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... Items...6 GA-990XA-UD3 Motherboard Layout 7 GA-990XA-UD3 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 Setup of AMD CrossFireX...
... Items...6 GA-990XA-UD3 Motherboard Layout 7 GA-990XA-UD3 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 Setup of AMD CrossFireX...
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... ATX_12V USB_1394 R_USB Socket AM3+ PWR_FAN R_USB30 USB_LAN Etron EJ168 ATX AUDIO PCIEX1_1(Note) AMD 990X DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 Realtek RTL8111E CODEC PCIEX16 PCIEX1_2 PCI1 GA-990XA-UD3 VIA PCIEX8 VT6308 PCI2 iTE IT8720 PCIEX4 F_AUDIO BAT SATA3_4 SATA3_5 AMD SB950 SATA3_2 SATA3_3 SATA3_0 SATA3_1 B_BIOS M_BIOS SYS_FAN2 Etron EJ168 SYS_FAN1 CLR_CMOS F_1394 TPM...
... ATX_12V USB_1394 R_USB Socket AM3+ PWR_FAN R_USB30 USB_LAN Etron EJ168 ATX AUDIO PCIEX1_1(Note) AMD 990X DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 Realtek RTL8111E CODEC PCIEX16 PCIEX1_2 PCI1 GA-990XA-UD3 VIA PCIEX8 VT6308 PCI2 iTE IT8720 PCIEX4 F_AUDIO BAT SATA3_4 SATA3_5 AMD SB950 SATA3_2 SATA3_3 SATA3_0 SATA3_1 B_BIOS M_BIOS SYS_FAN2 Etron EJ168 SYS_FAN1 CLR_CMOS F_1394 TPM...
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GA-990XA-UD3 Motherboard Block Diagram 2 PCI Express x8 1 PCI Express x16 CPU CLK+/- (200 MHz) AM3+/AM3 CPU DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz or Dual ... (100 MHz) x4 1 PCI Express x4 PCI Bus VIA VT6308 Hyper Transport Bus 2 PCI Express x1 2 USB 3.0/2.0 AMD 990X Etron EJ168 PCIe CLK x1 x1 x1 (100 MHz) PCI Express Bus 14 USB 2.0/1.1Ports AMD SB950 6 SATA 6Gb/s Dual BIOS CODEC LPC Bus iTE IT8720 COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 IEEE 1394a...
GA-990XA-UD3 Motherboard Block Diagram 2 PCI Express x8 1 PCI Express x16 CPU CLK+/- (200 MHz) AM3+/AM3 CPU DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz or Dual ... (100 MHz) x4 1 PCI Express x4 PCI Bus VIA VT6308 Hyper Transport Bus 2 PCI Express x1 2 USB 3.0/2.0 AMD 990X Etron EJ168 PCIe CLK x1 x1 x1 (100 MHz) PCI Express Bus 14 USB 2.0/1.1Ports AMD SB950 6 SATA 6Gb/s Dual BIOS CODEC LPC Bus iTE IT8720 COM Port PS/2 KB/Mouse 2 IEEE 1394a...
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... AM3+ Socket: - 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 990X South Bridge: AMD SB950 Memory 4 x ... MHz memory modules * To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first. (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Audio Realtek ALC889 codec High Definition Audio ...
... AM3+ Socket: - 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 990X South Bridge: AMD SB950 Memory 4 x ... MHz memory modules * To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first. (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Audio Realtek ALC889 codec High Definition Audio ...
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... 1: Observe the steps in the CrossFireX gold edge connectors on your graphics cards. Hardware Installation Two CrossFireX-ready graphics cards of AMD CrossFireX™ Configuration A. A power supply with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - 1-6 Setup of identical brand ...and chip and correct driver - Browse to Performance\AMD CrossFireX Configurations and ensure the Enable CrossFireX™ check box is recommended (Refer to the Catalyst Control Center. Windows 7, Windows Vista...
... 1: Observe the steps in the CrossFireX gold edge connectors on your graphics cards. Hardware Installation Two CrossFireX-ready graphics cards of AMD CrossFireX™ Configuration A. A power supply with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver - 1-6 Setup of identical brand ...and chip and correct driver - Browse to Performance\AMD CrossFireX Configurations and ensure the Enable CrossFireX™ check box is recommended (Refer to the Catalyst Control Center. Windows 7, Windows Vista...
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... CPU or the system may hang. • These fan headers are not configuration jumper blocks. Do not place a jumper cap on configuring a RAID array. The AMD SB950 South Bridge supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. If more than two hard drives are compatible with fan speed control design. M Definition...
... CPU or the system may hang. • These fan headers are not configuration jumper blocks. Do not place a jumper cap on configuring a RAID array. The AMD SB950 South Bridge supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. If more than two hard drives are compatible with fan speed control design. M Definition...
