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GA-F2A68HM-DS2H

User's Manual

Rev. 1001

12ME-F268D2H-1001R

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Summary of Contents for GA-F2A68HM-DS2H

Page 1: ...GA F2A68HM DS2H User s Manual Rev 1001 12ME F268D2H 1001R ...

Page 2: ...out 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 moth...

Page 3: ...emory 9 1 5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1 6 Setup of the AMD Dual Graphics Coniguration 10 1 7 Back Panel Connectors 11 1 8 Internal Connectors 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 17 2 1 Startup Screen 17 2 2 M I T 18 2 3 System Information 22 2 4 BIOS Features 23 2 5 Peripherals 26 2 6 Power Management 28 2 7 Save Exit 29 Chapter 3 Appendix 30 3 1 Coniguring SATA Hard Drive s 30 3 2 Drivers Installation ...

Page 4: ... notice Box Contents 5 GA F2A68HM DS2H motherboard 5 Motherboard driver disk 5 Two SATA cables 5 User s Manual 5 I O Shield KB_MS_USB CPU_FAN ATX GA F2A68HM DS2H F_AUDIO AUDIO B_BIOS DDR3_1 DDR3_2 BAT F_PANEL ATX_12V COM CODEC CLR_CMOS M_BIOS VGA USB_LAN PCIEX16 PCIEX1 PCI F_USB1 F_USB2 SYS_FAN1 Socket FM2 R_USB30 Realtek GbE LAN AMD A68H SPDIF_O SATA3 2 3 iTE Super I O 0 1 SATA3 HDMI SYS_FAN2 LPT...

Page 5: ...s Bus COM LPC Bus 1 PCI PCI Bus Dual BIOS PCI CLK 33 MHz PCIe CLK 100 MHz PS 2 KB Mouse 8 USB 2 0 1 1 2 USB 3 0 2 0 LAN RJ45 x1 x1 x16 Realtek GbE LAN 1 x PCI Express x1 1 PCI Express x16 D Sub 4 SATA 6Gb s DISP CLK 100 MHz DDR3 2133 1866 1600 1333 MHz HDMI iTE Super I O S PDIF Out Line Out Front Speaker Out MIC Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Line In Rear Speaker Out CODEC AMD A68H LPT ...

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: ...x HDMI port supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 The resolution of 4096x2160 can be supported when using an FM2 APU the maximum resolution supported is 1920x1200 when using an FM2 APU Support for HDMI 1 4a version 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...

Page 8: ...supported will depend on the cooler you install BIOS 2 x 64 Mbit lash Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS Support for DualBIOS 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 Recovery 2 Support for ON OFF Charge Bundled Softw...

Page 9: ...ts 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 A DDR3_2 Channel B DDR3_1 Read the following guidelines b...

Page 10: ...AMD R7 200 series graphics card for an FM2 APU please use an AMD Radeon HD 6000 graphics card B Installing the Graphics Cards and Coniguring BIOS Setup Step 1 Observe 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 ...

Page 11: ...92KHz 24bit 8 channel LPCM audio output You can use this port to connect your HDMI supported monitor The maximum supported resolution is 4096x2160 Note but the actual resolutions supported are dependent on the monitor being used RJ 45 LAN Port The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 1 Gbps data rate The following describes the states of the LAN port LEDs Activity LED Co...

Page 12: ...e has been securely attached to the connector on the motherboard 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 Line Out Jack Green The line out jack Use this audio jack for a headphone or 2 channel speaker This jack can be used to connect front speakers in a 4 5 1 7 1 channel audio coniguration Mic I...

Page 13: ...ed inside the chassis To meet expansion requirements it is recommended that a powersupply that can withstand high powerconsumption be used 500W or greater If a power supply is used that does not provide the required power the result can lead to an unstable or unbootable system ATX_12V 13 1 24 12 ATX ATX Pin No Deinition Pin No Deinition 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON soft ...

Page 14: ...more information 7 2 3 SATA3 1 7 0 1 SATA3 1 Power LED 1 2 19 20 CI CI PW SPEAK SPEAK PW HD RES HD RES Hard Drive Activity LED Reset Switch Chassis Intrusion Header Power Switch Speaker PLED PLED Power LED PWR_LED PWR_LED NC NC PW Power Switch Connects to the power switch on the chassis front panel You may conigure the way to turn off your system using the power switch refer to Chapter 2 BIOS Setu...

