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Summary of Contents for GA-F2A58M-S1

Page 1: ...GA F2A58M S1 User s Manual Rev 3201 ...

Page 2: ... prior notice No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated transmitted or published in any form or by any means without GIGABYTE s prior written permission In order to assist in the use of this product carefully read the User s Manual For product related information check on our website at http www gigabyte com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherb...

Page 3: ...ry 9 1 5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1 6 Setup of the AMD Dual Graphics Coniguration 10 1 7 Back Panel Connectors 10 1 8 Internal Connectors 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 16 2 1 Startup Screen 17 2 2 M I T 17 2 3 System Information 21 2 4 BIOS Features 22 2 5 Peripherals 25 2 6 Power Management 27 2 7 Save Exit 28 Chapter 3 Appendix 29 3 1 Coniguring SATA Hard Drive s 29 3 2 Drivers Installation 32 ...

Page 4: ...bject to change without notice Box Contents 5 GA F2A58M S1 motherboard 5 Motherboard driver disk 5 Two SATA cables 5 User s Manual 5 I O Shield KB_MS CPU_FAN ATX GA F2A58M S1 F_AUDIO AUDIO DDR3_2 DDR3_1 BAT ATX_12V SATA2 SATA2 R_USB CODEC M_BIOS VGA USB_LAN PCIEX16 PCIEX1 PCI F_USB2 F_PANEL F_USB1 SYS_FAN SPDIF_O CLR_CMOS Realtek GbE LAN AMD A58 0 1 3 2 iTE Super I O FM2 ...

Page 5: ...oofer Speaker Out Line In Rear Speaker Out CODEC S PDIF Out AMD APU UMI APU CLK 100 MHz Dual Channel Memory PCI Express Bus PCI Bus LPC Bus PCIe CLK 100 MHz PS 2 KB Mouse 8 USB 2 0 1 1 LAN RJ45 x1 x1 x16 Realtek GbE LAN 1 PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x1 4 SATA 3Gb s AMD A58 DISP CLK 100 MHz DDR3 2133 1866 1600 1333 MHz D Sub iTE Super I O BIOS 1 PCI PCI CLK 33 MHz ...

Page 6: ...mory If you do not have an ESD wrist strap keep your hands dry and irst touch a metal object to eliminate static electricity Prior to installing the motherboard please have it on top of an antistatic pad or within an electrostatic shielding container Before unplugging the power supply cable from the motherboard make sure the power supply has been turned off Before turning on the power make sure th...

Page 7: ...cs Processor 1 x D Sub port supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 Maximum shared memory of 2 GB Audio Realtek ALC887 codec High Deinition Audio 2 4 5 1 7 1 channel To conigure 7 1 channel audio you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi channel audio feature through the audio driver Support for S PDIF Out LAN Realtek GbE LAN chip 10 100 1000 Mbit Expansion Slots 1 x...

Page 8: ...AMI UEFI BIOS PnP 1 0a DMI 2 7 WfM 2 0 SM BIOS 2 7 ACPI 5 0 Unique Features Support for BIOS Support for Q Flash Support for Xpress Install Support for EasyTune Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model Support for Smart Recovery2 Support for ON OFF Charge Bundled Software Norton Internet Security OEM version Operating System Support for Windows 8 1 7 32 bit 64 bit Support fo...

Page 9: ...ckets and supports Dual ChannelTechnology After the memory is installed the BIOS will automatically detect the speciications and capacity of the memory Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will double the original memory bandwidth The two DDR3 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has one memory socket as following Channel 0 DDR3_2 Channel 1 DDR3_1 Read the following guideline...

Page 10: ... the steps in 1 5 Installing an Expansion Card and install anAMD Dual Graphics technology supported graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot Plug the monitor cable into the graphics card and start up your computer Step 2 Enter BIOS Setup to set the following items under the Peripherals GFX Coniguration menu Set Integrated Graphics to Force Set UMA Frame Buffer Size to 512MB or above Save the settings and...

