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    A88GMV Series Motherboard User's Manual
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    product, please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased this product. More information: If you want more information about our products, please visit Foxconn's website: http://www.foxconnchannel.com © All rights reserved. All trade names
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    Declaration of conformity HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD 66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, TAIPEI HSIEN, TAIWAN, R.O.C. declares that the product Motherboard A88GMV is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in accordance with
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    Declaration of conformity Trade Name: Model Name: Responsible Party: Address: Telephone: Facsimile: FOXCONN A88GMV PCE Industry Inc. 458 E. Lambert Rd. Fullerton, CA 92835 714-738-8868 714-738-8838 Equipment Classification: Type of Product: Manufacturer: Address: FCC Class B
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    fans in order to avoid damage to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature. Never turn on the computer if the CPU fan is not properly installed. ■ We cannot guarantee any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product, please consult a certified computer technician.
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    Specifications 2 Layout...4 Back Panel Connectors 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Install Install the CPU and CPU Cooler 8 Install the Memory 10 Install an Expansion Card 12 Install other Internal Connectors 13 Jumpers 17 Install driver and utility 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Enter BIOS Setup 21 Main Menu
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    Technical Support : Support Website : http://www.foxconnchannel.com Support Website : http://www.foxconnsupport.com Worldwide Online Contact Support : http://www.foxconnsupport.com/inquiry.aspx CPU Support List : http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx Memory, VGA Compatibility List : http
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    Thank you for buying Foxconn A88GMV Series motherboard. Foxconn products are engineered to maximize computing power, providing only what you need for break-through performance. With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity features
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    Product Specifications CPU Support AM3 socket processors, Max processor power up to 140W For the latest CPU information, please visit: http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx HyperTransport Up to 4400MT/s (HT3.0) for AM3 CPU Chipset North Bridge: AMD 880G South Bridge: AMD SB710
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    (supporting 6 x USB devices) 1 x CPU fan CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System/NB fan speed detection CPU overheating warning CPU/System/NB fan speed control PCI Express x1 Support Support ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support Operating System Support for Microsoft
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    Power Connector 2. North Bridge: AMD 880G 3. NB_FAN Header 4. PCI AMD SB710 13. Front Panel Connector 14. SATA Connectors 15. SYS_FAN Header 16. Clear CMOS Jumper 17. IDE Connector 18. 24-pin ATX Power Connector 19. Chassis intrusion alarm header 20. COM Connector 21. DDR3 DIMM Slots 22. CPU Socket
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    Speaker Microphone 2 USB Ports 6 Audio Ports 1. PS/2 Keyboard Port Use the PS/2 port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard. 2. USB Ports These USB ports support the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. Use these ports for USB devices such as an USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB flash drive and etc. 3. VGA
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    1 6. Audio Ports For the definition of each audio port, please refer to the table below : Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Microphone In Microphone In
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    the Memory ■ Install an Expansion Card ■ Install other Internal Connectors ■ Jumpers ■ Install driver and utility Please visit the following website for more supporting information about your motherboard. CPU Support List: http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx Memory, VGA Compatibility
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    CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc. Install the CPU Locate the Pin-1 CPU triangle mark and the Pin-1 of the CPU socket. Pin-1 corner of the CPU socket Pin-1 triangle marking of CPU 1. Release the CPU socket lever. 2. Align Pin-1 of the CPU with the CPU socket, and gently put the CPU
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    seated, push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position. Install the CPU Cooler Follow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler. (The following procedures use Foxconn cooler as the example.) 1. Apply and spread an even thermal grease on the surface of CPU. 2. Buckle the heatsink
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    . If you are unable to insert the memory, switch the direction. Dual Channel Memory Configuration This motherboard provides four DDR3 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. When memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in your system. Four DDR3 memory
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    only fit in one direction. Follow the steps below to correctly install your memory modules into the sockets. Step 1: Spread the clips at both ends of the memory socket. Place the memory module onto the socket, then put your fingers on top edge of the module, and push it down firmly and seat
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    Card ! ■ Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual that came with your expansion card. ■ to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card(s). 7. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system. Installing and Removing a
