Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 User's Manual

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GA-M61SME-S2 AMD Athlon TM 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 X2 Dual-Core / AMD Athlon TM 64 / Sempron TM AM2 Processor Motherboard User's Manual Rev. 2002 12ME-M61SMES2-2002R ...

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Mar. 7, 2007 Motherboard GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard GA-M61SME-S2 Mar. 7, 2007 ...

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Copyright © 2007 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All rights reserved. The trademarks mentioned in the manual are legally registered to their respective companies. Notice The written content provided with this product is the property of Gigabyte. No p...

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- 4 - Table of Contents Optional Items ................................................................................................................. 6 Box Contents .....................................................................................

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- 5 - Chapter 3 Drivers Installation ...................................................................................... 47 3-1 Install Chipset Drivers .................................................................................... 47 3-2 Sof...

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- 6 - Box Contents GA-M61SME-S2 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual One IDE cable and one floppy disk drive cable One SATA 3Gb/s cables I/O Shield The box contents above are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on p...

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- 7 - GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard Layout KB_MS LPT ATX Socket AM2 COMA ATX_12V F_PANEL PWR_LED CLR_CMOS PCI1 PCI2 IT8716 BATTERY BIOS F_USB1 F_USB2 COMB CI CODEC FDD CD_IN GA-M61SME-S2 IDE nVIDIA ® GeForce 6100/ nForce 405 SYS_FAN CPU_FAN R_USB F_AUDIO...

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- 8 - Block Diagram AMD Socket AM2 CPU CPU CLK+/-(200 MHz) Hyper Transport Bus 2 PCI PCI Bus DDRII 800/667/533/400 MHz DIMM Dual Channel Memory 2 SATA 3Gb/s 8 USB Ports Line-Out MIC CODEC Line-In SPDIF In SPDIF Out Side Speaker Out Center/Subwoofer...

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Hardware Installation- 9 - 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, pr...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 10 - 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  2000 MHz Chipset  nVIDIA ® GeForce 6100/nForce 405 chipset L...

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Hardware Installation- 11 - Rear Panel I/O  1 PS/2 keyboard port  1 PS/2 mouse port  1 parallel port  1 COMA port  1 VGA port  4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports  1 RJ-45 port  3 audio jacks (Line In / Line Out / MIC In) I/O Control  IT87...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 12 - 1-3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 1-3-1 Installation of the CPU Fig.1 Position lever at a 90 degree angle. Please use extra care when installing the CPU. The CPU will not fit if positioned incorrectly. Rather ...

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Hardware Installation- 13 - 1-3-2 Installation of the CPU Cooler The CPU cooler may adhere to the CPU as a result of hardening of the heat paste. To prevent such an occurrence, it is suggested that either thermal tape rather than heat paste be used f...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 14 - 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, specifica...

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Hardware Installation- 15 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-M61SME-S2 supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating the Dual Channel Technology, the bandwidth of Memory Bus will double. Due to CPU limitation, if you wish to operate t...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 16 - The items below are all supported under the Windows XP operating system. When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on graphics card. P...

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Hardware Installation- 17 - PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To 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...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 18 - 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V 2) ATX (Power Connector) 3) CPU_FAN 4) SYS_FAN 5) IDE 6) FDD 7) SATAII 0 / SATAII 1 8) PWR_LED 9) F_PANEL 10) F_AUDIO 11) CD_IN 12) SPDIF_IO 13) HDA_SUR 14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 15) CO...

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Hardware Installation- 19 - Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V 1/2) ATX_12V/ATX (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 connecti...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 20 - 3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN (Cooler Fan Power Connector) The cooler fan power connector supplies a +12V power voltage via a 3-pin/4-pin (only for CPU_FAN) power connector and possesses a foolproof connection design. Most co...

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Hardware Installation- 21 - Pin No. Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 7) SATAII 0 / SATAII 1 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300 MB/s transfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting for the SATA 3Gb/s and insta...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 22 - 9) F_PANEL (Front Panel Jumper) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch etc. of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment below. 1 2 19 20 HD- HD+...

