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Internal 
Connectors

 

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1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

 

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1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

 

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4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

 

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1 x APU fan header

 

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2 x system fan headers

 

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1 x front panel header

 

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1 x front panel audio header

 

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1 x speaker header

 

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1 x S/PDIF Out header

 

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2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

 

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1 x serial port header

 

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1 x Clear CMOS jumper

 

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1 x chassis intrusion header

Back Panel 
Connectors

 

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1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

 

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1 x D-Sub port

 

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1 x DVI-D port

 

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1 x HDMI port

 

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2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports

 

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4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

 

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1 x RJ-45 port

 

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3 x audio jacks (Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

I/O Controller

 

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iTE

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 I/O Controller Chip

Hardware 
Monitor

 

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System voltage detection

 

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APU/System temperature detection

 

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APU/System fan speed detection

 

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APU overheating warning

 

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APU/System fan fail warning

 

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APU/System fan speed control

*   Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you 

install.

BIOS

 

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2 x 64 Mbit lash

 

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Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS

 

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Support for DualBIOS

 

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PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features

 

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Support for @BIOS

 

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Support for Q-Flash

 

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Support for Xpress Install

 

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Support for EasyTune

*  Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

 

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Support for Smart Recovery2

 

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Support for ON/OFF Charge

Bundled 
Software

 

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Norton

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 Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating 
System

 

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Support for Windows 8.1/7 32-bit/64-bit

 

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Support for Windows XP 32-bit

*  To support Windows XP 32-bit, you must install an AMD FM2+ Kaveri APU.

Form Factor

 

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Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 17.4cm

*   GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to the product speciications and product-related information without 

prior notice.

*   Please visit the 

Support & Downloads\Utility

 page on GIGABYTE's website to check the supported operating system(s) 

for the software listed in the "Unique Features" and "Bundled Software" columns.

Summary of Contents for GA-F2A68HM-HD2

Page 1: ...GA F2A68HM HD2 User s Manual Rev 1001 12ME F268HD2 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: ...mory 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 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 29 Chapter 3 Appendix 30 3 1 Coniguring SATA Hard Drive s 30 3 2 Drivers Installation 3...

Page 4: ...ce Box Contents 5 GA F2A68HM HD2 motherboard 5 Motherboard driver disk 5 Two SATA cables 5 User s Manual 5 I O Shield KB_MS_USB CPU_FAN CI SYS_FAN1 Socket FM2 ATX GA F2A68HM HD2 F_AUDIO AUDIO DDR3_2 DDR3_1 BAT ATX_12V SATA3 SATA3 R_USB30 HDMI CODEC M_BIOS B_BIOS VGA DVI USB_LAN PCIEX16 PCIEX1 PCI F_USB2 COM F_PANEL F_USB1 SYS_FAN2 SPDIF_O CLR_CMOS SPEAKER Realtek GbE LAN AMD A68H 0 1 3 2 iTE Super...

Page 5: ... 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 COM 8 USB 2 0 1 1 LAN RJ45 x1 x1 x16 Realtek GbE LAN 1 PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x1 4 SATA 6Gb s 2 USB 3 0 2 0 AMD A68H DISP CLK 100 MHz DDR3 2133 1866 1600 1333 MHz D Sub DVI D HDMI iTE Super I O Dual 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: ...h 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 Maximum shared memory of 2 GB Audio Realtek ALC887 codec High Deini...

Page 8: ... speed control function is 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 Recovery2 Support for O...

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: ...ating system An AMD Dual Graphics technology supported motherboard and correct driver An AMD graphics card that supports AMD 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 6000 graphics card B Installing the Graphics Cards and Coniguring BIOS Setu...

Page 11: ...e states of the LAN port LEDs A Triple Display Conigurations Triple display conigurations are supported after you install motherboard drivers in OS Only dual display conigurations are supported during the BIOS Setup or POST process 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 se...

Page 12: ...alling 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_FAN1 2 5 SATA3 0 1 2 3 6 BAT 7 CLR_CMOS 8 F_PANEL 9 F_AUDIO 10 SPDIF_O 11 SPEAKER 12 F_USB1 F_USB2 13 COM 14 CI 5 12 14 3 6 10 1 4 2 5 13 9 11 4 8 7 Mic In Jack Pink The Mic in jack Microphones must be connected to this jack ...

Page 13: ...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 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V...

Page 14: ...y 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 negative side of the battery the positive side should face up Used b...

Page 15: ...nt panel audio header supports Intel High Deinition audio HD and AC 97 audio You may connect your chassis front panel audio module to this header Make sure the wire assignments of the module connector match the pin assignments of the motherboard header Incorrect connection between the module connector and the motherboard header will make the device unable to work or even damage it 1 2 9 10 For HD ...

Page 16: ...t beep will be heard if no problem is detected at system startup 12 F_USB1 F_USB2 USB 2 0 1 1 Headers The headers conform to USB 2 0 1 1 speciication Each USB header can provide two USB ports via an optional USB bracket For purchasing the optional USB bracket please contact the local dealer 10 9 2 1 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...

Page 17: ...clude conducting the Power On Self Test POST during system startup saving system parameters and loading operating system etc BIOS includes a BIOS 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...

Page 18: ... 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 me...

Page 19: ... 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 Core Performance Boost Note Allows you to determine whether to enable the Core Performance Boost CPB technology a CPU performance bo...

Page 20: ... 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 increase memory performance and stability Default Auto Ra...

Page 21: ...an 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 Speed Control is set to Manual Options are 0 75 P...

Page 22: ...e 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 changes to all BIOS settings the User level only allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all Fan Speed Percentage Allows you to control the fan speed This item is conigurable...

Page 23: ...t 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 NumLock State Enables or disables Numlock feature on the numeric keypa...

Page 24: ...u 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 Windows 8 or Windows 8 WHQL Boot Mode Selection Allows you to selec...

Page 25: ...nistrator 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 password allows you to make changes to all BIOS settings User Password Allo...

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: ...ely 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 Chipset or conigures the SATAcontrollers to AHCI mode Native IDE Conigur...

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: ... drives with 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 e...

Page 31: ...aximum 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 you will see ARRAY LIST informa...

Page 32: ... standard OS installation steps When the screen requesting you to load the driver appears select Browse Step 3 Then browse to the USB lash drive and select the location of the driver The locations of the drivers are as follows RAID driver for Windows 8 1 32 bit Hw8_A88 RAID x86 RAID driver for Windows 8 1 64 bit Hw8_A88 RAID x64 AHCI driver for Windows 8 1 32 bit Hw8_A88 AHCI W8 AHCI driver for Wi...

Page 33: ... XP 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 operating system insert the motherboard driver disk into your optical drive Click on the message Tap to choose what happens with this disc on the top right corner of the screen and select Run Run exe Or go to My Computer do...

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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