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Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S4 Personal Computer User Manual

1. O1 EPET ri 110 12 13 3 1 ATX 12V 2X o ATX 12V o 12 PWR LED 2 ATX Power Connector 13 F PANEL 3 PCIE 12V 14 F AUDIO 4 CPU FAN 15 CD IN 5 SYS FAN 16 SPDIF I 6 PWR FAN 17 F_USB1 F_USB2 F USB3 7 SB FAN 18 F1 1394 F2 1394 8 IDE1 19 TPM o 9 FDD 20 CLR CMOS 10 SATAIIO SATAII S ATAII2 SATAII3 21 Cl SATAII4 SATAII5 22 BAT 11 JSATAIIO JSATAII1 o Only for GA M59SLI S5 Q Only for GA MS9SLI S4 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 24 4 2 ATX 12V 2X ATX 12V Power Connector ATX Power Connector With the use of the power connector the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard Before connecting the power connector please make sure that all components and devices are properly installed Align the power connector with its proper location on the motherboard and connect tightly The ATX 12V power connector mainly supplies power to the CPU If the ATX 12V power connector is not connected the system will not start If you wish to install a power supply that provides ATX 12V 2x2 power connector please connect the ATX 12V powe
2. GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 32 17 F USB1 F USB2 F USB3 Front USB Connectors Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your local 18 dealer PinNo Definition fan 1 Power 5V 2 Power 5V ee 3 USB DX 17 E a 4 USB Dy d d oo 5 USB DX D 201 6 USB Dy A 7 GND Db a EE 8 GND QO 9 No Pin LI 10 NC Gump sess mw sud o BB F1 1394 F2 1394 IEEE 1394 Connector Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has features like high speed highbandwidth and hot plug Be careful with the polarity of the IEEE1394 connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the IEEE1394 cable incorrect connection between the
3. Pin No Definition m 1 12V i 2 GND 1 amp Gump eeo ED yp fen f oom 8 IDE1 IDE Connector An IDE device connects to the computer via an IDE connector One IDE connector can connect to one IDE cable and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices hard drive or optical drive If you wish to connect two IDE devices please set the jumper on one IDE device as Master and the other as Slave for information on settings please refer to the instructions located on the IDE device Before attaching the IDE cable please take note of the foolproof groove in the IDE connector 40 39 Only for GA MS9SLI S4 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 28 9 FDD FDD Connector The FDD connector is used to connect the FDD cable while the other end of the cable connects to the FDD drive The types of FDD drives supported are 360KB 720KB 1 2MB
4. DE1 PWR FAN HE GA M59SLI S5 SYS_FAN PCIE_16_1 s DD ze zz SATAII5 88 989 jl sata nVIDIA nForce 590SLI Southbridge SATAII1 SATAI SATAIIO f n SATAII2 PCM SATA2 PCI2 Eisen mmm peas ba nea CEE i9 9e F1 1394 CEED D F2 1394 JSATAII o e a 3 m Gy CLR CMOS Main BIOS F_PANE FSi op MID on ao an 223 LL Lu tn BBB E33 E3 3 BSE O u PCIE_12V JSATAIIO PWR LED GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard Layout R ATX 12V KB MS On Socket AM2 OPTICAL R 1394 2 8 DE1 CRF z 8 2 z 2 a g a Alio nVIDIA E ri nForce 590sLi GA M59SLI S4 i E j Northbridge FDD Marvell PCIE_16_1 owt f 88E1116 gt Zeek SATAIIS 88 88 E SATA CODEC nVIDIA nForce 590SLI i PCIE 8 gt Southbridge SATAII SATAI sa pana z a BR PCIE 16 2 1 saat j 8 SB FAN e PCI1 m 8 B CLR_CMOS oe Techo
5. 12V CO N om A J N gt 12V Only for GA M59SLI S5 Q Only for GA MS9SLI S4 25 Hardware Installation ATX Power Connector E 43 2 5 1 o a o n n n nu n n a n o E d o o mme m ebi E 24 5 12 C3 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 Off 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 Power Good 20 5V 9 5V SB stand by 5V 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V Only for 24 pin ATX 23 5V Only for 24 pin ATX 12 3 3V Only for 24 pin ATX 24 GND Only for 24 pin ATX GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 26 3 PCIE 12V Power Connector The PCIE 12V power connector supplies extra power to the PCIE x16 slot Connect this connector depending on your system requirements Plin No Definition 1 NC OOOO j 2 GND
6. HD IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin 1 LED anode Blue Pin 2 LED cathode SPEAK Speaker Connector Pin 1 Power Amber Pin 2 Pin 3 NC Pin 4 Data RES Reset Switch Open Normal Green Close Reset Hardware System PW Power Switch Open Normal Red Close Power On Off MSG Message LED Power Sleep LED Pin 1 LED anode Yellow Pin 2 LED cathode NC Purple NC GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 30 14 F AUDIO Front Audio Connector This connector supports either HD High Definition or AC97 front panel audio module If you wish to use the front audio function connect the front panel audio module to this connector Check the pin assignments carefully while you connect the front panel audio module Incorrect connection between the module and connector will make the audio device unable to work or even damage it For optional front panel audio module please contact your chassis manufacturer anm HD Audio AC 97 Audio d da Pin No Definition Pin No Definition 1 P 18 1 MIC2 L 1 MIC 2 GND 2 GND a 3 MIC2_R 3 MIC Power DD a Em 4 ACZ DET 4 NC CAL 5 LINE2 R 5 Line Out R 6 FSENSET 6 NC
7. gt gt Disabled Normal Floppy Drive Default value gt Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive gt gt Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive gt gt Both Drive A amp B are 3 mode Floppy Drives gt Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up gt gt No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted gt gt All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Default value gt gt All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors gt gt All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors gt Memory The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU s memory address map GA
8. ask you what type of equipment is connected Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK The 2 chan nel audio setup is completed 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Manager amp iJicon in your system tray you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel STEP 2 In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click 4CH Speaker GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 112 STEP 3 After plugging in 4 channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected n Choose a device depending on the type of speaker ieee connected 4 channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out Line Out and Rear Speaker Out and mss Gans then click OK The 4 channel audio setup is completed 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Managerfiilicon in your system tray you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel STEP 2 In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click 6CH Speaker Sound Effect Mixer Audio VO Microphone 3D Audio Demo 6CH Speaker pro STEP 3 After plugging in 6 channel speakers to the rear ask you what ty
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10. CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software MB Intelligent Tweaker M LT CPU Frequency MHz Auto PCIE Clock SB NHz Auto Menu Level gt B B Reference clock Auto Auto Auto Auto Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults A Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken For power end user use only gt CPU Frequency MHz p gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the CPU Frequency MHz 100 500 Set CPU frequency from 100MHz to 500MHz PCIE Clock SB MHz p gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the PCIE Clock SB MHz b gt 100Mhz 200Mhz Set PCIE Clock SB MHz from 100Mhz to 200Mhz lt NB lt gt SB Reference clock p gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the NB lt gt SB reference clock gt gt 100 500 Set NB lt gt SB reference clock from 200 0 to 500 0 PCIE Clock NB MHz gt gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the PCIE Clock NB MHz 100Mhz 200Mhz Set PCIE Clock NB MHz from 100Mhz to 200Mhz Note Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install 53 BIOS Setup gt CPU Clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection The option will display Locked and read only or will not show up if the CPU ratio is not changeable Robust Graphics Booster Select the options can enhance the VGA graphics card bandwidth to get higher performance gt gt Auto Set Robust Gra
11. Default value gt gt Enabled Enable Modem Ring on function USB Resume from Suspend Disabled Disable this function Default value gt gt Enabled Enable USB device wake up system from suspend type Power On by Alarm You can set Resume by Alarm item to enabled and key in Date Time to power on system Disabled Disable this function Default value gt gt Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system If Power On by Alarm is Enabled gt gt Day of Month Alarm Everyday 1 31 gt gt Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 23 0 59 0 59 49 BIOS Setup gt Power On By Mouse gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt Double Click Double click on PS 2 mouse left button to power on the system Power On By Keyboard gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password b gt Any KEY Press any key to power on the system gt gt Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have POWER Key button you can press the key to power on the system KB Power ON Password When Power On by Keyboard set at Password you can set the password here gt gt Enter Input password from 1 to 5 characters and press Enter to set the Keyboard Power On password AC BACK Function b gt Soft Off When AC power back to the system the system will be in Off state Default value gt gt Full On When AC power back to th
12. You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this header To clear CMOS temporarily short the two pins Default doesn t include the jumper to avoid improper use of this header D Open Normal 8 Short Clear CMOS am Gm gaming amo Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 34 21 CI Chassis Intrusion Case Open This 2 pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed You can check he Case Opened status in BIOS Setup Pin No Definition 1 Signal 10 2 GND 22 BATTERY Omm C DFK n Je z M l i s Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced i EH Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer
13. 3 GND 4 12V 415 16 CPU_FAN SYS_FAN PWR_FAN Cooler Fan Power Connector The cooler fan power connector supplies a 12V power voltage via a 3 pin 4 pin only for CPU_FAN power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design Most coolers are designed with color coded power connector wires A red power connector wire indicates a positive connection and requires a 12V power voltage The black connector wire is the ground wire GND Remember to connect the CPU system fan cable to the CPU_FAN SYS_FAN connector to prevent CPU damage or system hanging caused by overheating Pin No Definition 1 4 1 GND CPU_FAN 2 AWN 3 Sense 4 Speed Control 1 H Only for CPU FAN SYS FAN PWR FAN GIEXETEXED BED oD fen f ommum 21 Hardware Installation 7 SB FAN Chip Fan Connector If you installed wrong direction the chip fan will not work Sometimes will damage the chip fan Usually black cable is GND
14. press Del to enter system BIOS Setup during POST Power On Self Test Under the Integrated Peripherals menu Figure 19 assure the SATA port connecting the SATA hard disk the one containing the Windows 2000 is Enabled Figure 19 20 Save settings and exit the BIOS setup CMOS Setup Utility Cop ht C 1984 2006 Award Software q D m Menu Level gt On Chip MAC Lan Auto On Chip MACI Lan Auto NV 1 ATA Controller All Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Onboard Audio Function Auto SMART LAN Press Enter Onboard 1394 Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard SATA IDE Ctrl Mode IDE Onboard a 1 3F8 IRQ4 378 IRQ7 SPP V1 1 V2 0 USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Le y USB Storage detect T42 Mov Fil Menu Level Disabled T Move Enter Select U Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Fil Profile F5 Previous Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 20 89 Appendix Step 3 After system restarts press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility Select Striping in the RAID Mode filed Figure 21 Move to the Free Disks section with the TAB key Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu MediaShield Utility Sep 21 2005 Array RAID Mode Striping Bloc Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity gt Add 2 1 M ST3120026AS 111 78G Del
15. you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel STEP 2 In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click 4CH Speaker Appendix STEP 3 eo After plugging in 4 channel speakers to the rear Ee NS speaker jacks a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected 4 channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out Line Out and Rear Speaker Out and then click OK The 4 channel audio setup is completed 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Manager amp llicon in your system tray you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel STEP 2 In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click 6CH Speaker STEP 3 E After plugging in 6 channel speakers to the rear eo speaker jacks a small window will pop up and TRU ask you what type of equipment is connected Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected 6 channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out Line Out Rear Speaker Out and Center Subwoofer Speaker Out then click OK The 6 channel audio setup is completed 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Man
16. 1 44MB and 2 88MB Before attaching the FDD cable please take note of the foolproof groove in the FDD connector o Ba Bu a BS C ey o Mim cE ww umm 33 10 SATAIIO SATAII SATAII2 SATAII3 SATAII4 SATAII5 SATA 3Gb s Connectors Controlled by nVIDIA nForce 590SLI Southbridge 11 JSATAIIO JSATAII1 SATA 3Gb s Connectors Controlled by GIGABYTE SATA2 SATA 3Gb s can provide up to 300MB s transfer rate Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb s and install the proper driver in order to work properly FE m Only for GA M59SLI S5 Pin No Definition 7 1 1 GND 3 2 TXP SATAIS p a DN 4 GND SATAM E 5 RXN 1 7 6 RXP 7 GND 7 1 7 1 F n SATAIIt L 9 7 3 Y
17. 16 Figure 17 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 100 5 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Required for AHCI and RAID Mode Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings you are ready to install Windows 2000 XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver The following is an example of Windows XP installation Step 1 Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000 XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver message Figure 18 After pressing F6 there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver Figure 18 Step 2 When a screen similar to that below appears insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S Figure 19 Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more m torage devi installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify E etup will load support the following mass storage d lt none gt To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk c s for use with Windows includin which you have a dev acturer press S es for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Figure 19 101 Appendix Step 3 If Setup correctly recogniz
18. 65 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction sss 66 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction sse 68 4 1 4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive s ssssssseeeeneene T9 A nVIDIAG nForce 590SLI Southbridge sse T9 B GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller o 92 4 1 5 2 14 1 6 1 8 Channel Audio Function Introduction 104 A Realtek ALC888DD CODEC sssssssssseennetnnenttnnnntttnenttnennnittnen 104 B Realtek AL C883 CODEC Gstaad nee ie Lnd 111 42 Troubleshooting 116 Only for GA M59SLI S5 Only for GA MS9SLI S4 Item Checklist IDE Cable x 1 amp FDD Cable x 1 SATA 3Gb s Cable x 4 eSATA adapter package x 1 o l O Shield SLI Bridge GC DGBR2 RH x 1 Retention Bracket x 1 SgEERRE The items listed above are for reference only and are subject to change without notice Optional Accessories 2 Ports USB2 0 Cable Part Number 12CR1 1UB030 51 R 4 Ports USB2 0 Cable Part Number 12CR1 1UB030 21 R 2 Ports IEEE1394 Cable Part Number 12CF1 11E008 01R Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 Motherboard Layout gt KB MS OPTICAL R 1394 LPT ATX 12V 2X Socket AM2 g 3 CPU FAN o 22 2 Marvell 88E1116 nVIDIA nForce 590SLI Northbridge
