Gigabyte GA-3PXSL User Manual

Gigabyte GA-3PXSL Manual

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    GA-3PXSL-RH AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard USER'S MANUAL AMD®AM2 Processor Motherboard Rev. 1003 * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste
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    English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Table of Content Item Checklist 4 WARNING 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 5 1.1.Features Summary 5 1.2GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Components 7 Chapter 2Hardware Installation Process 9 2-1: Installing Processor and CPU Haet Sink 9 2-1-1: Installing CPU ...9 2-1-2:
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    English Table of Content Chapter 4 Application Driver Installation 55 A.NVDIA Chipset Driver Installation 55 B.nVIDIA VGA Driver Installation 61 C.Marvell LAN Driver Installation 63 D.DirectX 9.0 Driver Installation 66 Chapter 5 Appendix 69 3
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Item Checklist The GA-3PXSL-RH motherboard IDE (ATA100 ) cable x 1 / Floppy cable x 1 CD for motherboard driver & utility GA-3PXSL-RH user's manual . 5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard
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    Introduction 1.1. Features Summary Form Factor CPU Chipset Memory I/O Control Expansion Slots On-Board SATA RAID On-Board Peripherals Hardware Monitor On-Board Graphic On-Board LAN 12" x 9.6" ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB Supports AMD® OpteronTM 1000 series (Socket AM2) processor
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    English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard BIOS Additional Features Licensed Award BIOS on 4MB flash ROM SMBIOS Spec. Rev 2.3.3. compliant ACPI defined S1, S3, and S5 PS/2 Mouse power on under Windows Operating System External Modem wake up Supports S1, S3, S5 under Windows Operating System Wake on LAN (WOL
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    1.2 GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Components Introduction 1. CPU 2. NVIDIA GeForce 6150 3. NVIDIA nForce 430 4. ITE 8712F-A 5. BIOS Flash 6. Marvel 88E1116 GbE PHY 7. Marvel 8056 GbE 8. IDE1 Connector 9. IDE2 Connector 10. Floppy Connector 11. SATA1 Connector 12. SATA2 Connector 13. SATA3 Connector 14.
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    English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 21 22 40 27 25 24 23 20 14 12 10 9 8 13 11 15 42 43 18 3 17 41 1 30 16 2 31 32 33 28 26 6 7 29 4 5 19 34 36 35 38 39 39 37 8
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    . 2. Never force the processor into the socket. 3. Apply thermal grease on the processor before placing cooling fan. 4. Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard. 5. If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change
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    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). Fig
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    modules Hardware Installation Process GA-3PXSL-RH has 4 dual inline memory module (DIMM) socets. It supports the Dual Channel Technology. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the DIMM socket .The DIMM module can only
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    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
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    2-3: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. cover. 7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Install related driver from the operating system. 13
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    English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2-4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply 2-4-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction 14
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    , scanner, zip, speaker...etc. have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver updated. For more information please contact your OS or device(s) vendors. / / Parallel Port
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    English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2-5: Connectors & Jumper Setting Introduction OP R S E D C H I GF Q A L T K J B N A) ATX B) ATX _12V C) IDE1 D) IDE2 E) FDD F) SATA1 G) SATA2 H) SATA3 I) SATA4 J) F_USB2 K) F_USB3 L) F_Panel1 M M) COMB N) Battery O) SYS_FAN1 P) SYS_FAN2 Q) SYS_FAN3 R)
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    Power Connector) AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard. B ) ATX_12V( +12V Power Connector) Connector Introduction 24 12 1 13 PIN No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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    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. IDE2 IDE1 2 1 40 39 E) FDD (Floppy Connector) Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD. It supports 1.2M,1.
