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AMD 790GX

Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 Processor Mainboard

User’s Manual

Rev: 1.0, Apr 2009

P/N: 82E790GX10

Motherboard

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Page 1: ...AMD 790GX Socket AM2 AM2 AM3 Processor Mainboard User s Manual Rev 1 0 Apr 2009 P N 82E790GX10 Motherboard...

Page 2: ...ot guarantee the accuracy of the contents This manual is purely technical documentation without any hint or other meanings and we won t commit users misunderstanding of the typesetting error Our produ...

Page 3: ...nction DDR2 DDR3 BIOS 12 3 5 Serial Port Header JCOM1 12 3 6 JHPD Jumper JDVI_HDMI Jumper 13 3 7 JHDT Jumper 13 3 8 JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4 Jumper 14 3 9 D32 D33 LEDs introduction 14 3 10 FAN Power Connectors...

Page 4: ...wing packing and accessories if there is any broken or part missing please contact with your franchiser HDD Cable X 1 Rear I O Panel X 1 User Manual X 1 Driver Utility CD X 1 SATA Power Cable X 1 SATA...

Page 5: ...ort 1 x Coaxial S PDIF IN port 1 x Optical S PDIF Out port 1 x eSATA port 1 x RJ45 port 6 x Audio jacks Line In Line Out MIC In Rear Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Internal...

Page 6: ...AMD 790GX User s Manual 1 3 Mainboard Layout This picture is only for reference...

Page 7: ...c equipment storage peripherals or other portable devices USB Connects to USB devices such as scanner digital speakers monitor mouse keyboard hub digital camera joystick etc LAN Connects to Local Area...

Page 8: ...If the holes line up and there are screw holes you can attach the board with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots you can only attach with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and inser...

Page 9: ...in accordance with the processor specifications It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifications since it does not meet the required standards for the periphe...

Page 10: ...n Further introduction of D32 and D33 LEDs is on page 14 for your referenece DIMM installation Please insert the DIMMs into the DIMM slots vertically downwards Make sure you check the notch key positi...

Page 11: ...nstall PCI Express X4 card into slot PCIE4 Install PCI card into slots PCI1 or PCI2 Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 133 100 66 33 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3...

Page 12: ...ock was incorrectly set in the BIOS menu or d whenever there is modification on the CPU or memory modules This header uses a jumper cap to clear the CMOS memory and have it reconfigured to the default...

Page 13: ...s the memory type and select the corresponding BIOS 1 2 DDR2_Bios Force using the DDR2 BIOS 2 3 DDR3_Bios Force using the DDR3 BIOS 3 5 Serial Port Header Optional Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignmen...

Page 14: ...I device please short this set of jumper to pin 2 3 Pin No Definition 1 2 Auto 2 3 DVI HDMI EN JHPD Jumper While JHPD jumper is being shorted at pin 1 2 it will automatically detect the HDMI or DVI de...

Page 15: ...ollowing is the introduction of the status of these 2 LEDs when INCORRECT CPU memory combinations are being installed LED Status introduction D32 When DDR2 and DDR3 memories are installed at the same...

Page 16: ...eset switch also This connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to p...

Page 17: ...GND 4 CD R Pin No Header HD Audio Definition AC97 Audio Definition 1 PORT1L Microphone Microphone 2 AGND Ground Ground 3 PORT1R Microphone N A 4 PRESENCE Detection sense line from front HD audio N A 5...

Page 18: ...r Input Connectors This mainboard provides two power connectors to connect power supplier This connector allows you to connect an ATX 24 pin power supply To connect the ATX 24 pin power supply make su...

Page 19: ...cial features on or off etc 3 Enhancing your computer s behavior For example speeding up performance by turning on shadowing or cache 4 2 To Run BIOS Setup First access BIOS setup menu by pressing F1...

Page 20: ...ed item Please check the following table for the function description of each control key Press F1 to Run SETUP In order to increase system stability and performance our engineering staff is constantl...

Page 21: ...Device Not Detected Not Detected Hard Disk Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main System Overview...

