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* The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household wasteand must be handed over to a de

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 10 -English1-2 Product SpecificationsCPU  Support for Socket AM2 processors:AMD AthlonTM 64 FX processor/AMD AthlonTM 64

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Hardware Installation- 11 -EnglishInternal Connectors  1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x floppy disk drive

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 12 -English(Note 1) Due to Windows XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physicalmemory is install

Hardware Installation- 13 -English1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler1-3-1 Installing the CPUA. Locate the pin one (denoted by a small triangle) of

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 14 -EnglishStep 2:Align the CPU pin one (small triangle marking)with the triangle mark on the CPU socket andgently insert

Hardware Installation- 15 -EnglishUse extreme care when removing the CPU cooler because the thermal grease/tape betweenthe CPU cooler and CPU may adhe

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 16 -English1-4 Installing the MemoryRead the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory:• Make sure that

Hardware Installation- 17 -English1-4-2 Installing a MemoryNotchDDR2 DIMMBefore installing a memory module , make sure to turn off the computer and un

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 18 -English1-5 Installing an Expansion CardRead the following guidelines before you begin to install an expansion card:• M

Hardware Installation- 19 -English1-6 Back Panel ConnectorsPS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse PortUse the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse and the

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GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 20 -EnglishConnection/Activity LEDSpeed LED Connection/Activity LED:Speed LED:State DescriptionOrange 1 Gpbs data rateGree

Hardware Installation- 21 -English1-7 Internal Connectors1) ATX_12V2) ATX (Power Connector)3) CPU_FAN4) SYS_FAN5) FDD6) IDE7) SATAII0 / 1 / 2 / 38) PW

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 22 -EnglishATX_12V :Pin No. Definition1 GND2 GND3 +12V4 +12V1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (2x2 12V Power Connector and 2x12 Main Power

Hardware Installation- 23 -English• Be sure to connect fan cables to the fan headers to prevent your CPU and system fromoverheating. Overheating may r

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 24 -English6) IDE (IDE Connector)The IDE connector supports up to two IDE devices such as hard drives and optical drives.

Hardware Installation- 25 -English8) PWR_LED (System Power LED Header)This header can be used to connect a system power LED on the chassis to indicate

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 26 -English10) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)Connect the power switch, reset switch, speaker and system status indicator on

Hardware Installation- 27 -English11) F_AUDIO (Front Panel Audio Header)The front panel audio header supports Intel High Definition audio (HD) and AC

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 28 -English13) SPDIF_IO (S/PDIF In/Out Header, Red)This header supports digital S/PDIF in/out. Via an optional S/PDIF in a

Hardware Installation- 29 -English15) F_USB1/F_USB2/F_USB3 (USB Headers, Yellow)The headers conform to USB 2.0/1.1 specification. Each USB header can

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GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 30 -English1092117) COM (Serial Port Header)The COM header can provide one serial port via an optional COM port cable. For

Hardware Installation- 31 -English20) CI (Chassis Intrusion Header)This motherboard provides a chassis detection feature that detects if the chassis c

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- 33 - BIOS SetupEnglishChapter 2 BIOS SetupBIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in the CMOS on themotherboa

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 34 -English2-1 Startup ScreenThe following screen may appear when the computer boots.Motherboard Model BIOS VersionFunctio

- 35 - BIOS SetupEnglish• If you do not find the settings you want in the Main Menu or a submenu, press <Ctrl>+<F1>to access more advanced

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 36 -English Standard CMOS FeaturesUse this menu to configure the system time and date, hard drive types, floppy disk

- 37 - BIOS SetupEnglishDateSets the system date. The date format is week (read-only), month, date and year. Select thedesired field and use the up a

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 38 -EnglishThe following fields display your hard drive specifications. If you wish to enter the parametersmanually, refer

- 39 - BIOS SetupEnglish2-4 Advanced BIOS FeaturesAMD K8 Cool&Quiet controlAuto Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the

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GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 40 -EnglishAway ModeEnables or disables Away Mode in Windows XP Media Center operating system. Away Modeallows the system

