Biostar TA790GXB3 Owner's Manual

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digit

Motherboard Manual 8 2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY A. DDR3 Modules DDR3_A1DDR3_B1DDR3_A2DDR3_B2 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 9 B. Memory Capacity DIMM Socket Location DDR3 Module Total Memory Size DIMMA1 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB DIMMB1 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB DIMMA2

Motherboard Manual 10 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 36

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 11 SATA1~SATA6: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 6 channels SATA interface, it satisfies th

Motherboard Manual 12 ATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. 1121

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 13 PEX16_1: PCI-Express Gen2 x16 Slot - PCI-Express 2.0 compliant. - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8GB/s simultaneou

Motherboard Manual 14 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper ca

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 15 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header Placing the jumper on pin2-3 allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data. Please c

Motherboard Manual 16 F_AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel. This

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 17 On-Board LED Indicators There are 6 LED indicators showing system status. LED_D1LED_D2PH2PH1PH4PH3 LED_D1 & LED_D2: Debug I

Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction... 1 1.1 Before You Start ...

Motherboard Manual 18 JUSBV1/JUSBV2: Power Source Headers for USB Ports Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at USB1/RJ45USB1. JUSBV2: +5V for USB

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 19 CHAPTER 4: HYBRID CROSSFIREX FUNCTION 4.1 HYBRID CROSSFIREX REQUIREMENTS Only Windows Vista supports Hybrid CrossFireX functio

Motherboard Manual 20 CHAPTER 5: RAID FUNCTIONS 5.1 OPERATING SYSTEM Supports Windows XP and Windows VISTA. 5.2 RAID ARRAYS RAID supports the followin

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 21 RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (

Motherboard Manual 22 RAID 1+0: RAID 1 drives can be stripped using RAID 0 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 1+0 solution for improved resiliency, perf

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 23 RAID 5: RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It writes data and parity blocks across a

Motherboard Manual 24 CHAPTER 6: T-SERIES BIOS & SOFTWARE 6.1 T-SERIES BIOS T-Series BIOS Features Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.) Memor

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 25 Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) MOS is designed for experienced overclock users. It allows users to customize personal overc

Motherboard Manual 26 Clock Control Enter this function for more clock settings. Voltage Configuration Enter this function for more advanced voltage s

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 27 V6 Tech Engine This engine will make a good over-clock performance. BIOS SETUP UTILITYMain AdvancedPCIPnP BootChipset T-Seriesv

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BEFORE YOU START Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, p

Motherboard Manual 28 Notices: Not all types of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; the difference will be based on the selected CPU mode

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 29 C. BIO-Flasher BIO-Flasher is a BIOS flashing utility providing you an easy and simple way to update your BIOS via USB pen dri

Motherboard Manual 30 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. H

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 31 Smart Fan Calibration Choose this item and then the BIOS will automatically test and detect the CPU/System fan functions and sh

Motherboard Manual 32 6.2 T-SERIES SOFTWARE Installing T-Series Software 1. Insert the Setup CD to the optical drive. The drivers installation pro

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 33 Over Clock Panel V3/V6/V9 EngineReal-time Over-clockAUTO Over-ClockRestore Default SettingsTest & Apply Manual SettingsManu

Motherboard Manual 34 Then the utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog f

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 35 Over Voltage Panel Manual AdjustCPU/Memory/Chipset/FSB Voltage CPU Voltage This function allows user to adjust CPU voltage.

Motherboard Manual 36 About Panel In this panel, you can get model name and other system information that may related to over-clocking. You can also

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 37 eHot-Line (Optional) eHot-Line is a convenient utility that helps you to contact with our Tech-Support system. This utility

Motherboard Manual 2 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES SPEC CPU Socket AM3 AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II processors AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit compu

Motherboard Manual 38 Enter the file name and then click “Save”. Your system information will be saved to a .txt file. Open the saved .txt file, y

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 39 BIOS Update BIOS Update is a convenient utility which allows you to update your motherboard BIOS under Windows system. Update B

Motherboard Manual 40 <Update BIOS> Before doing this, please download the proper BIOS file from the website. For AWARD BIOS, update BIOS proced

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 41 <Online Update> (for AMI BIOS only) Automatically download and update the latest BIOS via internet; make sure that the co