19. BIOS M PCI2 BB ch a mr ss con F2 1394 F PANEL 2 L F1 1394 D CECI ap EDs 8 7 PCIE_12V ms SYS FAN ATAII2 Block Diagram PCI ECLK AMD 100MHz PCI Express x16 2 PCI Express x1 PCI ECLK Hyper Transport Bus 100MHz PCI Express x1 Socket AM2 CPU nVIDIA nForce 590SLI Northbridge CPUCLK 200MHz DDRII 800 667 533 400MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory Hyper Transport Bus E 2 SATA 3Gb s o GIGABYTE SATA2 o 6 SATA 3Gb s TE E ATA33 66 100 133 Sl nVIDIA IDE Channel 22 E nForce 590SLI Floppy a5 zs Southbridge LPC BUS LPT Port 1 Bus IT8716 COM Port TSB43AB23 J SPDIF In T1 PS 2 KB Mouse PCI Express x16 3 Sesosees g S6056 gu 0O 10USB mi o gt OD o u H 292 szan Ports G c c por A Lu ooo aaa 02 a NNN S823 ego SEM ga PCI Express x8 e o T o Only for GA M59SLI S5 10 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 131 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Co
20. Configuration 2 1 7 WO Back Panel Introduction sens 23 18 Connectors Introduction ssssssssseeeeer tenete 24 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup uet ente tte tete hie peret 37 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F2 sss 38 24 Standard CMOS Features sss 40 22 Advanced BIOS Features ssssssssessseeeenneenenns 43 23 Integrated Peripherals sss 45 24 Power Management Setup sssssssesseseeee nennen 49 25 PnP PCI GCorifigurations zr ette cte 51 26 PCHealtliStatls cotto cH ped 52 2 7 MB Intelligent Tweaker M l T ssenns 53 28 LoadFail Safe Defaults sese 56 29 Load Optimized Defaults sssssssssseennnnns 56 2 10 Set Supervisor User Password sss 57 2 11 Save amp EXIUSeUD ce e dieque idis 58 2 12 Exit Without Saving 5 i mite ts 58 Chapter 3 Drivers Installation sss 61 3 1 Install Chipset Drivers ssssssseeeeneetenntntentntnnnns 61 32 Software Applications n t ttn den 62 33 Driver CD Information creer trt e re nite ils 62 34 Hardware Information aa 63 5 Contact US i ns a e a Se be eet eene 63 Chapter 4 Appendix rt edere en ete CR RE RR 65 41 Unique Software Utilities sssnn 65 4 1 1 EasyTune 5 Introduction inane et c eee tete
21. Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection Extended IDE Drive You can use one of the two methods Auto Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST Default value None Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive The two options are Large Auto default Auto gt gt Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard disk Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing Enter the appropriate option based on this information gt gt Cylinder Number of cylinders gt Head Number of heads gt gt Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone gt gt Sector Number of sectors Drive A Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer gt gt None No floppy drive installed gt gt 360K 5 25 5 25 inch PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity b gt 1 2M 5 25 5 25 inch AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 3 5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled 720K 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity b gt 1 44M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity Default value gt gt 2 88M 3 5 3 5 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity 4 BIOS Setup gt Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area
22. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions 5 If you want to erase CMOS 1 Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Gently take out the battery and put it aside for about one minute Or you can use a metal object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for five seconds 3 Re install the battery 4 Plug the power cord in and turn on the computer 35 Hardware Installation GA M5 9SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 36 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup BIOS Basic Input and Output System includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard When the power is turned off the battery on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS SRAM When the power is turned on pressing the lt Del gt button during the BIOS POST Power On Self Test will take you to the CMOS SETUP screen You can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing Ctrl F1 If you wish to upgrade to a new BIOS either Gigabyte s Q Flash or BIOS utility can be used Q Flash allows the user to quickly and easily update or backup BIOS without entering the operating system BIOS is a Windows based utility that doe
23. M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 42 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Item Hel First Boot Device Floppy Menu Level Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Select Hard Disk Boot Boot Up Floopy Seek Disabled Device Priority as rd Check Setup Disabled Init Display First PEG F1 General Help ized Defaul Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards SCSI RAID etc Use 1 or lt 4 gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu gt First Second Third Boot Device gt gt Floppy Select your boot device priority by Floppy b gt LS120 Select your boot device priority by LS120 gt gt Hard Disk Select your boot device priority by Hard Disk gt gt CDROM Select your boot device priority by CDROM p gt ZIP Select your boot device priority by ZIP USB FDD Select your boot device priority by USB FDD gt gt USB ZIP Select your boot device priority by USB ZIP USB CDROM Select your boot device priority by USB CDROM gt gt USB HDD Select your boot device priority by USB HDD Legacy LAN Select your boot device priority by Legacy LAN gt gt Disabled Disable this function Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine the f
24. OS installation Without the driver the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process First of all copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD ROM to a floppy disk See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS DOS mode cs Prepare a startup disk that has CD ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk Step 1 Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD ROM in your system Boot from the startup disk Once at the A gt prompt change to the CD ROM drive example D gt At the D gt prompt type the following two commands Press ENTER after each command Figure 15 cd bootdrv menu Step 2 When the controller menu Figure 16 appears remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu For example from the menu in Figure 16 press J to select J GIGABYTE SATA RAID Driver if you wish to install Windows XP Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk Press 0 to exit when finished ODSKz 1 zum q BOOTDRU T N Note 1 For users without a startup disk C Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD ROM From the NoTE CD ROM drive folder double click the MENU exe file in the BootDrv folder Figure 17 A command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 16 Figure 15 Figure
25. RAID Disk Drive item Then the RAID creation screen appears Figure 5 GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to SATAII IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1 06 12 Create New RAID Hard Disk Drive List Mode Name lable Type Status 0 Stripe DO 3120026AS Non RAID Select Disk 2 7 0G Non RAID 128KB 240GB Confirm Creation RAID Disk Drive List Help Enter RAID Name Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters in length for the created RAID drive to be identified by system BIOS or OS lt 7 Move Cursor DEL BS Delete Character ENTER Next ESC Abort Figure 5 In the RAID creation screen the Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array Figure 5 The following procedure uses RAID 0 creation as an example Steps 1 Enter Array Name Under the Name item enter an array name with 1 16 letters letters cannot be special characters and press ENTER 2 Select RAID Mode Under the Level item use UP or DOWN ARROW key to select RAID 0 Stripe RAID 1 Mirror or JBOD Figure 6 Then press ENTER to move onto the next step GIG E Technology Corp PCIE to SATAII IDE RAID Controller BIC Create New RAID Hard Disk Drive List JRAID Mode Name 0 Stripe Select Disk 128KB 240GB Confirm Creation RAID Disk Drive List Help Select RAID Level RAID 0 Data striped for performance RAID 1 Data mirrored for redundan M 10 5 Data concatenated for hu
26. SATAII satai sagan d 1 7 1 7 7 4 7 1 A Q mn E i JSATAII1 29 Hardware Installation 12 PWR LED The PWR LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on off HE 13 F_PANEL Front Panel Jumper Please connect the power LED PC speaker reset switch and power sw front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment be g C3 H t will blink when the system enters suspend mode Pin No Definition 1 MPD 1 aD 2 MPD 3 MPD itch etc of your chassis OW Speaker Message LED Connector Power Switch Power Sleep LED SPEAK 4 NC Reset Switch SPEAK 20 19 IDE Hard Disk Active LED
27. chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen ENTER Select F3 Exit Figure 15 indows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage i or do not t to specify additional or use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device Enter Continue F3 Exit Figure 16 If a message appears saying one or some file s cannot be found please check the floppy disk caution OF Copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD f you want to create RAID select both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller If you do not create RAID select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller only 87 Appendix Step 4 When the next screen Figure 17 appears press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage dev NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required NVIDIA nForce Storage Con
28. connector o Rear Panel 1 O 1 PS 2 keyboard port 1 PS 2 mouse port 1 parallel port 1 IEEE1394a port 1 OPTICAL port 1 COMA port 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports 2 RJ 45 ports o 1 RJ 45 port o 6 audio jacks Line In Line Out MIC In Surround Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Center Subwoofer Speaker Out Side Speaker Out 1 0 Control IT8716 chip Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU System temperature detection CPU Power System fan speed detection System CPU warning temperature CPU fan failure warning Supports CPU Smart Fan function 2 BIOS 2 4Mbit flash ROM o Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Supports DualBIOS o Only for GA M59SLI S5 Only for GA MS9SLI S4 13 Hardware Installation Additional Features Supports BIOS Supports Download Center Supports Q Flash Supports EasyTune X 3 Supports Xpress Install Supports Xpress Recovery2 Supports Xpress BIOS Rescue Bundle Software Norton Internet Security OEM version Form Factor ATX form factor 30 5cm x 24 4cm Note 1 Due to the limitation of Windows 32 bit operating system when more than 4GB of physical memory is installed the actual memory available for the operating system will be less than 4GB Windows 64 bit operating system doesn t have such limitation Note 2 Whether the CPU Smart FAN Control function is supported will depend on the CPU you install Note 3 EasyTune functions ma
29. gt 0 2V Set HT Link voltage to 0 2V b gt 0 3V Set HT Link voltage to 0 3V GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 54 N Chipset PCIE Voltage Set the voltage settings for Northbridge its PCI Express bus voltage gt gt Normal Set Northbridge PCIE voltage to Normal Default value b gt 0 1V Set Northbridge PCIE voltage to 0 1V b gt 0 2V Set Northbridge PCIE voltage to 0 2V b gt 0 3V Set Northbridge PCIE voltage to 0 3V CPU Voltage Control Supports adjustable CPU Vcore from 0 800V to 1 550V Default value Normal Normal CPU Vcore Display your CPU Vcore voltage 55 BIOS Setup 2 8 Load Fail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Co ght C 1984 2006 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripher Power Ma PnP PCI C PC Health Strarus LAL WiuluUL Gav MB Intelligent Tweaker M Fail Safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance 2 9 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility ht C 1984 2006 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Periphe Set Supervisor Passwor Exit Without Saving PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M 1 Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detec
30. how to copy the driver in MS DOS mode cs Prepare a startup disk that has CD ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk Step 1 Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD ROM in your system Boot from the startup disk Once at the A gt prompt change to the CD ROM drive example D gt At the D gt prompt type the following two commands Press ENTER after each command Figure 10 cd bootdrv menu Step 2 When the controller menu Figure 11 appears remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu For example from the menu in Figure 11 press to select H nVIDIA MCP55 Series Raid XP if you wish to install Windows XP Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk Press 0 to exit when finished d BOOTDRU T Figure 10 Figure 11 x Note 1 For users without a startup disk Cr Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD ROM From the M CD ROM drive folder double click the MENU exe file in the BootDrv folder Figure 12 A command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 11 Figure 12 85 Appendix 5 Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings you are ready to install Windows 2000 XP onto your SATA har
31. in SERBIA amp MONTENEGRO WEB address http www gigabyte co yu 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 system Appendix 10 XTHSUmB LT ABIUTSAGSBUEISE BUB Management Methods on Control of Pollution from Electronic Information Products China RoHS Declaration Pub ENSE Hazardous Substances Table ABA SE WRAITH Hazardous Substances BER FR Parts R Hg Cd TR SRE FROM Cr VI PBB PBDE Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo ETTR Passive Components Soldering metal DEH BAS MERAH Flux Solder Paste Label and other Consumable Materials O em EUR BA CREE RAE A RAR RAA 8 359 4S J T 11363 2006 8720 JL XE BG BR RE SEGR DUIS Indicates that this hazardous substance contained in all homogenous materials of this part is below the limit requirement SJ T 11363 2006 X RRRVCR BA BRED FEVER RSS RATE BY BB AB HUS J T11363 2006 50 LE BY BR TE SEG Indicates that this hazardous substance contained in at least one of the homogenous materials of this part is above the limit requirement in SJ T 11363 2006 HEC ERO TS HET in ZRcRSU HAY RD USE EE RO THEE aA RT REBLE UEM ER Era RI RES RI ERS SB FE TSB This table shows where these substances may be found in the supply chain of our electronic information products as of the date of the sale of the enclosed produc
32. into the DIMM socket Then push it down Fig 2 Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM sockets to lock the DIMM module Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module 17 Hardware Installation Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 supports the Dual Channel Technology After operating the Dual Channel Technology the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double Due to CPU limitation if you wish to operate the Dual Channel Technology follow the guidelines below 1 Dual Channel mode will not be enabled if only one memory module is installed 2 To enable Dual Channel mode with two memory modules it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand size chips and speed you must install them into DIMM sockets of the same color 3 To enable Dual Channel mode with four memory modules it is recommended to use memory modules of identical brand size chips and speed The following is a Dual Channel Memory configuration table DS Double Side SS Single Side Empty DIMM Socket DDRII1 DDRII2 DDRII3 DDRII4 2 memory modules DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS 4 memory modules DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS If two memory modules are to be used to achieve Dual Channel mode we recommend od installing them in DDRII1 and DDRII2 DIMM sockets GA M5 9SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 18 1 5 Installation of Expansion Car
33. more information please contact your OS or device s vendors Center Subwoofer Speaker Out The default Center Subwoofer Speaker Out jack Center Subwoofer speakers can be connected to Center Subwoofer Speaker Out jack Surround Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out The default Surround Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out jack Rear surround speakers can be connected to Surround Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out jack Side Speaker Out The default Side Speaker Out jack Surround side speakers can be connected to Side Speaker Out jack e Lineln The default Line In jack Devices like CD ROM walkman etc can be connected to Line In jack Only for GA M59SLI S5 E 9 23 Hardware Installation Line Out Front Speaker Out The default Line Out Front Speaker Out jack Stereo speakers earphone or front surround Speakers can be connected to Line Out Front Speaker Out jack MICIn The default MIC In jack Microphone must be connected to MIC In jack any In addition to the default speakers settings the audio jacks can be reconfigured to Noe perform different functions via the audio software Only microphones still MUST be connected to the default Mic In jack Please refer to the 2 4 6 8 channel audio setup steps for detailed software configuration information 1 8 Connectors Introduction