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... manually enable/disable CPU Core 1/2/3/4/5. 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD C1E Support (Note) Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control CPU Unlock (Note) CPU core Control x CPU core 0 x CPU core 1 x CPU core ... fixed. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to individually enable/disable CPU Core 1/2/3/4/5....
... manually enable/disable CPU Core 1/2/3/4/5. 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD C1E Support (Note) Virtualization AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control CPU Unlock (Note) CPU core Control x CPU core 0 x CPU core 1 x CPU core ... fixed. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Disabled) AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to individually enable/disable CPU Core 1/2/3/4/5....
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... from the installed PCI graphics card or the PCI Express graphics card. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Disabled displays normal POST message. (Default: Enabled) IOMMU support Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Disabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of your system to report read/write errors of loading the operating system from... you to determine whether to silently perform unattended tasks while in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Mode allows the system to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. BIOS Setup - 44 -
... from the installed PCI graphics card or the PCI Express graphics card. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Disabled displays normal POST message. (Default: Enabled) IOMMU support Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Disabled) Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of your system to report read/write errors of loading the operating system from... you to determine whether to silently perform unattended tasks while in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Mode allows the system to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. BIOS Setup - 44 -
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.../s mode. (Default: Enabled) - 45 - Configures the operating mode of the integrated SATA3_0~SATA3_3 controller. OnChip SATA RAID5 Support (AMD SB950 South Bridge, SATA3_0~SATA3_5 connectors) Enables or disables RAID 5 support for the SATA controller. BIOS Setup Advanced Host Controller Interface...PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults OnChip SATA Controller (AMD SB950 South Bridge) Enables or disables the SATA controller integrated in the Chipset. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
.../s mode. (Default: Enabled) - 45 - Configures the operating mode of the integrated SATA3_0~SATA3_3 controller. OnChip SATA RAID5 Support (AMD SB950 South Bridge, SATA3_0~SATA3_5 connectors) Enables or disables RAID 5 support for the SATA controller. BIOS Setup Advanced Host Controller Interface...PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults OnChip SATA Controller (AMD SB950 South Bridge) Enables or disables the SATA controller integrated in the Chipset. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984...
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A. Installing Windows 7/Vista (The following instructions use Windows 7 as shown in Figure 1 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and click Next to install Windows?" screen, select Load Driver. The locations of the driver. Appendix When you arrive at the "...
A. Installing Windows 7/Vista (The following instructions use Windows 7 as shown in Figure 1 appears, select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller and click Next to install Windows?" screen, select Load Driver. The locations of the driver. Appendix When you arrive at the "...
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... driver disk. 2: From your floppy disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 2, • For the AMD SB950, select 3) ATi AHCI/RAID Driver for XP. Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to the floppy disk.... First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that in the BootDrv folder. Method A: For the AMD SB950, copy all files in the \BootDrv\SBxxx folder to your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 2. 3: nsert the ...
... driver disk. 2: From your floppy disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu in Figure 2, • For the AMD SB950, select 3) ATi AHCI/RAID Driver for XP. Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to the floppy disk.... First, copy the driver from a floppy disk that in the BootDrv folder. Method A: For the AMD SB950, copy all files in the \BootDrv\SBxxx folder to your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in Figure 2. 3: nsert the ...
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...asking you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Appendix Press . AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen, press ...driver installation, you to the following list, or press ESC to return to continue the driver installation. A screen will appear. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . Refer to specify an additional SCSI adapter. Windows Setup You have chosen to configure...
...asking you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Appendix Press . AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform ENTER=Select F3=Exit Figure 3 Step 3: On the next screen, press ...driver installation, you to the following list, or press ESC to return to continue the driver installation. A screen will appear. Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform and press . Refer to specify an additional SCSI adapter. Windows Setup You have chosen to configure...
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... Drive View and click the Rebuild tab in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from All Programs in to start the rebuilding process. Step 2: Select the RAID array to rebuild a RAID 1 array. While in the array...the operating system, make sure to fault-tolerant arrays such as Functional. - 84 - Step 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to launch AMD RAIDXpert. Appendix Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select Pause/Resume/Abort during the rebuilding process. Step 1: ...
... Drive View and click the Rebuild tab in the Logical Drive Information pane will display as RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10. Then launch the AMD RAIDXpert from All Programs in to start the rebuilding process. Step 2: Select the RAID array to rebuild a RAID 1 array. While in the array...the operating system, make sure to fault-tolerant arrays such as Functional. - 84 - Step 3: Select one available drive and click Start Now to launch AMD RAIDXpert. Appendix Step 5: When done, the array's status on the screen and you can select Pause/Resume/Abort during the rebuilding process. Step 1: ...