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KM400T-8X Series

Specification

CPU:

Supports Socket 462 (Socket A)

Supports AMD

Athlon XP

, Athlon

, Duron

, Barton

processors

Speed:

200/ 266/ 333 MHz Front Side Bus frequency

33 MHz, 32 bit PCI interface (PCI 2.2 compliant)

66 MHz AGP 2.0 compliant interface that supports 2X/ 4X data transfer modes

66 MHz AGP 3.0 compliant interface that supports 8X data transfer modes

Chipset:

Northbridge Chip – VIA VT8377 (KT400)

Southbridge Chip – VIA VT8235

I/O Controller – Winbond Super I/O W83697HF

Audio Codec – VIA VT1616

LAN Chip – VIA VT6103

DRAM Memory:

Supports DDR333 (PC2700)/ DDR266 (PC2100)/ DDR200 (PC1600) SDRAM

Supports 64 MB/ 128 MB/ 256 MB/ 512 MB/ 1 GB unbuffered/ registered non-ECC
DIMM modules

Supports up to two double-sided memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB

Green Functionality:

Supports Phoenix-Award BIOS ™ power management functionality

Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity

Shadow RAM:

This mainboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and
support for ROM BIOS

Summary of Contents for KM400T-8X Series

Page 1: ...g the vendor s approval in writing Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to com...

Page 2: ...rtonTM Processor USER Manual Package Contents z IDE Cable z FDC Cable z USB Bracket optional z Installation and Setup Driver CD z KM400T 8X Series User Manual Dimensions Micro ATX form factor z 200 mm x 243 mm WxL Operating System z Supports most popular operating systems Windows 9X ME 2000 XP etc ...

Page 3: ...LLATION 8 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 20 INTRODUCTION 20 MAIN MENU 22 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 24 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 32 POWER MANAGEMENT 36 HARDWARE MONITOR 41 LOAD DEFAULTS 42 EXIT MENU 43 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 44 SOFTWARE LIST 44 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 44 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 46 APPENDIX I SUPER 5 1 CHANNEL SETUP 49 ...

Page 4: ...djustments to the BIOS configuration For more details please refer the Frequency Voltage Control section The KM400T 8X Series provide one AGP Slot for 2X 4X 8X 1 5V only AGP cards The KM400T 8X Series include built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 The KM400T 8X Series also comes with an Audio Codec VIA VT1616 which supports high quality 6 channel audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio...

Page 5: ...z Southbridge Chip VIA VT8235 z I O Controller Winbond Super I O W83697HF z Audio Codec VIA VT1616 z LAN Chip VIA VT6103 DRAM Memory z Supports DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM z Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered registered non ECC DIMM modules z Supports up to two double sided memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB Green Functionality z Supports Phoenix Awar...

Page 6: ...layback capability Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect z Supports Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF for output only LAN Controller on board only for KM400T 8X PRO z 10 100 MHz full and half duplex operation z Independent 2K byte FIFOs for receive and transmit z Magic packet and wake on address filtering z Software controllable power down IDE Facilities z Supports Ultra ATA 33 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA...

Page 7: ...egacy function z Supports ACPI power management Sophisticated OTP Over Temperature Protection z Special design for CPU Over Temperature Protection z OTP is functional when using an Athlon XPTM CPU Watch Dog Timer z The mainboard contains a special feature called the Watch Dog Timer which is used to detect when the system is unable to handle over clocking configurations during POST stage Once detec...

Page 8: ...liary FAN CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN 9 Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED 13 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 14 Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 15 Over Temperature Protection Function JP4 15 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 16 CPU Clock select Jumper JP5 JP6 16 CPU Ratio select SW1A JP9 17 Case Open Warning Header CASE OPEN 17 Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector S PDIF 18 Front Panel Audio Header FRONT AUDIO 18 PC99 ...

Page 9: ... Socket 462 U6 CPUFAN BAT1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM2 IDE1 IDE2 DIMM1 VIA VT8235 USB3 VIA VT6103 1 2 2 1 1 1 BIOS U17 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 FRONT AUDIO 1 9 9 2 10 10 AUXFAN 1 Codec JP1 U13 JP4 JP5 JP9 SW1A JP6 CASE OPEN 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRT COM KB MS USB LAN SOUND 1 2 3 4 6 ...

