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ECS Elitegroup A990FXM-A (V1.0) [10/76] Introducing the motherboard

Introducing the Motherboard

Motherboard Components

The above image is for reference only; please take the actual

motherboard for detailed parts.

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Copyright 1
Disclaimer 1
Federal communications commission fcc 1
Preface 1
Trademark recognition 1
About the manual 2
Ati crossfire 2
Canadian department of communications 2
Chapter 1 2
Chapter 2 2
Chapter 3 2
Chapter 4 2
Chapter 5 2
Chapter 6 2
Chapter 7 2
Configuration 2
Declaration of conformity 2
Installing the motherboard 2
Introducing the motherboard 2
Preface 2
Setting up amd sb950 raid 2
Technology support 2
Trouble shooting 2
Using bios 2
Using the motherboard software 2
Chapter 1 1 3
Chapter 2 99999 3
Chapter 3 27 27 27 27 27 3
Connecting i o devices 2 connecting case components 3 3
Installing hardware 2 3
Installing the motherboard 9 safety precautions choosing a computer case installing the motherboard in a case checking jumper settings 0 3
Introducing the motherboard 1 introduction feature motherboard components 3
Preface i 3
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Using bios 27 about the setup utility 27 3
Using bios 9 3
Chapter 4 49 49 49 49 49 4
Chapter 5 53 53 53 53 53 4
Chapter 6 61 61 61 61 61 4
Chapter 7 65 65 65 65 65 4
Chapter 1 introducing the motherboard 5
Introducing the motherboard 5
Introduction 5
Chipset 6
Feature 6
Introducing the motherboard 6
Memory 6
Processor 6
Bios firmware 7
Expansion options 7
Integrated i o 7
Onboard lan 7
Introducing the motherboard 8
Specifications 8
Introducing the motherboard 9
Introducing the motherboard 10
Motherboard components 10
Introducing the motherboard 11
Table of motherboard components 11
Chapter 2 installing the motherboard 13
Choosing a computer case 13
Installing the motherboard 13
Installing the motherboard in a case 13
Safety precautions 13
Checking jumper settings 14
Installing the motherboard 14
Setting jumpers 14
Checking jumper settings 15
Installing the motherboard 15
Before installing the processor 16
Installing hardware 16
Installing the motherboard 16
Installing the processor 16
Cpu installation procedure 17
Ddr3 sdram memory module table 17
Installing memory modules 17
Installing the motherboard 17
For best performance and compatibility we recommend amd am3 cpu with the ram module sequence as below 18
For reference only 18
Installation procedure 18
Installing the motherboard 18
Recommend memory configuration 18
Refer to the following to install the memory modules 18
This motherboard supports unbuffered ddr3 sdram only 2 push the latches on each side of the dimm slot down 3 align the memory module with the slot the dimm slots are keyed with notches and the dimms are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 4 check that the cutouts on the dimm module edge connector match the notches in the dimm slot 5 install the dimm module into the slot and press it firmly down until it seats correctly the slot latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the dimm 6 install any remaining dimm modules 18
Expansion slots 19
Installing add on cards 19
Installing the motherboard 19
Installing the motherboard 20
Connecting optional devices 21
Installing the motherboard 21
Sata1 6 serial ata connectors 21
Spdifo spdif out header 21
Case chassis intrusion detect header 22
F_audio front panel audio header 22
F_usb1 2 front panel usb 2 headers 22
Installing the motherboard 22
Please make sure that the usb cable has the same pin assignment as indicated above a different pin assignment may cause damage or system hang up 22
The motherboard has six usb ports installed on the rear edge i o port array addi tionally some computer cases have usb ports at the front of the case if you have this kind of case use auxiliary usb connector to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard 22
This detects if the chassis cover has been removed this function needs a chassis equipped with instrusion detection switch and needs to be enabled in bios 22
This header allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access 22
Unlike f_usb2 in this mainboard f_usb1 supports ez charger technology op tional provides 3 times current than general usb port in off mode for usb devices it is useful and excellent especially for the iphone ipad and ipod touch devices that need a large amount of current for faster recharging within less time 22
Installing the motherboard 23
Please make sure that the usb cable has the same pin assignment as indicated above a different pin assignment may cause damage or system hang up 23
This motherboard implements one usb 3 header supporting 2 extra front usb 3 ports which delivers 5gb s transfer rate 23
Usb3 icc port1 superspeed rx 4 23
Usb3 icc port2 superspeed rx 23
Usb3f front panel usb 3 header 23
