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GA-790XT-USB3 AM3 socket motherboard for AMD Phenom™ II processor/AMD Athlon™ II processor User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-790XTU3-1001R
GA-790XT-USB3 AM3 socket motherboard for AMD Phenom™ II processor/AMD Athlon™ II processor User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-790XTU3-1001R
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GA-790XT-USB3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS CPU_FAN RCA_SPDIF ATX_12V USB_1394_ESATA2 USB_1394_ESATA1 Socket AM3 PWR_FAN ATX R_USB USB30_LAN AUDIO NEC JMB362 F_AUDIO PCIEX1_1 AMD 790X IDE RTL8111D PCIEX16 IT8720 DDR3_1 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_4 CD_IN CODEC PCIEX1_2 BAT PCI1 CLR_CMOS GA-790XT-USB3 SPDIF_IN PCIEX8 SPDIF_OUT PCI2 TSB43AB23 AMD SB750 B_BIOS M_BIOS SATA2_4 SATA2_5 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_0 SATA2_1 PCI3 COM F_USB2 SYS_FAN2 F_PANEL SYS_FAN1 FDD F_1394 F_USB1 - 7 -
GA-790XT-USB3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS CPU_FAN RCA_SPDIF ATX_12V USB_1394_ESATA2 USB_1394_ESATA1 Socket AM3 PWR_FAN ATX R_USB USB30_LAN AUDIO NEC JMB362 F_AUDIO PCIEX1_1 AMD 790X IDE RTL8111D PCIEX16 IT8720 DDR3_1 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_4 CD_IN CODEC PCIEX1_2 BAT PCI1 CLR_CMOS GA-790XT-USB3 SPDIF_IN PCIEX8 SPDIF_OUT PCI2 TSB43AB23 AMD SB750 B_BIOS M_BIOS SATA2_4 SATA2_5 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_0 SATA2_1 PCI3 COM F_USB2 SYS_FAN2 F_PANEL SYS_FAN1 FDD F_1394 F_USB1 - 7 -
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... x1 RTL8111D RJ45 LAN 6 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel PCI Bus TSB43AB23 3 IEEE 1394a AMD 790X PCI Express Bus x1 x1 JMB362 NEC 2 SATA 3Gb/s 2 USB 3.0/2.0 12 USB Ports AMD SB750 Dual BIOS CODEC LPC Bus IT8720 Floppy COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer...
... x1 RTL8111D RJ45 LAN 6 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel PCI Bus TSB43AB23 3 IEEE 1394a AMD 790X PCI Express Bus x1 x1 JMB362 NEC 2 SATA 3Gb/s 2 USB 3.0/2.0 12 USB Ports AMD SB750 Dual BIOS CODEC LPC Bus IT8720 Floppy COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer...
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1-2 Product Specifications CPU Support for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor/ (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s Chipset Memory Audio North Bridge: AMD 790X South Bridge: AMD SB750 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB...
1-2 Product Specifications CPU Support for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor/ (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s Chipset Memory Audio North Bridge: AMD 790X South Bridge: AMD SB750 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB...
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...8226; A RAID 10 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total number of hard drives must be an even number. - 25 - The AMD SB750 controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for the IDE devices,... read the instructions from the device manufacturers.) 40 39 2 1 8) SATA2_0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by AMD SB750) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number...
...8226; A RAID 10 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total number of hard drives must be an even number. - 25 - The AMD SB750 controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for the IDE devices,... read the instructions from the device manufacturers.) 40 39 2 1 8) SATA2_0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by AMD SB750) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number...
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... the BIOS to take effect. A message which says "BIOS Is Updating EC Firmware!!! Normal Uses the standard AMD EC firmware version. (Default) Hybrid Uses the specific AMD EC firmware version. CPU core Control Allows you to select the EC firmware version when Advanced Clock Calibration is present... . Value (All Cores) This option is configurable only when Advanced Clock Calibration is set to enable Advanced Clock Calibration when using an AMD Black Edition CPU. Manual Allows you to determine whether to All Cores. Don't Turn Off Or Reset System" will automatically restart for...
... the BIOS to take effect. A message which says "BIOS Is Updating EC Firmware!!! Normal Uses the standard AMD EC firmware version. (Default) Hybrid Uses the specific AMD EC firmware version. CPU core Control Allows you to select the EC firmware version when Advanced Clock Calibration is present... . Value (All Cores) This option is configurable only when Advanced Clock Calibration is set to enable Advanced Clock Calibration when using an AMD Black Edition CPU. Manual Allows you to determine whether to All Cores. Don't Turn Off Or Reset System" will automatically restart for...