Page 10: ... 462 U6 CPUFAN BAT1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM2 IDE1 IDE2 DIMM1 VIA VT8235 USB3 1 2 2 1 1 BIOS U17 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 9 9 10 10 AUXFAN 1 SPDIF 1 FRONT AUDIO 1 2 Codec JP1 U13 JP4 JP5 JP9 SW1A JP6 CASE OPEN 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRT COM KB MS USB SOUND 1 2 3 4 7 ...

Page 11: ...n Steps 1 Locate the CPU socket on your mainboard and nudge the lever away from the socket Then lift the lever to a 90 degree angle 2 On the socket locate the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will be near to the end of the lever Match the corner on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of th...

Page 12: ...s system has a BIOS configuration feature that issues a warning during POST when the CPU fan is not plugged in or is not functioning In order to make use of this feature You must make sure that the CPU power cable is attached specifically to the CPUFAN header The BIOS configuration option is described in the Hardware Monitor section of the BIOS Setup Utility Chapter VIA VT8377 Winbond IO W83697HF ...

Page 13: ...tallation 1 Pull the white plastic tabs on each side of the slot away from the slot Match the notch on the button of the RAM module with th 2 Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place 4 Repeat steps 1 2 and 3 for the remaining RAM modules The pictures above are for reference only and may vary slightly for your mainboard VIA VT 8377...

Page 14: ... panel These USB connectors UHCI are used to attach to USB devices such as keyboard ectly into this connec r for 4 more USB por attach to optiona USB connectors emb The KM400T 8X PRO also provides a ded int he computer case or LAN port s directly this con Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 5 V fused 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TDP 7 NC 2 TDN 8 NC ...

Page 15: ...nect to a microphone If the Super rf rts ts an T rallel po The Serial Interface C The serial interface port communication port Mice modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to P ort PRT The parallel port on your system p G T ca Audio Port Connectors 1 Speaker Out is used to connect to speakers o Out bec 2 Line In can be connected to an external CD player Tape player or other audio devi...

Page 16: ...tach it to the 3 pin power LED connector iguration r SW LED PWRLED HD LED Hard ve LED Connector tached to an LED on the front panel of a comput ty This disk activity only applies to those IDE dr witch ttached to a momentary SPST switch This switc cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST Power On S er LED Connector nate while the computer is powered on SW ower on S tch can be attached ont pane...

Page 17: ...py diskettes This connector supports th in the packaging Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 The mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Con IDE2 troller that supports Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 66 Ultra DMA 100 and Ultra DMA 133 It has two HDD connectors IDE1 and IDE2 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector You can two hard drives to IDE1 If you attach two drives you ectors You must also configure one drive as the mast ted...

Page 18: ... only functional when using an Athlon XPTM CPU eaders Jumpers Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 OTP Over Temperature Protection Jumper J The mainboard supports a special design for CPU Over Temp Enabled and the CPU temperature rises above the normal ran d ave to unplug the ATX_PWR connector Remove and reinstall al VIA VT 8377 W inbond IO W 83697HF Soc ket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 1 1 1 V IA VT6103 1 1 2...

Page 19: ...onnect the AC power cable and turn on your system 6 If you need to reconfigure the BIOS configuration data you can do so by accessing the BIOS Setup Utility CPU Clock select Jumper JP5 JP6 Us portant to follow these instructions closely VIA VT 8377 W inbond IO W 83697HF Soc ket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 1 1 1 V IA VT610 1 3 1 2 Codec 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 9 10 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 9 10 10 JP1 JP1 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 20: ...9 10 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 9 10 10 CASEOPEN 1 2 Ground Caseop 1 VIA VT8377 W inb IO W 8369 ond 7HF Socket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 V IA VT6103 1 1 2 Codec 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 9 10 1 1 1 ...

