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... Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. is exclusively licensed to the specifications and features in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on our website. Documentation...
... Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. is exclusively licensed to the specifications and features in the use GIGABYTE's unique features, read the User's Manual. For instructions on our website. Documentation...
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Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems ...6 GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard Layout 7 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 12 ... Memory 16 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 17 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 18 1-7 Internal Connectors 20 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 31 2-1 Startup Screen 32 2-2 The Main Menu 33 2-3 Standard CMOS Features 35 2-4 Advanced BIOS Features 37 2-5 IntegratedPeripherals 39 2-6 Power Management Setup 42 2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations 44 2-8 PC Health Status ...
Table of Contents Box Contents ...6 OptionalItems ...6 GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard Layout 7 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 12 ... Memory 16 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 17 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 18 1-7 Internal Connectors 20 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 31 2-1 Startup Screen 32 2-2 The Main Menu 33 2-3 Standard CMOS Features 35 2-4 Advanced BIOS Features 37 2-5 IntegratedPeripherals 39 2-6 Power Management Setup 42 2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations 44 2-8 PC Health Status ...
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... 54 3-3 Driver CD Information 54 3-4 Hardware Information 55 3-5 Contact Us ...55 Chapter 4 Unique Features 57 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 62 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 65 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...67 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 68 Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the...
... 54 3-3 Driver CD Information 54 3-4 Hardware Information 55 3-5 Contact Us ...55 Chapter 4 Unique Features 57 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 57 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62 4-2-1 Updating the BIOS with the Q-Flash Utility 62 4-2-2 Updating the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 65 4-3 EasyTune 5 ...67 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost 68 Chapter 5 Appendix ...69 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 69 5-1-1 Configuring the...
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GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS COAXIAL Socket AM2 ATX COMA LPT USB R_USB LAN ATX_12V CPU_FAN AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIE_16 GA-M52L-S3 DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 SPDIF_O Realtek PCIE_1 8201CL BIOS BATTERY PCIE_2 CODEC CLR_CMOS NVIDIA® PCI1 nForce 520LE (Geforce 6100/ nForce 430) CD_IN SPDIF_I PCI2 IDE IT8716 CI PCI3 PCI4 FDD F_USB2 F_USB1 SYS_FAN F_PANEL PWR_LED SATAII1 SATAII0 - 7 -
GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS COAXIAL Socket AM2 ATX COMA LPT USB R_USB LAN ATX_12V CPU_FAN AUDIO F_AUDIO PCIE_16 GA-M52L-S3 DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 SPDIF_O Realtek PCIE_1 8201CL BIOS BATTERY PCIE_2 CODEC CLR_CMOS NVIDIA® PCI1 nForce 520LE (Geforce 6100/ nForce 430) CD_IN SPDIF_I PCI2 IDE IT8716 CI PCI3 PCI4 FDD F_USB2 F_USB1 SYS_FAN F_PANEL PWR_LED SATAII1 SATAII0 - 7 -
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Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 AMD Socket AM2 CPU CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz) DDR2 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory Hyper Transport PCI Express x16 PCI Express x1 Bus x1 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 2 PCI Express x1 PCI Bus 4 PCI NVIDIA® nForce 520LE (Geforce 6100/ nForce 430) RTL 8201CL LAN RJ45 2 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel CODEC LPC BUS IT8716 BIOS Floppy LPT Port COM Port 8 USB Ports PS/2 KB/Mouse Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Spear Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out PCI CLK (33 MHz) - 8 -
Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 AMD Socket AM2 CPU CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz) DDR2 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory Hyper Transport PCI Express x16 PCI Express x1 Bus x1 x1 PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 2 PCI Express x1 PCI Bus 4 PCI NVIDIA® nForce 520LE (Geforce 6100/ nForce 430) RTL 8201CL LAN RJ45 2 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel CODEC LPC BUS IT8716 BIOS Floppy LPT Port COM Port 8 USB Ports PS/2 KB/Mouse Surround Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Spear Out Side Speaker Out MIC Line-Out Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out PCI CLK (33 MHz) - 8 -
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...warning CPU/System fan speed control (Note 2) 1 x 4 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b Support for @BIOS Support for Download Center Support for Q-Flash Support for EasyTune (Note 3) Support for ...Xpress Install Support for Xpress Recovery2 Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ATX form factor; 30.5cm ...
...warning CPU/System fan speed control (Note 2) 1 x 4 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b Support for @BIOS Support for Download Center Support for Q-Flash Support for EasyTune (Note 3) Support for ...Xpress Install Support for Xpress Recovery2 Support for Virtual Dual BIOS Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000 ATX form factor; 30.5cm ...
