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Contents About the product Gratitude Accessories Picture of the motherboard Features System processor System memory System BIOS Interface of peripheral equipment Power management Extended interface Installing hardware Layout of motherboard Installing CPU Installing memory card Installing extension interface card Installing PCIE video card Setting motherboard’s jump wire and inserts CPU_FAN1/SYS_FAN1(CPU fan’s receptacle / system fan’s receptacle) CLR_CMOS(CMOS pin)
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BOOT setup Security setup Chipset setup Exit Installing software Installing driver for motherboard Installing driver for HD-AUDIO sound card Appendix Setup of on-board video memory...
Chapter I About the Product 1.1 Gratitude Thank you for purchasing ITX-780G2 Motherboard made by OEM. Mini 780G2 Motherboard supports Socket AM2+ processor, DDRII533/ 667/800 standard memory, 5 serial SATA2 hard disk interfaces and 6 USB2.0 interfaces and provides six sound channels.
1.4 Features System processor Supports AM2 CPU with Socket AM2+ specification; Supports AMD processor of HT 3.1. System memory Supports two 240-Pin DDR memories; 4GB of memory at maximum; Supports DDRII800/667/533 memory mode. Note: Please use conforming memory. System BIOS Supports PNP, APM and ATAPI;...
Chapter II Installing Hardware Warning The motherboard consists of a great number of ICs and other components. These ICs are apt to be damaged by the static charge. Therefore, the user must make the following prepara- tions before formal installation: Turn off the power of the computer.
1. Layout of motherboard Figure 2.1 Note: The above figure is the picture of ITX-780G2 Motherboard. This picture is only used for reference and the physical object shall prevail.
2. Installing CPU Please install the CPU (central processing unit) in accordance with the follow- ing procedures: 1) Find the processor receptacle Socket AM2/AM2+ on the motherboard; 2) Open the fixing bar beside the receptacle Socket AM2/AM2+ to the height of a 90-degree angle, as shown in the figure below; 3) Note that, at pin-hole area of the left and right sides of the bottom of Socket AM2/AM2+ (marked with “Socket AM2/AM2+), one pin hole is missing.
2.3 Installing memory card Please install the memory card in accordance with the following procedures: Remove the white tenon at the two ends of the interface slot for the memory card; Align the golden finger of the memory card to the groove of the interface slot and pay attention the concave hole of golden finger should be aligned to the convex point of the slot;...
2.4 Installing extension interface card Installing graphics card This motherboard provides one interface slot for PCIEx 16 graphics card. When you install the PCIE graphics card, you should note that groove of the golden finger must be exactly engaged into the interface slot.
2.5 Setting motherboard’s jump wire and inserts Note The user should note that all receptacles are marked with PIN1. The symbol “#” indicates the ex-factory default value of the motherboard. 1) CPU_FAN1/SYS_FAN1 (CPU fan’s receptacle / system fan’s receptacle) This receptacle can be used for connecting CPU/system fan. Its pins’ function is defined below.
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3) F_USB (frond-end USB port) This motherboard provides the user extension USB ports. These ports support USB 2.0 devices. The definitions of the ports are described below: Definition Definition USB D0- USB D1- USB D0+ USB D1+ Ground Ground Empty Not used Figure...
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) F_ AU DI O(Port for front-end sound card) These sound card ports allow you to connect to the wire harness of the sound card. After connection, you can easily control the audio output/microphone through the front panel of the host. The definitions of the ports are shown in Figure 2.8: Definition Definition...
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Figure 2.9 6) ATX12V (Receptacle for 12 power supply) In addition to 24-pin PWRATX1 power supply receptacle, this motherboard also provides a 12V power supply receptacle exclusively used for CPU. In order to make CPU receive stable voltage, we recom- mend you connect CPU to this outlet.
7) F_ PANEL(Front-end control panel). See Figure 2.11. Figure 2.11 Note In above figure, HD-LED+/HD-LED- should be connected to indicator of hard disk, PW-LED+/PW-LED- to indicator of power supply, PW+/PW- to power switch, RST+/RST- to Reset switch and SPK+/SPK- to speaker. 8) SATA1/SATA2...SATA5 (Serial ATA2 wire-harness receptacle) Serial ATA receptacle can offer a transmission rate of 3GB/s.
9) IDE 1 (Wire-harness receptacle for hard disk) One IDE wire-harness receptacle is set on this motherboard. It can be connected to one IDE wire harness and each wire harness can be connected to two IDE devices. Insert the blue plug of the wire harness into the IDE1 receptacle on the mother board, and insert the other end into the IDE device.
2.6 Rear interfaces of motherboard Figure 2.14 DVI &VGA interface. HDMI interface. SPDIF interface. PS_K keyboard interface and 2 USB interfaces. RJ45 interface and 2 USB interfaces. Line out, Line in and Mic in audio outputs.
The descriptions relating to BIOS in this Manual can only be used for reference as the BIOS version of the motherboard is upgraded continuously. OEM provides no guarantee that the contents in this Manual be consistent with the information you acquire.
B. Keys and functions Function (Up key) Move to the previous item (Down key) Move to the next item (Left key) Move to the left item (Right key) Move to the right item Exit the current interface Page Up Change the setup state, or add the values Page Down Change the setup state, or deduct the values Display the information of the current setup...
Figure 3.1 (The selections and their contents may be different from the actual selections, so they are only used for reference). 1. Main (standard CMOS setup) This item is used for setting the date, time, specifications of hard disk and floppy disk and type of monitor. 2.
