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USER'S MANUAL
AMD A85X Chipset
Based
M/B for AMD FM2
Processor
NO. G03-HA20-F
Release in: November, 2012
Of
Rev: 1.0
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- Page 1 USER'S MANUAL AMD A85X Chipset Based M/B for AMD FM2 Processor NO. G03-HA20-F Rev: 1.0 Release in: November, 2012 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
- Page 2 Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
USER’S NOTICE ........................iv MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..................iv ITEM CHECK LIST ........................iv COOLING SOLUTIONS ......................iv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD A85X CHIPSET MOTHERBOARDS MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATION ................1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD............. 2 LAYOUT DIAGRAM....................5 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ............... -
Page 4: Enviromental Safety Instruction
Environmental Safety Instruction Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet. 0 to 40 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request of the main chipset) Generally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact malfunction and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from the welding spots’... -
Page 5: User's Notice
In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor. -
Page 6: Motherboard Specification
Chapter 1 Introduction of AMD A85X Chipset Motherboards 1-1 Motherboard Specification Spec Description Design ATX form factor; PCB size: 30.5 X 22.5 cm AMD A85X Chipset Chipset AMD FM2 Socket CPU Socket Support AMD A- series & Athlon series APU... -
Page 7: Special Features Of Motherboard
AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics The AMD™ Dual Graphics technology combines APU and GPU computing power to optimize user’s visual experience. Multi-display support with AMD CrossFireX The board supports AMD CrossFire™ multi-display function with... - Page 8 Video™ AMD Steady AMD Turbo AMD Turbo Core™ Dynamic adjustment of CPU and GPU performance, Automatically Core™ detects the load, without any driver support. 0 ~ 400MHz Normal load, APU to keep games, film television low frequency energy production and other heavy loads, APU...
- Page 9 E.R.P. Standards—Energy Using Product Standards The full name of E.R.P. Standards is Energy Using Product Standards, obviously technology utilized power consumption. ERP is a technology with remarkable power saving function. Thunder Protection Technology This motherboard series integrated with double thunder-protection walls, one from network port and the other from LAN chip.
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Page 10: Layout Diagram
USB 2.0 Ports PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots 8-CH HD Audio Connector ATX Power Conn. PCI Express 2.0 x16 by 16 Lane AMD A85X Chipset JBAT Gigabit LAN Chip Clear CMOS Button PCI Express 2.0 x16 by 8 Lane 8-CH HD... -
Page 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. Hardware Installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps: 1. -
Page 12: Installing Apu
KB/MS/USB Power On Setting Installing APU 2-3-1 About AMD FM2 APU Socket This motherboard provides an AMD FM2 socket that supports compatible AMD A-series processor. The APU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system. -
Page 13: Thermal Solution Assembly
4. Open the socket by 5. Insert compatible APU 6. Put the level to the pulling the level into APU socket and see original place of the sideways away from the to it that APU Pin-1 socket. Make sure that socket and then upwards should be matched into the notched corner... -
Page 14: Install Memory Module
Notice ： Please apply thermal interface material to the APU HIS surface. The heat sink and installation steps are for reference use only; Installation steps might differ depending on different heat sink models. Install Memory Module This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR III DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR III memory expansion available to maximum memory volume of 32GB DDRIII SDRAM. -
Page 15: Expansion Card Installation
Expansion Card Installation 2-5-1 Expansion Slot AMD A85X motherboard series offer one PCI-Express 2.0 x 16 by 16 lane graphics slot, one PCI-Express 2.0 x 16 by 8 lane graphics slot, one PCI-Express 2.0 x 16 by 4 lane graphics slot, two PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots and one 32-bit PCI slot to guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals. -
Page 16: Installing Card Bridge
2-5-3 Installing Card Bridge The following illustrations show you how to install the Bridge Card. In order to activate the CrossFire technology, you have to install the optional bridge card for your CrossFire Tech. Supported VGA Cards before you activating the advance multi-GPUs functions. -
Page 17: Connectors And Headers
2-6 Connectors and Headers 2-6-1 I/O Back Panel Connectors RJ-45 LAN Port USB 3.0 Ports Line-IN USB 2.0 Ports VGA Port USB 2.0 Ports RS-OUT Line-OUT CS-OUT PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse SS-OUT Combo Port MIC-IN DVI-D Port HDMI Port USB 2.0 Ports Display Port (1) PS/2 Keyboard &... -
Page 18: Internal Connectors
RS-OUT: (BLACK) Rear-Surround audio output CS-OUT: (ORANGE) Center/ Subwoofer audio output SS-OUT: (GRAY) Side-Surround audio output 2-6-2 Internal Connectors (1) Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR1 ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard. - Page 19 (2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block): ATX12V1 This is a new defined 8-pin connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The connector provides extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption. Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system.