Motherboard Manual 42 CHAPTER 7: USEFUL HELP 7.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION NOTE After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Dri

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 43 7.2 EXTRA INFORMATION CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU

Motherboard Manual 44 7.3 AMI BIOS BEEP CODE Boot Block Beep Codes Number of Beeps Description 1 No media present. (Insert diskette in floppy drive

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 45 7.4 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. There is no power in the system. Power LED does not shine; the fan of the power suppl

Motherboard Manual 46 APPENDIX: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGES GERMAN Spezifikationen CPU Sockel AM3 AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II Prozessoren Die AMD 64-Archite

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 47 Spezifikationen Diskettenlaufwerkanschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2 Diskettenlaufwerke Druckeranschluss Anschluss x1

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 3 SPEC Floppy Connector x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives IDE Connector x1 Each connector supports 2 IDE device SATA

Motherboard Manual 48 FRENCH SPEC UC Socket AM3 Processeurs AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II L'architecture AMD 64 permet le calcul 32 et 64 bits Prend

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 49 SPEC Connecteur de disquette x1 Chaque connector prend en charge 2 lecteurs de disquettes Connecteur de Port d'imprimante

Motherboard Manual 50 ITALIAN SPECIFICA CPU Socket AM3 Processori AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II L’architettura AMD 64 abilita la computazione 32 e 64 bit

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 51 SPECIFICA Connettore floppy x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità Floppy Connettore Porta stampante x1 Ciascun connettore

Motherboard Manual 52 SPANISH Especificación CPU Conector AM3 Procesadores AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II La arquitectura AMD 64 permite el procesado de 32

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 53 Especificación Conector disco flexible X1 Cada conector soporta 2 unidades de disco flexible Conector Puerto de impresora X1

Motherboard Manual 54 PORTUGUESE ESPECIFICAÇÕES CPU Socket AM3 Processadores AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II A arquitectura AMD 64 permite uma computação de

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 55 ESPECIFICAÇÕES Conector da unidade de disquetes x1 Cada conector suporta 2 unidades de disquetes Conector da para impressora

Motherboard Manual 56 POLISH SPEC Procesor Socket AM3 AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II Procesory Architektura AMD 64 umożliwia przetwarzanie 32 i 64 bitowe O

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 57 SPEC Złącze napędu dyskietek x1 Każde złącze obsługuje 2 napędy dyskietek Złącze Port drukarki x1 Każde złącze obsługuje 1

Motherboard Manual 4 1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT KBMS1USB1RJ45USB1VGA1DVI1AUDIO2AT XPWR2JUSBV1AUXPWR1SYS_FAN1LANCodecF_AUDIO1SPDIF1CD_IN1FDD1JUSBV2 F_USB1

Motherboard Manual 58 RUSSIAN СПЕЦ CPU (центральный процессор) Гнездо AM3 Процессоры AMD Phenom II/ Athlon II Архитектура AMD 64 разрешать обработка

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 59 СПЕЦ Разъём НГМД x1 Каждый разъём поддерживает 2 накопителя на гибких магнитных дисках Разъём Порт подключения принтера x1 Каж

Motherboard Manual 60 ARABIC تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣوﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺲﺒﻘﻡAM3 تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻡAMD Phenom II/ Athlon II ﺗ ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻦﻜﻤ AMD 64 ﺔﻋﺮﺴﺏ ﺔﻴﺏﻮﺳﺎﺤﻟا تﺎﻴﻠﻤﻌﻟا

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 61 تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا ﺔﻥﺮﻡ صاﺮﻗأ كﺮﺤﻡ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻥﺮﻤﻟا صاﺮﻗﻸﻟ ﻦﻴآﺮﺤﻡ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ ﺔﻌﺏﺎﻃ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺬﻔﻨﻡIDE دﺪﻋ1 ةﺰﻬﺝأ ﻦﻡ ﻦﻴﻨﺙا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻞآ ﻢﻋ

Motherboard Manual 62 JAPANESE 仕様 CPU Socket AM3 AMD Phenom II/ Athlon 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サポートします FSB 5.2 GT/s

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 63 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

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 5 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever toward direction A from

Motherboard Manual 6 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct B to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU F

TA790GXB3/TA785-A3 7 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different accor