34. one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port s on the motherboard If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard you may refer to the motherboard user s manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller 79 Appendix 2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive s RAID array Step 1 Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST Power On Self Test In BIOS Setup go to Integrated Periperals Serial ATA RAID Config Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Menu Levelb On Chip MAC Lan Auto On Chip MAC Lan Auto erial ATA Controller All Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Onboard Audio Function Auto SMART LAN Pr E Onboard 1394 LAN Boot ROM Disabled IDE Ctrl Mode IDE Onboard Se r 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Pa r 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use I On Chip USB V1 1 V2 0 USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB Storage detect Ti Move PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Profile F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimi
35. s connectors SATAIIO SATAII1 SATAII2 SATAII3 SATAII4 SATAII5 allowing connection of 6 SATA 3Gb s devices Supports data striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 striping mirroring RAID 0 1 RAID 5 and JBOD for Serial ATA GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller o 2 SATA 3Gb s connectors JSATAIIO JSATAII1 allowing connection of 2 SATA 3Gb s devices Supports data striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 and JBOD for Serial ATA O S Support Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Memory 4 DDRII DIMM memory slots supports up to 16GB memory 1 Supports dual channel DDRII 800 667 533 400 DIMMs Supports 1 8V DDRII DIMMs Supports ECC Memory Expanstion Slots 2 PCI Express x16 slot 1 PCI Express x8 slot 2 PCI Express x1 slots 2 PCI slots Only for GA M59SLI S5 Only for GA MS9SLI S4 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 12 Internal Connectors 1 24 pin ATX power connector 1 8 pin ATX 12V power connector o 1 4 pin ATX 12V power connector 1 4 pin PCIE 12V power connector 1 floppy connector 1 IDE connector 8 SATA 3Gb s connectors o 6 SATA 3Gb s connectors 1 CPU fan connector 1 system fan connector 1 power fan connector 1 SB fan connector 1 front panel connector 1 front audio connector 1 CD In connector 1 power LED connector 3 USB 2 0 1 1 connectors for additional 6 USB 2 0 1 1 ports by cables 2 IEEE1394a connectors for additional 2 ports by cable 1 SPDIF In connector 1 TPM
36. technology Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for transport and playback DI G ITAL through a home theater system With it your PC or game console can AN be hooked up to your Dolby Digital equipped audio video receiver or digital speaker system via a single digital connection eliminating the confusion of multiple cables and ensuring the integrity of the audio signal In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab Either click Dolby Digital 5 1 in the upper left list or click the Dolby Digital Live button at the center bottom of the Audio Control Panel DIGITAL amp wl ol keus Digital PCM Output Setup In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click Digital PCM Output Enable this function to allow digital audio sources P that are not digitally processed by Dolby or DTS O encoding to be output from the SPDIF OUT DIGITAL kJ et GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 110 B Realtek ALC883 CODEC o The default speaker settings for the 6 audio jacks are as shown in the picture to the right The jack retasking capability supported by HD Audio allows users to change the function for each audio jack by the audio software provided For example if a rear speaker is plugged into the center subwoofer speaker out jack you can change the center subwoofer speaker out jack to fucntion as a rear speaker out jack via the aud
37. to MB again and turn on power Press Del to enter BIOS and load Fail Safe Defaults or load Optimized Defaults Save changes and reboot the system PO onm Question 4 Why do I still get a weak sound after turning up the speaker to the maximum volume Answer Please make sure the speaker you are using is equipped with an internal amplifier If not please change another speaker with power amplifier and try again later Question 5 Sometimes hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up What do these beeps usually stand for Answer The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems However they are only for reference purposes The situations might differ from case to case gt AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short System boots successfully 2 short CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short DRAM or M B error 1 long 2 short Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short Keyboard error 1 long 9 short BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps DRAM error Continuous short beeps Power error GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 116 117 Appendix Contact Us Taiwan Headquarters GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Address No 6 Bau Chiang Road Hsin Tien Taipei 231 Taiwan TEL 886 2 8912 4888 FAX 886 2 8912 4003 Tech and Non Tech Support Sales Marketing http ggts gigabyte com tw WEB address Engl
38. 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes integrated in To create the combination installation CD refer to the following website http www microsoft com windows2000 downloads servicepacks sp4 HFdeploy htm Note If users choose not to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4 RAID is still supported on Windows 2000 However users will not be able to create a bootable RAID volume 91 Appendix B GIGABYTE SATA2 Controller o 1 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 s on the motherboard If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard you may refer to the motherboard user s manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive 2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive s RAID array Step 1 Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST Power On Self Test In BIOS Setup go to Integrated Periperals set Onboard SATA IDE Ctrl Mode to RAID before configuring RAID If you do not want to create RAID set this item to IDE or AHCI depending on your need Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award
39. 5 Help file 11 Exitor Minimize button Quit or Minimize EasyTune 5 software EasyTune 5 functions may vary depending on different motherboards 65 Appendix 4 1 2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora tion of hard disk data Supporting Microsoft operating systems including press Windows XP 2000 NT 98 Me and DOS and file systems including FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on PATA and SATA IDE controllers After Xpress Recovery2 is executed from CD ROM for the first time it will stay permanent in your hard disk If you wish to run Xpress Recovery2 later you can simply press F9 during system bootup to enter Xpress Recovery2 without the CD ROM System requirements 1 Intel x86 platforms 2 At least 64M bytes of system memory 3 VESA supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial access by booting from CD ROM and subsequent access by pressing the F9 key Steps After entering BIOS Setup go to Advanced BIOS Feature and set to boot from CD ROM Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup Insert the provided driver CD into your CD ROM drive Upon system restart the message which says Boot from CD DVD will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen Press any key to enter Xpress Recovery2 After the steps above are completed subsequent access to Xpress Recovery2 can be made by simply pressin
40. CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the Run exe 3 1 Install Chipset Drivers Xpress Install is now analyizing your computer 99 After insert the driver CD Xpress Install will scan automatically the system and then list all the drivers that recommended to install Please pick the item that you want and press install followed the item or you can press Xpress Install to install all items defaulted GIGABYTE NVIDIA nForce 500 Series Utili D Install Chipset Drivers fis The fgllauingedaugrs listed below are recommended to be installed for your motherboard Please click on the Xpress Install to install all drivers automatically By TIN peut ihe drivers are Packed to be installed uncheck the selected drivers will not be installed Sof ress Instal ia XPress Install Applications Driver CD Ed Yahoo Toolbar Install momen Size 686 1KB Version 10 Yahoo Toolbar Uli Information IA NVIDIA Chipset Driver for MCP55 Install Contact Us Size 9 7MB Version 916 InVIDIA Chipset Driver for MCP55 AMD Cool amp Quiet CPU Driver install Size 45MB Version 1 2 2 2 AMD Cool amp Quiet CPU Driver fd Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio Install Sie 69 0MB Version 51005010 The Microsoft UAA Universal Audio Archit
41. ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T4 Select ENTER Popup Figure 21 Step 4 After all the settings press F7 to complete the configuration When prompted to Clear Disk Data Figure 22 press N Then press CTRL X to exit the NVIDIA RAID BIOS Restart the computer to boot into Windows 2000 MediaShield Utility Sep 21 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks E Loc Disk Model apaci Jisk Model Capacity 111 79G Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T4 Select ENTER Popup Figure 22 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI 84 Motherboard 90 Step 5 Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000 and reboot the system Go to START Programs gt Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager You should see the single disk RAID array in striping mode that was created from the boot disk Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following the instructions Select the desired type of RAID array you want to convert and then select Next You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk s to add to the bootable RAID array Press Finish then NVRAID will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi disk RAID array in a bootable format Note Conversion may take 1 2 hours depending on disk size Solutions 2 Users must create a combination installation CD that includes Windows
42. Exit Figure 12 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 98 B Delete Array To delete the array select Delete RAID Disk Drive in the main menu and press ENTER The selection bar will move to the RAID Disk Drive List block Press the SPACEBAR on the array to be deleted a small triangle will appear to mark the selected array Figure 13 Press Del GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to SA1 IDE RAID Controller BIOS V Main Menu Hard Disk Drive List Create RAID Disk Drive Mode Name HDDO ST3120026AS Revert HDD to Non RAID HDDI ST3120026AS 0 Inside Solve Mirror Conflict RAID Disk Drive List Model Name RAID Level 1 4 Select RAID SPACE Mark Delete DEL Confirm ESC Abort Figure 13 Press Y to confirm yes to the following message Figure 14 or N to cancel GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to SATAII IDE RAID Controller BIO Main Menu Hard Disk Drive List Create RAID Disk Drive Mode Name y Delete RAID Disk Drive HDDO0 ST3120026AS Inside Revert HDD to Non RAID HDD1 ST3120026AS 0G Inside Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mir Exit Without Saving RAID Disk Drive List Model Name Members HDDx RDDO JRAID 01 1 4 Select RAID SPACE Mark Delete DEL Confirm ESC Abort Figure 14 99 Appendix 4 Making a SATA Driver Disk Required for AHCI and RAID Mode To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully you need to install the SATA controller driver during
43. GA MS9SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboard User s Manual Rev 1003 12ME M59SLIS5 1003R W The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user s other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment The WEEE marking applies only in European Union s member states CEN 55011 O EN 5013 O EN 55014 1 O EN 55015 O EN 55020 BEN 55022 O DIN VDE 0855 O part 10 O part 12 CE marking O EN 60065 O EN 60335 Declaration of Conformity We Manufacturer importer ful address G B T Technology Trading GMbH Ausschlager Weg 41 1F 20537 Hamburg Germany declare that the product description of the apparatus system installation to which it refers Motherboard GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 is in conformity with reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with 88 336 EEC EMC Directive Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of industrial scientific and medical ISM high frequency equipment E EN 61000 3 2 E EN 61000 33 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of broadcast receivers and associated equipment E EN 5024 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of household electrical appliances portable tools and
44. OS without any utility in DOS or Windows Using Q Flash indicating no more fooling around with any complicated instruc tions and operating system since it is in the BIOS menu Please note that because updating BIOS has potential risk please do it with caution We are sorry that Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd is not responsible for damages of system because of incorrect manipulation of updating BIOS to avoid any claims from end users CAUTION Before You Begin Before you start updating BIOS with the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below first 1 Download the latest BIOS for your motherboard from Gigabyte s website 2 Extract the BIOS file downloaded and save the BIOS file the one with model name Fxx For example 8KNXPU Fba to a floppy disk 3 Reboot your PC and press Del to enter BIOS menu The BIOS upgrading guides below are separated into two parts If your motherboard has dual BlOS please refer to Part One If your motherboard has single BIOS please refer to Part Two Part One Updating BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards Some of Gigabyte motherboards are equipped with dual BIOS In the BIOS menu of the motherboards supporting Q Flash and Dual BIOS the Q Flash utility and Dual BIOS utility are combined in the same screen This section only deals with how to use Q Flash utility In the following sections we take GA 8KNXP Ultra as the example to guide you how to flash BIOS from an ol
45. PU checkbox in the SLI aan multi GPU dialog box System will restart after you GE click Apply Then the SLI configuration is completed E Sonn Dede baas Fame tare GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 22 17 1 0 Back Panel Introduction 5 e E e PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connector To install a PS 2 port keyboard and mouse plug the mouse to the upper port green and the keyboard to the lower port purple Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer scanner and other peripheral devices EEE 1394 Port 4 Pins Connector Serial interface standard set by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which has features like high speed high bandwidth and hot plug OPTICAL The SPDIF optical output port is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or com pressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder via an optical cable e COMA Serial Port Connects to serial based mouse or data processing devices LAN Port The provided Internet connection is Gigabit Ethernet providing data transfer speeds of 10 100 1000Mbps e USB port Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade For
46. Please select BIOS server site Gigabyte BIOS server 1 in Taiwan Gigabyte BIOS server 2 in Taiwan Click v Click Update New BIOS Gigsbite GEIS sarvar n China gt igabyte server in Japan Irtemet Update LL UsPweNesHOS Gigabyte GBIOS server in U S A Cancel I Clear OMI Data Poot Save Curent BIOS I Clear PrP Osta Pool About this progam F Est 1 Methods and steps Update BIOS through Internet a Click Internet Update icon Click Update New BIOS icon Select BIOS sever Select the exact model name on your motherboard System will automatically download and update the BIOS paos Il Update BIOS NOT through Internet a Do not click Internet Update icon b Click Update New BIOS c Please select All Files in dialog box while opening the old file d Please search for BIOS unzip file downloading from internet or any other methods such as M598SLI S5 F2 e Complete update process following the instruction TI Appendix Ill Save BIOS In the very beginning there is Save Current BIOS icon shown in dialog box It means to save the current BIOS version IV Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM In the very beginning there is About this program icon shown in dialog box It can help you check out which kind of motherboard and which brand of Flash ROM are supported 2 Note In method if it shows two or more motherboard s model names to be selected please make sure your motherboa
