Biostar A880GZ Ver. 6.x manual

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A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 1 CH A PT E R 1: I N T RODUCT I O N 1.1 B EFO RE Y OU S TA RT T hank yo u fo r cho os ing our p rod uc t. Befo re you s tart ins tal l i ng t he m o the rb oa rd , p leas e m ak e s ure yo u fo llo w t he in st ruc tio n s b elo w :  Prepare a dry an d s table worki ng en vironment with su ff i ci e n t li gh t i n g.  A l w[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 2 1.3 M OTH E RB OAR D F EAT U RES A880G U 3Z A880GZ CP U Soc ke t AM3+ AM D Sem pron /Athl on I I /P h en om II/ FX pr oc e ssor s AM D 64 A r ch i tec t ur e e nab les 32 and 64 b i t co mpu t ing Supports H ype r T ra nspo rt 3. 0 a nd Co ol = n = Qu iet ( M ax im um Wa t t: 125W ) Soc ke t AM3+ AM D Sem pron /Athl on I I [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 3 A880G U 3Z A880GZ SAT A Connector x 4 SAT A Connector x 4 F ront P a n el Con nec tor x1 Fr ont P a n el Con nec tor x1 F ront Au di o Conn e ctor x1 Fr ont Au di o Conn e ctor x1 S/P D I F Out Co nnec to r x 1 S/P D I F Out Co nnec to r x 1 CP U F an H e ad e r x1 CP U F an H e ad e r x1 Sy s te m F an Hea de r x1 Sy s te m Fa [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 4 1.5 M OTHE RB OAR D L AYO U T U SBK BMS 1 HDM I1 VGA1 DV I1 RJ 4 5 US B1 A UDI O 1 JU SBV 1 J U SB V3 LAN Codec Su pe r I / O F_ AUD I O 1 JS P DIF OUT1 CI R 1 J_P R IN T 1 J_ CO M 1 F_ USB1 JU SB V2 F_U S B 2 SYS_FAN1 PA N E L1 SA T A1 SA T A2 BI OS SA T A3 SA T A4 JCM O S 1 BA T 1 AT XP W R 1 D3 _ 1 DR A D3 _ 1 DR B CP U_[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 5 CH A PT ER 2 : HA RDW ARE INS T A LLA T ION 2. 1 I NST AL LING C ENTR AL P RO CESSING U NIT (CPU) Step 1: Pul l t h e l e v er t owar d direct ion A f rom the s ocket a n d th e n r aise t h e le v er u p t o a 90- degree an gle. Step 2: Look f or t h e w h it e tr ian g le o n s ocket , an d t h e gold tr ia n gle o n CP U s ho[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 6 Step 3: H ol d th e CP U do w n fi rm l y , an d th e n cl ose th e l e v er to war d d i rec t B to c om pl ete th e in sta l l ati on . Step 4: P u t th e C P U F a n on th e CP U a n d bu ck le i t. C o n n ec t th e C P U F A N pow er cable to t h e CPU _F A N1. Th is co mpletes t h e in sta l l ati o n .[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 7 2. 2 F AN H EA D ERS Th es e f an h eader s suppor t c ool i n g- f an s b uilt i n t h e co mp u t er. Th e f an cable a n d co nn ect or m ay be dif fer en t accordin g t o th e f an ma nu f act u r er. Co nn ec t t h e f an c able t o t h e conn ect or w h i le m at c h i n g t h e black w ire t o pi n #1. CPU_F A N1: CPU F a[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 8 2. 3 I NST AL LING S YS TE M M EMO RY A . Memo r y Mo dules DDR B 3_ 1 D3 _ A 1 R D 1. Unl ock a D I M M slot by p res sin g t he ret ain i ng clips o u t war d. Align a D IMM o n th e s l ot s u c h th at th e n o tc h o n th e D IMM m atc h es th e break on t h e S lot. 2. I n ser t th e DI MM v er ticall y and firmly in [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 9 B. Mem o ry C apacit y DIMM Socke t Location DDR3 Module To ta l M e m o ry Size DDR3_A 1 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB DDR3_B1 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB Max is 8GB. C. Du al Channel Mem o ry installatio n Please refer to the following requirem ents to activate Dual Channel function: I nstall m e m ory m odule of the sa m e density in pairs, shown [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 10 2. 