Biostar TA790GXE 128M Setup Manual

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    Ta790gxe 128msetup manual fcc information and copyright this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential insta...

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    Table of contents chapter 1: introduction ............................................................ 1 1.1 before you start ................................................................................ 1 1.2 package checklist ........................................................................

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    Ta790gxe 128m 1 chapter 1: introduction 1.1 b efore y ou s tart thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below: prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting. Always disconnect the computer f...

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    Motherboard manual 2 1.3 m otherboard f eatures spec cpu socket am2+ / am3 amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / athlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii processors amd 64 architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing supports hyper transport 3.0 and powernow fsb support hypertransport 3.0 supports up to...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 3 spec pci slot x2 supports pci expansion cards pci express gen2 x16 slot x2 supports pci-e gen2 x16 expansion cards slots pci express gen2 x1 slot x2 supports pci-e gen2 x1 expansion cards floppy connector x1 each connector supports 2 floppy drives ide connector x1 each connector supp...

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    Motherboard manual 4 1.4 r ear p anel c onnectors x ps/2 mouse port y ps/2 keyboard port z hdmi port the high-definition multimedia interface (hdmi) is an all-digital audio/video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams to an av receiver or any compatible digital audio and/or video mon...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 5 1.5 m otherboard l ayout kbms1 hdmi 1 vg a dv i usb1 rj45usb1 audio2 jusbv1 jusbv 2 jcmos1 auxpwr1 sys_fan1 pex1_1 pex16_1 pex1_2 pci2 pci1 pex16_2 bat1 lan codec f_audio1 s pdif1 cd_in1 fdd1 f_usb 3 f_usb 1 f_usb2 panel1 sw_p wr sw_rst sys_fan2 bios super i/o sata1-2 sata3-4 sata5-6...

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    Motherboard manual 6 chapter 2: hardware installation 2.1 i nstalling c entral p rocessing u nit (cpu) step 1: remove the socket protection cap. Step 2: pull the lever toward direction a from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 3: look for the white triangle on socket, ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 7 step 3: hold the cpu down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct b to complete the installation. Step 4: put the cpu fan on the cpu and buckle it. Connect the cpu fan power cable to the jcfan1. This completes the installation..

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    Motherboard manual 8 2.2 fan h eaders these fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. Cpu_fan1: cpu fan header pin assignment 1...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 9 2.3 i nstalling s ystem m emory a. Ddr2 modules di m m a 1 di m m b 1 di m m a 2 di m m b 2 1. Unlock a dimm slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a dimm on the slot such that the notch on the dimm matches the break on the slot. 2. Insert the dimm vertically and firmly ...

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    Motherboard manual 10 b. Memory capacity dimm socket location ddr2 module total memory size dimma1 256mb/512mb/1gb/2gb/4gb dimmb1 256mb/512mb/1gb/2gb/4gb dimma2 256mb/512mb/1gb/2gb/4gb dimmb2 256mb/512mb/1gb/2gb/4gb max is 16gb. C. Dual channel memory installation please refer to the following requi...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 11 2.4 c onnectors and s lots fdd1: floppy disk connector the motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360k, 720k, 1.2m, 1.44m and 2.88m floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 1 33 2 34 ide1: ide/atapi connector th...

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    Motherboard manual 12 sata1-2/sata3-4/sata5-6: serial ata connectors the motherboard has a pci to sata controller with 6 channels sata interface, it satisfies the sata 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0gb/s. Sata1-2 sata3-4 sata5-6 auxpwr1: auxiliary power for graphics this connector is an auxil...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 13 atxpwr2: atx power source connector this connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the atx power supply. 1 12 13 24 pin assignment pin assignment 13 +3.3v 1 +3.3v 14 -12v 2 +3.3v 15 ground 3 ground 16 ps_on 4 +5v 17 ground 5 ground 18 ground 6 +5v 19 ground 7 ground...

