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GA-MA790X-UD4P AM2+/AM2 socket motherboard for AMD PhenomTM II X3 processor/AMD PhenomTM II X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM FX processor/AMD PhenomTM X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM X3 processor/AMD AthlonTM X2 processor/ AMD AthlonTM processor/AMD SempronTM X2 processor/ AMD SempronTM processor User's Manual Rev. 1003 12ME-MA79U4P-1003R
GA-MA790X-UD4P AM2+/AM2 socket motherboard for AMD PhenomTM II X3 processor/AMD PhenomTM II X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM FX processor/AMD PhenomTM X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM X3 processor/AMD AthlonTM X2 processor/ AMD AthlonTM processor/AMD SempronTM X2 processor/ AMD SempronTM processor User's Manual Rev. 1003 12ME-MA79U4P-1003R
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... Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 6 ...70 4-4 Easy Energy Saver 71 4-5 Q-Share ...73 4-6 Time Repair ...74 Chapter 5 Appendix ...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 87 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System...
... Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 6 ...70 4-4 Easy Energy Saver 71 4-5 Q-Share ...73 4-6 Time Repair ...74 Chapter 5 Appendix ...75 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 75 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers 75 5-1-2 Configuring GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA Controller 81 5-1-3 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP 87 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System...
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GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Layout KB_MS CPU_FAN RCA_SPDIF ATX_12V_2X4 ATX R_USB Socket AM2 USB_1394_1 USB_1394 PWR_FAN USB IT8720 LAN AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIEX1_1 RTL8111C/D(L) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX1_2 CD_IN CODEC PCIEX1_3 SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT PCIEX8_1 PCI1 PCI2 COM FDD CI DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4 AMD 790X IDE GA-MA790X-UD4P CLR_CMOS BATTERY AMD SB750 B_BIOS M_BIOS SATA2_4 SATA2_5 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_0 SATA2_1 TSB43AB23 GIGABYTE SATA2 GSATA2_0 GSATA2_1 PWR_LED F_USB1 F_PANEL F_1394 F_USB2 SYS_FAN2 SYS_FAN1 - 7 -
GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Layout KB_MS CPU_FAN RCA_SPDIF ATX_12V_2X4 ATX R_USB Socket AM2 USB_1394_1 USB_1394 PWR_FAN USB IT8720 LAN AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIEX1_1 RTL8111C/D(L) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX1_2 CD_IN CODEC PCIEX1_3 SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT PCIEX8_1 PCI1 PCI2 COM FDD CI DDR2_1 DDR2_2 DDR2_3 DDR2_4 AMD 790X IDE GA-MA790X-UD4P CLR_CMOS BATTERY AMD SB750 B_BIOS M_BIOS SATA2_4 SATA2_5 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_0 SATA2_1 TSB43AB23 GIGABYTE SATA2 GSATA2_0 GSATA2_1 PWR_LED F_USB1 F_PANEL F_1394 F_USB2 SYS_FAN2 SYS_FAN1 - 7 -
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... Express Bus PCI Express Bus x1 x1 x1 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 3 PCI Express x1 RJ45 RTL8111C/D(L) LAN 2 SATA 3Gb/s PCI Bus GIGABYTE SATA2 TSB43AB23 AMD 790X AMD SB750 Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel 12 USB Ports CODEC LPC BUS IT8720 Floppy COM Port PS/2 KB...
... Express Bus PCI Express Bus x1 x1 x1 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 3 PCI Express x1 RJ45 RTL8111C/D(L) LAN 2 SATA 3Gb/s PCI Bus GIGABYTE SATA2 TSB43AB23 AMD 790X AMD SB750 Dual BIOS 6 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel 12 USB Ports CODEC LPC BUS IT8720 Floppy COM Port PS/2 KB...
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...for AM3/AM2+/AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X3 processor/AMD PhenomTM II X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM FX processor/AMD PhenomTM X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM X3 processor/AMD AthlonTM X2 processor/ AMD AthlonTM processor/AMD SempronTM X2 processor/ AMD SempronTM processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU...disk drive T.I. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1) supporting up to the internal USB headers) GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 10 - TSB43AB23 chip Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back ...
