Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 4 - Table of Contents Item Checklist ................................................................................................................. 6Optional Accessories ...................................................................................................... 6GA-M61VME-S2 Motherbo...
Page 8 - Block Diagram
- 8 - Block Diagram AMD Socket AM2 C P U CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz) Hyper Transport Bus 2 PCI PCI Bus DDRII 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory 2 SATA 3Gb/s 8 USB Ports Line-Out MIC CODEC Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Side Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Surround Speaker Out ATA33/66/100/133...
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-M61VME-S2 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 400 chipset LAN Realtek 8201 phy (10/100Mbit) Audio Onboard Re...
Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler; otherwise overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur.; Socket Lever
GA-M61VME-S2 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 posit...
Page 14 - is switched off to prevent hardware damage.; Installation of Memory
GA-M61VME-S2 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 installin...
Page 15 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration; Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card:
Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M61VME-S2 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operatingthe Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double. Due to CPU limitation, if you wish to operate the Dual Channel Technology, follow the gui...
Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Parallel Port
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 the keyboardto the lower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, ...
Page 18 - Connectors Introduction; I D E; Line In; Microphone can be connected to MIC In jack.
GA-M61VME-S2 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) SATAII 0 / SATAII 1 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) H D A _ S U R 14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 15) C O M ...
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-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 30 - English <F12> : Boot Menu Select boot sequence for onboard (or add-on cards) device. Boot Menu == Select a Boot First device == K L :Move Enter:Accept ESC:Exit Floppy LS120Hard DiskCDROMZIPUSB-FDDUSB-ZIPUSB-CDROMUSB-HDDLegacy LAN Press <F12> to enter the B...
Page 31 - BIOS Setup; This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.
BIOS Setup - 31 - English Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onb...
Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date
GA-M61VME-S2 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 a...
Page 33 - Drive A
BIOS Setup - 33 - English Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:Large/Auto(default: Auto) Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard disk. Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate optionbased on this ...
Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool'n'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 - Init Display First
BIOS Setup - 35 - English Init Display First This feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from which card when youinstall a PCI card and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard. PCI slot Set Init display first to PCI. (Default value) PEG Set Init display first to P...
Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals; Serial-ATA RAID Config
GA-M61VME-S2 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 KLJI :...
Page 39 - Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type
BIOS Setup - 39 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Soft-Off by Power button Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly. (Default value)...
Page 40 - Power On By Keyboard
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 40 - English Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password. Any KEY Press any key to power on the system. Keyboard 98 If your keyboard has a "POWER Key" button, you c...
Page 41 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI 1 IRQ Assignment; PCI 2 IRQ Assignment; Auto
BIOS Setup - 41 - 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 IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,...
Page 42 - PC Health Status; Reset Case Open Status
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 42 - 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 have been opened, "C...
Page 43 - CPU Smart FAN Control
BIOS Setup - 43 - 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 Smart FAN Mode ...
Page 45 - Set Supervisor/User Password
BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-9 Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you increating a password.Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. You will be asked to confirm the password.Ty...
Page 46 - -11 Exit Without Saving
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 46 - English 2-10 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. 2-11 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.Ty...
Page 47 - Drivers Installation; Chapter 3 Drivers Installation; Install Chipset Drivers
Drivers Installation - 47 - 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 48 - Software Applications
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 48 - 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...
Page 49 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.
Drivers Installation - 49 - 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 51 - Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities; User Interface Overview
Appendix - 51 - 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 52 - How to use the Xpress Recovery2; Advanced BIOS Feature; enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the future.
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 52 - 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, Xpr...
Page 53 - The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2
Appendix - 53 - 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 54 - Utility; Del; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 54 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to updateBIOS. Q-Flash TM allows users to flash BIOS without...
Page 55 - Appendix; button on your keyboard and then; in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen
Appendix - 55 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS FeaturesAdvanced BIOS FeaturesIntegrated PeripheralsPower Management SetupPnP/PCI ConfigurationsPC Health StatusMB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Select LanguageLoad Fail-Saf...
Page 56 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press; After pressing; Enter
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 56 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size.............................SST 49LF003A 512K Backup ROM Type/Size.........................SST 49LF003A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Aut...
Page 57 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.
Appendix - 57 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size............................
Page 59 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.
Appendix - 59 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. Task menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enableexecution of the task. Action ba...
Page 60 - Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.; Part One
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 60 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF003A 256K Keep ...
Page 62 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; server, please go onto
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 62 - 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 sh...
Page 63 - (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver.; Before you begin
Appendix - 63 - 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) Make a floppy ...
Page 65 - First Boot Device; under the; Advanced BIOS; menu to; CDROM; Figure 3
Appendix - 65 - English Step 2:To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, 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 Cool&Qu...
Page 66 - key to enter the RAID BIOS
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 66 - 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 sa...
Page 67 - Figure 7
Appendix - 67 - 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 need to press Y ...
Page 68 - Figure 9; BBS
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 68 - 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 L...
Page 69 - c d b o o t d r v; BootDrv; m e n u
Appendix - 69 - 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 do not want t...
Page 70 - (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation; as soon as
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 70 - 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, ...
Page 71 - NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
Appendix - 71 - 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 must press S ...
Page 73 - . Secure the cable's metal bracket to the chassis; Audio Jacks Introduction
Appendix - 73 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Introduction This motherboard comes with three audio jacks. To set up multi-channel surround sound, install an additional 5.1/7.1 surroundcable (optional) and enable the feature through the audio driver. Installing the 5.1/7.1 Surround Ca...
Page 74 - Headphone; or; Line Out; depending on the device; OK; In the upper left list, click; CH Speaker; HD Audio
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - English STEP 3:Connect a speaker or headphone to the rear LineOut jack, a small window will pop up and ask youw h at type of equipmen t i s c o n n e c te d . C h o o s e Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-channel audio setup ...
Page 75 - O K; channel audio setup is completed.; Setting Up 4-Channel Audio; CH Speaker
Appendix - 75 - English STEP 3:Connect the 4-channel speakers to the audio jackson the motherboard and the surround cable, a smallw i n d o w w i l l p o p u p a n d a s k y o u w h a t t y p e o fequipment is connected. Choose a device depend-ing on the type of speaker connected (4-channelaudio con...
Page 76 - Setting Up 6-Channel Audio; CH Speaker
GA-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 76 - English Setting Up 6-Channel Audio 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...
Page 77 - CH Speaker; nel audio setup is completed.; Setting Up 8-Channel Audio
Appendix - 77 - English STEP 2:In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker . STEP 3:Connect the 8-channel speakers to the audio jackson the motherboard and the surround cable, a smallw i n d o w w i l l p o p u p a n d a s k y o u w h a t t y p e o ...
Page 78 - 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-M61VME-S2 Motherboard - 78 - 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....
Page 79 - Troubleshooting; AWARD BIOS Beep Codes
Appendix - 79 - 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 88 - yy; GIGABYTE Global Service System
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