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March 28, 2003

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Summary of Contents for AMD Socket et A Processor based AGP (8X) mainboard

Page 1: ...AGP 8X mainboard 266 333 400MHz AGP 8X mainboard 266 333 400MHz AGP 8X mainboard 266 333 400MHz AGP 8X mainboard 266 333 400MHz AGP 8X mainboard 266 333 400MHz Suppor Suppor Suppor Suppor Supports PC...

Page 2: ...XCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRAN...

Page 3: ...on update from the manufacturer s Web site 3 Replace mainboard 4 Remove and replace the add on card C1h C5h 1 Memory module inserted incorrectly 2 Memory compatibility problem 3 Memory module damaged...

Page 4: ...l 1 5 Serial ATA Optional 1 5 Mainboard Form Factor 1 6 I O Shield Connector 1 7 Power On Off Remote 1 7 System Block Diagram 1 8 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainb...

Page 5: ...ion Setup 4 20 PC Health Status 4 22 Power BIOS Features 4 24 Defaults Menu 4 25 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 26 Exit Selecting 4 27 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 C...

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Page 7: ...Floppy disk drive cable D HDD drive cable or round cable E CD and diskette drivers and utilities F Game COM port cable G I O Shield Deluxe Pack Items H S ATA data and power cable I IEEE 1394 two ports...

Page 8: ...e designed to support AMD AthlonTM processors This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures and ultimately...

Page 9: ...y intelligently predicts and prefetches requests from the AMD Athlon XP Processor to boost system performance beyond its nominal speed grade The nForce2 SPP delivers twice the bandwidth by implementin...

Page 10: ...y with AGP 8X 4X and Fast Write Transactions The AGP Interface Specification revision 3 0 enhances the functionality of the original AGP Interface Specification by allowing 8X data transfers 8 data sa...

Page 11: ...A interface replaces the standard parallel ATA physical storage interface The serial ATA specification provides scalability and allows future enhancements to the computing platform Serial technology o...

Page 12: ...help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy connec...

Page 13: ...tem such as Windows ME 2000 98SE XP Note For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR ACPI S3 function it is strongly recommend to use ATX power supplies that have a 5VSB current of 1A 1000mA Please...

Page 14: ...Introduction Page 1 8 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram...

Page 15: ...d Single Double side and Non ECC DDR 200 266 333 400 DIMMs Supports 128 bit dual channel memory architecture Supports up to 3GB memory size BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS ACPI v2 0 compliant S3 Sus...

Page 16: ...er with floppy printer game serial and CIR SIR interface Audio Six channel audio with analog and digital output using CMI9739A AC 97 CODEC AC 97 v2 2 compliant In 2 CH mode supports Line In Blue Line...

Page 17: ...PCI bus sockets with Bus Master support PCI v2 2 compliant Other Features Magic Health a H W monitoring software utility for voltages tempera tures and fan speeds sensing EZ Boot An easy way let end...

Page 18: ...A JKHAI Page 2 4 Page Left Blank...

Page 19: ...Installation Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 20: ...Installation Page 3 2 Mainboard Layout Figure 1...

Page 21: ...thlonTM as reference Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Figure 2 Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC PGA corner marking with the socket co...

Page 22: ...re 5 Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage For more information about installing your CPU please refer to the AMD website article So...

Page 23: ...umper This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the mainboard Settings 1 2 100 133 MHz 2 3 133 166 200 MHz Default Note Overclocking may result to the CPU s or system s...

Page 24: ...rclocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system Figure 6 Table 1 DDR DIMM 2 Green DDR DIMM 1 Green DDR DIMM 3 Black Bank 0 Bank 1 3 3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The mainbo...

Page 25: ...lacing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 8 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 Figure 7 DIMM notch Figure...

Page 26: ...lign the card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot 6 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed in step 4 7 Replace the system unit cover 8...

Page 27: ...3 AGP card edge connector is not inserted properly 1 AGP card component is not blocked by DIMM socket lock 2 AGP slot lock is locked 3 AGP card edge connector is inserted properly 1 AGP slot lock is n...

