AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboard
GA-M55S-S3 rev
Users Manual
Motherboard
Motherboard
GA-M55S-S3 rev Nov. 10
GA-M55S-S3 rev
Copyright
Product Manual Classification
Table of Contents
4-1-1
Chapter 3 Drivers Installation
Chapter 4 Appendix
4-1-2
Item Checklist
Optional Accessories
GA-M55S-S3 rev. 2.0 Motherboard Layout
GA-M55S-S3
nForce
Block Diagram
PCI-ECLK 100 MHz PCI Express PCI Express Bus
Installation Notices
Chapter 1Hardware Installation
1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation
Instances of Non-Warranty
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1-2 Feature Summary
4 SATA 3Gb/s connectors SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, allow
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Speaker Out / Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out
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1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler
1-3-1 Installation of the CPU
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1-3-2 Installation of the CPU Cooler
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Fig.2
Notch DDRII
1-4 Installation of Memory
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Dual Channel Memory Configuration
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1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards
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Parallel Port
PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction
SPDIFO COATIAL
Line Out Front Speaker Out
Connectors Introduction
Line In
MIC In
+5V Only for 24-pin ATX
1/2 ATX12V / ATX Power Connector
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3.3VOnly for 24-pin ATX
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3 PCIE12V Power Connector
4/5/6 CPUFAN / SYSFAN / PWRFAN Cooler Fan Power Connector
CPUFAN
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7 FDD FDD Connector
8 IDE1 IDE Connector
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9 SATAII1 / 2 / 3 / 4 SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nForce
10 BATTERY
Switch
11 FPANEL Front Panel Jumper
Speaker Connector
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13 FAUDIO Front Audio Connector
12 PWRLED
Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector
14 CDIN CD In Connector
15 SPDIFI S/PDIF In Connector
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16 F USB1 / FUSB2 / FUSB3 Front USB Connector
17 F11394 / F21394 Front IEEE 1394 Connector
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18 CI Chassis Intrusion, Case Open
19 CLRCMOS Clear CMOS
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GA-M55S-S3 rev. 2.0 Motherboard
CONTROL KEYS
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu
Main Menu
BIOS Setting Recovery
The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver. FAa
F12 For Boot Menu
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Power Management Setup
Standard CMOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features
PnP/PCI Configuration
Time
Standard CMOS Features
Date
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave
Halt on
Drive A / Drive B
Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area
Memory
First / Second / Third Boot Device
Advanced BIOS Features
Hard Disk Boot Priority
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Init Display First
Password Check
Away Mode
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NV SATA RAID function
Serial-ATA RAID Config
Integrated Peripherals
NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID
On-Chip MAC Lan
NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID
On-Chip IDE Channel0
NV Serial-ATA Controller
Onboard Serial Port
Onboard LAN Boot ROM
Onboard
Onboard Parallel Port
USB Keyboard Support
ECP Mode Use DMA
On-Chip USB
USB Mouse Support
PME Event Wake Up
Power-On by Alarm
ACPI Suspend Type
Modem Ring On
KB Power ON Password
Power On By Mouse
Power On By Keyboard
AC BACK Function
PCI 1 IRQ Assignment
2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations
PCI 2 IRQ Assignment
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CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU Temperature
Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM
CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Fail Warning
Set to Voltage when you use a CPU fan with a 3-pin fan power cable
CPU Smart FAN Control Note
CPU Smart FAN Mode
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PCIE Clock MHz
MB Intelligent TweakerM.I.T
CPU Frequency MHz
CPU Clock Ratio
Normal CPU Vcore
CPU HT-Link Voltage
CPU Voltage Control
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Load Fail-Safe DefaultsSaveY/N?& ExitN Setup
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Load Optimized DefaultsSaveY/N?& ExitN Setup
2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password
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Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS
2-11 Save & Exit Setup
2-12 Exit Without Saving
Type N will return to Setup Utility
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GA-M55S-S3 rev. 2.0 Motherboard
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Chapter 3Drivers Installation
3-1 Install Chipset Drivers
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3-2 Software Applications
3-3 Driver CD Information
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3-4 Hardware Information
3-5 Contact Us
This page lists all device you have for this motherboard
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GA-M55S-S3 rev. 2.0 Motherboard
4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction
Chapter 4 Appendix
4-1 Unique Software Utilities
User Interface Overview
Boot from CD/DVD F9 Xpress Recovery2
4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction
How to use the Xpress Recovery2
System requirements
2. BACKUP
The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2
1. RESTORE
4. REBOOT
Method 1 Q-FlashTM Utility
4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction
Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTM Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards
Before You Begin
Entering the Q-FlashTM utility
Exploring the Q-FlashTM / Dual BIOS utility screen
Task menu for Dual BIOS utility
Task menu for Q-Flash utility
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Using the Q-FlashTM utility
Steps
disk
BIOS, too
3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS
Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS
The BIOS file becomes Fba after updating
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Updating BIOS with Q-FlashTM Utility on Single-BIOS Motherboards
Part Two
Save to CMOS and EXIT Y/N?Set SupervisorY
Task menu for Q-Flash utility
Exploring the Q-FlashTM utility screen
Using the Q-FlashTM utility
Action bar
Are you sure to RESET ?
Congratulation!! You have updated BIOS successfully
Copy BIOS completed - Pass
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Method 2 @BIOSTM Utility
1. Methods and steps
2. Note
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1 Installing SATA hard drives in your computer
4-1-4 Configuring SATA Hard Drives
To configure SATA hard drives, follow the steps below
Before you begin
2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup
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Step
Step Save and exit BIOS Setup
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Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility
3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS
MediaShield ROM BIOS Copyright C 2006 NVIDIA Corp Detecting array
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Next, select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array. The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives. Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section. Select the target hard drives using the UP or DOWN ARROW key and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section Figure
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N New Array ENTER Detail
B Set Boot
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R Rebuild
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4 Making a SATA Driver Disk
cd bootdrv menu
Figure 10Figure Note For users without a startup disk
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5 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver
S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit
If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER Figure 15 and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 16 appears, you must press S to select additional driver. The screen will return to previous screen as shown in Figure 15. Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and press ENTER
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Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings
4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction
4 Channel Audio Setup
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6 Channel Audio Setup
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8 Channel Audio Setup
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Sound Effect Configuration
AC97 Audio Configuration
4-2 Troubleshooting
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Appendix
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GA-M55S-S3 rev. 2.0 Motherboard
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Appendix
Contact Us
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y GIGABYTE Global Service System
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