...for AM3/AM2+/AM2 processors: AMD PhenomTM II X3 processor/AMD PhenomTM II X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM FX processor/AMD PhenomTM X4 processor/ AMD PhenomTM X3 processor/AMD AthlonTM X2 processor/ AMD AthlonTM processor/AMD SempronTM X2 processor/ AMD SempronTM processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU...disk drive T.I. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1) supporting up to the internal USB headers) GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 10 - TSB43AB23 chip Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back ...
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... the PCIEX16_1 slot. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 12 - The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with a PCI Express graphics card, the PCIEX16_1 slot will depend on the CPU/ system cooler you install. (Note 5) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 6) Due to the hardware limitation, you must install the AMD AM3 PhenomTM II...
... the PCIEX16_1 slot. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 12 - The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with a PCI Express graphics card, the PCIEX16_1 slot will depend on the CPU/ system cooler you install. (Note 5) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. (Note 6) Due to the hardware limitation, you must install the AMD AM3 PhenomTM II...
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... at least two hard drives. Before attaching the IDE cable, locate the foolproof groove on configuring a RAID array. Refer to be an even number. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 26 - The AMD SB750 controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD. If more than two hard drives are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. 7) IDE...
... at least two hard drives. Before attaching the IDE cable, locate the foolproof groove on configuring a RAID array. Refer to be an even number. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 26 - The AMD SB750 controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD. If more than two hard drives are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. 7) IDE...
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... Device Specifies the boot order from the installed hard drives. Setup A password is only required for entering the BIOS Setup program. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 46 - After configuring this function. Hard Disk Boot Priority Specifies the sequence of loading the operating system from the available...Main Menu. 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Password Check HDD S.M.A.R.T....
... Device Specifies the boot order from the installed hard drives. Setup A password is only required for entering the BIOS Setup program. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 46 - After configuring this function. Hard Disk Boot Priority Specifies the sequence of loading the operating system from the available...Main Menu. 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Password Check HDD S.M.A.R.T....
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... on the OnChip SATA Type settings. OnChip SATA Port4/5 Mode (AMD SB750 South Bridge, SATA2_4/SATA2_5 connectors) This option is configurable only when OnChip SATA Type is an interface specification that support Native mode. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 48 - AHCI Configures the SATA controller to enable advanced... controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Controller Enables or disables the integrated SATA controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Type (AMD SB750 South Bridge, SATA2_0~SATA2_3 connectors) Configures the operating mode of the integrated SATA2_4/SATA2_5 connectors.
... on the OnChip SATA Type settings. OnChip SATA Port4/5 Mode (AMD SB750 South Bridge, SATA2_4/SATA2_5 connectors) This option is configurable only when OnChip SATA Type is an interface specification that support Native mode. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 48 - AHCI Configures the SATA controller to enable advanced... controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Controller Enables or disables the integrated SATA controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Type (AMD SB750 South Bridge, SATA2_0~SATA2_3 connectors) Configures the operating mode of the integrated SATA2_4/SATA2_5 connectors.
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... only if you want to make any changes or completely close the application. (Note 1) Due to the hardware limitation, you must install the AMD AM3 Phenom TM II/AM2+ PhenomTM Series CPU to work with Dynamic CPU Frequency Function; B. Button Information Table Button Description 1 Easy Energy Saver...power saved will be recorded until re-activated when only the Easy Energy Saver is under the enable status, and power savings meter is restarted. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 72 - Total Mode In Total Mode, users are able to run in a set period of time since activating Easy Energy Saver...
... only if you want to make any changes or completely close the application. (Note 1) Due to the hardware limitation, you must install the AMD AM3 Phenom TM II/AM2+ PhenomTM Series CPU to work with Dynamic CPU Frequency Function; B. Button Information Table Button Description 1 Easy Energy Saver...power saved will be recorded until re-activated when only the Easy Energy Saver is under the enable status, and power savings meter is restarted. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 72 - Total Mode In Total Mode, users are able to run in a set period of time since activating Easy Energy Saver...
