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Manual Revision 1.0

June 18, 2003

VIA 

VIA 

VIA 

VIA 

VIA 

KT600

KT600

KT600

KT600

KT600

 mainboard

 mainboard

 mainboard

 mainboard

 mainboard

for AMD Socket A processor

for AMD Socket A processor

for AMD Socket A processor

for AMD Socket A processor

for AMD Socket A processor

User’

User’

User’

User’

User’sssss

Manual

Manual

Manual

Manual

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Summary of Contents for KT600

Page 1: ...ithout notice Manual Revision 1 0 June 18 2003 VIA VIA VIA VIA VIA KT600 KT600 KT600 KT600 KT600 mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard for AMD Socket A processor for AMD Socket A processor...

Page 2: ...XCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRAN...

Page 3: ...from the manufacturer s Web site 3 Replace mainboard 4 Remove and replace the add on card C1h C5h 1 Memory module inserted incorrectly 2 Memory compatibility problem 3 Memory module damaged 1 Reinsert...

Page 4: ...4 Optional 1 4 Mainboard Form Factor 1 5 I O Shield Connector 1 6 Power On Off Remote 1 6 System Block Diagram 1 7 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout 3 2...

Page 5: ...tatus 4 23 Power BIOS Features 4 24 Defaults Menu 4 26 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 27 Exit Selecting 4 28 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 Realtek Sound Manager Quick...

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Page 7: ...Floppy drive cable D HDD ribbon cable E CD and diskette drivers and utilities F I O Shield G Game port cable H S ATA data and power cables Deluxe Pack Items I IEEE 1394 two port cable Other Optional I...

Page 8: ...e designed to support AMD AthlonTM processors This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures and ultimately...

Page 9: ...ing enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status The features include CPU temperature voltage and fan speed in RPMs LAN Optional This mainboard is optionally mounted with...

Page 10: ...reWire and the High Performance Serial Bus HPSB IEEE 1394 provides transfer rates up to 400Mbits sec IEEE 1394 provides enhanced PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio video A V appliances sto...

Page 11: ...ll help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy conn...

Page 12: ...er supplies that have a 5VSB current of 2A Please check the 5VSB s specification printed on the power supply s outer case Note The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your sys...

Page 13: ...Introduction Page 1 7 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram...

Page 14: ...Introduction Page 1 8 Page Left Blank...

Page 15: ...e 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets for 64 bit Unbuffered Single Double side and Non ECC DDR 266 333 400 DIMMs Supports up to 3GB memory size BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS ACPI v2 0 compliant S3 Suspend to...

Page 16: ...nterface Audio Six channel audio with analog and digital output using Realtek ALC655 AC 97 CODEC AC 97 v2 3 compliant In 2 CH mode supports Line In Blue Line Out Green and Mic In Pink at rear panel In...

Page 17: ...tors Two IEEE 1394 connectors Three Fan connectors Front Panel Controller Supports Reset Soft Off switches Supports HDD Power LEDs Supports PC speaker Expansion Slots One AGP slot supporting 1 5v 4X 8...

Page 18: ...ower On function Excellent Over clocking capabilities through subtle voltage tuning for CPU Memory subtle frequency tuning on FSB supports complete Asynchronous FSB Memory for overclocking CPU Overhea...

Page 19: ...Installation Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 20: ...Installation Page 3 2 Mainboard Layout Figure 1...

Page 21: ...thlonTM as reference Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC PGA corner marking with the socket corner clos...

Page 22: ...re 5 Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage For more information about installing your CPU please refer to the AMD website article So...

Page 23: ...the mainboard JCK1 JCK2 Settings 1 2 1 2 By BIOS Default 2 3 1 2 133MHz 2 3 2 3 166MHz 1 2 2 3 200MHz Note Overclocking may cause system instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system pe...

Page 24: ...DDR SDRAM see note below Supports unbuffered and non ECC DIMMs Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification Figure 6 and Table 1 show two possible memory configurations DDR DIM...

Page 25: ...placing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 8 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 Figure 7 DIMM notch Figure...

Page 26: ...order to remove the bracket 5 Align the card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot 6 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed in step 4 7...

