Page 3 - Copyright; logo is exclusively licensed to GIGABYTE UNITED INC. by GIGA-BYTE; Disclaimer
Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to their respective owners.The logo is exclusively licensed to GIGABYTE UNITED INC. by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GIGABYTE UNITED INC. is designated by GIGA-BYTE TEC...
Page 4 - Table of Contents
- 4 - Table of Contents Optional Items ................................................................................................................. 6Box Contents ................................................................................................................. 6GA-M52S-S3P Mother...
Page 8 - Block Diagram
- 8 - Block Diagram Center/Subwoofer Spear Out DDR2 800/667/533 MHz DIMM PCIe CLK (100 MHz) PCI Express x16 AMD Socket AM2 C P U CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz) Hyper Transport Bus 4 SATA 3Gb/s ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Channel PCI Bus 10 USB Ports Dual Channel Memory LPC BUS Line-Out MIC CODEC Line-In SPDIF In SPD...
Page 9 - Hardware Installation; English; Chapter 1; Installation Precautions; Do not place the computer system on an uneven surface.
Hardware Installation - 9 - English Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1-1 Installation Precautions The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can becomedamaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Prior to installation, carefully read the user'smanual ...
Page 10 - Product Specifications
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 10 - English 1-2 Product Specifications C P U Support for Socket AM2 processors: AMD Athlon TM 64 FX processor/AMD Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/ AMD Athlon TM 64 processor/AMD Sempron TM processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Front Si...
Page 12 - Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler; Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU:
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 1-3-1 Installing the CPU A . Locate the pin one (denoted by a small triangle) of the CPU socket and the CPU. AM2 CPU AM2 CPU Socket A Small Triangle MarkDenotes Pin One of theSocket A Small Triangle MarkingDenotes CPU Pin O...
Page 15 - Installing the Memory; installing the memory to prevent hardware damage.
Hardware Installation - 15 - English DDRII_1 DDRII_2 DDRII_3 DDRII_4 If two memory modules are to be installed, it is recom-mended that you install them in the DDRII_1 and DDRII_2sockets. 1-4 Installing the Memory Two Modules Four Modules D D R I I _ 1 D D R I I _ 2 D D R I I _ 3 D D R I I _ 4DS/SS ...
Page 17 - Installing an Expansion Card
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card Read the following guidelines before you begin to install an expansion card: • Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual thatcame with your expansion card. • Always turn off the computer and ...
Page 18 - Back Panel Connectors; Parallel Port
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 18 - English 1-6 Back Panel Connectors PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Port Use the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse and the lower port (purple) to connect a PS/2keyboard. Parallel Port Use the parallel port to connect devices such as a printer, scanner and etc. The ...
Page 19 - The default Mic in jack. Microphones must be connected to this jack.
Hardware Installation - 19 - English In addition to the default speakers settings, the ~ audio jacks can be reconfigured toperform different functions via the audio software. Only microphones still MUST beconnected to the default Mic in jack ( ). Refer to the instructions on setting up a 2/4/5.1/7.1...
Page 20 - Internal Connectors; F D D
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 20 - English 1-7 Internal Connectors Read the following guidelines before connecting external devices: • First make sure your devices are compliant with the connectors you wish to connect. • Before installing the devices, be sure to turn off the devices and your computer. U...
Page 23 - nForce 520 controller
Hardware Installation - 23 - English 6) IDE (IDE Connector) The IDE connector supports up to two IDE devices such as hard drives and optical drives. Beforeattaching the IDE cable, locate the foolproof groove on the connector. If you wish to connect two IDEdevices, remember to set the jumpers and the...
Page 29 - Load Optimized
Hardware Installation - 29 - English Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS Values 17) CLR_CMOS (Clearing CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to clear the CMOS values (e.g. date information and BIOS configurations) andreset the CMOS values to factory defaults. To clear the CMOS values, place a jumper cap on thetwo...
Page 31 - BIOS Setup; Chapter 2
- 31 - BIOS Setup English Chapter 2 BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in the CMOS on themotherboard. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during systemstartup, saving system parameters and loading operating syste...
Page 32 - Startup Screen; The following screens may appear when the computer boots.; Full Screen LOGO Show
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 32 - English 2-1 Startup Screen The following screens may appear when the computer boots. A. The LOGO Screen (Default) <TAB>: POST Screen <DEL>: BIOS Setup/Q-Flash <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <END>: Qflash Function Keys B. The POST S...
