Instruction Manual

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SAFETY ENVIROMENTAL INSTRUCTION ....................................................................iii
USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iv
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iv
COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 790GX MOTHERBOARDS
1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................................................... 1
1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................... 2
1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM ........................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 8
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING .................................................. 8
2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 9
2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 9
2-3-2
ABOUT AMD ATHLON64 Socket AM2 CPU SOCKET
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2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 11
2-5 EXPANSION CARDS ........................................................................................................... 12
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 12
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD.................................................... 12
2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT............................................................................................. 13
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS............................................................................................... 14
2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 14
2-6-2 HEADERS ............................................................................................................... 17
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ................................................................................. 20
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP .............................................................................................................. 21
3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 21
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 22
3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES........................................................................................... 23
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 24
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 25
3-6-1 MEMORY CONFIGURATION ......................................................................... 26
3-6-2 INTERNAL GRAPHICS CONFIGURATION ................................................. 27
3-6-3 PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION .................................................................. 27
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ......................................................................................... 28
3-7-1 SUPER IO DEVICE .............................................................................................. 28
3-7-2 ONCHIP IDE FUNTION ...................................................................................... 28
3-7-3 ONCHIP PCI DEVICE ......................................................................................... 29
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 29
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL........................................................................................ 30
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 31
3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATION........................................................................ 31
3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS............................................................................. 32
3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING........................................................................ 32
3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS .................................................................................................. 33
3-13 LOAD OPTIMISED/ FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS ............................................................... 34
3-15 SAVE CHANGES ANS EXIT/DISCARD CHANGES AND EXIT................................. 34
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP/VISTA.......................... 35
4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK......................................................................... 36
4-2 SOUND INSTALL AL883 HD AUDIO CODEC DRIVER .......................................... 37
4-3 LAN INSTALL LAN………………………………………………………………………38
4-4 RAID INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY............................................... 38
4-5 NORTON INSTALL NORTON 2009 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM.......................... 39
4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 39
4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 40
4-8 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION ............................................... 41
4-9 G.P.I. FUNCTION LED DISPLAY ..................................................................................... 45
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