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BIOS Setup

Figure 2: Advanced

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

Advanced

Security Boot

Exit

Boot Summary Screen

[Disabled]

Item Specific Help

Onboard USB controller

[Enabled]

4GB Memory Hole Adjust

[Auto]

4GB Memory Hole Size

[64MB]

Multiprocessor Specification

[1.4]

MP Table uses PCI entries

[Yes]

After Power Failure

[Power On]

CLK Spread spectrum

[Diabled]

Chipset Configuration

Keyboard Configuration

I/O Device Configuration

PCI Configuration

Hardware Monitor

Console Redirection

F1: Help

: Select Item

+ -: Change Values

F5: Setup Defaults

Esc: Exit

: Select Menu

Enter: Select Sub-Menu

F10: Save&Exit

Advanced

About This Section: Advanced

With this section, allowing user to configure your system for basic operation. User can change the

system’s default boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, chipset configuration, PCI configuration and
System Hardware health monitoring.

Summary of Contents for GA-7A8DRH

Page 1: ...rd party brands and names are the property of their respective owners 0 0 0 0 0 Please do not remove any labels on motherboard this may void the warranty of this motherboard 0 0 0 0 0 Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet 0 0 0 0 0 Before you install PCI cards please remove the Dual BIOS label from PCI slots if there is...

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Page 3: ... Residual commercial and light industry EN 50082 1 Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residual commercial and light industry EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries Generic emission standard Part 2 Industrial environment EN 55081 2 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Generic emiss...

Page 4: ...ecifications 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 and 2 this device must accept any inference received including that may cause undesired operation Representative Person s Name Signature Eric Lu SupplementaryInformation ModelNumber 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry CA 91748 G B T INC U S A 8...

Page 5: ...USER S MANUAL GA 7A8DRH AMD Socket 940 Dual Processor Motherboard AMD Opteron Socket 940 Dual Processor Motherboard Rev 1001 ...

Page 6: ...Installing Cooling Fan 16 Step 2 Install memory modules 18 Step 3 Install expansion cards 22 Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 23 Step4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 23 Step4 2 ConnectorsIntroduction 26 Step4 3 JumperSettingIntroduction 37 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 41 Main 43 Advanced 47 ChipsetConfiguration 50 KeyboardConfiguration 53 I O Device Configuration 54 PCI Configura...

Page 7: ... Chapter 4 Technical Reference 66 Block Diagram 66 Chapter 5 Application Driver Installation 67 A AMD Driver Pack Installation 67 B Intel Network Driver Installation 69 C SCSI Driver Installation 71 Chapter 6 Appendix 72 ...

Page 8: ...ove theATX powerconnectoronthemotherboard Ifthemotherboardhasmountingholes buttheydon tlineupwiththeholesonthebaseandthereare no slots to attach the spacers do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers the spacer may be a little hard to cut off so be careful ofyourhands Inthiswayyoucanstillattachthemotherboardtothebasewitho...

Page 9: ...I O expansion and system management functions into a single device Memory Supports 4 DDR socket slots for Primary CPU Supports 4 DDR socket slots for Secondary CPU CPU1 supports memory capacity up to 8GB CPU2 supports memory capacity up to 16GB Supports registered ECC and DDR200 266 333 400 I O Control ITE IT8712F Super I O Expansion Slots Supports 2 x PCI 32Bit 33Mhz Slots Supports 2 x PCI X 64Bi...

Page 10: ...erly will depend on your hardware configurations including CPU Chipsets SDRAM Cards etc Hardware Monitor WinbondW83791D CPU System Fan Revolution detect CPU System temperature detect SystemVoltageDetect PowerManagementSupport PowerManagermentFeatures Wake on LAN WOL USB PCI mouse SupportsACPI S1 S4 S5 functions On Board VGA Build in ATI Rage XL with 8M SDRAM on board On Board LAN Intel82545GM Inte...

Page 11: ...4 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20 19 18 17 16 15 H P N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 70 69 2 1 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V U T...