Page 33 - The Main Menu; Main Menu Help; BIOS Setup Program Function Keys; Load Optimized Defaults
- 33 - BIOS Setup English 2-2 The Main Menu Once you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as shown below) appears on the screen. Usearrow keys to move among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter a sub-menu. (Sample BIOS Version: FAc) Main Menu Help The onscreen description of ...
Page 34 - Use this menu to configure all the power-saving functions.
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 34 - English Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to configure the system time and date, hard drive types, floppy disk drive types,and the type of errors that stop the system boot, etc. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to configure the device boot or...
Page 35 - Standard CMOS Features; Date; None
- 35 - BIOS Setup English 2-3 Standard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Web , Jun 20 2007 Time (hh:mm:ss) 11:52:24 ` IDE Channel 0 Master [ N o n e ] ` IDE Channel 0 Slave [ N o n e ] ` IDE Channel 2 Master [ N o n e ] ` I...
Page 36 - Drive A; Floppy 3 Mode Support
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 36 - English The following fields display your hard drive specifications. If you wish to enter the parametersmanually, refer to the information on the hard drive. Capacity Approximate capacity of the currently installed hard drive. Cylinder Number of cylinders. Head Number ...
Page 37 - Advanced BIOS Features; AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control; Password
- 37 - BIOS Setup English 2-4 Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VIA toreduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disabled Disable this function. Hard Disk Boot Priority Speci...
Page 38 - Away Mode; Disabled; Init Display First
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 38 - English Away Mode Enables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Modeallows the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a low-power mode that appears off(Default: Disabled) Full Screen LOGO Show Allows you to determine whet...
Page 39 - Integrated Peripherals; Serial-ATA RAID Config
- 39 - BIOS Setup English 2-5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Integrated Peripherals ` Serial-ATA RAID Config [Press Enter] On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] NV Serial-ATA 1 [Enabled] IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] USB Memo...
Page 41 - SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function)
- 41 - BIOS Setup English SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software SMART LAN Item Help Menu Level ` Start detecting at Port.....Pair1-2 Status = Open / Length = 0.0m Pair3-6 Status = Open / Length = 0.0m Pair4-5 Status = Open / Length = 0.0m...
Page 43 - Power Management Setup; ACPI Suspend Type; Specifies the ACPI sleep state when the system enters suspend.; Soft-Off by Power button; Vista
- 43 - BIOS Setup English 2-6 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Specifies the ACPI sleep state when the system enters suspend. S1(POS) Enables the system to enter the ACPI S1 (Power on Suspend) sleep state(default). In S1 sleep state, the system appears suspended and stays in alow power mode....
Page 44 - Power On by Keyboard
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 44 - English (Note) Supported on Windows ® Vista ® operating system only. USB Resume from Suspend Allows the system to be awakened from ACPI S3 sleep state by a wake-up signal from theinstalled USB device. (Default: Enabled) Power-On by Alarm Determines whether to power on ...
Page 45 - PnP/PCI Configurations; PCI1 IRQ Assignment; PCI2 IRQ Assignment; Auto; PCI3 IRQ Assignment; Auto; PCI4 IRQ Assignment; Auto
- 45 - BIOS Setup English 2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI1 IRQ Assignment Auto BIOS auto-assigns IRQ to the first PCI slot. (Default) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Assigns IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to the first PCI slot. PCI2 IRQ Assignment Auto BIOS auto-assigns IRQ to the second PCI slot. (Default) 3...
Page 46 - PC Health Status; Enabled
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 46 - English 2-8 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status [Disabled] Case Opened Yes Vcore O K DDR2 18V O K +3.3V O K +12V O K Current System Temperature 32 o C Current CPU Temperature 45 o C Current ...
Page 47 - CPU Smart FAN Mode; CPU Smart FAN; System Smart FAN Control
- 47 - BIOS Setup English CPU Smart FAN Mode Specifies how to control CPU fan speed. This item is configurable only if CPU Smart FAN Control is set to Enabled . Auto Lets BIOS autodetect the type of CPU fan installed and sets the optimal CPUfan control mode. (Default) Voltage Sets Voltage mode for a...
Page 48 - CPU Frequency; Allows you to manually set the CPU host frequency.; Important; PCIE Clock; CPU Clock Ratio; A u t o; a l l o w s t h e B I O S t o a u t o m a t i c a l l y s e t t h e R . G . B . m o d e b a s e d o n s y s t e m; Chipset Voltage Control; Allows you to set the chipset voltage.
