Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH Gigabyte
Go to page of 70
USER’S MANUAL GA-3PXSL-RH AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard AMD ® AM2 Processor Motherboard Rev. 1003 * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's othe.
2 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard T able of Content Item Checklist ......................................................................................... 4 WARNING! ...................................................................................
English 3 T able of Content Chapter 4 Application Driver Installation ............................................... 5 5 A.NVDIA Chipset Driver Installation ............................................................................... 5 5 B.nVIDIA VGA Driver Installation .
4 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. T o protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.
5 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1. Features Summary Form Factor 12” x 9.6” A TX size form factor , 4 layers PCB CPU Supports AMD ® Opteron TM 1000 series (Socket AM2) processor .
6 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard BIOS Licensed A ward BIOS on 4MB flash ROM SMBIOS Spec. Rev 2.3.3. compliant ACPI defined S1, S3, and S5 Additional Features PS/2 Mouse power on under.
7 Introduction 1.2 GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Components 1 . C P U 2 6 . DIMMB1 2. N VIDIA GeForce 6150 2 7 . DIMMA2 3. N VIDIA nForce 430 28. DIMMB2 4. ITE 8712F-A 29. PCI-E x1 Slot 5. BIOS Fla sh 30. PCI-E x16 Slot 6. Marvel 88E1 1 16 GbE PHY 31. PCI 3 Slot (32bit/33MHz) 7.
8 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 1 1 12 14 13 15 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 20 38 34 35 36 37 39 39 40 41 16 42 43 6 7.
9 Hardware Installation Process 2-1: Installing Processor and CPU Haet Sink 2-1-1: Installing CPU Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process Before installing the processor and cooling fan, adhere to the following cautions: 1. The processor will overheat without the heatsink and/or fan, resulting in permanent irreparable damage.
10 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2-1-2: Installing CPU Cooler Fan Fig.1 Before installing the CPU cooler fan, 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).
11 Hardware Installation Process 2-2: Install memory modules GA-3PXSL-RH has 4 dual inline memory module (DIMM) socets. It supports the Dual Channel T echnology . The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. T o install the memory module, just push it vertically into the DIMM socket .
12 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Installation Step: 1. Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outwards. 2. Aling a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM exactly match the notches in the socket. 3. Firmly insert the DIMMinto the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place.
13 Hardware Installation Process 2-3: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your server’s chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer.
14 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2-4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply 2-4-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction .
15 Hardware Installation Process LAN LED Description Y ellow Green Color Condition Description Green O N LAN Link / no Access Green BLINK LAN Access -- O F F Idle Green O N 100Mbps connection -- OF F .
16 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2-5: Connectors & Jumper Setting Introduction A ) A T X M) COMB B ) A TX _12V N ) Battery C) IDE1 O ) SYS_F AN1 D) IDE2 P) SYS_F AN2 E) F DD Q) SYS_F AN3 F ) S A.
17 Connector Introduction A) A TX (A TX Power Connector) B ) A TX_12V( +12V Power Connector) This connector (A TX +12V) is used only for CPU1 Core V oltage. PIN No. Definition 1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 GND 4 +5V 5 GND 6 +5V 7 GND 8 POK 9 5VSB 10 +12V 1 1 +12V 12 +3.
18 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard C/D ) IDE1/IDE2 Connector Please connect first harddisk to IDE1. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1. 21 39 40 E) FDD (Floppy Connector) Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD.
19 Connector Introduction Y ou can connect the Serial A T A device to this connector , it provides you high speed transfer rates (150MB/sec). F/ G/ H/ I ) SA T A1/ 2/ 3/ 4 (Serial A T A Connectors) 1 Pin No.
20 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard L ) F_Panel1 (2x10 Pins Front Panel Connectors) 1 2 Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel to the front panel jumper according to the pin assignment below.
21 Connector Introduction M ) COMB Pin No. Definition 1 DCD- 2 SIN2 3 SOUT2 4 DTR2- 5 GND 6 DSR2- 7 RTS2- 8 CTS2- 9 RI2- 1 0 Key Pin 1 2 91 0 N ) Battery CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.
