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Setting Up eJIFFY

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3. After setting up eJIFFY under Windows, you can switch eJIFFY display/keyboard
language from English to your local language. The changes will be applied after

rebooting.

Note:  The keyboard language selection list offers several more regional keyboard
setups to switch with the default English typing. Please refer to the usage FAQ for

more tips.

Summary of Contents for A790GXM-A

Page 1: ...cy energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful inter ference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a...

Page 2: ...herboard Go to H page 1 Chapter 1 Introducing the Motherboard H Describes installation of motherboard components Go to H page 7 Chapter 2 Installing the Motherboard Provides information on using the B...

Page 3: ...gs 9 InstallingHardware 10 Installing the Processor 10 Installing Memory Modules 11 Expansion Slots 17 Connecting Optional Devices 19 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM SATA Hard Drive 22 Installing...

Page 4: ...Vista 7 49 Running Setup 50 Manual Installation 52 UtilitySoftwareReference 52 HDMIAudiosettingSOP 53 Chapter 5 57 57 57 57 57 Requirements 57 Installing and Use of CrossFireX Technology 57 Hybrid Gra...

Page 5: ...to the PCI Express Gen2 version 2 0 It integrates USB 2 0 interface supporting up to twelve func tional ports six USB ports and three USB 2 0 headers support additional six USB ports One onboard IDE...

Page 6: ...features such as NCQ Native Command Queuing Hot Plug and Device or Host initiated power Management DIIPM HIPM Integrated USB 2 0 Host Controller supporting up to twelve USB 2 0 ports Integrated IDE co...

Page 7: ...rts DDR2 1066 AM2 800 667 533 400 DDR2 SDRAM with Dual channel architecture Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 32 GB Audio 1 Some hardware specificat...

Page 8: ...4 IntroducingtheMotherboard Motherboard Components...

Page 9: ...tton 10 PWR_BOT Power on button 11 SPK Internal speaker header 12 PANEL1 Front Panel switch LED header 13 F_USB1 3 Front Panel USB headers 14 WOL1 Wake On LAN Connector 15 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper 1...

Page 10: ...6 IntroducingtheMotherboard Memo...

Page 11: ...that your case supports all the features required Secondly this motherboard supports one floppy diskette drive and two enhanced IDE drives Make sure that your case has sufficient power and space for a...

Page 12: ...han one pin are numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins The illustrations show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper...

Page 13: ...Jumper Settings To avoid the system unstability after clearing CMOS we recommend users to enter the main BIOS setting page to Load Default Settings and then Save Changes and Exit Jumper Type Descript...

Page 14: ...r socket which may be damaged if the cooling fan is carelessly installed Avoid using cooling fans with sharp edges on the fan casing and the clips Also install the cooling fan in a well lit work area...

Page 15: ...lation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan heatsink sup plied The form and size of fan heatsink may also vary Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates four memory modules It ca...

Page 16: ...slot 5 Install the DIMM module into the slot and press it firmly down until it seats correctly The slot latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 6 Install any remaining DIMM m...

Page 17: ...T94F370 DS Aeneon Aeneon AET93F370 SS Samsung K4T51083QB ZCD5 Corsair VS512MB533D2 64M8CEC Japan E2508AA T7F E Elpida Elpida 04180WB01 Hynix Hynix HY5PS12821 Infineon HY818T512800AF37 33346778 Hynix H...

Page 18: ...5708GEWS7E 0637F AM4B5708GQJS7E0631F 78 91G92 9K5 78 01G9O 9K5 Apacer Elpida 1GB AM4B5708GEWS7E 0637F Corsair 64M8CFEG QIB0900721 GEIL GL2L64M088BA30P Hexon HYNT7AUDR 30M48 HYB18T512800BF3S Infineon A...