Page 11: ...EDs To conigure 7 1 channel audio you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi channel audio feature through the audio driver Activity LED Connection Speed LED LAN Port Activity LED Connection Speed LED State Description Orange 1 Gbps data rate Green 100 Mbps data rate Off 10 Mbps data rate State Description Blinking Data transmission or receiving is occurring Off No data tr...

Page 12: ... to turn off the devices and your computer Unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the devices After installing the device and before turning on the computer make sure the device cable has been securely attached to the connector on the motherboard 1 ATX_12V 2 ATX 3 CPU_FAN 4 SYS_FAN 5 SATA2 0 1 2 3 6 BAT 7 CLR_CMOS 8 F_PANEL 9 F_AUDIO 10 SPDIF_O 11 F_USB1 F_USB2 5 11 6 3 1...

Page 13: ...and system from overheating Overheating may result in damage to the APU or the system may hang These fan headers are not coniguration jumper blocks Do not place a jumper cap on the headers SYS_FAN CPU_FAN 1 1 ATX_12V Pin No Deinition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V ATX_12V 2 1 4 3 1 2 ATX_12V ATX 2x2 12V Power Connector and 2x12 Main Power Connector With the use of the power connector the power supply can...

Page 14: ...ly remove the battery from the battery holder and wait for one minute Or use a metal object like a screwdriver to touch the positive and negative terminals of the battery holder making them short for 5 seconds 3 Replace the battery 4 Plug in the power cord and restart your computer Always turn off your computer and unplug the power cord before replacing the battery Replace the battery with an equi...

Page 15: ...t panel Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart CI Chassis Intrusion Header Connects to the chassis intrusion switch sensor on the chassis that can detect if the chassis cover has been removed This function requires a chassis with a chassis intrusion switch sensor 9 F_AUDIO Front Panel Audio Header The front panel audio header su...

Page 16: ...using the current version of BIOS it is recommended that you not lash the BIOS To lash the BIOS do it with caution Inadequate BIOS lashing may result in system malfunction It is recommended that you not alter the default settings unless you need to to prevent system instability or other unexpected results Inadequately altering the settings may result in system s failure to boot If this occurs try ...

Page 17: ...BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ by BIOS version On the main menu of the BIOS Setup program press arrow keys to move among the items and press Enter to accept or enter a sub menu Or you can use your mouse to select the item you want 2 2 M I T This section provides information on the BIOS version CPU base clock CPU frequency memory frequency total mem...

Page 18: ...justable range is from 800 MHz to 6000 MHz CPU Clock Ratio Allows you to alter the clock ratio for the installed CPU The adjustable range is dependent on the CPU being installed CPU Frequency Displays the current operating CPU frequency Advanced CPU Core Features CPU Clock Ratio CPU Frequency The settings above are synchronous to those under the same items on the Advanced Frequency Settings menu C...

Page 19: ...oile DDR Voltage When using a non XMP memory module or Extreme Memory Proile X M P is set to Disabled the value is displayed according to your memory speciication When Extreme Memory Proile X M P is set to Proile1 or Proile2 the value is displayed according to the SPD data on the XMP memory Channel Interleaving Enables or disables memory channel interleaving Enabled allows the system to simultaneo...

Page 20: ...rent speeds according to the CPU temperature You can adjust the fan speed with EasyTune based on your system requirements Default Silent Allows the fan to run at slow speeds Manual Allows you to control the fan speed under the Fan Speed Percentage item Full Speed Allows the fan to run at full speeds Fan Speed Percentage Allows you to control the fan speed This item is conigurable only when CPU Fan...

Page 21: ...elect the default language used by the BIOS and manually set the system time System Language Selects the default language used by the BIOS System Date Sets the system date The date format is week read only month date and year Use Enter to switch between the Month Date and Year ields and use the Page Up or Page Down key to set the desired value System Time Sets the system time The time format is ho...

Page 22: ... Drive Floppy Drive Network Device BBS Priorities Speciies the boot order for a speciic device type such as hard drives optical drives loppy disk drives and devices that support Boot from LAN function etc Press Enter on this item to enter the submenu that presents the devices of the same type that are connected This item is present only if at least one device for this type is installed Bootup NumL...

