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GA-M55S-S3 AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboard User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-M55S3R-1001R * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other h.
Motherboard GA-M55S-S3 Jun. 27, 2006 Jun. 27, 2006 Motherboard GA-M55S-S3.
Copyright © 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies.
- 4 - T able of Contents Item Checklist ................................................................................................................. 6 Optional Accessories ..........................................................................
- 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ...................................................................................... 51 3 -1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 5 1 3 - 2 Software Applications .
- 6 - Item Checklist IDE Cable x 1 & FDD Cable x 1 SA T A 3Gb/s Cable x 2 I/O Shield * The items listed above are for reference only, and are subject to change without notice. Optional Accessories 2 Ports USB2.0 Cable (Part Number: 12CR1-1UB030-51/R) 4 Ports USB2.
- 7 - GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard Layout KB_MS Socket AM2 ATX GA-M55S-S3 USB LAN1 CD_IN F_AUDIO AUDIO BIOS SYS_FAN FDD PCIE_16_1 PCIE_1 IT8716 IDE1 PCIE_2 SPDIF_I DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 F2_1394 F1.
- 8 - Block Diagram AMD Socket AM2 CPU CPUCLK+/-(200MHz) Hyper Transport Bus 2 PCI PCI Bus 4 PCI Express x1 PCI Express Bus nVIDIA ® nForce 550 3 IEEE1394a TSB43AB23 DDRII 800/667/533MHz DIMM Dual Ch.
Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Y our Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, please follow the instructions below: 1.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 1 0 - English 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon TM 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon TM 64 / Sempron TM processor Front Side Bus 2000MHz Chips.
Hardware Installation - 11 - English (Note 1) Due to the limitation of Windows 32-bit operating system, when more than 4GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory available for the operating system will be less than 4GB; Windows 64-bit operating system doesn't have such limitation.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 1 2 - English 1 -3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Fig.1 Position lever at a 90 degree angle. Please use extra care when installing the CPU. The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly .
Hardware Installation - 13 - English 1-3-2 Installation of the CPU Cooler The CPU cooler may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat paste. T o prevent such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat paste be used for heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the CPU cooler.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 1 4 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used.
Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M55S-S3 supports the Dual Channel T echnology. After operating the Dual Channel T echnology , the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double. Due to CPU limitation, if you wish to operate the Dual Channel T echnology, follow the guidelines below: 1 .
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 1 6 - English 1 - 5 Installation of Expansion Cards Y ou can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below: 1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer.
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1 -6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector T o install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, scanner and other peripheral devices.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 1 8 - English 1 - 7 Connectors Introduction Line In The default Line In jack. Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. can be connected to Line In jack.
Hardware Installation - 19 - English Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V 1/2) A TX_12V / A TX (Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 2 0 - English 4/5/6) CPU_F AN / SYS_F AN / PWR_FAN (Cooler Fan Power Connector) The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power voltage via a 3-pin/4-pin (only for CPU_FAN) power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design.
Hardware Installation - 21 - English 7 ) FDD (FDD Connector) The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive. The types of FDD drives supported are: 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Before attaching the FDD cable, please take note of the foolproof groove in the FDD connector.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 2 2 - English Pin No. Definition 1G N D 2T X P 3 TXN 4G N D 5 RXN 6 RXP 7G N D 9 ) SA T AII1 / 2 / 3 / 4 (SA T A 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nForce 550) SA T A 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SA T A 3Gb/s and install the proper driver in order to work properly.
Hardware Installation - 23 - English 1 1 ) F_P ANEL (Front Panel Jumper) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc. of your chassis front panel to the F_P ANEL connector according to the pin assignment below .
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 2 4 - English 1 2) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off.
Hardware Installation - 25 - English 1 4 ) CD_IN (CD In Connector) Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. Pin No. Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R 1 1 5 ) SPDIF_I (SPDIF In Connector) Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 2 6 - English 1 6 ) F_ USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3 (Front USB Connector) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable, incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it.
Hardware Installation - 27 - English Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS 1 9 ) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS) Y ou may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header. T o clear CMOS, temporarily short the two pins. Default doesn't include the jumper to avoid improper use of this header.
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BIOS Setup - 29 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 3 0 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 A ward Software Standard CMOS Feature s Adva nced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power M a nage ment Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent T weaker(M.
BIOS Setup - 31 - English Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 3 2 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec.
BIOS Setup - 33 - English Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are: Large/Auto(default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard drive. Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 3 4 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list.
BIOS Setup - 35 - English Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 3 6 - English 2 - 3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 A ward Software Integrated Peripherals Serial-A TA RAID Config [Press Enter] On-Chi p.
BIOS Setup - 37 - English NV SA T A 2 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable RAID function for the second channel of the second SA TA controller . (Default value) Disabled Disable the RAID function of this channel. It will operate in A T A mode. On-Chip IDE Channel0 Enabled Enable onboard first channel IDE port.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 3 8 - English Onboard 1394 Enabled Enable onboard IEEE1394 function. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard IEEE1394 function. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.