47. Software Int ed Peripherals gt Serial ATA RAID Config Press Enter On Chip IDE Channel0 Enabled Menu Level gt On Chip MAC Lan Auto ip MACI Lan Auto ATA Controller All Enabled h Mode Enabled ae Audio Function Auto SMART LAN Press Enter Onboard 1394 Enabled 378 IRQ7 SPP V2 0 USB Keyboard Support led USB Mouse Support Legacy USB Storage detect T Move Enter Selec PU F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F11 12 Profile F5 Previous Values 5 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 1 ZD lt The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your motherboard The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version NOTE Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 92 Step 2 To boot from Windows installation CD ROM disk set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CD ROM Figure 2 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device CDROM Menu Level Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Select Hard Boot Up Floopy Seek isabled Device Pri yord Check tup Mode isabled play First C Figure 2 Step 3 Save and exit BIOS Setup 93 Appendix 3 Configuring RAID array in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to co
48. TE Gontact Us OGY TRADING GMBH 63 Drivers Installation GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 64 Chapter 4 Appendix 4 1 Unique Software Utilities Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities please check your MB features 4 1 1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system performance enhancement and manageability utility Featuring several powerful yet easy to use tools such as 1 Overclocking for enhancing system performance 2 C I A and M I B for special enhancement for CPU and Memory 3 Smart Fan control for managing fan speed control of both CPU cooling fan and North Bridge Chipset cooling fan 4 PC health for monitoring system status User Interface Overview Note Maver AS acian cti m Q Button Display Description 1 Overclocking Enters the Overclocking setting page 2 C I A C I A 2 and M I B Enters the C I A 2 and M I B setting page 3 Smart Fan Enters the Smart Fan setting page 4 PC Health Enters the PC Health setting page 5 GO Confirmation and Execution button 6 Easy Mode amp Advance Mode Toggles between Easy and Advance Mode T Display screen Display panel of CPU frequency 8 Function display LEDs Shows the current functions status 9 GIGABYTE Logo Log on to GIGABYTE website 10 Help button Display EasyTune
49. able NV SATA RAID function Default value gt NV SATA 1 Primary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable NV SATA 1 primary RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value NV SATA 1 Secondary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable NV SATA 1 secondary RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt NV SATA 2 Primary RAID b gt Enabled Enable NV SATA 2 primary RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt NV SATA 2 Secondary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable NV SATA 2 secondary RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value NV SATA 3 Primary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable NV SATA 3 primary RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt NV SATA 3 Secondary RAID gt gt Enabled Enable NV SATA 3 secondary RAID function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value On Chip IDE Channel gt gt Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Default value gt gt Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port gt On Chip MAC Lan gt gt Auto Auto detect onboard LAN chip function Default value gt gt Disabled Disable onboard LAN chip function gt On Chip MAC1 Lan o gt gt Auto Auto detect onboard LAN1 chip function Default value Disabled Disable onboard LAN1 chip function gt NV Serial ATA Controller All Enabled Enable NV Serial ATA Controller function Default va
50. ager amp ilicon in your system tray you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel LER pM STEP 2 In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click 8CH Speaker amp e Aa e DIGITAL c et on keus STEP 3 After plugging in 8 channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected 8 channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out Line Out Rear Speaker Out Cen L P ter Subwoofer Speaker Out and Side Speaker Out eg then click OK The 8 channel audio setup is d om completed ies 107 Appendix Sound Effect Configuration At the Sound Effect menu users can adjust sound option settings as desired Environment Karaoke DACE S Equalizer AC 97 Audio Configuration To enable the front panel audio connector to support AC97 Audio mode go to the Audio Control Panel and click the Audio I O tab In the ANALOG area click the Tool icon and then select the Disable front panel jack detection check box This action completes the AC 97 Audio configuration c f e DIGITAL 9 on om OR GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 108 TM Enabling the DTS Digital Theater Systems function Before DTS is enabled you would get only 2 channel output signa
51. and the nVIDIA nForce 590SLI chipset Together the NVIDIA SLI technolo gies work seamlessly to allow two graphics cards to operate in parallel and share the work and deliver heart pounding PC performance This section introduces steps to configure an SLI system on the GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 motherboard Before you begin Dn The exact power requirements will depend on your overall system configurations You need uc a power supply that can provide sufficient and stable power to your system and the two SLI graphics cards Please refer to the table below to check recommended power for different Systems System configurations System A System B Processors AMD Athlon 64 FX 53 AMD Athlon 64 4000 PCIE x 16 video cards 2 NVIDIA 6800 Ultra cards 2 NVIDIA 6600 GT cards DDR memory modules 4 DIMMs 2 DIMMs Hard drives Optical drives 4 hard drives 2 optical drives 1 hard drives 1 optical drives Expansion cards 1 PCIE x1 card 2 PCI cards 0 USB devices 10 4 IEEE1394 devices 1 0 Required 12V current 25A or above 20A or above Power supply requirement 500W or above 350W or above If you wish to enable the SLI function install two SLI ready graphics cards into the PCIE 16 1 and PCIE 16 2 slots It is recommended to use graphics cards of identical brand and chips For example GIGABYTE GV NX76T256D RH If you want to set up a single graphics card system we recommend installing the graphics card on the PCIE 16 1 slot to ensure better dis
52. ates the maximum capacity determined by the selected members If less than the maximum capacity is chosen the remaining capacity would be no used ENTER Next ESC Abort Figure 8 96 6 Confirm Creation After all of the items are configured the selection bar automatically jumps to the Confirm Creation item When prompted to confirm your selections Figure 9 press Y to confirm or N to abort GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to SATAII IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1 06 12 Create New RAID Hard Disk Drive List Name JRAI Mode Name Non RAID Non RAID LRAID DISK Dri Create RAID on the select HDD Y N Y CONFIRM RAID CREATION ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED HARD DISK WILL BE LOST WHEN EXIT WITH SAVING 2 Switch Unit DEL BS Delete Number ENTER Next ESC Abort Figure 9 When finished the new RAID array will be displayed in the RAID Disk Drive List block Figure 10 GIGA TE Technology Corp PCIE to IIDE RAID Controller BIOS V Main Menu Hard Disk Drive List Create RAID Disk Drive Mode Na apacity 1 tatus Delete RAID Disk Drive HDDO 31200 120GB RAID Inside Revert HDD to Non RAID HDDI 20026AS 120GB RAID Inside Solve Mirror Conflict RAID Disk Drive List Model Name RAID Level Ca s Members HDDx RDDO JRAID ripe 240 GB Normal 01 TAB Switch Window 1 4 Select RAID ENTER Action ESC Exit Figure 10 97 Appendix To check more detailed information about the array use
53. ature voltage fan speed MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T This setup page i s control CPU clock and frequency ratio Load Fail Safe Defaults Fail Safe Defaults configuration Load Optimized Optimized Defaul best performance Set Supervisor Change set or d to Setup Set User Passw indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe Defaults S indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in configuration Password isable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just ord Change set or d isable password It allows you to limit access to the system Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 39 BIOS Setup 2 1 Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss 14 42 37 Menu Level IDE Channel 0 Master None Change the day month IDE Channel 0 Slav None year IDE Channel 2 r None IDE Channel 3 None Week IDE Channel 4 r None Sun to Sat IDE Channel 5 r None IDE Channel 6 r None lt Month gt IDE Channel 7 r None Jan to Dec Drive A 1 44M 3 5 lt Day gt Drive B None 1 to 31 or maximum Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled allowed in the month Halt On All But Keyboard lt Yea 1999 to Base Memory 640K T4142 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC E F11 12 Prof
54. available on the hard disk for the backup file must be allocated in advance A minimum 4GB is recom mended but the actual space is dependent on the size of the data to be backed up Capable of backing up hard disks installed with Windows operating systems including DOS and Windows XP 2000 NT 9x Me USB hard disks are currently not supported Does not support RAID AHCI class code 0104 0106 hard disks Capable of backing up and restoring only the first physical hard disk Hard disks detection sequence is as follows PATA IDE primary channel PATA IDE secondary channel SATA IDE channel 1 SATA IDE channel 2 SATA IDE channel 3 SATA IDE channel 4 T Do oo0 oco o Precautions 1 When using hard disks with more than 128G under Windows 2000 be sure to execute the EnableBigLba exe program from the driver CD before data backup It is normal that data backup takes longer time than data restoration Xpress Recovery2 is compliant with the GPL regulations On a few motherboards based on Nvidia chipsets BIOS update is required for Xpress Recovery2 to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode Please contact your motherboard manufacturer 67 Appendix 4 1 3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction ID 2222 A Whatis Dual BIOS o Technology f e Dual BIOS means that there are two system BIOS ROM on the TM motherboard one is the Main BIOS and the other is Backup BIOS Under the normal circumstances the system works on the Ma
55. cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For opti onal IEEE1394 cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition TPAt TPA GND GND TPB TPB Power 12V Power 12V CO CO N DD a A l N No Pin GND oe 33 Hardware Installation 19 TPM Connector Trusted Platform Module Please contact your nearest dealer for optional TPM cable 2 20 jns L TT HU E 1 19 Pin No Definition Pin No Definition 1 LCLK t LADO d B b H 2 GND 2 GND 3 LFRAME 13 RSVO 5 4 No Pin 14 RSV1 5 LRESET 15 SB3V D 7 6 VCC5 16 SERIRQ oO 7 LAD3 17 GND mee amig 8 LAD2 18 CLKRUN 9 VCC3 19 LPCPD 10 LAD1 20 RSV2 20 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS
56. comm sss emunt euusBiB T FAUDIO JD 7 NC 8 No Pin 8 No Pin 9 LINE2_L 9 Line Out L 10 FSENSE2 10 NC ER By default the audio driver is configured to support HD Audio To connect an AC97 front panel wo audio module to this connector please refer to the instructions on Page 106 about the software settings 31 Hardware Installation 15 CD IN CD In Connector Connect CD ROM or DVD ROM audio out to the connector fS fal PinNo Definition P i E 1 ex rimum 2 GND 3 GND 1 4 CDR 16 SPDIF I SPDIF In Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function Be careful with the polarity of the SPDIF IN connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the SPDIF cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional SPDIF cable please contact your local dealer Pin No Definition E 1 Power 3 2 SPDIFI 3 GND
57. cooler GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 16 14 Installation of Memory Before installing the memory modules please comply with the following conditions 1 Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard It is CAUTION recommended that memory of similar capacity specifications and brand be used 2 Before installing or removing memory modules please make sure that the computer power is switched off to prevent hardware damage 3 Memory modules have a foolproof insertion design A memory module can be installed in only one direction If you are unable to insert the module please switch the direction The motherboard supports DDRII memory modules whereby BIOS will automatically detect memory capacity and specifications Memory modules are designed so that they can be inserted only in one direction The memory capacity used can differ with each slot Notch CS qunm DDRII Fig 1 The DIMM socket has a notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction Insert the DIMM memory module vertically
58. corresponds to a triangle marking on the socket as shown in Fig 2 Align the CPU to the socket and gently lower it into place Do not force the CPU into the socket Fig 1 lt Socket Lever Position lever at a 90 degree angle Fig 2 Pin 1 location on the socket and CPU Gently place the CPU into position making sure that the CPU pins fit perfectly into their holes Once the CPU is positioned into its socket place one finger down on the middle of the CPU and gently press the metal lever back into its original position Pin One Ay Please use extra care when installing the CPU The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly Rather than applying force please change the positioning of the CPU CAUTION 15 Hardware Installation 1 3 2 Installation of the CPU Cooler Fig 1 Before installing the CPU cooler please first add an even layer of heat paste on the surface of the CPU Install all the CPU cooler components Please refer to the cooler manual for detailed installation instructions Fig 2 Please connect the CPU cooler power connector to the CPU FAN connector located on the motherboard so that the CPU cooler can properly function to prevent CPU overheating The CPU cooler may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat paste To prevent t such an occurrence it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat paste be used for heat dissipation or using extreme care when removing the CPU
59. crophone to work correctly HD Audio With multiple built in high quality digital to analog converters DACs that support audio output at up to 192 kHz 24 bit quality and multi streaming applications HD Audio is able to handle multiple audio streams in and out simultaneously Multi channel audio experiences have become a reality so you can for instance listen to MP3 music have an Internet chat make a telephone call over the Internet and etc all at the same time Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Managerjjicon in your system tray you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 104 STEP 2 In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click 2CH Speaker STEP 3 After a speaker or headphone is plugged into the rear Line Out jack a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on D the device connected and click OK The 2 chan nel audio setup is completed 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Manager amp l icon in your system tray
60. d drive with the SATA driver The following is an example of Windows XP installation Step 1 Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000 XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver message Figure 13 After pressing F6 there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver Figure 13 Step 2 When a screen similar to that below appears insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S Figure 14 Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more m installed in your system or you have chosen to manual Currently Setup will load support he following m lt none gt To specify additional I adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Figure 14 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 86 Step 3 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 18 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 Vindows Setup You have
