ii
ENVIROMENTAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION ............................................................................. iii
USER’S NOTICE ....................................................................................................................... iv
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ....................................................................................... iv
ITEM CHECK LIST .................................................................................................................. iv
COOLING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................ iv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD A85X CHIPSET MOTHERBOARDS
1-1 MOTHERBOARD
SPECIFICATION ........................................................................... 1
1-2 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD............................................................. 2
1-3 LAYOUT
DIAGRAM.................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE
INSTALLATION STEPS ....................................................................... 6
2-2 CHECKING
MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................ 6
2-3 INSTALLING APU....................................................................................................... 7
2-3-1 ABOUT AMD FM2 APU SOCKET ................................................................ 7
2-3-2 APU INSTALLATION GUIDE........................................................................ 7
2-3-3 THERMAL SOLUTION ASSEMBLY ............................................................. 8
2-4 INSTALL
MEMORY MODULE.................................................................................... 9
2-5 EXPANSION
CARD
INSTALLATION......................................................................... 10
2-5-1 EXPANSION SLOTS..................................................................................... 10
2-5-2 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION .......................... 10
2-5-3 INSTALLING CARD BRIDGE....................................................................... 11
2-6 CONNECTORS
AND HEADERS................................................................................ 12
2-6-1 I/O BACK PANEL CONNECTORS............................................................... 12
2-6-2 INTERNAL CONNECTORS .......................................................................... 13
2-6-3 INTERNAL HEADERS .................................................................................. 15
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP ..................................................................................................... 17
3-2 BIOS
MENU SCREEN ................................................................................................ 17
3-3 FUNCTION KEY .......................................................................................................... 18
3-4 GETTING HELP .......................................................................................................... 18
3-5 MENU
BAR.................................................................................................................. 18
3-6 MAIN
MENU ................................................................................................................ 18
3-7 ADVANCED MENU..................................................................................................... 19
3-7-1 S5 RTC WAKE SETTINGS.......................................................................... 20
3-7-2 ACPI SETTINGS .......................................................................................... 21
3-7-3 CPU CONFIGURATION............................................................................... 22
3-7-4 SATA CONFIGURATION ............................................................................ 23
3-7-5 USB CONFIGURATION............................................................................... 23
3-7-6 SUPER IO CONFIGURATION ..................................................................... 24
3-7-7 H/W MONITOR............................................................................................. 25
3-8 CHIPSET
MENU.......................................................................................................... 26
3-8-1 SOUTH BRIDGE .......................................................................................... 26
3-8-2 NORTH BRIDGE.......................................................................................... 27
3-9 BOOT
MENU.............................................................................................................. 28
3-10 SECURITY MENU...................................................................................................... 29
3-11 TURBO OC ................................................................................................................ 29
3-12 SAVE & EXIT MENU ................................................................................................. 31
3-13 HOW
TO
UPDATE BIOS ........................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
4-1 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION................................................................................. 33
APPENDIX
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