BIOS Setup - 39 - English ECP Mode Use DMA This item will become available when Parallel Port Mode set to ECP or ECP+EPP . 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3. (Default value) 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1. On-Chip USB V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 4 0 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend T ype S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend T o RAM). Soft-Off by Power button Instant-Off Press power button then Power off instantly.
BIOS Setup - 41 - English Power On By Mouse Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Double-Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system. Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 4 2 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 2. PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1.
BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, Case Opened will show "No." If the case is opened, Case Opened will show "Y es.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 4 4 - English CPU Smart F AN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function. Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements.
BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2 -7 MB Intelligent T weaker(M.I.T .) CPU Frequency (MHz) 200 ~ 500 Set CPU Frequency from 200MHz to 500MHz. (Default value: Auto) PCIE Clock (MHz) 100 ~ 200 Set PCIE Clock from 100MHz to 200MHz. (Default value: Auto) CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 4 6 - English CPU HT -Link V oltage Set the voltage settings for the HT-Link between CPU and chipset. Normal Set CPU HT-Link voltage to Normal. (Default value) +0.025V ~ +0.375V Set CPU HT-Link voltage from +0.025V to +0.375V.
BIOS Setup - 47 - English 2 - 8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 A ward Software Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 4 8 - English 2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>.
BIOS Setup - 49 - English 2 - 1 1 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.
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Drivers Installation - 51 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the Run.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 5 2 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyone you want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
Drivers Installation - 53 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.
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Appendix - 55 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyT une 5 Introduction EasyT une 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 5 6 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora- tion of hard disk data.
Appendix - 57 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk. (This button will not appear if there is no backup file.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to release disk space.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 5 8 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to update BIOS.
Appendix - 59 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Standard CMOS Feature s Adva nced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power M a nage ment Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 6 0 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... M ain Bios Main ROM T ype/Size.............
Appendix - 61 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... M ain Bios Main ROM T ype/Size.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 6 2 - English 6. Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots. When you are in BIOS menu, move to Load Optimized Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Optimized Defaults. Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded.
Appendix - 63 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. T ask menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 6 4 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash T ype/Size.......
Appendix - 65 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use the new @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 6 6 - English III. Save BIOS In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save the current BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM: In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog box.
Appendix - 67 - English (Note) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SA TA controller. T o configure SA T A hard drive(s), follow the steps below: ( 1 ) Install SA T A hard drive(s) in your system. ( 2) Configure SA T A controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 6 8 - English Figure 1 Ensure that NV SA T A RAID function is enabled (Figure 2). Then enable the SAT A controller/channel with hard disks that you want to use for RAID ( NV SA T A 1 controls the SA T AII1 and SA T AII2 connectors; NV SA T A 2 controls the SA TAII3 and SA TAII4 connectors.
Appendix - 69 - English Step 2: T o boot from Windows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 3).
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 7 0 - English (3 ) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID.
Appendix - 71 - English Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear (Figure 7). If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 7 2 - English T o read more information about the RAID array , press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc.
Appendix - 73 - English (4) Making a SA T A Driver Disk T o install operating system onto a serial A T A hard disk successfully , you need to install the SA T A controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 7 4 - English Figure 13 Figure 14 (5 ) Installing SA T A controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SA T A driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SA T A hard drive with the SA T A driver .
Appendix - 75 - English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 15) and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, you must press S to select additional driver.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 7 6 - English After the SA TA controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. Figure 18 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive.
Appendix - 77 - English (6 ) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a bootable RAID volume. There are two solutions to resolve this issue. Solutions 1: Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 7 8 - English Step 3: After system restarts, press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Select Striping in the RAID Mode filed (Figure 21). Move to the Free Disks section with the T AB key . Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu.
Appendix - 79 - English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in W indows 2000 and reboot the system. Go to S T ART> Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager . Y ou should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the boot disk.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 8 0 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel).
Appendix - 81 - English STEP 3: After a speaker or headphone is plugged into the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected. Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK .
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 8 2 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel.
Appendix - 83 - English STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker . STEP 3: After plugging in 8-channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 8 4 - English Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: T o enable the front panel audio connector to sup- port AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio Control Panel and click the Audio I/O tab.
Appendix - 85 - English 4-2 T roubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. T o check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to GIGABYTE's website. Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS.
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Appendix - 87 - English Contact Us y y y y y Taiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD . Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, T aipei 231, T aiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4888 FAX: +886-2-8912-4003 T ech. and Non-T ech. Support (Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.
GA-M55S-S3 Motherboard - 8 8 - English y y y y y Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de y y y y y U.K. G.B.T . TECH. CO., L TD. WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk y y y y y The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.
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