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Page 20: Internal Headers
2-6-3 Internal Headers (1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): JAUDIO1 These headers connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable. Pin 1 (2) SPDIF Out header(2-pin): HDMI_SPDIF1 This header provides S/PDIF digital signal transmission. Please connect it to certain expansion card (graphics card or sound card) with an S/PDIF digital audio cable. - Page 21 (7) Reset switch: RESET This 2-pin header connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch. See the figure below. (8) Power switch: PWR BTN This 2-pin header connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system.
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Page 22: Chapter 3 Introducing Bios
Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program will gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware. -
Page 23: Function Key
3-3 Function Key In the above BIOS Setup main menu of, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: Press←→... -
Page 24: Advanced Menu
System Language Press to select the language for BIOS system. System Date Set the date. Please use [TAB] to switch between data elements. System Time Set the date. Please use [TAB] to switch between time elements. 3-7 Advanced Menu... -
Page 25: S5 Rtc Wake Settings
3-7-1 S5 RTC Wake Settings Wake system with Fixed Time Use this item to enable or disable system wake on alarm event. When set as ‘Enabled’, system will wake on the hour/minute/second specified. Wake system with Dynamic Time Use this item to enable or disable system wake on alarm event. When set as ‘Enabled’, system will wake on the current time+ increased minute(s) specified. -
Page 26: Acpi Settings
3-7-2 ACPI Settings Enable ACPI Auto Configuration Use this item to enable or disable BIOS ACPI auto configuration. Enable Hibernation Use this item to enable or disable system ability to hibernate (OS/S4 Sleep state). This option may be not effective with some OS. The optional settings: [Enabled];... -
Page 27: Cpu Configuration
The optional settings are: [Former-Sts]; [Always Off]; [Always On]. 3-7-3 CPU Configuration CPU Configuration For user to have a view of current CPU information. AMD Cool&Quiet The optional settings: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. SVM Mode This item is for user to enable/disable CPU virtualization mode. The optional settings: [Enabled];... -
Page 28: Sata Configuration
3-7-4 SATA Configuration Press [Enter] to view SATA configuration. 3-7-5 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Use this item to enable legacy USB support. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. Disabled option will keep USB devices available... -
Page 29: Super Io Configuration
only for EFI applications. The optional settings are: [Auto]; [Disabled]; [Enabled]. USB 3.0 Support Use this item to enable or disable USB 3.0 (XHCI) controller support. The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. XHCI Hand-off The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. EHCI Hand-off The optional settings are: [Disabled];... -
Page 30: H/W Monitor
► Serial Port 0 Configuration Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable serial port (COM). The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Change Settings Use this item to select an optimal setting for super IO device. PS2 Keyboard/Mouse Swap The optional settings are: [Disabled];... -
Page 31: Chipset Menu
3-8 Chipset Menu 3-8-1 South Bridge OnChip SATA Channel The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. OnChip SATA Type... -
Page 32: North Bridge
The optional settings are: [Native IDE]; [RAID]; [AHCI]. SATA IDE Combined Mode The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. Onboard PCIE LAN The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. Onboard Lan BootROM Use this item to control the execution of UEFI and legacy PXE OpROM. The optional settings are: [Enabled];... -
Page 33: Boot Menu
3-9 Boot Menu Setup Prompt Timeout Use this item to set number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. Bootup Numlock State Use this item to select keyboard Numlock state. The optional settings are: [On]; [Off]. Fast Boot The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. GateA20 Active The optional settings are: [Upon Request];... -
Page 34: Security Menu
3-10 Security Menu Security menu allow users to change administrator password and user password settings. 3-11 Turbo OC... - Page 35 Slide down to view more setting options … CPU Ratio Use this item to set CPU ratio. The optional setting range: [Auto]; [8x] ~ [47x]. APU Clock (MHz) The optional setting range: 100 ~ 300 MHz. IGD Engine Clock Control The optional settings are: [Auto];...
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Page 36: Save & Exit Menu
[+50mV] ~ [+350MV]. CPU-NB Voltage X-Shift Use this item to adjust CPU-NB voltage. The optional setting range: [Auto]; [+50mV] ~ [+350MV]. VDIMM X-Shift Use this item to adjust memory voltage. The optional setting range: [Auto]; [+50mV] ; [+100mV];[+150 mV]; [+200mV]. VDDP/R Voltage Select Use this item to set VDD/P voltage. -
Page 37: How To Update Bios
3-13 How to Update BIOS Solution1: Updating BIOS under DOS: 1. Prepare a bootable disk. (You may make one by click START click RUN type SYS click OK) 2. Download upgrade tools and the latest BIOS files of the motherboard from official website and then make a copy of it to your bootable floppy disk after decompressing these files 3. -
Page 38: Chapter 4 Driver & Free Program Installation
Chapter 4 Driver & Free Program Installation 4-1 Installation Instruction User need to install operating system before installing the drivers. Magic Install supports Windows XP/Vista/7. Take the attached DVD and insert it into DVD-ROM driver, the installation shall auto-run. If the menu does not appear, double-click MY COMPUTER / double-click CD-ROM drive or click START / click RUN / type X:\SETUP.EXE (assuming X is your CD-ROM drive).