61. der version to the latest version For example from Fa3 to Fba The BIOS file is Fa3 before updating MHz in Single Channel U MPE3170AT ED 03 08 Press DEL to enter SETUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpr 08 79BG03C 00 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI 84 Motherboard 70 Entering the Q Flash utility Step1 To use Q Flash utility you must press Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Inte ed Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M 1 T Rein ual BIOS Q Flash Select Language Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Pa ord Set User Password Save amp Exit Without Saving it Setup F3 Change Language F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Step 2 Press F8 button on your keyboard and then Y button to enter the Dual BIOS Q Flash utility Exploring the Q Flash Dual BIOS utility screen The Q Flash Dual BIOS utility screen consists of the following key components Dual BIOS Utility Boot From Main ROM Type Size Backup ROM Type Size Task menu for Dual BIOS utility Wide Range Protection Boot From Auto Recovery Halt On Error Main Bios SST 49LF004A SST 49LF004A 512K 512K Disable Main Bios Enable Disable Copy Main ROM Da
62. ds You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below 1 Read the related expansion card s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer Remove your computer s chassis cover screws and slot bracket from the computer Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card Replace your computer s chassis cover Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS Install related driver from the operating system 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 Installing a PCI Express x16 expansion card CAUTION Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot and press firmly down on the slot Make sure your VGA card is locked by the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot When you try uninstall the VGA card please press the latch as the picture to the left shows to release the card 19 Hardware Installation 1 6 Setup of SLI Scalable Link Interface Configuration nVIDIA nForce 590SLI offers blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLI ready PCI Express graphics cards The SLI design takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPU graphics processing unit
63. e system the system always in On state GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 50 2 5 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility ight C 1984 2006 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Menu Level gt xit F1 General Help imized Defaults gt PCI 2IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2 Default value p gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 2 PCI1 IRQ Assignment gt gt Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1 Default value p gt 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 to PCI 1 51 BIOS Setup 2 6 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software PC Health Status Disabled Menu Levelb Dis Temperature Disabled CPU FAN Fail Warning Disabled CPU Smart FAN Control Enabled CPU Smart FAN Mode Auto F1 General Help Optimized Defaults Reset Case Open Status gt gt Disabled Don t reset case open status Default value gt gt Enabled Clear case open status at next boot Case Opened If the case is closed Case Opened will show No If the case have been opened Case Opened will show Yes If you want to reset Case Opened value set Reset Case Open Status to Enabled and save CMOS your computer will restart Current Voltage V Vcore DDR18V 3 3V 12V gt gt Detect system s voltage status automatically Curren
64. ecture Bus driver provides support for High Definition Audio Azalia This driver is designed to work with the following versions of Windows I Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 SP1 3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 SP4 gl Realtek Audio Driver Install Size 23 6M8 Version 5100 5253 Realtek Audio Driver rd Gigabyte SATA and RAID Driver Install Size 3 6MB Version 1930 Gigabyte SATA and RAID Driver ZD Some device drivers will restart your system automatically After restarting d your system the Xpress Install will continue to install other drivers System will reboot automatically after install the drivers afterward you can install others application For USB2 0 driver support under Windows XP operating system please use Windows Service Pack After install Windows Service Pack it will show CAUTION a question mark in Universal Serial Bus controller under Device Manager Please remove the question mark and restart the system System will auto detect the right USB2 0 driver 61 Drivers Installation 3 2 Software Applications This page displays all the tools that Gigabyte developed and some free software you can choose anyone you want and press install to install them GIGABYTE NVIDIA nForce 500 Series Utility CD Software Applications Please click on the following applications listed below to install Softwa Applicatio
65. emory test begins and before the operating system boot begins look for a message which says Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility Figure 4 Hit the F10 key to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility Shield IDE ROM ht C 2006 NV Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility Figure 4 Step 2 The Define a New Array screen is the first option screen when you enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility Figure 5 You can press the TAB key to highlight through options Step 3 In the RAID Mode field use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode The supported RAID modes include Mirroring default Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning and RAID 5 The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation Step 4 If RAID 0 Striping is selected you can manually set the striping block size In the Striping Block field use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to set the Striping Block size The KB is the standard unit of Striping Block size We recommend you leaving it to the default setting Optimal 64K The size range is from 4K to 128K MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity gt Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T4 Select ENTER Popup Figure 5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 82 Step 5 Next select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk arra
66. es the driver in the floppy disk a controller menu similar to Figure 20 below will appear Use the ARROW keys to select GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Controller Windows 2K XP 2003 and press ENTER Then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with evice support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Controller Windows 2 03 GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Controller Windows XP 2003 64bit ENTER Select F3 Exit Figure 20 If a message appears saying one or some file s cannot be found please check the floppy disk Caution OF copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD Step 4 When the next screen Figure 21 appears press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Controller Windows 2 2003 To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for e support disk from a mass storage device If you do not have any device support dis m a mass storage de manufacturer or do not v rage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Figure 21 f you wish to insta
67. etup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T CMOS to BIOS n BIOS If you can t find the setting you want please press Ctrl F1 to search the advanced option NOTE hidden Please Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS when somehow the system works not stable as usual This action makes the system reset to the default for stability BIOS Setting Recovery gt F11 Save CMOS to BIOS This function allows you to make a record of the current CMOS settings as a profile You can create up to 8 profiles Profile 1 8 and give each of them a name gt F12 Load CMOS from BIOS If your system becomes unstable and you load the default BIOS settings you can use this function to reload the CMOS settings with a CMOS settings profile created before without the hassles of resetting the CMOS configurations Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 38 Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS This setup page in Features cludes all the items of Award special enhanced features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals Power Management Setup This setup page in PnP PCI Config This setup page in PC Health Statu This setup page is cludes all the items of Green function features uration cludes all the configurations of PCI amp PnP ISA resources S the System auto detect Temper
68. f Action bar Task menu for Q Flash utility Contains the names of three tasks Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task Action bar Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q Flash utility Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions Using the Q Flash utility This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q Flash utility As described in the Before you begin section above you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to Update BIOS from Floppy item in the Q Flash menu and press Enter button Later you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk Pra If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save nore BIOS to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file 8GE800 F4 is listed Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard CAUTION Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size ec SST 49LF002A 256K file s fou
69. first to PCI Express VGA card Slot3 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 44 2 3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Integrated Peripheral gt Serial ATA RAID Config On Chip IDE Channel0 On Chip MAC Lan 6 hip MACI Lan al ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode Onboard Audio Function SMART LAN Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard SATA IDE Ctrl Mode D Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECE Use DMA On Chip USB USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Legacy USB Storage detect Tle Move Ent elect F11 12 Profile F5 Previous Values gt Serial ATA RAID Config U PD Value Fl ji Exit Menu Levelb Press Enter Enabled Auto Auto All Enabled Enabled Auto Press Enter Enabled Disabled IDE 3F8 IRQ4 378 IRQ7 SPP V1 1 V2 0 Disabled Disabled Enabled F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults ptimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software A RAID function 1 Primary RA Tl gt Move FII Profile Enter Select F5 Previous Values Only for GA M59SLI S5 Serial ATA RAID Conf Disabled Disa Dis D Disa D D Menu Level gt U PD lue F10 Save ESC Exit F6 Fail Safe Defaults F F1 General Help timized Defaults 45 BIOS Setup gt NV SATA RAID function gt gt Enabled Enable NV SATA RAID function Disabled Dis
70. g on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to system components as well as physical harm to the user 8 If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product please consult a certified computer technician Instances of Non Warranty Damage due to natural disaster accident or human cause Damage as a result of violating the conditions recommended in the user manual Damage due to improper installation Damage due to use of uncertified components Damage due to use exceeding the permitted parameters Product determined to be an unofficial Gigabyte product 9 o0ROrPMSr 11 Hardware Installation 1 2 Feature Summary CPU Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Athlon 64 Sempron processor Front Side Bus 2000MHz Chipset nVIDIA nForce 590SLI LAN Marvell 88E1116 phy 10 100 1000 Mbit Audio Onboard Realtek ALC888DD CODEC chip Onboard Realtek ALC883 CODEC chip o Supports High Definition Audio Supports 2 4 6 8 channel audio Supports SPDIF In Out connection Supports CD In connection IEEE 1394 Onboard T I TSB43AB23 chip 3 IEEE1394a ports Storage nVIDIA nForce 590SLI Southbridge 1 FDD connector allowing connection of 2 FDD device 1IDE connectors IDE1 with UDMA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 ATA 133 support allowing connection of 2 IDE devices 6 SATA 3Gb
71. g the F9 key during system power on Boot from CD DVD Boot from CD DVD Press any kepto startup XpressRecovery2 Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Inc GA MS59SLI S5 E18 lt DEL gt BIOS Setup Q Flash F9 Xpress Recovery2 f tk F9 Xpress Recovery2 05 02 2006 C51 MCP55 6A61 8930 0n M 1 If you have already entered Xpress Recovery2 by booting from the CD ROM you can REL enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the F9 key in the future 2 System storage capacity and the reading writing speed of the hard disk will affect the data backup speed 3 Itis recommended that Xpress Recovery2 be immediately installed once you com plete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 66 The Main Screen of Xpress Recovery2 1 RESTORE Restore the backed up data to your hard disk This button will not appear if there is no backup file 2 BACKUP Back up data from hard disk 3 REMOVE Remove previously created backup files to release disk space This button will not appear if there is no backup file 4 REBOOT Exit the main screen and restart the system Limitations 1 2 3 5 6 T Not compatible to Xpress Recovery For the use of Xpress Recovery2 a primary partition must be reserved Xpress Recovery2 will store the backup file at the end of the hard disk so free space
72. ge temporarily disk required 1 4 Switch RAID Level ENTER Next ESC Abort Figure 6 95 Appendix 3 Assign Array Disks After RAID mode is selected RAID BIOS automatically assigns the two hard disks installed as the RAID disks 4 Set Block Size only for RAID 0 Under the Block item use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the block size Figure 7 ranging from 4K to 128K Press ENTER when finished GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to S Create New RAID JRAID tripe d lec isk 240GB Confirm Creation RAID Disk Drive List T4 Switch RAID Block Size TAII IDE RAID Controller BIOS Hard Disk Drive List Mode Name HDDO 31200 Available Type Status Help Setting Stripe Block Select a stripe size which will be used to divide data from to seperate RAID members The following are typical values RAID 0 128KB ENTER Next ESC Abort Figure 7 5 Set Array Size Under the Size item type the size of the array Figure 8 and press ENTER G TE Technology Create New RAID JRAID ripe Select Disk 128KB Confirm Creation RAID Disk Drive List 2 Switch Unit GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard Corp PCIE to S DEL BS Delete Number AII IDE RAID Controller BIOS V Hard Disk Drive List Type Status Non RAID Non RAID Mode Name Available HDDO 20026 B Help Setting RAID Capacity Enter the RAID capacity The default value indic
73. gt gt gt gt gt Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T 4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off After BIOS file is read you ll see a confirmation dialog box asking you Are you sure to update BIOS GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 72 3 Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS Then it will begin to update BIOS The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS CAUTION 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed Dual BIOS Utility Boot From eret Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K S Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K DAY Ne NOTE Wide Range Protection Disable You can repeat Step 1 to 4 Copy BIOS completed Pass to flash the backup BIOS too Please press any key to continue Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off 5 Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q Flash utility The computer will restart automatically after you exit Q Flash Dual BIOS Utility Boot Poias Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Ty
74. h Type Size eerte SST 49LF002A 256K Are you sure to RESET Enter to continure or Esc to abort After system reboots you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star The BIOS file Main Pri or Intel Pentium R 4 1 7GHz 100x17 0 becomes F4 after lt CPUID OFOA Patch ID 00097 updating Memory Testing 122880K OK 8192K Shared Memory Pri er FUJITSU MPE3170AT ED 03 08 Primary S None CREATIVEDVD RM DVD1242E BC101 None 03 18 2003 1845 6 Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots and Load BIOS Fail Safe Defaults See how to Load BIOS Fail Safe Defaults please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in Part One Congratulation You have updated BIOS successfully GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI 84 Motherboard 76 ETS Method 2 BIOS Utility TM f you do not have a DOS startup disk we recommend that you use the new BIOS utility BIOS allows users to update their BIOS under Windows Just select the desired BIOS server to download the latest version of BIOS Fig 1 Installing the BIOS utility Fig 2 Installation Complete and Run BIOS Click Sart Programs GIGABYTE BIOS a Le i Select BIOS item than click Install Fig 3 The BIOS Utility 2 Gigabyte BIOS Writer for Win9x MEINT4 2000 XP x Curent Mainbosid info Flash Memory Type SST 49LF002A FWH 3 V