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... to be enabled if only one direction. When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is installed, the BIOS will double the original memory bandwidth. English 1-4 Installing the Memory Read the following guidelines before you are unable to insert the memory,.... If you begin to install the memory: • Make sure that memory of the memory. A memory module can be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. - 15 - Dual Channel mode cannot be installed, it is installed. 2. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect ...
... to be enabled if only one direction. When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is installed, the BIOS will double the original memory bandwidth. English 1-4 Installing the Memory Read the following guidelines before you are unable to insert the memory,.... If you begin to install the memory: • Make sure that memory of the memory. A memory module can be used . (Go to GIGABYTE's website for optimum performance. - 15 - Dual Channel mode cannot be installed, it is installed. 2. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect ...
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... an expansion slot that came with a screw. 5. Hardware Installation After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your card. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card until it is locked by the...
... an expansion slot that came with a screw. 5. Hardware Installation After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 6. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your card. Install the driver provided with the slot, and press down on the card until it is locked by the...
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.... Pin No. 1 2 3 Definition MPD+ MPDMPD- 1 System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off 9) BATTERY The battery provides power to keep the values (such as BIOS configurations, date, and time information) in the CMOS when the computer is in accordance with local environmental... regulations. You may be lost. Gently remove the battery from the battery holder and wait for one . Replace the battery. 4. GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 24 - Plug in S3/S4 sleep...
.... Pin No. 1 2 3 Definition MPD+ MPDMPD- 1 System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off 9) BATTERY The battery provides power to keep the values (such as BIOS configurations, date, and time information) in the CMOS when the computer is in accordance with local environmental... regulations. You may be lost. Gently remove the battery from the battery holder and wait for one . Replace the battery. 4. GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 24 - Plug in S3/S4 sleep...
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...- 25 - Hardware Installation The LED is off when the system is operating. When connecting your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Power Management Setup," for information about beep codes. • HD (IDE Hard Drive Activity LED, Blue) Connects to indicate the problem...."Troubleshooting," for more information). • SPEAK (Speaker, Orange): Connects to the reset switch on when the system is in S3/S4/S5 Off S3/S4 sleep state or powered off your chassis front panel module to this header according to the power status indicator on the chassis...
...- 25 - Hardware Installation The LED is off when the system is operating. When connecting your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Power Management Setup," for information about beep codes. • HD (IDE Hard Drive Activity LED, Blue) Connects to indicate the problem...."Troubleshooting," for more information). • SPEAK (Speaker, Orange): Connects to the reset switch on when the system is in S3/S4/S5 Off S3/S4 sleep state or powered off your chassis front panel module to this header according to the power status indicator on the chassis...
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... to do so may cause damage to the motherboard. • After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for a few seconds. Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS Values • Always turn ...CLR_CMOS (Clearing CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to remove the jumper cap from the jumper. date information and BIOS configurations) and reset the CMOS values to touch the two pins for BIOS configurations). - 29 - To clear the CMOS values, place a jumper cap on your computer and unplug...
... to do so may cause damage to the motherboard. • After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for a few seconds. Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS Values • Always turn ...CLR_CMOS (Clearing CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to remove the jumper cap from the jumper. date information and BIOS configurations) and reset the CMOS values to touch the two pins for BIOS configurations). - 29 - To clear the CMOS values, place a jumper cap on your computer and unplug...
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... the power is turned off, the battery on using the current version of BIOS, it with caution. When the power is turned on the motherboard. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to activate certain system features. ...To see more advanced BIOS Setup menu options, you can press + in system malfunction. • BIOS will emit a beep code during system startup...
... the power is turned off, the battery on using the current version of BIOS, it with caution. When the power is turned on the motherboard. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to activate certain system features. ...To see more advanced BIOS Setup menu options, you can press + in system malfunction. • BIOS will emit a beep code during system startup...
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.../2008-NV-MCP61-6A61KG07C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST Screen Press the key to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. To show the BIOS POST screen. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 32 - A. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress Recovery2." : Boot Menu Boot Menu allows you have ever entered Xpress Recovery2...
.../2008-NV-MCP61-6A61KG07C-00 Function Keys Function Keys: : POST Screen Press the key to XpressRecovery2 during the POST. To show the BIOS POST screen. To exit Boot Menu, press . GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 32 - A. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, "Xpress Recovery2." : Boot Menu Boot Menu allows you have ever entered Xpress Recovery2...
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...Move cursor to the Item Help block on the right (submenus only) Restore the previous BIOS settings for the current submenus Load the Fail-Safe BIOS default settings for the current submenus Load the Optimized BIOS default settings for the current submenus Access the Q-Flash utility Display system information Save all... a highlighted setup option is displayed on the right side of the submenu. • If you do not find the settings you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as usual, select the Load Optimized Defaults item to set your system to its defaults. • The...