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    F/ G/ H/ I ) SATA1/ 2/ 3/ 4 (Serial ATA Connectors) Connector Introduction You can connect the Serial ATA device to this connector, it provides you high speed transfer rates (150MB/sec). SATA3 SATA4 SATA2 SATA1 1 7 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definition GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND J / K )F_USB
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    English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard L ) F_Panel1 (2x10 Pins Front Panel Connectors) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis front panel
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    the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the If you want to erase CMOS... manufacturer's instructions. 1.Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord. 2.Remove the battery, wait for 30 second. 3.Re-install the battery. 4.Plug the
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    English GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard O / P / Q / R ) SYS_FAN1/2/3/4 (System Fan Connectors) This connector allows you to link with from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating.The CPU fan connector supports Max. current up to 1A . 1 Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 +12V 3 Sense 22
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    T ) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS Function) Jumper Setting You 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. To clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin. 1 1-2 close: Clear CMOS 1 2-3 close: Normal (
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    English 144-Bit 400/533/667 MHZ GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2-6: Block Diagram Power Supply Connector VREG AMD K8 CPU Socket 940 (M2) DDDR2 SDRAM CNN1 DDDR2 SDRAM CNN2 DDDR2 SDRAM CNN3 DDDR2 SDRAM CNN4
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    Chapter 3 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard GETTINGHELP Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup the Help Window press . z Main This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. z Advanced This setup page includes all the items of AWARD special enhanced features. (ex: onboard
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    Setup Once you enter Award BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) 29 2006 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 23:1:52 System Information Drive A Floppy 3 Mode Support Halt On x Base Memory x Extended Memory x Total Memory [Press Enter] [1.44M, 3.51/2] [Disabled] [All, But Keyboard] KB KB KB K L
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot PC Health Exit System Information Item Help System Information Product Name: GA-XXXXXX BIOS Version: F1 Build Date: xx-xx-xx Manufactory: Chipset Type: LAN1 MAC Address: LAN2
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    HDD's size, head, etc on this channel. BIOS Setup IDE Channel 0~5 Master / Channel 0~1 Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer. There are two types: auto type, and manual type. Manual type is user-definable; Auto type that will
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    GA-3PXSL-RH byte capacity. Floppy 3 Mode Support This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives. Floppy 3 Mode Support will allow reading and writing of may be detected and you will be prompted. All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system boot will be stopped. All,
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    installed in the system. Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the C PU's memory address map. Total Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of total memory installed in the system. 31
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Advanced Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot PC Health Exit Advanced BIOS Feature Item Help Advanced Chipset Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configuration K L J I : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value
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    Vaildity Vaild K L J I : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults Figure 2-1: Advanced BIOS Features Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 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. Note that BIOS can not
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    View DMI Event Log Press [Enter] to view all DMI event logs. BIOS Setup Mark DMI Events Log as Read This option allows user to clear all DMI Event Logs immediately. Press [Enter] will pop up a confirmation window.
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Advanced Chipset Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Advanced Chipset Item Help OnChip VGA [Enabled] Frame Buffer Size [64M] System BIOS Cacheable [Disabled] K L J I : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5
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    . (Default value) Disable this device. Frame Buffer Size This item allows user to select the frame buffer size. Options 16M, 32M, 64M, 128MB, 256MB. System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Enable System BIOS Cacheable function. Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Integrated Peripherals Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Integrated Peripherals Item Help IDE Function Setup RAID Config OnChip USB [V1.1+V2.0] USB Memory Type [SHADOW] USB Keyboard Support [Disabled] USB Mouse Support [Disabled] MAC Lan
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    IDE Function Setup BIOS Setup OnChip IDE Channel 0 Enabled Enable onboard Onchip IDE Channel 0. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Primary Master PIO Auto Auto detect the IDE secondary
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard OnChip IDE Channel 1 Enabled Enable onboard Onchip IDE Channel 0. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Secondary Master PIO Auto Auto detect the IDE secondary
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    . (Default value) Disabled Disable this device. SATA-1 Only enable SATA-1 device. IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Enable IDE Prefetch Mode. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. BIOS Setup 41
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard RAID Enable Enabled Enable RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) SATA1 Primary RAID Enabled Enable SATA1 Primary RAID function. Disabled Disable this
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    is V1.1+V2.0 BIOS Setup USB Memory Type Options SHADOW, Base Memory (640K). USB Keyboard Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support. Disabled Disable USB Keyboard Support. (Default value) USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support. Disabled Disable USB Mouse Support. (Default value
