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English B. Installing an AMD CPU (skip this occurs. •• DO NOT touch socket contacts. Adjust the CPU orientation if this step if the motherboard has a built-in the ... quality be supplied to the installation manual for your system, it into the CPU socket. Step 3 Preparing the Case and Installing a Power Supply Using the GIGABYTE desktop system as the demonstration example, please first remove both ends of the memory module. CPU Socket Pin 1 •• Do not force the CPU...
English B. Installing an AMD CPU (skip this occurs. •• DO NOT touch socket contacts. Adjust the CPU orientation if this step if the motherboard has a built-in the ... quality be supplied to the installation manual for your system, it into the CPU socket. Step 3 Preparing the Case and Installing a Power Supply Using the GIGABYTE desktop system as the demonstration example, please first remove both ends of the memory module. CPU Socket Pin 1 •• Do not force the CPU...
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... Items...6 GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 Motherboard Layout 7 GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 Motherboard Block Diagram 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU Cooler 15 1-4 Installing the Memory 16 1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory Configuration 16 1-4-2 Installing a Memory 17 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 18 1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire...
... Items...6 GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 Motherboard Layout 7 GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 Motherboard Block Diagram 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU Cooler 15 1-4 Installing the Memory 16 1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory Configuration 16 1-4-2 Installing a Memory 17 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 18 1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire...
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Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 57 3-1 Configuring AMD SB950 SATA Controllers 57 3-2 Configuring Marvell® 88SE9172 SATA Controller 67 3-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 72 Chapter 4 Drivers Installation 77 4-1 ...
Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 57 3-1 Configuring AMD SB950 SATA Controllers 57 3-2 Configuring Marvell® 88SE9172 SATA Controller 67 3-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 72 Chapter 4 Drivers Installation 77 4-1 ...
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...® 88SE9172 R_USB30 USB_LAN CPU_FAN Socket AM3+ PWR_FAN ATX DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 GSATA3 7 6 AUDIO Realtek® GbE LAN PCIEX1 (Note) AMD 990FX PCIEX16_1 PCIEX4_1 GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 PCIEX16_2 BAT Marvell® 88SE9172 AMD SB950 SATA3 024 135 CODEC PCIEX4_2 PCIEX8 VIA® VL805 PCI F_AUDIO SPDIF_O COMA F_USB30 B_BIOS M_BIOS iTE® Super I/O SYS_FAN1...
...® 88SE9172 R_USB30 USB_LAN CPU_FAN Socket AM3+ PWR_FAN ATX DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 GSATA3 7 6 AUDIO Realtek® GbE LAN PCIEX1 (Note) AMD 990FX PCIEX16_1 PCIEX4_1 GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 PCIEX16_2 BAT Marvell® 88SE9172 AMD SB950 SATA3 024 135 CODEC PCIEX4_2 PCIEX8 VIA® VL805 PCI F_AUDIO SPDIF_O COMA F_USB30 B_BIOS M_BIOS iTE® Super I/O SYS_FAN1...
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GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 Motherboard Block Diagram 2 PCI Express x8 1 PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x16 CPU CLK+/- (200 MHz) AM3+/AM3 CPU DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 ... Marvell® 88SE9172 1 PCI Express x1 2 SATA 6Gb/s PCI Bus Hyper Transport Bus 2 SATA 6Gb/s 4 USB 3.0/2.0 AMD 990FX Marvell® 88SE9172 x1 VIA® VL805 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) PCI Express Bus 14 USB 2.0/1.1 AMD SB950 6 SATA 6Gb/s Dual BIOS LPC Bus CODEC iTE® Super I/O COM PS/2 KB/Mouse Rear...
GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 Motherboard Block Diagram 2 PCI Express x8 1 PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x16 CPU CLK+/- (200 MHz) AM3+/AM3 CPU DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 ... Marvell® 88SE9172 1 PCI Express x1 2 SATA 6Gb/s PCI Bus Hyper Transport Bus 2 SATA 6Gb/s 4 USB 3.0/2.0 AMD 990FX Marvell® 88SE9172 x1 VIA® VL805 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) PCI Express Bus 14 USB 2.0/1.1 AMD SB950 6 SATA 6Gb/s Dual BIOS LPC Bus CODEC iTE® Super I/O COM PS/2 KB/Mouse Rear...
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...x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel - Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1 Hardware Installation - 10 - AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processors/ AMD Athlon™ II processors (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s Chipset North ...Bridge: AMD 990FX South Bridge: AMD SB950 Memory 4 x DDR3...
...x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel - Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1 Hardware Installation - 10 - AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processors/ AMD Athlon™ II processors (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus 5200 MT/s Chipset North ...Bridge: AMD 990FX South Bridge: AMD SB950 Memory 4 x DDR3...
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.... A power supply with your graphics cards for more than two CrossFire cards, select the GPU combination you want to the AMD Catalyst Control Center. Two/three CrossFire/SLI-ready graphics cards of the cards. If your graphics cards. Current GPUs that support... of your graphics cards for enabling CrossFire/SLI technology may be needed or not depending on the PCI Express x16 slots. 1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ Configuration A. Procedure and driver screen for the power requirement) B. Hardware Installation Windows 8.1/8/7 operating system...
.... A power supply with your graphics cards for more than two CrossFire cards, select the GPU combination you want to the AMD Catalyst Control Center. Two/three CrossFire/SLI-ready graphics cards of the cards. If your graphics cards. Current GPUs that support... of your graphics cards for enabling CrossFire/SLI technology may be needed or not depending on the PCI Express x16 slots. 1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ Configuration A. Procedure and driver screen for the power requirement) B. Hardware Installation Windows 8.1/8/7 operating system...
