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KTAPRO

(VIA VT8363A (KT133A) Chipset)

ATX Form Factor

Main Board

User's Manual

(Ver.:1.0)

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Page 1: ...KTAPRO VIA VT8363A KT133A Chipset ATX Form Factor Main Board User s Manual Ver 1 0...

Page 2: ...translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright All rights r...

Page 3: ...contained in this manual is subject to change without notice The manufacturer of the system board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental o...

Page 4: ...1 Wake On Lan Header 23 2 4 2 Wake On Modem Header 23 2 4 3 IO Voltage Selection 24 2 5 AGP Slot 25 2 6 Interrupts 27 2 7 On Board Audio 31 2 7 1 Backpanel Audio Connectors 31 2 7 2 Onboard Audio Con...

Page 5: ...sked Questions 81 5 1 Boot Issues 81 5 2 System Cooling 83 5 2 1 Suitable Socket a CPU Coolers 84 5 2 2 Video Issues 86 5 3 Memory Issues 87 Chapter 6 Appendix 89 Important Warnings STOP WARNING NEVER...

Page 6: ...y if you are a new user Software Installation The software section describes the drivers that need be installed to make your OS operate properly The drivers are provided on the driver CD BIOS Setup In...

Page 7: ...Controller PSIPC supports UltraDMA 100 which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 100MB sec AC97 audio Using the on board VIA 1611A Audio Codec USB controller with root hub and four functio...

Page 8: ...ith two connectors that support four ATA66 33 devices on two channels ATA100 is also supported for this motherboard that come with the 686B southbridge Supports UDMA 66 UDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 4 and Bus M...

Page 9: ...is available in the BIOS or through the VIA Hardware Monitor Software System BIOS This motherboard comes with a 2MB BIOS that provides CPU SDRAM frequency and CPU Vcore adjustments boot block write pr...

Page 10: ...er Installation CD ROM 1 IDE ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 1 Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable Please verify that all items listed above are included in your motherboard package If one of the items is missing plea...

Page 11: ...N4 JBAT1 COMS Clear 2MB BIOS Battery RT 2 Sw2 ISA1 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 AGP PRO1 AMR1 USB2 1 2 7 8 FAN1 SOUND CODEC JP 3 WOL1 WOM1 VIA VT8363A JP 1 JP 5 SW 1 FAN2 COM1 COM2 LINE OUT LINE IN MIC IN...

Page 12: ...ion IDE 1 2 Insert the IDE cable from your HDD CD ROM devices to these connectors ATX power The power cable coming from your ATX power supply must be inserted to this connector AGP Pro Slot Insert an...

Page 13: ...o noticeable damage exists before proceeding You should have the following items 1 AMD Athlon or AMD Duron processor 1 good heatsink and fan assembly Step 1 The following figure shows the processor so...

Page 14: ...essor before it may be difficult We recommend you do a dry run a few times before doing the final installation To allow you to do this read the following instructions Do not remove the film on the the...

Page 15: ...ides over the lug when you tilt the heatsink fan assembly towards the lug Now lock the locking clip for the retaining strap over the lug at the other pivot end of the processor socket This is an easy...

Page 16: ...CPU multiplier This can be selected through JP1 If JP1 is open the default CPU multiplier recommended is used by the motherboard if JP1 is closed the multiplier set by SW1 is used JP1 Multiplier Sour...

Page 17: ...llowing list contains the standard settings for the AMD Athlon and Duron CPUs known at time of publication CPU Name Multiplier Bus Frequency Athlon 1 2GHz 12 0x 100MHz Athlon 1 2GHz 9 0x 133MHz Athlon...

Page 18: ...nt of full speed on die L2 cache 64k rather than 256k and a core voltage of 1 5v rather than 1 7v to 1 8v meaning a lower power consumption of just 22W According to tests it runs at about 90 of the pe...

Page 19: ...ache Architecture The AMD Athlon processor boasts a 384K total full speed on chip system cache including 128K L1 cache four times that of Intel s Pentium III processor and 256K on chip full speed L2 c...

Page 20: ...erboard allows the use of in all 4 FANS Of these 4 FANS 2 can be used by the CPU Heatsink assembly Some heatsink assembly come with 2 FANs The other 2 FAN Headers allow connection of a Chassis Fan and...

