GA-F2A78M-DASH
User's Manual
Rev. 3001
12ME-F278MDA-3001R
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Page 2: ... reproduced copied translated transmitted or published in any form or by any means without GIGABYTE s prior written permission For quick set up of the product read the Quick Installation Guide included with the product 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 Motherb...
Page 3: ...PU 9 1 4 Installing the Memory 9 1 5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1 6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1 7 Internal Connectors 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 17 2 1 Startup Screen 18 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 30 Chapter 3 Appendix 31 3 1 Coniguring SATA Hard Drive s 31 3 2 Drivers Installation 33 Regulatory Statements 3...
Page 4: ...d Box Contents 5 GA F2A78M DASH motherboard 5 Motherboard driver disk 5 Four SATA cables 5 User s Manual 5 I O Shield 5 Quick Installation Guide KB_MS_USB CPU_FAN SYS_FAN1 FM2 ATX GA F2A78M DASH F_AUDIO AUDIO DDR3_1 DDR3_3 DDR3_2 DDR3_4 BAT ATX_12V SATA3 R_USB30 USB30_LAN DP_HDMI CODEC M_BIOS VGA DVI PCIEX16 LPT PCIEX4 PCIEX1 TPM IC Note PCI F_USB2 F_PANEL F_USB30_2 F_USB30_1 F_USB1 COMB COMA SYS_...
Page 5: ... AMD APU UMI APU CLK 100 MHz PCI Express Bus PCI Express Bus PCI Bus LPC Bus PCIe CLK 100 MHz PS 2 KB Mouse LPT 6 USB 2 0 1 1 4 USB 3 0 2 0 LAN RJ45 x1 x1 x4 Realtek GbE LAN VIA VL805 x16 x1 1 PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x1 1 PCI Express x4 6 SATA 6Gb s 4 USB 3 0 2 0 AMD A78 DISP CLK 100 MHz DDR3 2133 1866 1600 1333 MHz DVI D DisplayPort D Sub HDMI Switch 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: ...equires both a monitor and cable that support Dual Link DVI The DVI D port does not support D Sub connection by adapter 1 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 1 x DisplayPort supporting a maximum resolution of 3840x...
Page 8: ...ort header 2 x serial port header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper Back Panel Connectors 1 x PS 2 keyboard mouse port 1 x D Sub port 1 x DVI D port 1 x HDMI port 1 x DisplayPort 4 x USB 3 0 2 0 ports 2 x USB 2 0 1 1 ports 1 x RJ 45 port 3 x audio jacks Line In Line Out Mic In I O Controller iTE I O Controller Chip Hardware Monitor System voltage detection APU System temperature detection APU System fan speed...
Page 9: ...and the notches on the APU 1 4 Installing the Memory Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory of the same capacity brand speed and chips be used Go to GIGABYTE s website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the...
Page 10: ...ectional audio transmission DisplayPort can support both DPCP and HDCP content protection mechanisms You can use this port to connect your DisplayPort supported monitor The DisplayPortTechnology can support a maximum resolution of 3840x2160 but the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used Dual Channel Memory Coniguration This motherboard provides four DDR3 memory sockets and s...
Page 11: ... supported after you install motherboard drivers in OS Only dual display conigurations are supported during the BIOS Setup or POST process Note B Playback of Blu ray Discs In order to get better playback quality when playing the Blu ray discs refer to the recommended system requirements or better below AMD A series processors Memory Two 1 GB DDR3 1333 MHz memory modules with dual channel mode enab...
Page 12: ...o the connector on the motherboard 1 ATX_12V 2 ATX 3 CPU_FAN 4 SYS_FAN1 SYS_FAN2 5 SATA3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 BAT 7 CLR_CMOS 8 F_PANEL 9 F_AUDIO 10 SPDIF_O 11 F_USB30_1 F_USB30_2 12 F_USB1 F_USB2 13 COMA COMB 14 LPT 12 13 6 14 4 10 1 3 2 4 5 11 8 9 11 7 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...
Page 13: ...pation it is recommended that a system fan be installed 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 13 1 24 12 ATX ATX Pin No Deinition Pin No Deinition 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2...
Page 14: ...computer and unplug the power cord before replacing the battery Replace the battery with an equivalent one Danger of explosion if the battery is replaced with an incorrect model Contact the place of purchase or local dealer if you are not able to replace the battery by yourself or uncertain about the battery model When installing the battery note the orientation of the positive side and the negati...