Page 28: ...AN The chassis fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheat ing the CPU WOL1 WOL Wake On LAN Connector Reserved for an NIC Network Inter face Card to wake the system fr...

Page 29: ...d to fit in only one orientation Find the proper orientation then insert the plugs into the connectors until they fit in place Caution Be sure that the PW1 and PW12 Power Connector must be used simult...

Page 30: ...ith phone plug inserted the rear panel audio is disabled In 2 Channel audio mode Mic In is shared for both front panel and rear panel In 6 Channel audio mode the Mic In is dedicated for front panel us...

Page 31: ...r is the digital link between the mainboard and your audio devices such as CD player sampler or DAT recorder It allows the digital transmission of audio data in SPDIF format COM1 COM2 Serial Port Conn...

Page 32: ...1394a FireWire Connectors C1394 1 C1394 2 and C1394 3 enable you to connect three IEEE 1394 ports for use with external devices that conform to the IEEE 1394 specification 10 2 9 1 TPA TPB TPA TPB GND...

Page 33: ...use the additional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to the 10 pin connector It will help your device more...

Page 34: ...ystem PW_ON This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turns system off immediately or 4 sec delay push the button for 4...

Page 35: ...bled and ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR and USB Resume from S3 S4 Enabled if you have USB devices c Install Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE d Restart the system e Open the Control Panel Power Management application...

Page 36: ...will not be to power on This protection is designed by hardware you don t need to do the BIOS setup To power on your system normally we recommend you to confirm the following steps Step1 Unplug in the...

Page 37: ...eneral the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS ba...

Page 38: ...d item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features...

Page 39: ...eusedtosupportaspecial3 5 inchdriveused inJapan Thisisa3 5 inchdiskthatstores1 2MB Thedefaultsettingforthis isdisabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES option in the CMO...

Page 40: ...we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache area Options Enabled Disabled External Cache This controls the stat...

Page 41: ...bled Options Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots The default is On On The keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like curs...

Page 42: ...I bus configurations by incorporating extended bus definitions Enable this for Windows NT or Linux For older operating systems select Version 1 1 Options 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64 MB Some operatin...

Page 43: ...ws you determine Full Screen LOGO display during POST Options Enabled Disabled Small Logo EPA Show If the BIOS combined a bit map file internal this option lets users determine it showing or not at sc...

Page 44: ...of 100 MHz you should select a multiplier of 4 5 so that 4 5 Multiplier x 100 MHz frontside bus 450 MHz CPU clock FSB Frequency Enables you to set the CPU frontside bus speed Enables you to subtle tun...

Page 45: ...to its original location to close the bank or the number of cycles required to page memory before the next bank activate command can be issued Options 1 7 CAS Latency Enables you to select the CAS lat...

Page 46: ...les AGP 8X supports Options Disabled Enabled AGP Fast Write Capability This item allows you to use Fast Write protocol for AGP card Options Disabled Enabled CPU THRM Throttling This item sets the perc...

Page 47: ...If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE Disabled The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than...

Page 48: ...our IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 select Auto to enable UDMA mode by B...

Page 49: ...isabled Machine MAC NV Address Optional Machine MAC NV addrress selection Options Enabled Disabled MAC NV Address Input Optional Allows you to input the MAC NV address Onboard Lan Boot ROM Optional Al...

Page 50: ...used for powering on the system The default is Ctrl F1 Options Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and...

Page 51: ...select the parallel port mode Options SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP EPP Mode Select This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip Options EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ECP Mode USE DMA This field...

Page 52: ...BIOS Page 4 16 Midi Port Address Select an address for the Midi port Options 290 300 330 Disabled Midi Port IRQ Select an interrupt for the Midi port Options 5 10...

Page 53: ...ent ACPI Function This item allows you to set the ACPI function Options Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1 POS or S3 STR function Options S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3 Power Ma...

Page 54: ...after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Options Disabled 1 15 Min HDD Down In Suspend Lets you enable the HDD to power o...

Page 55: ...e system by USB device when you save the computer power at S3 S4 Options Enabled Disabled Power On by Alarm When enabled you can set the date and time in the following two fields Any event occurring a...

