Gigabyte Technology GA-M55S-S3 - Manuals

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Feature Summary C P U Š Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon TM 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon TM 64 / Sempron TM processor Front Side Bus Š 2000 MHz Chipset Š nVIDIA ® nForce 550 LAN Š Marvell 88E1116 phy (10/100/1000 Mbit) Audio Š Onboard Realt...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) 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 ...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) 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 ...

Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M55S-S3 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 guide...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) 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 chas...

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, ...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction Line In The default Line In jack. Devices like CD-ROM, walkman etc. can be connected to Line In jack. Line Out (Front Speaker Out) The default Line Out (Front Speaker Out) jack. Stereo speakers, earphone or front surroundsp...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 24 - English 12) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether thesystem is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode(S1). Pin No. Definition 1 MPD+ 2 MPD- 3 MPD- 1 13) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector...

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 ...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 30 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Standard CMOS FeaturesAdvanced BIOS FeaturesIntegrated PeripheralsPower Management SetupPnP/PCI ConfigurationsPC Health StatusMB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Load Fail-Safe DefaultsLoad Optimize...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) 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 ...

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 drive. Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate optionbased on this ...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list.Press <ESC&...

BIOS Setup - 35 - English Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if thecorrect password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct passwordis not entered at the prompt. (Default va...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Serial-ATA RAID Config [Press Enter] On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] On-Chip MAC Lan [Auto] NV Serial-ATA Controller [All Enabled] IDE Prefetch ...

BIOS Setup - 37 - English NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID Enabled Enable RAID function for the second channel of the second SATA controller. (Default value) Disabled Disable the RAID function of this channel. It will operate in ATA mode. On-Chip IDE Channel0 Enabled Enable onboard first channel IDE port. (...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 38 - English Onboard 1394 Enabled Enable onboard IEEE 1394 function. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard IEEE 1394 function. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. Enabled Enable this function. Disabl...

BIOS Setup - 39 - English ECP Mode Use DMA This item will become available when Parallel Port Mode set to ECP or ECP+EPP . 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3. (Default value) 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1. On-Chip USB V1.1+V2.0 Enable USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 controllers. (Default value) V1.1 Enable only USB 1.1 ...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 40 - 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 ins...

BIOS Setup - 41 - English Power On By Mouse Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Double-Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system. Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 42 - English 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations 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 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 2. PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,1...

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."...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) 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 depending onCPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based ontheir requirements. (Default val...

BIOS Setup - 45 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CPU Frequency (MHz) 200 ~ 500 Set CPU Frequency from 200 MHz to 500 MHz. (Default value: Auto) PCIE Clock (MHz) 100 ~ 200 Set PCIE Clock from 100 MHz to 200 MHz. (Default value: Auto) CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically as...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 46 - English CPU HT-Link Voltage Set the voltage settings for the HT-Link between CPU and chipset. Normal Supply CPU HT-Link voltage as CPU HT-Link requires. (Default value) +0.025V ~ +0.375V Increase CPU HT-Link voltage by 0.025V~0.375V. CPU Voltage Control Pleas...

BIOS Setup - 47 - English 2-8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software 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 CMO...

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"...

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"...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) 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 an...

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.

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...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) 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 ...

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...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 58 - 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 BIO...

Appendix - 59 - 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...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 60 - 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...

Appendix - 61 - 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............................

Appendix - 63 - 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...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 64 - 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 2...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 66 - 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"...

Appendix - 67 - English (Note) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller. 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 s...

Appendix - 69 - English Step 2:To boot from Windows 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 Hard Disk Boot Priority...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 70 - English (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 ifyou do not want to create RAID. Step 1:After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot ...

Appendix - 71 - 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 ...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 72 - 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 To delete the ...

Appendix - 73 - English (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATAcontroller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized duringthe Windows setup process. First of all, cop...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 74 - English Figure 13 Figure 14 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to installWindows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The ...

Appendix - 75 - 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 ...

Appendix - 77 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction 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. Note that ...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 78 - English STEP 3:After a speaker or headphone is plugged into therear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK . The 2-chan- nel audio se...

Appendix - 79 - English 6 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...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 80 - English STEP 2:In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker . STEP 3:After plugging in 8-channel speakers to the rearspeaker jacks, a small window will pop up andask you what type of equipment is connected.Cho...

Appendix - 81 - 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. In the ANA- LOG...

GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 82 - 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 GIGABYTE's website. Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS...

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