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Manual Revision 1.1

May 09, 2003

nVIDIA

nForce2 400

mainboard

for AMD Socket A processor

User’

User’sssss

Manual

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Page 1: ...n 1 1 May 09 2003 nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nVIDIA nForce2 400 nForce2 400 nForce2 400 nForce2 400 nForce2 400 mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard for AMD Socket A processor for AMD So...

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: ...ng 1 4 Mainboard Form Factor 1 5 I O Shield Connector 1 6 Power On Off Remote 1 6 System Block Diagram 1 7 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout 3 2 Easy In...

Page 5: ...ion Setup 4 21 PC Health Status 4 23 Power BIOS Features 4 25 Defaults Menu 4 26 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 27 Exit Selecting 4 28 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 C...

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Page 7: ...s A Mainboard B User s manual C 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 Other Optional Items H Extra USB2 0...

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: ...ogy intelligently predicts and prefetches requests from the AMD Athlon XP Processor to boost system performance beyond its nominal speed grade The nForce2 400 delivers twice the bandwidth by implement...

Page 10: ...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 samples...

Page 11: ...p 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 connectors...

Page 12: ...system such as Windows ME 2000 98SE XP Note For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR ACPI S3 function it is strongly recommended to use ATX power supplies that have a 5VSB current of 1A 1000mA P...

Page 13: ...Introduction Page 1 7 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram...

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Page 15: ...64 bit Unbuffered Single Double side and Non ECC DDR 200 266 333 400 DIMMs Supports up to 3GB memory size BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS ACPI v2 0 compliant S3 Suspend to DRAM sleep state support S...

Page 16: ...ne Out Green and Mic In Pink at rear panel In 6 CH mode supports Rear speaker out Blue Front speaker out Green and Center Subwoofer speaker out Pink at rear panel Supports CD In Aux In and S PDIF in o...

Page 17: ...ng software utility for voltages tempera tures and fan speeds sensing EZ Boot An easy way let end user can choose to boot from hard drive CD ROM floppy Excellent Overclocking capabilities through subt...

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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: ...ree PC1600 2100 2700 3200 184 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Modules Supports up to 3 0GB of 200 266 333 400MHz DDR SDRAM Supports up to 3 DDR DIMMs refer to Table 1 Supports 64 128 256 512Mb 1Gb x8 x1...

Page 25: ...cing 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 9...

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: ...GP card edge connector is not inserted properly 1 AGP card component is not blocked by DIMM socket lock 2 AGP slot clicker is locked 3 AGP card edge connector is inserted properly 1 AGP slot clicker i...

Page 28: ...FAN 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 f...

Page 29: ...fit in only one orientation Find the proper orientation then insert the plugs into the connectors until they fit in place Caution The PW1 and PW12 Power Connector must be used simultaneously or else t...

Page 30: ...ed With phone plug inserted the rear panel audio will be 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...

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 S PDIF format COM1 COM2 Serial Port Con...

Page 32: ...hen insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to this 10 pin connector USB2 0 allows data transfer speed up to 480Mbps CUSB3 USB1 USB2 LED1 80 Port Debug LED Provides two digit POST...

Page 33: ...or system 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...

Page 34: ...ume 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 and click the Advanced tab In the Power butt...

Page 35: ...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...

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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: ...mode used to support a special 3 5 inch drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 inch disk that stores 1 2 MB The default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BIOS...

Page 40: ...end 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 status of the...

Page 41: ...A20 Option This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB extended memory The default is Normal Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset hardware Fast T...

Page 42: ...ct For DRAM 64 MB Some operating systems require special handling Use this option only if your system has greater than 64 MB of memory The default is Non OS2 OS2 Select this if you are running the OS...

Page 43: ...lows 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...

Page 44: ...Optimal Aggressive Turbo Expert CPU Clock Ratio Use this item to select a multiplier for the system frontside bus FSB frequency The value of the multiplier must be set so that Multiplier x Frontside...

Page 45: ...6 2 c n y S 6 6 2 3 3 3 6 6 2 c n y S 6 6 2 0 0 4 6 6 2 c n y S 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 3 c n y s A 3 3 3 6 6 2 6 6 2 3 3 3 c n y s A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 c n y S 3 3 3 0 0 4 3 3 3 c n y S Memory Timings F...

Page 46: ...lectroMagnetic Interference generated by the CPU Options Disabled 0 50 1 00 AGP Spread Spectrum This item can significantly reduce the EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference generated by the AGP Options Dis...

Page 47: ...tiated by excess heat The default setting is 50 Options 12 5 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 75 0 87 5 System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system to be cached in memory for faster execution Options Disable...

Page 48: ...BIOS Page 4 12 4 4 Integrated Peripherals Figure5 IntegratedPeripherals...

Page 49: ...4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for theIDE drive Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it a...

Page 50: ...Enables the onboard LAN feature Options Auto Disabled Machine MAC NV Address Optional Machine MAC NV addrress selection Options Enabled Disabled MAC NV Address Input Optional Allows you to input the...

Page 51: ...power on the system You must set the POWER ON Function to Password to be prompted for a password at power on Hot Key Power ON Enables you to set a hot key combination to be used for powering on the sy...

Page 52: ...2 Options IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port Options 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to se...

Page 53: ...power on depend on system safe shutdown or power fail Game Port Address Select an address for the Game port Options 201 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Select an address for the Midi port Options 290 3...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...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 58: ...fines 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...

Page 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...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 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...o install nVIDIA nForce driver Step 2 Click C MEDIA AUDIO DRIVER to install audio driver Step 3 Click REALTEK LAN DRIVER to install LAN driver Optional Step 4 Click USB V2 0 DRIVER to install USB2 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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