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BIOSTAR Motherboard

On Board IDE

* Supports four IDE disk drives.
* Supports PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100/ 133 Bus

Master Mode.

LAN Chip (optional)

* Chip: Realtek RTL8100C/ RTL8110S.
* Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation operation. (1000Mb/s only

for RTL8110S.)

* Half/ Full duplex capability.
* Supports ACPI, PCI power management.

LAN PHY (optional)

* Chip: Realtek RTL8201BL.
* Supports 10/ 100 Mb/s operation. (1000Mb/s operation only for

RTL8110s)

* Half/ Full duplex operation.
* Supports MII interface.

Wireless LAN - Air Link

(optional)

* Chip: Realtek RTL8180.
* Full compliance with IEEE802.11b specifications.
* Supports Advanced Configuration Power management Interface (ACPI) and

PCI power management system for modern operating systems.

* Supports remote wake-up in both ACPI and APM environments.
* Keeps network maintenance costs low and eliminates usage barriers.
* Uses one RF card for Wireless LAN.

IEEE 1394 Chip

* Chip: VIA VT6307.
* Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400 mb/s.
* Compliant with PCI specification v2.2.

On Board AC'97 Sound Codec

* Chip: CMI9739A.
* Compliant with AC'97 specification.
* AC97 2.2 interface.
* Supports 6 channels.

Summary of Contents for K8VHA PRO

Page 1: ...tallation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can bedetermined by turningthe equipmentoff and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit...

Page 2: ...t of thismanual may bereproduced ortransmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise stored in any retrievalsystem of any naturewithout theprior writtenpermission of themanufacturer Trademark Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and or service marks of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademark...

Page 3: ...power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord The power cord must be rated for the product and for thevoltage and current marked on theproduct s electrical ratings label The voltageand current ratingof thecord should begreater than thevoltage and current rating marked on the product 11 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 12 If...

Page 4: ...i Overview ii Important Safety Information iii Section 1 Layout of K8VHA Pro 1 Section 2 Component Index 2 Section 3 K8NHA Pro Features 3 Section 4 Package contents 4 Section 5 Installation and Setup 7 Section 6 Trouble Shooting 16 StudioFun TM 18 WarpSpeederTM 19 ...

Page 5: ...CI5 PCI3 PCI SLOT PCI SLOT PCI SLOT PCI SLOT SPDIF_OUT 1 JAUDIO1 1 2 13 14 C odec JCDIN1 1 JWOL1 1 CNR1 JGAME1 1 2 15 16 2 9 10 1 J1394B1 IEEE 1394 CHIP JCMOS1 1 JPANEL1 1 2 FLOPPY DISK CONN FDD1 DIMM1 DIMM2 JCFAN1 JUSB4 2 9 1 10 JUSBV4 1 JUSB3 2 9 1 10 JUSBV3 1 VT8237 23 24 JSFAN1 1 PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 JSATA2 1 7 4 JSATA1 1 7 4 Winbond I O IDE RAID Chip optional IDE...

Page 6: ...dioHeader JAUDIO1 L CD ROMAudio InHeader JCDIN1 M WakeOnLANHeader JWOL1 N Wireless LAN Slot optional O CommunicationNetworkRiserSlot CNR1 P GamePortHeader JGAME1 Q Front1394header J1394B1 R IDE RaidConnectors IDE3 4 optional S ClearCMOSFunction JCMOS1 T FrontPanelConnector JPANEL1 U SystemFANHeader JSFAN1 V Power Source Selection for USB JUSBV3 W FrontUSBHeader JUSB3 X Power Source Selection for U...

Page 7: ...hlonTM 64 K8 ClawHammerTM processor with 6 4 GB Processor interface via Hyper TransportTM Technology 800 600 400 200 clock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 1600 1200 800 400 MT s in both directions simultaneously Chipset North Bridge VIA K8T800 South Bridge VIA VT8237 Main Memory Supports 72 bit 64 bits 8 bits ECC DDR SDRAM Supports 266 333 400 and 200 MHz DDR technologies Maximum m...

Page 8: ...for RTL8110s Half Full duplex operation Supports MII interface Wireless LAN Air LinkTM optional Chip Realtek RTL8180 Full compliance with IEEE802 11b specifications Supports Advanced Configuration Power management Interface ACPI and PCI power management system for modern operating systems Supports remote wake up in both ACPI and APM environments Keeps network maintenance costs low and eliminates u...

Page 9: ... Rear side 2 serial ports 1 parallel port SPP EPP ECP mode Audio ports in vertical position 1 RJ 45 LAN jack optional PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard 4 USB2 0 ports 1 IEEE1394 FirewireTM connector optional b Front Side 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88 Mbytes 4 USB2 0 ports 1 front audio header 1 S PDIF Out header 1 IEEE1394 FirewireTM port optional Dimensions ATX Form ...

