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ATI CrossFire

TM

 Technology Support

4. Connect an auxiliary power source from the power supply to the graphics cards.

Table A: Supported PCI Express VGA Card List for CrossFire

TM

 Func-

tion

  Vender

MSI RX1300 TD256E (256M)

Radeon X1300Pro

ATI X1600XT (256M)

Radeon X1600XT

PowerColor X1900XTX (512M)

Radeon X1900XTX

ASUS EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A (256M)

Radeon X19500Pro

MSI RX2600XT (256MB)

Radeon HD2600XT

MSI RX3850-T2D256E-OC (256MB)

Radeon HD3850

POWER Color AX3870 512MD-PH

Radeon HD3870

    ATI

                                              PCI-E Card

3. Connect the cable from your monitors to the CrossFire

TM

 ready graphics card

installed on the 

PCIEX16_1

 slot.

Monitor Cable

Summary of Contents for X58B-A

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Page 3: ...tested and found 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 reasonable protection against harmful interference in...

Page 4: ...R glement sur le mat riel brouilieur du Canada AbouttheManual The manual consists of the following Describes features of the motherboard Go to H page 1 Describes installation of motherboard components...

Page 5: ...Drive CD ROM SATA Hard Drive 19 ConnectingI ODevices 21 Connecting Case Components 22 Front Panel Header 24 T T T T TABLE OF CONTENTS ABLE OF CONTENTS ABLE OF CONTENTS ABLE OF CONTENTS ABLE OF CONTEN...

Page 6: ...ility Software Reference 48 Chapter 5 49 49 49 49 49 ATI CrossFireTM Technology Support 49 Requirements 49 Installing CrossFireTM graphics cards 50 The CatalystTM Control Center Dialog Box 51 View 51...

Page 7: ...It supports the ATI CrossFireTM Technology that allows you to install GPU graphics cards The ICH10R Southbridge on this motherboard supports one PCI slot which is PCI v2 3 compliant In addition two P...

Page 8: ...orts Intel Matrix Storage Technology providing both AHCI and RAID 0 1 5 and 10 configuration Supports DDR3 1333 1066 800 DDR3 SDRAM with Triple channel ar chitecture Accommodates six unbuffered DIMMs...

Page 9: ...Audio jacks for microphone line in and 8 ch line out The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds Power management Wake up alarms CPU parameters CPU and memory...

Page 10: ...Controller 1 x ECS QoolTechTM II Heat Pipe 1 x PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse connector 1 x CLR_CMOS button 2 x eSATA ports 1 x 1394a port 6 x USB ports 2 x RJ45 LAN connectors 1 x Audio port 1 Line in 4 x...

Page 11: ...8 SYS_FAN System cooling fan connector 9 F_PANEL Front panel switch LED header 10 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper 11 F_USB1 3 Front panel USB headers 12 F_1394A Onboard 1394a header 13 COM Onboard serial p...

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

Page 13: ...ng connectors on the motherboard to indicators and switches on the system case Make sure that your case supports all the features required Most cases have a choice of I O templates in the rear panel M...

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: ...d Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting default CLR_CMOS 3 pin Clear CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR CMOS Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn off the system 1 CLR_CMOS To avoid the system u...

Page 16: ...do not over clock processors or other components to run faster than their rated speed This motherboard has an LGA1366 socket When choosing a processor consider the performance requirements of the sys...

Page 17: ...e sure pin 1 indicator is on your bottom left side Aim at the socket and place the package carefully into the socket by purely vertical motion E Closing the Load Plate Rotate the load plate onto the p...

Page 18: ...tter airflow rates and heat dissipation we suggest that you use a high quality fan with 3800 rpm at least CPU fan and heatsink installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan heatsink suppli...

Page 19: ...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 match...

Page 20: ...ir M2F2G64CB8HA4N BE HMT125U6AFP8C G7N0 AA HYMT125U64ZNF8 G8 AA Kingston KVR1066D3N7 2G 1 5V 9905403 006 A00LF Micron MT16JTF25664AY 1G1D1 IMSH2GU13A1F1C 10F B3S81427044 IMSH2GU13A1F1C 10G B3S81528005...

