AMD 790GX User Manual
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USER'S MANUAL
Of
AMD 790GX & AMD SB750
Based
M/B For Socket AM2+ Quad Core
AMD Processor
NO. G03-HA07-F
：
Rev
4.0
Release date: October. 2008
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+ Quad Core AMD Processor NO. G03-HA07-F ： Release date: October. 2008 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENT USER’S NOTICE........................iii MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ................iii COOLING SOLUTIONS ......................iii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 790GX MOTHERBOARDS FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ..................1 1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD............ 2 SPECIFICATION........................3 PERFORMANCE LIST......................4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING ..............5 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS................ -
Page 4: User's Notice
APPENDIX ……………………………………………………………………………………………...51 USER’S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER. THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE NF6100-400 / 405 PPC MOTHERBOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. -
Page 5: Cooling Solutions
Please refer to the website below 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
Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth architecture in the AMD 790GX chipset are with the flexibility for single or dual card or three cards configurations. The AMD 790GX chipset provide 2 x16@8 line PCI Express 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
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of 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. -
Page 8: Specification
Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package processor CPU Socket AM2+ Support for future AMD Athlon64 940-pin Dual –Core Athlon 64x2 processor, Athlon 64 & Sempron Processors with HTT Frequency 1GHz and the latest AMD Phenom™ FX, quad core AMD Phenom™... -
Page 9: Performance List
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 10: Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting
(J1) DDR3 128Mb GPU Memory for HA07ULTRA Optional DDR2 128Mb GPU Memory for 4-pin PWR Connector HA07/HA07-GT (HA07/HA07 Ultra) AMD 790GX Chipset Reset RTL8111C AMD SB750 Chipset Power Gigabit LAN PCI Express x1 CHA FAN PCI Express x16 by 8-lane... -
Page 11: Expansion Sockets
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.13 ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.13 CN1 for USB USB2.0 Port Connector... -
Page 12: 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 13: 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 14: About Amd Athlon64 Socket Am2+ Cpu
2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU This motherboard provides a socket AM2+ surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD AM2+ processor in the 940 Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology. -
Page 15: Install Memory
Install Memory This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 8GB DDRII SDRAM. Valid Memory Configurations Bank 240-Pin DIMM Total Memory Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 128MB∼2GB... -
Page 16: Expansion Cards
Expansion Cards 2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers. 2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use. 3. -
Page 17: Pci-Express Slot
2-5-4 PCI Express Slot Two PCI-Express2.0 x16@8 lane graphic slot offer 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed. Two x1 PCI Express Slot offer 1024Mbyte/sec concurrently over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays. - Page 18 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 19 (7) Audio Line-In, Lin -Out, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out，SS-Out connector : J1 These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out ， SS-Out audio connections. Audio input to sound chip Line-in : (BLUE) Audio output to speaker Line-out : (GREEN) Microphone Connector MIC : (PINK) Rear-Surround audio output...
- Page 20 setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings. IDE1 Pin 1 Primary IDE Connector • Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the “Master”...
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Page 21: Headers
2-6-2 Headers (1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO 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 22 PWRLED Pin 1 JW FP SPEAK Pin 1 Pin 1 System Case Connections (8) FAN Power Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2, CHAFAN (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 23 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...
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Page 24: 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 25: 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 26: The Main Menu
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. -
Page 27: Standard Cmos Features
This menu uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable way. 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 &... -
Page 28: Advanced Bios Features
If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”. If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None” Access Mode The settings are Auto Normal, Large, and LBA. Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp... - Page 29 External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the Level 2 cache memory. Quick Power On Self-Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If this is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST Disabled...
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Page 30: Advanced Chipset Features
Allows OS2 ® to be used with >64MB or DRAM. Settings are Non-OS/2 (default) and OS2. Set to OS/2 if using more than 64MB and running OS/2 ® . Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. -
Page 31: Igx Configuration
3-6-2 IGX Configuration Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IGX Configuration Iternal Graphics Mode UMA+Side port Item Help UMA frame Buffer Size Auto Frame Buffer Location Above 4G IGX Engine Clock OVERRIDE Enabled Menu Level > IGX Engine Clock Surround View Auto IGX Clock Speek 400MHz... -
Page 32: Integrated Peripherals
3-7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals CMIX-SB750 Revision 2.5.0 Item Help Superio Function Setup Press Enter South onchip PCI Device Press Enter Menu Level > South Onchip IDE Device Press Enter South Onchip SATA Device Press Enter ↑↓→←... -
Page 33: Onchip Ide Funtion
Line Printer port 1 (378H/IRQ7) Parallel Port Mode : Standard Parallel Port : Enhanced Parallel Port : Extended Capability Port 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. -
Page 34: Onchip Pci Device
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33 and Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support. -
Page 35: 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. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Item Help... -
Page 36: Miscellaneous Configuration
month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system. When set to 0 (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time . Date (of month) You can choose which month the system will boot up. Set to 0, to boot every day. Time (hh:mm:ss) You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up. -
Page 37: Pc Health Status
3-10 PC Health Status This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, and Warning for overall system status. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Show PC Health in Post Enabled Item Help Shutdown Temperature... -
Page 38: Power User Overclock Setting
3-11 Power User Overclock Setting Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power User Overclock Setting CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help CPU Clock At Next BOOT PCIE Reference Clock [100] 【 100 】 SB Refence Clock Spread Spectrum Enabled Menu Level > CPU RATIO at Next BOOT Auto AOD Compatibility... - Page 39 Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU VCORE 7---SHIFT Item Help CPU Feature Press Enter CPU Clock At Next BOOT PCIE Reference Clock [100] Menu Level > 【 100 】 SB Refence Clock Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU Vcore 7-shift CPU RATIO at Next BOOT Auto Normal AOD Compatibility...
