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Summary of Contents for A76ML-K 3.0

Page 1: ...User s Manual A76ML K3 0 Motherboard ...

Page 2: ...indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health which could other wise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product For more detailed information about recycling of this product please contact your local city office your househo...

Page 3: ...f radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment EN 61000 3 2 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low voltage supply systems for equipment with rated...

Page 4: ...facturer HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD Address 66 CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C Supplementary Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause...

Page 5: ...ower please make sure the power supply AC input voltage setting has been configured to the local standard To prevent damage to the motherboard do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboard circuit or its components Also make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing If you are uncertain about any installation steps o...

Page 6: ...y 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Enter BIOS Setup 21 Main Menu 21 System Information 23 Advanced BIOS Features 25 Core Releaser 26 Fox Central Control Unit 27 Advanced Chipset Features 32 Integrated Peripherals 36 Power Management Setup 40 PC Health Status 42 BIOS Security Features 43 Load Optimal Defaults 43 Save Exit Setup 43 Exit Without Saving 43 Chapter 4 RAID Configuration RAID Introduction 45 Inst...

Page 7: ...port Website http www foxconnsupport com Worldwide Online Contact Support http www foxconnsupport com inquiry aspx CPU Support List http www foxconnsupport com cpusupportlist aspx Memory VGA Compatibility List http www foxconnsupport com complist aspx Support ...

Page 8: ...what you need for break through performance With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity features for today multi media computing requirements A76ML K 3 0 enables you to unleash more power from your computer This chapter includes the following information Product Specifications Layout Back Panel Connectors ...

Page 9: ...sion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 1 x PCI Express x1 slot 2 x PCI slots VGA Integrated ATI Radeon HD3000 GPU Support Hybrid CrossFire Dual Independent displays support with DVI and D SUB Support DirectX 10 Shader Model 4 0 Storage SB710 chipset 4 SATA 2 0 connectors 300MB S data transfer rate support RAID 0 1 10 1 x IDE connector LAN Realtek 8111E Gigabit LAN chip Audio Realtek 662 GR audio chip...

Page 10: ...nel Audio ports Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU System temperature detection CPU System fan speed detection CPU overheating warning CPU System fan speed control PCI Express x1 Support 500MB s 1GB s concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and power management features PCI Express x16 Support 8GB s 16GB s concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and power management features Green...

Page 11: ...uth Bridge SB710 12 Clear CMOS Jumper 13 Speaker Connector 14 Front Panel Connector 15 SATA Connectors 16 IDE Connector 17 24 pin ATX Power Connector 18 Chassis intrusion alarm header 19 TPM Connector 20 COM1 Connector 21 DDR3 DIMM Slots 22 CPU_FAN Header 23 CPU Socket Note The above motherboard layout is for reference only please refer to the physical mother board for detail 15 16 18 17 19 11 13 ...

Page 12: ...uch as an USB keyboard mouse USB printer USB flash drive and etc 6 Audio ports For the definition of each audio port please refer to the table below Port 2 channel 4 channel 5 1 channel Blue Line In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Microphone In Microphone In Center Subwoofer Out Please refer to Chapter 4 and install the audio driver in CD t...

Page 13: ...ction at up to 10 100 1000Mb s data rate Active LED Link LED LAN Type Left Active Right Link Status Description Status Description 1000M Off No Link Off No Link Green Blinking Data Activity Off 10 Mb s Connection Green 100 Mb s Connection Orange 1000 Mb s Connection ...

Page 14: ...r to any installation and read the contents in this chapter carefully This chapter includes the following information Install the CPU and CPU Cooler Install the Memory Install an Expansion Card Install other Internal Connectors Jumpers Install driver and utility Please visit the following website for more supporting information about your motherboard CPU Support List http www foxconnsupport com cp...

Page 15: ...to prevent hardware damage Locate the Pin 1 of the CPU The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU Do not turn on the computer if the CPU cooler is not installed otherwise overheating and damage of the CPU may occur Set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the CPU specifications It is not recommended that the syst...

Page 16: ...pread an even thermal grease on the surface of CPU 2 Buckle the heatsink firmly at one side of the stand 3 Buckle the heatsink at another side and press the fasten lever down to tightly seat the cooler 4 Attach the CPU cooler connector to the CPU fan header on the motherboard Use extreme care when removing the CPU cooler because the thermal grease may adhere to the CPU Inadequately removing the CP...