Page 19: ...00D2N5 1G IMEAER422LA0112 MEAER421LA0110 08A6 MEAER422LB0107 Silicon Pow er SP001GBLRU800S01 Transcend TQ123PGF8T0709 UMAX U2S12D30TP 8E A DATA AD20908A8A 25EG 20818 Aeneon AET860UD00 25DC08X 78 A1GA0...

Page 20: ...QVL table for reference Memory Recommend Volt 512 MB Kingston KVR1066D2N7 512 1 8 V Aeneon AXT760UD00 19DC97X 1 9 V Hynix HYMP512U64FP8 G7 AB 2 0 V Infinity 04701G16CY5U2A 2 0 V Kingston KVR1066D2N7 1...

Page 21: ...PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus stan dard for expansion cards which for the most part is a supple ment of the older ISA bus standard The PCI slots on this board are PCI v...

Page 22: ...o use 2 Install the edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case w...

Page 23: ...connectors are used to support the new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates 3 0 Gb s simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly It elimi nates limitations of the current Paral...

Page 24: ...Negative Signal 5 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Positive Signal 6 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Positive Signal 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 9 Key Nopin 10 USB_FP_OC0 Overcurrent signal Function Pin Signal Name SPDIFO SP...

Page 25: ...r onboard This enables the Wake On LAN WOL feature When your system is in a power saving mode any LAN signal automatically resumes the system You must enable this item using the Power Management page...

Page 26: ...r to the IDE device user s manual Installing two IDE devices on one cable ensure that one device is set to MASTER and the other device is set to SLAVE The documentation of your IDE device explains how...

Page 27: ...ATA power cable to the SATA hard drive and connect the other end to the power supply Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable co...

Page 28: ...rial devices such as mice or COM1 fax modems This jack connects to external optical digital audio output devices Optical SPDIF Output Audio Ports Use the audio jacks to connect audio devices The C por...

Page 29: ...4 Connect the case speaker cable to SPK 5 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 6 Connect the connector for graphics interface to ATX4P1 7 Connect the system cooling fan connecto...

Page 30: ...ble the latches of power cable and the ATX12V connector match perfectly Connecting 8 4 pin power cable 8 pin power cable CPU_FAN1 Cooling FAN Power Connector Users please note that the fan connector s...

Page 31: ...V ATX 12V Power Connector Pin Signal Name 4 Ground 3 Ground 2 Ground 1 Ground Pin Signal Name 5 12V 6 12V 7 12V 8 12V SPK Internal speaker Pin Signal Name 1 VCC 2 Key 3 NC 4 Signal ATX_POWER ATX 24 pi...

Page 32: ...4 to a single or dual color front panel mounted LED provides power on off sleep and message waiting indication Hard Drive Activity LED Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted LED provides vis...

Page 33: ...ures The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for...

Page 34: ...screen may show a CMOS Settings Wrong message This standard message will appear following a clear CMOS data at factory by the manufacturer You simply need to Load Default Settings to reset the defaul...

Page 35: ...the values for the option Use the cursor arrow keys to scroll through the items in the sub menu In this manual default values are enclosed in parenthesis Sub menu items are denoted by a triangle The...

Page 36: ...e for reference only and may differ from the actual BIOS Please visit the manufacture s website for updated manual F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 Americ...

Page 37: ...toring Analysis and Reporting Technology system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer 32Bit...

Page 38: ...opyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Setup The HyperTransport link will run at this speed if it is slower than or equal to the systemclockandthe board is capable Help Item F10 Save ES...

Page 39: ...ine the device order the computer used to look for an operating system to load at start up time The devices showed here will be different depending on the exact devices installed on your motherboard R...

Page 40: ...ind one in the devices specified under the First Second and Third boot devices Press Esc to return to the main menu setting page CD DVD Drives 1st Drive CD DVD Help Item Specifies the boot sequence fr...

Page 41: ...to the main menu setting page Warning If Disabled Internal Graphics Mode please Loading default to Enable it Init Display First PCI Use this item to select which graphics controller to use as the prim...

