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KX400-8XV V2.0 Series

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CPU Socket 462

DDR DIMM Sockets

DIMM 1

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ATX Power Connector

ATX_ PWR

IDE Connectors

IDE1/IDE2

FDC Connector

FDC

AGP Slot

AGP

PCI Slots

PCI 1

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CPU FAN

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Chassis FAN

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Auxiliary FAN

CPUFAN

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CHASFAN

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AUXFAN

Front Panel Indicator

SW/LED

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PWRLED

Speaker Connector

SPEAKER

Wake On LAN Header

WOL

Front USB Headers

USB2

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USB3

Clear CMOS Jumper

JP1

Over Temperature Protection

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JP4 17

Sony/Philips Digital Interface

Connector

S/PDIF 19

CD-ROM Audio IN Header

CD-IN

Front Panel Audio Header

FRONT AUDIO

PC99 Color Codec Back Panel

Back Panel Connector

Summary of Contents for KX400-8XV Pro

Page 1: ...ing 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 c...

Page 2: ...ontrôleur d audio et pour le pilote de contrôleur de Lan utiliser la version 5 44 ou plus tard In der KX400 8XV Serie V3 0 wurde der AC 97 Audio Codec von ALC650 auf ALC655 und der LAN Controller von 3C910 auf 3C920 aufgerüstet Wenn Sie ein BIOS Update auf V3 0 durchführen wollen laden Sie die Version R3 XX Um den Upgrade vom AC 97 Controller Treiber durchführen zu können brauchen Sie die Version ...

Page 3: ...nd pins This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch the IC chips leads connectors or other components Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard Package Contents KX400 8XV V2 0 KX400 8XV Pro V2 0 mainboard IDE Cable FDC Cable USB Bracket optional Installation and Setup Driver CD KX400 8XV V2 0 S...

Page 4: ...377A KT400A VT8235 Supports Socket 462 AMD Athlon XPTM AthlonTM DuronTM BartonTM Processors USER Manual Operating System Supports most popular operating systems Windows 9X ME 2000 XP etc Dimensions ATX form factor 200mm x 293mm WxL ...

Page 5: ...ATION 8 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 22 INTRODUCTION 22 MAIN MENU 24 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 26 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 34 POWER MANAGEMENT 38 HARDWARE MONITOR 43 LOAD DEFAULTS 44 EXIT MENU 45 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 46 SOFTWARE LIST 46 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 46 SUPER 5 1 CHANNEL SETUP 48 SPEAKER TEST 48 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 49 ...

Page 6: ...lso comes with an AC 97 Sound Codec which supports high quality 6 channel audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect The series also include CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP When CPU temperature rises above normal values the system will automatically shut down to protect your system from overheating But the OTP is only functional when using an Athlon XPTM or BartonTM CPU The series also comes with si...

Page 7: ...r ALC655 DRAM Memory Supports DDR400 PC3200 DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered registered non ECC DIMM modules Supports up to three DDR333 double sided memory modules with a total capacity of 3 GB Supports up to two DDR400 double sided memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB see memory installation section for more details Green Functionality...

Page 8: ...ereo ADC DACs SNR 95 db through mixer and DAC AC 3 playback required for DVD title applications 6 channel playback capability Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect LAN Chip only for KX400 8XV Pro Provides Auto negotiation NWAY function of full half duplex operation for both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Supports PC99 wake on LAN 10 100 Mbps Ethernet support IDE Facilities Supports Ultra ATA 33 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ...

Page 9: ...rial Bus Supports six USB 1 1 2 0 ports for USB interface devices BIOS Phoenix Award BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports USB Legacy function Supports ACPI power management Sophisticated OTP Over Temperature Protection Special design for CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP is functional when using an Athlon XPTM CPU or BartonTM CPU Watch Dog Timer The mainboard contains a special feature called the Watch...

Page 10: ...1 2 3 4 5 20 CPU FAN Chassis FAN Auxiliary FAN CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN 9 Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED 14 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 15 Wake On LAN Header WOL 16 Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 16 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 17 Over Temperature Protection Function JP4 17 Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector S PDIF 19 CD ROM Audio IN Header CD IN 18 Front Panel Audio Header FRONT AUDIO 18 PC99 Color C...

Page 11: ...W83697HF LAN Chip DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 WOL SW LED USB3 USB2 FDC FRONT AUDIO SPDIF CD IN CHASFAN AUXFAN ATX_PWR U6 U12 BAT1 JP1 JP4 U3 CPUFAN USB LAN PRT COM SOUND KB MS 1 IDE1 IDE2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VIA KT400A VIA VT8235 Phoenix BIOS ALC 650 SPEAKER PWRLED 1 1 ...

Page 12: ...3697HF DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 WOL SPEAKER PWRLED SW LED USB3 USB2 FDC FRONT AUDIO SPDIF CD IN CHASFAN AUXFAN ATX_PWR U6 U12 BAT1 JP1 JP4 U3 CPUFAN USB PRT COM SOUND KB MS 1 IDE1 IDE2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ALC 650 VIA KT400A VIA VT8235 Phoenix BIOS ...

