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AMD 790GX User Manual

Based m/b for socket am2+/ am3 quad core amd processor
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USER'S MANUAL
Of
AMD 790GX & AMD SB750
Based
M/B For Socket AM2+/ AM3 Quad Core
AMD Processor
NO. G03-HA08CB-F
：
Rev
1.0
Release date: March, 2009
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.

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  • Page 1 USER'S MANUAL AMD 790GX & AMD SB750 Based M/B For Socket AM2+/ AM3 Quad Core AMD Processor NO. G03-HA08CB-F ： Release date: March, 2009 Trademark: * Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are...
  • 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENT USER’S NOTICE......................iv MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION................. iv COOLING SOLUTIONS ....................iv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 790GX MOTHERBOARDS FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD................1 1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ..........2 SPECIFICATION ......................3 PERFORMANCE LIST ....................5 LAYOUT DIAGRAM ....................7 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ...............9...
  • Page 4 Safety Environmental 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

    Please refer to the website for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for Socket AM2+ processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2+ processors.

  • Page 6: Features Of Motherboard

    AMD 790GX chipset is with the flexibility for single or dual card or three cards configurations. The AMD 790GX chipset provide 2 x16 by 8- lane PCI Express 2.0 slots to support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics.

  • Page 7: 1-1.1 Special Features Of Motherboard

    motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing. Some special features--- CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift / CPU Smart Fan in this motherboard /OC-CON / Debug Port/DIY Clear / Power On Button/ Reset Button are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways.
  • Page 8 Power On Button… You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper. Reset Button.. You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.

  • Page 9: Specification

    Support for future AMD Athlon64 940-pin Dual –Core Athlon 64x2 CPU Socket AM3 processor, Athlon 64 & Sempron Processors with HTT Frequency 1GHz and the latest AMD Phenom™ FX, quad core AMD Phenom™ processors with HT 3.0. Ready for AM3 CPU...

  • Page 10: Performance List

    4600+ CPU: DRAM: DDR2 667 2G VGA Card: onboard Hard Disk Driver: Maxtor 60G IDE BIOS: winxp+sp3 (en) AMD 790GX 3D Mark 2001SE 10945 3D Mark 2003 3879 3D Mark 2005 2335 AQUAMRK3 35694 PCMark2005 System / CPU / Memory...
  • Page 11 Performance Test Report CPU: Athlon 5000+ DRAM: SamSun 667MHz 1*2 VGA Card: onboard Hard Disk Driver: Seagate160GB SATA BIOS: Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2) AMD 790GX 10814 3D Mark 2001SE 3589 3D Mark 2003 2797 3D Mark 2005 AQUAMRK3 4146 PCMark2004...

  • Page 12: Layout Diagram

    E-SATA Over USB Connector (CN1) RJ45 Over USB Connector ATX Power Conn. (UL1) Audio Connector AMD 790GX Chipset (J1) DDR3 Socket x 2 DDR3 128Mb Sideport Memory PCI Express 2.0 x16 By 8-lane AMD SB750 Chipset RTL8111CVC ATA 133 IDE Gigabit LAN Conn.
  • Page 13 Jumpers Jumper Name Description Page Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block JBAT Clear CMOS Header 3-pin Block Connectors Connector Name Description Page ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.14 ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.15 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard 6-pin Female P.15 Connector...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or WARNING! 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 15: Install Cpu

    3. After over clocking system boot fail JBAT JBAT 1-2 Closed Normal 2-3 Closed Clear CMOS CMOS RAM Clear Setting Install CPU 2-3-1 Glossary Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards. Processor socket - the socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard.

  • Page 16: About Amd Athlon64 Socket Am2 Cpu Socket

    2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU Socket This motherboard provides a socket AM2 surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD processor utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology. The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating.

  • Page 17: Install Memory

    Install Memory This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDRII DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR II memory SDRAM expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 4 GB and four 240-pin DDRIII SDRAM DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDRIII memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 8 GB.