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... one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers A. If there is recommended that you begin Please prepare: • At least two SA TA hard drives (to identify the SA...more than one SA TA controller on this motherboard, the SA TA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SA TA2_5 ports are supported by AMD SB750 South Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your computer . Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive...
... one hard drive. • An empty formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring AMD SB750 SATA Controllers A. If there is recommended that you begin Please prepare: • At least two SA TA hard drives (to identify the SA...more than one SA TA controller on this motherboard, the SA TA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4 and SA TA2_5 ports are supported by AMD SB750 South Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your computer . Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive...
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...Define LD window (Figure 4). LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-...61545;] Down [ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 5 GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 78 - Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to the AMD SB750 controller. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode ...
...Define LD window (Figure 4). LD No RAID Mode [ Define LD Menu ] Total Drv LD 1 RAID 0 0 Stripe Block: 64 KB Gigabyte Boundary: ON Fast Init: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-...61545;] Down [ESC] Exit [ Keys Available ] [Space] Change [Ctrl-Y] Save [PgUp/Dn] Page Change Figure 5 GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard - 78 - Create Arrays Manually To create a new array, press to the AMD SB750 controller. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode ...
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... It will see the newly-created array. 9. View Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments option in the Main Menu displays whether drives attached to the AMD SB750 controller are assigned to its maximum capacity. 8. Appendix Under the Assignment column, drives are unassigned. Press to return to Main Menu and press again...
... It will see the newly-created array. 9. View Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments option in the Main Menu displays whether drives attached to the AMD SB750 controller are assigned to its maximum capacity. 8. Appendix Under the Assignment column, drives are unassigned. Press to return to Main Menu and press again...
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... driver disk. For more details, refer to that in Figure 2: • For AMD SB750 SATA controllers, select 5) SB700/750 SATA for operating system . • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select 1) GIGABYTE SATA-Driver(x86) for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE SATA-Driver(x64) for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk...
... driver disk. For more details, refer to that in Figure 2: • For AMD SB750 SATA controllers, select 5) SB700/750 SATA for operating system . • For GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA controller, select 1) GIGABYTE SATA-Driver(x86) for Windows 32-bit operating system or 2) GIGABYTE SATA-Driver(x64) for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk...
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... menu similar to Figure 2 below will then appear asking you to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . On the next screen, press to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (...TA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Figure 2 - 88 - 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System...
... menu similar to Figure 2 below will then appear asking you to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with the Windows XP installation. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . On the next screen, press to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (...TA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your hard drive(s). AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Figure 2 - 88 - 5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System...
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...the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) AMD SB750 SATA controllers: Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\SB750V\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to...Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 5). Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Figure 5 - 90 - Then use Method B to the LH (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or LH64A (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder. ...
...the motherboard driver disk (Method A) or the floppy disk/USB flash drive that below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) AMD SB750 SATA controllers: Step 1: Restart your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\SB750V\LH For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to...Method B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 5). Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to load the driver. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Figure 5 - 90 - Then use Method B to the LH (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or LH64A (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder. ...
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Appendix Figure 6 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 7 The install menus described in Figure 6 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 7). Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version. - 91 -
Appendix Figure 6 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Figure 7 The install menus described in Figure 6 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 7). Step 3: When a screen as shown in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by driver version. - 91 -
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... The rebuilding progress is displayed on the Information page in the operating system, make sure to use a new drive of restoring data to launch AMD RAIDXpert. The procedures below assume a new drive is added to replace a failed drive to be rebuilt under Logical Drive View and click the...Start Menu. Step 2: Select the RAID array to rebuild a RAID 1 array. • AMD SB750 SATA controller: While in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 arrays. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select ...
... The rebuilding progress is displayed on the Information page in the operating system, make sure to use a new drive of restoring data to launch AMD RAIDXpert. The procedures below assume a new drive is added to replace a failed drive to be rebuilt under Logical Drive View and click the...Start Menu. Step 2: Select the RAID array to rebuild a RAID 1 array. • AMD SB750 SATA controller: While in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 arrays. GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select ...