About ide devices 24
About sata connectors 24
Installing a hard disk drive cd rom sata hard drive 24
Installing serial ata hard drives 24
Installing the motherboard 24
Installing the motherboard 25
Connecting i o devices 26
Installing the motherboard 26
Connecting 24 pin power cable 27
Connecting case components 27
Installing the motherboard 27
Atx_power atx 24 pin power connector 28
Connecting 8 4 pin power cable 28
Cpu_fan cooling fan power connector 28
Installing the motherboard 28
Atx12v atx 12v power connector 29
Installing the motherboard 29
Power 12v 3 sense sensor 29
Pwr_fan fan power connector 29
Sys_fan fan power connector 29
System ground 2 29
Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted led provides visual indication that data is being read from or written to the hard drive for the led to function properly an ide drive should be connected to the onboard ide interface the led will also show activity for devices connected to the scsi hard drive activity led connector 30
Connecting pins 2 and 4 to a single or dual color front panel mounted led provides power on off sleep and message waiting indication 30
Front panel header 30
Hard drive activity led 30
Installing the motherboard 30
Power sleep message waiting led 30
Power switch 30
Reset switch 30
Supporting the power on off function requires connecting pins 6 and 8 to a momen tary contact switch that is normally open the switch should maintain contact for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off the time requirement is due to internal de bounce circuitry after receiving a power on off signal at least two seconds elapses before the power supply recognizes another on off signal 30
Supporting the reset function requires connecting pin 5 and 7 to a momentary contact switch that is normally open when the switch is closed the board resets and runs post 30
The front panel header f_panel provides a standard set of switch and led headers commonly found on atx or micro atx cases refer to the table below for informa tion 30
This concludes chapter 2 the next chapter covers the bios 30
About the setup utility 31
Chapter 3 using bios 31
Entering the setup utility 31
The standard configuration 31
Using bios 31
Press the delete key to access the bios setup utility 32
Resetting the default cmos values 32
Using bios 32
When powering on for the first time the post screen may show a cmos settings wrong message this standard message will appear following a clear cmos data at factory by the manufacturer you simply need to load default settings to reset the default cmos values note changes to system hardware such as different cpu memories etc may also trigger this message 32
Bios navigation keys 33
Using bios 33
Date time the date and time items show the current date and time on the computer if you are running a windows os these items are automatically updated whenever you make changes to the windows date and time properties utility 34
Main menu 34
To display the submenu 34
Using bios 34
Advanced menu 35
Lan configuration 35
Launch pxe oprom disabled use this item to enable or disable the pxe oprom 35
Launch storage oprom enabled use this item to enable or disable the storage oprom 35
Onboard lan1 2 controller enabled use this item to enable or disable the onboard lan 35
The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system 35
The item in the menu shows the lan related information that the bios automatically detects 35
To return to the advanced menu page 35
Using bios 35
Cpu system smart fan control enabled 36
On motherboards support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages temperatures and fan speeds 36
Pc health status 36
Smart fan function 36
This item allows you to enable disable the control of the cpu system fan speed by chang ing the fan voltage 36
To view the following screen 36
Using bios 36
Using bios 37
Eup support enabled this item allows user to enable or disable eup support 38
Power led type dual color led this item enables you to set power led type 38
Power management setup 38
Resume by pme disabled these items specify whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or component is detected 38
Resume by ps2 kb s3 disabled this item enables or disables you to allow ps2 keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 38
Resume by ps2 ms s3 disabled this item enables or disables you to allow ps2 mouse activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 38
Resume by usb2 s3 disabled this item allows you to enable disable the usb2 device wakeup function from s3 mode 38
This page sets up some parameters for system power management operation 38
To return to the advanced menu page 38
Using bios 38
Acpi configuration 39
Acpi sleep state s3 suspend to ram this item allows user to enter the acpi s3 suspend to ram sleep state default 39
The item in the menu shows the highest acpi sleep state when the system enters suspend 39
