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Page 3: ...ound to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reason able protection against harmful interference in a residenti...

Page 4: ...adian Interference causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilieur du Canada AbouttheManual The manual consist...

Page 5: ...ng Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 FrontPanelHeader 12 InstallingHardware 13 Installing the Processor 13 Installing Memory Modules 14 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD...

Page 6: ...ntrol 43 Load Optimized Defaults 44 Set Supervisor User Password 44 Save Exit Setup Option 45 Exit Without Saving 45 Chapter 4 47 47 47 47 47 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 47 AbouttheSoftwareCD ROM 47 A...

Page 7: ...sport peripheral controller un matched by any other single chip device controller This motherboard supports two DDR modules at 400 333 266 200 MHz operation with up to 2GB of system memory high resolu...

Page 8: ...io CODEC Chipset HyperTransport Technology is a point to point link between two devices it enables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than currently avail able interconn...

Page 9: ...rs Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port One parallel port Four USB ports One LAN port optional Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out BIOS Firmware The motherboard uses Award...

Page 10: ...4 IntroducingtheMotherboard Motherboard Components...

Page 11: ...erboard 14 JUSB1 2 Front Panel USB headers 1 CPU Socket Socket 754 for AMD K8 processor 8 JCMOS1 Clear CMOS jumper 11 IDE2 Secondary IDE connector 9 SPK1 Speaker header 18 JAUDIO1 Front panel audio he...

Page 12: ...6 IntroducingtheMotherboard Memo...

Page 13: ...at your case supports all the features required Secondly NFORCE3 A supports one or two floppy diskette drives and four enhanced IDE drives Make sure that your case has sufficient power and space for a...

Page 14: ...han one pin are numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins The illustrations show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper...

Page 15: ...erboard jumpers Pin 1 is labeled Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting default JCMOS1 3 pin CLEAR CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn the system off 3 pin Po...

Page 16: ...ing the motherboard components Refer to the following 1 Connect the CPU cooling fan cable to JCFAN1 2 Connect the case cooling fan connector to JSFAN2 3 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to...

Page 17: ...l Name Function JATXPWR1 ATX 20 pin Power Connector 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 10 12V 20 5V 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 Stan...

Page 18: ...waiting indication Reset Switch Supporting the reset function requires connecting pin 5 and 7 to a momentary contact switch that is normally open When the switch is closed the board resets and runs P...

Page 19: ...has a Socket754 processor socket When choosing a processor consider the performance requirements of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of...

Page 20: ...ers over to lock the heat sink in place and connect the CPU cooling Fan power cable to the CPUFAN connector This completes the installa tion CPU Installation Procedure The following illustration shows...

Page 21: ...dule with the slot The DIMM slots are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 4 Check that the cutouts on the DIMM module edge connector ma...

Page 22: ...2 single rank empty empty single rank empty double rank empty double rank single rank single rank single rank double rank double rank double rank single rank double rank 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Table B DDR me...

Page 23: ...ort UDMA and use 80 pin IDE cables that support UDMA 133 100 66 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM SATA Hard Drive This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD...

Page 24: ...rives Installing Serial ATA Hard Drives To install the Serial ATA SATA hard drives use the SATA cable that supports the Serial ATA protocol This SATA cable comes with an SATA power cable You can conne...

Page 25: ...ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the onboard floppy connector connect the remaining plugs on the other end to the floppy drives correspondingly Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive The mo...

Page 26: ...he expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case with a screw For some add on cards for example graphics adapt...

Page 27: ...out ports for easier access 1 AUD_MIC Front Panel Microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground used by Analog Audio Circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS MicrophonePower 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by Analog Audio Circu...

Page 28: ...ard Please make sure that the USB cable has the same pin assignment as indi cated above A different pin assignment may cause damage or system hang up 1 USBPWR Front Panel USB Power 2 USBPWR Front Pane...

Page 29: ...he upper PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 pointing device PS2 Keyboard Use the lower PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 keyboard Parallel Port LPT1 Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications de...

Page 30: ...24 InstallingtheMotherboard Memo...

Page 31: ...features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations...

Page 32: ...ype AdvancedBIOSFeatures Integrated Peripherals Set User Password PowerManagementSetup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving KEY FUNCTION ESC Exits the current menu Move PU PD F1...

Page 33: ...e first 6 At the A prompt type the Flash Utility program name and press Enter 7 Type the filename of the new BIOS in the File Name to Program text box Follow the onscreen directions to update the moth...

Page 34: ...eday month yearandcentury F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter while this item is highlighted to p...

Page 35: ...tem Base Memory Extended Memory and Total Memory These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time These are display only fields You cannot make changes to these fields IDE Channel...

Page 36: ...partition table of your hard disk drive You need to disable this item when installing an operating system We recommend that you enable this item as soon as you have installed an operating system For...

Page 37: ...ired at system start up or if it is only required when a user tries to enter the Setup Utility APIC Mode Enabled This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Cont...

Page 38: ...mized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp First Second Third Boot Device Floppy Hard Disk CDROM Use these three items to select the priority and order of the device...

Page 39: ...tem and press Enter to view the following screen Item Help MenuLevel Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10...

Page 40: ...hoices are Auto 1x 1x2x and 1x2x4x AGP Fast Write Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the caching of display data for the video memory of the processor Enabling this item can greatly improve...

Page 41: ...Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 IDE RAID Disabled This item allows you to enable or disable the onboard RAID function...

Page 42: ...an nVIDIA Auto This option allows you to enable disable the Onboard LAN controller Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled Use this item to enable or disable the booting from the onboard LAN or a network add in...

Page 43: ...ion protocol with a maxi mum baud rate up to 57 6K bps UR2 Duplex Mode Half This field is available when UART 2 Mode is set to either ASKIR or IrDA This item enables you to determine the infrared func...

Page 44: ...st IRQ for the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode ECP Enables you to set the data transfer protocol for your parallel port There are four options SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel...

Page 45: ...e access If you install a primary and secondary add on IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Init Display First PCI Slot Use this item to specify wheth...

Page 46: ...s on and off for improved power management It also allows the PC to be turned on and off by external devices so that mouse or keyboary activity wakes up the computer Power Management User Define This...

Page 47: ...st set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP PCI Configurations Setup utility for the motherboard to work properly Selecting PnP PCI Configurations on the main program screen displa...

Page 48: ...Base to set the start address of the memory you want to reserve for the ISA expansion card Use the section item Reserved Memory Length to set the amount of reserved memory Press Esc to close the Memor...

Page 49: ...ters for critical voltages Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Control Item Help MenuLevel F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralH...

Page 50: ...assword typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the sele...

Page 51: ...this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit...

Page 52: ...46 Using BIOS Memo...

Page 53: ...README TXT INSTALL TXT or something similar These files may contain important information that is not included in this manual Auto installing under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP The Auto install CD ROM makes...

Page 54: ...uch as DOS WIN NT or WIN98 95 Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using In install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and the...

Page 55: ...onsare recommended 4 Click Next run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items Drivers and software are automatically inst...

Page 56: ...owing software is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of the license These software s are subject to change at anytime without prior notice Please refer...

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