Page 21: ...t are receiving information from this header must Front Pa If your computer case has b bracket optional You c mainboard First remove the ju co e case microphone Use pins 9 5 to connect to the earphone If you th S S au th be SPDIF compliant for optimal effect If the jumper caps are in place jumper cap 1 is on pin 5 pin 6 and jumper cap 2 is on pin 9 pin 10 If you do not intend to use the FRONT_AUDI...

Page 22: ...re lots The slots in this mainboard are designed for expansion cards used to complement and enhance the functionality of the mainboard A T su ed with a 2X 4X 8X 1 5V only Acce P T In a bus standard for expansion cards which has for o ower Supply Attachments T This ATX power supply applying power VIA VT 8377 W inb IO W 8369 ond 7HF Soc ket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 1 1 1 V IA VT6103 1 1 2 Codec 1 2 ...

Page 23: ...ncludes additional features such as virus and password protection as well as special configurations for fine tuning the system chipset The defaults for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system When you boot up the computer the BIOS version will appear at up left of the POST screen Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS supports t...

Page 24: ...t item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desire PgUp key Increase the numeric value or enter changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Key Increase the numeric value or enter changes K...

Page 25: ...on the screen he Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys ation screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access ion below ain Menu When you enter t T to select a particular configur and configure the informat ...

Page 26: ...b menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST pro...

Page 27: ...capacity all have 80 tracks Becau modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled d Disabled default Advanced BIOS Features ing This item allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and so...

Page 28: ...while booting This will speed up the boot process Options Enabled default Disabled us s Enabled ypematic Rate Chars Sec The rate at which a character repeats when you hold down a key Options 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 M Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to logical drive A and vice versa Options Disabled default Enabled Boot Up NumLoc...

Page 29: ...lt value tions 1 5 2 2 5 default 3 APIC Mode By enabling this option MPS version control for OS can be con Options Disabled Enabled default MPS Version Control The 1 1 version is the older version that supports 8 more IRQs in the Windows NT environment Choose the new 1 4 version for Windows 20 O OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running the OS 2 oper O HDD S M A R T Capability S p...

Page 30: ...te directly to the graphics card bypassing the This item allows you to select DRAM Options 7T 10T default 6T 8T Select the DRAM DRAM Command Rate Options 2T Command default 1T Comm AGP P2P Bridge Control age for AGP P2P Bridge Control Press Enter to enter next p AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics P PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host...

Page 31: ...ecute Options Disabled default Enab AGP Master 1 WS Read When enabled reads from AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are exec AGP3 0 Calibration cycle This item will appear when you insta PU PCI Bus Control ress Enter to enter the next page for CPU PCI Bus Control P PCI 1 2 Master 0 WS Write bu When enabled writes to the PCI s are executed O PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit post ...

Page 32: ... device device ome graphic controllers that are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and ap it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility Options abled default Enabled NP OS Installed et to NO BIOS will initialize all th his option must be set to NO ptions No default Yes eset Configuration Da elect Enabled to reset the Extended System Configurat...

Page 33: ... 0 255 32 default PCI 1 3 IRQ Assignmen This item allows you to selec Options Auto default 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Frequency Voltage Control CPU Speed Detect T Spread Spectrum The Spread Spectrum function can reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated Options 0 50 default Disabled 1 50 1 00 CPU Clock This item displays the CPU Clock Or you can select the CPU Clock by manually You can s...

Page 34: ...M400T 8X Series 31 You can only install the DDR 333 SDRAM if the CPU which is configuration 166 MHz host sec his item displays the DDR Speed CPU Host frequency DDR CPU Ratio frequency DDR Speed strobe T ...

Page 35: ... The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface Options Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive acce...

Page 36: ...ple commands or multiple sector read write elect the Enabled option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do The stem will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector ptions Enabled default Disabled evice ip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a d AC 97 audio for KM400T 8X Pro ontrol the onboard LAN device ROM of...

Page 37: ...ed Options The range is 00 FF and the default is 11 USB Device Support E Super IO Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install...

