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KW7 Series

(KW7, KW7-G)

AMD Athlon



XP System Board

Socket 462

User’s Manual

4200-0416-02

Rev. 1.01

Summary of Contents for KW7

Page 1: ...KW7 Series KW7 KW7 G AMD Athlon XP System Board Socket 462 User s Manual 4200 0416 02 Rev 1 01 ...

Page 2: ...al or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manua...

Page 3: ...icators Headers 2 10 7 Additional IEEE1394 Port Headers 2 11 8 Additional USB Port Headers 2 11 9 Front Panel Audio Connection Header 2 12 10 Internal Audio Connectors 2 13 11 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 13 12 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 2 14 13 Serial ATA Connectors 2 15 14 Back Panel Connectors 2 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 1 SoftMenu Setup 3 2 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 3 4 3 3 ...

Page 4: ...Appendix B Install Audio Driver B 1 Appendix C Install LAN Driver C 1 Appendix D Install VIA USB 2 0 Driver D 1 Appendix E Install Serial ATA RAID Driver E 1 Appendix F ABIT EQ The Hardware Doctor Utility F 1 Appendix G FlashMenu BIOS Update Utility G 1 Appendix H Troubleshooting Need Assistance H 1 Appendix I How to Get Technical Support I 1 KW7 Series ...

Page 5: ...els of Serial ATA 150MB s data transfer rate with RAID function 0 1 via South Bridge 5 IEEE 1394 Supports 2 Port IEEE 1394 at 100 200 400 Mb s transfer rate KW7 G 6 LAN Onboard 10 100 1000M LAN Controller KW7 G Onboard 10 100M LAN Controller 7 Audio Onboard 6 Channel AC 97 CODEC Professional digital audio interface supports S PDIF In Out 8 ABIT Engineered ABIT SoftMenu Technology ABIT FanEQ Techno...

Page 6: ...or Mic In Line In Front Left Front Right 2x USB 2 0 connectors 1x IEEE 1394 connector KW7 G 2x USB 2 0 connectors 1x RJ 45 LAN connector 11 Miscellaneous ATX form factor 305mm x 245mm Hardware Monitoring Including Fan speed Voltages CPU and System temperature 12 Order Information Model Features KW7 G GbE LAN IEEE1394 S PDIF In Out 6 ch Audio KW7 10 100M LAN S PDIF In Out 6 ch Audio Specifications ...

Page 7: ...Introduction 1 3 1 2 Layout Diagram User s Manual ...

Page 8: ...1 4 Chapter 1 KW7 Series ...

Page 9: ... the tip of the spacers and insert them into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the board into position aligned with slots After the board has been positioned check to make sure everything is OK before putting the chassis back on ATTENTION To prevent shorting the PCB circuit please REMOVE the metal studs or spacers if they are already fastened on the chassis base and are wit...

Page 10: ...ce to insert CPU it only fit in one direction Close the CPU release lever 3 Remove the plastic film adhesive on the heatsink Make sure the stepped portion of the heatsink is facing toward the end of the socket that reads Socket 462 Put the heatsink faces down onto the processor until it covers the processor completely 4 Push down the short end of the retaining clip first to lock up with the center...

Page 11: ...slots DIMM2 DIMM4 When installing FOUR DIMM modules Install DIMM modules of the same type and size for slots DIMM1 DIMM3 and slots DIMM2 DIMM4 Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 1 DIMM1 256MB 512MB 1GB 256MB 1GB Bank 2 3 DIMM2 256MB 512MB 1GB 256MB 1GB Bank 4 5 DIMM3 256MB 512MB 1GB 256MB 1GB Bank 6 7 DIMM4 256MB 512MB 1GB 256MB 1GB Total System Memory 256MB 4GB NOTE Usually there is no hardwa...

Page 12: ... ejector tabs at both sides of the slot automatically snaps into the mounting notch Do not force the DIMM module in with extra force as the DIMM module only fit in one direction 5 To remove the DIMM modules push the two ejector tabs on the slot outward simultaneously and then pull out the DIMM module ATTENTION Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boar...

Page 13: ...out diagram is shown in Chapter 1 for all the position of connectors and headers on the board that you may refer to WARNING Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component Failing to so may cause severe damage to your motherboard and or peripherals Plug in the AC power cord only after you have carefully checked everything 1 ATX Power...

Page 14: ...led in your system The CPU must be kept cool by using a powerful fan with heatsink The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan CPUFAN1 CPU Fan SYSFAN1 System Fan AUXFAN1 Auxiliary Fan WARNING These fan connectors are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors KW7 Series ...

Page 15: ...o clear the CMOS memory Pin 1 2 shorted default Normal operation Pin 2 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory WARNING Turn the power off first including the 5V standby power before clearing the CMOS memory Failing to do so may cause your system to work abnormally or malfunction User s Manual ...

Page 16: ...e Short pin 2 and pin 3 for Strapping from Hardware to allow the CPU hardware controls the timing of S2K bus for a better system flexibility The default setting is pin 1 and pin 2 shorted for Strapping from boot ROM to allow the internal boot ROM controls the timing of S2K bus KW7 Series ...

Page 17: ...oard Mouse port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at Keyboard Mouse port USB PWR1 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB1 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB1 port USB PWR2 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB2 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB2 port User s Manual ...

Page 18: ...ion will only cause the LED not lighting but a wrong connection of the switches could cause system malfunction HLED Pin 1 3 Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis front panel RST Pin 5 7 Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front panel SPK Pin 15 17 19 21 Connects to the System Speaker cable of chassis SLED Pin 2 4 Connects to the Suspend LED cable if there is one of chassis front panel...

Page 19: ...nment Pin Pin Assignment 1 TPA0 2 TPA0 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB0 6 TPB0 7 12V 8 12V 9 NC 10 Ground 8 Additional USB Port Headers These headers each provide 2 additional USB 2 0 ports connection through an USB cable designed for USB 2 0 specifications Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 NC 10 NC User s Manual ...

Page 20: ... front panel by the extenson cable provided with the chassis To use the audio connector at rear panel disconnect the extension cable attach the jumpers back at pin 5 6 and pin 9 10 default setting Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 Audio Mic 2 Ground 3 Audio Mic Bias 4 VCC 5 Speaker Out Right Channel 6 Speaker Out Right Channel Return 7 X 8 NC 9 Speaker Out Left Channel 10 Speaker Out Left Ch...

Page 21: ...nect to the audio output of internal CD ROM drive or add on card Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 11 This slot supports an optional AGP graphics card up to AGP 8X mode ATTENTION This motherboard does not support 3 3V AGP cards Use only 1 5V or 0 8V AGP cards User s Manual ...

Page 22: ... FDC1 port and the floppy connector Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 100 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3 connector Ultra ATA 66 ribbon cables Connect the single end blue connector at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board the other two ends gray and black connector at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors of your hard...

Page 23: ... one Serial ATA device at each channel via Serial ATA cable A RAID 0 or RAID 1 array is also available by software configuration To enable the SATA1 and SATA2 controller the item OnChip SATA Device must be kept enabled default setting in the BIOS menu of OnChip IDE Device User s Manual ...

Page 24: ...DIO1 R L R R Rear Left Rear Right Connects to the rear left and rear right channel in the 5 1 channel audio system Cen Sub Center Subwoofer Connects to the center and subwoofer channel in the 5 1 channel audio system AUDIO2 Mic In Connects to the plug from external microphone Line In Connects to the line out from external audio sources F L F R Front Left Front Right Connects to the front left and ...

Page 25: ...ssing the Reset button on computer chassis Only when it failed by these two methods can you restart the system by powering it off and then back on After pressing Del key the main menu screen appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SoftMenu Setup PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Password...

Page 26: ...Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Name This item displays the CPU name Model Name This item displays the CPU model name CPU Operating Speed This item displays the CPU operating speed according to the type and speed of your CPU You can also select the User Define option to enter the manual option CPU FSB Clock MHz This item se...

Page 27: ... item from at Normal to to Fast and go through the same process we mentioned before you will see this item shows at Fast if you press the Enter key you ll see the two options at Fast to Normal and the default setting is at Fast You can select item if you want CPU decode address is faster or normal speed We suggest you choose to Normal for greatest stability Should you want increased performance th...

Page 28: ... Secondary Master None IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1046520K Total Memory 1047552K Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Date mm dd yy This item sets the date you specify usually the current date in the format...

Page 29: ...tomatically IDE Primary Master Slave IDE Secondary Master Slave When set to Auto the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE drive you are using If you want to define your own drive by yourself set it to Manual and make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters Please refer to the instruction manual provided by the device s manufacturer to get the setting right Access Mode Thi...

Page 30: ... mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system boot up All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detect a non fatal error No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error detected All But Keyboard The system boot will stop for all errors except a keyboard error ...

Page 31: ...selected for the booting sequence to boot up system This item functions only when there is the option of Hard Disk in any one of the First Second Third Boot Device items First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device items respectively The BIOS will boot the o...

Page 32: ...r password every time the system boots or only when enters the BIOS setup Setup The password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup System The password is required each time the computer boots up NOTE Don t forget your password If you forget the password you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But by doing this you wi...

Page 33: ...DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter Item Help AGP P2P Bridge Control Press Enter CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole At 15 16M Disabled Top Performance Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults User s Manual ...

Page 34: ...ode X Ch A MD Output Delay 8D CB GrayCode X Ch B MD Output Delay 64 56 GrayCode DQS DQM CS CKE Max Drive Auto X RxE0 Ch A DQS Drive 75 X RxE1 Ch B DQS Drive 00 X RxE2 Ch A DQM Drive 65 X RxE3 Ch B DQM Drive 00 X RxE4 Ch A CS CKE Drive 98 X RxE5 Ch A CS CKE Drive 00 X RxE8 MAA Drive A9 X RxEA MAB Drive A9 DQS Input Delay Auto X Rx7C DIMM0 00 X Rx7D DIMM1 00 X Rx7E DIMM2 00 X Rx7F DIMM3 00 Prefetch ...

Page 35: ...Trfc Active to Active Trrd DRAM Bus Selection This item selects the memory channel among Single Dual or Auto DRAM Command Rate Two options are available 2T Command or 1T Command The default setting is 2T Command When the host northbridge locates the desired memory address it then processes the wait state of commands Set it to 2T Command for system compatibility or to 1T Command for system performa...

Page 36: ...e RxEA MAB Drive DQS Input Delay Two options are available Auto or Manual The following items will be available to make adjustments by selecting option Manual Rx7C DIMM0 Rx7D DIMM1 Rx7E DIMM2 Rx7F DIMM3 Prefetch Controller This item enables or disables the prefetch controller S2K series control Two options are available Auto or Manual The following items will be available to make adjustments by se...

Page 37: ...s item to its default setting AGP Aperture Size This option specifies the amount of system memory that can be used by the AGP device The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space AGP 2 0 Mode This item selects the data transfer rate of AGP device A higher rate delivers faster and better graphics to your system Make sure your graphics card sup...

Page 38: ...sing some graphics cards of AGP 3 0 specifications NOTE This item appears only when installing graphics card of AGP 3 0 specifications Back to Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu CPU PCI Bus Control Click Enter key to enter its submenu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU PCI Bus Control PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled Item Help CPU to PCI Post Write Enabled VLink 8x Support Enabled PCI Delay T...

Page 39: ...data transfer between northbridge and southbridge PCI Delay Transaction Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Enabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 2 Back to Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu Memory Hole At 15 16M When set to Enabled ...

Page 40: ...ter PWR Fail Off Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip IDE Device Click Enter key to enter its submenu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Item Help SATA Mode RAID OnChip IDE 1 Controller Enabled OnChip IDE 2 Controller Enabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F...

Page 41: ...IDE controller Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller OnChip PCI Device Click Enter key to enter its submenu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip PCI Device OnChip Audio Controller Enabled Item Help OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Device Emulation None X USB Keyboard Support OS X USB Mouse Support OS USB 2 0 Controller Enabled Move Enter Select PU PD Valu...

Page 42: ...faults Power On Function Four options are available Hot Key Password Mouse Button Only The default setting is Button Only This iten allow you to choose the computer power turn on method you like Some item you choose some of the following items will be available to let you making further setting For instance when you set this item to Password the item of KB Power On Password will allow you to enter...

Page 43: ...sed by the parallel port Disabled This option prevents the parallel port from accessing any system resources When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becomes unavailable 378 IRQ7 This option allows the parallel port to use 378 IRQ7 as its I O port address The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I O Port 378H as the standard setting 278 IRQ5 This opt...

Page 44: ...rd audio solution you have to disable three items in BIOS Otherwise your audio adapter may not work well These three items are AC 97 Audio set to Disabled Game Port Address set to Disabled Midi Port Address set to Disabled Back to Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Init Display First This item selects to initialize AGP or PCI Slot first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first ...

Page 45: ...nd to RAM function MODEM Use IRQ You can specify the IRQ for modem use Eight options are available NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 The default setting is NA Power Button Function This item selects the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system This will prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the ...

