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Motherboard Manual

 

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OTHERBOARD 

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EATURES

 

SPEC

 

CPU

 

Socket AM2 

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Sempron 
processors 

AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing 

Supports Hyper Transport and Cool

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Quiet  

FSB 

Support HyperTransport  

Support up to 1000 MHz Bandwidth 

Chipset 

nVIDIA nForce 550 

 

Super I/O 

ITE 8712F 

Provides the most commonly used legacy 
Super I/O functionality. 

Low Pin Count Interface 

Environment Control initiatives, 

H/W Monitor 

Fan Speed Controller 

ITE's "Smart Guardian" function 

Main 
Memory 

DIMM Slots x 4 

Each DIMM supports 256/512MB & 1GB 
DDR2 

Max Memory Capicity 4GB 

Dual Channel Mode DDR2 memory module 

Supports DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 

Registered DIMM and Non-ECC DIMM is not supported 

IDE 

Integrated IDE Controller  

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master 
Mode 

supports PIO Mode 0~4. 

SATA II 

Integrated Serial ATA Controller  

Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s. 

SATA Version 2.0 specification compliant. 

LAN 

Marvell 88E1116 PHY 

10 / 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s Auto-Negotiation 

Sound 

ALC 861 / 883 (optional) 

8 channels audio out  

HD Audio 

PCI slot 

x4 

Supports PCI expansion cards 

PCI Express x16 slot 

x1 

Supports PCI Express x16 expansion cards 

Slots 

PCI Express x 1 slot 

x2 

Supports PCI Express x1 expansion cards 

Floppy connector 

x1 

Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives 

Printer Port connector 

x1 

Each connector supports 1 Printer port 

IDE Connector 

x1 

Each connector supports 2 IDE device 

SATA Connector 

x4 

Each connector supports 1 SATA devices 

Front Panel Connector 

x1 

Supports front panel facilities 

Front Audio Connector 

x1 

Supports front panel audio function 

CD-in Connector 

x1 

Supports CD audio-in function 

S/PDIF out  connector  

x1 

Supports digital audio out function 

CPU Fan header 

x1 

CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan function) 

System Fan header 

x3 

System Fan Power supply 

Chassis open header (optional) 

x1 

For chassis intruder detection function 

On Board 
Connector 

CMOS clear header 

x1 

Restore CMOS data to factory default 

Summary of Contents for TFORCE 550

Page 1: ...ce will 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...

Page 2: ...Headers Jumpers Setup 12 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 12 3 2 Detail Settings 12 Chapter 4 NVIDIA RAID Functions 21 4 1 Operation System 21 4 2 Raid Arrays 21 4 3 How RAID Works 21 5 1 T Power Introductio...

Page 3: ...rounded wrist strap to remove the static charge Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the rear side of the board unless necessary Hold the board on the edge do not try to bend or flex the bo...

Page 4: ...Gb s SATA Version 2 0 specification compliant LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY 10 100 Mb s and 1Gb s Auto Negotiation Sound ALC 861 883 optional 8 channels audio out HD Audio PCI slot x4 Supports PCI expansion...

Page 5: ...port x1 USB Port x6 Audio Jack x6 Connects to PS 2 Keyboard Connects to PS 2 Mouse Provide RS 232 Serial connection Connects to RJ 45 ethernet cable Connects to USB devices Provide Audio In Out and mi...

Page 6: ...DIN1 Codec LAN JSPDIF_OUT JATXPWR2 JPRNT1 PCI2 Super I O JUSBV1 JUSB2 JUSB1 DDR2A1 JSFAN1 JCI1 JCMOS1 JPANEL1 IDE1 JATXPWR1 JCFAN1 JSATA4 JSATA3 JSFAN2 JNFAN1 JDDRII_2 2V LED1 LED2 DDR2B1 DDR2B2 DDR2A...

Page 7: ...ve the socket protection cap Step 2 Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Step 3 Look for the white triangle on socket and the gold triangl...

Page 8: ...le to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 2 2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufact...