Page 42: ...in card with a remote boot ROM installed Press Esc to return to the main menu setting page Onboard SATA Mode Enabled Use this item to enable or disable the onboard SATA mode USB Functions Enabled Use...

Page 43: ...4 Sec then you have to hold the power button down for four seconds to cause a software power down PWRON After PWR Fail Power Off This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to...

Page 44: ...et the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PCI PnP Setup This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those u...

Page 45: ...1 General Help Move SMART Fan Control Enabled Smart Fan Function Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen SMART Fan start PWM value 40 SMART Fan start TEMP C 50 This item is us...

Page 46: ...Speed CPU Vcore VDIMM Press Esc to return to the PC Health Status page DeltaT1 3 SMART Fan Slope PWM value 4 PWM value C Press Esc to return to the main menu setting page Shutdown Temperature Disable...

Page 47: ...ration Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen AMD Phenom tm 8600 Triple Core Processor Speed 2300MHz NB Clk 1800MHz Adjust Voltage Function WARNING Doing overvoltage may resu...

Page 48: ...m and write to a memory cell Min Active RAS Tras 15 CLK Row Cycle Trc 21 CLK Use this item to specify the Row Cycle Time RAS RAS Delay Trrd 3 CLK This item specifies the active to active delay of diff...

Page 49: ...rn to the main menu setting page Load Default Settings This option opens a dialog box to ask if you are sure to install optimized defaults or not You select OK and then press Enter the Setup Utility l...

Page 50: ...s been set If the password has been installed Installed displays If not Not Installed displays User Password This page helps you install or change a password Install or Change the password Help Item C...

Page 51: ...S file from the manufacturer s Web site Copy these files to the bootable device 5 Turn off your computer and insert the bootable device in your com puter You might need to run the Setup Utility and ch...

Page 52: ...48 Using BIOS Memo...

Page 53: ...ntains all the drivers and utility programs needed to properly run the bundled products Below you can find a brief description of each software program and the location for your motherboard version Mo...

Page 54: ...arate folders for different operating systems In installing the software execute a file named SETUP EXE by double clicking the file and then following the instructions on the screen Exit The Exit butt...

Page 55: ...onsare recom mended 4 Click Next run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items Drivers and software are automatically ins...

Page 56: ...subfolder and locate the readme text file README TXT or README DOC for information on installing the driver or software for your oper ating system Utility Software Reference All the utility software...

Page 57: ...stem 1 Control Panel Sound and Audio Device Properties 2 b Audio Sound playback Default device HDMI Auido Output a Audio Sound playback Default device HD Auido Output 3 b User Playback HDMI speaker fu...

Page 58: ...gtheMotherboardSoftware OS Vista system Control Panel Soundback Sound Digital Output Device HDMI Set Default 1 Volume Playback 2 Digital Output Device HDMI Set Default OK User HDMI Playback function w...

Page 59: ...55 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 3 Speaker Set Default OK User Speaker Palyback function working 4 SPDIF Out Set Default OK User SPDIF Out Playback function working This concludes chapter 4...

Page 60: ...56 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware Memo...

Page 61: ...isit the ECS website www ecs com tw for a list of qualified CrossFireXTM ready graphics card for this motherboard 3 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireXTM technology Do...

Page 62: ...F10 to save the configuration and exit the BIOS 5 Connect an auxiliary power source from the power supply to the graphics cards Table A Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for CrossFireXTM Func tion...

Page 63: ...ard view for begin ners the other is Advance view for advanced users to access and configure the complete features of the software Set to Advanced View to enable the CrossFireXTM function To enable Cr...

Page 64: ..._1 slot Make sure that the card is properly seated on the slot 2 For Hybrid Graphics if display by PCI E you must enter the BIOS set the Surround View in Advanced Chipset Setup to PCI E Then press F10...

Page 65: ...ing screen appears Be sure that the external ATI graphics ATI Radeon HD 3300 Grapics and Onboard graphics ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series are both display ing in the Display adapters While if display by OnB...