To return to the advanced menu page 39
Using bios 39
Amd c q enabled this item helps the system to lower the frequency when cpu idles when the frequency decreases the temperature will drop automatically as well 40
Cpu configuration 40
Enhanced halt c1e disabled this item enables or disables enhanced halt 40
Limit cpuid maximum disabled use this item to enable or disable the maximum cpuid value limit set this item to disabled for windows xp operation system set this to enabled for legacy operating system such as windows n4 40
Sb clock spread spectrum enabled this item is used to enable or disable the southbridge clock spread spectrum 40
To return to the advanced menu page 40
To view the following screen 40
Using bios 40
Esata 6gb s controller mode ahci mode use this item to select esata mode 41
Pata controller enabled use this item to enable or disable the pata device 41
Sata configuration 41
Sata mode ide mode use this item to select sata mode 41
Sata port 1 6 not present this motherboard supports six sata channel and each channel allows one sata device to be installed use these items to configure each device on the sata channel 41
Serial ata controller enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the onboard sata controller 41
To return to the advanced menu page 41
Use this item to show the mode of serial ata configuration options 41
Using bios 41
All usb devices enabled use this item to enable or disable all usb devices 42
Bluetooth function enabled use this item to enable or disable bluetooth function 42
Legacy usb support enabled use this item to enable or disable support for legacy usb devices setting toaudio allows the system to detect the presence of the usb device at startup if detected the usb controller legacy mode is enabled if no usb device is detected the legacy usb support is disabled 42
To return to the advanced menu page 42
To view the following screen 42
Usb 3 support enabled use this item to enable or disable usb 3 controller we recommand users keep the default value disabling it might cause the usb devices not to work properly 42
Usb configuration 42
Using bios 42
And view the following screen 43
Audio configuration 43
Azalia hd audio enabled 43
Chipset menu 43
Restore ac power loss power off 43
The chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the south bridge chipset and other system 43
This item enables or disables azalia hd audio 43
This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status 43
This item shows the information of the audio configuration 43
Using bios 43
Altvidc3 enabled this item allows users to select amdaltviden 0 24n 3x8012 44
Core clock multiplier auto use this item to set the core clock multiplier 44
Current cpu speed 2500 mhz this item shows current cpu speed 44
M i b x mb intelligent bios x 44
Processor power planes and voltage controls 44
This page enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system the clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have in stalled in your system 44
To view the following screen 44
Using bios 44
Altvid 0 this item specifies the vid driven to the vdd power plane s while in the low power state 0 24n 3xdc6 0 45
Memclock value ddr 1333 667mhz 45
Memory clock dct0 is none 45
Memory clock dct1 is ddr 1333 667mhz 45
Memory clock mode specific 45
Memory control 45
Slam time mode auto this item enables you to set slam time mode this option is only for rb c3 bl c3 da c3 45
This item allows user to set the memclock value 45
This item allows user to set the memory clock mode 45
This item shows current memory clock of dct0 45
This item shows current memory clock of dct1 45
To return to the m i b x menu page 45
To view the following screen 45
Using bios 45
Vsslamtime auto this item specifies the time to wait for voltage stabilization during altvid transitions if a new vid is provided to the voltage regulator without ramping 0 24n 3xdc 31 29 45
Auto detect dimm pci clk enabled when this item is enabled bios will disable the clock signal of free dimm pci slots 46
Cpu ht reference clock mhz 200 use this item to set the cpu ht reference clock through clock gen 46
Cpu unlock disabled this item allows you to enable or disable cpu unlock function it works depends on your cpu 46
Current io ht freq 2600mhz this item shows the current io ht frequency 46
Current width down 16 bit 46
Current width up 16 bit 46
Downstream link width auto this item allows you to set downstream link width 46
Ht control 46
Io ht frequency auto this item allows you to set io ht frequency 46
This item shows the current downstream link width 46
This item shows the current upstream link width 46
To return to the m i b x menu page 46
To view the following screen 46
Upstream link width auto this item allows you to set upstream link width 46
Using bios 46
Using bios 47
Boot menu 48