Page 17: ... first to achieve optimum performance C A U T I O N Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory of the same capacity brand speed and chips be used Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to prevent hardware damage Memory modules...

Page 18: ...ory socket Place the memory module onto the socket then put your fingers on top edge of the module and push it down firmly and seat it vertically into the memory socket Step 2 The clips at both ends of the socket will snap into place when the memory module is securely inserted 144 Pin 96 Pin Before installing a memory module make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the pow...

Page 19: ...y required BIOS changes for your expansion card s 7 Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Installing a Graphics Card Gently insert the graphics card into the PCI Express x16 slot Make sure the graphics card is locked by the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot Removing the Card Push the latch at ...

Page 20: ...o the connector and make sure it is secure 4 pin ATX 12 V Power Connector PWR2 Connect the 4 pin ATX 12V power supply to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU We recommend you using a 24 pin power supply If you are using a 20 pin power supply you need to align the ATX power connector according to the picture C A U T I O N 20 Pin Power Pin No 24 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 1...

Page 21: ...dicates the system s status When the system is in operation S0 status the LED is on When the system gets into sleep mode S1 the LED is blinking When the system is in S3 S4 sleep state or power off mode S5 the LED is off This 2 pin connector is directional with sign Power Switch Connector PWR SW Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis Push this switch allows the system to be t...

Page 22: ...s on its motherboard By connecting through USB cables with them user can quickly expand another eight USB ports on the front panel Speaker Connector SPEAKER The speaker connector is used to connect speaker of the chassis IDE Connector PIDE With the provided Ultra DMA IDE ribbon cable you can connect to any IDE type of hard disk and CD DVD ROM RW drive PORT1_L PORT1_R PORT2_L SENSE_SEND SENSE1_RETU...

Page 23: ...nd S5 sleeping states S PDIF OUT Connector SPDIF_OUT The connector is used for S PDIF output Chassis Intruder Alarm Connector INTR The connector can be connected to a security switch on the chassis The system can detect the chassis intrusion through the function of this connector If eventually the chassis is closed the system will send a message out 1 CPU_FAN SYS_FAN GND POWER SENSE CONTROL INTR G...

Page 24: ...dous ESD Electrical Static Discharge problem Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherboard uses CMOS RAM to store the basic hardware information such as BIOS data date time information hardware password etc Clear CMOS data is the fast way to go back to factory default when the BIOS settings were mistakenly modified The steps to clear CMOS data are 1 Turn off the computer unplug the power cord from th...

Page 25: ...all the drivers for your system You must click AMD Chipset Driver to install it first After that you can click One Click Setup and then choose the items you want to install or you can click on each individual driver to install it manually Visit Foxconn s Website Show Utilities Show Drivers Browse CD View the Utility Help files Manual Installation Step by Step Automatic Installation by One Click Se...

Page 26: ...2 19 2 Utility Use these options to install additional utilities you can click Utility Help button in the main menu to view the utility FOX ONE FOX LiveUpdate FOX LOGO FOX DMI help manual Click here ...

Page 27: ...ailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided You have to run the Setup Program when the following cases oc cur 1 An error message appears on the screen during the system Power On Self Test POST process 2 You want to change the default CMOS settings This chapter includes the following information Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu System Information Advanced BIOS Features Core Releaser Fox C...

Page 28: ...er Enabled only if CPU supports The Core Releaser function can be set up through this menu Setting Options are Enabled and Disabled Enabled some CPU hidden Corse may be activated Disabled the system will load default CPU cores When the message Press F3 to activate Core Releaser appears at the bottom of the screen you can press F3 key to set the Core Releaser to be enabled We do not suggest that yo...

Page 29: ...s and voltages of your CPU System BIOS Security Features The Supervisor User password can be set up through this menu to prevent unauthorized use of your computer If you set a password the system will ask you to key in correct password before boot or access to Setup Load Optimal Defaults The optimal performance settings can be loaded through this menu Save Exit Setup Save setting values to CMOS an...

Page 30: ...logy for the relevant device This item displays the drive information of IDE devices Halt On This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during powering up All Errors All errors can result in system halt All Errors But All errors but keyboard or mouse can result in system halt The halt condi tion can be enabled disabled in the next two settings Keyboard T...

Page 31: ...IOS ID version User can check this information and discuss with the field service people if a BIOS upgrade is needed Memory This item displays the current memory size The size is depending on how many memory modules were installed in your system before powering on MAC Address This item shows the onboard LAN MAC address CPU Name It displays the current CPU name ...