Page 12: ... PWR_FAN1 Power Fan GG KB_MS Keyboard Mouse K ITE8712 HH ATX2 SSI power connector L CPU_FAN2 CPU Fan II ATX1 SSI power connector M CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan JJ ZCR_CON1 SCSI connector N SYS_FAN2 System Fan KK CPU1 DIMM 0 3 O SYS_FAN1 System Fan LL CPU2 DIMM 0 3 P WOL MM PCI_6 Q WOM NN PCI_5 R Front Panel OO PCI X_4 S USB1 Front USB PP PCI X_3 T IDE2 QQ PCI X_2 U IDE1 RR PCI X_1 V GSMI IPMI SS ATI_Rage XL W...

Page 13: ...18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20 19 18 17 16 15 H P N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1...

Page 14: ...ure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard 5 If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improper installation Please change the insert orientation Please useAMD approved cooling fan Step 1 Rise the lever bar on the socket Step 2 Aligning the pins of the processor with the socket insert the processor into the socket Step3 Close the lever completely Figure1 An...

Page 15: ...k and processor Removing the heatsink under such conditions can cause the processor to be removed from the socket without moving the socket lever to the unlocked position and then damage the processor pins or socket contacts Werecommendyoutoapplythethermaltapetoprovidebetterheatconductionbetweenyour CPU and heatsink The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermalpast...

Page 16: ... J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20...

Page 17: ...0 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20 19 18 17 16 15 H P N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 70 69 2 1 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE ...

Page 18: ... K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20 1...

Page 19: ...bile combinationsarelistedinthetables 5 Installed DIMMs must be the same speed and must all be registered For a list of suuported memrory please refer to the table of previous page 6 Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module Total Memory Sizes With Registered DDR DIMM Devices used on DIMM 1 DIMMx64 x72 2 DIMMsx64 x72 3 DIMMsx64 x72 4 DIMMsx64 x72 64 Mbit 4Mx4x4 banks 2...

Page 20: ...048 2048 X 4096 4096 4096 Note X Do not populate Table 2 Vaild DIMM Configuration for 128 bit Mode Logical DIMM 0 Ligical DIMM1 DIMM 0 MB DIMM 1 MB DIMM 2 MB DIMM 3 MB X X 256 256 256 256 256 256 X X 512 512 512 512 512 512 X X 1024 1024 1024 1024 1024 1024 X X 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 X X 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 Note X Do Not populate ...

Page 21: ...some advances in solving the system performance bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth Nowadays with the highest bandwidth of 3 2GB s of DDR400 memory and complete line of DDR400 333 266 200 memory solutions DDR memory is the best choiceforbuildinghighperformanceandlowlatencyDRAMsubsystemthataresuitableforservers workstations and full range of desktop PCs ...

Page 22: ...bracket from the computer 3 Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard 4 Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 5 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 6 Replace your computer s chassis cover 7 Power on the computer if necessary setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS 8 Install related driver from the operati...

Page 23: ...23 Hardware Installation Process Step 4 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply Step4 1 I O Back Panel Introduction ...

Page 24: ...ble patch or driver upgrade For more information please contact your OS or device s vendors USB Connector R_USB1 Parallel Port Serial Ports COMA VGA This connector supports 2 standard COM ports and 1 Parallel port Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port mouse and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports COMA can beusedforconsoleredirection PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connector Thi...

Page 25: ...2 LED Description LAN Port Status Description LAN 1 Yellow LED Blink LAN1 active Yellow LED On LAN1connected Green LED On LAN1 at Speed 100MB 1000MB Green LED Off LAN1 at speed 10MB LAN 2 Yellow LED Blink LAN2 active Yellow LED On LAN2connected Green LED On LAN2 at speed 100MB 1000MB Green LED Off LAN2 at speed 10MB LAN1 LAN2 ...

Page 26: ...3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20 19 18 17 16 15 H P N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 70 69 2 1 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 ...

Page 27: ...nector Introduction 27 A AXT1 L WOM1 B ATX2 M WOL1 C IDE1 N CPU_FAN1 D IDE2 O CPU_FAN2 E USB1 P COMB F SYS_FAN1 Q GSMI1 G SYS_FAN2 R IPMB1 H F_Panel S IPMB2 I FDD1 T SMBUS1 J PWR_FAN1 U Battery K PWR_FAN2 ...

Page 28: ...T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20 19 18 17 16 15...

Page 29: ... N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 70 69 2 1 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V U T R P N M L K J H G F E D C B A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A B C D E G J L N R U F H K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 30: ...AN1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense I FDD1 Floppy Connector Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD It supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes floppy disk types The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 1 34 33 2 1 A B C D E G J L N R U F H K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y A...

Page 31: ...AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V U T R P N M L K J H G F E D C B A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 H F_Panel1 2X10 Pins Please connect the power LED PC speaker reset switch and power switch etc of your chassis frontpaneltothefrontpaneljumperaccordingtothepinassignmentbelow Pin No Signal Name Description 1 HD Hard Disk LED pull up 330 ohm 2 ...

Page 32: ...AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V U T R P N M L K J H G F E D C B A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense PWR_FAN1 PWR_FAN2 A B C D E G J L N R U F H K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19...

Page 33: ...apter which also supports WOL Pin No Definition 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 Signal 1 N O CPU_FAN 1 2 CPU Fan Connectors 1 A B C D E G J L N R U F H K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA ...

Page 34: ... 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A B C D E G J L N R U F H K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE ...

Page 35: ...6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 IPMB2 IPMB1 T SMBUS1 SMBus Connector 1 A B C D E G J L N R U F H K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3...

Page 36: ... 15 H P N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 70 69 2 1 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V U T R P N M L K J H G F E D C B A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrect...

Page 37: ...K AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 2 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C D E F G J K L M N P H Y W V U T R 20 19 18 17 16 15 H P N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 70 69 2 1 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V U T R P N M L K J H G F E D C B A 1 ...

Page 38: ...U F H K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G ...

Page 39: ... K M P T V W Y 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG 30 31 AK AL G Y 10 2 9 1 G Y 10 ...

Page 40: ...H P N M L K J G F E D C B A 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 70 69 2 1 1 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AD AE AF 24 25 26 27 28 29 AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V U T R P N M L K J H G F E D C B A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 5 CLR_CMOS1 Clear CMOS Function You may clear the CMOS ...

Page 41: ...d Option Page Setup Menu F2 Reserved F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Reserved F7 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F8 Reserved F9 Reserved F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information i...

Page 42: ...and setup z z z z z Boot Thissetuppageincludealltheitemsoffirstbootfunctionfeatures z z z z z Exit There are five optionsin this selection Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults and Discard Changes GETTINGHELP MainMenu Theon linedescriptionofthehighlightedsetupfunctionisdisplayedatthebottomofthescreen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu P...

Page 43: ...ng the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Note Indicates DISPLAY ONLY Figure 1 Main PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit System Time 00 13 12 Item Specific Help System Date 01 26 2003 Lagecy Disktte A 1 44MB 31 2 Primary Master 80026MB Primary Slave None Secondary Master CD ROM Secondary Slave None HDD Post Write Buffer Disabled Large Disk Access Mode DOS S...

Page 44: ...identifiesthetypesofharddiskfromdriveCtoFthathasbeeninstalledinthecomputer There are two types auto type and manual type Manual type is user definable Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If you select User Type related in...

Page 45: ...e the IDE data transfer rate Transfer Mode ThisfieldshowstheinformationofTeansferMode Ultra DMA Mode This filed displays the DMA mode of the device in the specific IDE channel HDD Post Write Buffer This allow s users to disable enable H DD Post Write Buffer Support Enabled Enable H DD Post Write Support Disabled Disablethisfunction LargeDis k Acces s Mode If you are using UNIX Novell Netw are or o...

Page 46: ...ally 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for sy stems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard ExtendedMemory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the C PU s memory address map BIOS Version This field display s the information of BIOS v ersion ...

Page 47: ...ead spectrum Diabled Chipset Configuration Keyboard Configuration I O Device Configuration PCI Configuration Hardware Monitor Console Redirection F1 Help KL Select Item Change Values F5 Setup Defaults Esc Exit IJ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save Exit Advanced About This Section Advanced With this section allowing user to configure your system for basic operation User can change the syste...

Page 48: ...efault Disabled Disablethisfunction 4GBMemoryHoleAdjust Auto Setthisitemto Auto toadjustthememoryholesizeautomaticallyaccording to the memory space used by PCI devices Default Manual Memory hole sizeis determined manually 4GB Memory Hole Size When 4GB Memory HoleAdjust option is set to Manual user can select the memory hole size in this option Multiprocessor Specification This option allows user t...

Page 49: ...nterrupt entries Default No Disablethisfunction After Power Failure This option provides user to set the mode of operation if anAC power loss occurs Power On System power state whenAC cord is re plugged Default OffState Do not power on system when AC power is back LastState Set system to the last sate whenAC power is removed Do not power on system when AC power is back ...