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    Motherboard manual 14 pex16_1: pci-express gen2 x16 slot (x16/x8 speed) - pci-express 2.0 compliant. - pci-express gen2 supports a raw bit-rate of 5.0gb/s on the data pins. - 2x bandwidth over the pci-express 1.1 architecture. - x16 speed mode: maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8gb/s simulta...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 15 pex1_1/pex1_2: pci-express gen2 x1 slots - pci-express 2.0 compliant. - data transfer bandwidth up to 500mb/s per direction; 1gb/s in total. - pci-express gen2 supports a raw bit-rate of 5.0gb/s on the data pins. - 2x bandwidth over the pci-express 1.1 architecture. Pex1_1 pex1_2 pc...

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    Motherboard manual 16 chapter 3: headers & jumpers setup 3.1 h ow to s etup j umpers the illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened pin closed pin1-2 closed 3.2 d etail s ettings panel1: ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 17 jcmos1: clear cmos header placing the jumper on pin2-3 allows user to restore the bios safe setting and the cmos data. Please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard. 1 3 pin 1-2 close: normal operation (default). 3 1 1 3 pin 2-3 close: clear cmos data. ※ c...

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    Motherboard manual 18 f_audio1: front panel audio header this header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the pc front panel. This header allows only hd audio front panel connector; ac’97 connector is not acceptable. Pin assignment 1 mic left in 2 ground 3 mic right in 4 gpio 5 r...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 19 on-board led indicators there are 6 led indicators showing system status. Led_d1 led_d2 ph2 ph1 ph4 ph3 led_d1 & led_d2: debug indicators ph1 ~ ph4: power status indicators please refer to the tables below for specific messages: led_d1 led_d2 message on on normal on off memory error...

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    Motherboard manual 20 jusbv1/jusbv2: power source headers for usb ports pin 1-2 close: jusbv1: +5v for usb ports at usb1/rj45usb1. Jusbv2: +5v for usb ports at front panel (f_usb1~f_usb3). Pin 2-3 close: jusbv1: +5v stb for usb ports at usb1/ rj45usb1. Jusbv2: +5v stb for usb ports at front panel (f...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 21 chapter 4: (hybrid) crossfirex function 4.1 c ross f ire x r equirements only windows xp/vista supports crossfirex (dual video) function. A pair of graphics cards with radeon hd3650/hd3850/hd3870/hd4850/ hd4870/hd4670/hd4650/hd4350/hd4550/hd4830 gpu. The graphics card driver should ...

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    Motherboard manual 22 4.3 h ybrid c ross f ire x r equirements only windows vista supports hybrid crossfirex function. A graphics card with radeon hd3450/hd3470 gpu. The graphics card driver should support hybrid crossfirex technology. The power supply unit must provide at least the minimum power re...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 23 4.5 o peration m odes s upporting l ist operation mode model single card crossfirex hybrid crossfirex radeon hd3650 o o x radeon hd3850 o o x radeon hd3870 o o x radeon hd4850 o o x radeon hd4870 o o x radeon hd3450 o x o radeon hd3470 o x o radeon hd3870x2 o x x (o means supported,...

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    Motherboard manual 24 chapter 5: raid functions 5.1 o perating s ystem supports windows xp and windows vista. 5.2 r aid a rrays raid supports the following types of raid arrays: raid 0: raid 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for many applications. Raid 1: raid ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 25 raid 1: every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a raid 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array. Raid 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the active vo...

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    Motherboard manual 26 raid 1+0: raid 1 drives can be stripped using raid 0 techniques. Resulting in a raid 1+0 solution for improved resiliency, performance and rebuild performance. Features and benefits drives: minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform. Benefits: optimizes for bot...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 27 raid 5: raid 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It writes data and parity blocks across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained by ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a different drive ...

