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GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard Layout KB_MS OPTICAL ATX_12V_2X CPU_FAN Socket AM2 COMA COAXIAL ATX V1394 USB_1394 PWR_FAN USB_LAN1 GA-MA790FX-DS5 DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 USB_ESATA AUDIO RTL8111B F_AUDIO PCIE_1_1 NB_FAN AMD 790FX IDE FDD GIGABYTE SATA2 PCIE_1_2 PCIE_16_A AMD SB600 SATAII1 SATAII0 CD_IN SPDIF_IN CODEC PCIE_1_3 PCIE_16_B PCI1 TSB43AB23 PCI2 F_1394 GSATAII_1 SPDIF_OUT SYS_FAN2 PCIE_12V GIGABYTE SATA2 LPT GSATAII_2 F_USB1 F_USB2 SATAII3 SATAII2 Main BIOS BATTERY IT8718 Backup CLR_CMOS BIOS PWR_LED SYS_FAN1 CI F_PANEL - 7 -
GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard Layout KB_MS OPTICAL ATX_12V_2X CPU_FAN Socket AM2 COMA COAXIAL ATX V1394 USB_1394 PWR_FAN USB_LAN1 GA-MA790FX-DS5 DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 USB_ESATA AUDIO RTL8111B F_AUDIO PCIE_1_1 NB_FAN AMD 790FX IDE FDD GIGABYTE SATA2 PCIE_1_2 PCIE_16_A AMD SB600 SATAII1 SATAII0 CD_IN SPDIF_IN CODEC PCIE_1_3 PCIE_16_B PCI1 TSB43AB23 PCI2 F_1394 GSATAII_1 SPDIF_OUT SYS_FAN2 PCIE_12V GIGABYTE SATA2 LPT GSATAII_2 F_USB1 F_USB2 SATAII3 SATAII2 Main BIOS BATTERY IT8718 Backup CLR_CMOS BIOS PWR_LED SYS_FAN1 CI F_PANEL - 7 -
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... of system memory (Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Support for ECC memory (Note 3) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support ...0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 2 x GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII_1, GSATAII_2) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s ports on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header) GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 10 - Support for CD In...
... of system memory (Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Support for ECC memory (Note 3) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support ...0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 2 x GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII_1, GSATAII_2) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices - 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s ports on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header) GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 10 - Support for CD In...
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..., DDRII_3 Channel 1: DDRII_2, DDRII_4 Dual Channel Memory Configurations Table DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 Two Modules DS/SS DS/SS - - - - - - - - GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 16 - The four DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as following guidelines before installing the... the memory: • Make sure that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is recommended that you install them ...
..., DDRII_3 Channel 1: DDRII_2, DDRII_4 Dual Channel Memory Configurations Table DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 Two Modules DS/SS DS/SS - - - - - - - - GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 16 - The four DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as following guidelines before installing the... the memory: • Make sure that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is recommended that you install them ...
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GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 62 - You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 62 - You may press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.
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...enter Q-Flash. What is @BIOS ? GA-MA790FX-DS5 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 09/20/2007-RD790-SB600-6A66AG02C-00 Because BIOS flashing is saved to a hard drive in BIOS Setup. Before You Begin: 1. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS...backup BIOS. During the POST, press the key to ensure normal system operation. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 70 - 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use and allow you to update the ...
...enter Q-Flash. What is @BIOS ? GA-MA790FX-DS5 F1a . . . . : BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 09/20/2007-RD790-SB600-6A66AG02C-00 Because BIOS flashing is saved to a hard drive in BIOS Setup. Before You Begin: 1. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS...backup BIOS. During the POST, press the key to ensure normal system operation. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 70 - 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOS .TM GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use and allow you to update the ...
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... the extracted BIOS file matches your system. Upon completion, restart your motherboard model. Select Load Optimized Defaults and press to begin the BIOS update process. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 74 - Upon completion, restart your system. • If more than one model is present when doing Step 3 above, recomfirm your motherboard is correct, ... select All Files (*.*) in "Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Click Update New BIOS. F1) obtained from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instructions in the Files of type list.