75. ification In order to assist in the use of this product Gigabyte has categorized the user manual in the following For quick installation please refer to the Hardware Installation Guide included with the product m For detailed product information and specifications please carefully read the Product User Manual m For detailed information related to Gigabyte s unique features please go to the Technology Guide section on Gigabyte s website to read or download the information you need For more product details please click onto Gigabyte s website at www gigabyte com tw Table of Contents Item Checklist eere nera re e i ethernet bea re eto fae nto re vede 6 Optional Accessories 5 6e de teret oni bera e e Trete e T e Rak 6 GA M59SLI S5 Motherboard Layout seen 7 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard Layout sse 8 Block Diagfam erase tenet eere ame e e ee tel 9 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation sssssssssseen 11 14 Considerations Prior to Installation n 11 1 27 Feature SUMMAN sasse otto eee c repe t ete a td 12 13 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler sse 15 1 3 1 Installation of the CPU 15 1 3 2 Installation of the CPU Cooler 16 14 Installation of Memory ritiene nna netten 17 15 Installation of Expansion Cards sse 19 16 Setup of SLI Scalable Link Interface
76. ile F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility C 006 Award Software MOS Features Menu Level gt T42 lt Move E C PU PD Value F1 av S i F1 General Help F11 12 Profile j jious Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults gt Date The date format is lt week gt lt month gt lt day gt lt year gt b gt Week The week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only gt gt Month The month Jan Through Dec Day The day from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month gt gt Year The year from 1999 through 2098 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 40 c q Time The times format in lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection gt gt IDE Device Setup You can use one of three methods Auto Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST default None Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up Manual User can manually input the correct settings Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive The four options are CHS LBA Large Auto default Auto IDE Channel 2 3 4 5 6 7 Master IDE HDD Auto
77. in BIOS If the Main BIOS is corrupted or damaged the Backup BIOS can take over while the system is powered on This means that your PC will still be able to run stably as if nothing has happened in your BIOS B How to use Dual BIOS o and Q Flash Utility a After power on the computer pressing Del immediately during POST Power On Self Test it will allow you to enter Award BIOS CMOS SETUP then press F8 to enter Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M L T C Quit ual BIOS BUE tl Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving F11 Save CMOS to BIOS F12 Load CMOS from BIOS Time Date Hard Disk Type b Dual BIOS Q Flash Programming Utility Dual BIOS Utility V1 33 Boot From iieri ts Main ROM Type Size ss Backup ROM Type Size Wide Range Protection Boot From Auto Recovery Halt On Error Keep DMI Data Main Bios SST 49LF004A SST 49LF004A Disable Main Bios Enable Disable Enable 512K 512K Copy Main ROM Data to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Update Main BIOS f
78. io software Please follow the steps to install the function Following pictures are in Windows XP enter Subwooter e rain er Mji e e neil e e iure ui rs Ly Note that if you wish to connect a microphone you MUST connect it to the default Mic In jack caution for the microphone to work correctly HD Audio With multiple built in high quality digital to analog converters DACs that support audio output at up to 192 kHz 24 bit quality and multi streaming applications HD Audio is able to handle multiple audio streams in and out simultaneously Multi channel audio experiences have become a reality so you can for instance listen to MP3 music have an Internet chat make a telephone call over the Internet and etc all at the same time Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo output is applied STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Manager gijicon in your system tray you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel Only for GA M59SLI S4 111 Appendix STEP 2 2a In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O Sol feet MU Anto VO Mienna D Aum tab In the upper left list click 2CH Speaker STEP 3 After a speaker or headphone is plugged into the z eef rear Line Out jack a small window will pop up and e
79. is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup Menu If you select Setup at Password Check in Advance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup Only for GA M59SLI S5 57 BIOS Setup 2 11 Save amp Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Mz PnP PCI PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M ght C 1984 2006 Award Software Load Fail Safe Defaults L Optimized Defaults Set Supervi EXIt WIMOUT Saving Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility 2 12 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility Copy Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T ight C 1984 2006 Award Software Fail Safe Defaults L Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password EXIT W1tNOUT Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 58 59 BIOS Setup GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 60 apter 3Drivers Installation oy Pictures below are shown in Windows XP S Insert the driver
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81. lash menu and press Enter button Later you will see a box pop up showing the BIOS files you previously downloaded to the floppy disk gt If you want to save the current BIOS for backup purpose you can begin Step 1 with Save NONE Main BIOS to Floppy item 2 Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter In this example we only download one BIOS file to the floppy disk so only one BIOS file 8KNXPU Fba is listed Please confirm again you have the correct BIOS file for your motherboard CAUTION Dual BIOS Utility Boot From 5 Main Bios Main ROM Type Si SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Prot v 1 file s found 8KNXPU Fba 512K BIOS file in the floppy disk Total size 1 39M Free size 911 50K F5 Refresh DEL Delete Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off After pressing Enter you ll then see the progress of reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk Dual BIOS Utility Boot From T Main Bios Main ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type Size SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable CAUTION Do not turn off power or reset your system at this stage Reading BIOS file from floppy gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt
82. lds of Pair 1 2 and Pair 3 6 will show Normal and the Length fields will show N A However because Pair 4 5 and Pair 7 8 are not used in a 10 100 Mbps environment their Status fields will show Short or Open and the length shown is the approximate length of the attached LAN cable When a Cable Problem Occurs If a cable problem occurs on a specified pair of wires the Status field will show Short or Open and the length shown will be the approximate distance to the fault or short For example ifitshows Pairl 2 Status Short Length 1 6m it means that a fault or short might occur at about 1 6m on Pair 1 2 When No LAN Cable Is Attached If no LAN cable is attached to the motherboard the Status fields of all four pairs of wires will show Open Onboard 1394 gt gt Enabled Enable onboard IEEE1394 function Default value gt gt Disabled Disable onboard IEEE1394 function Onboard LAN Boot ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip gt gt Enabled Enable this function gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value Only for GA M59SLI S5 47 BIOS Setup Onboard SATA IDE Ctrl Mode o RAID Set the onboard SATA controller to RAID mode gt gt AHCI Set the onboard SATA controller to AHCI mode Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queui
83. ll 64 bit Windows Operating System select GIGABYTE GBB363 RAID Controller Windows XP 2003 64bit GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 102 Step 5 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed you can proceed with the Windows XP installation WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft R Windows R XP to run on your computer To set up Windows XP now press ENTER lt P installation using To quit Setup without installing Windows XP press F3 Enter Continue R Repair F3 Exit Figure 22 103 Appendix a 4 1 5 2 14 16 18 Channel Audio Function Be Introduction A Realtek ALC888DD CODEC o The default speaker settings for the 6 audio jacks are as shown in the picture to the right The jack retasking capability supported by HD Audio allows users to change the function for each audio jack by the audio software provided For example if a rear speaker is plugged into the center subwoofer speaker out jack you can change the center subwoofer speaker out jack to fucntion as a rear speaker out jack via the audio software Please follow the steps to install the function Following pictures are in Windows XP Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out ee Yue Mic In yi Side Speaker Out Note that if you wish to connect a microphone you MUST connect it to the default Mic In jack caution for the mi
84. loppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks 720K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks b gt Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K Default value 43 BIOS Setup Password Check gt gt System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt gt gt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Default value Away Mode gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt gt Enabled Enable Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system Away Mode Enables the system to silently perform unattended tasks while in a low power mode that appears off Init Display First This feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from which card when you install a PCI card and a PCI Express VGA card on the motherboard gt gt PCI slot Set Init display first to PCI PEG Set Init display first to PCI Express VGA card Default value PEG Slot2 Set Init display first to PCI Express VGA card Slot2 PEG Slot3 Set Init display
85. ls from the front speakers when playing 2 channel music You must play 4 6 or 8 channel music sources to produce 4 6 or 8 channel audio effects dts CONNECT With DTS enabled the system will transform two channel stereo source material into multi channel audio output creating a virtual surround sound environment After installing the audio driver at the center bottom of the Audio Control Panel you should find the DTS control button as shown below DTS control button 1 This button provides you more controls over dts NEO PC Music Mode Cinema Mode EHE us NEO Pc Press this button to enable or disable the dts NEO PC function Enabling dts NEO PC allows the system to transform ordinary 2 channel stereo content into 4 6 or 8 channel surround sound depending on your speaker configurations 3 MEE as INTERACTIVE If your surround sound system is connected via an external decoder click the Audio I O tab in the Audio Control Panel Either click DTS Interactive in the upper left list or click the dts INTERACTIVE button at the center bottom of the Audio Control HGABTE Panel And click the dts NEO PC button Ti The system will then simulate 5 1 channel E ANALOG surround sound playback from two channel content DIGITAL amp S ann NH keus 109 Appendix Introduction of Dolby Digital Live Dd DOLBY A real time encoding
86. lue b gt SATA 1 Enable NV SATA 1 function b gt SATA 142 Enable NV SATA 1 2 function Disabled Disable this function gt IDE Prefetch Mode gt gt Enabled Enable IDE Prefetch mode Default value Disabled Disable IDE Prefetch mode gt Onboard Audio Function gt gt Auto Auto detect onboard audio function Default value Disabled Disable this function Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 46 SMART LAN LAN Cable Diagnostic Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software SMART LAN Start detecting at Port 0 2 Normal Length Menu Levelb Normal Length Normal Length Normal Length Normal Length Normal Length Normal Length Normal Length F1 General Help nized Defaults This motherboard incorporates cable diagnostic feature designed to detect the status of the attached LAN cable This feature will detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to the fault or short Refer to the following information for diagnosing your LAN cable When LAN Cable Is Functioning Normally 1 If no cable problem is detected on the LAN cable connected to a Gigabit hub the Status fields of Pair 1 2 Pair 3 6 Pair 4 5 and Pair 7 8 will show Normal and the Length fields will show N A as shown in the figure above 2 fno cable problem is detected on the LAN cable connected to a 10 100 Mbps hub the Status fie
87. mputer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge ESD Thus prior to installation please follow the instructions below 1 Please turn off the computer and unplug its power cord 2 When handling the motherboard avoid touching any metal leads or connectors 3 Itis best to wear an electrostatic discharge ESD cuff when handling electronic components CPU RAM 4 Prior to installing the electronic components please have these items on top of an antistatic pad or within a electrostatic shielding container 5 Please verify that the power supply is switched off before unplugging the power supply connector from the motherboard Installation Notices 1 Prior to installation please do not remove the stickers on the motherboard These stickers are required for warranty validation 2 Prior to the installation of the motherboard or any hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual 3 Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected 4 To prevent damage to the motherboard please do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components 5 Please make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing 6 Please do not place the computer system on an uneven surface 7 Turnin
88. nd 256K 8GE800 F4 BIOS file in the floppy disk Total size 1 39M Ej FS Refresh Free size 1 14M DEL Delete Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size enn SST 49LF002A 256K CAUTION Reading BIOS file from floppy Do notturn off power or MORS rim E reset your system atthis stage After BIOS file is read you ll see a confirmation dialog box asking you Are you sure to update BIOS Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS CAUTION 75 Appendix 3 Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS Then it will begin to update BIOS The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size e SST 49LF002A 256K CAUTION Updating BIOS Now Do not turn off power or gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt reset your system at this stage 4 Press any keys to return to the Q Flash menu when the BIOS updating procedure is completed Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flash Type Size ssssss SST 49LF002A 256K Copy BIOS completed Pass Please press any key to continue 5 Press Esc and then Y button to exit the Q Flash utility The computer will restart automatically after you exit Q Flash Q Flash Utility V1 30 Flas
89. nfigure a RAID array Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID Step 1 After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins look for a message which says Press lt Ctrl G gt to enter RAID Setup Utility Figure 3 Press CTRL G to enter the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS setup utility GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to SATAIL Copyright C 2005 GIGA BYTE Technology http HDDO ST3120026AS Non RAID HDD1 ST3120026AS Non RAID Press lt Ctrl G gt to enter RAID Setup Utility Figure 3 In the main screen of the GIGABYTE SATA2 RAID BIOS utility Figure 4 use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to highlight through choices Highlight the item that you wish to execute and press ENTER GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to SATAII IDE RAID Controller BIOS V1 06 12 Main Menu Hard Disk Drive List Create RAID Disk Drive Mode Name Delete RAID Disk Drive HDDO0 ST3120026AS Revert HDD to Non RAID HDD1 ST3120026AS Solve Mirror Conflict Rebuild Mirror Drive Save And Exit Setup Exit Without Saving RAID Disk Drive List lt gt TAB Switch Window 1 4 Select ITEM ENTER Action ESC Exit Figure 4 Note In the main screen you can select a hard disk in the Hard Disk Drive List block and press ENTER This allows you to check detailed information about the selected hard disk GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI 84 Motherboard 94 A Create Array In the main screen press ENTER on the Create