Page 9: ...3 JSFAN2 JSFAN1 3 NC JNFAN1 North Bridge Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 1 JNFAN1 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JSFAN1 JSFAN2 and JNFAN1 support 3 pin head connector When connecting with w...

Page 10: ...he notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated B Memory Capacity D...

Page 11: ...eet the following requirements Install memory module of the same density in pairs shown in the following table Duual Channel Status DDR2A1 DDR2B1 DDR2A2 DDR2B2 Enabled O O X X Enabled X X O O Enabled...

Page 12: ...loppy drive ribbon cables 34 33 1 2 IDE1 Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 functionality I...

Page 13: ...fer bandwidth up to 250MB s per direction 500MB s in total PCI Express supports a raw bit rate of 2 5Gb s on the data pins 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture PEX1_1 PEX16 1 PEX1_2 PCI1...

Page 14: ...nection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions 1 8 16 SLP PWR_LED On Off RST HLED SPK 9 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function 1 5V 9 Sleep control 2 N A 10 Grou...

Page 15: ...3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 PW_OK 9 Standby Voltage 5V 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 Ground 16 PS ON 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 NC 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 1 13 12 24 24 Ground...

Page 16: ...ose JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at front panel JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSBV2 5V for USB ports at JUSBLAN1 JUSB3 JUSB4 JKBMSV1 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at front panel JUSB1 JUSB2...

Page 17: ...n Assignment 1 Mic Left in 2 Ground 3 Mic Right in 4 GPIO 5 Right line in 6 Jack Sense 7 Front Sense 8 Key 9 Left line in 10 Jack Sense 1 9 2 10 JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows...

Page 18: ...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 desir...

Page 19: ...A interface it satisfies the SATA 2 0 spec and with transfer rate of 3 0Gb s Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX 1 4 7 7 Ground JSPDIF_OUT Digital Audio out Connectors This connector...

Page 20: ...ctor printer on the PC 2 1 25 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Strobe 14 Ground 2 ALF 15 Data 6 3 Data 0 16 Ground 4 Error 17 Data 7 5 Data 1 18 Ground 6 Init 19 ACK 7 Data 2 20 Ground 8 Scltin 21 Busy...

Page 21: ...3 Pin 2 3 Close Memory voltage Overclocking Note 1 When JDDRII_2 2V jumper cap is placed on Pin 1 2 memory voltage can be manually adjusted under CMOS setup 2 When JDDRII_2 2V jumper cap is placed on...

Page 22: ...on the motherboard to show system status LED1 LED2 LED1 and LED2 These 2 LED indicate system power on diagnostics Please refer to the table below for different messages LED1 LED2 Message ON ON Normal...

Page 23: ...cks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel The size of each block is determined by the stripe size parameter which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on t...

Page 24: ...plied for high availability solutions or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media Features and Benefits Drives Minimum 2 and maxim...

Page 25: ...allowing for automatic redundancy May be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in an array and allows for spare disks Drawbacks Requires twice the available disk space for data redundancy the sam...

Page 26: ...ance No matter whether under BIOS or Windows interface T Power is able to present the best system state according to users overclock setting T Power BIOS Features Overclocking Navigator Engine O N E C...

Page 27: ...avigator Engine O N E ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines MOS and AOS for both Elite and Casual overclockers Manual Overclock System M O S MOS is designed for experienced overclock users It...

Page 28: ...function will increase memory stability when overclocking Choices The range is from 1 80V to 2 1V with an interval of 0 05V Memclock Frequency To get better system performance sometimes downgrading t...

Page 29: ...e the system performance named A O S Based on many tests and experiments A O S provides 3 ideal overclock configurations that are able to raise the system performance in a single step V6 Tech Engine T...

Page 30: ...ents the Atholon64 FX CPU is not suitable for this A O S feature B CMOS Reloading Program C R P It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS ROM Users are able to reload any saved CMOS se...

Page 31: ...re needed Step 1 The default setting under this item is Disabled the condition parameter should be changed to Enable to proceed this test Step 2 Save and Exit from CMOS setup and reboot the system to...

