AMD 790GX manual

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 dat e: October. 200 8 Trademark: * Specifications and information contained in this docume ntation are fur nishe d for infor mation use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and shou ld not be co[...]

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 iv AMD K10 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while bu i l di n g c o m p u t e r s y s te m s. M a i n ta i ni n g t he pr o p er co mputing environment without thermal increasing is the key to[...]

1 Chapter 1 Introduction of AMD790GX Motherboards 1-1 Features of motherboard The AMD790GX chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD790GX Chipset and the SB750 chipset w hic h s u pp ort s th e i n no vat ive 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ dual core and quad core AMD Phenom™ processors and 64 -bit AMD Socket AM2+/AM2 multi-tasking Socket AM2[...]

2 Embedded USB controllers as well as capabil ity of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich conn ectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware m onitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business com puting. Some s[...]

3 Power On Button … You can easily start the com puter by pre ssing down t his button for a few seconds, without troubling y ourself to locate t he front panel jum pers to find the Power on jumper. Reset Button ..: You can e asily restart the com puter by pressin g down this button for a few se conds, without troubling y ourself to locate t he fr[...]

4 1-3 Performance List The following performance data list is the tes ting result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the diffe rent Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchm ark testing result[...]

5 1-4 Layout Diagram Rear I / O for AMD790GX based Motherboard 8MBit Flash ROM BIOS Floppy Connector Front Panel Connector ATA 133 IDE Conn. (IDE1) CPU Socket AM2+ ATX Power Conn. PCI Slot PS2 KB/Mouse Port Audio Connector ( J1 ) RJ45 Ove r USB Connector (UL1) DDR2 Socket x 4 ATX 12V Power Connecto r Realtek ALC888 Audio Decode CDIN RTL8111C Gigabi[...]

6 Jumpers Jumper Name Description Page JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7 JBAT Clear CMOS Header 3-pin Block P.7 Connectors Connector Name Description Page ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13 ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13 KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.13 CN1 for USB US[...]

7 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 dam age to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 2-1 Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had be tter complete the following steps: 1. Check motherboard jump[...]

8 3. After over clocking system boot fail CMOS RAM Clear Settin g 2-3 Closed Clear CM OS JBAT JBAT 1-2 Closed Normal 2-3 Install CPU 2-3-1 Glossary Chipset (or core logic) - two or m ore 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[...]

9 2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU This motherboard provides a socket AM2+ surface m ount, 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. The CPU that comes with the motherboard sho u ld have a cooling FAN attached [...]

10 2-4 Install Memory This motherboard provides four 240-pi n DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansi on available from minimu m memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 8GB DDRII SDRAM. Valid Memory Configurations Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1 128MB ∼ 2[...]

11 2-5 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 expans ion card such as jumpers. 2. Remove your computer’s cover and the brack et plate on the slot you intend to use. 3. Align the card’s connectors and press firm[...]

12 2-5-4 PCI Express Slot Two PCI-Express2.0 x16@8 lane graphic slot o ffer 4Gbyte/sec data tr ansfer rate at each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec conc urrent bandwidth at full speed. Two x1 PCI Express Slot offer 1024Mbyte/s ec concurrently over 7 times m ore bandwid th than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most dem anding multimed ia task[...]

13 (2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8 -pin block) : ATX12V This is a new defined 8-pins connector th at 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 consum ption. Without this connector might cause system unstable[...]

14 (7) Audio Line-In, Lin -Out, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out ， SS -Out connector : J1 These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LI NE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out  SS-Out audio connections. Line-in : (BLUE) Audio input to sound chip Line-out : (GR EEN) Audio output to speaker MIC : (PINK) Microphone Connector RS-OUT : (BLACK) Rear-Surround audio outpu[...]

15 setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings. Primary IDE Connector Pin 1 IDE1 • Two hard disks can be connected to each conne ctor. The first HDD is referred to as the “Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”. • For performance issues, we strongly sugge[...]

1 6 2-6-2 Headers (1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO These headers connect to Front Pa nel Line-out, MIC connector with cable. (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 [...]

1 7 System Case Connections HDLED RESET VCC5 GND VCC5 PWR LE D PWRBTN PWRBTN PWRLED HDDLE RSTSW NC GND JW FP Pin 1 SPEA K SPKR GND NC VCC5 Pin 1 PWR LED Pin 1 (8) FAN Power Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN 2, 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 pl[...]