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    Motherboard manual 28 chapter 6: t-series bios & software 6.1 t-s eries bios t-series bios features overclocking navigator engine (o.N.E.) memory integration test (m.I.T., under overclock navigator engine) bio-flasher: update bios file from usb flash drive or fdd self recovery system (s.R.S) smart f...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 29 manual overclock system (m.O.S.) mos is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to customize personal overclock settings. Bios setup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chipset t-series vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Select screen select ite...

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    Motherboard manual 30 cpu tuning enter this function for more advanced cpu settings. Clock control enter this function for more clock settings. Voltage configuration enter this function for more advanced voltage settings. Dram timing configuration enter this function for more advanced dram clock set...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 31 v6 tech engine this engine will make a good over-clock performance. Bios setup utility main advanced pcipnp boot chipset t-series vxx.Xx (c)copyright 1985-200x, american megatrends, inc. Select screen select item change option general help save and exit exit +- f1 f10 esc t-series s...

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    Motherboard manual 32 notices: not all types of amd cpu perform above overclock setting ideally; the difference will be based on the selected cpu model. B. Memory integration test (m.I.T.) this function is under “overclocking navigator engine” item. Mit allows users to test memory compatibilities, a...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 33 c. Bio-flasher bio-flasher is a bios flashing utility providing you an easy and simple way to update your bios via usb pen drive or floppy disk. The bio-flasher is built in the bios chip. To enter the utility, press during the power-on self tests (post) procedure while booting up. U...

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    Motherboard manual 34 d. Self recovery system (s.R.S.) this function can’t be seen under bios setup; and is always on whenever the system starts up. However, it can prevent system hang-up due to inappropriate overclock actions. When the system hangs up, s.R.S. Will automatically log in the default b...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 35 smart fan calibration choose this item and then the bios will automatically test and detect the cpu/system fan functions and show cpu/system fan speed. Control mode this item provides several operation modes of the fan. Fan ctrl off(℃) if the cpu/system temperature is lower than the...

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    Motherboard manual 36 6.2 t-s eries s oftware installing t-series software 1. Insert the setup cd to the optical drive. The drivers installation program would appear if the auto-run function has been enabled. 2. Select software installation, and then click on the respective software title. 3. Follow...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 37 over clock panel v3/v6/v9 engine real-time over-clock auto over-clock restore default settings test & apply manual settings manual adjust cpu clock auto user can click this button and the utility will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. A warning dialog ...

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    Motherboard manual 38 then the utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using watchdog function. After reboot, launch the utility again and the utility will load the previously verified best and stable frequency. V3 / v6 / v9 provide user th...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 39 over voltage panel manual adjust cpu/memory/chipset/fsb voltage cpu voltage this function allows user to adjust cpu voltage. Click on “+” to increase or “-“ to decrease the cpu voltage. Memory voltage this function allows user to adjust memory voltage. Click on “+” to increase or “-...

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    Motherboard manual 40 about panel in this panel, you can get model name and other system information that may related to over-clocking. You can also get the version number of this software. Note because the over clock and over voltage features are controlled by several separate chipset, the utility ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 41 ehot-line (optional) ehot-line is a convenient utility that helps you to contact with our tech-support system. This utility will collect the system information which is useful for analyzing the problem you may have encountered, and then send these information to our tech-support dep...

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    Motherboard manual 42 enter the file name and then click “save”. Your system information will be saved to a .Txt file. Open the saved .Txt file, you will see your system information including motherboard/bios/cpu/video/ device/os information. This information is also concluded in the sent mail. We w...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 43 bios update bios update is a convenient utility which allows you to update your motherboard bios under windows system. Update bios with a bios file clear cmos function (only for award bios) show current bios information save current bios to a .Bin file award bios ami bios online upd...

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    Motherboard manual 44 before doing this, please download the proper bios file from the website. For award bios, update bios procedure should be run with clear cmos function, so please check on clear cmos first. Then click update bios button, a dialog will show for asking you backup current bios. Cli...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 45 (for ami bios only) automatically download and update the latest bios via internet; make sure that the computer is connected to the internet before using this function. After clicking on the online update button, the utility will search for the latest bios from internet. If there is...

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    Motherboard manual 46 chapter 7: useful help 7.1 d river i nstallation n ote after you installed your operating system, please insert the fully setup driver cd into your optical drive and install the driver for better system performance. You will see the following window after you insert the cd the ...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 47 7.2 e xtra i nformation cpu overheated if the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the cpu protection function has been activated. When the cpu is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the cpu, and the sy...

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    Motherboard manual 48 7.3 ami bios b eep c ode boot block beep codes number of beeps description 1 no media present. (insert diskette in floppy drive a:) 2 “amiboot.Rom” file not found in root directory of diskette in a: 3 insert next diskette if multiple diskettes are used for recovery 4 flash prog...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 49 7.4 t roubleshooting probable solution 1. There is no power in the system. Power led does not shine; the fan of the power supply does not work 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not shine. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical suppo...

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    Motherboard manual 50 appendix: spec in other languages g erman spezifikationen cpu sockel am2+ / am3 amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / althlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii prozessoren die amd 64-architektur unterstützt eine 32-bit- und 64-bit-datenverarbeitung unterstützt hyper transport 3.0 u...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 51 spezifikationen pci steckplatz x2 pci express gen2 x16 steckplatz x2 steckplätze pci express gen2 x1 steckplatz x2 diskettenlaufwerkanschluss x1 jeder anschluss unterstützt 2 diskettenlaufwerke druckeranschluss anschluss x1 jeder anschluss unterstützt 1 druckeranschluss ide-anschlus...

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    Motherboard manual 52 f rench spec uc socket am2+ / am3 processeurs amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / althlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii l'architecture amd 64 permet le calcul 32 et 64 bits prend en charge hyper transport 3.0 et powernow bus frontal prend en charge hyper transport 3.0 jusqu'à...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 53 spec connecteur de disquette x1 chaque connector prend en charge 2 lecteurs de disquettes connecteur de port d'imprimante x1 chaque connector prend en charge 1 port d'imprimante connecteur ide x1 chaque connecteur prend en charge 2 périphériques ide connecteur sata x6 chaque connect...

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    Motherboard manual 54 i talian specifica cpu socket am2+ / am3 processori amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / althlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii l’architettura amd 64 abilita la computazione 32 e 64 bit supporto di hyper transport 3.0 e powernow fsb supporto di hypertransport 3.0 fino a 5.2 gt/...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 55 specifica connettore floppy x1 ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità floppy connettore porta stampante x1 ciascun connettore supporta 1 porta stampante connettore ide x1 ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità ide connettore sata x6 ciascun connettore supporta 1 unità sata connettore pann...

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    Motherboard manual 56 s panish especificación cpu conector am2+ / am3 procesadores amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / athlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii la arquitectura amd 64 permite el procesado de 32 y 64 bits soporta las tecnologías hyper transport 3.0 y powernow fsb admite hypertransport 3...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 57 especificación conector disco flexible x1 cada conector soporta 2 unidades de disco flexible conector puerto de impresora x1 cada conector soporta 1 puerto de impresora conector ide x1 cada conector soporta 2 dispositivos ide conector sata x6 cada conector soporta 1 dispositivos sat...

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    Motherboard manual 58 p ortuguese especificaÇÕes cpu socket am2+ / am3 processadores amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / althlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii a arquitectura amd 64 permite uma computação de 32 e 64 bits suporta as tecnologias hyper transport 3.0 e powernow fsb suporta a tecnologia...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 59 especificaÇÕes conector da unidade de disquetes x1 cada conector suporta 2 unidades de disquetes conector da para impressora x1 cada conector suporta 1 porta para impressora conector ide x1 cada conector suporta 2 dispositivos ide conector sata x6 cada conector suporta 1 dispositivo...

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    Motherboard manual 60 p olish spec procesor socket am2+ / am3 amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / althlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii procesory architektura amd 64 umożliwia przetwarzanie 32 i 64 bitowe obsługa hyper transport 3.0 oraz powernow fsb obsługa hypertransport 3.0 o szerokości pasma d...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 61 spec złącze napędu dyskietek x1 każde złącze obsługuje 2 napędy dyskietek złącze port drukarki x1 każde złącze obsługuje 1 port drukarki złącze ide x1 każde złącze obsługuje 2 urządzenia ide złącze sata x6 każde złącze obsługuje 1 urządzenie sata złącze panela przedniego x1 obsługa ...

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    Motherboard manual 62 r ussian СПЕЦ cpu (центральн ый процессор) Гнездо am2+ / am3 Процессоры amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / althlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii Архитектура amd 64 разрешать обработка данных на 32 и 64 бит Поддержка hyper transport 3.0 и powernow fsb Поддержка hypertransport...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 63 СПЕЦ Разъём НГМД x1 Каждый разъём поддерживает 2 накопителя на гибких магнитных дисках Разъём Порт подключения принтера x1 Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 Порт подключения принтера Разъём ide x1 Каждый разъём поддерживает 2 встроенных интерфейса накопителей Разъём sata x6 Каждый разъём...

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    Motherboard manual 64 a rabic تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺲﺒﻘﻡam2+ / am3 تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻡamd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / sempron / phenom / phenom ii / althlon 64 x2 ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻦﻜﻤﺗamd 64 ﻠﻤﻌﻟا ءاﺮﺝإ ﺔﻋﺮﺴﺏ ﺔﻴﺏﻮﺳﺎﺤﻟا تﺎﻴ 32 و 64 ﺖﺏ ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗhyper transport و 3.0 powernow ﻲﺒﻥﺎﺠﻟا ﻲﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﻞﻗﺎﻨﻟا ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗhypert...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 65 تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا ﺔﺤﺘﻓ pci ﺪﻋ 2 ﺔﺤﺘﻓ gen2 x16 pci express دﺪﻋ 2 تﺎﺤﺘﻔﻟا ﺔﺤﺘﻓ pci express gen2 x1 دﺪﻋ 2 ﺔﻥﺮﻡ صاﺮﻗأ كﺮﺤﻡ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ 1 ﺔﻥﺮﻤﻟا صاﺮﻗﻸﻟ ﻦﻴآﺮﺤﻡ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ ﻨﻡ ﺔﻌﺏﺎﻃ ﺬﻔ دﺪﻋ 1 ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ide دﺪﻋ 1 ةﺰﻬﺝأ ﻦﻡ ﻦﻴﻨﺙا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳide ﺬﻔﻨﻡ sata دﺪﻋ 6 ةﺰﻬﺝأ ﻦﻡ ﺪﺣاو ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳsata ﺔﻴﻡﺎﻡﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ ...

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    Motherboard manual 66 j apanese 仕様 cpu socket am2+ / am3 amd athlon 64 / athlon 64 fx / althlon 64 x2 / sempron / phenom / phenom ii プロセッサ amd 64アーキテクチャでは、32ビットと64ビット計算が 可能です ハイパートランスポート 3.0とクールアンドクワイアット をサポートします fsb 5.2 gt/sのバンド幅までハイパートランスポート 3.0をサポートします チップセット amd 790gx amd sb750 メインメモリ ddr2 dimmス...

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    Ta790gxe 128m 67 仕様 フロッピーコネクタ x1 各コネクタは 2つのフロッピードライブをサポートします プリンタポートコネクタ x1 各コネクタは 1つのプリンタポートをサポートします ideコネクタ x1 各コネクタは 2つのideデバイスをサポートします sataコネクタ x6 各コネクタは 1つのsataデバイスをサポートします フロントパネルコネクタ x1 フロントパネル機能をサポートします フロントオーディオコネクタ x1 フロントパネルオーディオ機能をサポートします cdインコネクタ x1 cdオーディオイン機能をサポートします s/pdifアウトコネクタ x1 ...