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 48 - English 2-9 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) CPU Frequency Allows you to manually set the CPU host frequency. Important It is highly recommended that the CPU frequency be set in accordance with the CPU specifications. PCIE Clock Allows you to manually set the PCIe clock ...
Page 49 - DDR2 Voltage Control; Normal
- 49 - BIOS Setup English DDR2 Voltage Control Allows you to to set memory voltage. Normal Supplies the memory voltage as required. (Default) +0.05V ~ +0.60V Increases memory voltage by 0.05V to 0.60V. CPU Voltage Control Allows you to set the CPU voltage. Normal sets the CPU voltage as required. Th...
Page 50 - -11 Load Optimized Defaults
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 50 - English 2-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Press <Enter> on this item and then press the <Y> key to load the safest BIOS default settings.In case system instability occurs, you may try to load Fail-Safe defaults, which are the safest and moststable BIOS settings ...
Page 52 - -14 Exit Without Saving
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 52 - English 2-13 Save & Exit Setup 2-14 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software ` Standard CMOS Features ` Advanced BIOS Features ` Integrated Peripherals ` Power Management Setup ` PnP/PCI Configurations ` PC Health Status ` MB In...
Page 53 - Drivers Installation; Chapter 3; Installing Chipset Drivers; button following the item. Or you can press
Drivers Installation - 53 - English Chapter 3 Drivers Installation 3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will automatically scan the system and then list all thedrivers that are recommended to install. Please select the item that you wish to install...
Page 54 - Software Applications; Install; button following an item to install it.; Driver CD Information
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 54 - English 3-2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software. Youmay press the Install button following an item to install it. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page provides information about the driver...
Page 55 - Hardware Information
Drivers Installation - 55 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branchoffices on the last page of this manual.
Page 57 - Xpress Recovery2; Chapter 4
- 57 - English Unique Features 4-1 Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2 is an utility that allows you to quickly compressand back up your system data and perform restoration of it. SupportingNTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can backup data on PATA and SATA hard drives and restore i...
Page 58 - Figure 1; Installation and Configuration; Figure 2
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 58 - English Figure 1 Figure 3 3 . Select a file system (for example, NTFS) and begin the installation of the operating system (Figure 3). Installation and Configuration (The following procedure uses Windows XP as the example operating system.) A. Installing Windows XP and ...
Page 60 - C. Using the Backup Function in Xpress Recovery2; BACKUP; Figure 8; B. Accessing Xpress Recovery2; see the following message:; Disk Management; to check disk allocation.
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 60 - English Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star AllyC o p y r i g h t ( C ) 1 9 8 4 - 2 0 0 7 , A w a r d S o f t w a r e , I n c . GA-M52S-S3P FAc . ... <DEL>: BIOS Setup/Q-Flash <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash0 6 / 1 5 ...
Page 61 - E. Removing the Backup; REMOVE; D. Using the Restore Function in Xpress Recovery2; RESTORE; F. Exiting Xpress Recovery2; REBOOT
- 61 - English Unique Features E. Removing the Backup 1 . If you wish to remove the backup file, select REMOVE (Figure 15). 2 . After the backup file is removed, no backup image file will be present in Disk Management and hard drive space will be freed up (Figure 16). Figure 15 Figure 16 D. Using th...
Page 62 - BIOS Update Utilities
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 62 - English 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash TM and @BIOS TM . GIGABYTE Q-Flash and @BIOS are easy-to-use and allow you to update the BIOS without the need to enter MS-DOS mode. What is Q-Flash TM ? With Q-Flash ...
Page 63 - Unique Features; Update BIOS from Drive; The; Save Main BIOS to Drive; option allows you to save the current BIOS file.; Floppy A
- 63 - English Unique Features 3 . Select the BIOS update file and press <Enter>. Make sure the BIOS update file matches your motherboard model. Step 2:The process of the system reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk is displayed on the screen. Whenthe message "Are you sure to update B...
Page 64 - and then press to save settings to CMOS and exit BIOS Setup. The; and press
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 64 - English Step 6:Select Save & Exit Setup and then press <Y> to save settings to CMOS and exit BIOS Setup. The procedure is complete after the system restarts. Press <Y> to load BIOS defaults Step 4:Press <Esc> and then <Enter> to exit Q-Flash...