18 IR infrared module Headers IR Pin 1 GND IRRX NC VCC5 IRTX 2 5 6 (11) Serial COM Port header: COM1 C O M 1 i s t h e 9 - p i n b l o c k p i n - h e a d e r . T h e O n - b o a r d s e r i a l p o r t c a n b e d isabled through BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS S ET UP ” sec tion fo r m or e detail information Ser[...]

19 2-7 Starting Up Your Computer 1. After all connection are made, cl ose your computer case cover. 2. Be sure all the switch are o ff, and check that the power s upply input voltage is set to proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V ∼ 240V or 110V ∼ 120V depending on your country’s voltage used. 3. Connect the power supply cord into t[...]

20 Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memo ry on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating syst em. When you start the computer, t h e B I OS program will gain control. The BIOS first ope rates an aut o - d ia gnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardw[...]

21 3-3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appea r on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to se lect from fourteen setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among th e item s and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. . Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Ut[...]

22 This menu uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable way. Load Optimized Defaults U s e this menu to load the BIOS def ault values these are setting f or op t i ma l p e r f o r m a n c e s s y s t e m operations for performance use. Password Settings This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password Save[...]

23 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the se lection 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 num ber of heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector num ber of sectors 3-5 [...]

24 External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled. This op tion 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 shorte n or skip som e check items during POST. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First/S[...]

25 Allows OS2 ® to be used with >64MB or DRAM. Settings are Non-O S/2 (default) and OS2. Set to OS/2 if using more than 64MB and running OS/2 ® . 3-6 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. Pho[...]

2 6 3-6-2 IGX Configuration Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IGX Configuration Item Help Iternal Graphics Mode U MA+Side port UMA frame Buffer Size Auto Frame Buffer Location A bove 4G IGX Engine Clock OVERRIDE E nabled IGX Engine Clock 700 Surround View Auto IGX Clock Speek 400MHz UMA-SP Inter leave Mode Auto Size 4MB Ratio (SP:UMA) 1:1 SP[...]

2 7 3-7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help CMIX-SB750 Revision 2.5.0 Superio Function Setup Press Enter South onchip PCI Device Press Enter South Onchip IDE Device Press Enter South Onchip SATA Device Press Enter Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save E[...]

28 (378H/IRQ7) Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP : Standard Parallel Port EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port ECP : Extended Capability Port SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP To operate the onboard parallel port as Sta ndard Parallel Port only, choose “SPP.” To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously, choose “EPP.” By choosing[...]

29 Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (W indows 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. The settings are: Auto, Disabled[...]

30 3-8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to confi gure your system to m ost effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consiste nt with your own style of computer use. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S3(STR) C2 Disabled /Enab[...]

31 month), hour, minute and second to turn on your sy stem. W hen set to 0 (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will power on your sy stem every day at the specified tim e . 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 wi[...]

32 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 Item Help Show PC Health in Post Enabled Shutdown Temperature Disabled smart FAN Configuration Press Enter Vcc3.3 3.36V [...]

33 3-11 Power User Overclock Setting Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility   Item Help CPU Feature Press Enter CPU Clock At Next BOOT 200 PCIE Reference Clock [100] SB Refence Clock 【 100 】 Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU RATIO at Next BOOT Auto AOD Compatibility[...]

34 Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility                   Item Help CPU Feature Press Enter CPU Clock At Next BOOT 200 PCIE Reference Clock [100] SB Refence Clock 【 100 】 Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU RATIO at Next BOOT Auto AOD Compatibility Disabled CPU Voltage At Next Boot Defa[...]

35 This item allows you select the CPU Vcore Volta ge xx% more than the standard value, by this function for the precise over-cloc king for extra demanding of performance. NB Voltage This item allows you to select value of Voltage for North Bridge Chipset. IH Flow-Control Mode: Isochronous (ISOC) Flow Control Mode enable will make the HT Link comm [...]

36 3-11-1 CPU Feature Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Item Help Virtualization Enabled AMD K8 Cool & Quiet control Disabled TLB Check Enabled Advanced clock calibration Disabled Value (ALL Cores) 2% Value (Cores 0) 2% Value (Cores 1) 2% Value (Cores 2) 2% Value (Cores 3) 2% Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-[...]

