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... 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 4-12 4.3.4 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 4-15 4.3.5 ASUS PC Probe II 4-24 4.3.6 ASUS AI Suite 4-30 4.3.7 ASUS AI Gear 2 4-32 4.3.8 ASUS AI Nap 4-33 4.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 4-34 4.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 4-35 4.3.11 ASUS Express Gate 4-36 4.3.12 AMD OverDrive (AOD 4-45 4.4 RAID configurations 4-46 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-46 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard...
... 'n' Quiet!™ Technology 4-12 4.3.4 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 4-15 4.3.5 ASUS PC Probe II 4-24 4.3.6 ASUS AI Suite 4-30 4.3.7 ASUS AI Gear 2 4-32 4.3.8 ASUS AI Nap 4-33 4.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 4-34 4.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 4-35 4.3.11 ASUS Express Gate 4-36 4.3.12 AMD OverDrive (AOD 4-45 4.4 RAID configurations 4-46 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-46 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard...
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... 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back panel) (continued on the next page) xi ASUS Noise Filtering LSI® L-FW3227 controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at midboard; ...ADI® AD2000B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Supports up to 5200 MT/s; M3A79-T Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN Audio IEEE 1394 USB AMD® Socket AM2/AM2+ for AM2 CPU Dual-channel memory architecture - 4 x ...
... 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back panel) (continued on the next page) xi ASUS Noise Filtering LSI® L-FW3227 controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at midboard; ...ADI® AD2000B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Supports up to 5200 MT/s; M3A79-T Deluxe specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN Audio IEEE 1394 USB AMD® Socket AM2/AM2+ for AM2 CPU Dual-channel memory architecture - 4 x ...
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xiii M3A79-T Deluxe specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard / mouse combo port 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) port 1 x ... ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 WOL by PME, WOR by PME, WOR by Ring, PXE, Chassis Intrusion Drivers ASUS Express Gate ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite AMD OverDrive (AOD) Anti-virus Utility (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm...
xiii M3A79-T Deluxe specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard / mouse combo port 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) port 1 x ... ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 WOL by PME, WOR by PME, WOR by Ring, PXE, Chassis Intrusion Drivers ASUS Express Gate ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite AMD OverDrive (AOD) Anti-virus Utility (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm...
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... details. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport™-based system bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support, and AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with less power consumption. HyperTransport™ 3.0 support HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than...
... details. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport™-based system bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support, and AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology. 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with less power consumption. HyperTransport™ 3.0 support HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than...
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Chassis intrusion connector (4-1 pin CHASSIS) 7. AMD® SB750 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6) 9. Power-on switch 13. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) 16. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC) 10...1394a port connector (10-1 pin IE1394_2) 15. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 8-pin EATX12V) 3. 2.2.2 Layout contents Connectors/Jumpers/Slots 1. Optical drive audio connector (4-pin CD) Page 2-27 2-31 2-5 2-29 2-10 2-30 2-25 2-26 2-20 2-33 2-21 2-21 2-28 2-28 2-24 2-24 2-32 2-27 ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-3 Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP...
Chassis intrusion connector (4-1 pin CHASSIS) 7. AMD® SB750 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6) 9. Power-on switch 13. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) 16. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLRTC) 10...1394a port connector (10-1 pin IE1394_2) 15. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 8-pin EATX12V) 3. 2.2.2 Layout contents Connectors/Jumpers/Slots 1. Optical drive audio connector (4-pin CD) Page 2-27 2-31 2-5 2-29 2-10 2-30 2-25 2-26 2-20 2-33 2-21 2-21 2-28 2-28 2-24 2-24 2-32 2-27 ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-3 Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP...
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...; angle. 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with an AM2+/AM2 socket designed for AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon™ processors or for Socket AM2 Athlon / Sempron processors. Socket lever ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-5 DO NOT force the CPU into the socket... to prevent bending the connectors on the motherboard. 2. Make sure ...
...; angle. 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with an AM2+/AM2 socket designed for AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon™ processors or for Socket AM2 Athlon / Sempron processors. Socket lever ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-5 DO NOT force the CPU into the socket... to prevent bending the connectors on the motherboard. 2. Make sure ...
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...use only AMD-certified heatsink and fan assembly. Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU, making sure that the heatsink fits properly on the retention module base. • The retention module base is properly applied to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-7 ...mechanism. If the instructions in this section do not have to remove the retention module base when installing the CPU or installing other motherboard components. • If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, make sure that you install the heatsink and fan assembly...