Page 66 - dialog box, select
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 66 - English Step 3:First make sure the model name on the screen is correct, thenclick OK . Upon completion, restart your system. • If more than one model is present when doing Step 3 above, recomfirm your motherboardmodel. Updating the BIOS with an incorrect BIOS file coul...
Page 67 - Button Information Table; EasyTune 5; The EasyTune 5 Interface
- 67 - English Unique Features Button Information Table 4-3 EasyTune 5 EasyTune TM 5, an easy-to-use and convenient system overclocking and management tool, lets you do overclock and overvoltage in Windows environment, eliminating the need to enter the BIOS Setupprogram. EasyTune 5 provides the foll...
Page 68 - Windows Vista ReadyBoost
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 68 - English 4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost Windows ReadyBoost allows you to use flash memory on a Windows Vista certified USB flash driveto boost your computer's performance. You may enable ReadyBoost and allocate part of your USBflash drive's memory to speed up your compute...
Page 69 - Appendix; Chapter 5; Before you begin; An empty formatted floppy disk.; -1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller
Appendix - 69 - English Chapter 5 Appendix (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller.(Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is set to AHCI or RAID mode. 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A . In...
Page 70 - Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 70 - English B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. Step 1:Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test).Under Integrated Per...
Page 71 - C. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS; Figure 3; Define a New Array; , which is 64KB. The stripe block size can be set from
Appendix - 71 - English C. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. For a non-RAID configuration, please skipthis step and proceed to the installation of Windows operating system. Step 1:After the POST memory test begins and before the operating ...
Page 72 - Figure 6; block; Free Disks; block. Select the target hard drives using the up or down arrow; Array Disks
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 72 - English Step 6:After assigning the RAID drives, press <F7>. A message which says "All data on new(or added) diskswill be overwritten. Continue?" appears (Figure 6). To overwrite the data in the selected hard drives,press <Y> or press <N> to ca...
Page 74 - BootDrv; c d b o o t d r v; NVIDIA MCP65 DRIVER
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 74 - English 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCImode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. ...
Page 75 - -1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System; as soon as you; A. Installing Windows XP
Appendix - 75 - English Figure 1 Figure 2 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that you have prepared the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOSsettings, you are ready to install Windows Vista/XP/2000 onto your hard drive(s). The following is a...
Page 76 - Figure 4; NVIDIA
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 76 - English If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy diskor copy the correct SATA RAID driver again from the motherboard driver disk. Figure 3 Windows Setup ENTER=Select F3=Exit You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for...
Page 78 - B. Installing Windows Vista; Loading Drivers
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 78 - English B. Installing Windows Vista Step 1:Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installationsteps. When a screen similar to that below appears (RAID or AHCI hard drive(s) will not be detected atthis stage), select Loadin...
Page 79 - Next
Appendix - 79 - English Step 4:After the driver is loaded, the screen will show the RAID or AHCI hard drive(s). Select the locationwhere you want to install the operating system and then press Next to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Figure 8 Figure 9 (Note) The selectable item(s) displayed ...
Page 80 - Configuring Audio Input and Output; Audio; icon
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 80 - English Rear Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides six audio jacks on theback panel which support 2/4/5.1/7....
Page 83 - Click the tool icon in the; DIGITAL; to complete the configuration.
Appendix - 83 - English C. Configuring S/PDIF out: Click the tool icon in the DIGITAL section. In the S/PDIF In/Out Settings dialog box, select an out- put sampling rate and select (or disable) the outputsource. Click OK to complete the configuration. S/PDIF Out: The S/PDIF out jacks can transmit au...
Page 84 - Volume; A u d i o
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 84 - English Step 2:Connect your microphone to the Mic in jack (pink)on the back panel or the Line in jack on the frontp a n e l . T h e n c o n f i g u r e t h e j a c k f o r m i c r o p h o n efunctionality.Note: The microphone functions on the front paneland back panel ...
Page 87 - Troubleshooting; to load BIOS default settings.
Appendix - 87 - English 5-3 Troubleshooting 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions To read more FAQs for your motherboard, please go to the Support\Motherboard\FAQ page onGIGABYTE's website. Q : In the BIOS Setup program, why are some BIOS options missing?A : Some advanced options are hidden in the BIOS S...
Page 94 - Contact Us
GA-M52S-S3P Motherboard - 94 - English Contact Us 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 (English...
Page 95 - GIGABYTE Global Service System
Appendix - 95 - English Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBHWEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de U.K. G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.V.WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.nl Sweden WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.se F r a n c...