  • Page 18: Expansion Cards

    Graph 2-4 NOTICE! When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides. WARNING! This motherboard only supports DDR II 667/800 or higher frequency- compliant DDRII Modules in DDRII memory slots and DDRIII 1066 or higher frequency-compliant DDR III Modules in DDRIII memory slots.

  • Page 19: Pci-Express Slot

    15 * Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices. 2-5-3 PCI Express Slot Two PCI-Express2.0 x16by8 lane graphic slot offer 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed, fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision2.0, support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device.
  • Page 20 ROW1 ROW2 ROW1 ROW2 ROW1 ROW2 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V -12V Soft Power On Power OK +5V (for Soft Logic) +12V +12V Pin 1 Pin 1 24-Pin 20-Pin (2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM2+ processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.
  • Page 21 Coaxial SPDIF_OUT RJ-45 Line-IN VGA Connector ESATA RS-Out PS/2 Line-OUT Mouse HDMI CS-Out PS/2 SS-Out Keyboard MIC-IN Optical DVI Connector SPDIF_OUT (7) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.
  • Page 22 • For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system performance on this channel may drop. (9) Serial-ATAII Port connector: SATA1~SATA6; E-SATA1 This connector supports the provided Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk cable to connecting the motherboard with serial ATAII hard disk.

  • Page 23: Headers

    2-6-2 Headers (1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO1 These headers connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable. AUDIO Pin 1 Line-Out, MIC Headers (2) USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB1/USB2/USB3/USB4 These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug. By attaching an option USB cable, your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel.
  • Page 24 PWRLED Pin 1 JW FP SPEAK Pin 1 Pin 1 System Case Connections (8) FAN Power Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin) These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive, while the black should be ground.
  • Page 25 Pin 1 IR infrared module Headers (11) Serial COM Port header: COM1 COM1 is the 9-pin block pin-header. The On-board serial port can be disabled through BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP” section for more detail information. Pin1 Serial COM Port 9-pin Block (12) HDMI-SPDIF Out header: SPDIF Out header...

  • Page 26: Starting Up Your Computer

    Starting Up Your Computer 1. After all connection are made, close your computer case cover. 2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your country’s voltage used.

  • Page 27: 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, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization.

  • Page 28: The Main Menu

    The Main Menu Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from 12 setup functions and 2 exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

  • Page 29: Standard Bios Features

    Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system operations for performance use. Password Settings This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

  • Page 30: Advanced Bios Features

    Primary IDE Master / Slave SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 While entering setup, BIOS auto detest the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices. Type: The optional settings are: Not Installed; Auto; CD/DVD and ARMD LBA/Large Mode: The optional settings are Auto;...

  • Page 31: Cpu Configuration

    CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. CPU Configuration Module version: 13.44 Help Item AGESA Version: 3.3.2.0 Physical Count: 1 Options AMD Phenom™II X4 810 processor Auto Revision: C2 HDMI Cache L1: 512KB Cache L2 : 2048KB Cache L3 : 4MB...

  • Page 32: Advanced Chipset Features

    Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. Advanced Chipset Features Memory Configuration Press Enter Help Item Internal Graphics Configurations...
  • Page 33 DDR3 Memory CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. Memory Configuration Help Item DRAM Timing Mode Auto Memory CLK: 533MHz, N/A CAS Latency (Tcl): 9CLK N/A Options RAS/CAS Delay(Trcd): 7CLK, N/A Auto Row Precharge Time(Trp): 7 CLK, N/A DCT0 Min Active RAS(Trrd): 20CLK, N/A RAS/RAS Delay(Trrd): 4CLk, N/A...

  • Page 34: Internal Graphics Configuration

    3-6-2 Internal Graphics Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. Internal Graphics Configurations Internal Graphics Mode UMA+SIDEPORT Help Item UMA Frame Buffer Size Auto Options Disabled GFX Engine Clock Override Enabled GFX Clock SIDEPORT Surround View Disabled UMA+SIDEPORT FB Location Above 4G ↑↓→←...

  • Page 35: Integrated Peripherals

    Press Enter and set values in the sub-items as NB-SB Link ASPM,;NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support and Link Width. 3-7 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. Integrated Peripherals Onboard SATA Device Press Enter Onboard Device Control Press Enter Help Item Super IO Configuration Press Enter...

