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USER'S MANUAL
Of
AMD 790GX & AMD SB750
Based
M/B For Socket AM2+ Quad Core
AMD Processor
NO. G03-HA07-F
Rev：4.0
Release date: October. 2008
Trademark:
* Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle. ii
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TABLE OF CONTENT USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii COOLING SOLUTIONS......................
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APPENDIX……………………………………………………………………………………………...51 USER’S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERM
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AMD K10 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key
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Chapter 1 Introduction of AMD790GX Motherboards 1-1 Features of motherboard The AMD790GX chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD790GX Chipset and the SB750 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ dual core and quad core AMD Phenom™ processors and 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+/AM
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Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your no
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Power On Button… You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper. Reset Button..: You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling
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1-3 Performance List The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in di
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1-4 Layout Diagram Rear I / O for AMD790GX based Motherboard Optional RJ-45 LAN Line-IN ESATA DVI Connector RS-OUT Line-OUT PS/2 Mouse CS-OUT PS/2 Keyboard SS-OUT MIC-IN USB USB VGA Connector HDMI ATX 12V Power Connector PS2 KB/Mouse Port CPUFAN SYSFAN2 Connector KBMB/US
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Jumpers Jumper Name Description Page JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7 JBAT Clear CMOS Header 3-pin Block P.7 Connectors Connector Name Description Page ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13 ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13 KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connecto
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 2-1 Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the f
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3. After over clocking system boot fail JBAT JBAT 1-2 Closed Normal 2-3 Closed Clear CMOS CMOS RAM Clear Setting 2-3 Install CPU 2-3-1 Glossary Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter ca
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2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU This motherboard provides a socket AM2+ surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD AM2+ processor in the 940 Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology. The CPU that comes with the motherboard
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2-4 Install Memory This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 8GB DDRII SDRAM. Valid Memory Configurations Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2
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2-5 Expansion Cards 2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers. 2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use. 3. Align the
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2-5-4 PCI Express Slot Two PCI-Express2.0 x16@8 lane graphic slot offer 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed. Two x1 PCI Express Slot offer 1024Mbyte/sec concurrently over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the
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ROW1 ROW2 PIN ROW1 ROW2 ROW1 ROW2 1 3.3V 3.3V 2 3.3V -12V 3 GND GND 4 5V Soft Power On 5 GND GND 6 5V GND 7 GND GND 8 Power OK -5V 9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5V 10 +12V +5V 11 +12V +5V 12 +3V GND Pin 1 Pin 1 24-Pin 20-Pin (2
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(7) Audio Line-In, Lin-Out, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out，SS-Out connector : J1 These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out， SS-Out audio connections. Audio input to sound chip Line-in : (BLUE) Line-out : (GREEN) Audio output to speaker MIC : (PINK) Microp
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setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings. IDE1 Pin 1 Primary IDE Connector • Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the “Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”. • For per
