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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED .................................................... 1

NTRODUCTION

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PECIFICATION

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ONFIGURATION

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Layout of KM61S-AM2 .................................................................................. 5

ARDWARE

NSTALLATION

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CPU Processor Installation.............................................................................. 6

Memory Installation: DIMMA1/B1 ................................................................ 7

Back Panel Configuration................................................................................ 9

Connectors..................................................................................................... 11

Front Panel Headers: JPANEL1 .................................................................... 12

Headers & Jumpers........................................................................................ 13

Audio Configuration...................................................................................... 16

Slots ............................................................................................................... 17

Power Supply Attachments............................................................................ 18

CHAPTER 2. BIOS SETUP ........................................................... 19

NTRODUCTION

..................................................................................................... 19

UNCTION

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AIN

ENU

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CHAPTER 3: SOFTWARE SETUP................................................... 22

OFTWARE

IST

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OFTWARE

NSTALLATION

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CHAPTER 4: TROUBLESHOOTING................................................. 25

PPENDIX

8/6/4/2

HANNEL

UDIO

FFECT

ETUP

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PPENDIX

II:

RAID

ETUP

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Summary of Contents for KM61S-AM2

Page 1: ...cument are registered by their respective owner 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...

Page 2: ...S Supports Socket AM2 AMD AthlonTM 64 FX AthlonTM 64 x2 Dual Core AthlonTM x2 Dual Core AthlonTM 64 SempronTM Processor User Manual Dimensions Micro ATX Form Factor z 205 mm x 244 mm W x L Operating System z Windows 2000 XP ...

Page 3: ...ird party components and software versions 0 This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system 0 Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components 0 Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches Packing List KM61S AM2 mainboard IDE Cable I O Bracket Serial...

Page 4: ...1 7 Back Panel Configuration 9 Connectors 11 Front Panel Headers JPANEL1 12 Headers Jumpers 13 Audio Configuration 16 Slots 17 Power Supply Attachments 18 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 19 INTRODUCTION 19 KEY FUNCTION 19 MAIN MENU 20 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 22 SOFTWARE LIST 22 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 22 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 25 APPENDIX I 8 6 4 2 CHANNEL AUDIO EFFECT SETUP 28 APPENDIX II RAID SETUP 29 ...

Page 5: ...e used with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB drive It also has one IDE connector compatible with PIO Mode 0 1 2 3 4 for IDE hard drives supporting Ultra ATA 33 66 100 133 In addition the onboard Serial ATA II comes with two SATA II connectors which the interface can provide up to 3 Gbps transmit speed and also support RAID 0 1 mode See Appendix II The onboard High Definition Audio Codec ALC861 supp...

Page 6: ...hannel Technology supported z Supports a total memory capacity of 2 GB z Supports to use the 240 pin non ECC unbuffered DDR II 800 PC2 6400 DDR II 667 PC2 5300 DDR II 533 PC2 4300 DDR II 400 PC2 3200 SDRAM Slots z Two PCI Express interface slots for graphics cards and expansion cards 1 PCI E x16 slot Supports up to x16 mode with 4 GB s one way bandwidth 2 PCI E x1 slot Supports up to x16 mode with...

Page 7: ...SPDIF_OUT1 header compatible with external devices connected Universal Serial Bus z Four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports z Two front USB headers come with this mainboard supporting four additional USB ports to be set z Supports a maximum of eight USB 2 0 1 1 ports for compliant devices Onboard HD Audio CODEC ALC861 z High performance Codec with high S N ratio 90 db z Supports 8 6 4 2 channel playback ca...

Page 8: ... functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory z Supports flash memory functionality z Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function z Monitors CPU Chassis Fan Speed z Monitors CPU and system temperatures z Monitors system voltages Watch Dog Timer z This function is used for detecting the system hangs during the POST stage due to conflicts resulting from changing the system BIOS setting...

Page 9: ...Mainboard KM61S AM2 5 Configuration Layout of KM61S AM2 ...

Page 10: ...orner which has the diagonally cut corner on the rectangular shaped pattern of pinholes see diagram below left Match that corner with the gold triangle on the CPU see diagram below right and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 Smear thermal grease on top of ...

Page 11: ...you to install 240 pin non ECC unbuffered DDR II 800 PC2 6400 DDR II 667 PC2 5300 DDR II 533 PC2 4300 DDR II 400 PC2 3200 SDRAM and support to install a total memory capacity of 2 GB Attention It is recommended that to install memories which are identical specifications same timing specifications and same DDR II speed to achieve the best effects It may cause the failure of power on or lower memory...

Page 12: ...he other channel then Dual Channel will be enabled 3 For example if you install one 256 MB memory in DIMMA1 and the other one in DIMMB1 256MB x 2 512MB so that the Dual Channel can be enabled 4 If you only need to install one memory then the Dual Channel won t be enabled Memory Installation Steps 1 Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of the slot away from the slot 2 Match the notch on the RAM...

Page 13: ...and VGA D Sub connector The mainboard provides one serial port and one VGA D Sub connector on the back panel The Serial Interface port JCOM1 This mainboard provides a serial port COM1 on your back panel and is used to connect mice modem and other peripheral devices Through this port you can also transfer data from your computer hard disk drive to other computers The pictures above are for referenc...