3 7 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 f aster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applie s only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. Row Precharge Time If an insufficient number of cycles is a[...]

38 center of the screen to assi st 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. Type th e password again and press <Enter>. You may also pr[...]

39 Chapter 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTA LL CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application progra ms 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 tha[...]

40 4-1 Install ATI Driver Pack 1. Click ATI in the MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears. 2. Click NEXT when ATI software driver pack appears. 3. Click “Yes” to accept the license agreement and start installation.. 4. click “finish” * T h e p a t h o f t h e f i l e i s X : A T I D R I V E R S E T U P . E X E NOTE: Please upgrade your Window s X[...]

41 3. Click FINISH and restart your com puter 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 Window s XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Serv ice Pack 4 or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver.[...]

42 4-3 LAN Install LAN 1 Click LAN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2. Click Next . 3 Click Install 2. Finish. 4-4 RAID Install ATI SATA Driver and Utility 1 Click RAIDDisk when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2. Install RAID Disk.[...]

43 4-5 Install PC-CILLIN 2007 Anti-virus program 1 Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2. Please select Next when the "Trend Micro internet security" install shield wizard windows appears 3. This is license agreement, select "I accept the terms in the license agreement" and Click NEXT. 4. . Click Next after you selec[...]

44 4-6 PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware monitor Utility 1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2. Click Next on Install shield wizard Window appears   3. Click Install to begin the installation. 4. Click Finish to com plete the installation. NOTE: MAGIC INSTALL w ill auto detect file path X:NF-ORCE4M YGUAR[...]

45 4-8 AMD Platform RAID Function Installation Please set these choice in the BIOS as RAID  BIOS setup Integrate d Peripherals Onchip SATA Device Onchip SATA Type. When the be low figures appeared, please p ress [Ctrl-F] into figure 2 [figure1] Function: press[1] key, show ing the RAID; press [2] key  building RAID; press [3] key, delete [...]

4 6 Press [2] key, the interfa ce 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. Set Assignment mode as [Y], press [Ctrl-Y] to keep , then figure 5 appeare[...]

4 7 [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][...]

48 Making RAID driver diskette be fore 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. 2: After b[...]

49 What functions does Pro Magic Plus have? 1. Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install Pro Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instan tly restore your system back by simply reboot your computer. 2. Eas y-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse 3. System Uninstall – Pro Magic provid[...]

50  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. Pro Magic Plus does not support multiple PRI parti[...]

51 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 C0 Turn Off Chipset And CPU test OEM Specific-Cache control cache Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification. Tests the following processor status flags: Carry, zer[...]

52 B Onboard Audio init Onboard audio controller initialize if exist C Reserved D Reserved E CheckSum Check Check the intergraty of the ROM,BIOS and message F Reserved 10 Auto detec EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash write/erase routines to 0F000h segments 11 Reserved 12 Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS 13 Reserved 14 Chipset Defa[...]

53 3C Test Timer Counter 2 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2. 3D Reserved 3E Test 8259-1 Mask Bits Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines. 3F Reserved 40 Test 8259-2 Mask Bits Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines. 41 Reserved 42 Reserved 43 Tes[...]

54 vectors. 64 Reserved 65 PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port 66 Reserved 67 ACPI init ACPI sub-system initializing 68 Reserved 69 Setup Cache Controller Initialize cache controller. 6A Reserved 6B Setup Entering Enter setup check and auto- configuration check up 6C Reserved 6D Initialize Floppy Drive & Controller Initialize [...]

55 94 Final Init Final init for last micro details before boot 95 Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot Setup NumLock status according to Setup 96 Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h. FF Boot Quick POST Codes Code(hex) Name Description 65 Init onboard device Early Initialized the super IO Reset Video controller Keyboard controller ini[...]

56 70 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 71 Setup Cache Controller Initialize cache controller. 72 Install FDD Enter setup check and auto- configuration check up Initialize floppy disk dr[...]

5 7 Reset Video controller Keyboard controller init Test the Keyboard Initilized the mouse 5B Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS 5C Chipset default Prog Program the chipset registers with CMOS values. Init onboard clock generator 5D Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache 5E Setup Interrupt Vector Table Initialize first 1[...]

58 FF Boot Load boot sector[...]