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Hardware Installation- 23 - 10) F_AUDIO (Front Audio Connector) This connector supports either HD (High Definition) or AC97 front panel audio module. If you wish to use the front audio function, connect the front panel audio module to this connector....

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 24 - 11) 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 12) SPDIF_IO (S/PDIF In/Out Connector) The S/PDIF output is capable of providing digital au...

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Hardware Installation- 25 - 14) F_USB1 / F_USB2 / (Front USB Connectors) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable, incorrect connection between the cable and con...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 26 - 15) COMB (COMB Connector) Be careful with the polarity of the COMB connector. Check the pin assignments while you connect the COMB cable. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional COMB cable. 16) CI (Chassis Intr...

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Hardware Installation- 27 - 18) BATTERY Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 28 - ...

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- 29 - BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard. ...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 30 - <F12> : Boot Menu Select boot sequence for onboard (or add-on cards) device. The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : E7) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear o...

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- 31 - BIOS Setup    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.  ...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 32 - 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. D...

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- 33 - BIOS Setup Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are: Large/Auto(default: Auto) Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard disk. Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing....

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 34 - 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control Auto AMD Cool&Quiet driver manages clock and VID to best serve the thermal, performance and power requirements. (Default value) Disabled Disable this functio...

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- 35 - BIOS Setup HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability This feature allows your hard disk to report read/write errors and to issue warnings when third- party hardware monitor utility is installed. Enabled Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability. Disabled Disable HDD S...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 36 - 2-3 Integrated Peripherals Serial-ATA RAID Config CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software Serial-ATA RAID Config Item Help Menu Level` NV SATA RAID function [Disabled] x NV SATA 1 Primary RAID Enabled...

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- 37 - BIOS Setup NV SATA RAID function Enabled Enable NV SATA RAID function. Disabled Disable NV SATA RAID function. (Default value) NV SATA 1 Primary RAID Enabled Enable NV SATA 1 primary RAID function. Disabled Disable this function. (Default valu...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 38 - Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address. 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8/IRQ4. 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8/IRQ3. (Default value)...

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- 39 - BIOS Setup 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Soft-Off by Power button Instant-off Press power button...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 40 - Power-On by Alarm You can enable the "Power-On by Alarm" item and key in Date/Time to power on system. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system. If Powe...

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- 41 - BIOS Setup 2-5 PnP/PCI Configurations PCI 1 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 1. (Default value) 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 Set IRQ 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 to PCI 1. PCI 2 IRQ Assignment Auto Auto assign IRQ to PCI 2. (Default value) 3...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 42 - 2-6 PC Health Status Reset Case Open Status Disabled Don't reset case open status. (Default value) Enabled Clear case open status at next boot. Case Opened If the case is closed, "Case Opened" will show ...

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- 43 - BIOS Setup CPU Smart FAN Control (Note) Disabled Disable this function. Enabled When this function is enabled, CPU fan will run at different speed depending on CPU temperature. Users can adjust the fan speed with Easy Tune based on their requi...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 44 - 2-8 Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automati- cally detects. 2-7 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Fail-Safe defaults contain the most approp...

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- 45 - BIOS Setup 2-9 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. Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. ...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 46 - 2-10 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. 2-11 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will qui...

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Drivers Installation- 47 - For Windows XP/2000 operating system, please install the NVIDIA ® GeForce TM 6100/nForce TM Series Utility CD. For Windows Vista operating system, please install the NVIDIA ® Series Vista Utility CD. Pictures below are...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 48 - 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 pa...

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Drivers Installation- 49 - 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- 51 - Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities (Not all model support these Unique Software Utilities, please check your MB features.) 4-1-1 EasyTune 5 Introduction EasyTune 5 presents the most convenient Windows based system perfor...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 52 - 4-1-2 Xpress Recovery2 Introduction Xpress Recovery2 is designed to provide quick backup and restora- tion of hard disk data. Supporting Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP/2000/NT/98/Me and DOS, and file ...

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Appendix- 53 - 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. (This ...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 54 - 4-1-3 Flash BIOS Method Introduction Step 1: a. In the Q-Flash menu, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select Update BIOS from Drive and press ENTER. b. Select the floppy drive or hard drive where the BIOS file is saved,...