90. ng and hot plug For more details about AHCI please visit Intel s website IDE Set the onboard SATA controller to IDE mode Default value Onboard Serial Port 1 gt gt Auto BIOS will automatically setup the Serial port 1 address b gt 3F8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8 IRQ4 Default value 2F8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8 IRQ4 p gt 2E8 IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8 IRQ3 gt gt Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1 Onboard Parallel Port gt gt Disabled Disable onboard LPT port gt 378 IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378 IRQ7 Default value 278 IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278 IRQ5 b gt 3BC IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode b gt SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port Default value gt gt EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port gt gt ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port gt gt ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP and EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 3 Default value 1 Set ECP Mode Use DMA to 1 On Chip USB gt gt Disabled Disable this function if you are not using onboard USB function b gt V1 1 V2 0 Enable USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 controller Default value V1 1 Enable only USB 1 1 controller USB Keyboard S
91. ns Driver CD Norton internet Security NIS instal Information Size 1023MB Norton Internet Security 2006 provides essential protection from viruses hackers and privacy threats It includes Norton Antivirus Norton Personal Firewall Norton Privacy Control Norton AntiSpam Norton Parental Control Size _ 15 9MB E lity for viewing or printing Adobe Portable Document Format PDF files GIGABYTE C O M Corporate Online Manager Install Size 8 5MB A web based system management tool that allows client system hardware information such as CPU and memory and graphics card and much more t be monitored or controlled via a host pm Size 48MB An easy to use Windows based system enhancement utility allowing quick access to a variety of performance features DMI Viewer Install Size 1 0MB DMI Viewer provides a management tool for viewing motherboard hardware information The page reveals the value added Gigabyte and its worldwide partners 3 3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD title GIGABYTE NVIDIA nForce 500 Series Utility CD Install Driver CD information The following information shows the detail contents stored in this Driver CD nVIDIA Dv nVIDIA System Driver le 1DE nVIDIA IDE Driver le Cooln Quiet AMD KB CPU Driver for XP le NUSB USB 2 0 D
92. oid inadequate operation that may result in system malfunction CAUTION Only for GA M59SLI S5 37 BIOS Setup lt F12 gt For Boot Menu Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards device Select a Boot First device LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD Legacy LAN 4 Move Enter Accept ESC Exit Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Inc Gorg GA MS9SLI S5 F2 Press F12 lt DEL gt BIOS Setup Q Flash lt F9 gt XpressRecovery2 lt F12 gt For Boot Menu 05 29 2006 C51 MCP55 6A61JG03C 00 Press lt F12 gt to enter the Boot Menu and use lt T gt or lt gt to select a device then press enter to accept Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu a The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the NOTE exact settings for your motherboard The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver F2 Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu as figure below will appear on the screen Use arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save it S
93. ot after you exit the BIOS menu The procedure is completed CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Select Language Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated P Power Mar PnP PCI Co PC Health Status Save amp Exit Setup MB Intelligent Tweaker M LT Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F3 Change Lan F8 Dual BIOS Q Flash F10 Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Press Y on your keyboard to save and exit Part Two Updating BIOS with Q Flash Utility on Single BIOS Motherboards This part guides users of single BIOS motherboards how to update BIOS using the Q Flash utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Top Performance Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Set Supervisor Password PnP PCI Configurations Set User Password PC Health Status Save amp Exit Setup MB Intelligent Tweaker M LT Exit Without Saving GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 74 Exploring the Q Flash utility screen The Q FlashBlOS utility screen consists of the following key components Q Flash Utility V1 30 Q Flash utility bar Flash Type Size sss SST 49LF003A 256K Task menu for Keep DMI Data Enable Mou Update BIOS from Floppy Q Flash utility Save BIOS to Floppy Enter Run Ti Move ESC Reset F10 Power Of
94. pe Size SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Are you sure to RESET Enter to continure or Esc to abort Q Flash Utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off After system reboots you may find the BIOS version on your boot screen becomes the one you flashed The BIOS file becomes Fab after updating Memory T Memory Frequei Channel Master FUJITSU MPE ED 03 08 None REATIVEDVD RM DVD1242E BC101 None Press DEL to enter SETUP Dual BIOS Q Flash F9 For Xpress Recovery 6A79BG03C 00 Appendix 6 Press Del to enter BIOS menu after system reboots When you are in BIOS menu move to Load Optimized Defaults item and press Enter to load BIOS Optimized Defaults Normally the system redetects all devices after BIOS has been upgraded Therefore we highly recommend reloading the BIOS defaults after BIOS has been upgraded CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Select Language Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Load Optimized Defaults Power Mana PC Health Stat MB Intelligent Tweaker M Load Optimized Defaults Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults 7 Select Save amp Exit Setup item to save the settings to CMOS and exit the BIOS menu System will rebo
95. pe of equipment is connected Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected 6 channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out Line Out Rear Speaker Out and Center Subwoofer Speaker Out then click OK The 6 channel audio setup is completed 113 Appendix 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 After installation of the audio driver you should find an Audio Managerjijicon in your system tray you can also find the icon in Control Panel Double click the icon to open the Audio Control Panel LER pM STEP 2 In the Audio Control Panel click the Audio I O tab In the upper left list click 8CH Speaker DIGITAL Cup eH STEP 3 After plugging in 8 channel speakers to the rear speaker jacks a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected Choose a device depending on the type of speaker connected 8 channel audio consists of Front Speaker Out Line Out Rear Speaker Out Cen ter Subwoofer Speaker Out and Side Speaker Out then click OK The 8 channel audio setup is completed GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 114 Sound Effect Configuration At the Sound Effect menu users can adjust sound option settings as desired ges dE Equalizer AC 97 Audio Configuration To enable the front panel audio connector to sup port AC97 Audio mode go to the Audio Control Panel and click the Audio I O tab In the ANA LOG area click the Tool icon and then
96. phics Booster to Auto Default value gt gt Fast Set Robust Graphics Booster to Fast gt gt Turbo Set Robust Graphics Booster to Turbo gt DDR2 OverVoltage Control Please note that by overclocking your system through the increase of the DDR2 voltage damage to the memory may occur gt gt Normal Set DDR2 voltage to Normal Default value p gt 0 1V Set DDR2 voltage to 0 1V p gt 0 2V Set DDR2 voltage to 0 2V b gt 0 3V Set DDR2 voltage to 0 3V p gt 0 4V Set DDR2 voltage to 0 4V p gt 0 5V Set DDR2 voltage to 0 5V p gt 0 6V Set DDR2 voltage to 0 6V p gt 0 7V Set DDR2 voltage to 0 7V gt S Chipset PCIE Voltage Set the voltage settings for Southbridge its PCI Express bus voltage gt gt Normal Set Southbridge PCIE voltage to Normal Default value b gt 0 1V Set Southbridge PCIE voltage to 0 1V b gt 0 2V Set Southbridge PCIE voltage to 0 2V p gt 0 3V Set Southbridge PCIE voltage to 0 3V gt CPU HT Link Voltage Set the voltage settings for the HT Link between CPU and Northbridge Normal Set CPU HT Link voltage to Normal Default value p gt 0 1V Set CPU HT Link voltage to 0 1V b gt 0 2V Set CPU HT Link voltage to 0 2V b gt 0 3V Set CPU HT Link voltage to 0 3V gt HT Link Voltage Set the voltage settings for the HT Link between Southbridge and Northbridge gt gt Normal Set HT Link voltage to Normal Default value b gt 0 1V Set HT Link voltage to 0 1V b
97. play performance GA M5 9SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 20 Connecting Two Graphics Cards Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Note Observe the steps in 1 5 Installation of Expansion Cards and install two SLI ready graphics cards of the same model to the PCIE 16 1 and PCIE 16 2 slots Insert the SLI bridge the GC DGBR2 RH to the SLI gold edge connector on top of both cards Make sure the two mini female slots on the bridge connector securely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both cards Female slots on the bridge Gold edge connector on the top connector of graphics card In order to securely fix the bridge connector beween the two cards you must install the retention bracket in cluded with the motherboard and secure the retention bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw place this part on the top of the bridge connector retention bracket Plug the display cable into the graphics card which on the PCIE 16 1 slot If you want to enable the SLI function you must plug the display cable into the graphics card which on the PCIE 16 1 slot 21 Hardware Installation Graphics Card Driver Setting Step 1 After installing graphics card driver in operating system right click the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and then select NVIDIA Display The NVIDIA control panel will appear Step 2 Select SLI multi GPU from the side menu and then select the Enable SLI multi G
98. r connector to the Pin 3 4 7 8 of the onboard ATX 12V power connector according to the pin definitions Caution Please use a power supply that is able to handle the system voltage requirements It is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used 400W or greater If a power supply is used that does not provide the required power the result can lead to an unstable system or a system that is unable to start If you use a power supply that provides a 24 pin ATX or 2x4 pin ATX 12V power connector please remove the small cover on the power connector on the motherboard before plugging in the power cord otherwise please do not remove it Pin No Definition GND GND 12V 4A wl N ATX 12v 12V Pin No Definition GND GND GND GND 12V 12V ATX 12V 2x
99. rd s model name again Selecting wrong model name will cause the System unbooted I In method II be sure that motherboard s model name in BIOS unzip file are the same as your motherboard s Otherwise your system won t boot Il In method if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in BIOS server please go onto Gigabyte s web site for downloading and updating it according to method Il V Please note that any interruption during updating will cause system unbooted V Donotuse BIOS and C O M Corporate Online Management at the same time GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 78 4 1 4 Configuring SATA Hard Drive s To configure SATA hard drive s follow the steps below 1 Install SATA hard drive s in your system 2 Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS 4 Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver 5 Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation Se St a gt I Before you begin Please prepare a Atleast two SATA hard drives to ensure optimal performance it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity If you do not want to create RAID you may prepare only one hard drive An empty formatted floppy disk Windows XP 2000 setup disk Driver CD for your motherboard eee A nVIDIA nForce 590SLI Southbridge 1 Installing SATA hard drive s in your computer Attach
100. river for XP with SP1 and 2k with SP4 le XPR2 Xpress Recovery 2 Patch File le_EnableUSBS3xp Enable USB device back form 83 mode e Realtek Realtek Audio Driver le_WSHDOFE Microsoft UAA Bus Driver rectory Name escription e Nois NVIDIA DOS NDIS and NetWare DOS ODI Client Drivers rectory Name escription b micron TUMron SATA RAI Driver GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 62 3 4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard GIGABYTE NVIDIA nForce 500 Series Uti ii Hardware information Ea iD The following information shows the detail hardware information of your motherboard Software Driver CD Informatior i n e BOSInfo NSOSLI G5D3 je CPU Info CPU AMD AuthenticAMD Hardware Memory io 529 756 KB RAM e Device Description NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT je Devicd DriverProvider NVIDIA Contact Us E Device Description PC standard host CPU bridge Devicd DriverProvider Microsoft Device Description PC standard host CPU bridge Devicd DriverProvider Microsoft Device Description PC standard host CPU bridge Devicd DriverProvider Microsoft Device Description PC standard host CPU bridge Devicd DriverProvider Microsoft Device Description PC standard RAM Controller Devicd DriverProvider Microsoft Device Description PC standard RAM Controller 3 5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details GIGABY
101. rmation technology equipment including electrical business equipment General and Safety requirements for uninterruptible power systems UPS DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2 1077 a C Responsible Party Name G B T INC U S A Address 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 Phone Fax No 818 854 9338 818 854 9339 hereby declares that the product Product Name Motherboard Model Number GA MS9SLI S5 GA MS9SLI S4 Conforms to the following specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Class B Digital Device Supplementary Information This device complies with part 15 ofthe FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful and 2 this device must accept any inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name ERIC LU Signature Date Jun 8 2006 Copyright 2006 GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD All rights reserved The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies Notice The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without Gigabyte s prior written permission Specifications and features are subject to change without prior notice Product Manual Class
102. rom Floppy Update Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off PgDn PgUp Modify Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 68 c Dual BIOS Item explanation Wide Range Protection Disable Default Enable Status 1 If any failure ex Update ESCD failure checksum error or reset occurs in the Main BIOS just before the Operating System is loaded and after the power is on and that the Wide Range Protection is set to Enable the PC will boot from Backup BIOS automatically Status 2 If the ROM BIOS on peripherals cards ex SCSI Cards LAN Cards emits signals torequest restart of the system after the user make any alteration on it the boot up BIOS will not be changed to the Backup BIOS Boot From Main BIOS Default Backup BIOS Status 1 The user can set to boot from main BIOS or Backup BIOS Status 2 If one of the main BIOS or the Backup BIOS fails this item Boot From Main BIOS Default will become gray and will not be changed by user Auto Recovery Enable Default Disable When one of the Main BIOS or Backup BIOS occurs checksum failure the working BIOS will automati cally recover the BIOS of checksum failure In the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Setting if ACPI Suspend Type is set to Suspend to RAM the Auto Recovery will be set to Enable automatically If you want to enter the BIOS set