...use only AMD-certified heatsink and fan assembly. Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU, making sure that the heatsink fits properly on the retention module base. • The retention module base is properly applied to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-7 ...mechanism. If the instructions in this section do not have to remove the retention module base when installing the CPU or installing other motherboard components. • If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, make sure that you install the heatsink and fan assembly...
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These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. 4. AMD® SB750 Southbridge Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6) These connectors are set to the SATA1-6 connectors, you install SATA hard disk drives to [IDE] by ...default. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB750 controller. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to...
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. 4. AMD® SB750 Southbridge Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6) These connectors are set to the SATA1-6 connectors, you install SATA hard disk drives to [IDE] by ...default. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB750 controller. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to...
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...are designed to support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: AMD Phenom 9950 Memory: 1024 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: PCI Express x16 Radeon 4870 X2 (x2) Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW (x1) ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-31 otherwise, the ... with more power-consuming devices. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is recommended when configuring a system with ATX 12 V Specification 2.0 (or later version) and provides a minimum power of 600 W. • Do not forget to the Recommended Power Supply...
...are designed to support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: AMD Phenom 9950 Memory: 1024 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: PCI Express x16 Radeon 4870 X2 (x2) Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW (x1) ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 2-31 otherwise, the ... with more power-consuming devices. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is recommended when configuring a system with ATX 12 V Specification 2.0 (or later version) and provides a minimum power of 600 W. • Do not forget to the Recommended Power Supply...
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AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-15 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. The AHCI allows the onboard ... ATA features that you could use SATA connectors 1-6 in this menu. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY AMIBIOS Version : 0105 Build Date : 07/23/08 Processor Type : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+ Speed Count : 1600MHz : 1 System Memory Installed Size : 1024 MB Usable Size : 1024 MB Select Screen Select Item +- If you an overview...
AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-15 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. The AHCI allows the onboard ... ATA features that you could use SATA connectors 1-6 in this menu. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY AMIBIOS Version : 0105 Build Date : 07/23/08 Processor Type : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+ Speed Count : 1600MHz : 1 System Memory Installed Size : 1024 MB Usable Size : 1024 MB Select Screen Select Item +- If you an overview...
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...] [Auto] [Auto] Enable Bank Memory Interleavng. This item appears only when you to set the DDR power down mode. Configuration options: [Channel] [Chip Select] ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-19 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Power Down Mode [Channel] Allows you enable the previous item. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU Tweak ...10V~1.28V 1.20V~1.28V Yellow N/A 2.00V~2.18V N/A N/A Pink N/A 2.20V~2.38V N/A N/A Red 1.6125V~ 1.7250V 2.40V~2.50V 1.30V~1.40V 1.30V~1.40V Auto Xpress [Auto] AMD recommends that you to enable or disable the CPU Tweak feature.
...] [Auto] [Auto] Enable Bank Memory Interleavng. This item appears only when you to set the DDR power down mode. Configuration options: [Channel] [Chip Select] ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-19 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Power Down Mode [Channel] Allows you enable the previous item. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU Tweak ...10V~1.28V 1.20V~1.28V Yellow N/A 2.00V~2.18V N/A N/A Pink N/A 2.20V~2.38V N/A N/A Red 1.6125V~ 1.7250V 2.40V~2.50V 1.30V~1.40V 1.30V~1.40V Auto Xpress [Auto] AMD recommends that you to enable or disable the CPU Tweak feature.
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... 'n' Quiet Function [Disabled] ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled] C1E Support [Disabled] Processor Downcore [Disabled] TLB Fix [Auto] AMD Live! [Disabled] Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine Mode (SVM) Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-23 technology support. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v04.61 (C)Copyright...
... 'n' Quiet Function [Disabled] ACPI SRAT Table [Enabled] C1E Support [Disabled] Processor Downcore [Disabled] TLB Fix [Auto] AMD Live! [Disabled] Enable/Disable Secure Virtual Machine Mode (SVM) Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 3-23 technology support. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v04.61 (C)Copyright...
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...Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. ASUS InstAll - SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver and application. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus...Install the necessary drivers to support external SATA devices(s) with PM (Port Multiplier) function. AMD Chipset Program Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers for the AMD 790FX chipset. 4.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system...
...Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. ASUS InstAll - SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver and application. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus...Install the necessary drivers to support external SATA devices(s) with PM (Port Multiplier) function. AMD Chipset Program Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers for the AMD 790FX chipset. 4.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system...