Page 38: ...t ECP EPP mode PP Mode Select ptions EPP 1 7 default EPP1 9 CP Mode Use DMA ort Options 3 default 1 ame Port I O Address Options 201 default 209 Disabled 7 ECP EPP Normal E Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 O E Select a DMA Channel for the p Game Port Address G Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address Options 330 default 300 290 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ that Midi Port will ...

Page 39: ...Management Option There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1hour HDD Power Down 30 minutes 2 Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 6 min T conservation features as well as ACPI Suspen The item allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating s Options S1 POS default Power ...

Page 40: ...5Min uspend Mode his item allows you to select the period of inactivity before the system is suspended or put into spend mode Options Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 0Min 40Min 1Hour his field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management ptions Suspend Off default Always On s blank SYNC Blank default e the system to turn off the vertical and ...

Page 41: ... VGABIOS if S3 R S Options Auto default Yes No Wake Up Control If you highlight the Wake Up Control label and then press the enter key it will display a submenu with the following options PWRON After PWR This option determines whether you want to restart the system after a power failure Select On to boot the system whether or not the system was on before power failure Choose Former Sts to restore ...

Page 42: ...m which had been p PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power on function It should also support the wake up on LAN jumper Options OFF default ON L To use this function you need a LAN wake up on LAN jumper Options Disabled default Enabled PCI PME Wake Up When you select Enabled a PME signal from any PCI card will awaken the system from suspend isabled default Ena...

Page 43: ...l boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled IRQs Activity Press Enter to access a sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT COMM activity Primary INTR On IR IRQ4 COM1 IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IR IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IR RQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk...

Page 44: ...hen you power on your computer If this nction is set to Disabled the system will not show alert messages when you power on your mputer even if the case is opened by others ptions Disabled default Enabled PU Warning Temperature hen the CPU temperature is higher than this setting the warning mechanism will be activated ptions Disabled default 50 122 53 127 56 133 60 140 63 145 6 151 70 158 CPU FAN W...

Page 45: ...ult Settings S t batteries Load System Default Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIO Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems withou ...

Page 46: ...ges to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be xit Without Saving t session and exit setup A confirmation message will be Save Exit Setup S displayed before proceeding E Abandon all changes made during the curren displayed before proceeding ...

Page 47: ...everal buttons Click KM400T 8X KM400T 8X oftware Installation Place the Driver CD into the CD ROM drive and the Installation Utility will auto run You can also launch the Driver CD Installation 1 PRO Category Platform VIA 4 IN 1 Driver VIA LAN Driver VIA Audio Driver USB 2 0 Driver PC Cillin 2002 DirectX 9 0 Acrobat Reader Windows 9X ME 2000 XP ...

Page 48: ...u click the USB2 0 Driver from the en in step 2 it will display the screen as left 4 Back to the main screen click the Tool button you can choose the software to install ote If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD 3 I scre N ...

Page 49: ...ially dislodged fro the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board 2 Damaged hard disk or disk controller 3 Hard disk directory or FAT is corrupted Solutions 1 ...

Page 50: ...from the hard d Causes Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted Solutions Back up data and applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and ackup disks data using b Problem 5 Error message reading SECTOR NOT to be accessed Causes There are many reasons for this such as viru Solutions B level format the hard drive Re install all saved da Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid C...

Page 51: ...CMOS incorrectly set up Solutions 1 If possible connect monitor to another system If no color appears replace monitor 2 Call technical support Problem 12 The screen displays C drive failure Causes Hard drive cable not connected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the syste Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Solutions 1 Set master slave 2 Run S compatibil...

Page 52: ...en press the Advanced button to r settings ed Audio wn box to select the 5 1 surround dio effect On your desktop double click the volume icon that is on the desk bar d earlier begin with this step if your system has Windows 98 ME 2000 This appendix describes the insta operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 go directly to step 3 1 Audio Devices Æ volume icon in the configure the speake 2 At the Adv...

Page 53: ...screen select Options Æ Advanced Controls Next cl rt5 1 Enable Finally agic5 1 Enable This the final step in configuring Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect f you broadcast a DVD with a DVD ROM please skip this step 5 6 ick the Advanced button of the Front Speaker then check the Sma 7 click the Advanced button of the Rear Speaker then check the M is I ...

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