... the extracted BIOS file matches your system. Upon completion, restart your motherboard model. Select Load Optimized Defaults and press to begin the BIOS update process. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 74 - Upon completion, restart your system. • If more than one model is present when doing Step 3 above, recomfirm your motherboard is correct, ... select All Files (*.*) in "Update the BIOS without Using the Internet Update Function Click Update New BIOS Step 1: Click Update New BIOS. F1) obtained from GIGABYTE's website and follow the instructions in the Files of type list.
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... Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: Gigabyte Boundary: 64 KB 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-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 80 -
... Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: Gigabyte Boundary: 64 KB 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-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 80 -
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... Data concatenated for creating an array (Figure 6). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be set for huge temporarily disk required [KL]-Switch RAID Level GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard [ENTER]-Next Figure 6 - 86 - ... [ENTER]-Next Figure 5 [ESC]-Abort The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to move onto the next step. Steps: 1. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 6). Then press to be special characters) and press ....
... Data concatenated for creating an array (Figure 6). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be set for huge temporarily disk required [KL]-Switch RAID Level GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard [ENTER]-Next Figure 6 - 86 - ... [ENTER]-Next Figure 5 [ESC]-Abort The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to move onto the next step. Steps: 1. GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 6). Then press to be special characters) and press ....
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A small window displaying the array information will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 9). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID ...01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [IJTAB]-Switch Window [KL]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 88 - GIGABYTE Technology Corp. When finished, the new RAID array will appear in the Main Menu block to move the selection bar to the RAID Disk...
A small window displaying the array information will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block (Figure 9). GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59 [ Main Menu ] [ Hard Disk Drive List ] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID ...01Capacity Status 0-Stripe Status: Normal 240 GB Normal Members(HDDx) 01 [IJTAB]-Switch Window [KL]-Select RAID [ENTER]-Detail Figure 10 [ESC]-Exit GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 88 - GIGABYTE Technology Corp. When finished, the new RAID array will appear in the Main Menu block to move the selection bar to the RAID Disk...
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...prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). For example, from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard Figure 3 - 90 - Boot from the motherboard driver disk directly during the OS installation process. (Note 2) For users without a ... operating system or 4) SB600 SATA(Vista) for Windows Vista. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select 1) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x86) for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x64) for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system...
...prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). For example, from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard Figure 3 - 90 - Boot from the motherboard driver disk directly during the OS installation process. (Note 2) For users without a ... operating system or 4) SB600 SATA(Vista) for Windows Vista. • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select 1) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x86) for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE SATA-RAID Driver(x64) for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system...
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Figure 15 GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 98 - Figure 14 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 15). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 14 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press Next.
Figure 15 GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 98 - Figure 14 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 15). Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 14 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and press Next.
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...PBDE and PBB). The WEEE Directive specifies the treatment, collection, recycling and disposal of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive Statement GIGABYTE products have been carefully selected to high-efficiency performance, all respects at the time of disposal will be prosecuted. For...of properly. GIGABYTE cannot, however, assume any unauthorized purpose. Restriction of electric and electronic devices and their components. Instead, the device should not be construed as most of the materials in your waste equipment at the time of printing. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard -...
...PBDE and PBB). The WEEE Directive specifies the treatment, collection, recycling and disposal of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive Statement GIGABYTE products have been carefully selected to high-efficiency performance, all respects at the time of disposal will be prosecuted. For...of properly. GIGABYTE cannot, however, assume any unauthorized purpose. Restriction of electric and electronic devices and their components. Instead, the device should not be construed as most of the materials in your waste equipment at the time of printing. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard -...
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....es Czech Republic Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 116 - WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.ru Latvia GIGA-BYTE Latvia WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.lv Poland Office of the website. in CZECH REPUBLIC WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.cz Turkey Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. TECHNOLOGY...
....es Czech Republic Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard - 116 - WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.ru Latvia GIGA-BYTE Latvia WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.lv Poland Office of the website. in CZECH REPUBLIC WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.cz Turkey Representative Office Of GIGA-BYTE Technology Co., Ltd. TECHNOLOGY...