Page 56: ...sabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data you can set this field to Enabled in order to c...

Page 57: ...es the minimum amount of time in PCI clock cycles that the bus master can retain the ownership of the bus Options 0 255 INT Pin1 to Pin4 Assignment These settings allow the user to specify what IRQ wi...

Page 58: ...which the computer will respond to an overheating CPU The default is Disabled Options Disabled 50O C 122O F 70O C 158O F Current CPU Temperature Displays the current CPU temperature Current System Te...

Page 59: ...V 5VSB V The voltage level of the switching power supply VBAT V The voltage level of the battery ACPI Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat...

Page 60: ...et the CPU Vcore voltage Options 1 400V to 2 200V in 0 025V increments We recommend that you leave this at the default value AGP Voltage Regulator This item allows you to set the AGP slot voltage Opti...

Page 61: ...scribed below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box LoadFail SafeDefaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minim...

Page 62: ...Type the password and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will co...

Page 63: ...our system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without...

Page 64: ...BIOS Page 4 28 Page Left Blank...

Page 65: ...EDIA AUDIO DRIVER to install audio driver Step 3 Click SILICON IMAGE DRIVER to install serial ATA driver Optional Step 4 Click REALTEK LAN DRIVER to install LAN driver Optional Step 5 Click USB V2 0 D...

Page 66: ...Below is list brief guide of C Media Audio Configuration For more detailed information please refer to user s manual in the attached CD You are able to access the control panel from two places a The s...

Page 67: ...5 3 1 Speaker output When you open the 3D Audio Configuration you will see the default Output tab as the figure below Speaker Output tab collects main setting options for analog output to speakers 2 c...

Page 68: ...ing digital sound sources It s not effective for analog input sources 2 S PDIF C Media driver supports digital S PDIF output Sony Philips Digital InterFace developed by SONY PHILIPS to provide a low d...

Page 69: ...convenience You can control microphone options in the tab though you can also reach them in Microsoft volume control 5 Xear 3D C Media driver now supports Xear 3D 5 1 Virtual SPEAKER SHIFTER and soun...

Page 70: ...and what application you are running You do NOT have to endure unbalanced speaker placement due to spatial limitation You can enjoy multi channel surround sound with even an earphone or usual 2 speak...

Page 71: ...hannel surround music and use it to test SPEAKER SHIFTER too All demo music sound here will repeat playing if you don t press Stop button Xear 3D Play3D Demo Xear 3D Advanced Program also provides int...

Page 72: ...6 Information There is a C Media audio related Information tab in 3D Audio Configuration You can get a whole picture about the audio chip driver version 3D Audio Engine Microsoft DirectX Version and...

Page 73: ...nd it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable DOS floppy disk Note The DOS floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press Enter Key 2 You...

Page 74: ...to save previous BIOS to file 6 Are you sure to program y n please key in Y to start the programming 7 The programming is finished xxxxx bin F1 Reset F10 Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx bin xxxxx bin XXXXX XXXX...

Page 75: ...endix B B 1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool The BIOS socket may be damaged if using an improper method to repla...

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Page 77: ...n is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost7 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Desc...

Page 78: ...the following figure There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at...

Page 79: ...ackup 1 Select the location of the Source drive 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start 2 Select the location for storing the backup file Disk From Image Restore Ba...

Page 80: ...Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation s...

Page 81: ...ion To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operating method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed...

Page 82: ...2 Select the source partition 5 Select Yes to start performing backup 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3 High high...

Page 83: ...7 3 Select the disk to be restored 4 Select the partition to be restored 5 Select Yes to start restoring Check This function is to check possible error caused by defective FAT or track during backup o...

Page 84: ...lete Office programs require 360MB The remaining space can be used to store data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup area for the system and to store the file Image file in drive D T...

Page 85: ...store types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Windows operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone...

Page 86: ...t of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECD001 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the...

Page 87: ...cial keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by...

Page 88: ...information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search fo...

Page 89: ...6h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Sh...

Page 90: ...not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure...

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