Page 32: ...o to Biostar website http www biostar com tw to download the latest BIOS file Then save the file into a floppy disk Step 2 Insert the floppy disk and reboot the system to get into CMOS screen Step 3 S...

Page 33: ...ystem temperature at a safe level CPU Fan Off If the CPU temperature is lower than the set value the CPU fan will turn off The range is from 0 127 with an interval of 1 Choices 16 default CPU Fan Star...

Page 34: ...1 PWM Value default 2 PWM Value 4 PWM Value 8 PWM Value 16 PWM Value 32 PWM Value 64PWM Value S1 CPU temperature is 60 and PWM value is 1 PWM S2 CPU temperature is 60 and PWM value is 2 PWM S3 CPU te...

Page 35: ...n the system when unpredictable errors occur All the monitoring items are illustrated by a waveform diagram Hardware Monitor Toolbar i Start up Setting Click on this item to run Hardware Monitor Progr...

Page 36: ...the CPU temperature is higher than the upper limit the status line color will change from green to red and a warning sound will alert you Also the system tray icon would change to FAN Speed By adjust...

Page 37: ...Also the system tray icon will change to ii VBAT This item displays the CMOS battery voltage represented by a light green line Users can set the upper and lower limit by adjusting to monitor the statu...

Page 38: ...ation C Click on this button and the utility will pop up 4 sub screens Please refers to Graphic 3 D Click on this button to minimize this program to taskbar E This column shows present CPU speed and o...

Page 39: ...e 1 175V 1 725V Interval 0 025V Memory Overclocking Settings By adjusting can configure two items for Memory overclocking A Memory Clock Frequency Choices 100 133 166 200 233 250 B Memory Voltage Rang...

Page 40: ...Motherboard Manual 38 PCI Overclocking Setting This diagram shows present PCI working status and helps to monitor PCI peripherals working status This item cannot be adjusted...

Page 41: ...ystem Fan speed Show current system Fan speed iv Calibrate When changing CPU Fan or System Fan click on this button to re calibrate the Fan speed Note 1 When Smart Fan Function activates for the first...

Page 42: ...s below would pop up There will be pulling meter besides the CPU Fan and System Fan the CPU Fan and the System Fan speed can be adjusted by adjusting the Cursor Up or Down vi Program Tool Bar z About...

Page 43: ...star website and BIOS file will be downloaded ii Update BIOS Click on this button to run BIOS flashing process and it s easy and safe iii Backup BIOS Click on this button and BIOS file will be saved i...

Page 44: ...ion To install the driver please click on the Driver icon The setup guide will list the compatible driver for your motherboard and operating system Click on each device driver to launch the installati...

Page 45: ...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 Downloa...

Page 46: ...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 pl...

Page 47: ...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 break...

Page 48: ...ler Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Master Modus Unterst tzt PIO Modus 0 4 SATA II Integrierter Serial ATA Controller Datentransferrate bis zu 3GB s Konform mit der SATA Spezifikation Version 2 0 LAN Marv...

Page 49: ...uss x2 Jeder Anschluss unterst tzt 2 Fronttafel USB Anschl sse Stromanschluss 24 polig x1 Stromanschluss 4 polig x1 R ckseiten E A PS 2 Tastatur x1 PS 2 Maus x1 Serieller Anschluss x1 LAN Anschluss x1...

Page 50: ...DE Contr leur IDE int gr Mode principale de Bus Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Prend en charge le mode PIO 0 4 SATA SATA II Contr leur Serial ATA int gr Taux de transfert jusqu 3 Go s Conforme la sp cificati...

Page 51: ...tection d intrus dans le ch ssis Embase d effacement CMOS x1 Connecteur USB x2 Chaque connecteur prend en charge 2 ports USB de panneau avant Connecteur d alimentation x1 24 broches Connecteur d alime...

Page 52: ...i fino a 3 Gb s Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 2 0 LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY Negoziazione automatica 10 100 Mb s e 1Gb s Capacit Half Full Duplex Codec audio ALC 861 883 optional Uscita audio 8 ca...

