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939GT5-SLI USER'S MANUAL M/B For Socket 939 64-bit & Dual Core Ready AMD Athlon64FX Processor NO. G03939GT5SLIR111 Rev:1.0 Release date: March 2006 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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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.
SLI Supported Bridge Cable for Serial ATAII IDE Port □ SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor 939GT5-SLI User’s Manual AMD K8 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24 hours system operation.
NVIDIA Multiple Graphic Processing Units ready platform. Utilize the 64-bit multi- tasking socket 939 solution and the dual channel PC3200 DDR memory that the expandable volume to 4.0GB, the 939GT5-SLI motherboard is absolutely the extended art of professional workstation motherboards for multitasking platforms.
Embedded USB controller as well as capability of expanding to 10 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth and rich connectivity, these 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 16-shift/ CPU Smart Fan/ Debug Port in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways.
∗ 32-bit PCI slot x 3pcs ∗ Four Serial ATA2 ports provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate Integrate with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD functions for 939GT5-SLI Serial ATA2 RAID motherboard. ∗ Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA...
VGA Card : GeForce6600GT 128M PCI-E VGA CARD X 2 (1024X768X32BIT Color) Hard Disk Driver: Seagate Barracude 7200.7 SATA150 BIOS: Award Optimal default Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2) 939GT5-SLI 3D Mark 2001SE 19916 3D Mark 2003 13949 3D Mark 2005...
Front Panel Audio Front Panel Connector SFAN2 Speaker/Power LED Connector CD Audio In NJ1 Connector SPDIF Connector USB Power 1394 Port USB Port Floppy On Jumper (JP3) (1394A,1394B) (USB1, USB2, USB3) Connector 939GT5-SLI motherboard supports Serial ATA2 with RAID functions.
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Jumpers Jumper Name Description Page JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block Keyboard/USB0,1 Power On 3-pin Block Enabled/Disabled USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block Connectors Connector Name Description Page ATXPWR24P ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.14 ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 4-pin Block P.14 PS2KBMS...
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps: 1. Check motherboard jumper setting 2. Install CPU and Fan 3. Install System Memory (DIMM) 4. Install Expansion cards 5. Connect IDE and Floppy cables, Front Panel /Back Panel cable 6.
(2) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1 1-2 closed KB/USB Power ON Disable (Default) 2-3 closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled Keyboard/Mouse & USB Power On Setting (3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2 1-2 closed USB Power On Disable 2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled (Default) USB2/USB3/USB4 Power On Setting 2-3 Install CPU...
Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices. LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and establish the relationship between the various components.
2-4 Install Memory This motherboard provides four 184-pin DDR DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) sites for DDR memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 128MB to maximum memory size of 4.0GB DDR SDRAM. Valid Memory Configurations Bank 184-Pin DIMM Total Memory Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR266/DDR333/DDR400...
WARNING! For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 200MHz, use only DDR400- compliant DDR Modules. When this motherboard operate at 200Mhz, most system will not even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues, if your DDR Modules are not DDR400-compliant, set the SDRAM clock to 133MHz to ensure system stability.
2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below: INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H √ Slot 1 √ Slot 2 √ Slot 3 √...
2-5-5 SLI Bridge for NVIDIA SLI Tech. Supported VGA Cards In order to activate the NVIDIA SLI technology, you have to install the embedded SLI Bridge for your NVIDIA SLI Tech. Supported VGA Cards before you activating the advance multi- GPUs functions.
2-6 Connectors, Headers 2-6-1 Connectors (1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR24P ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard.
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PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: PS2KBMS The connectors for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse. LAN Port connector: UL1 This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network, It supports 10M/100Mb/1G b/s data transfer rate LAN Port connector: UL2 This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network, It supports 10M/100Mb/1G b/s data transfer rate Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female): PARALLEL Parallel Port connector is a 25-pin D-Subminiature Receptacle connector.
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(10) 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. Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector (11) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1 This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable.
