AMD 880G User manual

USER'S MANUAL
Of
AMD 880G & AMD SB710
Based
M/B For M/B for Socket AM3 Series
AMD Processor
NO. G03-HZ03-F
Rev
： 1.0
Release date: May, 2010
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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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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Environmental Safety Instruction
zAvoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in any
area where it may become wet.
z0 to 40 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request of
the main chipset)
zGenerally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact malfunction
and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from the welding
spots’ that connect components and PCB. Computer should go through an adaptive
phase before it boots when it is moved from a cold environment to a warmer one to
avoid condensation phenomenon. These water drops attached on PCB or the surface
of the components can bring about phenomena as minor as computer instability
resulted from corrosion and oxidation from components and PCB or as major as short
circuit that can burn the components. Suggest starting the computer until the
temperature goes up.
zThe increasing temperature of the capacitor may decrease the life of computer. Using
the close case may decrease the life of other device because the higher temperature in
the inner of the case.
zAttention to the heat sink when you over-clocking. The higher temperature may
decrease the life of the device and burned the capacitor.

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USER’S NOTICE.........................................................................................................iii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.........................................................................iii
COOLING SOLUTIONS ..............................................................................................iii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTIONOF AMD 880G MOTHERBOARDS
1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD .............................................................................1
1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD...............................................2
1-2 SPECIFICATION.........................................................................................................4
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST................................................................................................5
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM....................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS.......................................................................8
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................8
2-3 INSTALL CPU.............................................................................................................9
2-3-1 GLOSSARY...................................................................................................9
2-3-2 ABOUT AMD AM3 CPU ISNSTALLATION..............................................10
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY ....................................................................................................11
2-5 EXPANSION CARDS..................................................................................................12
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION..........................12
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD ..............................................12
2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT....................................................................................12
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS......................................................................................13
2-6-1 CONNECTORS .............................................................................................13
2-6-2 HEADERS .....................................................................................................16
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ...........................................................................19
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP.....................................................................................................20
3-2 GETTING HELP ..........................................................................................................20
3-3 THE MAIN MENU........................................................................................................21
3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES ..................................................................................22
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES..................................................................................23
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES...........................................................................24
3-6-1 INTERNAL GRAPHICS CONFIGURATION ................................................24
3-6-2 PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION ..............................................................25
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................................25
3-7-1 ONBOARD SATA DEVICE..........................................................................26
3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE CONTROL..................................................................26
3-7-3 SUPER IO CONFIGURATION.....................................................................27
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...............................................................................28
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION.....................................................................29
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ...............................................................................................30
3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATION .................................................................30
3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS........................................................................30
3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING..................................................................31
3-12-1 CPU CONFIGURATION................................................................................32
3-12-2 MEMORY CONFIGURATION........................................................................33
3-13 BIOS SECURITY OPTIONS......................................................................................34
3-14 LOAD OPTIMAL/STANDARD DEFAULTS...............................................................35
3-15 SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT/DISCARD AND EXIT....................................................35
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 2000/XP/VISTA/7
4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK.......................................................................37
4-2 SOUND INSTALL HD AUDIO CODEC DRIVER....................................................38
4-3 LAN INSTALL GIGABIT ETHERNET NIC DRIVER.................................................39
4-4 RAIDDISK INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY.........................................39
4-5 NORTON INSTALL NORTON 2009 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM..................................40
4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY..................40
4-7 FUSION IDOWNLOAD FUSION DRIVERS AND TOOLS ......................................40
4-8 HDMI INSTALL ATI HDMI AUDIO DRIVER ............................................................41
4-9 OVERCLOCK INSTALL OVER CLOCK DRIVER UTILITY.......................................41
TABLE OF CONTENT

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4-10 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS ............................................................................................42
4-11 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION ..............................................43
4-12 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION.....................................................47
4-13 G.P.I FUNCTION LED DISPLAY................................................................................48
APPENDIX I..........................................................................................................................49
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 THIS MOTHERBOARD AND
WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT
ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF
PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND
THE LIKE).
PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE
REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND
THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S
BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.
Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
1.0 First Edition May, 2010
Item Checklist
5AMD 880G Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard
5DVD for motherboard utilities
5Switch Card
5User’s Manual
54 in 1 cable package
AMD AM3 Processor Family
Cooling Solutions
As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing
operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer
systems. Maintaining the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to
reliable, stable, and 24 hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor
below its specified maximum case temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat
dissipation through increasing surface area and concentrated airflow from attached active
cooling fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the
processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the use of thermal
grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.
Please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for
Socket AM3 processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a
comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support AM3 processors.

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Chapter 1
Introduction of AMD 880G Motherboards
1-1 Features of motherboard
The AMD 880G chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD 880G
Chipset and the SB710 chipset which supports the following AM3 CPU in the 125W
range: Phenom II x 4；Phenom II x 3；Phenom II x2；Athlon II x4；Athlon II x3；Athlon
II x2；Sempron. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDRIII memory
controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system bus up to
HT 3.0. AMD 880G Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the
outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution.
The AMD 880G Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM3
processors with an integrated DDRIII memory controller for Dual channel DDRIII800
/DDRIII1066/ DDRIII1333/DDRIII1600 DDRIII Module up to 8GB, also provide a
DDRIII 128Mb GPU Memory. The motherboard is embedded with SB710 chipset of
providing ULTRA ATA 133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1, 10 functions
which support up to one IDE and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk
drives and guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing
performance.
The AMD 880G motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with PCI-E Gigabit
LAN which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded
8-channel HD Audio CODEC offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying
software compatibility.
The AMD 880G Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for
gamers, with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high
bandwidth architecture in the AMD 880G chipset is with the flexibility for single or dual
card or three cards configurations. The AMD 880G chipset provide 2 x16by8 lane PCI
Express slots to support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing
performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics.
AMD 880G Series motherboard series offer one PCI-Express2.0x16 by 8 lane
graphics slots. The AMD 880G motherboards also carry one PCI Express slot and
one 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. This
motherboard support Hybrid CrossFire function: when this function is selected
through BIOS setting, the VGA Card on PE1 and the integrated graphics chip together
will activate a Hybrid CrossFire with and the performance will be increased 15% to
75%.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 8 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

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monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your
non-stop business computing.
Some special features--- CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift / CPU Smart
Fan /OC-CON/Debug Port/3D Audio/ G.P.I Function /DIY Clear / Power On
Button/ Reset Button. in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the
over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the
over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard
provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation
computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities
of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed
descriptions of these value added product features, please get them in the coming
section.
1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard
CPU Thermal Throttling Technology…(The CPU Overheat Protection Technology)
To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at
high workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter
partially idle mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating
temperature in BIOS (from 40℃to 90℃). When the system senses the CPU
operating temperature reaching the preset value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be
decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool down the processor. When at
throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it is in working.
CPU Smart Fan--- The Noise Management System
It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its
acoustics. CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the
noise level needed for now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system
will automatically increase the fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after
the CPU is in normal operating condition, the system will low down the fan speed for
the silent operating environment. The system can provide the much longer life cycle
for both CPU and the system fans for game use and business requirements.
CPU Vcore 7-Shift--- Shift to Higher Performance
The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 7 stages for the precisely over-clocking of
extra demanding computing performance.
Debug Port--- The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System
Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no
more, the embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system
healthy for th e demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system
failure and no more time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business
computing, the embedded Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware
professional with the seeing system situation. (The Post Code please refer Appendix)
OC-CON ---High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors
The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees
Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be
while reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time,

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intact extension 10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees
Centigrade of working temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline
10% only too.
G.P.I. Function—Green power indicator function
The full name of G.P.I technology is Green Power Indicator technology, obviously
technology utilized to low power consumption. G.P.I is a technology with remarkable
power saving function.
3D Audio—(3D Audio Sound Effect)
OP with two-stage Butterworth filter and quadruple noninverting amplifier enhances
bass effect under the 100MHz range to perfect audio effect, brings you stunning
shock experience in video game, true-to-life simulated feeling when watching films
and the greatest touch as that in the concert. There is a 3D Audio button integrated on
the board. Press down the button to enable 3D audio effect or press again to disabled
it.
DIY Clear
These CMOS Buttons (CMOS1, CMOS2) are to facilitate the clear COMS process for
power user overclocking function. The user can easily clear or restore COMS settings
by pressing down the button, without taking trouble to remove the case and locate the
jumper for clear CMOS. （Please remove or turn off the power supply before CMOS
clear）
Power on Button
You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds,
without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on
jumper.
Reset Button
You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds,
without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.