4 C O NNEC T O RS AND S LOT S SA T A1~ S A T A 4: Serial A T A Con nec tor s T he m otherboard has a PCI to S A TA Controller with 4 channels SA TA interface, it satisfies the SA TA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s. Pin A ssign m ent 1 Ground 2 TX + 3 TX - 4 Ground 5 RX - 6 RX + 1 4 7 SA T A4 SA T A3 SA T A2 S[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 11 AT XP W R1 : AT X P o w e r So u rc e C o n n e c t o r T his connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the A T X power supply . 1 12 13 24 Pin As s ignm ent P in A s s ignm ent 13 +3.3V 1 + 3.3V 14 -12V 2 + 3.3V 15 Ground 3 Ground 16 P S_ON 4 + 5V 17 Ground 5 Ground 18 Ground 6 + 5V 19 Ground 7 Ground 20 N C 8[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 12 P EX 16_1: PC I-Expr es s Ge n 2 x16 Slot - PCI -E x press 2.0 co m pliant. - Max i m u m theoretical reali z ed bandwidth of 8GB/s si m ultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 16GB/s totally . PEX 16 _1 P CI 1 ~PCI 2: P eriphe r a l Co mpone n t I nterco nnec t Slots T his m otherboard is equipped with 2 standard P[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 13 C H A P T ER 3: H EA DER S & J UM P ERS SE T UP 3.1 H OW TO S ETU P J UMP ERS T h e il lu stra ti o n s h ows h ow to se t u p j um pe rs. W h e n th e jum pe r ca p is placed o n pi n s , t h e j um per is “close” , if n ot , t h at mea n s t h e j um per is “open ” . Pin ope n ed Pi n closed Pin 1- 2 closed 3.2 D [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 14 F _USB1/F_U S B 2: Headers for USB 2. 0 P or ts at F r ont Panel T his header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader . Pin A ssign m ent 1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused) 3 U S B - 4 U S B - 5 U S B + 6 U S B + 7 Ground 8 Ground[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 15 JSPDI F OU T 1: Digi tal A udio- out Conn ec to r T his connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDI F output header . Pin A ssign m ent 1 +5V 2 S PD I F_OU T 13 3 Ground F _A U DIO1: Fron t P anel A udio Header T his header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel. T his header allow[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 16 JCM OS1: Clear C MOS Header Placing the jum per on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the B I OS safe setting and the CMOS data. Please carefully follow the procedures to avoid dam aging the m otherboard. 1 3 P in 1-2 Cl os e : N ormal Operation (def ault). 1 3 1 3 P in 2-3 Cl os e : Cl ear CM OS dat a. ※ Clea r CM OS P r[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 17 J_P R I NT 1: P r inter P or t Conn e ctor T his header allows you to connector printer on the PC. 12 5 2 26 Pin Assignme nt Pin Assignme nt 1 -S trobe 14 Ground 2 -A LF 15 Data 6 3 Data 0 16 Ground 4 -Error 17 Data 7 5 Data 1 18 Ground 6 -I nit 19 -A CK 7 Data 2 20 Ground 8 -Scltin 21 Busy 9 Data 3 22 Ground 10 Ground 23 PE 1 [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 18 CH A PT E R 4: RA I D FUNCT I O NS 4. 1 O PERAT I NG S YS TEM Supports Windows X P , Windows V ista, and Windows 7. 4. 