Page 50: ... to incorrect values may cause your system to malfunction DRAM Bank Interleaves Disabled Node Memory Interleaves Disabled ECC Enabled Dram ECC Enabled ECC Scrub Redirection Enabled Chip Kill Enabled DCACHE ECC Scrub CTL Disabled L2 ECC Scrub CTL Disabled Dram ECC Scrub CTL Disabled F1 Help KL Select Item Change Values F5 Setup Defaults Esc Exit IJ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save Exit ...

Page 51: ...nable function for all blocks within CPU core and north bridge Note that after loading setup defaults restart and enter setup to access DRAM ECC setup option Enabled Enable ECC function Default Disabled Disable this function DramECC If all memory in the system supports ECC x72 enabling this opion will initial scrub dram and enable system request to dram to be checked and or corrected Enabled Enabl...

Page 52: ...Disable this function Default L2 ECC Scrub CTL This option allows user to set the rates of background scrubbing for L2 cache lines Enabled Set the rates of background scrubbing for L2 cache lines Disabled Disable this function Default DramECCScrubCTL ThisoptionallowsusertosettheratesofbackgroundscrubbingforDram Inadditiontonormal ECC scrubbing for system request Notethatbackgroundagentworksindepen...

Page 53: ...to select keyboard repeat rate Options 30 Sec Default 26 7 Sec 21 8 Sec 18 5 Sec 13 3 Sec 10 Sec 6 Sec 2 Sec Keyboardautodelay Select delay before keyborad repeat Options 1 2 Sec Default 1 4 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Keyboard Configuration Item Specific Help NumLock Auto Keyboard auto repeat rate 30 sec Keyboard auto delay 1 2 sec F1 Help KL Select Item Change Values F5 ...

Page 54: ...S will select the configuration automatically Default PS 2 Mouse Set this option Enabled to allow BIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse Enabled Enabled forces the PS 2 mouse port to be enabled regardless if a mouseispresent Default Disabled Disabled preventsanyinstalledPS 2mousefromfunctioning but frees up IRQ12 I O Device Configuration Figure 2 3 I O Device Configuration PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Ad...

Page 55: ...tion ROM Enabled PCI PNP IRQ Exclusion PCI PNP UMB Exclusion F1 Help KL Select Item Change Values F5 Setup Defaults Esc Exit IJ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save Exit PCI Configuration PCI Device Slot 1 2 3 4 5 6 This option allow user to setup items for configuring the specific PCI device for Slot 1 2 3 Option ROM Scan Initialize device expansion ROM Enabled Enable device expansion ROM D...

Page 56: ...isfunction Default 82545 PXE Function This option allows user to set the onboard LAN 82545GM PXE function Enabled Enable onboard LAN 82541GI PXE function Default Disabled Disablethisfunction OnBoardSCSIOptionROM Enabled Enable onboard SCSI Option ROM function Default Disabled Disablethisfunction Note If you want to enable 82541 PXE function you have to disable this SCSI Option ROM funtion first PC...

Page 57: ...rrent CPU 0 1 temperature PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Hardware Monitor Item Specific Help System Temperature 280 C 0820 F CPU0 Temperature 460 C 1140 F CPU1 Temperature N A CPU FAN 0 RPM CPU FAN 1 N A System Fan 1 RPM System Fan 2 RPM Power Fan 1 RPM Power Fan 2 RPM VCORE 1 190V VCC3 3V 3 502V 12V 12 41V 5V 4 958V VBAT 3 719V 5V 5VSB 5 413V F1 Help KL Select Item Change Values F5 Setup Defa...

Page 58: ...urrent CPU 0 1 speed System FAN 0 1 Speed This field indicates the RPM Ratio Per Minute of current System 0 1 speed Power FAN 0 1 Speed This field indicates the RPM Ratio Per Minute of current Power 0 1 speed Voltage VCORE VV 3 3V 5V 12V VBAT 5V 5VSB Detect system s voltage status automatically ...

Page 59: ...tem Change Values F5 Setup Defaults Esc Exit IJ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save Exit Com PortAddress If this option is set to enabled it will use a port on the motherboard On board COMA Use COMA as he COM port address Disabled Disablethisfunction Default Console Connect This field indicates whether the console is connected directly to the system or a modem is used to connect Direct Cons...

