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GA-M55SLI-S4 AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboard User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-M55SLIS4-1001R * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's oth.
Jun. 8, 2006 Motherboard GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard GA-M55SLI-S4 Jun. 8, 2006.
Copyright © 2006 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies.
- 4 - T able of Contents Item Checklist ................................................................................................................. 6 Optional Accessories ..........................................................................
- 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ...................................................................................... 55 3 -1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 5 5 3 - 2 Software Applications .
- 6 - Item Checklist * The items listed above are for reference only, and are subject to change without notice. Optional Accessories IDE Cable x 1 & FDD Cable x 1 Serial A T AII Cable x 2 I/O Shield SLI Bridge (GC-DGBR2-RH) x 1 Retention Bracket x 1 2 Ports USB2.
- 7 - GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard Layout MS / KB LPT COAXIAL GA-M55SLI-S4 ATX_12V CPU_FAN Socket AM2 AUDIO1 USB LAN F_AUDIO IT8716 BIOS PCI1 PCI2 CD_IN PCIE_16_1 COMA PCIE_12V Marvell 88E1116 DDRII2 DDRI.
- 8 - Block Diagram Center/Subwoofer Spear Out AMD Socket AM2 CPU CPUCLK+/-(200MHz) Hyper Transport Bus nVIDIA ® nForce4 SLI DDRII 400/533/667/800MHz DIMM IT8716 4 SA T A 3Gb/s A T A33/66/100/133 IDE.
Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Y our Computer 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.
- 10 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 1-2 Feature Summary CPU Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon TM 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon TM 64 / Sempron TM processor Front Side Bus 2000MHz Chip.
Hardware Installation - 11 - English Rear Panel I/O 1 PS/2 keyboard port 1 PS/2 mouse port 1 parallel port 1 SPDIF In jack 1 SPDIF Out jack 1 serial port (COMA) 4 USB 2.
- 12 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 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. 2 . Please take note of the pin 1 marking (the small triangle) on the CPU.
Hardware Installation - 13 - English 1-3-2 Installation of the CPU cooler The CPU cooler may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of th e heat paste. T o prevent 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 cooler.
- 14 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 1 -4 Installation of Memory Notch DDR II 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 recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used.
Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M55SLI-S4 supports the Dual Channel T echnology . After operating the Dual Channel T echnology , the bandwidth of Memory Bus will add double. Due to CPU limitation, if you wish to operate the Dual Channel T echnology , follow the guidelines below: 1 .
- 16 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 1 - 5 Installation of Expansion Cards Y ou 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.
Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1 -6 Setup of SLI (Scalable Link Interface) Configuration NVIDIA nForce4 SLI offers blistering graphics performance with the ability to bridge two NVIDIA SLI- read.
- 18 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard II. Power Requirements: The exact power requirements will depend on your overall system configurations. Y ou need a power supply that can provide sufficient and stable power to your system and the two SLI graphics cards.
Hardware Installation - 19 - English place this part on the top of the bridge connector. retention bracket Connecting Two Graphics Cards: Step 1: 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.
- 20 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard Graphics Card Driver Setting: Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, right-click the NVIDIA icon in your sys- tem tray and then select NVIDIA Display . The NVIDIA control panel will appear.
Hardware Installation - 21 - English 1 - 7 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector T o 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.
- 22 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 1 -8 Connectors Introduction Please refer to the 2-/4-/6-/8- channel audio setup steps for detailed software configuration information.
Hardware Installation - 23 - English 1/2) A TX_12V/A TX (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.
- 24 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 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.
Hardware Installation - 25 - English 7 ) 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, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. Please connect the red power connector wire to the pin1 position.
- 26 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 9 ) SA T AII0_1 / SAT AII2_3 (SA T A 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nForce4 SLI) SA T A 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the Serial A T A controller and install the proper driver in order to work properly .
Hardware Installation - 27 - English 1 1 ) CD_IN (CD In Connector) Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. Pin No. Definition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R 1 1 2 ) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumpe.
- 28 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 1 3) PWR_LED The PWR_LED connector is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether the system is on/off.
Hardware Installation - 29 - English 1 5) 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.
- 30 - English GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard 1 7 ) BA TTERY 1 8 ) SPDIF_I (SPDIF In) Use SPDIF IN feature only when your device has digital output function.
Hardware Installation - 31 - English 1 9 ) CI (Chassis Intrusion, Case Open) This 2-pin connector allows your system to detect if the chassis cover is removed.
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BIOS Setup - 33 - English 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 <F1> to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 3 4 - English The Main Menu (For example: BIOS V er . :D8) 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 <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.
BIOS Setup - 35 - English Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 3 6 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec.
BIOS Setup - 37 - English Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 3 8 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc. Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list.
BIOS Setup - 39 - English Password Check 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. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 0 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel0 Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port. On-Chip IDE Channel1 Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port.