Page 15: ...is provide a front panel audio module that has separated connectors on each wire instead of a single plug For information about connecting the front panel audio module that has different wire assignments please contact the chassis manufacturer Pin No Deinition Pin No Deinition 1 Power 5V 6 USB DY 2 Power 5V 7 GND 3 USB DX 8 GND 4 USB DY 9 No Pin 5 USB DX 10 NC Do not plug the IEEE 1394 bracket 2x5...

Page 16: ...urate or may be lost You may clear the CMOS values by removing the battery 1 Turn off your computer and unplug the power cord 2 Gently 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...

Page 17: ...IOS Setup program that allows the user to modify basic system coniguration settings or to activate certain system features When the power is turned off the battery on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS to keep the coniguration values in the CMOS To access the BIOS Setup program press the Delete key during the POST when the power is turned on To upgrade the BIOS use either the...

Page 18: ...memory voltage M I T Current Status This screen provides information on CPU memory frequencies parameters Advanced Frequency Settings CPU Clock Control Allows you to manually set the CPU base clock in 1 MHz increments Default Auto Important It is highly recommended that the CPU frequency be set in accordance with the CPU speciications Processor Graphics Clock Allows you to set the onboard graphics...

Page 19: ... frequency will be reduced during system halt state to decrease power consumption The C6 state is a more enhanced power saving state than C1 Default Enabled CPU core Control Allows you to determine whether to manually enable disable CPU cores Automatic mode allows the BIOS to enable all CPU cores number of cores available depends on the CPU being used Default Automatic mode APM Enables or disables...

Page 20: ...e timing setting screens are conigurable only when Memory Timing Mode is set to Manual or Advanced Manual Note Your system may become unstable or fail to boot after you make changes on the memory timings If this occurs please reset the board to default values by loading optimized defaults or clearing the CMOS values Advanced Voltage Settings This sub menu allows you to set CPU chipset and memory v...

Page 21: ...e fan to run at different speeds according to the system 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 conig...

Page 22: ...and use the Page Up or Page Down key to set the desired value System Time Sets the system time The time format is hour minute and second For example 1 p m is 13 0 0 Use Enter to switch between the Hour Minute and Second ields and use the Page Up or Page Down key to set the desired value Access Level Displays the current access level depending on the type of password protection used If no password ...

Page 23: ... 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 24: ... Boot 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 W...

Page 25: ...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 password allows you to make changes to all BIOS settings User Password Allows you to conigure a user password Press Enter on this item type the password and t...

Page 26: ... XHCI Hand off support Default Enabled EHCI Hand off Determines whether 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 Def...

Page 27: ...ables or disables the integrated SATA controllers Default Enabled OnChip SATA Type Enables or disables RAID for the SATAcontrollers integrated in the Chipset or conigures the SATAcontrollers to AHCI mode Native IDE Conigures the SATA controller to IDE mode RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller AHCI Conigures the SATAcontrollers toAHCI mode Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI is an interfac...

Page 28: ...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 pow...

Page 29: ...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 30: ...ive 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 SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port on the motherboard Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard ...

Page 31: ...ess Enter on the Create Array option 2 The selection bar will move to the Disks section on the right of the screen Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive and press Insert The selected hard drive will be shown in green To use all of the hard drives simply press A to select all Then press Enter and the selection bar will move to th...

Page 32: ...er disk to a loppy disk Refer to the methods below Method A For the AMD A68H copy all iles in the BootDrv Hxp folder to your loppy disk Method B Steps 1 Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk 2 From your optical drive folder double click the Menu exe ile in the BootDrv folder A Command Prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 2 3 3 Insert the blank formatted disk...

Page 33: ...need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver Ascreen will then appear asking you to specify an additional SCSI adapter Press S Step 2 Insert the loppy disk containing the SATA RAID AHCI driver and press Enter Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will appear Select AMDAHCI Compatible RAID Controller x86 platform and press Enter Step 3 On the next screen press Enter to continue the ...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...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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