Page 21: ...ore installation This motherboard is equipped with one standard PCI slot PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus stan dard for expansion cards which for the most part is a supple...

Page 22: ...r of the add on card into the 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 2 The onboard PCI int...

Page 23: ...sembly It elimi nates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface But maintains register com patibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX 7 Groun...

Page 24: ...SBPWR Front Panel USB Power 2 USBPWR Front Panel USB Power 3 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Negative Signal 4 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Negative Signal 5 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Positive Signal 6 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 P...

Page 25: ...DataIn 3 NSOUTB SerialDataOut 4 DTRB Dataterminalready 5 GND Ground 6 DSRB Datesetready 7 RTSB Request to send 8 CTSB Clear to send 9 RI RingIndicator 10 Key Nopin Pin Signal Name Function F_1394A Onb...

Page 26: ...orientation Locate the SATA connectors on the motherboard and follow the illustration below to install the SATA hard drives Installing Serial ATA Hard Drives To install the Serial ATA SATA hard drives...

Page 27: ...ively In addition both of the 2 ports B and D provide users with both right left channels individually Users please refer to the follow ing note for specific port function definition The above port de...

Page 28: ...power supply connector to ATX_POWER 7 Connect the connector for graphics interface to ATX4P 8 Connect the auxiliary case power supply connector to ATX12V The ATX 24 pin connector allows you to connec...

Page 29: ...nstalling 4 pin power cable the latch falls on the left side of the ATX12V connec tor 4 pin power cable Pin Signal Name 4 Ground 3 Ground 2 Ground 1 Ground Pin Signal Name 5 12V 6 12V 7 12V 8 12V Pin...

Page 30: ...contact switch that is normally open The switch should maintain contact for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off The time requirement is due to internal de bounce circuitry A...

Page 31: ...ures 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 for...

Page 32: ...ng Enter Some options lead to pop up dialog boxes that prompt you to verify that you wish to execute that option Other options lead to dialog boxes that prompt you for infor mation Some options marked...

Page 33: ...c User ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to configure system Date Standard CMOS Setup Date Time The Date and Time items show the current date and time on the computer If you are running...

Page 34: ...porting Technology system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled...

Page 35: ...led Factory default TDC limit value 880 TDC Limit value 880 TDP Limit Override Enabled Factory default TDP limit value 1040 TDP Limit value 1040 Intel R HT Technology Enabled Intel VT d Disabled CPU R...

Page 36: ...ory default TDP limit value 1040 This item shows the factory default TDP limit value Intel R HT Technology Enabled This item enables or disables Intel HT Technology support Intel VT d Disabled This it...

Page 37: ...e location for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First Second and Third boot devices BIOS Protect Disabled This item enables or disables the function of BI...

Page 38: ...nboard 1394 function Serial Port1 Address 3F8 IRQ4 Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1 serial port and to assign a port address USB Functions Enabled Use this item to enable or disable...

Page 39: ...n order to use this feature Use this item to do wake up action if inserting the PCI card Resume By USB S3 Disabled This item allows you to enable or disable the USB device wakeup function from S3 mode...

Page 40: ...this feature Init Display First PCI PCI Express Use this item to select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot devices PCI PnP Setup This page sets up some parameters for devices install...

Page 41: ...emperatures and fan speeds System Hardware Monitor Smart Fan Function Press Enter SystemTemperature 35 C 95 F CPU Fan Speed 1962 RPM System Fan Speed 0 RPM CPU Vcore 1 168 V CPU VTT 1 184 VDIMM 1 456...

Page 42: ...ll Speed Offset 7 This item is used to set the full speed offset of the fan SMART Fan2 start TEMP C 60 This item is used to set the start temperature of the smart fan System FAN Full Limit Temp 86 C T...

Page 43: ...o Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled F10 Save ESC Exit Value Enter Select F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help Move mnlk Manufacturer Intel This item displays the information of current manufacture...

Page 44: ...Disabled This item allows users to adjust the DIMM voltage Warning Since the manual adjustment to the DIMM setting may result in the instability of the system users need adjust it carefully when over...

Page 45: ...ay CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc M I B MB Intelligent BIOS Help Item CPU Current Voltage 1 21250V CPU Voltage Disabled NB Vcore 1 120 V IOH Voltage Disabled CPU VTT...

Page 46: ...nstalled displays If not Not Installed displays Change Supervisor Password Press Enter You can select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to change the supervis...

Page 47: ...hanges and exit or select Cancel to return to the main menu User Password Not Installed This item indicates whether a user password has been set If the password has been installed Installed displays I...

Page 48: ...ity and new BIOS file from the manufacturer s Web site Copy these files to the bootable device 5 Turn off your computer and insert the bootable device in your com puter You might need to run the Setup...

Page 49: ...an find a brief description of each software program and the location for your motherboard version More information on some programs is available in a README file located in the same directory as the...

Page 50: ...installation program Select from the menu which software you want to install Browse CD Exit The EXIT button closes the Auto Setup window The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allow...

Page 51: ...tion screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items 1 Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence Follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and al...

Page 52: ...ll the next driver until you finish all drivers installation Method 2 Disable UAC User Account Control For administrator account only Standard user account can only use Method 1 Disable Vista UAC func...

Page 53: ...47 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 2 Select Classic View 3 Set User Account 4 Select Turn User Account Control on or off and press Continue...

Page 54: ...operating system subfolder and locate the readme text file README TXT or README DOC for information on installing the driver or software for your oper ating system Utility Software Reference All the...

Page 55: ...and a CrossFireTM ready graphics card 2 You would need a CrossfireTM bridge cable 3 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireTM technology Download the latest driver from the...

Page 56: ...256E 256M Radeon X1300Pro ATI X1600XT 256M Radeon X1600XT PowerColor X1900XTX 512M Radeon X1900XTX ASUS EAX1950PRO HTDP 256M A 256M Radeon X19500Pro MSI RX2600XT 256MB Radeon HD2600XT MSI RX3850 T2D25...

Page 57: ...s the other is Advance view for advanced users to access and configure the complete features of the software Set to Advanced View to enable the CrossFireTM function To enable CrossFireTM Set the view...

Page 58: ...52 ATICrossFireTM TechnologySupport Memo...

Page 59: ...ails Before creating a RAID set Prepare the following items 1 One SATA HDD 2 A write enabled floppy disk 3 Microsoft Windows OS installation disk Windows XP Vista 4 Motherboard support CD with Intel M...

Page 60: ...l Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS menu appears Entering Intel Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS util ity 1 During POST press Ctrl I to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS menu 3 Use the a...

Page 61: ...n press Enter 3 Key in the RAID volume capacity Use the up down arrow to choose the Capacity The default value indicates the maximum capacity using the selected disks Entering a lower capacity allows...

Page 62: ...e be noted that RAID 0 Stripe is set to accelerate the data access and RAID 1 Mirror is set to provide the data backup If you want to set RAID 0 you need to set the 2nd Boot Device item in the BIOS to...

Page 63: ...D BIOS menu highlight Delete RAID Volume using the up down arrow key then press Enter 2 Use the space bar to select the RAID set you want to delete Press the Del key to delete the set 3 A dialogue box...

Page 64: ...ll however lose all data and previous RAID configu rations To reset disks to Non RAID 1 In the main Intel Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS menu highlight Reset Disks to Non RAID using the up down arro...

Page 65: ...ache first 8MB Set stack D5 Bootblock code is copied from ROM to lower system memory and control is given to it BIOS now executes out of RAM D6 Both key sequence and OEM specific method is checked to...

Page 66: ...1ChHandlerBlock 08 Initializes the CPU The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB MS using AMI KB 5 C0 Early CPU Init Start...

Page 67: ...Generate and write contents of ESCD in NVRam 84 Log errors encountered during POST 85 Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error 87 Execute BIOS setup if needed requested 8C Late...

Page 68: ...62 Memo...

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