Page 27: ...GP card edge connector is not inserted properly 1 AGP card component is not blocked by DIMM socket lock 2 AGP slot clicker is locked 3 AGP card edge connector is inserted properly 1 AGP slot clicker i...

Page 28: ...CPU Figure 10 I O Ports Ground 12V Sence JCPU_FAN Ground 12V Sence JSYS_FAN JCPU_FAN JSYS_FAN S PDIFI Sony Philips Digital InterFace connector This connector links digital audio between the mainboard...

Page 29: ...DE4 Ultra DMA 133 RAID IDE Connector Supported by HPT372 chipset refer to HPT372 RAID Controller user s manual for detail information PW1 PW1 20 pin ATX Power Connector The mainboard is equipped with...

Page 30: ...nt Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connec tor can be used for front panel audio The front panel line out phone jack should have a normal close switch Without a phone plug inser...

Page 31: ...ATA1 GAME1 Game MIDI connector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick C1394 1 C1394 2 Optional 400Mbps 1394a FireWire Connectors C1394 1 and C1394 2...

Page 32: ...s to this 10 pin connector USB2 0 allows data transfer speed up to 480Mbps CUSB3 CUSB4 CAUTION Please make sure the USB cable has the same pin assignment A different pin assignment may cause damage to...

Page 33: ...ply or system PW_ON This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turn off system immediately or 4 sec delay push the butto...

Page 34: ...se or keyboard device c Install Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE d Restart the system e Open the Control Panel Power Management application and click the Advanced tab In the Power buttons section select Stand...

Page 35: ...etup is required To power on your system again Step 1 Unplug the ATX power cord or turn off the ATX power supply switch Step 2 Wait a few minutes for the CPU to cool Step 3 Check that the CPU heatsink...

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Page 37: ...n the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail causing CMOS data loss If this happens you will need install a new CMOS battery and reconfi...

Page 38: ...d item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features...

Page 39: ...s a mode used to support a special 3 5 inch drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 inch disk that stores 1 2 MB The default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BI...

Page 40: ...ing message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message appears when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that acce...

Page 41: ...Drive This will swap your physical drive letters A B if you are using two floppy disks Options Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots...

Page 42: ...abled Video BIOS Shadow This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system Options Enabled Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show This item...

Page 43: ...lay following menu Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system to be cached in memory for faster execution The default is Enabled Options Disabled Enabled Video R...

Page 44: ...talled DRAM and DRAM clock from DRAM Timing Selectable The default is set by SPD see DRAM Timing Options 1 5 2 2 5 3 Bank Interleave The item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your...

Page 45: ...cycle Options 1T Command 2T Command Write Recovery Time This item sets the DRAM Write Recovery Time Options 2T 3T tWTR for DDR400 ONLY tWTR Timing Control for DDR400 only Options 1T 3T 2T AGP P2P Bri...

Page 46: ...al AGP Fast Write Selecting Enabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X AGP card Options Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled Writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are execut...

Page 47: ...wait states Options Enabled Disabled PCI1 2 Post Write Enables CPU to PCI bus POST write Options Enabled Disabled VLink 8X Support Enables VLink 8X support Options Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transact...

Page 48: ...1 AGP and 1 PCI this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter The default is PCI Slot Options PCI Slot AGP High Point IDE RAID Optional Enables the onboard HighPoint RAID feature Option...

Page 49: ...ill need to set the Onboard Primary PCI IDE and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE to Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode Selecting Enabled reduces latency between each drive read write cycle but may cause instability...

Page 50: ...multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sect...

Page 51: ...sable support for USB keyboard Options Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support Enable disable support for USB mouse Options Enabled Disabled Super IO Chip Setup Scroll to Super IO Chip Setup and press Ente...

Page 52: ...IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode Options SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP Normal EPP Mode Select This item allows you to determine the...

Page 53: ...ct S1 POS or S3 STR function Options S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3 Power Management Option Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User define Max saving Maximum power savings Inactivi...

Page 54: ...DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your vid...

Page 55: ...e up the system by PS2 Keyboard When select Password please press ENTER key to change password max 8 numbers Options Hot key Password PS2KB Wakeup form S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to set a Hot Key t...

Page 56: ...isabled Modem Ring Resume When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down Options Enabled Disabled RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enable rtc al...

Page 57: ...ons Yes No Reset Configuration Data This setting allows you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they w...

