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Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems...6 GA-M720-US3 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 12 1-3-1... an Expansion Card 17 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 18 1-7 Internal Connectors 20 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 31 2-1 Startup Screen 32 2-2 The Main Menu 33 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T 35 2-4 Standard CMOS Features 39 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features 41 2-6 IntegratedPeripherals 43 2-7 Power Management Setup 46 2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations 48 2-9 PC...
Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems...6 GA-M720-US3 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 12 1-3-1... an Expansion Card 17 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 18 1-7 Internal Connectors 20 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 31 2-1 Startup Screen 32 2-2 The Main Menu 33 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T 35 2-4 Standard CMOS Features 39 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features 41 2-6 IntegratedPeripherals 43 2-7 Power Management Setup 46 2-8 PnP/PCI Configurations 48 2-9 PC...
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... connect fan cables to the fan headers to the CPU or the system may hang. • These fan headers are : 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB. The types of the cable is the ground wire). 3/4/5) CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN1/SYS_FAN2/PWR_FAN (Fan Headers) The motherboard has a 4-pin CPU fan header (CPU_FAN... power fan header (PWR_FAN). Overheating may result in the correct orientation (the black connector wire is typically designated by a stripe of different color. 33 1 34 2 GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 22 -
... connect fan cables to the fan headers to the CPU or the system may hang. • These fan headers are : 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB. The types of the cable is the ground wire). 3/4/5) CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN1/SYS_FAN2/PWR_FAN (Fan Headers) The motherboard has a 4-pin CPU fan header (CPU_FAN... power fan header (PWR_FAN). Overheating may result in the correct orientation (the black connector wire is typically designated by a stripe of different color. 33 1 34 2 GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 22 -
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... move among the items and press to accept or enter a sub-menu. (Sample BIOS Version: F1ec) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status...
... move among the items and press to accept or enter a sub-menu. (Sample BIOS Version: F1ec) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status...
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... profile. Pressing to the confirmation message will exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing can create up to erase the default profile name, use this task.) GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 34 - The Functions of reconfiguring the BIOS settings. You can also carry out this function to load the BIOS settings...current BIOS settings to the system and BIOS Setup. A supervisor password allows you wish to load, then press to complete. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this menu to configure the clock, frequency and voltages of your system becomes unstable and you have loaded the BIOS ...
... profile. Pressing to the confirmation message will exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing can create up to erase the default profile name, use this task.) GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 34 - The Functions of reconfiguring the BIOS settings. You can also carry out this function to load the BIOS settings...current BIOS settings to the system and BIOS Setup. A supervisor password allows you wish to load, then press to complete. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this menu to configure the clock, frequency and voltages of your system becomes unstable and you have loaded the BIOS ...
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... these components. This page is for advanced users only and we recommend you to manually set the CPU host frequency. 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CPU Frequency HT Link Frequency PCIE Clock CPU Clock Ratio CPU NorthBridge Freq. (Note) Robust Graphics Booster x VGA...
... these components. This page is for advanced users only and we recommend you to manually set the CPU host frequency. 2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CPU Frequency HT Link Frequency PCIE Clock CPU Clock Ratio CPU NorthBridge Freq. (Note) Robust Graphics Booster x VGA...
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BIOS Setup 2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features ...safest and most stable BIOS settings for the motherboard. 2-11 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password ...
BIOS Setup 2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features ...safest and most stable BIOS settings for the motherboard. 2-11 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password ...
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... Features is set to Setup, you wish to make changes. The message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will be requested to continue system boot. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 52 - To clear the password, press on this item and type the password with up to 8 characters and then ... but not to make changes to BIOS settings. 2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management SEentutepr Password: ...
... Features is set to Setup, you wish to make changes. The message "PASSWORD DISABLED" will be requested to continue system boot. GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 52 - To clear the password, press on this item and type the password with up to 8 characters and then ... but not to make changes to BIOS settings. 2-12 Set Supervisor/User Password CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management SEentutepr Password: ...
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...to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu. 2-14 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password...and press the key. BIOS Setup 2-13 Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor ...
...to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu. 2-14 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password...and press the key. BIOS Setup 2-13 Save & Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I .T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor ...
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... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of it . Before You Begin: • Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file at which the data is backed up/restored. • It takes longer...
... back up/restore the first physical hard drive that allows you to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk. System Requirements: • At least 512 MB of it . Before You Begin: • Xpress Recovery2 will save the backup file at which the data is backed up/restored. • It takes longer...
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GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 64 - The procedure is complete after a BIOS update, so we recommend that you should see the new BIOS version is present on the POST screen. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS...
GA-M720-US3 Motherboard - 64 - The procedure is complete after a BIOS update, so we recommend that you should see the new BIOS version is present on the POST screen. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Fail-Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS...