Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P - motherboard - ATX - AMD 790FX
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Part number: GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
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- The GA-MA790FXT-UD5P introduces revolutionary Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 technology on latest AMD socket AM3 platform with featuring 2 oz copper PCB and further helps to reduce the system temperature and dramatically enhance the performance. Based on AMD 790FX chipset, the GA-MA790FXT-UD5P supports the generation of 45nm AMD Phenom II series processors, integrated DDR3 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 technology links ... Read more
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6 stars
Great mobo with one very major flaw.
by dacopper on November 30, 2009
Pros: Power and reset buttons right on the board -- great for testing. Loads of SATA and USB ports.
Cons: RAID design is flawed.
Summary: I have this mobo in my gaming rig. It's supposed to be able to handle 2 PCIE cards at 16x. Right now I have 1 video card with 2 ...
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Summary: I have this mobo in my gaming rig. It's supposed to be able to handle 2 PCIE cards at 16x. Right now I have 1 video card with 2 GPU's and the performance is outstanding.
Here's the thing about RAID. It's implemented within system BIOS from where it gets enabled/disabled. It also has an interface of its own when you press Ctrl-F during boot-up but like I said, in order to enable it, you have to go into BIOS Peripheral Settings and enable it from there. Here's where the flaw comes in. Gigabyte provides an automated Windows BIOS update utility called @BIOS. There's also a checkbox in that utility Reset to Default (or something along the lines) which will reset your BIOS to manufacturer's settings when you flash it. And as you might've guessed by now, RAID enabled is NOT the default setting in BIOS. By the time you notice the checkbox and realize what you've just done, it's a little too late. Next time you boot up, the RAID is undone, but Windows still boots off of one of the disks. You can actually see both drives in Windows that are exact copies of each other. Going back to BIOS and enabling RAID doesn't make it recognize your old RAID config. You'll have to set it up anew. And guess what setting up a new RAID array does? That's right, erases data! So, unless you backed it up during the last successful boot, you're screwed.
The solution to this problem would be to give RAID it's own BIOS independent of the system's and hopefully Gigabyte will implement it with the next version of this mobo. For not, I strongly recommend NOT to use RAID with this mobo.
Btw, this is my second mobo from Gigabyte and I had no problem with RAID in my previous one.
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- Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
- Part number: GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
- Description: The GA-MA790FXT-UD5P introduces revolutionary Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 technology on latest AMD socket AM3 platform with featuring 2 oz copper PCB and further helps to reduce the system temperature and dramatically enhance the performance. Based on AMD 790FX chipset, the GA-MA790FXT-UD5P supports the generation of 45nm AMD Phenom II series processors, integrated DDR3 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 technology links and dual PCI Express 2.0 graphics interfaces (running at x16 and x16) for ATI CrossFireX support. With the innovative Gigabyte Easy Energy Saver technology, the MA790FXT-UD5P is able to provide user friendly computing, reach the maximum system performance easily while still able to save the power and environment in real life at the same time.
General
- Product type (AE) Motherboard
- Form factor ATX
- Width 12 in
- Depth 9.6 in
- Compatible Processors Phenom II X3, Phenom II X4
- 64-bit Processor Compatibility Yes
- Mainboard processor socket Socket AM3
- Mainboard / Multi-Core Support Triple-core / Quad-core
- Chipset Type AMD 790FX / AMD SB750
- Data bus speed 2600 MHz
- BIOS type Award
- Storage key information ATA-133, Serial ATA-300 (RAID)
- Power connectors 8-pin ATX12V connector, 24-pin main power connector
Processor
- Installed Qty (Max Supported) 0 ( 1 )
Memory
- Supported RAM Technology DDR3 SDRAM
- RAM Installed ( Max ) 0 MB / 16 GB (max)
- Supported RAM Speed PC3-8500, PC3-10666
- RAM Features Dual channel memory architecture
Audio
- Audio Output Sound card
- Audio codec Realtek ALC889A
- Sound Output Mode 7.1 channel surround
- Audio output compliant standards Dolby Home Theater, High Definition Audio
Telecom / Networking
- Modem None
- Networking Network adapter - 2 x Realtek RTL8111DL - Ethernet, - Fast Ethernet, - Gigabit Ethernet
Features
- BIOS Features DMI 2.0 support, ACPI 1.0b support, SMBIOS 2.4 support
- Hardware Monitoring System voltage, CPU fan tachometer, Chassis temperature, CPU core temperature, Chassis fan tachometer, CPU overheating protection
- Hardware Features Q-Flash, EasyTune6, Time Repair, Ultra Durable 3, Virtual Dual BIOS, Teaming Technology, GIGABYTE Easy Energy Saver, Chassis intrusion detection, ATI CrossFireX technology support
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1 Processor - Socket AM3, 4 Memory ( 1.5 V ) - DIMM 240-pin, 2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 ( CrossFireX: full x16, x16 mode ), 3 PCI Express x1, 2 PCI
- Storage Interfaces AMD SB750 : ATA-133 - connector(s): 1 x 40pin IDC - 2 device(s), AMD SB750 : Serial ATA-300 - connector(s): 6 x 7pin Serial ATA - 6 device(s) - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 10 / RAID 5 / JBOD, Serial ATA-300 - connector(s): 4 x 7pin Serial ATA - 4 device(s) - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD
- Interfaces 1 x Storage - Floppy interface - 34 pin IDC, 1 x Audio - Line-in - 4 pin MPC, 1 x Keyboard - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style), 1 x Mouse - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style), 1 x Audio - SPDIF output - RCA, 1 x Audio - SPDIF output - TOSLINK, 8 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 6 pin FireWire, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 4 pin FireWire, 2 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45, 1 x Audio - Line-out - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Audio - Line-in - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Microphone - Input - Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1 x Audio - Line-out (side surround) - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Audio - Line-out (rear) - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Audio - Line-out (center/subwoofer) - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
- Additional connectors (optional) 4 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Miscellaneous
- Software Included @BIOS, Q-Share, EasyTune 6, AMD OverDrive, Xpress Recovery 2, Drivers & utilities
- Compliant Standards ACPI 1.0b, Plug and Play
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