- Page 40 Ored into the Clumping Mask. The Mask will then be written into the Clumping Enable register of all nodes on the chain. AOD Compatibility: Choose Enabled means only AMD over drive can adjust voltage Choose Disabled means only BIOS can adjust voltage Note! The warning logo as follows shall appear .
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Page 41: Cpu Feature
3-11-1 CPU Feature Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Virtualization Enabled Item Help AMD K8 Cool & Quiet control Disabled TLB Check Enabled Advanced clock calibration Disabled Menu Level > Value (ALL Cores) Value (Cores 0) Value (Cores 1) -
Page 42: Cpu Thermal Throttling Options
This field let’s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. - Page 43 center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. ENTER PASSWORD : Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password.
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Page 44: 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 45: Ati Install Ati Driver Pack
4-1 Install ATI Driver 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 agreement 4. click “finish” and start installation.. The path of the file is X:\ATI \DRIVER\SETUP.EXE NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4 or later before you install the HD Audio CODEC driver SOUND... - Page 46 3. Click FINISH and restart your computer 4. Manual Sound Effect Setting 5. Devices and mixer setting 6. Audio input and output setting. 7. Microphone effect setting. 8. 3D demo setting. NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4 or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver.
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Page 47: Lan Install Lan
4-3 LAN Install LAN 1 Click LAN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU 2. Click Next . appears 3 Click Install 2. Finish. 4-4 RAID Install ATI SATA Driver and Utility 1 Click RAIDDisk when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Install RAID Disk. MENU appears... -
Page 48: Pc-Cillin Install Pc-Cillin 2007 Anti-Virus Program
Install PC-CILLIN 2007 Anti-virus program 1 Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Please select Next when the "Trend Micro MENU appears internet security" install shield wizard windows appears 3. This is license agreement, select "I accept the 4. . Click Next after you select the features you terms in the license agreement"... -
Page 49: Pc-Health Install Myguard Hardware Monitor Utility
PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware monitor Utility 1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click Next on Install shield wizard Window MENU appears appears 3. Click Install to begin the installation. 4. Click Finish to complete the installation. NOTE: MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\NF-ORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE 4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS STEP 1. -
Page 50: Amd Platform Raid Function Installation
4-8 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. 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]...
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Page 53: Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction
Making RAID driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/2000 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 What functions does Pro Magic Plus have? Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install Pro Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by simply reboot your computer. Easy-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse System Uninstall –...
- Page 55 ◇ Minimum of 500MB free/usable space or above ◇ Support for SCSI & SATA Hard disk Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows 2000 or OS above Notice Before Installation 1. Before install Pro Magic Plus, turn off all anti-virus software. (Include BIOS anti-virus function) 2.
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Page 56: Normal Post Codes
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. - Page 57 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 Check Flash type and copy flash write/erase routines to 0F000h segments Reserved Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS Reserved Chipset Default Program the chipset registers with CMOS...
- Page 58 Test Timer Counter 2 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2. Reserved Test 8259-1 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by Bits alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines. Reserved Test 8259-2 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by Bits alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines.
- Page 59 vectors. Reserved PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port Reserved ACPI init ACPI sub-system initializing Reserved Setup Cache Initialize cache controller. Controller Reserved Setup Entering Enter setup check and auto- configuration check up Reserved Initialize Floppy Initialize floppy disk drive controller Drive &...
- Page 60 Final Init Final init for last micro details before boot Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot Setup NumLock status according to Setup Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h. Boot Quick POST Codes Code(hex) Name Description Init onboard device Early Initialized the super IO Reset Video controller...
- Page 61 Setup Init Display setup message and enable setup functions Detect if mouse is present, initialize mouse, install interrupt vectors. Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port ACPI sub-system initializing Setup Cache Initialize cache controller. Controller Install FDD Enter setup check and auto- configuration check up Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives.
- Page 62 Reset Video controller Keyboard controller init Test the Keyboard Initilized the mouse Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS Chipset default Program the chipset registers with Prog CMOS values. Init onboard clock generator Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache Setup Interrupt Initialize first 120 interrupt Vector Table...
- Page 63 Boot Load boot sector...
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