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GA-MA770-DS3/ GA-MA770-S3 AM2+/AM2 socket motherboard for AMD PhenomTM FX processor/ AMD PhenomTM processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 FX processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 processor/AMD SempronTM processor User's Manual Rev. 1003 12ME-MA770S3-1003R
GA-MA770-DS3/ GA-MA770-S3 AM2+/AM2 socket motherboard for AMD PhenomTM FX processor/ AMD PhenomTM processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 FX processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 processor/AMD SempronTM processor User's Manual Rev. 1003 12ME-MA770S3-1003R
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GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS SYS_FAN2 CPU_FAN Socket AM2 RCA_SPDIF ATX COMA USB_1394_1 USB_1394_2 USB_LAN PWR_FAN F_AUDIO GA-MA770-DS3/S3 AUDIO RTL8111B CODEC ATX_12V PCIE_1 NB_FAN PCIE_2 PCIE_3 AMD 770 PCIE_16 DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 IDE AMD SB600 CD_IN SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT PCIE_4 TSB43AB23 PCI1 BAT F_USB1 CLR_CMOS PCI2 F1_1394 FDD F_USB2 SATAII1 SATAII3 SATAII0 SATAII2 IT8718 CI LPT BIOS SYS_FAN1 F_PANEL PWR_LED "*" Only the GA-MA770-DS3 adopts All-Solid Capacitor design. - 7 -
GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS SYS_FAN2 CPU_FAN Socket AM2 RCA_SPDIF ATX COMA USB_1394_1 USB_1394_2 USB_LAN PWR_FAN F_AUDIO GA-MA770-DS3/S3 AUDIO RTL8111B CODEC ATX_12V PCIE_1 NB_FAN PCIE_2 PCIE_3 AMD 770 PCIE_16 DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 IDE AMD SB600 CD_IN SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT PCIE_4 TSB43AB23 PCI1 BAT F_USB1 CLR_CMOS PCI2 F1_1394 FDD F_USB2 SATAII1 SATAII3 SATAII0 SATAII2 IT8718 CI LPT BIOS SYS_FAN1 F_PANEL PWR_LED "*" Only the GA-MA770-DS3 adopts All-Solid Capacitor design. - 7 -
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... in the South Bridge Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to 1 floppy disk drive T.I. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 10 - 1-2 Product Specifications CPU Hyper Transport Bus Chipset Memory ... Support for Socket AM2+/AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM FX processor/AMD PhenomTM processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 FX processor/AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 processor/AMD SempronTM processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) 5200/2000...
... in the South Bridge Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to 1 floppy disk drive T.I. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 10 - 1-2 Product Specifications CPU Hyper Transport Bus Chipset Memory ... Support for Socket AM2+/AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM FX processor/AMD PhenomTM processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 FX processor/AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/ AMD AthlonTM 64 processor/AMD SempronTM processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) 5200/2000...
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... Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 If you to set the first boot device without having to accept. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - AMD 770 BIOS for one time only. 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress...
... Setup or to access the Q-Flash utility in BIOS Setup. : Xpress Recovery2 If you to set the first boot device without having to accept. GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 34 - AMD 770 BIOS for one time only. 2-1 Startup Screen The following screen may appear when the computer boots. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress...
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After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Figure 9 C. When finished, go to Disk Management to ... for the first time. Figure 8 2. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). AMD 770 BIOS for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to check disk allocation. B. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An...
After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Figure 9 C. When finished, go to Disk Management to ... for the first time. Figure 8 2. Using the Backup Function in your hard drive data (Figure 10). 2. Figure 12 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard Xpress Recovery2 will then begin the backup process (Figure 11). AMD 770 BIOS for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will begin to check disk allocation. B. Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An...
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... attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. What is Q-Flash ? 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. AMD 770 BIOS for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Because BIOS flashing... or Window first. TM @BIOS allows you from the nearest @BIOS server site and update the BIOS. 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. What is @BIOS ? GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 64 -
... attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use FAT32/16/12 file system. 3. What is Q-Flash ? 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. AMD 770 BIOS for GA-MA770-DS3 D2 . . . . : BIOS Setup/Q-Flash : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 10/22/2007-RD780-SB600-6A66AG05C-00 Because BIOS flashing... or Window first. TM @BIOS allows you from the nearest @BIOS server site and update the BIOS. 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with caution. What is @BIOS ? GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 64 -
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Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to the AMD SB600 controller. The Define LD selection from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive ...1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [K] Up [L] Down [ Keys Available ] [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option Figure 5 [Ctrl-Y] Save GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 74 - LD 7 ---- LD 6 ...
Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to the AMD SB600 controller. The Define LD selection from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive ...1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 Capacity (MB) 80026 80026 Assignment N N [K] Up [L] Down [ Keys Available ] [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option Figure 5 [Ctrl-Y] Save GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 74 - LD 7 ---- LD 6 ...
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For more details, refer to your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (3) SB600 SATA for the AMD SB600 SATA controller; Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in advance during the Windows setup process...SATA (Vista). Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk directly during the OS installation. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install ...
For more details, refer to your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (3) SB600 SATA for the AMD SB600 SATA controller; Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in advance during the Windows setup process...SATA (Vista). Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) For AHCI drives, installation of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk directly during the OS installation. 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install ...
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Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB600 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to the previous screen. ... adapter manufacturer. Appendix Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the floppy disk.
Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB600 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to the previous screen. ... adapter manufacturer. Appendix Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA RAID/AHCI driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from the floppy disk.
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Figure 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next.
Figure 9 GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard - 82 - Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next.