Page 21: ...g term system operation The overall goal in providing the proper thermal environment is keeping the processor module below its specified maximum plate temperature Heatsinks induce improved processor h...

Page 22: ...128 256 or 512MB memory sizes between 8MB to 1 5GB can be formed this way This motherboard also supports NEC s Virtual Channel VC SDRAMs Refer to the picture below for the position of the DIMM slots...

Page 23: ...ith VCM SDRAMs 2 3 1 Memory Installation The DIMM modules can be inserted in DIMM slots 1 to 3 Because of the two notches in the DIMM module it can be inserted in only one way Please refer to the pict...

Page 24: ...nbuffered Buffered RFU Undefined 3 3V 5 0V SDRAM VOLTAGE VCRAM Virtual Channel RAM is a technology that was initially developed by NEC VCRAM increases the memory bus efficiency and performance of the...

Page 25: ...ch as jumpers Remove the cover of your computer system case and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Retain the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card to the slot and pres...

Page 26: ...l be lower Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce system management workload provide flexibility to the system administrator s job and of course save time consuming ef...

Page 27: ...you overclock your system it will become more stable by increasing the IO voltage The PCI Bus is normally supposed to run at 33MHz the PCI and CPU frequencies can be set through the frequency voltage...

Page 28: ...over of your computer system case and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Retain the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card to the AGP slot and press firmly AGP Pro cards...

Page 29: ...running commands address commands cannot be issued for queuing until the transactions finish Sideband addressing prevents this by separating the commands and transactions paths So the transactions can...

Page 30: ...Bus used on those first PCs was the ISA bus these interrupts are also known as ISA interrupts As IRQ2 was used for cascading two 8 line IRQ controllers IRQ2 was unavailable this is true even in modern...

Page 31: ...w to free legacy ISA interrupts for use by the PnP Interrupt pool How to set the BIOS to release the IRQ to the PnP interrupt pool Interru pt line PnP PCI Configuration page Integrated Peripherals IRQ...

Page 32: ...not used the user can set this item to disabled This will make sure that PCI INT D is only granted to PCI slot 1 PCI slot 3 Assign IRQ to VGA Enabled disabled Most modern VGA cards require an interrup...

Page 33: ...n the following order 15 11 10 12 14 3 4 5 7 9 As mentioned if ACPI if enabled IRQ 9 will not be available 2 Now the BIOS assigns the PCI interrupts from the remaining interrupts in the pool The inter...

Page 34: ...l Audio connectors allow connection of speakers a microphone and MIDI devices etc Refer to the following picture The Gameport can be used with joysticks or alternatively as MIDI port The Line out is f...

Page 35: ...AC 97 functionality If you want to use a primary codec on the AMR Card then you must set jumper 5 accordingly see the following table JP5 Primary Codec Select Onboard Audio Codec is primary codec AMR...

Page 36: ...nected PS 2 Keyboard The keyboard can be plugged in in only one way Please do not force the connector in it may get damaged by use of excessive force It is easy to make the mistake of reversing the PS...

Page 37: ...Vcc DATA DATA GND USB 1 USB2 1 2 7 8 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Pin 5 Pin 6 Pin 7 Pin 8 USB2 5V GND DATA1 DATA2 DATA1 DATA2 GND 5V 2 9 3 Serial Ports The serial ports can be used to connect devices such...

Page 38: ...Pin 13 SELECT Pin 5 Data 3 Pin 14 AUTO FEED Pin 6 Data 4 Pin 15 ERR Pin 7 Data 5 Pin 16 INIT Pin 8 Data 6 Pin 17 SLIN Pin 9 Data 7 18 25 GND 2 10 IrDA InfraRed Remote Link If you want to make use of a...

Page 39: ...ct Please use the following advise as reference If you have only device connected to an IDE connector always set it as Master If you have one HDD and CD ROM in your system then connect the HDD to IDE...

Page 40: ...o the motherboard known as floppy A and B The BIOS allows you to disable the floppy controller if you do not use any floppy drives that will free an Interrupt The BIOS also allows swapping of floppy A...