Page 23: ...t is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast Windows 8 Features Allows you to select the operating system to be installed Default Other OS CSM Support Enables or disables UEFI CSM Compatibility Support Module to support a legacy PC boot process Always Enables UEFI CSM Default Never Disables UEFI CSM and supports UEFI BIOS boot process only This item is conigurable only when Windows 8 Features is set to Windo...

Page 24: ...work stack is enabled Administrator Password Allows you to conigure an administrator password Press Enter on this item type the password and then press Enter You will be requested to conirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You must enter the administrator password or user password at system startup and when entering BIOS Setup Differing from the user password the administrator ...

Page 25: ...ther to enable EHCI Hand off feature for an operating system without EHCI Hand off support Default Disabled Port 60 64 Emulation Enables or disables emulation of I O ports 64h and 60h This should be enabled for full legacy support for USB keyboards mice in MS DOS or in operating system that does not natively support USB devices Default Disabled USB Storage Devices Displays a list of connected USB ...

Page 26: ...ame buffer size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller MS DOS for example will use only this memory for display Options are Auto default 256M 512M 1G 2G SATA Coniguration OnChip SATA Channel Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers Default Enabled OnChip SATA Type Enables or disables RAID for the SATAcontrollers integrated in the Chipse...

Page 27: ...d then the system will be turned off instantly Default Delay 4 Sec Press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to turn off the system If the power button is pressed for less than 4 seconds the system will enter suspend mode AC BACK Determines the state of the system after the return of power from an AC power loss Memory The system returns to its last known awake state upon the return of the AC p...

Page 28: ...Determines whether to let the system consume least power in S5 shutdown state Default Disabled Note When this item is set to Enabled the following functions will become unavailable Resume byAlarm PME event wake up power on by mouse power on by keyboard and wake on LAN 2 7 Save Exit Save Exit Setup Press Enter on this item and select Yes This saves the changes to the CMOS and exits the BIOS Setup p...

Page 29: ...h identical model and capacity If you do not want to create RAID you may prepare only one hard drive Windows setup disk Motherboard driver disk A USB lash drive A USB loppy disk drive needed during Windows XP installation An empty formatted loppy disk needed during Windows XP installation Coniguring the Onboard SATA Controller A Installing SATA hard drive s in your computer Attach one end of the S...

Page 30: ...reated successfully will appear Example 1 Create a RAID 0 array with Drive 0 and Drive 1 and the array size is 40 GB rcadm C r0 d 0 1 s 40000 C Create a array r0 RAID 0 d 0 1 Drive 0 and Drive 1 s 40000 Size of 40 GB to use the maximum size allowed do not enter s x0000 Example 2 Create a RAID 5 array with Drive 1 4 and the array size is 75 GB rcadm C r5 d 1 2 3 4 s 75000 C Create a array r5 RAID 5...

Page 31: ...se you wish to undo a deletion Installing the SATA RAID AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings you are ready to install the operating system A Installing Windows 8 1 7 The following instructions use Windows 8 1 as the example operating system Step 1 You need to install the SATA RAID AHCI driver during the OS installation Use an alternative system to copy the SATA RAID AHCI...

Page 32: ...2 Insert the loppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver and press Enter Select AMD AMD RAID Controller 32 Bit scsiport and press Enter Step 3 On the next screen press Enter to continue the driver installation After the driver installation you can proceed with the Windows XP installation Before installing the drivers irst install the operating system The following instructions use Windows 8 1 as th...

Page 33: ...eatment collection recycling and disposal of electric and electronic devices and their components Under the Directive used equipment must be marked collected separately and disposed of properly WEEE Symbol Statement The symbol shown below is on the product or on its packaging which indicates that this product must not be disposed of with other waste Instead the device should be taken to the waste ...

Page 34: ...more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult a dealer or experienced TV radio technician for help Canada Industry Canada IC Notices Canada avis d Industry Canada IC This Class B digital apparatus com...

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