Page 66: ...the case for Hybrid Graphics technology by using CrossFireX technology and Onboard VGA 1 If you want to change UMA to UMA SP or UMA SP to UMA when using Hybrid Graphics please make sure to cancel Enab...

Page 67: ...The Integrated Peripherals screen or a screen similar to it appears Figure 1 2 Integrated Peripherals Screen Use the arrow keys to select the SATA Configuration see Figure 1 2 and globally set SATA C...

Page 68: ...The AMD RAID BIOS set up lets you choose the RAID type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array EnteringtheRAIDBIOSSetup 1 Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press...

Page 69: ...By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the spacebar until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box RAID0 1 10 JBOD Note Not all RAID levels are support...

Page 70: ...signed as RAID 0 array disks Figure 1 5 FastBuild Utility Array Disks Assigned Assigning the Disks 1 Select the Assignment to Y to designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 2 Press Ctrl Y...

Page 71: ...67 AMDRAIDConfiguration Figure 1 7 Main Menu Press ESC to exit 4 Press Y to reboot 3 The Main Menu screen appears Figure 1 7 Figure 1 8 The following screen appears Figure 1 8...

Page 72: ...section is not relevant If that is not the case or you are trying to install a new version of Windows then you will need an AMD RAID driver F6 install floppy Check to see if one came with your system...

Page 73: ...n the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed then take out the floppy Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is completely in...

Page 74: ...70 AMDRAIDConfiguration Memo...

Page 75: ...nt enjoyment on web browsing photo review and online chat just within several seconds after boot up Version 5 0 Note eJIFFY is ECS optional feature utility corresponding to the DVD activation and BIOS...

Page 76: ...ctivation Finish the DVD utility setup and then set the BIOS to complete eJIFFY activation 1 Insert ECS software utility DVD and enter below Utilities screen Click eJIFFY feature item to install 2 Fol...

Page 77: ...display keyboard language from English to your local language The changes will be applied after rebooting Note The keyboard language selection list offers several more regional keyboard setups to swi...

Page 78: ...ge after boot up 5 And then enter the Advanced Setup page to enable the item ECS eJIFFY Func tion Press F10 to save the configuration and exit Restart your computer 2 Please refer to ECS website for n...

Page 79: ...hree buttons on it Operating system eJIFFY and BIOS Setup If you click eJIFFY the following screen will appear And If you make no choice it will enter the normal OS automatically after ten seconds Cli...

Page 80: ...Shut Down Restart Ends your session and turns off the computer Ends your session and restart the computer Click once to connect the storage disk to your computer Click for the second time to remove y...

Page 81: ...multi language displays and keyboard settings for language switch Open the language control panel to select a preferable language setting Step1 Click Step 2 Click Keyboard Language icon to open the k...

Page 82: ...uage bar here Move your mouse pointer on the text box and press Ctrl Space The language bar will then appear as fol lows Select your desired language Click to enable all possible language inputs you w...

Page 83: ...nguage Open the Language Control Panel and click to show the display language list Check your desired display language Your selected display language will be applied after rebooting Note Details about...

Page 84: ...SettingUpeJIFFY 80 Memo...

Page 85: ...drivers from the inside PC case This is to prevent damage from short circuit 3 Check the CPU FAN connector is connected to the motherboard 4 For Intel platforms check the pins on the CPU socket for da...

Page 86: ...ptimised Default in the BIOS setup 2 Check the CPU cooler fan for dust Long term accumulation of dust will reduce its effectiveness to cool the processor Clean the cooler or replace a new one if neces...

Page 87: ...ct RMA No If 3 short beeps DIMM memory not properly inserted or memory failure If 1 long beep and 8 short beeps VGA not detected Yes Yes Halt at POST screen Yes R CMO L C S and restart If fail contact...

Page 88: ...84 TroubleShooting Memo...

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