Page 22: ...PIO Mode 4 Async DMA MultiWord DMA 2 Ultra DMA Ultra DMA 6 S M A R T Supported LBA Large Mode Block Multi Sector Transfer PIO Mode DMA Mode S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabl...

Page 23: ...nabled Enabled v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Legacy USB Support Enabled or Disabled Legacy USB option and Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected USB...

Page 24: ...gical Count 4 This option should remain disabled for the normal operation The driver developer may enable it for testing purpose Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Ex...

Page 25: ...g B 4 4 0 0 0 PCI GFX0 GPP IGFX PCIE1 Gen2 High Speed Mode PCIE3 Gen2 High Speed Mode PCIE4 Gen2 High Speed Mode Disable Disable Disable v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Options BI...

Page 26: ...A Channel Config Available options SATA as primary SATA as secondary Press Esc key to return to Advanced menu Onboard Device Configuration Click Enter key to enter its submenu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advan...

Page 27: ...unction correctly Optional Disabled Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster This item uses PCI busmastering for BIOS reading writing to IDE derives Optional Disabled Enabled OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card This item work...

Page 28: ...y specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Removable Drives Click Enter key to enter its submenu it will be display specifies the boot device priority sequence from available removable d...

Page 29: ...t Installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check Boot Sector Virus Protection BIOS Write Protection Full Acc...

Page 30: ...base power management and APM support Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Power Management APM Suspend Time Out Power Button Mode Video Power Down Mode H...

Page 31: ...k instead Keyboard WakeUp PS 2 keyboard activity wakes the computer from an ACPI S1 or S3 state Specific Key for PowerOn When the Power On function is set to Password use this item to set the password...

Page 32: ...tem only when CPUFAN0 Mode Setting setup as Thermal Cruise Mode and Speed Cruise Mode is activated Optional 0 15 CPUFAN0 StartUp Value CPUFAN StartUp Value This item only when CPUFAN0 Mode Setting set...

Page 33: ...1 8V Voltage Control NB2 Voltage Control BIOS Number Select Debug Led Select SIDEPORT Memory Type Auto 1 885 V Auto 1 232 V Auto Auto 1 168 V Auto 1 248 V Auto Auto Auto Single BIOS Onboard Hynix v02...

Page 34: ...1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit ECC Mode DRAM ECC Enable DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT 4 Bit ECC Mode DRAM BG Scrub Data Cache BG Scrub L2 Cache BG Scrub L3 Cache BG Scrub Disabled Disabled Disabled D...

Page 35: ...ged Mode This item allows the selection of the unganged DRAM mode 64 bit width Power Down Enable This item is to enable or disable the DDR power down mode Power Down Mode Available options Channel Chi...

Page 36: ...configuration changes and exit setup Ok Cancel Ok BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00t Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes F10 key can be used for thi...

Page 37: ...Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Discard changes and exit setup Ok Cancel Ok BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot...

Page 38: ...on opens a dialog box that let you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility Select OK and then Enter to install the defaults select Cancel and then Enter to not instal...

Page 39: ...elow If the menu does not appear double click My Computer double click CD ROM drive or click Start click Run type X AUTORUN EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive This picture is only for reference From...

Page 40: ...tility the drivers menu should appear as below This picture is only for reference From the Drivers MENU you may make 3 selections 1 ATI Chipset Installtion Utility 2 Onboard LAN Driver 3 Audio Driver...

Page 41: ...overy is forced Main BIOS checksum is tested If BIOS recovery is necessary control flows to checkpoint E0 See Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints section of document for more information D7 Restore CP...

Page 42: ...PNV area Initialized CMOS as mentioned in the Kernel Variable wCMOSFlags 04 Check CMOS diagnostic byte to determine if battery power is OK and CMOS checksum is OK Verify CMOS checksum manually by read...

Page 43: ...RAM size if needed 52 Updates CMOS memory size from memory found in memory test Allocates memory for Extended BIOS Data Area from base memory 60 Initializes NUM LOCK status and programs the KBD typem...

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