...Move cursor to the Item Help block on the right (submenus only) Restore the previous BIOS settings for the current submenus Load the Fail-Safe BIOS default settings for the current submenus Load the Optimized BIOS default settings for the current submenus Access the Q-Flash utility Display system information Save all... a highlighted setup option is displayed on the right side of the submenu. • If you do not find the settings you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as usual, select the Load Optimized Defaults item to set your system to its defaults. • The...
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... LAN, etc. Power Management Setup Use this menu to configure all changes and the previous settings remain in BIOS Setup. Set User Password Change, set , or disable password. English Standard CMOS Features Use this... operations. Set Supervisor Password Change, set , or disable password. Pressing to the confirmation message will exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing can also carry out this task.) Exit Without Saving Abandon all the power-saving functions.... fan speed, etc. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this task.) GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 34 -
... LAN, etc. Power Management Setup Use this menu to configure all changes and the previous settings remain in BIOS Setup. Set User Password Change, set , or disable password. English Standard CMOS Features Use this... operations. Set Supervisor Password Change, set , or disable password. Pressing to the confirmation message will exit BIOS Setup. (Pressing can also carry out this task.) Exit Without Saving Abandon all the power-saving functions.... fan speed, etc. MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Use this task.) GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 34 -
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...drive access mode. Extended IDE Drive Configure your IDE/SATA devices by using one of the three methods below : • Auto Lets BIOS automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during the POST for faster system startup. For example, 1 p.m. IDE Channel 2/3 Master IDE Auto-Detection ...Press to autodetect the parameters of the IDE/SATA device on this channel. BIOS Setup Options are : Auto (default), CHS, LBA, Large. is week (read-only), month, date and year. The date format is 13:0:0....
...drive access mode. Extended IDE Drive Configure your IDE/SATA devices by using one of the three methods below : • Auto Lets BIOS automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during the POST for faster system startup. For example, 1 p.m. IDE Channel 2/3 Master IDE Auto-Detection ...Press to autodetect the parameters of the IDE/SATA device on this channel. BIOS Setup Options are : Auto (default), CHS, LBA, Large. is week (read-only), month, date and year. The date format is 13:0:0....
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... Japanese standard floppy disk drive. Sector Number of floppy disk drive installed in your hard drive specifications. Typically, 640 KB will stop . GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 36 - Drive A Allows you wish to enter the parameters manually, refer to selects the type of sectors. All, But ...the information on the hard drive. Options are : None, 360K/5.25", 1.2M/5.25", 720K/3.5", 1.44M/3.5", 2.88M/3.5". All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system boot will stop for all other errors. (Default) All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop...
... Japanese standard floppy disk drive. Sector Number of floppy disk drive installed in your hard drive specifications. Typically, 640 KB will stop . GA-M52L-S3 Motherboard - 36 - Drive A Allows you wish to enter the parameters manually, refer to selects the type of sectors. All, But ...the information on the hard drive. Options are : None, 360K/5.25", 1.2M/5.25", 720K/3.5", 1.44M/3.5", 2.88M/3.5". All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system boot will stop for all other errors. (Default) All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop...
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... Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to run multiple operating systems and applications in the BIOS Main Menu. First/Second/Third Boot Device Specifies the boot order from the installed hard drives. Password Check Specifies whether a password ... Defaults Virtualization Virtualization allows a platform to Disabled reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disable this menu when finished. BIOS Setup Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive, then press the plus key (or ) or the minus key (or...
... Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA to run multiple operating systems and applications in the BIOS Main Menu. First/Second/Third Boot Device Specifies the boot order from the installed hard drives. Password Check Specifies whether a password ... Defaults Virtualization Virtualization allows a platform to Disabled reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disable this menu when finished. BIOS Setup Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive, then press the plus key (or ) or the minus key (or...
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BIOS Setup Enabled activates the IDE prefetch buffer to enhance hard drive performance. (Default: Enabled) USB Memory Type Specifies the type of memory allocated for the ...
BIOS Setup Enabled activates the IDE prefetch buffer to enhance hard drive performance. (Default: Enabled) USB Memory Type Specifies the type of memory allocated for the ...
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BIOS Setup English USB Keyboard Support Allows USB keyboard to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) USB Mouse Support Allows USB mouse to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) Legacy USB storage detect Determines whether to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (Default: Enabled) - 41 -
BIOS Setup English USB Keyboard Support Allows USB keyboard to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) USB Mouse Support Allows USB mouse to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) Legacy USB storage detect Determines whether to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives and USB hard drives during the POST. (Default: Enabled) - 41 -