103. s not require users to boot to DOS before upgrading BIOS but directly download and update BIOS from the Internet CONTROL KEYS T J e o gt Move to select item Enter Select Item lt Esc gt Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu lt Page Up gt Increase the numeric value or make changes lt Page Down gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes lt F1 gt General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu lt F2 gt Item Help lt F5 gt Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the fail safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table F7 Load the Optimized Defaults F8 Dual BIOS o Q Flash utility F9 System Information lt F10 gt Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu lt F11 gt Save CMOS to BIOS CMOS Profiles lt F12 gt Load CMOS from BIOS CMOS Profiles Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press lt F1 gt to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press lt Esc gt Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky please do it with caution and av
104. select the Disable front panel jack detection check box This action completes the AC 97 Audio configuration DIGITAL d Connector Settings r1 g ap a ol 115 Appendix 4 2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions To check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model please log on to GIGABYTE s website Question 1 cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS Why Answer Some advanced options are hidden in new BIOS version Please press Ctrl and F1 keys after entering BIOS menu and you will be able to see these options Questions 2 Why is the light of my keyboard optical mouse still on after computer shuts down Answer In some boards a small amount of electricity is kept on standby after computer shuts down and that s why the light is still on Question 3 How do clear CMOS Answer If your board has a Clear CMOS jumper please refer to the Clear CMOS steps in the manual If your board doesn t have such jumper you can take off the on board battery to leak voltage to clear CMOS Please refer to the steps below Steps 1 Turn off power 2 Disconnect the power cord from MB 3 Take out the battery gently and put it aside for about 1 minute Or you can use a metal object to connect the positive and negative pins in the battery holder to makethem short for 5 seconds Re insert the battery to the battery holder Connect power cord
105. similar electrical apparatus O EN 50082 1 O EN 50082 2 Limits and methods of measurement O EN 55014 2 of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Immunity from radio interference of O EN 50091 2 broadcast receivers and associated equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment Cabled distribution systems Equipment for receiving andlor distribution from sound and television signals Disturbances in supply systems caused Disturbances in supply systems caused by household appliances and similar electrical equipment Voltage fluctuations Information Technology equipment Immunity characteristics Limts and methods of measurement Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry Generic immunity standard Part 2 Industrial environment Immunity requirements for household appliances tools and similar apparatus EMC requirements for uninterruptible power systems UPS EC conformity marking The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73 23 EEC Safety requirements for mains operated O EN 60950 electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use Safety of household and similar electrical appliances O EN 50091 1 Manufacturer importer Date Jun 8 2006 Safety for info
106. t System CPU Temperature gt Detect System CPU temperature automatically Current CPU POWER SYSTEM FAN Speed RPM b gt Detect CPU POWER SYSTEM fan speed status automatically System CPU Warning Temperature b gt 60 C 140 F Monitor System CPU temperature at 60 C 140 F p gt 70 C 158 F Monitor System CPU temperature at 70 C 158 F b gt 80 C 176 F Monitor System CPU temperature at 80 C 176 F b gt 90 C 194 F Monitor System CPU temperature at 90 C 194 F gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value CPU FAN Fail Warning gt gt Disabled Disable CPU fan fail warning function Default value Enabled Enable CPU fan fail warning function GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 52 gt CPU Smart FAN Controle gt gt Disabled Disable this function gt gt Enabled When this function is enabled CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requirements Default value cr CPU Smart FAN Mode This option is available only when CPU Smart FAN Control is enabled gt gt Auto BIOS autodetects the type of CPU fan you installed and sets the optimal CPU Smart FAN control mode for it Default Value gt gt Voltage Set to Voltage when you use a CPU fan with a 3 pin fan power cable gt gt PWM Set to PWM when you use a CPU fan with a 4 pin fan power cable 2 7 MB Intelligent Tweaker M I T
107. ta to Backup Load Default Settings Save Settings to CMOS Q Flash Utility Task menu for Q Flash utility Load Main BIOS from Floppy Load Backup BIOS from Floppy Save Main BIOS to Floppy Save Backup BIOS to Floppy Enter Run T4 Move ESC Reset F10 Power Off Task menu for Dual BIOS utility Dual BIOS utility bar Q Flash utility title bar Action bar Contains the names of eight tasks and two item showing information about the BIOS ROM type Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task Task menu for Q Flash utility Contains the names of four tasks Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enable execution of the task Action bar Contains the names of four actions needed to operate the Q Flash Dual BIOS utility Pressing the buttons mentioned on your keyboards to perform these actions Ei Appendix Using the Q Flash utility This section tells you how to update BIOS using the Q Flash utility As described in the Before you begin section above you must prepare a floppy disk having the BIOS file for your motherboard and insert it to your computer If you have already put the floppy disk into your system and have entered the Q Flash utility please follow the steps below to flash BIOS Steps 1 Press arrow buttons on your keyboard to move the light bar to Load Main BIOS from Floppy item in the Q F
108. the TAB key while in the Main Menu block to move the selection bar to the RAID Disk Drive List block Select the array and press ENTER A small window displaying the array information will appear in the center of the screen Figure 11 GIGA BYTE Technology Corp PCIE to Main Menu Hard Disk Create RAID Disk Drive Mode Na Sapacity Type Status Delete RAID Disk Drive HDDO 120GB RAID Inside Revert HDD to Non RAID HDDI 120026AS 120GB RAID Inside Solve Mirror Conflict 2 Rebuild Mirror Driv RAID Information Save And etup Name JRAID Exit Without Saving Level 0 Stripe Block 128KB Capacity 81GB RAID Disk Drive List Model Name Members HDD 01 s Members HDDx RDDO JRAID Status Normal 01 TAB Switch Window T 4 Select RAID ENTER Detail ESC Exit Figure 11 After configuring the RAID array select the Save And Exit Setup item in the main screen to save your settings if you wish to exit the RAID BIOS utility then press Y Figure 12 GIGA E Technology Corp PCIE to S DE RAID Controller BIOS Main Menu Hard Disk Drive List Create RAID Disk Drive Mode Name Capacity Type Status Delete RAID Disk Drive HDDO0 ST3120026AS 120GB RAID Inside Revert HDD to Non RAID HDDI 120026AS 120GB RAID Inside Solve Mirror Conf Rebuild M r RAID Disk Drive Save to Disk amp Exit Y N Y Model Name yers HDDx RD JRAID U iripe 24U Gb Normal lt gt TAB Switch Window 4 Select ITEM ENTER Action ESC
109. ting please press Del key when the boot screen appears Halt On Error Disable Default Enable If the BIOS occurs a checksum error or the Main BIOS occurs a WIDE RANGE PROTECTION error and Halt On Error set to Enable the PC will show messages on the boot screen and the system will pause and wait for the user s instruction If Auto Recovery Disable it will show or the other key to continue If Auto Recovery Enable it will show or the other key to Auto Recover Keep DMI Data Enable Default Disable Enable The DMI data won t be replaced by flashing new BIOS recommend Disable The DMI data will be replaced by flashing new BIOS Copy Main ROM Data to Backup If you boot from Backup ROM this item will change to Copy Backup ROM Data to Main Auto recovery message BIOS Recovery Main to Backup The means that the Main BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Backup BIOS BIOS Recovery Backup to Main The means that the Backup BIOS works normally and could automatically recover the Main BIOS This auto recovery utility is set by system automatically and can t be changed by user Load Default Settings Load dual BIOS default value Save Settings to CMOS Save revised setting 69 Appendix Method 1 Q Flash Utility eCuddkgdn Q Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM With this utility users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to update BIOS Q Flash allows users to flash BI
110. troller required D ROM drives or special i i e for a device support disk from a m storage device arer press S S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Figure 17 After the SATA controller driver installation is completed you can proceed with the Windows 2000 XP installation WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup his port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft R Windows R XP to run on your computer To set up Windows XP now press ENTER To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console press R To quit Setup without installing Windows XP press F3 Enter Continue R Repair F3 Exit Figure 18 Note Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 88 6 Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 Problem Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or previous versions to a bootable RAID volume There are two solutions to resolve this issue Solutions 1 Use the NVRAID tool nForce Driver Version 5 xx to convert the boot volume to a RAID array Here are the detailed step by step instructions Step 1 Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft s website Step 2 After system restarts
111. ts Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 56 2 10 Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Ma PnP PCI C PC Health Status When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and a USER PASSWORD When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program function When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full configuration fields the User password is required to access only basic items If you select System at Password Check in Advance BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system
112. ts Note that some of the component types listed above may or may not be a part of the enclosed product 120
113. upport gt gt Enabled Enable USB keyboard support gt gt Disabled Disable USB keyboard support Default value USB Mouse Support gt gt Enabled Enable USB mouse support gt gt Disabled Disable USB mouse support Default value Legacy USB Storage detect gt gt Enabled Enable USB storage detect function Default value gt Disabled Disable this function Only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 48 2 4 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Cop C 1984 2006 Award Software gement Setup ACPI Suspend Type Soft Off by P r Menu Level PME Event V Modem Rir Disabled Enter ACK Function Soft Off F1 General Help Optimized Defaults ACPI Suspend Type gt gt S1 POS Set ACPI suspend type to S1 POS Power On Suspend Default value gt gt S3 STR Set ACPI suspend type to S3 STR Suspend To RAM Soft Off by Power button gt gt Instant off Press power button then Power off instantly Default value Delay 4 Sec Press power button 4 seconds to Power off Enter suspend if button is pressed less than 4 seconds PME Event Wake Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead gt gt Disabled Disable this function Default value gt gt Enabled Enable PME as wake up event Modem Ring On An incoming call via modem can awake the system from any suspend state gt gt Disabled Disable Modem Ring on function
114. y 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 6 MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Bloc Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity gt Add 2 1 M ST3120026AS 111 78GB Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate fi Select ENTER Popup Figure 6 Step 6 Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks A message which says Clear disk data will appear Figure 7 If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives press Y If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 Define a New Array RAID Mode SENTS Striping Block Free Disks 8 Loc Disk Model apaci Jisk Model Capacity 111 78GB Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate T4 Select ENTER Popup Figure 7 83 Appendix After that the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear Figure 8 If you want to set the disk array as boot device use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and press B The Boot section will show Yes MediaShield Utilit
115. y Mar 22 2006 Status Vendor Array Model Name Ctrl X Exit T4 Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail Figure 8 To read more information about the RAID array press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen Figure 9 where you should see detailed information about RAID mode disk block size disk model name and disk capacity etc MediaShield Utility Mar 22 2006 Array Detail RAID Mode Striping Striping Width 2 Striping Block 64K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Capacity 1 0 WET tog 0 ST3120026AS 111 78GB 2 1 VENGI 1 ST3120026AS 111 78GB R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return Figure 9 To delete the array press D in the Array Detail screen When the Delete this array message appears press Y to confirm or N to cancel Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen To exit the Nvidia RAID utility press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl X in the Array List screen Now you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 84 4 Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully you need to install the SATA controller driver during OS installation Without the driver the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process First of all copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD ROM to a floppy disk See the instructions below about
116. y vary depending on different motherboards Note 4 Silent Pipe only for GA M59SLI S5 GA M5 9SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 14 1 3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler Before installing the CPU please comply with the following conditions 1 Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU CAUTION 2 Please take note of the pin 1 marking the small triangle on the CPU If you install the CPU in the wrong direction the CPU will not insert properly If this occurs please change the insert direction of the CPU 3 Please add an even layer of heat paste between the CPU and CPU cooler 4 Please make sure the CPU cooler is installed on the CPU prior to system use otherwise overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur 5 Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the processor specifications It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifica tions since it does not meet the required standards for the peripherals If you wish to set the frequency beyond the proper specifications please do so according to your hard ware specifications including the CPU graphics card memory hard drive etc 1 3 1 Installation of the CPU Check the CPU pins to see that none are bent Move the socket lever to the unlocked position as shown in Fig 1 90 to the plane of the motherboard prior to inserting the CPU The pin 1 location is designated on the CPU by a small triangle that
117. zed Defaults Figure 1 Ensure that NV SATA RAID function is enabled Figure 2 For example if you wish to create RAID with hard disks on the SATAIIO and SATAII1 connectors ensure that NV SATA 1 Primary Secondary RAID are enabled Figure 2 Enabled Enabled Menu Level gt Enabled Disabled Move Ent elect Value F10 Save ESC it F1 General Help Profile F5 Previous Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults E mized Defaults Figure 2 ZD The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for your Nore motherboard The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version GA M59SLI S5 GA M59SLI S4 Motherboard 80 Step 2 To boot from Windows installation CD ROM set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM Figure 3 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2006 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Diseno PPs st Boot Devic CDROM Menu Level gt Second BOUT Deviee Es seem sat Third Boot Device CDROM Select Hard Disk Boot Boot Up Floopy Seek Disabled Device Priority Password Check Setup Mode Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot Figure 3 Step 3 Save and exit BIOS Setup 81 Appendix 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID Step 1 After the POST m

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