  • Page 36: Onchip Ide Funtion

    3-7-2 OnChip Device Control CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. OnChip Device Control Onboard PCIE LAN Enabled Help Item Onboard Lan BootRom Disabled Options HD Audio Azalia Device Enable Disabled Azalia Front Panel Auto Enabled USB configuration Press Enter ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults...

  • Page 37: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. Power Management Setup Power Management Feature Help Item Suspend mode...

  • Page 38: Pc Health Status

    Plug &Play O/S The optional settings are: No; Yes No: Let the BIOS configure all the devices in the system. Yes: Let the operating system configure Plug and Play devices, not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play system. Allocate IRQ for PCI VGA The optional settings are: No;...

  • Page 39: Smart Fan Configuration

    3-10-1 Smart FAN Configuration CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(C)1985-2005 American Megatrends. Inc. Smart FAN Configuration Help Item Temperature1 Limit of Hig Temperature1 Limit of Sec Fan Configuration Mode Setting Temperature1 Limit of Thi Temperature1 Limit of Low FAN1 Highest Setting FAN1 Second Setting FAN1 Third Setting FAN1 Forth Setting...

  • Page 40: Power User Overclock Setting

    Processor Voltage The optional settings are: Auto; 0.800V~1.350V. AOD Compatibility Choose Enabled means only AMD over drive can adjust voltage Choose Disabled means only BIOS can adjust voltage CPU Vcore 7-Shift Use this item to set value in CPU Vcore 7-Shift function. The optional settings are:...

  • Page 41: Password Settings

    Set Memory Voltage(DDR2 memory) Use this item to set memory voltage. The optional setting rang is from 1.85V to 2.10V. Set Memory Voltage(DDR3memory) Use this item to set memory voltage. The optional setting rang is from 1.45V to 2.01V. NB-Core Voltage Setting The optional settings are from 1.20v to 1.35v.

  • Page 42: Load Optimised/ Fail-Safe Defaults

    prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. 3-14 Load Optimized Defaults/ Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults? 【OK】 【Cancel】...

  • Page 43: Chapter 4 Driver & Free Program Installation

    Chapter 4 Driver & Free Program Installation Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly.
  • Page 44 4-1 ATI Install ATI Integrated Drive Pack 1. Click ATI in the MAGIC INSTALL MENU 2. Click NEXT when ATI software driver pack appears. appears. 3. Click “Yes” to accept the license 4. Select the component you wish to install. agreement and start installation.

  • Page 45: Sound Install Al888 Hd Audio Codec Driver

    SOUND Install ALC888 HD Audio Codec Driver 1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click NEXT When Realtek High Definition MENU appears. Audio driver windows appear. 3. Click FINISH and restart your computer. 4. Manual Sound Effect Setting. 5. mixer setting. 6.

  • Page 46: Lan Install Lan

    or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver. Install Realtek Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver 1 Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appears 2. Click NEXT, install REALTEK LAN and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver 3 Click install to begin the installation. 2.

  • Page 47: Norton Install Norton 2009 Anti-Virus Program

    4-7 Fusion Download Fusion Drivers and Tools Click Fusion when Magic Install menu appears to visit AMD official website http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_fusion.aspx?p=1 to download fusion drivers and tools. Please make sure that you net is connected well and you operating system is Windows Vista...

  • Page 48: Overclock Install Overvlok Drive Utility

    HDMI Install ATI HDMI Audio Driver 1. Click HDMI when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click Next on Install shield wizard Window. MENU appears 3. Select if you want to restart the computer and then click Finish. 4-9 OVER CLOCK Install OVERCLOCK Drive Utility 1.

  • Page 49: How To Update Bios

    5. Type in Customer Information and then 6. Select the Destination Folder and then click Next. Click Next. 7. Decide whether you want a shortcut on 8. Click Install to begin installation. your desktop and then click Next. 9. Wait for the installation process. 10.

