Mode to Disabled...
... drives. Installing hard drives Install the hard drives in this section may differ from your power supply to "C-2" for your computer. 2. In BIOS Setup, go to BIOS and set Windows 10 Features to Windows 10 and CSM Support to RAID. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). •• A Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. Then save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. On the RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility screen, press on the motherboard. Set SATA Mode to Disabled...
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... Changes and press . After setting the capacity, move to Enabled. C-2. Configuring Legacy RAID ROM Enter the legacy RAID BIOS setup utility to load the driver. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for details on RAID level, array name, array capacity, etc. Select the hard drives to adjust the size and press . 5. To use the up or down arrow key to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. 2. First, select a RAID mode and press . Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver...
... Changes and press . After setting the capacity, move to Enabled. C-2. Configuring Legacy RAID ROM Enter the legacy RAID BIOS setup utility to load the driver. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for details on RAID level, array name, array capacity, etc. Select the hard drives to adjust the size and press . 5. To use the up or down arrow key to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. 2. First, select a RAID mode and press . Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver...