Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 4 - Table of Contents Item Checklist ................................................................................................................. 6Optional Accessories ...................................................................................................... 6GA-M61P-S3 Motherboar...
Page 8 - Block Diagram
- 8 - Block Diagram Center/Subwoofer Spear Out DDRII 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM PCIe CLK (100 MHz) PCI Express x16 VGA AMD Socket AM2 C P U CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz) Hyper Transport Bus nVIDIA ® GeForce 6100/ nForce 430 IT8716 4 SATA 3Gb/s ATA 33/66/100/133 IDE Channel PCI Bus 10 USB Ports Dual Channel Memo...
Page 9 - Hardware Installation; English; Considerations Prior to Installation; Preparing Your Computer; Chapter 1 Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which canbecome damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, pleasefollow the instr...
Page 10 - Feature Summary
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary C P U Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon TM 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon TM 64 / Sempron TM processor Front Side Bus 2000 MHz Chipset nVIDIA ® GeForce 6100/nForce 430 chipset LAN Realtek RTL8211 (10/100/1000 Mbit) Audio Onboard...
Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler; otherwise overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur.; Socket Lever
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Fig.1Position lever at a 90 degree angle. Please use extra care when installing the CPU. The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly.Rather than applying force, please change the positio...
Page 14 - is switched off to prevent hardware damage.; Installation of Memory
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 14 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. 2. Before installing ...
Page 15 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration
Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M61P-S3 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating theDual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double. Due to CPU limitation, if you wish to operate the Dual Channel Technology, follow the guide...
Page 16 - Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card:
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:1 . Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2 . Remove your computer's chassis cover...
Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and thekeyboard to the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, ...
Page 18 - Connectors Introduction; I D E; MIC In; The default MIC In jack. Microphone must be connected to MIC In jack.
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) C P U _ F A N 4) SYS_F AN 5) I D E 6) F D D 7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 3 8) P W R _ L E D 9) F _ PA N E L 10) F _ A U D I O 11) C D _ I N 12) SPDIF_IO 13) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / F_USB3 14) F1_1394 / F2_1394...
Page 29 - CONTROL KEYS; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup - 29 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activate certain system features.The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.When the power is turned off, the battery on ...
Page 30 - Load Optimized Defaults; item in the BIOS Setup when somehow the system
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 30 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : D8) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on thescreen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. <F12>: Boo...
Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 32 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display-only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum all...
Page 33 - Drive A
BIOS Setup - 33 - English • None Select this if no IDE/SATA devices are used and the system will skip theautomatic detection step and allow for faster system start up. Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:Large/Auto(default:Auto) Capacity Capacity of cu...
Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool&Quiet driver manages clock and VID to best serve the thermal,performance and power requirements. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequen...
Page 35 - Away Mode; Always Enable
BIOS Setup - 35 - English HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability This feature allows your hard disk to report read/write errors and to issue warnings when third-party hardware monitor utility is installed. Enabled Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability. Disabled Disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability. (Default value) Away ...
Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals; Serial-ATA RAID Config; NV SATA RAID function
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals Serial-ATA RAID Config CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config Item HelpMenu Level ` NV SATA RAID function [Disabled] x NV SATA 1 Primary RAID Enabled x NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID Enabled x NV SAT...
Page 38 - SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function)
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 38 - English SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function) This motherboard incorporates cable diagnostic feature designed to detect the status of the attached LANcable. This feature will detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to the fault or short.Refer to the...
Page 39 - Parallel Port Mode
BIOS Setup - 39 - English OnBoard LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. Enabled Enable this function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address. 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboa...
Page 40 - Power Management Setup
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 40 - English USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB mouse support. Disabled Disable USB mouse support. (Default value) Legacy USB storage detect This option allows users to decide whether to detect USB storage devices, including USB flashdrives and USB hard drives during POST....
Page 41 - USB Resume from Suspend
BIOS Setup - 41 - English USB Resume from Suspend Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Enable USB device wake up system from suspend mode. (Default value) Power-On by Alarm You can enable the "Power-On by Alarm" item and key in Date/Time to power on system. Disabled Disable this function....
Page 42 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment; Auto; PCI 3 IRQ Assignment; Auto; PCI 4 IRQ Assignment; Auto
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 42 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IR...
Page 43 - PC Health Status; Reset Case Open Status; Case Opened; Current System/CPU Temperature
BIOS Setup - 43 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, Case Opened will show "No." If the case is opened, Case Opened will show "Yes."...
Page 44 - CPU Smart FAN Control
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 44 - English CPU Smart FAN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function. Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed dependingon CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tunebased on their requirements. (Default value) CPU Sma...
Page 45 - CPU Clock Ratio; Robust Graphics Booster
BIOS Setup - 45 - English CPU Frequency(MHz) 200~500 MHz Set CPU Frequency from 200 MHz to 500 MHz. (Default: 200) PCIE Clock(MHz) 100~145 MHz Set PCIE clock from 100 MHz to 145 MHz. CPU Clock Ratio The adjustable range is dependent on the CPU you install. (Default: Auto) Robust Graphics Booster The...
Page 46 - Chipset Voltage Control; Set the voltage settings for Chipset.; DDR2 Voltage Control; Displays your CPU's normal vcore voltage.
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 46 - English Chipset Voltage Control Set the voltage settings for Chipset. Normal Supply Chipset voltage as Chipset requires. (Default value) +0.025V~+0.200V Set Chipset voltage to +0.025V~+0.200V. DDR2 Voltage Control Please note that by overclocking your system through the...
Page 47 - BIOS Setup; Load Fail-Safe Defaults
BIOS Setup - 47 - English 2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimumsystem performance. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Periphe...
Page 49 - -12 Exit Without Saving
BIOS Setup - 49 - English 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.Type "N"...
Page 51 - Drivers Installation; Chapter 3 Drivers Installation; Install Chipset Drivers
Drivers Installation - 51 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP.Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROMdevice icon in "My computer"...
Page 52 - Software Applications
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 52 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software, you can choose anyoneyou want and press "install" to install them. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers i...
Page 53 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.
Drivers Installation - 53 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.
Page 55 - Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities; User Interface Overview
Appendix - 55 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement andmanageability utility...
Page 56 - How to use the Xpress Recovery2; Advanced BIOS Feature; enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the future.
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 56 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora-tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems includingWindows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file systems includingFAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, Xpres...
Page 57 - The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2
Appendix - 57 - English 1. RESTORE: Restore the backed-up data to your hard disk.(This button will not appear if there is no backupfile.) 2. BACKUP: Back up data from hard disk. 3. REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup filesto release disk space.(This button will not appear if there is no backupf...
Page 58 - Update BIOS from Drive; Updating the BIOS
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 58 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Before Use: Follow the steps below before using Q-Flash to update BIOS:1 . From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your motherboard model 2 . Extract the downloaded BIOS files and...
Page 59 - faults
Appendix - 59 - English Step 2: The process of system reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk is displayed on the screen. When the message "Are you sure to update BIOS?" appears, press ENTER. The BIOS updatewill begin and the current process will be displayed. 1. Do not turn off or restar...
Page 60 - Utility; I. Update BIOS through Internet; sever
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 60 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If you do not have a DOS startup disk, we recommend that you use thenew @BIOS utility. @BIOS allows users to update their BIOS underWindows. Just select the desired @BIOS server to download the latestversion of BIOS. 1. Methods and st...
Page 61 - Appendix; III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto
Appendix - 61 - English III. Save BIOSIn the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:In the very beginning, there is "About this program" icon shown in dialog bo...
Page 62 - (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver.; Before you begin
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 62 - English (Note) Required for setting up RAID array. To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.(2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.(3) Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. (Note ) (4) ...
Page 64 - First Boot Device; under the; Advanced BIOS; menu to; CDROM; Figure 3
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 64 - English Step 2:To boot from W indows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 3). Step 3:Save and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 3 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 C...
Page 65 - key to enter the RAID BIOS
Appendix - 65 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to createRAID. Step 1:After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a messagewhich says "Press F1...
Page 66 - Figure 7
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 66 - English Step 6:Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear(Figure 7). If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drivescontain previously created RAID array, you ne...
Page 67 - Figure 9; BBS
Appendix - 67 - English To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name,and disk capacity, etc. Figure 9 Figure 8 After that, the Array List screen displ...
Page 68 - . Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank; BootDrv; window will open similar to that in Figure 11.
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 68 - English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully, you need to install the SATA RAID driverduring OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windowssetup process. Skip this step if you...
Page 69 - (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation; as soon as
Appendix - 69 - English Figure 13 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 14 Windows Setup S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devicesinstalled in your system, or you have chos...
Page 70 - NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 70 - English Step 3:If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 belowwill appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (Figure 15) and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, you...
Page 72 - Introduction; H D A u d i o; Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 72 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Note that if you wish to connect a microphone, you MUST connect it to the default Mic In jackfor the microphone to work correctly. The default speaker settings for the 6 audio jacks area s s h o w n i n...
Page 73 - Headphone; or; Line Out; depending on; OK; Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker
Appendix - 73 - English STEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into therear Line Out jack, a small window will pop upand ask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-channel audio setup is completed. STEP 2:In...
Page 74 - Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 74 - English STEP 3:After plugging in 4-channel speakers to the rearspeaker jacks, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose a device depending on the type of speakerconnected (4-channel audio consists of FrontSpeaker Out (Line Out) and...
Page 75 - Channel Audio Setup; CH Speaker
Appendix - 75 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 :After installation of the audio driver, you should findan Audio Manager icon in your system tray (youcan also find the icon in Control Panel). Double-click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel. STEP 2:In the Audio Control Panel, click the Aud...
Page 76 - Sound Effect Configuration:; At the; Sound Effect; menu, users can adjust sound; LOG; icon and then select the; Disable front panel jack detection; This action completes the AC'97 Audio configuration.
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 76 - English Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: To enable the front panel audio connector to sup-port AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio ControlPanel and click the Audio I/O tab. I...
Page 77 - Troubleshooting; AWARD BIOS Beep Codes
Appendix - 77 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BI...
Page 78 - glish
GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard - 78 - En glish Contact Us y yy y y Taiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien,Taipei 231, Taiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4888 FAX: +886-2-8912-4003Tech. and Non-Tech. Support (Sales/Marketing) :http://ggts.gigabyte.com.twWEB address...
Page 79 - yy; GIGABYTE Global Service System
Appendix - 79 - English y yy y y Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBHWEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de y yy y y U.K. G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk y yy y y The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.nl y yy y y F r a n c e GIGABY...