Page 53: ...o posteriore Tastiera PS 2 x1 Mouse PS 2 x1 Porta seriale x1 Porta LAN x1 Porta USB x6 Connettore audio x6 Dimension i scheda 219 mm larghezza x 304 mm altezza Caratterist iche speciali nTunes NVIDIA...

Page 54: ...o bus maestro Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Soporte los Modos PIO 0 4 SATA II Controlador ATA Serie Integrado Tasas de transferencia de hasta 3 Gb s Compatible con la versi n SATA 2 0 Red Local Marvell 88E1...

Page 55: ...o de CMOS X1 Conector USB X2 Cada conector soporta 2 puertos USB frontales Conector de alimentaci n X1 24 patillas Conector de alimentaci n X1 4 patillas Panel trasero de E S Teclado PS 2 X1 Rat n PS...

Page 56: ...Controlador IDE integrado Modo Bus master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Suporta o modo PIO 0 4 SATA II Controlador Serial ATA integrado Velocidades de transmiss o de dados at 3 Gb s Compatibilidade com a es...

Page 57: ...SB x2 Cada conector suporta 2 portas USB no painel frontal Conector de alimenta o x1 24 pinos Conector de alimenta o x1 4 pinos Entradas S a das no painel traseiro Teclado PS 2 x1 Rato PS 2 x1 Porta s...

Page 58: ...ryb 0 4 SATA II Zintegrowany kontroler Serial ATA Transfer danych do 3 Gb s Zgodno ze specyfikacj SATA w wersji 2 0 LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY 10 100 Mb s oraz 1Gb s z automatyczn negocjacj szybko ci Dzi...

Page 59: ...e 2 porty USB na panelu przednim Z cze zasilania 24 pinowe x1 Z cze zasilania 4 pinowe x1 Back Panel I O Klawiatura PS 2 x1 Mysz PS 2 x1 Port szeregowy x1 Port LAN x1 Port USB x6 Gniazdo audio x6 Wymi...

Page 60: ...Force 550 DDR2 DIMM x 4 DIMM 256 512 1 DDR2 4 DDR2 DDR2 400 533 667 800 DIMM and Non ECC DIMM Super I O ITE 8712F Super I O ITE Smart Guardian IDE Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 PIO 0 4 SATA II ATA 3 SATA 2...

Page 61: ...TForce 550 59 x1 CD x1 CD S PDIF x1 x1 x3 x1 CMOS x1 USB x2 2 USB 24 x1 4 x1 PS 2 x1 PS 2 x1 x1 LAN x1 USB x6 x6 219 X 304 NVIDIA nTunes RAID 0 1 0 1 OS Windows 2K XP Biostar OS...

Page 62: ...R2 256 512 1 4 DDR2 DDR2 400 533 667 800 DIMM ECC Super I O ITE 8712F Super I O LowPin Count Interface Smart Guardian ITE IDE IDE Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 PIO Mode 0 4 SATA II Serial ATA 3 SATA 2 0 Mar...

Page 63: ...TForce 550 61 24 1 4 1 PS 2 1 PS 2 1 1 1 USB 6 6 NVIDIA nTunes RAID 0 1 0 1 219 X 304 Windows 2K XP Biostar...

Page 64: ...12MB 1GB DDR2 4GB DDR2 DDR2 400 533 667 800 DIMM ECC DIMM Super I O ITE 8712F Super I O H W ITE IDE IDE Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 PIO Mode 0 4 SATA II ATA 3 Gb SATA 2 0 LAN Marvell 88E1116 PHY 10 100 Mb...

Page 65: ...TForce 550 63 x3 x1 CMOS x1 USB x2 2 USB 24 x1 4 x1 I O PS 2 x1 PS 2 x1 x1 LAN x1 USB x6 x6 219 mm X 304 mm NVIDIA nTunes RAID 0 1 0 1 OS Windows 2K XP Biostar OS...

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