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...F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD C1E Support Enables or disables the C1E CPU power-saving function in system halt state. Options are: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM...After configuring this function. 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD C1E Support Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control } Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Password Check HDD...
...F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults AMD C1E Support Enables or disables the C1E CPU power-saving function in system halt state. Options are: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM...After configuring this function. 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD C1E Support Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control } Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Password Check HDD...
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... to IDE mode. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type (AMD SB750, SATA2_4~SATA2_5 connectors) This option is configurable only when OnChip SATA Type is an interface specification that support Native mode. Configures the... integrated IDE controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Controller Enables or disables the integrated SATA controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Type (AMD SB750, SATA2_0~SATA2_3 connectors) Configures the operating mode of the integrated SATA2_4/SATA2_5 connectors.
... to IDE mode. IDE Disables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type (AMD SB750, SATA2_4~SATA2_5 connectors) This option is configurable only when OnChip SATA Type is an interface specification that support Native mode. Configures the... integrated IDE controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Controller Enables or disables the integrated SATA controller. (Default: Enabled) OnChip SATA Type (AMD SB750, SATA2_0~SATA2_3 connectors) Configures the operating mode of the integrated SATA2_4/SATA2_5 connectors.
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... a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA2_0~SATA2_5 ports are supported by the AMD SB750 South Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard...
... a floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver for the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA2_0~SATA2_5 ports are supported by the AMD SB750 South Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard...
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sume that the drive letter for copying the Windows 64-bit driver. - 87 - Press after the command: • For the AMD SB750, type (Figure 1): (Note 1) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\SB7xx\x86\*.* • For the JMicron JMB362, type (Figure 2): (Note 2) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) Type the ...
sume that the drive letter for copying the Windows 64-bit driver. - 87 - Press after the command: • For the AMD SB750, type (Figure 1): (Note 1) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\SB7xx\x86\*.* • For the JMicron JMB362, type (Figure 2): (Note 2) A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\gsata\32bit\*.* Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note 1) Type the ...
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... the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 4, • For the AMD SB750, select 3) SB7xx AHCI/RAID Driver for XP for Windows XP operating system. • For the JMicron JMB362, select 1) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit op- In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use...
... the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 4, • For the AMD SB750, select 3) SB7xx AHCI/RAID Driver for XP for Windows XP operating system. • For the JMicron JMB362, select 1) GIGABYTE GSATA driver for 32bit system for Windows 32-bit op- In Windows mode: Steps: 1: Use...
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... System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Step 3: Figure 2 On the next screen, press to Figure 2... see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Appendix Figure 1 Step 2: For the AMD SB750: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Then a controller menu similar to continue the driver installation.
... System With the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are examples of Windows XP and Vista installation. AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Step 3: Figure 2 On the next screen, press to Figure 2... see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Appendix Figure 1 Step 2: For the AMD SB750: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Then a controller menu similar to continue the driver installation.
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... disk into your system. Appendix Installing Windows Vista The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to the LH64A folder. For the AMD SB750: Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder...
... disk into your system. Appendix Installing Windows Vista The procedure below appears (RAID hard drive will not be sure to the LH64A folder. For the AMD SB750: Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder...
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Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 7). Appendix Figure 7 - 92 - Figure 6 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Step 3: When a screen as shown 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). Appendix Figure 7 - 92 - Figure 6 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, the RAID drive will appear. Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 6 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and press Next.
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... array. Step 1: Enter the login ID and password (default: "admin"), and then click Sign in the Logical Drive Information pane. Rebuilding applies only to launch AMD RAIDXpert. Step 2: Select the RAID array to start the rebuilding process. Step 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to be rebuilt under Logical... 1 array. Appendix Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select Pause/Resume/ Abort/Restart during the rebuilding process. For the AMD SB750: While in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10.
... array. Step 1: Enter the login ID and password (default: "admin"), and then click Sign in the Logical Drive Information pane. Rebuilding applies only to launch AMD RAIDXpert. Step 2: Select the RAID array to start the rebuilding process. Step 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to be rebuilt under Logical... 1 array. Appendix Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select Pause/Resume/ Abort/Restart during the rebuilding process. For the AMD SB750: While in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10.