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    the picture. 20-Pin Power 8-pin ATX 12 V Power Connector : PWR2 Connect the 8-pin ATX 12V power supply to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU. 51 +12V GND 84 PWR2 Pin # 1 2 3 4 Definition GND GND GND GND Pin # 5 6 7 8 Definition +12V +12V +12V +12V CAUTION 13
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    ATA Connectors : SATA_1/2/3/4/5, E_ 1 SATA GND TX+ The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with SATA TX- Hard Disk or CD devices which support this feature. The GND RX- current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB/s data RX+ transfer rate. GND SATA_1/2/3/4/5 14 1 GND TX
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    standard audio connector, it can be connected to a CD/DVD-ROM drive through a CD/DVD audio cable. Audio Connector : F_AUDIO The audio connector supports HD Audio standard. It provides the Front Audio output choice. Speaker Connector : SPEAKER The speaker connector is used to connect speaker of the
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    2 Fan Connectors : CPU_FAN, SYS_FAN, NB_FAN There are three main fan headers on this motherboard. The fan speed can be controlled and monitored in "PC Health Status" section of the BIOS Setup. These fans can be automatically turned off after the system enters S3, S4 and S5 sleeping states. S/PDIF
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    be identified by the bold silkscreen next to it. However, in this manual, pin 1 is simply labeled as "1". 2. The following table explains different cap is recommended. It can prevent hazardous ESD (Electrical Static Discharge) problem. Jumper 1 Diagram 1 1 Definition 1-2 2-3 Description Set Pin
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    your DVD-ROM drive, and the main menu will be displayed on your PC screen to guide you how to install. 1. Driver Use these options to install all the drivers for your system. You must click "AMD Chipset Driver" to install it first. After that, you can click "One Click Setup" and then choose the
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    2 2. Utility Use these options to install additional software programs. And click "Utility Help" button to view the utility (FOX ONE, FOX LiveUpdate, FOX LOGO, FOX DMI) help manual. Click here 19
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    ■ Discard Changes and Exit Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described in this manual is for reference only. We do not guarantee the content of this manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in the future. Please visit our website
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    CAUTION 3 Main Menu The main menu allows you to select from a list of setup functions together with two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to menu. There are boot up settings. ► Core Releaser (Enabled only if CPU supports) The Core Releaser function can be set up through this menu. Setting Options
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    this function can not be enabled. You need clear CMOS or enter BIOS manual to set disable to load default. ► Fox Central Control Unit Some special to read/change Fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU/System. ► BIOS Security Features The Supervisor/User password can be set
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    System Information This sub-menu is used to set up the standard BIOS features, such as the date, time, floppy drive and so on. Use the arrow up/down keys to select an item, then use the or keys to change the setting. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc.
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    Version It displays the current BIOS ID/version. User can check this information and discuss with the field service people if a BIOS upgrade is needed. ► Memory Size This item displays the current memory size. item shows the onboard LAN MAC address. ► CPU Name It displays the current CPU name. 24
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    which PC manufacturers design and build CPU architecture systems with two or more if you are running an older operating system that only supports MPS 1.1. ► PCI Latency Timer This item is used longer latency times so if you start facing problems like stuttering sound or a less responsive system,
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    3.7.0.1 Physical Count : 1 Options Logical Count : 4 Disabled Auto All Cores AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor Per Core Cache L1 : 512KB Cache L2 : 2048KB Cache L3 : 6MB Current CPU Speed : 3000MHz Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:
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    , Inc. Fox Central Control Unit Super BIOS Protect Auto Detect PCI Clock ► Smart BIOS ► Fox Intelligent Stepping ► Voltage Options ► CPU Configuration [Disabled] Help Item [Disabled] [Press Enter] Options [Press Enter] [Press Enter] Disabled [Press Enter] Enabled Move Enter:Select
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    different long-short blinking intervals. You can always leave this state enabled. System Status Normal No Memory No Display Post Error Message No CPU Fan Power LED Status Always On Continue blinking On (1sec.), Off (1sec.) Continue blinking On (2sec.), Off (2sec.) Quick blinking twice (1/3sec. On
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    CPU Clock Ratio. Multiply CPU clock with this ratio, you can get the CPU speed. Increase this ratio may overclock your CPU. This option will be valid if your CPU ratio is unlocked and will be displayed only if your CPU is supporting this feature. ► CPU exceed the specified value listed in the "Memory
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    Memory Speed Mode" is set to [Limit] or [Manual]. The available settings are: [800MHz], [1067MHz], [ you to enable/disable GFX Engine Clock Override support. ► PCI Express Clock This option is used +50mV to +150mV. ► CPU Voltage Control This option is used to change the CPU voltage in a step of 25mV
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    Logical Count : 4 _PPC, _PSS, and _PCT objects. AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 945 Processor Revision: C2 Cache L1 : 512KB Cache L2 : 2048KB Cache L3 : 6MB Current CPU Speed :300MHz Cool 'N' Quiet [Enabled] C1E Support [Disabled] Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save