3.2 Main (standard CMOS setup) Figure 3.2 1) System time (hh:mm:ss) To set the time for the computer, with the format of “hour/minute/second”. 2) System date (mm:dd:yy) To set the date for the computer, with the format of “week, month/day/year”. 3.3 Advanced (Advanced BIOS setup) 3.3.1.CPU Configuration Figure3.3...
GART Error Reporting [Disabled] To enable or disable the function of GART Error Reporting. The options are [Disabled] and [Enabled]. Microcode update [Enabled] To enable or disable the function of microcode update. The options are [Disabled] and [Enabled]. Secure Virtual Machine Mode To enable or disable the function of Secure Virtual Machine Mode.
3.3.3. IO Chipset Configure Figure 3.5 OnBoard Floppy Controller To set whether the built-in floppy controller is enabled. The default value is “Enable”. Floppy Drive Swap This item is used for exchanging the letter “A:” and “B:” of the two floppy drives.
3.3.4. PC Health Configuration Figure H /W H ealth Function Through this item, you can view the state of the system hardware. You can view the speed of the CPU fan, temperature of CPU and other values. CPU alarm and auto shutoff at set temperature are available in some new COMS of motherboard.
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3.4 Power (power management) Figure 3.7 ACPI Version Features To set the power type the system can support. ACPI APIC support This item allows you decide whether acpi apic form to rsdt indication list. Options are [disabled] and [enabled]. Power Management/APM This item is used for enabling or disabling the APM (advanced power management) function.
Option Definition Power Off To allow the system to be in shutoff state Power On To allow the system to be started automatically. Last State To allow the system to keep the pre-power off state. Power-On by PCI Card To start the PCI device. Wake-Up by PCIE To wake up PCIE.
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Bootup Num-Lock (To set the state of Num Lock). Options are OFF and ON. In other words, this item can be used for setting the state of Num Lock for the time the system has been started. It can be set on the basis of the needs of the user and poses no influence on the performance of the computer.
3.6 Security Setup Figure 3.9 If this function is selected, the following information will appear: Enter New Password hhhhhh Then, enter the password with not more than eight characters and press <Enter>. BIOS will require entering the password again. Once you enter it again, BIOS will save the set password.
3.7 Chipset setup Figure 3.10 NorthBridge Configuration To set the north bridge chip. SouthBridge Configuration To set the south bridge chip. RX780 Configuration USB Configuration To set the USB devices. 3.7.1. USB Configuration Figure 3.11...
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Legacy USB Support This item is used for enabling or disabling the supports for USB devices. If the default value [Auto] is selected, the system will auto- matically check whether USB device is available in its startup process. If USB device is available, USB controller will be activated. If not, it won’t be activated.
3.8 Exit Figure 3.13 Exit Options The exit options include load optimal defaults/load failsafe defaults value/discard changes/discard changes and exit. Load failsafe defaults /optimal defaults These two items can allow the user to restore all BIOS options to the failsafe defaults and optimal defaults. The optimal defaults are set to optimize the performance of the motherboard.
Chapter IV Installing Software 4.1 Installing driver for motherboard After you complete the installation of the operating system, you should then install the driver for the motherboard. Take 780G2 as an example here. To do that, put the driver disk into the CD-ROM. The interface as shown in Figure 4.1.
4.1.1 Installing driver for main chip After you click “Install” behind the “AMD Main Chip” in the interface of Figure 4.2, a dialog box as shown in Figure 4.3 will be popped up. Then you can click Next and wait till the driver is installed completely.
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4.1.3 Installing driver for on-board network interface card After you click “Install” behind the “Realtek 10/100/1000 Network Interface Card Driver” in the interface of Figure 4.2, a dialog box as shown in Figure 4.5 will be popped up. Then you can click Next and wait till the driver is installed completely.
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4.2 HD-AUDIO sound card setup In the system of Windows XP SP2: The control panel of the sound card will appear after the driver is installed, as shown in Figure 4.6. Figure 4.6 After the initial installation of the driver, the default of mic is in mute state.
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Figure 4.8 In the system of Windows Vista: 1. After the driver for the sound card is stalled, you can click the Audio Manager at the lower right corner. The initial interface will be popped up, as shown in Figure 4.9 and 4.10. Figure 4.9...
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Figure 4.10 2. Click the right upper part of the control interface—Advanced Setup for Device, the interface shown in Figure 4.11 will be popped up. Then select “separate all input jacks as independent input devices”. Figure 4.11 3. Click OK, the control interface will turn to one shown in Figure 4.12. Figure 4.12...
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4. If a mic is used, please select the corresponding front or rear mode and set the device as default. In the above interface, you can adjust the volume for recording and the playing volume for the mic. 5. If you need to set the output of multi-channel, you should right click the mouse at the corresponding output interface.
Chapter V Appendix A.Setup of on-board video memory 1. Enter the setup interface for BIOS and click the highlighted “Chipset Configuration”, as shown in Figure 5.1. Figure 5.1 2. Enter the options of Chipset Configuration and select NorthBridge Configuration. The highlighted part is shown in Figure 5.2. Figure 5.2...
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3. After entering the interface shown in Figure 5.3, click Internal Graphics Configuration. Figure 5.3 4. After entering the interface shown in Figure 5.4, you can use the direction keys on the keyboard to set the on-board video memory. Figure 5.4...
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5. Click Internal Graphic Mode, the interface as shown in Figure 5.5 will be popped up. If you select the Disabled mode, the output of integrated graphics card of mother board will be shut off. In this mode, the output of external graphics card should be used.