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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design zMicro-ATX form factor; PCB size: 24.5cm*24.5cm
Chipset zAMD 880G North Bridge Chipset
zAMD SB710 South Bridge Chipset
CPU Socket
zPhenom II x 4；Phenom II x 3；Phenom II x2；Athlon II x4；Athlon
II x3；Athlon II x2；Sempron series AM3 CPU in the 125W range:
zSupport HT 3.0
Memory Slot
z240-pin DDRIII Module socket x 4
zSupport 2pcs DDRIII800/DDRIII1066/DDRIII1333/DDRIII1600
Modules Expandable to 8GB
zDual channel supported
Expansion Slot
zPCI-Express 2.0 x16 by 8 lane 2 pcs
zPCI-Express x1 slot 1pcs
z32-bit PCI slot x 1pcs
Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA2 RAID
zOne IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA
and the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that deliver the data
transfer rate up to 133 MB/s for IDE Devices and for 6 Serial ATA2
ports providing 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 10
functions
Gigabit LAN
zIntegrated RTL8111DL PCI-E 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN.
zSupport Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing
10Mb/100Mb/1000 Mb/s data transfer rate
8 CH-Audio
zRealtek ALC883 HD Audio 8-channel Audio Codec integrated
zSupport 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio
zAudio driver and utility included
BIOS zAMI 8MB Flash DIP ROM BIOS
Multi I/O
zPS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
zHDMI connector x1
zVGA connector x1
zDVI connector x1
zUSB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 2
zAudio connector x1 (8CH Audio)
zSerial port header x1
zHDMI-SPDIF header x1
zIR header x1
zCDIN Connector x1

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1-3 Performance List
The following performance data list is the testing 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 different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
Performance Test Report
CPU: AMD ATHLON M3 435
DRAM: DDR3 SAMSUNG 1066 1G
VGA Card: ONBOARDVGA
Hard Disk Driver: ST80G SATA
BIOS: T02
OS: Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)
AMD 880G
3DMark Vantage N/A
3D Mark 2006 2859
3D Mark 2005 4730
AQUAMRK3 N/A
PCMark2005
System / CPU / Memory 6873/7985/4903
Graph / HDD 3253/5047
Content Creation Winstone 2004 31.9
Business Winstone 2004 26.0
Winbench 99 V2.0:
Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99 31600
Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark N/A
SYSMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )
SySMark 2004 357/244
3D Creation / 2D Creation 214/611
/ Web publication 441
Communication / Document Creation 163/302
/ Data Analysis 295
SISOFT Sandra 2005 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark
3.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark ver:1140
1. Dhrystone ALU MIPS 27.75GIPS
Whetstone FPU iSSE3 FLOPS 28.47
2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S 84.77/37.03/20.26
3.Integer/Floating-Point SSE2 IT/S 7.89GB/S / 7.88
UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) 20.3641GB/S / 46.547912
Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS 438.4/430.8
Return to Castle Wolfenstein FPS N/A
Super Pi (1M) Second 29.062S
CPUZ System / CPU Clock 200X14.5 2000

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1-4 Layout Diagram
Rear I / O
Front Panel
Header
ATA 133 IDE
Conn.(IDE1)
CPU Socket ATX Power Conn.
PCI Slots
PS2 KB/Mouse Port
Audio Connector
(
J1
)
RJ-45 Ove
r
USB Connectors
DDRIII Memory
Slot x 4
ATX 12V
Power Connector
Realtek ALC883 Audio Chip
USB Port
(USB1, 2)
Power Led
AMD 880G Chipset
AMD SB710 Chipset
Audio Header
KB/USB Power On(JP1)
SYSFAN1
Heade
r
USB Connectors
(
CN5
)
HDMI
-
SPDIF
CPUFAN
Serial-ATAII Connecto
r
s
SATA1, 2, 3,4,5,6
PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
by 8-lane
HDMI Connector
VGA over DVI
Connector
SYSFAN2
Heade
r
IR Header
Serial Port Header
DDRIII 128Mb
GPU Memory
RJ 45 LAN
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
RS-OUT
Line-OUT
CS-OUT
SS-OUT
MIC-IN
VGA Connector
DVI Connector
Line-IN
HDMI
Connector
Optical SPDIF_OUT
Coaxial SPDIF_OUT
over Optical SPDIF_OUT
Connector
CDIN Header
8MBit DIP
Flash ROM
Coaxial SPDIF_OUT
USB Connectors
PCI Express x16
by 8-lane
Speaker Header
CMOS Clear Button
Reset Button
JBAT
Power Button
Debug Port
RTL 8111DL
Gigabit LAN Chip
3D Audio Button

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Jumpers
Jumper Name Description Page
JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8
JBAT CMOS Clear 3-pin Block P.8
Expansion Sockets
Socket/Slot Name Description Page
ZIF Socket AM3 CPU Socket 941-pin PGAB AM3 CPU Socket P.10
DDRIII1~DDRIII4 DDRIII Module
Socket
240-pin DDRIII Module Socket P.11
PE1,PE4 PCI-Express2.0 x16
Slot
PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Expansion Slot P.12
PE2 PCI-Express x1Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot P.12
PCI1 PCI Slots 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.12
Connectors
Connector Name Description Page
ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13
ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.14
KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard
Connector
6-pin Female P.14
USB from
USB-B1/UL1
USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.14
RJ-45LAN from UL1 Gigabit LAN Port Connector 8-pin Connector P.14
J1 8-CH HD Audio Connector 6- phone jack Conn. P.15
IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.15
SATA1~SATA6 Serial ATAII Connectors 7-pin Connector P.15
VGA D-Sub Video Graphics Adapter
Connector
15-pin Connector P.15
DVI1 Digital Visual Interface 24-pin Connector P.15
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia 19-pin Connector P.15
SPDIF_OUT1
/SPDIF_OUT2
Coaxial /Optiocal HDMI-SPDIF Out
Connector
1-phone Connector P.16
Headers
Header Name Description Page
AUDIO1 Front Panel SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.16
USB1, USB2 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.16
SPEAK1 PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.16
PWR LED1 Power LED 3-pin Block P.16
JW_FP1
(Reset/Power on/
HD LED/Power LED)
Front Panel Header
(including IDE activity LED/Reset
switch / Power On Button lead)
9-pin Block P.16
SYSFAN1,SYSFAN2 FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17
CPUFAN FAN Header 4-pin Block P.17
CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.17
IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.18
COM1 Serial Port COM1 Header 9-pin Block P.18
HDMI-SPDIF SPDIF Out header 2-pin Block P.18

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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.
2-1 Hardware Installation Steps
Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:
1. Check motherboard jumper setting
2. Install CPU and Fan
3. Install System Memory (DIMM)
4. Install Expansion cards
5. Connect IDE and Front Panel /Back Panel cable
6. Connect ATX Power cable
7. Power-On and Load Standard Default
8. Reboot
9. Install Operating System
10. Install Driver and Utility
2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting
(1) Keyboard/USB function Enabled/Disabled: JP1
Keyboard/Mouse & USB Power On Setting
2-3 Closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled
JP1
JP1
1-2 Closed KB/USB Power ON Disable
(D f lt
)
(2) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin): JBAT
A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short
1-2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.
To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:
1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power
2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector
3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds
4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2
5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector
Note: When should clear CMOS
1. Troubleshooting
2. Forget password
3. After over clocking system boot fail

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CMOS RAM Clear Setting
2-3 Closed Clear CMOS
JBATJBAT
1-2 Closed Normal
2-3 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.
Slot (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards,
sound cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003,
the speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5 Gbps to 5 Gbps.
Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems.
Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers.
PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards.
USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse,
keyboards, scanners, and some digital cameras.
Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound
connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.
LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network.
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer
and establish the relationship between the various components.
Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another
device or other software.
Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used
for doing the "computing" in "personal computer"
Front Side Bus Frequency - the working frequency of the motherboard, which is
generated by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.
CPU L2 Cache - the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.

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2-3-2 About AMD AM3 CPU Installation
This motherboard provides a socket AM3 surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket, referred to as the mPGA socket supports AMD AM3 processor.
The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to
prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN
before you turn on your system.
WARNING! Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s
heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may
cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you
may install an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.
To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF
socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then
upward to a 90-degree angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown
below. The notched corner should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU
has a corner pin for two of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as
shown.
CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket
Colden Arrow
Socket AM3
When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket, No force required to insert of the CPU, and
then press the level to locate position slightly without any extra force.