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.../s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. The AMD South Bridge supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. GSATA3 7 6 7 1 7 1 G.QBOFM...
.../s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. The AMD South Bridge supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. GSATA3 7 6 7 1 7 1 G.QBOFM...
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... the CPU being installed. (Default: Auto) && CPU Unlock (Note) Allows you to determine whether unlock hidden CPU cores. (Default: Disabled) && Cool&Quiet Enabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disabled Disables this...
... the CPU being installed. (Default: Auto) && CPU Unlock (Note) Allows you to determine whether unlock hidden CPU cores. (Default: Disabled) && Cool&Quiet Enabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disabled Disables this...
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... C6 State (Note 1) Allows you to decrease power consumption. When enabled, the CPU core frequency will be reduced during system halt state. (Default: Disabled) && APM (AMD Application Power Management) (Note 1) Enabled Dynamically monitors the power consumption of cores available depends on XMP memory module(s) to enhance memory performance when enabled. Disabled...
... C6 State (Note 1) Allows you to decrease power consumption. When enabled, the CPU core frequency will be reduced during system halt state. (Default: Disabled) && APM (AMD Application Power Management) (Note 1) Enabled Dynamically monitors the power consumption of cores available depends on XMP memory module(s) to enhance memory performance when enabled. Disabled...
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... not all BIOS settings; Use to switch between the Hour, Minute, and Second fields and use the or key to each SATA port controlled by AMD Chipset. - 45 - is set the desired value. && System Time Sets the system time. You can also select the default language used by the BIOS and...
... not all BIOS settings; Use to switch between the Hour, Minute, and Second fields and use the or key to each SATA port controlled by AMD Chipset. - 45 - is set the desired value. && System Time Sets the system time. You can also select the default language used by the BIOS and...
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... or disables the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled) && OnChip SATA Type (SATA3 0~SATA3 3 connectors) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the AMD Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to RAID mode. Native IDE Configures the SATA controller to IDE mode. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller...
... or disables the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled) && OnChip SATA Type (SATA3 0~SATA3 3 connectors) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the AMD Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to RAID mode. Native IDE Configures the SATA controller to IDE mode. RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller...
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... Hand-off feature for an operating system without EHCI Hand-off Determines whether to Enable when a TPM device is installed. && IOMMU Controller Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Enabled) `` Trusted Computing && TPM SUPPORT Enables or disables Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This should be used in operating system that does not...
... Hand-off feature for an operating system without EHCI Hand-off Determines whether to Enable when a TPM device is installed. && IOMMU Controller Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Enabled) `` Trusted Computing && TPM SUPPORT Enables or disables Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This should be used in operating system that does not...
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...Required when the SATA controller is set to available SATA port on this motherboard, the SATA3 0~SATA3 5 ports are supported by the AMD SB950 South Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you... Attach one hard drive. •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive. 3-1 Configuring AMD SB950 SATA Controllers A. Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) RAID Levels RAID 0 Minimum ≥2 Number of Hard Drives Array Capacity Number of hard drives...
...Required when the SATA controller is set to available SATA port on this motherboard, the SATA3 0~SATA3 5 ports are supported by the AMD SB950 South Bridge.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this step if you... Attach one hard drive. •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive. 3-1 Configuring AMD SB950 SATA Controllers A. Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) RAID Levels RAID 0 Minimum ≥2 Number of Hard Drives Array Capacity Number of hard drives...
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...installation steps. Step 2: Boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. Copy the Hw8 folder under BootDrv in Figure 1 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. When the screen requesting you are as follows: RAID... 8.1 64-bit: Hw8\AHCI\W864A For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7 folder. Step 4: When a screen as the example operating system.) For the AMD SB950: Step 1: You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Step 3: Then browse to the USB flash drive and select...
...installation steps. Step 2: Boot from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. Copy the Hw8 folder under BootDrv in Figure 1 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. When the screen requesting you are as follows: RAID... 8.1 64-bit: Hw8\AHCI\W864A For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7 folder. Step 4: When a screen as the example operating system.) For the AMD SB950: Step 1: You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Step 3: Then browse to the USB flash drive and select...
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... Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 arrays. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from the motherboard driver disk. Step 2: Select the RAID array to launch AMD RAIDXpert. Step 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to install). For the... AMD SB950: While in the Start Menu. Then install the AMD RAID Utility (go to Application Software\Install Application Software and select AMD RAID Utility to start the rebuilding process. Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) Step 5: ...
... Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 arrays. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from the motherboard driver disk. Step 2: Select the RAID array to launch AMD RAIDXpert. Step 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to install). For the... AMD SB950: While in the Start Menu. Then install the AMD RAID Utility (go to Application Software\Install Application Software and select AMD RAID Utility to start the rebuilding process. Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) Step 5: ...
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...change system clock settings and voltages settings using the sliders. •• Save allows you to save the current settings to -use your AMD or NVIDIA graphics card. Before you do overclock/overvoltage in EasyTune 6 may occur. - 85 - The user-friendly EasyTune 6 interface ... you to change memory settings and voltages. •• Easy mode provides information on a specific slot to install additional software. 5-2 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is not supported. You can choose the alert sound from a profile. You can select memory module on CPU/memory. ••...
...change system clock settings and voltages settings using the sliders. •• Save allows you to save the current settings to -use your AMD or NVIDIA graphics card. Before you do overclock/overvoltage in EasyTune 6 may occur. - 85 - The user-friendly EasyTune 6 interface ... you to change memory settings and voltages. •• Easy mode provides information on a specific slot to install additional software. 5-2 EasyTune 6 GIGABYTE's EasyTune 6 is not supported. You can choose the alert sound from a profile. You can select memory module on CPU/memory. ••...