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2nd LAN Controller Auto Disabled Auto detect onboard second H/W LAN. using the old single sector transfer mode. When you enable it, the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk supports block transfers and configure the proper block transfer settings for it. Up to
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    value) IrDA Using as IR and set to IrDA mode. ASKIR Using as IR and set to ASKIR mode. SCR Using as Smart Card Interface. BIOS Setup UR2 Duplex Mode This entry can be adjust when user select [IrDA] in UART Mode item. Full IR function Duplex Full. Half IR function
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Power Management Setup Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Power Management Item Help ACPI Function [Enabled] ACPI Suspend Type [S1,S3] Power Management [User Define] Video off Method [DPMS Support] HDD Power Down [Disabled] HDD Down In
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    ACPI Function Enabled Disabled Enable ACPI function. (Default Value) Disable this function. BIOS Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) S3(STR) S1, S3 Set ACPI suspend type to S1. Set ACPI suspend type to S3. Set ACPI suspend
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard PnP/PCI Configuration Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced PnP/PCI Configuration Item Help Init Display First [PCIEx] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Resource
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    . But if you are having problems assigning the resources automatically via the BIOS, you can select Manual to reveal the IRQ and DMA memory and modifying (synchronizing) the information delivered from the graphics card's Feature Connector to the MPEG or add-on card. It will also solve the problem
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Security Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main password is required to access only basic items. If you select "System" at "Password Check" in Advance BIOS Features Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time
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    Device / Hard Drive / CD-ROM Drive/ Network Boot Priority These three fields determines which type of device the system attempt to boot from after BIOS Post completed. Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. If the first device is not a bootable device, the system will seek for next
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard PC Health Main Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Security Boot PC Health Exit Shutdown Temperature VCC [Disabled] Item Help VCORE +3.3V +12V
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    Shutdown Temperature Determine CPU overheat shutdown temperature. BIOS Setup Voltage: VCC/VCORE +3.3V/ +12V/ DDER 1.8V/ 3VDUAL/ Voltage Battery Detect system's voltage status automatically. CPU /System 1/ System 2 Temperature Display the current CPU temperature,
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Exit Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot PC Health Exit Load Optimized Defaults Item Help Save & Exit Setup Exit Without
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    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.exe. Installation Procedures: 1. The CD auto run program
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2. InstallShield Wizard Welcome Window 2. Click "Next" to start the installation 3. Select Features 3. Select the feature setup that you want to install. And click "Next". 56
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    4. NVDIA IDE SW Driver Information Driver Installation 4. Click "Next" to process the installation. 5. IDE SW Driver Installation Confirmation Dialog 5. Click "Yes". 57
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 6. Firewall and ForceWare Network Access Manager Installation Confirmation Dialog 6. Click "Yes". 7. Network Access Manager Installation 7. Click "Next". 58
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    8. Network Access Manager Setup Type Selection Driver Installation 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". 59
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 10. ActiveAmor FireWall Installation 11. Installation Complete. Restart Computer 10. Select 'Yes, I want to restart my computer now' and click "Finish". 60
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    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.exe. Installation Procedures: 1. The CD auto run program
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 2. InstallShield Wizard Welcom Window 2. Click "Next" to start the installation 3. Installaiton Wizard Completed 3. Select 'Yes, I want to restart my computer now' and click "Finish". 62
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    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.exe. Installation Procedures: 1. The CD auto run program
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 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. 64
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    4. Ready to Install the Program Driver Installation 4. Click "Install" to start the installation 5. Installaiton Wizard Completed 4. Click "Finish". Installation Completed 65
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 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
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    2. License Agreement Driver Installation 3. Start Installaiton 2. Select "I accept the agreement andclick "Next" to process the installation. 3. Click "Next" to start the installation . 67
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard 4. Installaiton Wizard completed 4. Click "Finish". Installation complete. 68
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    Specification BIOS Basic Input / Output System CPU Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM CNR Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI Desktop Management Interface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM Dual
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    GA-3PXSL-RH Motherboard Acronyms I/O IOAPIC ISA LAN LBA LED MHz MIDI MTH MPT NIC OS Test Peripheral Component Interconnect Rambus in-line Memory Module Special Circumstance Instructions Single Edge Contact Cartridge Static Random Access Memory Symmetric Multi-Processing System Management Interrupt
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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 other household waste
and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!
*
The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states.