Page 13: ...egree angle 2 On the socket locate the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will have a cut corner on the rectangular shaped pattern of pin holes on the socket 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 the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lo...

Page 14: ...om the BIOS Setup Utility access the Advanced section and then scroll down to the Frequency Voltage Control field Adjust the CPU Host Frequency DDR CPU Ratio and CPU Clock Ratio according to the formulas below 1 Ground Ground NC Ground 12V 12V 12V Sense Sense CPUFAN AUXFAN CHASFAN 1 1 1 S ocket 4 62 Winbond W83697HF LA N Ch ip VIA VT8377A VIA VT8235 Ph oe ni x BI O S ALC 650 Attention This system ...

Page 15: ... frequency 2 5 You can adjust the CPU Host Frequency in the BIOS Setup Utility If you do not adjust the option then the default CPU Host Frequency will be equal of CPU Clock Watch Dog Timer This mainboard comes with a special feature called Watch Dog Timer which is used to detect when the system is unable to boot using the manual over clocking configurations After you power on the system BIOS will...

Page 16: ...ule into DIMM3 containing a total of 1 0 GB of memory Then you can install single sided 8 chip 512 MB modules into DIMM1 and DIMM2 If you want to use only double sided DIMMs we suggest that you use only two of the DIMM sockets We also suggest that you use either DIMM1 and DIMM3 together or DIMM2 and DIMM3 together RAM Module Installation 1 Pull the white plastic tabs on each side of the slot away ...

Page 17: ...e board allowing for 4 more USB ports These attach to USB connectors embedded into the computer case or connected to a USB connector bracket optional The KX400 8XV Pro also provides a LAN port You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector 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 3 RDP 9 V...

Page 18: ...ick or game pad for playing computer games This port can also be used to connect to MIDI devices Audio Port Connectors Speaker Out is used to connect to speakers or headphones If the Super 5 1 driver is installed the Speaker Out becomes the Front Speaker Line In can be connected to an external CD player Tape player or other audio devices for audio input If the Super 5 1 driver is installed Line In...

Page 19: ...ate while the computer is powered on PWR SW Power on Switch This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off the time required is due to internal debounce circuitry on the system board At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will recognize another on off ...

Page 20: ...DE Controller 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 connect up to two hard drives to IDE1 If you attach two drives you must use a ribbon cable with three connectors You must also configure one drive as the master and one drive as the slave using the jumpers located on each drive IDE2 Second...

Page 21: ... 0 driver from the Microsoft website Wake On LAN Header WOL The mainboard supports the Wake On LAN function To use this function a network card with a chipset that supports this feature is required A WOL network card will have a cable that you need to attach to this connector 1 1 2 2 9 9 10 10 USB2 USB3 5VSB 5VSB 5VSB 5VSB DATA_A DATA_A DATA_B DATA_B DATA_A DATA_A DATA_B DATA_B Ground Ground Groun...

Page 22: ...is jumper allows you to reset the CMOS configurations and then reconfigure 1 Turn off your system and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Set JP1 pin 2 3 closed 3 Wait several seconds 4 Set JP1 pin 1 2 closed 5 Connect 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 1 1 2 2 3 3 JP4 JP4 Pin1 2 close Pi...

Page 23: ... Use pins 9 5 to connect to the earphone If you do not intend to use the FRONT_AUDIO panel do not remove the jumper caps FRONT AUDIO CD IN SPDIF 1 9 2 10 MIC Ground MIC_VREF 5V Front out_R Front out_L Rear out_R NC NC Rear out_L 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 PWR NC SPD_OUT SPD_IN Ground Ground Ground Left In Right In S oc k et 4 6 2 Winbond W83697HF LA N Ch ip VI A VT8 37 7A VIA VT8235 Ph oe ni x BIO S ALC 65...

Page 24: ... will also have an RCA connector similar to that used with most consumer audio products Using the RCA connector the data can then be output to and input from an S PDIF device On the SPDIF header SPD OUT is used for output and SPD IN is used for input The devices that are receiving and sending information from this header must be S PDIF compliant for optimal effect Note that the SPDIF bracket is op...

Page 25: ...elerated Graphics Port AGP to support video cards PCI Slots This mainboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards which has for the most part supplanted the older ISA bus standard This PCI slot is designated as 32 bit AGP Slot PCI Slots S o c ke t 4 62 Win bond W83697HF LA N Ch ip VIA VT83 77 A VIA VT8235 P h...

Page 26: ...onnector is properly inserted before applying power PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V ATX_PWR S oc k et 4 6 2 Winbond W83697HF LA N Chi p VIA VT8 377 A VIA VT8235 Pho en ix B IO S AL C 650 ...

Page 27: ...ell 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 To access the BIOS Setup Utility reboot your system During the reboot process you will be given an opportunity to press the DE...

Page 28: ...next 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 change...

Page 29: ...ty the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access and configure the information below ...

Page 30: ...sub 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 p...

Page 31: ... allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot devices Options Enabled default Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks Drives with 720KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have ...