- 41 - BIOS SetupEnglish2-5 Integrated PeripheralsIDE ConfigurationCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award SoftwareIDE ConfigurationItem Help

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 42 -EnglishOnChip SATA ControllerEnables or disables the integrated SATA controller. (Default: Enabled)OnChip SATA TypeCon

- 43 - BIOS SetupEnglishOnboard Serial PortEnables or disables the first serial port and specifies its base I/O address and correspondinginterrupt. Op

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 44 -English2-6 Power Management SetupACPI Suspend TypeSpecifies the ACPI sleep state when the system enters suspend.S1(POS

- 45 - BIOS SetupEnglish(Note) Supported on Windows® Vista® operating system only.PME Event Wake UpAllows the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 46 -English2-7 PnP/PCI ConfigurationsPCI1 IRQ AssignmentAuto BIOS auto-assigns IRQ to the first PCI slot. (Default)3,4,5,7

- 47 - BIOS SetupEnglishCMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award SoftwarePC Health StatusReset Case Open Status [Disabled]Case Opened YesVcore

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 48 -EnglishCPU Smart FAN ControlEnables or disables the CPU fan speed control function. Enabled allows the CPU fan to run

- 49 - BIOS SetupEnglish2-9 Load Fail-Safe DefaultsPress <Enter> on this item and then press the <Y> key to load the safest BIOS default s

- 5 -Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ... 533-1 Installing Chipset Dr

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 50 -English2-11 Set Supervisor/User PasswordPress <Enter> on this item and type the password with up to 8 characters

- 51 - BIOS SetupEnglish2-12 Save & Exit Setup2-13 Exit Without SavingPress <Enter> on this item and press the <Y> key. This saves the

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Drivers Installation- 53 -EnglishChapter 3 Drivers Installation3-1 Installing Chipset DriversAfter inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install&quo

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 54 -English3-2 Software ApplicationsThis page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free

Drivers Installation- 55 -English3-4 Hardware InformationThis page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard.3-5 Contact UsC

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Unique Features- 57 -English4-1 Xpress Recovery2Xpress Recovery2 is an utility that allows you to quickly compressand back up your system data and per

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 58 -EnglishFigure 1Figure 33. Select a file system (for example, NTFS) and begin the installation of the operating system

Unique Features- 59 -English4. After the operating system is installed, right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop andselect Manage (Figure 4).

- 6 -Box ContentsGA-MA69GM-S2H motherboardMotherboard driver diskMotherboard driver disk (For Windows Vista)User's ManualOne IDE cable and one fl

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 60 -English2. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 willstay permanen

Unique Features- 61 -EnglishE. Removing the Backup1. If you wish to remove the backup file, select REMOVE (Figure 15).2. After the backup file is remo

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 62 -EnglishBecause BIOS flashing is potentially risky, please do it with caution. Inadequate BIOSflashing may result in s

Unique Features- 63 -English3. Select the BIOS update file and press <Enter>.Make sure the BIOS update file matches your motherboard model.Step

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 64 -EnglishStep 6:Select Save & Exit Setup and then press <Y> to save settings to CMOS and exit BIOS Setup. Thep

Unique Features- 65 -EnglishSelect @BIOS and click Install.C. Options and Instructions:1. Save the Current BIOS FileIn the main dialog box of @BIOS, S

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 66 -EnglishStep 3:First make sure the model name on the screen is correct, thenclick OK. Upon completion, restart your sys

Unique Features- 67 -EnglishButton Information Table4-3 EasyTune 5EasyTuneTM 5, an easy-to-use and convenient system overclocking and management tool,

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 68 -English4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoostWindows ReadyBoost allows you to use flash memory on a Windows Vista certified USB

Appendix- 69 -English(Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller.(Note 2) Required when the SATA controller

- 7 -GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard LayoutKB_MSSocket AM2ATXGA-MA69GM-S2HUSBLANCD_INF_AUDIOAUDIOBIOSFDDPCIE_16IT8716IDEDDRII_1DDRII_2DDRII_3DDRII_4F2_1394F