Page 10: ...re are anything missing please contact your dealer immediately HDD Cable x 1 FDD Cable x 1 User s Manual x 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 StudioFun Application CD x 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable x 1 optional S PDIF Cable x 1 optional Rear I O Panel for ATX Case x 1 Serial ATA Cable x 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable x 1 optional Front IEEE 1394 Cable x 1 optional ...

Page 11: ...re turning on the computer Step1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Step2 Look for the white dot cut edge The white dot cut edge should point towards the lever pivot The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever Step4 Put the CPU fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU fan pow...

Page 12: ...on the slot 2 Insert the DIMM firmly and vertically into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 4 DDR DIMM Modules DIMM1 DIMM2 DRAM Access Time 2 5V Unbuffered no registered DDR SDRAM PC2100 PC2700 PC3200 Type required DRAM Type 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB DIMM Module 184 pin TotalMemorySizewithUnbufferedDIMMs DIMM Socket Location DDR Module Total Memory Siz...

Page 13: ...lot such a way that wireless LAN card matches in the slot Be sure to face the wireless LAN card with its compo nents towards the inner part of the motherboard 2 Insert the wireless LAN card vertically and firmly into the slot till the wireless card is properly seated 3 Screw the brackets 4 Insert the wireless LAN antenna by turning it clockwise ...

Page 14: ...33 66 100 133 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors 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 3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 5 This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Pe ripheral Component Interconnect...

Page 15: ...1 This jumper helps you to clear the Real Time Clock RTC Ram in CMOS You can erase the CMOS RTC Ram data to clear the CMOS memory of date time and system setup parameters JCMOS1 Assignment Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation default 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 Pow...

Page 16: ...J1394_USB1 port powered with standby voltage of 5V JUSBV3 JUSB3 port powered with standby voltage of 5V JUSBV4 JUB4 port powerered with standby voltage of 5V 1 3 Pin 2 3 close 5V Standby Voltage Note 1 In order to support this function Power on the sytem via USB devices JUSBV1 JUSBV2 JUSBV3 JUSBV4 jumper cap should be placed on pin 2 3 respectively 2 Use 5V Standby Voltage for S3 mode Pin Assignme...

Page 17: ...ment 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 Standby Voltage 19 5V PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 12V 3 Ground 2 12V 4 Ground 14 Front 1394 Header J1394B1 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 A1 2 A1 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B1 6 B1 7 12V 8 12V 9 KEY 10 NA 15 Digital Audio Connector SPDIF_OUT The connector is used to...

Page 18: ...dio In Header JCDIN1 This header allows you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as CD ROM TV Tuner MPEG card etc 18 Game Header JGAME1 19 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 1 5V 2 5V 3 Joystick B Button 1 4 Joystick A Button 1 5 Joystick B Coordinate X 6 Joystick A Coordinate X 7 MIDI Output 8 Ground 9 Joystick B Coordinate Y 10 Ground 11 Joystick B Button 2 12 Joystick A Coordinate Y 13 M...

Page 19: ... PS 2 Mouse Parallel Port JPRNT1 COM2 COM1 USB MIC In Speaker Out Line In LAN optional 1394 USB 1 1 JKBV1 Assignment Description Pin 1 2 close 5V 5V for keyboard and mouse Pin 2 3 close 5V Standby 5V standby for keyboard and voltage mouse to power on your system 6 Channel Speakers Speaker Out Front Speaker Right Left Line In Rear Speaker Left Right Mic In Center Bass ...

Page 20: ...es not allowing certain data to be retrieved SOLUTION Make sure power cable is securely plugged in Replace cable Contact technical support Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps back in places Check cable running from disk to disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up th...

Page 21: ...rams to detect and clean viruses Reconnect keyborad Check keys again If no improvement replace keyboard If possible connect monitor to another system If no color still replace monitor Check hard drive cable Run setup and select correct drive type Replace keyboard Unlock keyboard PROBABLE Scree is blank Screen goes blank periodically Memory problem Computer virus Keyboard failure No display on scre...

Page 22: ...ows Of course the images can be stored in USB mass storage devices like flash disks and USB floppy disks Hardware Requirements The supported hardware list of StudioFun updates regularly So please check the hwreq txt located in the root of StudioFun CD to get the latest supporting information Installation and Usage Please refer to the manual located in the Manual folder under the root of StudioFun ...

Page 23: ...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 WarpSpeederTM technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then re...

Page 24: ...rd 2 When you see the 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 WarpSpeederTM utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button ...

Page 25: ...ft button in order to invoke WarpSpeederTM 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 utility if selected 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeederTM utility will be invoked Pleas...

Page 26: ...k percentage from 110 120 Duck burning overclock percentage from 120 above 3 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the 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 rec...

Page 27: ...h English English BIOSTAR Motherboard 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure Overclock Panel contains these features ...

Page 28: ...es of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After reboot the WarpSpeederTM utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can click this button and WarpSpeederTM will proceed a testing for current frequency If the testing is ok the...

Page 29: ...el you can get the real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second 6 About Panel Click the About button in Main Panel the button 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...

Page 30: ...and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeederTM 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 WarpSpeederTM utility more robust ...

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