Page 32: ...formance Options Enabled default Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Make CPU L2 cache ECC function active or inactive Options Disabled Enabled default Quick Power On Self Test Allow the system to skip certain tests while booting This will speed up the boot process Options Enabled default Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to log...

Page 33: ...nly if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM Options Non OS2 default OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a technology that enables a PC to attempt to predict the possible failure of storage drives Options Disabled default Enabled Small LOGO EPA Show This item allows you to show or hide the small LOGO EPA Options Disab...

Page 34: ...e Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Options 1G 512M 256M 128M default 64M 32M 16M 8M 4M The 1G and 512M options only appear when you install 8X AGP card AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mod...

Page 35: ...bled CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter to enter the next page for CPU PCI Bus Control PCI 1 2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Options Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to comply with PCI specifications Options Disabled Enabled d...

Page 36: ...dd on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Options Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you will not be able to manually assign IRQ DMA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them Options Auto ESCD defau...

Page 37: ...lease make sure that your CPU ratio can be adjusted This item displays the CPU ratio information detected by the system Options 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 7 5 8 8 5 9 9 5 10 10 5 11 11 5 12 13 13 5 14 15 16 16 5 17 18 22 23 24 It is possible that some systems with Duron CPUs will shut down automatically after adjusting the CPU clock ratio After 5 seconds the systems will boot up by the value adjusted if the sy...

Page 38: ...3 00X If the CPU host frequency default is 166 Options BySPD default 1 60X 2 00X 2 40X DDR Speed strobe sec This item displays the DDR Speed CPU Host frequency DDR CPU Ratio Default CPU Voltage Volt This item displays the CPU Voltage information which is detected by the system CPU Voltage Volt This item allows you to adjust your CPU core voltage Options range from 1 200V 2 100V AGP Voltage Volt Th...

Page 39: ... Channel 0 1 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 faste...

Page 40: ...efault Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Select the Enabled option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do The system will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector Options Enabled default Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the VIA OnC...

Page 41: ...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 an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Options Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for...

Page 42: ...r Port ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Options EPP 1 7 default EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port Options 3 default 1 Game Port Address Game Port I O Address Options 201 default 209 Disabled 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 us...

Page 43: ... item allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system Options S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS and STR Power 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...

Page 44: ...vity before the system is suspended or put into suspend mode Options Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Options Suspend Off default Always On Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor goes blank Options V H SYNC Blank default ...

Page 45: ... PS2KB Wake Up Select Use this option to configure the PS2 keyboard Wake Up feature Password Use this selection to force the user to enter a password after the system awakens from PS2 keyboard activity Hot Key Use PS2KB key to awake the system See PS2KB Wake Up from S3 S5 to configure the hotkey PS2KB Wake Up from S3 S4 S5 This option is used when PS2KB Wake Up Select is configured as HOT KEY Opti...

Page 46: ...r on functions As well as the 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 mode Options Disabled default Enabled Ring Wake Up This option allows you to awaken the system upon receiving an incoming call to a modem device Option Disabled default Enabled RTC Wake Up When Enabled you ca...

Page 47: ... wake on LPT COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ3 COM2 Enabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled ...

Page 48: ...en Warning If this function is set to Enabled and the case had been previously opened the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you power on your computer If this function is set to Disabled the system will not show alert messages when you power on your computer even if the case is opened by others Options Disabled default Enabled CPU Warning Temperature When the CPU ...

Page 49: ...Default Settings Load System Default Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries ...

Page 50: ...ll configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding ...

Page 51: ...ls please refer to the read txt files that in each folder of the Driver CD 1 The first screen Main Screen will display several buttons Click KX400 8XV KX400 8XV PRO V2 0 Category Platform VIA 4 IN 1 Driver 3Com LAN Driver Realtek Audio Driver USB 2 0 Driver Trend PC Cillin 2002 Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Adobe Acrobat Reader Windows 9X ME 2000 XP The screen and images are only for general reference The...

Page 52: ... If you click the USB2 0 Driver from the screen in step 2 it will display the screen as left 4 Back to the main screen click the Tools button you can choose the software to install Note If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD ...

Page 53: ...onnecting to any auxiliary external modules To use this function you have to install the audio driver in the bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel audio effects See the audio Port Connectors in the Hardware Installation section for a description of the output connectors Speaker Test Make sure the cable is firmly into the connector 1 Click the audio icon from the Wind...

Page 54: ...n 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 Damaged hard disk or disk controller 3 Hard disk directory or FAT is corrupted Solutions 1 Check the cable running from the disk to the disk controller board Mak...

Page 55: ...7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the power connectors to the monitor and to the system Problem 8 Blank screen Causes 1 Memory problem 2 Computer virus Solutions 1 Reboot computer Reinstall memory Make sure that all memory modules are securely installed 2 Use anti virus programs to detect and clean viruses Problem 9 Screen goes blank periodically Causes Screen saver ...

Page 56: ... 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 drives Problem 14 Missing operating system on hard drive Causes CMOS setup has been changed Solutions Run setup and select the correct drive type Problem 15 Certain keys ...

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