Page 60: ...nction None Notsupported XON OFF Softwarecontrol CTS RTS Hardware control ConsoleType This option allows user to select the specified console type This is defined by IEEE Options vt100 vt100 8bit ANSI 7bit ANSI vt100 plus UTF8 Continue C R after POST This option allows user to enable console redirection after O S has loaded On Enable console redirection after O S has loaded Off Disablethisfunction...

Page 61: ...on Security In this section user can set either supervisor or user passwords or both for different level of password securities In addition user also can set the virus protection for boot sector Set Supervisor Password You can install and change this options for the setup menus Type the password up to 6 characters in lengh and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered pa...

Page 62: ...ear any previously entered password from the CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the entered password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a specified password Passwordonboot Password entering will be required when system on boot Enabled Requries entering password when system on boot Disabled Disablethisfunction Default Fixed disk...

Page 63: ...e Device Hard Drive CD ROM Drive IBA GE Slot 0018V1217 IBA GE Slot 0E18V1217 These three fields determines which type of device the system attempt to boot from after PhoenixBIOS Post completed Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices If the first device is not a bootable device the system will seek for next available device PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit R...

Page 64: ...lues in the BIOS setup you should save your chnages and exit BIOS setup program Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following sub menu Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Settup Default Discard Change Save Changes Exit Saving Changes This option allows user to exit system setup with saving the changes Press Enter on this item to ask for the following confirmation message Pres...

Page 65: ...tion dialog box with a message as below Discard Changes This option allows user to load previos values from CMOS for all setup item When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below Save Changes This option allows user to save setup daya to CMOS When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below SetupConfi...

Page 66: ...GA 7A8DRH Motherboard 66 Revision History Chapter 4 Technical Reference Block Diagram ...

Page 67: ...n My computer and execute the setup exe Installation Procedures 1 The CD auto run program starts Double click on AMD Driver Pack to start the installation 2 Then a series of installation wizards appear Follow up the wizards to install the drivers 3 Setup completed click Finish to restart your computer A AMD Driver Pack Installation 4 1 2 1 Click AMD Driver Pack item 2 Click Next to start the insta...

Page 68: ...he Destination folder and click Next 6 In the Driver Selection window select the driver you want to intall and click Next 7 Ready to install the application Click Next 8 Installation completed Click Finish 8 9 Click Yes to restrat your computer ...

Page 69: ...ion Procedures 1 The CD auto run program starts Double click on Intel Network Driver to start the installation 2 Then a series of installation wizards appear Follow up the wizards to install the drivers 3 Setup completed click Finish to restart your computer 1 2 3 1 Click Intel Network Driver item 3 Click Nest to start installation B Intel Network Driver Installation 2 Click on Install Software 4 ...

Page 70: ... select either Typical or Custom Setup Types Typical setup type allows users to install basic connectivity and the adapter management utility Custom setup type embraces installing features and subfeatures user selects including modern utilities manage ment components and drivers Recommended for advanced users 7 Startinginstallation 8 Wizardcompleted Click Finish ...

Page 71: ...nto your CD ROM driver the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1 Click SCSI Driver item 1 2 C SCSI Driver Installation 2 Selectthefolderthattheoperating you are using ...

Page 72: ...y RIMM CNR Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI DesktopManagementInterface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRM DualRetentionMechanism DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR DoubleDataRate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Checking and Correcting EMC ElectromagneticCompatibility EPP EnhancedParallelPort ESD ElectrostaticDischar...

Page 73: ...e MTH Memory Translator Hub MPT MemoryProtocolTranslator NIC Network Interface Card OS Operating System OEM OriginalEquipmentManufacturer PAC PCI A G P Controller POST Power On Self Test PCI PeripheralComponentInterconnect RIMM Rambus in line Memory Module SCI SpecialCircumstanceInstructions SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SRAM Static RandomAccess Memory SMP Symmetric Multi Processing SMI Syste...

Page 74: ...e No Contact Person E mail Add Model name Lot Number PCB revision BIOS version O S A S Hardware Mfs Modelname Size Driver Utility Configuration CPU Memory Brand Video Card Audio Card HDD CD ROM DVD ROM Modem Network AMR CNR Keyboard Mouse Power supply Other Device ProblemDescription ...

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