Page 32: ...CI latency timer The value is in unit of PCI cycle for PCI device latency timer register Setting values are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 This feature controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over The larger the value the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus Low values for the PCI Latency Timer will reduce the effective PCI bandwidth while higher values...

Page 33: ... available settings are On default and Off Core Releaser The Core Releaser This option is used to disabled or enabled the Core Releaser function The default value Disabled CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc Core Releaser The Core Releaser Help Item AGESA Version 3 7 0 1 Physical Count 1 Logical Count 4 AMD Phenom tm II X4 945 Processor Cache L1 512KB Cache L2 2048KB C...

Page 34: ...al Help F9 Optimized Defaults Disabled Options Fox Central Control Unit Super BIOS Protect To protect the system BIOS from virus attack there is a BIOS write protection mechanism provided Super BIOS Protect function protects your BIOS from being affected by viruses e g CIH Auto Detect PCI Clock This option is used to auto detect PCI slot When enabled the system will turn off clock of the empty PCI...

Page 35: ...thout password trying to get into your computer through smart boot menu System Status Power LED Status Stop Blinking Condition Normal Always On Always On No Memory Continue blinking On 1sec Off 1sec Reboot Memory OK No Display Continue blinking On 2sec Off 2sec Reboot Display OK Post Error Message Quick blinking twice 1 3sec On 1 3sec Off one long On 1sec continuously Enter Setup or Skip No CPU Fa...

Page 36: ...lier It is displayed only when CPU NB Multiplier Con trol is set as manual mode Current CPU NB Speed This item displays the current CPU NB Speed Memory Speed Mode This item is used to enable disable provision of DRAM timing by SPD device The Serial Presence Detect SPD device is a small EEPROM chip mounted on a memory module It contains important information about the module s speed size addressing...

Page 37: ...e the graphics card speed Spread Spectrum If you enabled this function it can significantly reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated by the system so to comply with FCC regulation But if overclocking is activated you had better disable it Voltage Options Voltage Options CPU Voltage Control This option is used to change the CPU voltage in a step of 25mV The voltage can be incre mented ...

Page 38: ...CPU s multiplier and voltage to lower levels when a HLT halt command is issued This item is used to enable disable the C1E support CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc CPU Configuration CPU Configuration Help Item Module Version 13 70 AGESA Version 3 7 0 1 Enable disable the Physical Count 1 generation of ACPI Logical Count 4 _PPC _PSS and _PCT objects AMD Phenom tm II ...

Page 39: ...he CAS latency The CAS Latency is the number of clock cycles that elapse from the time the request for data is sent to the actual memory location until the data is trans mitted from the module RAS CAS Delay This item displays a delay time in clock cycles between the CAS and RAS strobe signals Row Precharge Time This item shows the number of clock cycles taken between issuing of the precharge comma...

Page 40: ...n cert to access memory For a description of ganged 128 bit DRAM data width and unganged 64 bit DRAM data width DRAM modes Ganged channels DDR3 DCT channels A and B can be ganged as a single logical 128 bit DIMM Offers highest DDR3 bandwidth Requires both DIMMs in a logical pair to have identical size and timing parameters both DCTs programmed identically Unganged channels DCT channels A and B ope...

Page 41: ...he DRAM speed will not exceed the specified value listed in the Memory Select Manual then DRAM speed is manually selected according to the set value of Memory Speed Adjust DRAM Timing Mode When both DCTs DRAM controller are enabled in unganged mode BIOS must initialize the frequency of each DCT in order you also can configure the timings manually Settings are Auto DCT 0 DCT 1 Both CMOS Setup Utili...

Page 42: ... graphics processor IGP Enabling SurroundView does not impact display modes resolution and color depth or perfor mance The display mode of each output is controlled independently by the graphics controller connected to it 1 When using a non ATI PCI Express PCIe graphics card Surround View is not supported The integrated graphics processor IGP is automatically disabled and the system memory allocat...

Page 43: ...oot ROM in the network board you can enable a client PC system on the network to be booted remotely HD Audio Controller This item is used to enable or disable the HD Audio controller CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc Integrated Peripherals IDE Configuration Press Enter Help Item USB Configuration Press Enter SuperIO Configuration Press Enter Configure the IDE Trusted...

