User manual GIGABYTE GA-A55M-S2H

[. . . ] 1001 12ME-A55MS2H-1001R Motherboard GA-A55M-S2H Motherboard GA-A55M-S2H Jun. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to their respective owners. Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by copyright laws and is the property of GIGABYTE. Changes to the specifications and features in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without prior notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in any form or by any means without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. [. . . ] If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. (Refer to the "Load Optimized Defaults" section in this chapter or introductions of the battery/ clearing CMOS jumper in Chapter 1 for how to clear the CMOS values. ) 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. A. TheLOGOScreen(Default): Function Keys B. ThePOSTScreen Award Modular BIOS v6. 00PG Copyright (C) 1984-2011, Award Software, Inc. <DEL>: BIOS Setup <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash 06/01/2011-Llano-Hudson-7A66HG06C-00 Motherboard Model BIOS Version Function Keys - 23 - BIOS Setup 2-2 The Main Menu Once you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as shown below) appears on the screen. Use arrow keys to move among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter a sub-menu. (SampleBIOSVersion:E6) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M. I. T. ) Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status : Select Item F10: Save & Exit Setup Change CPU's Clock & Voltage Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F11: Save CMOS to BIOS F12: Load CMOS from BIOS ESC: Quit F8: Q-Flash · If you do not find the settings you want in the Main Menu or a submenu, press <Ctrl>+<F1> to access more advanced options. · When the system is not stable as usual, select the LoadOptimizedDefaults item to set your system to its defaults. · The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by BIOS version. TheFunctionsofthe<F11>and<F12>keys(FortheMainMenuOnly) F11:SaveCMOStoBIOS This function allows you to save the current BIOS settings to a profile. First enter the profile name (to erase the default profile name, use the SPACE key) and then press <Enter> to complete. F12:LoadCMOSfromBIOS If your system becomes unstable and you have loaded the BIOS default settings, you can use this function to load the BIOS settings from a profile created before, without the hassles of reconfiguring the BIOS settings. First select the profile you wish to load, then press <Enter> to complete. BIOS Setup - 24 - 2-3 MBIntelligentTweaker(M. I. T. ) IGXConfiguration CPUClockRatio CPU NorthBridge Freq. Core Performance Boost (Note) CPB Ratio (Note) CPUHostClockControl x CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIeSpreadSpectrum SetMemoryClock x Memory Clock DRAMConfiguration ******** System Voltage Optimized ******** SystemVoltageControl x FCH Voltage Control x CPU PLL Voltage Control x DDR3 Voltage Control x DDR VTT Voltage Control x CPU NB VID Control x CPU Voltage Control Normal CPU Vcore Enter: Select : Move F5: Previous Values CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker(M. I. T. ) [PressEnter] [Auto] 2400Mhz [Auto] [Enabled] [Auto] 2400Mhz [Auto] 100 [Disabled] [Auto] x6. 66 1333Mhz [PressEnter] [Auto] Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto 1. 3750V F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Item Help Menu Level +/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults · Whether the system will work stably with the overclock/overvoltage settings you made is dependent on your overall system configurations. Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. This page is for advanced users only and we recommend you not to alter the default settings to prevent system instability or other unexpected results. (Inadequately altering the settings may result in system's failure to boot. If this occurs, clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. ) · When the System Voltage Optimized item blinks in red, it is recommended that you set the System Voltage Control item to Auto to optimize the system voltage settings. IGXConfiguration CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software IGXConfiguration UMAFrameBufferSize VGACoreClockcontrol x VGA Core Clock(MHz) [Auto] [Auto] 600 Item Help Menu Level Enter: Select : Move F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults UMAFrameBufferSize VGA Core Clock control VGACoreClock(MHz) Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller. This item is configurable only if the VGA Core Clock control option is set to Manual. This item is present only when you install a CPU that supports this feature. - 25 BIOS Setup (Note) CPU Clock Ratio CPUNorthBridgeFreq. Allows you to alter the clock ratio for the installed CPU. Allows you to alter the frequency of the CPU North Bridge controller. Core Performance Boost(Note) CPB Ratio(Note) Allows you to determine whether to enable the Core Performance Boost (CPB) technology, a CPU performance-boost technology. Auto (default) allows the BIOS to automatically adjust the CPU host frequency. Note: If your system fails to boot after overclocking, please wait for 20 seconds to allow for automated system reboot, or clear the CMOS values to reset the board to default values. This option is configurable only when CPU Host Clock Control is set to Manual. Important It is highly recommended that the CPU frequency be set in accordance with the CPU specifications. [. . . ] If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare only one hard drive. · A USB floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) · An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) ConfiguringtheOnboardSATAController A. InstallingSATAharddrive(s)inyourcomputer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive. B. ConfiguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. For the BIOS Setup menus, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup, " "Integrated Peripherals. " - 39 Appendix Steps: 1. [. . . ]