  • Page 50: Amd Platform Raid Function Installation

    4-11 AMD Platform RAID Function Installation Please set these choice in the BIOS as RAID：BIOS setup \Integrated Peripherals \Onchip SATA Device \ Onchip SATA Type. When the below figures appeared, please press [Ctrl-F] into figure 2 [figure1] Function: press[1] key, showing the RAID; press [2] key，building RAID; press [3] key, delete the RAID;...
  • Page 51 Press [2] key, the interface of RAID, as figure 4. RAID function: 1.RAID 1 2. RAID 0 3. RAID 10 4. RAID 5 5. JBOD [figure4] Choose LD 1 then press Enter. Take Raid0 for example, use [↑] [↓] to shift the cursor, press space key to change the choice, press [Ctrl-Y] to keep.
  • Page 52 [figure6] Press [3], delete the RAID mode, as figure 7.press [Delete] will delete the array. As figure 7 . [figure7] Press [4], showing the information of controller, as figure 8. [figure8] Making RAID driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/2000...

  • Page 53: Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction

    Before you install the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you will need to make a RAID driver diskette before you start to install the Operating System. How to make a RAID driver diskette? 1: Insert the diskette which is being formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS.
  • Page 54 restore them back to anytime you wish, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 month ago. Restore points are unlimited. (disable item for OEM version) Data Disk Protection – Pro Magic Plus now comes with data disk protection, provides complete protection for your computer! (disable item for OEM version) You can choose to change the default path of ‘My Document’, ‘My Favorite’...
  • Page 55 Power Supply Mold As a result of the increasing power consumption demand from many AMD CPUs in current market, we suggest not to use a CPU that demands more than 65W power consumption at work for an AMD CPU compliant board that comes with power supply design as 3 phase or 3+1...
  • Page 56 Subject 2: Suggestion on choosing electric fan Both the amount of electric current to MOSFET and the heat produced from the motherboard go up as AMD’s CPU power consumption increases. In this case we recommend users select a CPU fan with air outlet towards MOSFET so that CPU fan can carry away heat produced by MOSFET, for better heat dissipation effects.
  • Page 57 Cool air flowing Hot air flowing out Figure 2---- CPU Fan can blow off the heat produced by MOSFET. We suggest using fans of this kind...
  • Page 58 APPENDIX II Post BIOS Beep Code Number of Beeps Description Memory refresh timer error. Parity error in base memory (first 64KB block) Base memory read/write test error Motherboard timer not operational Processor error 8042 Gate A20 test error (cannot switch to protected mode) General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) Display memory error (system video adapter) AMIBIOS ROM checksum error...

  • Page 59: Appendix Ii Post Bios Beep Code

    access. Performs main BIOS checksum and updates recovery status accordingly. Both key sequence and OEM specific method is checked to determine if BIOS recovery is forced. If BIOS recovery is necessary, control flows to checkpoint E0. See Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints section of document for more information.
  • Page 60 Check the validity of the recovery file configuration to the current configuration of the flash part. Make flash write enabled through chipset and OEM specific method. Detect proper flash part. Verify that the found flash part size equals the recovery file size.
  • Page 61 Early CPU Init Exit Initializes the 8042 compatible Key Board Controller. Detects the presence of PS/2 mouse. Detects the presence of Keyboard in KBC port. Testing and initialization of different Input Devices. Also, update the Kernel Variables. Traps the INT09h vector, so that the POST INT09h handler gets control for IRQ1.
  • Page 62 Initialize Int-13 and prepare for IPL detection. Initializes IPL devices controlled by BIOS and option ROMs. Generate and write contents of ESCD in NVRam. Log errors encountered during POST. Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error. Execute BIOS setup if needed / requested.
  • Page 63 Checkpoint Description Initialize different buses and perform the following functions: Reset, Detect, and Disable (function 0); Static Device Initialization (function 1); Boot Output Device Initialization (function 2). Function 0 disables all device nodes, PCI devices, and PnP ISA cards. It also assigns PCI bus numbers.
  • Page 64 3 = EISA devices. 4 = ISA PnP devices. 5 = PCI devices. ACPI Runtime Checkpoints ACPI checkpoints are displayed when an ACPI capable operating system either enters or leaves a sleep state. The following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during ACPI sleep or wake events Checkpoint Description...

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