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K8T80-A7 

CHAPTER 2:  HARDWARE INSTALLATION 

2.1 C

ENTRAL 

P

ROCESSING 

U

NIT 

(CPU) 

Step 1:

 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the 

lever up to a 90-degree angle. 

   

 

Step 2:

 Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU 

should point forwards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only 
in the correct orientation.   

   

 

Summary of Contents for K8T80-A7

Page 1: ...ll not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publi...

Page 2: ...s 8 2 3 Memory Module Installation 8 2 4 Connectors and Slots 9 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 10 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 10 3 2 Detail Settings 10 Chapter 4 Useful Help 14 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 14 4 2 Extra Information 14 4 3 Troubleshooting 16 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder 17 5 1 Introduction 17 5 2 System Requirement 17 5 3 Installation 18 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 19 ...

Page 3: ...237R Dimension ATX Form Factor 24 45cm W x 29 35cm L Main Memory Supports up to 2 DDR devices Supports 266 333 400MHz DDR devices Maximum memory size is up to 2GB Following table is only for reference DIMM Socket Location DDR Module Total Memory Size DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DIMM2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2GB Super I O Chip ITE IT8705AF Low Pin Count Interface Integrate hardware monitor...

Page 4: ...channels Supports S PDIF out function Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 specification Internal On board I O Connectors and Headers 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device 1 front audio header supports front panel audio function 1 S PDIF out connector supports digital audio out function 1 chassis open header supports PC case opened war...

Page 5: ... USB x2 JCOM2 B B B BI IO OS S S So of ft tw wa ar re e BIOS Award legal BIOS Supports APM1 2 ACPI and USB functions Software Supports 9 th Touch TM Flasher TM WinFlasher TM and Warpspeeder TM Offers the highest performance for Windows 98SE Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Linux Fedora and UNIX series 1 2 PACKAGE LIST FDD cable x1 HDD cable x1 User s Manual x1 Fully Setup Driver CD x1...

Page 6: ...NR1 CPU1 BIOS DIMM1 DIMM2 BAT1 IDE1 FDD1 IDE2 K8T800 Pro VT8237R JKBV1 1 JATXPWR2 JATXPWR1 JUSBV1 1 JAUDIO2 2 1 14 13 JCDIN1 1 1 JSPDIF_OUT1 JUSB4 2 1 10 2 1 10 JUSB3 1 JUSBV2 JSATA2 7 1 7 1 JSATA1 JCMOS1 1 JCI1 1 JCFAN1 1 JSFAN1 1 Codec JPANEL1 1 2 24 23 LAN Super I O Note represents the 1 st pin ...

Page 7: ...s at back panel O JSATA1 JSATA2 Serial ATA device connectors E AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port slot P JUSBV2 Power source header for front panel USB ports F PCI1 PCI5 Peripheral Component Interconnect slots Q JUSB3 JUSB4 Front panel USB ports headers G JCDIN1 CD ROM audio in connector R IDE1 IDE2 Hard disk connectors H JAUDIO1 Front panel audio out header S FDD1 Floppy disk connector I JSPDIF_OUT1 ...

Page 8: ...NIT CPU Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Step 2 Look for the black cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation ...

Page 9: ... Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation ...

Page 10: ...JSFAN1 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 JSFAN1 and JNFAN1 support 3 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 2 3 MEMORY MODULE INSTALLATION 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that ...

Page 11: ...d PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits A AG GP P1 1 A Ac cc ce el le er ra at te ed d G Gr ra ap ph hi ic cs s P Po or rt t S Sl lo ot t Your monitor will attach directly to that video card This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots but it is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics...

Page 12: ...er Source Connectors JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect with 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit 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_ON 18 5V 9 Standby Voltage 5V 19 5V 20 11 10 1 JATX...

Page 13: ...lows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors 1 2 13 14 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Mic in center 2 Ground 3 Mic power Bass 4 Audio power 5 Right line out Speaker out Right 6 Right line out Speaker out Right 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 Left line out Speaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in ...

Page 14: ...lows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions 1 2 23 24 SLP PWR_LED On Off IR IR RST HLED SPK Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function 1 5V 2 Sleep control 3 N A 4 Ground Sleep button 5 N A 6 N A N A 7 Speaker Speaker Connector 8 Power LED 9 HDD LED 10 Power LED 11 HEE LED Hard drive LED 12 Power LED Power LED 13 Ground 14 Power button 15 Reset control Reset button 16 Grou...

Page 15: ...t Pin 2 3 close Clear CMOS data Clear CMOS Procedures 1 Remove AC power line 2 Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close 3 Wait for five seconds 4 Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close 5 Power on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data JCI1 Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the me...

Page 16: ...to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make a bootable floppy disk 2 Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 3 Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website 4 Copy AWDFLASH e...

Page 17: ...t power on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plug in the power cord and boot up the system Or you ...

Page 18: ...disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup 2 Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible 1 Back up data and applications files 2 Reformat t...

Page 19: ...ormation Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability b...

Page 20: ... following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand ...

Page 21: ...ty is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon u...

Page 22: ... as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels c With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclo...

Page 23: ... button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend you click the option Yes ...

Page 24: ... button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop ...

Page 25: ...ystem will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sur...

Page 26: ... will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility ...

Page 27: ...ontrolled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder utility more robust 12 10 2004 ...

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