2 R AI D A RRA Y S RAI D supports the following types of R AI D arrays: RAID 0: RA ID 0 defi nes a di sk stri p i n g scheme that i mproves di sk read and wri te ti mes for many appl i cat i ons. RAID 1: R[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 19 RA ID 1: Every read and wri te i s actuall y carr i ed out i n parall e l across 2 di sk dri ves i n a RA ID 1 array system. T he mi rrored (backup) copy of the data can resi de on the same di sk or on a second redundant dri ve i n the array. RA ID 1 provi des a hot-standby copy of data i f the acti ve vol ume or dri ve i s cor[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 20 RA ID 10 : RA ID 1 dri ves can be stri pped usi n g RA ID 0 techni ques. Resul t i n g i n a RA ID 10 sol ut i on for i mproved resili ency, performance and rebui l d performance. Features and Ben ef its - Driv es: Mini m u m 4, and m a x i m u m is 6 or 8, depending on the platfor m . - Benefits: Optim i z es for both fau[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 21 RA ID 5: RA ID 5 str i pes both data and par i ty i nformat i on across three or more dri ves. It wr i tes data and pari ty bl ocks across all the dri ves i n the array. Faul t tol erance i s ma i nta i ned by ensuri n g that the pari ty i nformati on for any g i ven bl ock of data i s pl aced on a di fferent dri ve from those [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 22 CH A PT ER 5 : USEFUL HE LP 5.1 D RI VER I N STA LL A TI ON N OTE Aft er you in stalled yo u r operat i n g syst em , pl ease i n ser t t h e Full y Set u p Dri v er C D i n t o you r opt ical dr i v e a n d i n st all t h e dri v er f or better sys t em perf or m an ce. Y ou w ill se e t he f ollo w i ng w indow a f t er [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 23 5.2 S OFTWA RE In sta llin g Soft ware 1. I n ser t th e Set u p C D t o th e opt ical drive. Th e dr i vers i n st al l at io n pr ogram w ou ld appear i f t h e A u t or un f un ct io n h as bee n e n abl ed. 2. Sel ect So ft war e In s tal la t io n , an d th en c l i ck o n th e r es pe ctiv e so ftw a re ti tl e. 3 . F ol [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 24 Af t e r f illi n g u p t his i n f o r mat io n , c lick “ Send ” t o sen d t h e ma il o u t . A w ar n i n g dia log w oul d appear as ki n g f or you r con f irmatio n ; cli ck “ Se nd ” to co n fi rm or “ Do Not Sen d ” to ca n ce l . If yo u wan t to s av e th is i n form a tion to a . tx t fi l e, cl ic [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 25 BI OS U pdate BIO S U pdat e is a conv e nie n t u t i li t y w hic h all ow s yo u t o u pdat e you r m ot her board BIO S un der W i ndow s syst em . Up d a t e B I OS wit h a BIO S file Cle ar C MOS func ti on ( O n l y for AW ARD BIOS) S how c urrent BIO S informat i on S a ve cur re nt B IOS to a . bin f ile A W AR D BIO S[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 26 <U p da te B IOS> Befor e doin g t h is, please dow n load t h e proper BIO S f i le from th e w ebsite. For A WA RD B I OS, update B I OS procedure should be run with Clear CMOS function, so please check on Clear CMOS first. T hen click Update BI OS button, a dialog will show for asking you backup current BI OS. Cli[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 27 5.3 E XTRA I N F ORM ATI ON CP U O v er he at ed If th e syst em shu t down a u t omatically aft er power on syst em for se co n d s, th a t m eans th e C PU pr ote cti on fun c ti on h as be en ac ti v a ted . Wh e n t he CP U is o v er h eat ed, t h e mot h er board w ill s hutd ow n au to ma t ically t o av oid a damage of t[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 28 BIO- Fl as her BI O-Flasher is a B I OS flashing utility providing you an easy and si m ple way to update your BI OS via USB pen drive or floppy disk. T he BI O-Flasher is built in the BI OS chip. T o enter