IDE 2 Pin 1 Secondary IDE Connector • Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the “Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”. • 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.
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AUDIO Pin 1 Line-Out, MIC Headers (2) USB Port Headers (9-pin) : USB1/USB2/USB3 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.
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PWRLED Pin 1 JW FP SPEAK Pin 1 Pin 1 System Case Connections (8) FAN Headers (3-pin) : CHAFAN1, SFAN1, SFAN2, SFAN3,CPUFAN 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.
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(10) In/Out Header: SPDIF (Module Optional) SPDIF Pin 1 SPDIF-Bracket Connector (11) COM1 Port: COM1 Com1 is for the serial devices, such as the joystick, the scanner and so on. (12) IEEE1394 Header: 1394A/B The motherboard provides two 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE1394 ports via an external IEEE1394 bracket.
2-7 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.
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 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.
3-3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.
Power User Overclock Settings Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand Password Settings This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system operations for performance use.
Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS. Time The time format is <hour><minute><second>. IDE Channel 0 Master / Channel 0 Slave / Channel 1 Master / Channel 0 Slave SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4 Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table.
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Removable Device Priority The selection is for you to choose the removable devices (Such as USB floppy or other related accessories) priorities to boot from. Hard Disk Boot Priority The selection is for you to choose the hard disk drives priorities to boot from. Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection.
Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The settings are: Enabled/Disabled. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down. The settings are: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30.
HperTransport Width The default setting is “Auto” for this selection, and it provides with the adjustable bandwidth selection for you to choose the combination of stream with x16 and x8 bandwidth of updoad and down between the processor and system chip. DRAM Timing Settings Please refer to section 3-6-1 System BIOS Cacheable...
3-7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals > IDE Function Setup Press Enter Item Help > Onboard Device Press Enter > Super IO Function Setup Press Enter Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults...
OnChip IDE Channal0/Channel1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled. Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports.
AC97 Sound Device This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support AC97 Audio. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled. USB Host Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB peripherals.
SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose “SPP.” To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously, choose “EPP.” By choosing “ECP”, the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing “ECP+EPP”...
The settings are: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA. Power Button Function Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state. The settings are: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off. Wake Up On Ring/PME During Disabled, the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem.
IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. Please refer to section 3-9-1 3-10 PC Health Status This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, Warning for overall system status. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.
3-10-1 Smart FAN Configurations Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Smart FAN Configurations CPUFAN Smart Mode Enabled Item Help CPU SmartFAN Full-Speed CPU SmartFAN Idle Temp Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults CPU/SFAN1 Smart FAN Full-Speed Temp This item allows you setting the FAN works in full speed when the temperature over the...
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Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Thermal Throttling Options CPU Thermal-Throttling Enabled CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp Item Help CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 87.50% CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp Menu Level > Min = Max = Key in a Integral number: ↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults...
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Thermal Throttling Options CPU Thermal-Throttling Enabled Item Help CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 87.50% Menu Level > CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Disabled .....[ .....[ Enabled ↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults...
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LDT Voltage This item allows you to select value of Voltage for LDT. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power User Overclock Settings Current FSB Frequency 200MHZ PCIE Clock Item Help Current DRAM Frequency 200MHZ CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default CPU Ratio at next boot Default...
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Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power User Overclock Settings Current FSB Frequency 200MHZ Item Help Current DRAM Frequency 200MHZ CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default CPU Ratio at next boot Default MEM Clock at Next Boot Auto Menu Level > CPU Clock at next Boot NB Voltage 200MHZ...
3-13 Password Settings Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Password Settings Item Help Set Supervisor Password Press Enter Set User Password Press Enter Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them.
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.
Install nForce Integrated Driver nForce * nForce Integrated driver pack include following device driver: NVIDIA GART driver : If you are using an AGP VGA Card, please install NVIDIA AGP GART driver which provides service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to the hardware for speedy graphic access.
