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GA-F2A78M-DS2

User's Manual

Rev. 3001
12ME-F278MS2-3001R

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Page 1: ...GA F2A78M DS2 User s Manual Rev 3001 12ME F278MS2 3001R ...

Page 2: ...ut 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 mothe...

Page 3: ...ory 9 1 5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1 6 Setup of the AMD Dual Graphics Configuration 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 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 Configuring SATA Hard Drive s 29 3 2 Drivers Installation ...

Page 4: ...otice Box Contents 5 5 GA F2A78M DS2 motherboard 5 5 Motherboard driver disk 5 5 Two SATA cables 5 5 User s Manual 5 5 I O Shield KB_MS_USB CPU_FAN ATX GA F2A78M DS2 F_AUDIO AUDIO B_BIOS DDR3_1 DDR3_2 BAT F_PANEL ATX_12V DVI CODEC CLR_CMOS M_BIOS VGA USB30_LAN PCIEX16 PCIEX1 PCI F_USB1 F_USB2 COM SYS_FAN Socket FM2 R_USB Realtek GbE LAN AMD A78 SPDIF_O SATA3 2 3 iTE Super I O 0 1 SATA3 F_USB30 CI ...

Page 5: ...ss 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 4 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 DVI D iTE Super I O S PDIF Out Line Out Front Speaker Out MIC Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Line In Rear Speaker Out CODEC AMD A78 ...

Page 6: ...ory If you do not have an ESD wrist strap keep your hands dry and first 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 DVI D port supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 Support for 2560x1600 resolution requires both a monitor and cable that support Dual Link DVI The DVI D port does not support D Sub connection by adapter Maximum shared memory of 2 GB Audio Realtek ALC887 codec High Definition Audio 2 4 5 1 7 1 channel To configure 7 1 channel audio you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable...

Page 8: ...ortedwilldependonthecooleryouinstall BIOS 2 x 64 Mbit flash Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS Support for DualBIOS PnP 1 0a DMI 2 0 SM BIOS 2 6 ACPI 2 0a 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 Software Norton Intern...

Page 9: ...kets and supports Dual ChannelTechnology After the memory is installed the BIOS will automatically detect the specifications 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 guideline...

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 Configuring 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 t...

Page 11: ...on Speed LED State Description Orange 1 Gbps data rate Green 100 Mbps data rate Off 10 Mbps data rate Activity LED State Description Blinking Data transmission or receiving is occurring Off No data transmission or receiving is occurring USB 3 0 2 0 Port The USB 3 0 port supports the USB 3 0 specification and is compatible to the USB 2 0 1 1 specification Use this port for USB devices such as a USB...

Page 12: ...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 SATA3 0 1 2 3 6 F_PANEL 7 SPDIF_O 8 F_AUDIO 9 F_USB30 10 F_USB1 F_USB2 11 COM 12 CLR_CMOS 13 CI 14 BAT 1 2...

Page 13: ...side 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 Definition Pin No Definition 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON soft On ...

Page 14: ...NC Hard Drive Activity LED Reset Switch 7 SPDIF_O S PDIF Out Header ThisheadersupportsdigitalS PDIFOutandconnectsaS PDIFdigitalaudiocable providedbyexpansioncards for digital audio output from your motherboard to certain expansion cards like graphics cards and sound cards For example some graphics cards may require you to use a S PDIF digital audio cable for digital audio output from your motherbo...

Page 15: ... 5 LINE2_R 6 GND 7 FAUDIO_JD 8 No Pin 9 LINE2_L 10 GND Pin No Definition 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MIC Power 4 NC 5 Line Out R 6 NC 7 NC 8 No Pin 9 Line Out L 10 NC The front panel audio header supports HD audio by default Audio signals will be present on both of the front and back panel audio connections simultaneously Some chassis provide a front panel audio module that has separated connectors on each wire...

Page 16: ...nal 2 GND 14 BAT Battery The battery provides power to keep the values such as BIOS configurations date and time information 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 removing the battery 1 Turn off your computer and unplug the power cord 2 Gent...

Page 17: ... BIOS Setup program that allows the user to modify basic system configuration 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 configuration 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...

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 specifications Processor Graphics Clock Allows you to set the onboard graphic...

Page 19: ...d 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 Application Power Management Default Enabled Extreme Memory Profile X M P Note 2 Allows the BIOS to read the SPD data on XMP memory module s to enhance me...

Page 20: ...sly access different ranks of the memory to increase memory performance and stability Default Auto PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Keeps or clears the record of previous chassis intrusion status Default Enabled Clears the record of previous chassis intrusion status and the Case Open field will show No at next boot Case Open Displays the detection status of the chassis intrusion de...

Page 21: ...model and BIOS version You can also select 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 fields and use the Page Up or Page Down key to set the desired value System Time Sets...

Page 22: ... for a specific device type such as hard drives optical drives floppy 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 NumLock State Enables or disables Numlock feature on the numeric keypad of ...

Page 23: ...elect 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 configurable only when Windows 8 Features is set to Windows 8 or Windows 8 WHQL Boot Mode Selection Allows you to select whi...

Page 24: ...em type the password and then press Enter You will be requested to confirm 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 configure a user password Pres...

Page 25: ... 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 26: ...es or disables the integrated SATA controllers Default Enabled OnChip SATA Type Enables or disables RAID for the SATAcontrollers integrated in the Chipset or configures the SATAcontrollers to AHCI mode Native IDE Configures the SATA controller to IDE mode RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller AHCI Configures the SATAcontrollers toAHCI mode Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI is an interfac...

Page 27: ... 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 power Always On The system...

Page 28: ...tem 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 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 program ...

Page 29: ...B floppy disk drive needed during Windows XP installation An empty formatted floppy disk needed during Windows XP installation Configuring 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 s...

Page 30: ...0000 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 d 1 2 3 4 Drive 1 4 s 75000 Size of 75 GB After you create the array you can enter the rcadm M qa commands to see the array information In addition to the CONTROLLER LIST and DISK LIST information ...

Page 31: ...ress C to continue the deletion or Esc to cancel 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 7 The following instructions use Windows 8 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 ...

Page 32: ...ouble click the Menu exe file in the BootDrv folder A Command Prompt window will open 3 Insert the blank formatted disk if you re using a USB floppy disk drive make sure it is designated as drive A Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu and press Enter For example for the AMD A78 select 6 hseries AHCI RAID for XP Your system will then automatically copy the...

Page 33: ...reatment 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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Page 36: ... ggts gigabyte com tw WEB address English http www gigabyte com WEB address Chinese http www gigabyte tw You may go to the GIGABYTE website select your language in the language list on the top right corner of the website GIGABYTE Global Service System To submit a technical or non technical Sales Marketing question please link to http ggts gigabyte com tw Then select your language to enter the syst...

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