the utility , pre ss < F12> during the Po we r-On S e lf T e st s (POST) procedure while booting up. Updating B[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 29 5.4 AMI BI O S B EEP C OD E Boo t Bl o ck Bee p Codes Num b e r of B ee ps De scription 1 No m edia present. ( I nsert diskette in floppy drive A :) 2 “ A MI BOOT .ROM” file not found in root directory of diskette in A: 3 I nsert ne x t diskette if m ultiple diskettes are used for recovery 4 Flash Programm ing successful 5 [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 30 5.5 T ROUBLESHOO TIN G Probable Solution 1. T here is no power in the system . Power LED does not shine; the fan of the power supply does not work 2. I ndicator light on keyboard does not shine. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical support. System is inoperative. Keyboard [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 31 This page is in t en t i o n al l y l ef t blan k.[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 32 AP P E NDIX : S P E C IN OT HE R LA NG U A G ES G ERM AN A880G U 3Z A880GZ CP U Soc kel A M 3 + AM D Se m pron/ Athl on I I /P he nom I I/ FX Pro z es s o r en D ie A M D 6 4- A r ch i t e kt u r u nt ers t üt z t ein e 3 2 - B i t - und 64- Bi t -Datenv er a rb e i t ung U nte rstü t zt H y pe r T ra nsp ort 3. 0 un d C[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 33 A880G U 3Z A880GZ SA T A - Ansc hl uss x 4 SA T A - Ansc hl uss x 4 F rontta fela nschl uss x1 F rontta fela nschl uss x1 F ront-Au di oa nsc hl uss x 1 F ront-Au di oa nsc hl uss x 1 S/ P D I F- A usg a ng sa nsc h l u ss x1 S/ P D I F- A usg a ng sa nsc h l u ss x1 CP U-Lüfter-So c kel x 1 CP U-Lüfter-So c kel x 1 Sy s te m[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 34 F REN C H A880G U 3Z A880GZ UC Soc ke t AM3+ P roce ss e ur s AM D Sem pron /Athl on II / P h e nom II/F X L 'arc h it ec t ur e A M D 64 p er m et l e c al cu l 32 et 64 bi t s Pren d en ch a rg e Hyp er Tr ans p o r t 3 .0 et Coo l ’n’Qu i et (Wa tt maximu m : 125W ) Soc ke t AM3+ P roce ss e ur s AM D Sem pron [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 35 A880G U 3Z A880GZ Connecte ur S A T A x 4 Co nne cteur SA T A x 4 Connecte ur du pann e au avant x 1 C onnec t e ur du pann e au a v ant x 1 Connecte ur A ud i o du p anneau a va nt x1 Co nne cteur Aud i o du p anneau a va nt x 1 Co nnec t eur d e so rti e S /PD I F x 1 Co nnec t eur d e so rt ie S / P D I F x1 Em ba s e de v e[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 36 I TA LI AN A880G U 3Z A880GZ CP U So c ke t A M3 + P roc e s s o ri AM D Se m pr o n/ A thl on I I / P he n om II/ F X L’ a r ch it et t u r a A MD 6 4 a b il it a la com put a z i o ne 32 e 64 bi t Supp ort o di H ype r T ra nsp o rt 3. 0 e Coo l ’n’Qui et (Wa tt mass i m o : 1 2 5W ) So c ke t A M3 + P roc e s s o [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 37 A880G U 3Z A880GZ C o n n ett o r e SATA x 4 C o n n ett o r e SATA x 4 Connet t ore pa nnel l o fro ntal e x 1 Co nne tto re panne l l o front a l e x 1 Con ne t tore a udi o fr on tal e x1 Con ne t tor e a udi o fr on ta l e x 1 Connet t ore o utp u t SPDI F x 1 Connet t ore o utpu t SPDI F x 1 C o lle t t o r e v en t o lin [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 38 S PA NIS H A880G U 3Z A880GZ CP U Conec to r AM 3 + P roc esa dore s AM D Se m pron / Athl on I I / P he nom II /F X La ar qu i t ectura A M D 64 pe rmi t e el proce sado de 32 y 64 b i ts Sop or ta l a s tec n o l ogí a s Hy p e r T r a nsp or t 3 .0 y Coo l ’n’Qu i et (V at