Page 58: ...USB port If you have not con nected any USB device selecting Disabled will free the IRQ for use by other devices Options Enabled Disabled Interrupt requests are shared as shown below IMPORTANT If usin...

Page 59: ...CPU Warning Temperature Sets the temperature at which the computer will respond to an overheating CPU Options Disabled 50O C 122O F 70O C 158O F Current System CPU Temperature Displays the current sys...

Page 60: ...emperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI compliant ope...

Page 61: ...t which does not have a module in it reducing EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference Options Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI ElectroMagneti...

Page 62: ...s at the default value 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are de scribed below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a conf...

Page 63: ...ort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is...

Page 64: ...our system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without...

Page 65: ...drivers utilities and software Step 1 Click SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER to install all components recommended Step 2 Click AC 97 AUDIO DRIVER to install audio driver Step 3 Click VIA USB V2 0 DRIVER to...

Page 66: ...For more detailed information refer to Sound Manager manual in the CD Sound Effect 1 Right click Sound Effect button on the task bar and select Sound Manager 2 Select Sound Effect page to set the desi...

Page 67: ...There are 10 bands of equalizer control check ON when you want to adjust the equalizer Figure 4 4 This page displays the mainboards s phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode no of speaker...

Page 68: ...ge 5 4 Figure 5 5 For 6 channel mode the audio combination is shown above Figure 6 6 To test the speaker select the Speaker Test page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen Speaker Tes...

Page 69: ...r system a Click Auto Lock to detect S PDIF input and display its information b Check Real time S PDIF In monitor to listen to the S PDIF IN signal through Line out connector Figure 8 SPDIF Out 8 This...

Page 70: ...nsing 9 Push Start button to start the sensing Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting the sensing 10 EZ Connection shows the result of the detection Audio Connector column...

Page 71: ...After closing EZ Connector this page will show the latest connector status as above Figure 12 12 This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software To remove Sound Manager icon f...

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Page 73: ...Playback Windows Display Playback windows displays the following mode information 1 Playback Time Display 2 Voice Cancellation Mode Display 3 Pitch Mode Display 4 Surround Sound Mode Display Realtek M...

Page 74: ...below e d o m d n u o r r u S e d o m d n u o r r u S c i r e n e G r o d i r r o c e n o t S d e d d a P y e l l A m o o R t s e r r o F m o o r h t a B y t i C m o o r g n i v i L n i a t n u o M e...

Page 75: ...ar Clear the Title Play List 4 Load Load Title Play List 5 Store Save Title Play List G Title Play List Scroll bar Scroll Up Down the Title Play List H Recording Function Controls The recording functi...

Page 76: ...control include Minimize Close 1 Minimize Minimize Platform Display Panel 2 Close Close Exit Platform Display Panel K EqualizerControlPanel The Equalizer Control Panel include On Off Preset 1 On Off E...

Page 77: ...nd it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable DOS floppy disk Note The DOS floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press Enter Key 2 You...

Page 78: ...me to save previous BIOS to file 6 To confirm and proceed please key in Y to start the programming 7 The BIOS update is finished xxxxx bin F1 Reset F10 Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx bin xxxxx bin XXXXX XXXX x...

Page 79: ...C 1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool The BIOS socket is fragile may be damaged if an improper method to replace...

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Page 81: ...n is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost7 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Desc...

Page 82: ...the following figure There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at...

Page 83: ...ackup 1 Select the location of the Source drive 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start 2 Select the location for storing the backup file Disk From Image Restore Ba...

Page 84: ...Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation s...

Page 85: ...ion To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operating method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed...

Page 86: ...2 Select the source partition 5 Select Yes to start performing backup 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3 High high...

Page 87: ...7 3 Select the disk to be restored 4 Select the partition to be restored 5 Select Yes to start restoring Check This function is to check possible error caused by defective FAT or track during backup o...

Page 88: ...lete Office programs require 360MB The remaining space can be used to store data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup area for the system and to store the file Image file in drive D T...

Page 89: ...store types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Windows operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone...

Page 90: ...t of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECD001 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the...

Page 91: ...cial keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by...

Page 92: ...information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search fo...

Page 93: ...6h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Sh...

Page 94: ...not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure...

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