Page 46: ...sword When you set this item to Hot Key the item of Hot Key Power On will allow you to choose the hot key you want If you choose Mouse you can press any key on mouse to turn on the computer power NOTE To enable this Power On function the wake up header of PS2 PWR1 USB PWR1 USB PWR2 must be set to Enabled position Please refer to the configuration of Wake up Header PS2 PWR1 USB PWR1 and USB PWR2 in...

Page 47: ...cting from PCI card PME will awaken a system that has powered down Resume by Ring Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled When set to Enabled any event affecting from Modem Ring will awaken a system that has powered down Wakeup by Alarm Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled When set to Enabled you can set the date and ti...

Page 48: ...s Resources Controlled By This item configures all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Resources menu IRQ Resources This item sets each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work w...

Page 49: ...oltage 2 67 V ATX 3 3V 3 34 V ATX 5V 5 08 V ATX 12V 11 97 V AGP VDDQ Voltage 1 61 V DDR VTT Voltage 1 34 V Battery Voltage 3V 3 24 V Standby Voltage 5V 5 06 V Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Shutdown Temperature This item sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to p...

Page 50: ...t your add on card I O address to avoid using these addresses 3 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 10 Load Optimized Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 3 11 Set Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restri...

Page 51: ...em For those of other OS please follow its on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click VIA 4in1 Driver The following screen appears 1 Click ...

Page 52: ...A 2 Appendix A Click Next 6 7 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click OK to complete setup KW7 Series ...

Page 53: ...t the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Audio Driver The following screen appears Click Next 1 2 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to c...

Page 54: ...B 2 Appendix B B 2 Appendix B KW7 Series KW7 Series ...

Page 55: ...s on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click LAN Driver The following screen appears Click OK to exit the installation 1 User s Manual ...

Page 56: ...C 2 Appendix C C 2 Appendix C KW7 Series KW7 Series ...

Page 57: ...s on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click VIA USB 2 0 Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click Next 3 For Windows 2000 i...

Page 58: ...D 2 Appendix D D 2 Appendix D KW7 Series KW7 Series ...

Page 59: ...een instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click VIA SATA RAID Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click Next Click Next 3 Click Next 4 ...

Page 60: ...E 2 Appendix E 6 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup KW7 Series ...

Page 61: ...rive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to ABIT Utility tab Click ABIT EQ The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click Next Click Next 3 4 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete set...

Page 62: ...creen appears ABIT EQ shows you the status of Voltage Fan Speed and Temperature readings as well The item names in this screen shot are for reference only may not be exactly the same as what you see on your monitor KW7 Series ...

Page 63: ...D into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to ABIT Utility tab Click FlashMenu The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click Next Click Next 3 Click Finish to complete setup 4 5 Execute the FlashMenu by en...

Page 64: ...G 2 Appendix G Click OK 6 7 This FlashMenu screen appears You can easily update the BIOS from clicking Update From File One Click LiveUpdate or LiveUpdate Step by Step button KW7 Series ...

Page 65: ...est the following three troubleshooting methods to discharge CMOS data recover the hardware default status and then make the motherboard working again No need to bother returning the motherboard to where you bought from or go through an RMA process Step 1 Switch off the power supply unit and then switch it on again after one minute If there is no power switch on the power supply unit disconnect it...

Page 66: ...y to start the system each time you insert a card until the system will not start Keep the VGA card and the interface card that caused the problem inserted on the motherboard remove any other cards or peripheral and start again If you still cannot start note the information related to both cards in the add on Card space provided and don t forget to indicate the motherboard model version BIOS ident...

Page 67: ...xample In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ST31621A 1 6GB 8 CD ROM Drive Indicate the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2 and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is IDE2 Master Example In the CD ROM drive space check the box in the Brand space write Mitsumi in ...

Page 68: ...me Phone Number Contact Person Fax Number E mail Address Model BIOS ID Motherboard Model No DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory ADD ON CARD Problem Description KW7 Series ...

Page 69: ...ts have the best quality and compatibility In case you need service or technical support please understand the constraint we have and always check with the reseller who sold the product to you first To expedite service we recommend that you follow the procedures outlined below before contacting us With your help we can meet our commitment to provide the best service to the greatest number of ABIT ...

Page 70: ... or refund policies How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase 6 Contacting ABIT If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department First please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you They will be more familiar with local conditions and problems and will have better insight as to which resell...

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Page 72: ...p www abit com tw 8 Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others For this reason any compatibility problem that is reported to us giving detailed system configuration information and error symptoms will receive the highest priority For the other questions...

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