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K8T89-A7 

 

FCC Information and Copyright 

 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class 

B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed 

to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential 

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency 

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may 

cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is no guarantee 
that interference will not occur in a particular installation. 

 

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Summary of Contents for K8T89-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: ...ry Module Installation 8 2 4 Connectors and Slots 9 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 11 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 11 3 2 Detail Settings 11 Chapter 4 Useful Help 16 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 16 4 2 Extra Information 16 A BIOS Update 16 B CPU Overheated 17 4 3 Troubleshooting 18 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder 19 5 1 Introduction 19 5 2 System Requirement 19 5 3 Installation 20 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray i...

Page 3: ...IA VT8237R Dimension ATX Form Factor 21 99cm W x 29 31cm 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 Slot Three PCI bus master slots Two PCI EX1 slots One PCI EX16 slot One ...

Page 4: ...ALC655 Support 6 channels Supports S PDIF out and S PDIF in optional 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 S PDIF ...

Page 5: ...onnector Line In Surround Line Out Mic In 1 Base Center PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse LAN USB x2 COM1 Printer port USB x2 COM2 optional 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...

Page 6: ...9 A7 4 1 2 PACKAGE LIST FDD cable x1 HDD cable x1 User s Manual x1 Fully Setup Driver CD x1 Rear I O panel for ATX case x1 USB 2 0 cable x1 optional Serial ATA cable x2 optional S PDIF out cable x1 optional ...

Page 7: ... Codec CPU1 K8T890 JATXPWR2 JUSBV2 JUSB2 JUSB1 BIOS JCFAN1 DIMM1 DIMM2 VT8237R JSATA2 JSATA1 BAT1 JCMOS1 JCI1 JSFAN1 JPANEL1 JWOL1 optional FDD1 JATXPWR1 IDE1 PCI EX16 PCI EX1_2 PCI EX1_1 XGP1 JSPDIF_IN1 optional JDJ1 optional J1 optional JPRNT1 JCOM1 JCOM2 optional LAN Super I O IDE2 Note represents the 1 st pin ...

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: ...V 1 JSFAN1 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 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 the...

Page 11: ...rs can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 P PC CI I1 1 P PC CI I3 3 P Pe er ri ip ph he er ra al l C Co om mp po on ne en nt t I In nt te er rc co on nn ne ec ct t S Sl lo ot ts s This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a b...

Page 12: ...alled before you install the add on AGP VGA card the system will automatically set the onboard VGA as the primary graphics adapter For the onboard VGA driver can t be removed completely and to solve this problem please follow the steps below 1 Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system and reboot PC After PC restarts the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card as the graphics ad...

Page 13: ...ctors 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 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 Standby Voltage 5V 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 1 24...

Page 14: ...for J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1 JUSBV2 5V for JUSB1 JUSB2 Pin 2 3 close 5V standby Voltage JUSBV1 J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV2 JUSB1 JUSB2 are powered by 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via USB device JUSBV1 JUSBV2 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually JUSB1 JUSB2 Headers for USB 2 0 Ports at Front Panel This h...

Page 15: ...eaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Rear speaker Right 12 Right line in Rear speaker Right 13 Left line in Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Gr...

Page 16: ... JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard Assignment 1 3 Pin 1 2 close Normal Operation Default 1 3 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 ju...

Page 17: ...his 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions _ 1 2 23 24 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 HDD LED Hard drive LED 12 Power LED ...

Page 18: ...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 19: ...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 20: ...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 21: ...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 22: ... 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 23: ...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 24: ... 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 25: ... 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 26: ... 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 27: ...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 28: ... 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 29: ... are controlled 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 ...

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