Page 15: ...cts to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel The LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data RES Reset Switch Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front 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...
Page 16: ...einition 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 pin cable into the USB header Prior to installing the USB bracket be sure to turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the USB bracket Pin No Deinition 1 SPDIFO 2 GND 1 11 F_USB30_1 F_USB30_2 USB 3 0 2 0 Headers The he...
Page 17: ...nstability or other unexpected results Inadequately altering the settings may result in system s failure to boot If this occurs try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values Refer to the Load Optimized Defaults section in this chapter or introductions of the battery clear CMOS jumper in Chapter 1 for how to clear the CMOS values BIOS Basic Input and Output System records hardw...
Page 18: ...2 M I T This section provides information on the BIOS version CPU base clock CPU frequency memory frequency total memory size CPU temperature Vcore and memory voltage Whether the system will work stably with the overclock overvoltage settings you made is dependent on your overall system conigurations Incorrectly doing overclock overvoltage may result in damage to CPU chipset or memory and reduce t...
Page 19: ...ws you to determine whether to improve CPU performance Default Disabled Core Performance Boost Ratio Note Allows you alter the ratio for the CPB The adjustable range is dependent on the CPU being installed Default Auto AMD Cool Quiet function Enabled Lets the AMD Cool n Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption Default ...
Page 20: ...r 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 simultaneously access different channels of the memory to incre...
Page 21: ...u 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 CPU fan speed This item is conigurable only when CPU Fan Speed Control is set to Manual Options are...
Page 22: ...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 is set the default will display as Administrator The Administrator level allows you to make cha...
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: ...hen Fast Boot is set to Ultra Fast NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network Default Enabled Enables booting from the network This item is conigurable only when Fast 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 ...
Page 25: ... is enabled PXE boot wait time Allows you to conigure how long to wait before you can press Esc to abort the PXE boot This item is conigurable only when Network 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 Y...
Page 26: ...rmines 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 Default Disabled USB Storage Devices Displays a list of conn...
Page 27: ...tem memory allocated solely for the onboard graphics controller MS DOS for example will use only this memory for display Options are Auto default 32M 64M 128M 256M 512M 1G 2G SATA Coniguration OnChip SATA Channel Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers Default Enabled OnChip SATA Type SATA3 0 SATA3 3 connectors Enables or disables RAID for the SATAcontrollers integrated in the Chipset ...
Page 28: ...llel port Default Enabled Device Mode This item is conigurable only when Parallel Port is set to Enabled Selects an operating mode for the onboard parallel LPT port Options are Standard Parallel Port Mode Default EPP Mode Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Mode Extended Capabilities Port EPP Mode ECP Mode Serial Port Console Redirection This section allows you to enable disable serial port console redirec...
Page 29: ... be turned on by a PS 2 keyboard wake up event Note To use this function you need an ATX power supply providing at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Disabled Disables this function Default Password Set a password with 1 5 characters to turn on the system Keyboard 98 Press POWER button on the Windows 98 keyboard to turn on the system Any Key Press any key to turn on the system Power On Password Set the pas...
Page 30: ... Enter on the device you select and select Yes to conirm Your system will restart automatically and boot from that device Save Proiles This function allows you to save the current BIOS settings to a proile You can create up to 8 proiles and save as Setup Proile 1 Setup Proile 8 Press Enter to complete Or you can select Select File in HDD USB FDD to save the proile to your storage device Load Proil...
Page 31: ... follow the steps in C 1 To enter the legacy RAID ROM save the settings and exit BIOS Setup Refer to C 2 for more information 3 1 Coniguring SATA Hard Drive s The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version C 1 UEFI RAID Coniguration O...
Page 32: ...egins look for a message which says Press Ctrl F to enter RAID Option ROM Utility Press Ctrl R to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility Creating a RAID Array 1 To create a new array press 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 dri...
Page 33: ... Hw8_A88 AHCI W8 AHCI driver for Windows 8 1 8 64 bit Hw8_A88 AHCI W864A For Windows 7 browse to the Hw7_A88 folder Step 4 When a screen appears select AMD RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation Before installing the drivers irst install the operating system The following instructions use Windows 8 1 as the example operating system After installing the o...
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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