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5. Please choose to install the NVIDIA firewall 6. If you want to install NVIDIA firewall and and Forceware Network Access Manager Forceware Network Access Manager utility Utility Driver for demanding on you own. 7. Select install complete software and Click 8.
4-3 LAN Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver 1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2. Click Next to install Marvell LAN driver 3. Please Accept the license agreement and read 4. Click Install to install driver and Click Finish the “Readme”...
4-5 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2005 Anti-virus program Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL Please select “Install program” when the MENU appears "Trend Micro internet security" installshield wizard windows appears Click NEXT and Enter your Customer Please select install “FULL” function or Information, Click NEXT or choose Change install “Antivirus software”...
PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware monitor Utility 1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click Next when Install shield wizard Window MENU appears appears, Choose destination location and click Next, when the start copy file windows appear, click next 3. Select Finish after setup complete 4.
STEP 2. Copy utility program to your boot disc. You may copy from DRIVER CD X:\FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site. STEP 3. Download and make a copy of the latest BIOS for 939GT5-SLI motherboard series from the web site to your boot disc.
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Step 2. After the System boot up in the second page , you can find the NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS windows appear. It will ask you to “Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility …“ ? Please press “F10” key to RAID utility now , then you can select the RAID functions on your own with the optional RAID functions as below, 1.
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Installation of Windows XP/ Windows 2000 For installation of Windows XP or Windows 2000, please insert Windows XP or Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and boot the system. At the very beginning, you will see the message at the bottom of screen, “Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver….”...
4-9 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction What’s Pro Magic Plus? Tired with reinstall OS each time when it doesn’t work? Does your computer often crash down or unable to work after installed new software? Have you had great loses and troubles because of computer problems? Still using time-consuming backup software that occupies lots of HD space? Pro Magic Plus- an instant system recovery software tailored to solve these problems for...
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NOTE: Functions of each version will differ from each other, and will be based on the function descriptions of each version. System Requirements ◇ First OS must be Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP ◇ Support Only Windows OS (No Linux) ◇ Windows server OS and Windows NT not supported ◇...
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APPENDIX Debug Port Post Code Normal POST Codes NOTE: EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h. ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h. Code(hex) Name Description Turn Off Chipset OEM Specific-Cache control cache And CPU test Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification.
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Code(hex) Name Description Reserved Blank video Reset Video controller Reserved Init KBC Keyboard controller init KB test Test the Keyboard Reserved Mouse Init Initialized the mouse Onboard Audio init Onboard audio controller initialize if exist Reserved Reserved CheckSum Check Check the intergraty of the ROM,BIOS and message Reserved Auto detec EEPROM...
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Code(hex) Name Description Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved PS2 Mouse setup Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB Reserved Test DMA Test DMA channel 0 Controller 0 Reserved Test DMA Test DMA channel 1 Controller 1 Reserved Test DMA Page Test DMA Page Registers. Registers Reserved Reserved...
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Code(hex) Name Description Memory Test Test all memory of memory above 1MB using Virtual 8086 mode, page mode and clear the memory Reserved Reserved CPU display Detect CPU speed and display CPU vendor specific version string and turn on all necessary CPU features Reserved PnP Init Display PnP logo and PnP early init...
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Code(hex) Name Description HDD Check for HDD check out Write protection Reserved Reserved POST error check Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention Reserved Reserved Security Check Ask password security (optional). Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen.
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Code(hex) Name Description Early System setup Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and initialize INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL First step initialize if single CPU onboard. Re-init KB If support HPM, HPM get initialized here KBC and CMOS Init Verifies CMOS is working correctly,...
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Code(hex) Name Description Display POST error Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention Ask password security (optional). CMOS and Option Write all CMOS values back to RAM and ROM Init clear screen. Enable parity checker Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot. Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh.
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Code(hex) Name Description Initialize Video Read CMOS location 14h to find out Interface type of video in use. Detect and Initialize Video Adapter. Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on message to screen. Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow according to Setup.
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