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 70 -EnglishThe BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for yourmotherboard. The actu

Appendix- 71 -EnglishC. Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOSEnter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not wan

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 72 -EnglishCreate Arrays ManuallyTo create a new array, press <2> to enter the Define LD window (Figure 4). The Defi

Appendix- 73 -EnglishIn the following procedure, we'll create RAID 0 as an example.1. Under the RAID Mode section, press the Spacebar to select R

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 74 -EnglishDelete an ArrayThe Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments.1. To delete an array

Appendix- 75 -English5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette(Required for AHCI and RAID Mode)To successfully install operating system onto SATA

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 76 -EnglishB. Copying the driver for Windows VistaStep 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk for

Appendix- 77 -EnglishFigure 1Figure 2Step 2:When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCIdriver an

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 78 -EnglishStep 3:When Setup correctly recognizes the AMD SB600 SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controllermenu

Appendix- 79 -EnglishStep 4:After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XPinstallation.Figure 5Windows

- 8 -Block DiagramAMDSocket AM2CPUCPU CLK+/-(200 MHz)Hyper Transport Bus1 PCI Express x4PCI Express BusAMD 690GDDR2 800/667/533 MHz DIMMDual Channel M

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 80 -EnglishB. Installing Windows VistaStep 1:Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform sta

Appendix- 81 -EnglishStep 3:Select the ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller driver and press Next. (Figure 8)Figure 8Step 4:After the driver is loaded,

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 82 -English5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel AudioThe motherboard provides six a

Appendix- 83 -EnglishStep 2:Click the Audio I/O tab. In the speaker list on theleft, select 2CH Speaker, 4CH Speaker, 6CHSpeaker, or 8CH Speaker acc

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 84 -English5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In and Out Cable (Optional)The S/PDIF in and out cable provides S/PDIF in and S/PDI

Appendix- 85 -EnglishS/PDIF Coaxial CableS/PDIF Optical CableStep 3:Connect a S/PDIF coaxial cable or a S/PDIF optical cable (eitherone) to an externa

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 86 -English5-2-3 Enabling the DTS (Digital Theater Systems) FunctionBefore DTS is enabled, you would get only 2-channel ou

Appendix- 87 -English5-2-4 Configuring Microphone RecordingStep 2:Connect your microphone to the Mic in jack (pink)on the back panel or the Line in ja

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 88 -EnglishorStep 4:To hear the sound being recorded during the record-ing process when using the microphone function onth

Appendix- 89 -EnglishStep 6:To raise the recording and playing sound for themicrophone, go to Options in Master Volume andselect Advanced Controls. Cl

Hardware Installation- 9 -English1-1 Installation PrecautionsThe motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can b

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 90 -English5-3 Installing the TV Out BracketA TV output header is available on the motherboard (refer to page 28). Via th

Appendix- 91 -EnglishStep 1:Make sure the ATI VGA driver has been installed.B. Setting Your TV as the Primary Display Through ATI Catalyst Control Cen

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 92 -EnglishStep 5:Select Standard TV, then click Next.Step 6:Depending on your requirements, select the type ofcontent tha

Appendix- 93 -EnglishStep 2:Select Advanced view and click Next. Follow theon-screen instructions to enter CATALYSTTM ControlCenter.Step 3:In the Disp

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 94 -EnglishD. Dual Display Configurations:This motherboard provides three ports for video output: DVI-D, HDMI and D-Sub. V

Appendix- 95 -English5-4 Troubleshooting5-4-1 Frequently Asked QuestionsTo read more FAQs for your motherboard, please go to the Support\Motherboard\F

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 96 -English5-4-2 Troubleshooting ProcedureIf you encounter any troubles during system startup, follow the troubleshooting

Appendix- 97 -EnglishIf the procedure above is unable to solve your problem, contact the place of purchase or localdealer for help. Or go to the Suppo

GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard - 98 -EnglishContact Us Taiwan (Headquarters)GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien,Ta

Appendix- 99 -English GermanyG.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBHWEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de U.K.G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD.WEB address : http