BIOS Setup - 41 - English On-Chip MAC Lan Auto Auto-detect onbo ard LAN chip function. (Default value) Disabled Disable onboard LAN chip function. On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM This function decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. Enabled Enable this function.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 2 - English SMART LAN (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function) 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.
BIOS Setup - 43 - English Onboard 1394 Function Enabled Enable onboard IEEE1394 function.(Default value) Disabled Disable onboard IEEE1394 function. Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the Serial port 1 address. 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8/IRQ4.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 4 - English 2 - 4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend T ype S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend T o RAM). Soft-Off by Power button Instant-off Press power button then Power off instantly .
BIOS Setup - 45 - English Power On By Mouse Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Double Click Double click on PS/2 mouse left button to power on the system. Power On By Keyboard Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 6 - English 2 -5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,1 1,12,14,15 to PCI 2. PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1.
BIOS Setup - 47 - English 2-6 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 A ward Software PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status [Disabled] Case Opened Y es Vcore OK DDR18V OK +3.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 4 8 - English CPU W arning T emperature 60 o C / 140 o F Monitor CPU temperature at 60 o C / 140 o F. 70 o C / 158 o F Monitor CPU temperature at 70 o C / 158 o F. 80 o C / 176 o F Monitor CPU temperature at 80 o C / 176 o F.
BIOS Setup - 49 - English 2-7 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T .) Incorrect using these features may cause your system broken. For power end-user use only.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 0 - English CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled Disable CPU Spread Spectrum. Center Spread Set CPU Spread Spectrum to Center Spread. (Default value) PCIE Clock 100Mhz ~ 150Mhz Set PCI-E clock from 100Mhz to 150Mhz. CPU clock Ratio This setup option will automatically assign by CPU detection.
BIOS Setup - 51 - English 2 - 8 T op Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, enable "T op Performance." Disabled Disable this function. (Default V alue) Enabled Enable T op Performance function. "T op Performance" will increase H/W working speed.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 2 - English 2-10 Set Supervisor/User Password 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 - 53 - English 2 - 1 1 Save & Exit Setup 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 Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.
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Drivers Installation - 55 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP. Insert the driver 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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 5 6 - English 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. 3-3 Driver CD Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.
Drivers Installation - 57 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.
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Appendix - 59 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1-1 EasyT une 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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 0 - English 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora- tion of hard disk data.
Appendix - 61 - English 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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 2 - English 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM 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.
Appendix - 63 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Standard CMOS Feature s Adva nced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power M a nage ment Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 4 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... M ain Bios Main ROM T ype/Size...........
Appendix - 65 - English 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. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From......................................... M ain Bios Main ROM T ype/Size.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 6 - English Press Y on your keyboard to load defaults. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 A ward Software Standard CMOS Feature s Adva nced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power M a nage ment Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.
Appendix - 67 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. T ask 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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 6 8 - English 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 T ype/Size.....
Appendix - 69 - English Method 2 : @BIOS TM Utility If 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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 7 0 - English III. 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.
Appendix - 71 - English "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SA TA controller. T o configure SA T A 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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 7 2 - English Figure 1 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.
Appendix - 73 - English Step 2: If you do not create RAID, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SA TA hard drive onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP .
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 7 4 - English Step 3: T o boot from Windows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CD-ROM (Figure 4).
Appendix - 75 - English (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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 7 6 - English Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear. 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.
Appendix - 77 - English T o read more information about the RAID array , press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 10), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 7 8 - English (Note 1) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD-ROM. From the CD-ROM drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder (Figure 13).
Appendix - 79 - English Figure 14 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 15 Windows Setup S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to ma nually specify a n ada pter.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 8 0 - English Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 16 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* and press ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 17 appears, you must press S to select additional driver.
Appendix - 81 - English Finally , after the SA TA controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. Figure 19 WindowsXP Professional Setup W elcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 8 2 - English (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.
Appendix - 83 - English 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 T AB key . Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 8 4 - English Step 5: Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in W indows 2000 and reboot the system. Go to S T ART> Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager . Y ou should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the boot disk.
Appendix - 85 - English 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Line Out 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.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 8 6 - English STEP 3: Click "Speaker Configuration" then click on the left selection bar and select "2CH Speaker" to complete 2 channel audio configuration. 4 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out".
Appendix - 87 - English 6 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", and the Center/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out".
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 8 8 - English 8 Channel Audio Setup STEP 1 : Connect the front channels to "Front Speaker Out", the rear channels to "Rear Speaker Out", the Cen- ter/Subwoofer channels to "Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out", and the side channels to "Side Speaker Out".
Appendix - 89 - English 4-2 T roubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. T o check general asked questions based on a specific motherboard model, please log on to www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BIOS.
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Appendix - 95 - English Contact Us y y y y y Taiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD . Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, T aipei 231, T aiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4888 FAX: +886-2-8912-4003 T ech. and Non-T ech. Support (Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.
GA-M55SLI-S4 Motherboard - 9 6 - English y y y y y Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de y y y y y U.K. G.B.T . TECH. CO., L TD. WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk y y y y y The Netherlands GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY B.
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