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Appendix- 55 - Step 2: The process of system reading the BIOS file from the floppy disk is displayed on the screen. When the message "Are you sure to update BIOS?" appears, press ENTER. The BIOS update will begin and the current process wil...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 56 - 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 downl...

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Appendix- 57 - 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 "...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 58 - (Note) Required for setting up RAID array. To configure SATA 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. (3)...

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Appendix- 59 - Figure 1 In the Serial-ATA RAID Config submenu, enable NV SATA RAID function. Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks that you want to use for RAID. In the example in Figure 2, enable NV SATA 1 Primary/Secondary RAID. The BIOS Setup...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 60 - Step 2: To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM disk, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 3). Step 3: Save and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 3 CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-...

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Appendix- 61 - (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins,...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 62 - Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear (Figure 7). If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard dri...

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Appendix- 63 - To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure 9), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. Figure 9 Figur...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 64 - (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk To install operating system onto RAID disks successfully, you need to install the SATA RAID driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during ...

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Appendix- 65 - Figure 13 Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 14 Windows Setup S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage dev...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 66 - Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 15 below will appear. Use the ARROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (Figure 15) and press ENTER. Later, w...

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Appendix- 67 - After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. Figure 18 WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup. This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 68 - 4-1-5 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Introduction This motherboard comes with three audio jacks. To set up multi- channel surround sound, install an additional 5.1/7.1 surround cable (optional) and enable the feature ...

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Appendix- 69 - STEP 3: Connect a speaker or headphone to the rear Line Out jack, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected. Choose Headphone or Line Out depending on the device connected and click OK. The 2-channel au...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 70 - STEP 3: Connect the 4-channel speakers to the audio jacks on the motherboard and the surround cable, a small window will pop up and ask you what type of equipment is connected. Choose a device depend- ing on the type o...

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Appendix- 71 - Setting Up 6-Channel Audio STEP 1 : After installation of the audio driver, you should find an Audio Manager icon in your system tray (you can also find the icon in Control Panel). Double- click the icon to open the Audio Control ...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 72 - STEP 2: In the Audio Control Panel, click the Audio I/O tab. In the upper left list, click 8CH Speaker. STEP 3: Connect the 8-channel speakers to the audio jacks on the motherboard and the surround cable, a small windo...

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Appendix- 73 - Sound Effect Configuration: At the Sound Effect menu, users can adjust sound option settings as desired. AC'97 Audio Configuration: To enable the front panel audio connector to sup- port AC97 Audio mode, go to the Audio Control Pa...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 74 - 4-2 Troubleshooting 4-2-1 Frequently Asked Questions To read more FAQs for your motherboard, please go to the Support\Motherboard\FAQ page on GIGABYTE's website. Q:In the BIOS Setup program, why are some BIOS opti...

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Appendix- 75 - 4-2-2 Troubleshooting Procedure If you encounter any troubles during system startup, follow the troubleshooting procedure below to solve the problem. Turn off the power. Remove all peripherals, connecting cables, and power cord etc. T...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 76 - No Yes Check if there is display on your monitor. Yes When the computer is turned on, is the CPU cooler running? No The graphics card, expansion slot, or monitor might fail. Turn off the computer. Plugg in the keyboar...

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Appendix- 77 - Regulatory Statements Regulatory Notices This document must not be copied without our written permission, and the contents there of must not be imparted to a third party nor be used for any unauthorized purpose. Contravention will be p...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 78 - Finally, we suggest that you practice other environmentally friendly actions by understanding and using the energy-saving features of this product (where applicable), recycling the inner and outer packaging (including ...

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Appendix- 79 - Contact Us    Taiwan (Headquarters) GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei 231, Taiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4888 FAX: +886-2-8912-4003 Tech. and Non-Tech. Support (Sales/Marketing)...

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GA-M61SME-S2 Motherboard - 80 -    Germany G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH WEB address : http://www.gigabyte.de    U.K. G.B.T. TECH. CO., LTD. WEB address : http://www.giga-byte.co.uk    The Netherlands GIG...