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ASUS Cool'n'Quiet Utility This item installs the ASUS Cool'n'Quiet utility. AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD) Installs the AMD OverDrive utility. Click to the previous page ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-3 Click to return to display the next page ASUS InstAll - 4.2.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. Installation Wizard for Utilities Installs all of the utilities through the Installation Wizard.
ASUS Cool'n'Quiet Utility This item installs the ASUS Cool'n'Quiet utility. AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD) Installs the AMD OverDrive utility. Click to the previous page ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-3 Click to return to display the next page ASUS InstAll - 4.2.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. Installation Wizard for Utilities Installs all of the utilities through the Installation Wizard.
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...Click OK to Classic View. 3. Select Settings > Control Panel. 2. Click the Power button. 4.3.3 Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology The motherboard supports the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology that dynamically and automatically change the CPU speed, voltage, and amount of power depending on the task the CPU.... Enabling Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology To enable Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology: 1. Go to Advanced > CPU Configuration > AMD Cool 'n'Quiet Function and set to effect settings. 4-12 Chapter 4: Software support From the Windows® XP operating system, click Start.
...Click OK to Classic View. 3. Select Settings > Control Panel. 2. Click the Power button. 4.3.3 Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology The motherboard supports the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology that dynamically and automatically change the CPU speed, voltage, and amount of power depending on the task the CPU.... Enabling Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology To enable Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology: 1. Go to Advanced > CPU Configuration > AMD Cool 'n'Quiet Function and set to effect settings. 4-12 Chapter 4: Software support From the Windows® XP operating system, click Start.
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.... 5. Close all windows. • Make sure to install the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ driver and application before using this feature. • The AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ technology feature works only with the AMD heatsink and fan assembly with monitor chip • If you purchased ...a separate heatsink and fan package, use the ASUS Q-Fan technology feature to automatically adjust the CPU fan speed according to Classic View. 3. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-13 Windows® Vista 1. ...
.... 5. Close all windows. • Make sure to install the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ driver and application before using this feature. • The AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ technology feature works only with the AMD heatsink and fan assembly with monitor chip • If you purchased ...a separate heatsink and fan package, use the ASUS Q-Fan technology feature to automatically adjust the CPU fan speed according to Classic View. 3. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-13 Windows® Vista 1. ...
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ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-45 Some advanced options in WIndows® environment. visit the AMD official website at www.amd.com for CPU support lists. These configurations will not be saved to configure system and overclocking settings in AOD are only supported by certain AMD Black Edition CPUs (such as Phenom 9600 Black Edition, Phenom 9850 Black Edition and Phenom 9950 Black Edition). 4.3.12 AMD OverDrive (AOD) The AMD® OverDrive™ utility allows you to BIOS after the system reboots.
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-45 Some advanced options in WIndows® environment. visit the AMD official website at www.amd.com for CPU support lists. These configurations will not be saved to configure system and overclocking settings in AOD are only supported by certain AMD Black Edition CPUs (such as Phenom 9600 Black Edition, Phenom 9850 Black Edition and Phenom 9950 Black Edition). 4.3.12 AMD OverDrive (AOD) The AMD® OverDrive™ utility allows you to BIOS after the system reboots.
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... without parity (redundancy data) having to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the AMD SB750 chipset that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping...
... without parity (redundancy data) having to section 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. 4.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the AMD SB750 chipset that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. 4.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping...
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...the BIOS setup. 3. To install the SATA hard disks for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the AMD SB750 chip. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Boot up your screen. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-47 Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on your computer, and press during POST ...SATA_1/2/3/4/5/6. 2. To do this section are for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on each drive. 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The...
...the BIOS setup. 3. To install the SATA hard disks for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the AMD SB750 chip. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Boot up your screen. ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe 4-47 Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on your computer, and press during POST ...SATA_1/2/3/4/5/6. 2. To do this section are for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on each drive. 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The...
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... need; FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments........[1] Define LD 2] Delete LD 3] Controller Configuration......[4] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to perform. AMD® FastBuild™ Utility To enter the AMD® FastBuild™ utility: 1. Boot up your computer. 2.
... need; FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2004-2005 ATI Technology, Inc. [ Main Menu ] View Drive Assignments........[1] Define LD 2] Delete LD 3] Controller Configuration......[4] [ Keys Available ] Press 1..4 to perform. AMD® FastBuild™ Utility To enter the AMD® FastBuild™ utility: 1. Boot up your computer. 2.