22 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard O / P / Q / R ) SYS_F AN1/2/3/4 (System Fan Connectors) 1 This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature.
Jumper Setting 23 T ) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS Function) Y ou may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper . Default value doesn’t include the “Shunter” to prevent from improper use this jumper . T o clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin.
24 English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2-6: Block Diagram AMD K8 CPU Socket 940 (M2) DDDR2 SDRAM CNN1 DDDR2 SDRAM CNN2 DDDR2 SDRAM CNN3 DDDR2 SDRAM CNN4 144-Bit 400/533/667 MHZ NVIDIA C51P HT 16X16 1GHz 4GB/sec VGA NVIDIA MCP51 Marvell LAN M88E1116 RJ45 BACKPANEL HT 8X8 1GHz PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 USB2.
BIOS Setup 25 < Ç > Move to previous item < È > Move to next item < Å > Move to the item in the left hand < Æ > Move to the item in the right hand <Esc> Main Menu - Q.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 26 z z z z z Main This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. z z z z z Advanced This setup page includes all the items of AWARD special enhanced features. (ex: onboard device enable/disable, power management) z z z z z Security Change, set, or disable password.
BIOS Setup 27 Date The date format is <date> <month>, <day>, <year>. Date The date, Monday to Sunday. Month The month, Jan.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 28 Figure 1-1: Main System Information This category includes the information of motherboard, BIOS version, Build Date, Manufactory, relative chipset type, and processors information.
BIOS Setup 29 IDE HDD Auto Detection Press [Enter] to auto-detect the HDD’s size, head, etc on this channel. IDE Cha nnel 0~5 Master / Cha nnel 0~1 Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 30 Drive A The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the computer . None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5 1/4 in. 5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.
BIOS Setup 31 Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 32 Advanced Figure 2: Advanced Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot PC Health Exit Advanced BIOS Feature Item Help .
BIOS Setup 33 Figure 2-1: Advanced BIOS Features Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Advanced BIOS Feature Item Help Quick Power On Self T est [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disa.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 34 Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks. Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks.
BIOS Setup 35 V iew DMI Event Log Press [Enter] to view all DMI event logs. Mark DMI Events Log a s Read This option allows user to clear all DMI Event Logs immediately. Press [Enter] will pop up a confirmation window.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 36 Adva nced Chi pset Figure 2-2: Advanced Chipset Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Advanced Chipset Item Help OnChip VGA [Enabled] Frame Buffer Size [.
BIOS Setup 37 OnChi p V GA Enabled Enable Onboard VGA chipset. (Default value) Disabled Disable this device. Frame Buffer Size This item allows user to select the frame buffer size. Options 16M, 32M, 64M, 128MB, 256MB.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 38 Integrated Peri pherals Figure 2-3: Integrated Peripherals Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Integrated Peripherals Item Help IDE Function Setup RAID Config OnChip USB [V1.
BIOS Setup 39 IDE Function Setup OnChi p IDE Cha nnel 0 Enabled Enable onboard Onchip IDE Channel 0. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Pri mary Ma ster PIO Auto Auto detect the IDE secondary master PIO.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 40 OnChi p IDE Cha nnel 1 Enabled Enable onboard Onchip IDE Channel 0. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Secondary Master PIO Auto Auto detect the IDE secondary master PIO.
BIOS Setup 41 IDE DMA tra nsfer acce ss Enabled Enable IDE DMA transfer access. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Serial-A T A Controller All Enabled Enable all serial device controllers.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 42 RAID Enable Enabled Enable RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) SA T A1 Pri mary RAID Enabled Enable SA T A1 Primary RAID function. Disabled Disable this function.
BIOS Setup 43 OnChi p USB Options V1.1+V2.0, V1.1, Disabled. Default value is V1.1+V2.0 USB Me mor y T ype Options SHADOW, Base Memory (640K). USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 44 2nd LAN Controller Auto Auto detect onboard second H/W LAN. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function.