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2-4 Install Memory
This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR III DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) socket for DDR III memory expansion available to maximum memory volume
of 8 GB DDRIII SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Maximum
Capacity
DDRIII1 DDR III 800/1066/ 1333/1600 X1 2GB
DDRIII 2 DDR III 800/1066/ 1333/1600 X1 2GB
DDRIII 3 DDR III 800/1066/ 1333/1600 X1 2GB
DDRIII 4 DDR III 800/1066/ 1333/1600 X1 2GB
Total System Memory (Max2GB) 4 8GB
Dual channel Limited!
1. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMMs plug in either both DDRIII1 &
DDRIII2, or four DIMM Modules plug in DDRIII1~DDRIII4.
2. Memory modules for dual channel function must be the same type, same size, same
frequency for dual channel function.
Install DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to
figure below to see how to install DDRIII 800/1066/1333/1600 SDRAM module.
DIMM2 (BANK2+BANK3) DIMM1 (BANK0+BANK1)
DIMM4 (BANK6+BANK7) DIMM3 (BANK4+BANK5)
DDRIII1 & DDRIII2: Dual Channel 1
D
DRIII3& DDIII4: Dual Channel 2
Graph 2-4
Installation Tips：
Open the two plastic clips of memory slots then push down the module vertically
into the slot. See to it that the hole of the module fit into the notch of the slot;
The two plastic clips will automatically close if the memory module is fitted in a
proper way.
We suggest that priority given to DDRIII11 and DDRIII2 in multi-DIMM
installation. System won’t start when you only install memory DIMM in DDRIII3
and DDRIII4.

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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 expansion card such as jumpers.
2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.
3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.
4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.
5. Replace the computer system’s cover.
6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.
7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.
2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card
Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must exclusively
assign to one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of
them are already in use.
Standard Interrupt Assignments
IRQ Priority Standard function
0 N/A System Timer
1 N/A Keyboard Controller
2 N/A Programmable Interrupt
3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2)
4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1)
5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2)
6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller
7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1)
8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock
9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled
10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 N/A Numeric Data Processor
14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel
15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel
* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.
2-5-3 PCI Express Slot
Two PCI-Express2.0 x16by8 lane graphic slot offer 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at
each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed. One
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.
Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision2.0, support PCI
Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device. This motherboard support Hybrid
CrossFire function.

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2-6 Connectors, Headers
2-6-1 Connectors
(1) Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR1
ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that
usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power
on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power
On jumper pole on the motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the
ATX power supply turned on, the full power will not come into the system board
until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will
turn off the power to the system board.
** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power
supply unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin
and 4-pin power plugs.
** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the
20-pin power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit
has a minimum power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may
not boot up if the power is inadequate.
** If you are using a 20-pin power plug, please refer to Figure1 for power supply
connection. Power plug form power supply and power connectors from
motherboard both adopt key design to avoid mistake installation. You can insert
the power plug into the connector with ease only in the right direction. If the
Pin 1
ROW1 ROW2
24-Pin
ROW1 ROW2
Pin 1
20-Pin
PIN ROW1 ROW2
1 3.3V 3.3V
2 3.3V -12V
3 GND GND
4 5V Soft Power On
5 GND GND
6 5V GND
7 GND GND
8 Power OK -5V
9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5V
10 +12V +5V
11 +12V +5V
12 +3V GND
PCI-E x1 Slot
32-bit PCI Slot
PCI-E x16by8-lane
PCI-E x16by8-lane

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direction is wrong it is hard to fit in and if you make the connection by force if is
possible.
Figure1：20-pinpowerplug Figure2：24-pin power plug
（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. Without this connector might cause system unstable
because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system.
Pin 1
(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB
The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.
(4) USB Port connector: CN5/ UL1 for USB from USB-B1, UL1
The connectors are 4-pin connector that connects USB devices to the system
board.
(5) LAN Port connector: RJ-45 LAN from UL1
The connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network. It supports
10M/100Mb/1000Mb s data transfer rate
(6) 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.
Line-in : (BLUE) Audio input to sound chip
Line-out : (GREEN) Audio output to speaker
MIC : (PINK) Microphone Connector
RS-OUT : (BLACK) Rear-Surround audio output
CS-OUT : (ORANGE) Center/ Subwoofer audio output
SS-OUT: (GRAY) Side-Surround audio output

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(7) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1
This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After
connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other
end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks, you must configure the
second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to
the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings.
IDE Connector
Pin 1
IDE1
•Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to
as the “Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.
•For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system
performance on this channel may drop.
(8) Serial-ATAII Port connector: SATA1, SATA 2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA5, SATA6
This connector supports the provided Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk cable to
connecting the motherboard with serial ATAII hard disk.
SATA3
SATA1
SATA2
SATA6
SATA5
Serial ATAII Connector
SATA 4SATA 4SATA 4
(9) D-Sub 15-pin Connector: VGA
VGA connector is the 15-pin D-subminiature female connector; it is for the
display devices, such as the CRT monitor, LCD monitor and so on.
RJ 45 LAN
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
RS-OUT
Line-OUT
CS-OUT
SS-OUT
MIC-IN
DVI Connector
Line-IN
HDMI
Connector
Optical SPDIF_OUT
Coaxial SPDIF_OUT
USB Connectors
VGA Connector