i o má x imo: 125W ) Conec to r AM 3 + P [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 39 A880G U 3Z A880GZ Conec to r SA T A X4 Conec to r SA T A X 4 Conector de p anel f ro nta l X1 Conector de p anel f ro nta l X1 Co ne cto r de s o ni do fro nta l X1 Co ne cto r de so ni d o fro nta l X 1 Co ne cto r de s a li d a S/ P D I F X1 Co ne cto r de sa li d a S/ P D I F X1 Ca be c era de ve nt ilador de C P U X1 Cabec [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 40 P OR TUGU ES E A880G U 3Z A880GZ CP U Soc ke t AM3+ P roc e ssa dore s AM D Se m pr on/ At hl on I I / P he nom II / F X A a r q ui t e c tu ra AM D 6 4 p e rmi te um a com put ação d e 32 e 64 b i ts S u po r t a as t e cno lo g ias H yp e r Tran s p o rt 3 .0 e Coo l ’n’Qu i et (W at t m áx imo : 1 2 5W ) Soc ke t[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 41 A880G U 3Z A880GZ Conec to r SA T A x 4 Conec to r SA T A x 4 Co ne cto r do p ai ne l fro nta l x 1 C onec t or do pa i ne l front al x 1 Con ec tor de á udi o fr ontal x1 Cone c tor d e á ud i o fr ontal x1 Conec tor de saí d a S/ P D I F x1 Conec tor de saí d a S/ P D I F x 1 Conector da v e nt o i nha d a C P U x 1 Co n[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 42 P OL I SH A880G U 3Z A880GZ P roce sor Soc ke t AM3+ AM D Sem pron /Athl on I I /P h en om II/ FX P roce sory Arc h i te k tur a AM D 64 um o ż l iwi a p rze twa r za n ie 32 i 64 b i to w e Obs ł uga Hy pe r T ran s por t 3. 0 or a z Cool ’n’Q u i e t ( M a ksyma l n y Wa t t: 125W ) Soc ke t AM3+ AM D Sem pron /Ath[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 43 A880G U 3Z A880GZ Z łą cz e S AT A x 4 Z łą cze S ATA x 4 Z łą c z e p anela przedn ie go x 1 Z łą c z e p an e la przedn ie go x 1 Prz ed n ie z łą cz e aud io x 1 Pr z edn i e z łą cz e aud io x 1 Z łą cz e wyj ś cia S/P D I F x1 Z łą cz e wyj ś ci a S/P D I F x1 Z łą cz e g ł ó w k owe w e ntyla tora pr[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 44 R USSIAN A880G U 3Z A880GZ CP U ( це н т р а л ь ны й пр оц е ссор ) Гнез до AM 3+ Пр оц е с сор ы AM D Se m pr on/ A thl on I I /P he nom II / F X А рх ит ектур а A M D 64 ра з реш а т ь обра ботка данных на 32 и 64 би т П оддержка Hy pe[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 45 A880G U 3Z A880GZ Ра зъ ё м SA T A x4 Ра зъ ём SA T A x 4 Ра зъ ё м на лице в о й панели x1 Ра зъ ём на лице в ой па нели x1 Входной звуко во й ра з ъё м x1 Входной звуко во й ра з ъё м x1 Ра зъ ё м вы во д а дл я S/ P[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 46 A RA BIC A880GZ A880G U 3Z ﺲﺒ ﻘﻣ A ﺲﺒ ﻘﻣ AM 3+ تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻣ AM D Sem pron / Ath l on I I /P h en om II/ FX ﺔﻴﻨ ﻘ ﺗ ﻦﻜﻤﺗ AM D 64 ﺔﻋﺮ ﺴﺏ ﺔﻴﺏﻮ ﺳﺎ ﺤﻟ ا ت ﺎﻴ ﻠﻤﻌﻟا ءاﺮﺝ إ 32 و 64 ﺖﺏ ﺔﻴ ﻨﻘ ﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ Hyp er Tran s p o r t[...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 47 A880GZ A880G U 3Z ﺬﻔ ﻨ ﻣ SA T A دﺪﻋ 4 ﺬﻔ ﻨ ﻣ SA T A دﺪﻋ 4 ﺔ ﻴ ﻣﺎ ﻣﻷ ا ﺔ ﺡﻮ ﻠﻟا ﺬﻔ ﻨ ﻣ دﺪ ﻋ 1 ﺔ ﻴ ﻣﺎ ﻣﻷ ا ﺔ ﺡﻮ ﻠﻟا ﺬﻔ ﻨ ﻣ دﺪ ﻋ 1 ﻲﻣ ﺎ ﻣ ﻷا تﻮ ﺼﻟ ا ﺬﻔ ﻨ ﻣ دﺪ ﻋ 1 ﻲﻣ ﺎ ﻣ ﻷا تﻮ ﺼﻟ ا [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 48 J APA NES E A880G U 3Z A880GZ CP U Soc ke t AM3+ AM D Sem pron /Athl on I I /P h en om II/ FX プロ セッ サ AM D 64 ア ーキ テクチ ャで は、 32 ビ ットと 64 ビッ ト計 算が可 能です ハイパ ートラ ンス ポート 3.0 と クー ルアン ドク ワイア ットを サポー トし ます ( [...]

A880GU 3Z/A8 80GZ 49 A880G U 3Z A880GZ SA T A コネクタ x4 SA T A コネクタ x4 フロン トパネ ルコ ネクタ x1 フロン トパネ ルコ ネクタ x1 フロン トオー ディ オコネ クタ x1 フロン トオー ディ オコネ クタ x1 S/ P D I F アウト コネ クタ x1 S / P D I F アウト コネ クタ x1 CP U ファ ?[...]