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Page 1: ...GA F2A58 DS3 User s Manual Rev 3001 12ME F258DS3 3001R...
Page 2: ...ransmitted 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 infor...
Page 3: ...y 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 17 2 1 Startup Screen 17 2 2 M I...
Page 4: ...and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain KB_MS SYS_FAN1 Socket FM2 ATX GA F2A58 DS3 F_AUDIO AUDIO PCIEX1_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_1 BAT F_USB3 SPDIF_O ATX_12V AMD A58 SATA2 PCI1 PCI2 V...
Page 5: ...Mouse Dual BIOS 14 USB 2 0 1 1 6 SATA 3Gb s PCI Express Bus PCI Express Bus PCIe CLK 100 MHz PCIe CLK 100 MHz 3 PCI Express x1 x1 x1 LAN RJ45 Realtek GbE LAN APU CLK 100 MHz DISP CLK 100 MHz Dual Chan...
Page 6: ...ory 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 p...
Page 7: ...supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 1 x DVI D port supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 Support for 2560x1600 resolution requires both a monitor and cable that support Dual Link DVI...
Page 8: ...temperature detection APU System fan speed detection APU overheating warning APU System fan fail warning APU System fan speed control Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend o...
Page 9: ...Form Factor ATX Form Factor 30 5cm x 19 0cm GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to the product speciications and product related information without prior notice Please visit the Support...
Page 10: ...Dual Graphics technology for more details please visit AMD s oficial website and correct driver For an FM2 APU please use an AMD R7 200 series graphics card for an FM2 APU please use an AMD Radeon HD...
Page 11: ...ion 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 receiv...
Page 12: ...ff 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...
Page 13: ...n 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 do...
Page 14: ...using the power switch refer to Chapter 2 BIOS Setup Power Management for more information SPEAK Speaker Connects to the speaker on the chassis front panel The system reports system startup status by...
Page 15: ...acturer 1 2 9 10 8 SPDIF_O S PDIF Out Header This header supports digital S PDIF Out and connects a S PDIF digital audio cable provided by expansion cards for digital audio output from your motherboar...
Page 16: ...in the CMOS when the computer is turned off Replace the battery when the battery voltage drops to a low level or the CMOS values may not be accurate or may be lost You may clear the CMOS values by re...
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 nece...
Page 18: ...tage 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 inc...
Page 19: ...U core 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 determ...
Page 20: ...P 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 i...
Page 21: ...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 Speed Control is set to Manual Options are 0 75 PWM value o C 2 50 PW...
Page 22: ...he User level only allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all 2 4 BIOS Features Boot Option Priorities Speciies the overall boot order from the available devices For example you c...
Page 23: ...pe of operating system to boot Auto Enables legacy option ROM only EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM Default This item is conigurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast USB Support Di...
Page 24: ...le only when CSM Support is set to Always Network stack Disables or enables booting from the network to install a GPT format OS such as installing the OS from the Windows Deployment Services server De...
Page 25: ...her 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 en...
Page 26: ...MS DOS for example will use only this memory for display The adjustable range is from 32 MB to 2 GB Default Auto SATA Coniguration OnChip SATA Channel Enables or disables the integrated SATA controlle...
Page 27: ...en 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 wi...
Page 28: ...em ErP 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 PME event wa...
Page 29: ...cal 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...
Page 30: ...ated 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...
Page 31: ...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 8 7 The fol...
Page 32: ...he BootDrv folder A Command Prompt window will open 3 Insert the blank formatted disk if you re using a USB loppy disk drive make sure it is designated as drive A Select the controller driver by press...
Page 33: ...atment 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 Sy...
Page 34: ...ore 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 tha...
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