BIOS Setup 45 UART Mode Select Normal Using as standard serial port. (Default value) IrDA Using as IR and set to IrDA mode. ASKIR Using as IR and set to ASKIR mode. S CR Using as Smart Card Interface. UR2 Duplex Mode This entry can be adjust when user select [IrDA] in UART Mode item.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 46 Power Ma nagement Setup Figure 2-4: Power Management Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Power Management Item Help ACPI Function [Enabled] ACPI Suspen.
BIOS Setup 47 ACPI Function Enabled Enable ACPI function. (Default V alue) Disabled Disable this function. ACPI Suspend T ype S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1. S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 48 Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced PnP/PCI Configuration Item Help Init Display First [PCIEx] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Resource Controller .
BIOS Setup 49 Resource Controller By This BIOS items provides function for configuring all of the boot and Plug & Play compatible devices. Normally , user should set this items Auto, then the BIOS can automatically assign the IRQs and DMA channels.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 50 Figure 3: Security Security When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>.
BIOS Setup 51 Figure 4: Boot * * * * * About This Section: Boot The “Boot” menu allows user to select among four possible types of boot devices listed using the up and down arrow keys. By applying <+> and <Space> key, you can promote devices and by using the <-> key, you can demote devices.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 52 PC Health Figure 5: PC Health Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot PC Health Exit Shutdown T emperature [Disabled] Item Help VCC VCORE +3.
BIOS Setup 53 Shutdown T emperatur e Determine CPU overheat shutdown temperature. V oltage: VCC/VCORE +3.3V/ +12V/ DDER 1.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 54 Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot PC Health Exit Load Optimized Defaults Item Help Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving KLJI .
Driver Installation 55 Revision History Chapter 4 Application Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, 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 setup.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 56 2. InstallShield Wizard Welcome Window 3. Select Features 2. Click "Next" to start the installation 3. Select the feature setup that you want to install.
Driver Installation 57 4. NVDIA IDE SW Driver Information 4. Click "Next" to process the installation. 5. IDE SW Driver Installation Confirmation Dialog 5.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 58 6. Firewall and ForceWare Network Access Manager Installation Confirmation Dialog 6. Click “Y es”. 7. Network Access Manager Installation 7.
Driver Installation 59 8. Network Access Manager Setup T ype Selection 8. Select the setup type and determine the driver destination folder. Click “Next” 9. Network Access Manager Installation Language Preference 9. Select the language, and click “Next”.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 60 10 . ActiveAmor FireWall Installation 1 1. Installation Complete. Restart Computer 10 . Select ‘Y es, I want to restart my computer now’ and click “Finish”.
Driver Installation 61 Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, 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 setup.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 62 2. InstallShield Wizard Welcom Window 2. Click "Next" to start the installation 3. Installaiton Wizard Completed 3.
Driver Installation 63 Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, 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 setup.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 64 2. InstallShield Wizard Welcome Window 2. Click "Next" to start the installation 3. License Agreement 2. Select “I accept the terms in the license agreement andclick "Next" to process the installation.
Driver Installation 65 4. Ready to Install the Program 4. Click "Install" to start the installation 5. Installaiton Wizard Completed 4. Click "Finish".
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 66 D. DirectX 9.0 Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, 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 setup.
Driver Installation 67 2. License Agreement 3. Start Installaiton 3. Click “Next” to start the installation . 2. Select “I accept the agreement andclick "Next" to process the installation.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 68 4. Installaiton Wizard completed 4. Click "Finish". Installation complete..
69 Appendix Appendix : Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI A d vanced Configuration and Power Interface A P M Advanced Power Management A G P Accelerated Graphics Port A M R Audio Modem Riser A C R Advance.
GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 70 Acronyms Meaning I / O Input / Output IOAPIC I n p u t Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller I S A Industry Standard Architecture L A N Local Area Network L BA Logic.
An important point after buying a device Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Gigabyte AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard GA-3PXSL-RH along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