Page 14: ...to external audio devices such as CD player tape player or other audio devices when the 8 6 4 2 channel audio effects driver is enabled Front Speaker out green This port is an output audio port used for connecting to speakers or a headset A dual channel audio system is to provide basic audio functionality When the 8 6 4 2 channel audio system is enabled this port will output audio for the front sp...

Page 15: ...E ribbon cable In general two IDE devices can be attached onto one IDE connector If you attach two IDE HDDs you must configure one drive as the master and the other one as the slave In this case one optical device i e CD ROM DVD ROM etc should be attached to this connector as well Serial ATA II Connector JSATA1 JSATA2 The two SATA II connectors support 3 Gbps transmit rate and one SATA II connecto...

Page 16: ...aker cable on your case front panel can be attached to this header When you reboot the computer this speaker will issue a short audible beep If there are problems during the Power On Self Test the system will issue an irregular pattern of audible beeps through this speaker Hard drive LED Header Orange HLED If your case front panel has a hard drive LED cable attach it to this header The LED will fl...

Page 17: ...m is powered on Power on button Header B Bl la ac ck k On Off This header can be attached to a power switch cable on your case front panel You can turn your system on or off by pressing the button attached to this power switch cable Headers Jumpers Front USB Header JUSB2 JUSB3 This mainboard provides four onboard USB 1 1 2 0 ports back panel that attach to USB devices There are two additional USB ...

Page 18: ...d onto Pin 2 3 the memory voltage will be fixed at 2 2V automatically without being adjusted Before this setting please make sure that your memory supports up to 2 2V Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins JUSBV1 JUSBV2 Assignment Description Pin 1 2 Closed 5V 1 JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at USBLAN1 2 JUSBV2 5V for USB ports at JUSB2 3 Pin 2 3 Closed 5V Standby 1 JUSBV1 JUSBL...

Page 19: ... a password is forgotten This jumper allows you to reset the CMOS configurations and then reconfigure it JCMOS1 Assignment Pin 1 2 Close Normal Default Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS Data Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins 1 Turn off your system and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Set JCMOS1 header to OFF 2 3 Closed 3 Wait several seconds 4 Set JCMOS1 header to ON 1 2 closed...

Page 20: ...e to deliver audio output through the SPDIF header and FRONT AUDIO header One way you would use these headers is by using an SPDIF Card optional and attaching the cords onto the two specific headers of mainboard The RCA or TOS Link connectors will be provided on the SPDIF Card and which are convenient you to output audio format files between your system and the SPDIF styled players Front Audio Hea...

Page 21: ... the PCI Express x1 interface compatible such as network card SCSI card etc to this PCI E x1_1 slot PCI Express x16 Slot PCI E x16 This mainboard is able to install a graphics card which the PCI Express x16 interface supporting one way bandwidth up to 4 GBps is compatible to this PCI E x16 slot PCI Slots PCI1 PCI2 PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for installin...

Page 22: ...tions such as the instant power on function The connector pins are described below Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PW_ON 20 5V 9 5V standby voltage 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V JATXPWR1 12 3 3V 24 Ground Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 12V 3 Ground JATXPWR2 2 12V 4 Ground Attention...

Page 23: ...this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system Key Function In general you can use the arrow keys to highlight options press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous option Do...

Page 24: ...res Advanced Chipset Features Include all the adjustable items of chipset special features Integrated Peripherals Include all onboard peripherals Power Management Setup Include all the adjustable items of Green function features PnP PCI Configurations Include all configurations of PCI and PnP ISA resources PC Health Status It is for monitoring the system status such as temperature voltage and fan ...

Page 25: ... parameter values to set the system in its best performance configurations Set Supervisor Password Set change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Set User Password Set change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes ...

Page 26: ...en and you can click on the drivers to install Category Platform Microsoft DirectX 9 0c Windows 2000 XP nForce Chipset Driver Windows 2000 XP nVIDIA Firewall Windows 2000 XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows 2000 XP Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 Windows 2000 XP Trend PC Cillin 2005 Windows 2000 XP Drive Clone Windows 2000 XP Restore IT Windows 2000 XP The pictures shown below are for your reference only The v...

Page 27: ...e chipset nVIDIA Firewall provides firewall to protect your system from hackers and viruses Realtek Audio Driver provides the driver for being able to input output audio 2 Click on the Utility Menu button you can choose the software to install Attention Please install Microsoft DirectX 9 0c or the latest version and then install the nForce Chipset Driver ...

Page 28: ...the software of Drive Clone which is used to back up or clone hard drives or partitions Restore IT It provides the software of Restore IT to help you recover lost data or restore files 3 Click on the User Manual button you can choose the manual to read 4 If you click the Browse CD button you can browse all the files in the Driver CD Attention Before you read manuals you must install the driver of ...

Page 29: ...ive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on 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 unplugged 2 Damage...

Page 30: ...ta Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the po...

Page 31: ...onnected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with other...

Page 32: ... screen like the picture below 3 You can choose 2 4 6 or 8 channels by your speakers 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices To take advantage of 8 Channel Audio Effects you must use audio software that supports this functionality You must also make sure your software is specifically configured for 8 Channel Audio Effect supoort 2 Channel 4 Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel ...

Page 33: ...to form a larger virtual disk Data is then striped or mapped across all the physical disks In this way multiple I O operations can be executed in parallel enhancing performance Striping does not provide fault tolerance The minimum number of hard drives for RAID 0 is 2 Disk Mirroring RAID 1 With Disk Mirroring there are redundant disks that mirror the primary disks Data that is written to the prima...

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