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    , N/A Row Cycle :27 CLK , N/A Internal Graphics Configuration Internal Graphics Mode UMA Frame Buffer Size Primary Video Controller Surround View AMD 880 HD Audio [UMA] [Auto] [PCI-GFX0-IGFX] [Auto] [Enabled] 3 Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1
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    -locked graphics memory is allocated during driver initialization. This fixed amount of memory (PCIe) graphics card, SurroundView is not supported. The integrated graphics processor (IGP) is automatically graphics controller, system memory will be reallocated. ► AMD 880 HD Audio This item is used to
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    independent 64-bit channels (both channels operate at the same frequency). ■ Reduce DRAM page conflicts - more concurrent open dram pages . ■ Better bus efficiency. Burst lengths supported When both DCTs are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in order. 34
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    both DCTs (DRAM controller) are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in order, you also can configure the timings manually. Settings are : [Auto], [DCT 0], [DCT 1], [Both]. 35
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    3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. Integrated Peripherals ► IDE Configuration ► USB Configuration ► SuperIO Configuration OnBoard LAN OnBoard LAN Boot ROM HD Audio Controller [Press Enter] Help Item [Press Enter] [Press Enter]
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    fair performance (only PATA, SATA level), or you can select AHCI to get its best performance. [Legacy IDE] - This configures the SATA ports to support legacy IDE mode which is running for old Windows system. ► SATA IDE Combined Mode [Disabled] : Disable SATA 5 and ESATA. [Enabled] : SATA 5 and ESATA
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    F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F9:Optimized Defaults ► Legacy USB Support This item is used to enable the support for USB devices on legacy OS. If you have a USB keyboard or is a workround for OSes without EHCI hand-off support.The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver. 38
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    3 SuperIO Configuration CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. SuperIO Configuration SuperIO Configuration Help Item Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ 4] Allows BIOS to select serial port1 base address.
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    low wake latency sleeping state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chip set) and hardware maintains all system context. (also called Power On The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power, longest wake latency sleeping state supported by ACPI. In order to reduce power to a minimum, it is
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    3 computer before it entering STR will be saved in memory, and the computer can quickly return to previous state when the STR function wakes. ► Energy-using Products This item is used to enable/disable the EuP(Energy-using Products) feature. When enable, the suspend power of the chipset will be cut
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    down automatically. This function works only when your operating system is supporting ACPI. ► Case Open Warning This item is used to enable or disable case open warning function. ► CPU/System/NB Temperature The CPU/System/NorthBridge temperature are automatically detected and displayed by the system
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    3 ► Start PWM Value It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the temperature reaches "Start PWM Temperature" value. ► Slope PWM Value It is used to set a slope value in PWM/Temperature diagram. The PWM value is subject to the temperature input value by linear changing. BIOS
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    of system to improve the performances of system components. But if Load Optimal Defaults? the optimal performance parameters to be set cannot be supported by your hardware devices (for example, too many expansion cards were [OK] [Cancel] installed), the system might fail to work. Save Changes
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    with new RAID built as data storage. It includes the following information : ■ RAID Introduction ■ Install SATA Hard Disks ■ RAID Configuration ■ Create RAID Driver Disk ■ Install Windows OS The RAID BIOS Setup pictures shown in this chapter are for reference only, please refer to the practical
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    entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. RAID 1 (Mirror) RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel. If one of the mirrored
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    power and SATA data cables. 4-3 RAID Configuration This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID10 functions. Hardware and software drive ■ A floppy disk(Or USB disk for Vista) ■ A motherboard driver CD ■ Several SATA hard disks ■ Windows XP or Vista Install CD AMD Option ROM Utility. 47
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    4 Create RAID array Here we create RAID 0 as an example: 1. Press [2] in the main menu, "Define LD Menu" appears and the "LD 1" row is highlight, press [Enter], the scree is shown as below: Option ROM Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Define LD Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv LD
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    Driver Disk If you want driver. Create a RAID Driver Disk in Windows: 1. Boot your computer and start Windows, put the driver to CD:\Driver\AMD\RAID\ Driver Disk without entering OS: 1. Boot your computer, press [Del] during POST to enter BIOS. 2. Insert the driver a RAID driver disk when the
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    ". 5. Insert the floppy disk/USB disk into the floppy drive/USB port, then specify the location of the driver. 6. Select "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller" and press "Next". 7. After the driver is loaded, the RAID hard disk will appear. Select it and press "Next" to continue the OS installation
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