Page 44: ...DE This configures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode RAID When you enable RAID it means all your SATA drives must also support AHCI AHCI The Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI specification describes the register level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA The specification includes a description of the hardware software interface between system software and the host controll...

Page 45: ... a USB keyboard or mouse set to auto or enabled SuperIO Configuration CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2008 American Megatrends Inc USB Configuration USB Configuration Help Item USB Devices Enabled None Disabled OnBoard USB Controller Enabled Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode High Speed Legacy USB Support Enabled Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help...

Page 46: ...blocks and software interfaces across multiple platforms TPM Trusted Platform Module is a specification promoted by TCG A Trusted Platform Mod ule offers facilities for secure generation of cryptographic keys The TPM Work Group is chartered to create the Trusted Platform Module TPM specifica tion The definition of the TPM architecture comes from the TC and the TPM Work Group defines the implementa...

Page 47: ...S4 The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power longest wake latency sleeping state supported by ACPI In order to reduce power to a minimum it is assumed that the hardware platform has powered off all devices Platform context is maintained also called Suspend to Disk S5 The S5 state is similar to the S4 state except that the OS does not save any context The system is in the soft off state and require...

Page 48: ...ssing the power button Disabled Normal ACPI function Resume by LAN This item is used to enable disable LAN to generate a wake up Resume by PCI Card This item is used to enable disable the PCI Card to generate a wake up Resume by PCIE Card This item is used to enable disable the PCIE Card to generate a wake up Resume by USB KB MS This item is used to enable disable the USB Devices to generate a wak...

Page 49: ...r disable smart fan function Start PWM Temperature It allows you set a temperature value from which smart fan starts its operation Start PWM Value It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the temperature reaches Start value and smart fan begins its operation The higher PWM value can achieve the faster fan speed Slope PWM Value The slope controls the PWM value being stepped u...

Page 50: ...ny expansion cards were installed the system might fail to work Save Exit Setup When you select this option and press Enter a message will be displayed in the center of the screen Select OK to save your changes to CMOS and exit the program select Cancel or ESC to return to the main menu Exit Without Saving If you select this option and press Enter the following message will be displayed in the cen...

Page 51: ...information RAID Introduction Install SATA Hard Disks RAID Configuration Create RAID Driver Disk Install Windows OS The RAID BIOS Setup pictures shown in this chapter are for refer ence only please refer to the practical screen ...

Page 52: ...ormance and good fault tolerance Level 5 is one of the most popular implementations of RAID RAID Ready A RAID Ready system is a specific system configuration that with the addition of a second Se rial ATA hard drive can be seamlessly migrated to a configuration that provides either improved storage performance or data protection from a single hard drive failure JBOD Span JBOD stands for Just a Bun...

Page 53: ... Del key during POST 2 Set the OnChip SATA Type to RAID 3 Press F10 to save the setting then PC will reboot itself Option ROM Utility When PC is rebooting press Ctrl F key during POST to enter the main menu of the Option ROM Utility View Drive Assignment To view the disk drive assignment status by pressing 1 Define LD To Create RAID by pressing 2 Delete LD To Delete RAID by pressing 3 Controller C...

Page 54: ...N Cache Mode WriteThru Channel ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity GB Assignment 1 Mas XXXXXXXXXXX SATA XG XX XX Y 2 Mas XXXXXXXXXXX SATA XG XX XX Y 3 Mas XXXXXXXXXXX SATA XG XX XX N 4 Mas XXXXXXXXXXX SATA XG XX XX N Up Down ESC Exit Space Change Crtl Y SAVE PgUp Dn Page Change Option ROM Utility c 2008 Advanced Micro Devices Inc Keys Available Define LD Menu Drives Assignment RAID 0 Fast Init...

Page 55: ...in WinXP or WinVista folder to the USB disk 4 Follow the succeeding screen prompt to complete the process Create a RAID Driver Disk without entering OS 1 Boot your computer press Del during POST to enter BIOS 2 Insert the driver CD into the optical drive 3 Set the 1st Boot Device to CD DVD ROM save changes and exit 4 Press any key when the screen prompts Press any key to boot from the optical driv...

Page 56: ...tform for 64bit XP press Enter 7 A confirmation message appears to double check if the driver is really what we wanted press Enter to continue Then follow the screen prompt to complete the Windows XP installation Install Windows Vista 1 Press Del during POST to enter BIOS 2 Insert the Windows Vista installation CD into the optical drive 3 Set the 1st Boot Device to CD DVD ROM save changes and exit...

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