Bootup numlock state on this item determines if the numlock key is active or inactive at system start up time 48
Quiet boot enabled if enabled bios will show a full screen logo at boot if disabled bios will set the initial display mode to bios and show the diagnostic post screen at boot 48
St 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th boot cd dvd hard disk usb floppy usb cd dvd usb hard disk usb key network uefi use these items to determine the device order the computer used to look for an operating system to load at start up time the devices showed here will be different depending on the exact devices installed on your motherboard 48
This page enables you to set the keyboard numlock state and boot device priority 48
Using bios 48
Administrator password this item allows you to set or change administrator password 49
Security menu 49
This page enables you to set setup administrator and password 49
Using bios 49
Boot override use this item to select the boot device 50
Discard changes and exit this item enables you to discard any changes that you have made and exit 50
Discard changes and reset this item enables you to discard any changes that you have made and reset 50
Discard changes this item enables you to discard any changes that you have made 50
Restore defaults this item enables you to restore the system defaults 50
Restore user defaults this item enables you to restore user defaults 50
Save as user defaults this item enables you to save the changes that you have made as user defaults 50
Save changes and exit this item enables you to save the changes that you have made and exit 50
Save changes and reset this item enables you to save the changes that you have made and reset 50
Save changes this item enables you to save the changes that you have made 50
Save exit menu 50
Save options this item enables you to save the options that you have made 50
This page enables you to exit system setup after saving or without saving the changes 50
Using bios 50
Updating the bios 51
Using bios 51
About the software dvd rom cd rom 53
Auto installing under windows xp vista 7 53
Chapter 4 using the motherboard software 53
Using the motherboard software 53
Running setup 54
Using the motherboard software 54
Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few times to complete the installation 55
Using the motherboard software 55
Manual installation 56
Using the motherboard software 56
Utility software reference 56
Amd raid configuration 57
Chapter 5 setting up amd sb950 raid configuration 57
Figure 1 bios cmos setup utility main screen 57
Figure 1 sata configuration screen 57
Setting up a bootable raid array 57
Setting up the bios 57
Start your computer then press delete to enter the bios setup 57
The bios cmos setup utility screen appears 57
The integrated peripherals screen or a screen similar to it appears 57
This section explains how to configure a bootable amd raid array 57
Use the arrow keys to select advanced menu see figure 1 then select sata configuration and press enter 57
Use the arrow keys to select the sata configuration see figure 1 and globally set sata configuration to raid 57
Amd raid configuration 58
Configuring the amd raid bios windows xp installation 58
Entering the raid bios setup 58
Amd raid configuration 59
Using the define a new array screen 59
Amd raid configuration 60
Assigning the disks 60
Figure 1 define ld menu 60
Figure 1 fastbuild utility array disks assigned 60
Figure 1 illustrates the define a new array screen after two disks have been assigned as raid 0 array disks 60
Press ctrl y to save the configuration and exit 60
Select the assignment to y to designate a free disk to be used as a raid array disk 60
The define ld menu screen appears figure 1 60
Amd raid configuration 61
Figure 1 61
Figure 1 main menu 61
Press esc to exit 61
Press y to reboot 61
The following screen appears figure 1 61
The main menu screen appears figure 1 61
Amd raid configuration 62
Installing the raid drivers 62
Amd raid configuration 63
Ati crossfir 65
Chapter 6 ati crossfire 65
Graphics cards 65
Installing crossfire 65
Requirements 65
Technology support 65
Ati crossfir 66
Technology support 66
Ati crossfir 67
Control center dialog box 67
Technology support 67
The catalys 67
To enable crossfire 67
A system does not power up and the fans are not running 69
B power is on fans are running but there is no display 69
C the pc suddenly shuts down while booting up 69
Chapter 7 trouble shooting 69
Start up problems during assembly 69
Trouble shooting 69
Maintenance and care tips 70
Start up problems after prolong use 70
Trouble shooting 70
Basic troubleshooting flowchart 71
S e y s e y 71
Post code checkpoints 73
The post code checkpoints are the largest set of checkpoints during the bios pre boot process the following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the post portion of the bios 73

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