Page 41: ...not supported Note the following We recommend use of at least a 250W power supply if you use a very fast CPU 900MHz and have many peripheral devices we recommend use of a 300W power supply Do not save...

Page 42: ...itch The BIOS allows you to select the power down mode Either power down immediately on a button push or with a 4 second delay Speaker The speaker connector is for the internal case speaker This speak...

Page 43: ...this LED is always on and is similar in function to the Power LED Ext SMI This is the External System Management Interrupt Button connector Connect the second button on your ATX case to this connecto...

Page 44: ...n disk Install Windows Install the latest VIA 4in1 service pack from CD Go to the 4 in 1 directory on the CD and run the setup exe file Install the latest VIA Sound driver from CD Go to the VIAAC97 di...

Page 45: ...board IDE controllers disabled because SCSI disks are used Installation of the VIA 4in1 drivers under Windows98 then gives a Registry error Please reboot computer error message while the setup file un...

Page 46: ...low BIOS The BIOS IC is inserted in an IC socket which means that it can be removed and exchanged for another IC if necessary Is updating my BIOS necessary As a general rule if your system is function...

Page 47: ...em BIOS Cacheable in Advanced Chipset Features Video BIOS Shadow in Advanced BIOS Features Save the changes by selecting save and exit and restart the computer Press Ctrl F5 just before Windows is sta...

Page 48: ...tings You can load default values into the CMOS memory by selecting Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS Setup If you need to force the CMOS settings to default without entering the BIOS Setup page you...

Page 49: ...nd set it back to 1 2 Put the power cord back and restart the system the default values will be loaded JBAT1 Setting Retain CMOS settings Clear CMOS Settings JBAT1 1 2 3 1 2 3 The following part of th...

Page 50: ...Voltage Control Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu...

Page 51: ...e are the values that the user started the current session with F7 Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the Optimized Default values Save Exit Setup When you select the SAVE EXIT SETUP option fro...

Page 52: ...andard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Manag xit...

Page 53: ...n All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 31744K Total Memory 32768K Move Enter Select PU PD value F10 save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Def...

Page 54: ...ary Slave IDE 2 second device Values Meaning IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Pressing Enter will make the BIOS auto detect the IDE device on this channel The result will be displayed below starting...

Page 55: ...5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Move Enter Accept ESC Abort Video The Video item allows you to select a video mode Since most modes are outdated we advise you to always select EGA VGA You can select between differe...

Page 56: ...Always Boot no matter what error is detected All but keyboard Stop booting on all errors but not on a keyboard error All but diskette Stop booting on all errors but a diskette error Halt On All but di...

Page 57: ...ed Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64 MB NonOS 2...

Page 58: ...d The BIOS will execute test routines that test most parts of the motherboard during boot up Quick Power On Self Test Disabled The BIOS will skip the tests speeding up the boot process Errors will on...

Page 59: ...ZIP 100 drive LAN The system will attempt to boot over the network You will require a LAN card with boot BIOS for this option to function First Third boot device Disabled This disables booting from th...

Page 60: ...tered only when the user wants to enter the BIOS setup Security Option System The password must always be entered at boot OS Select for DRAM 64MB Values Meaning Non OS2 If your OS is not OS2 always se...

Page 61: ...or details Values Meaning Enabled This will allow the BIOS to write the video BIOS to RAM This will speed up execution and is the default setting Video BIOS Shadow Disabled No shadowing is allowed Ena...

Page 62: ...GP Aperture size 128MB AGP 4X mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto X AGP Driving Value DA On chip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Onchip Sound Auto Onchip Modem Disabled CPU to PCI Write Bu...

Page 63: ...etting DRAM Clock 133 MHz Only when your DIMM modules are PC 133 compliant can you use this setting In case of instability always select 100MHz 2 2 is the fastest setting use this setting only if your...

Page 64: ...AM Fast R W turn around Disabled This feature is disabled Enabled When enabled CPU writes to PCI are buffered the CPU will not have to wait for the transaction to finish CPU to PCI write buffer Disabl...

Page 65: ...unicate over the AGP bus The range is from 00 FF Hex 00 255 Dec The default value is DA For more information on settings see the FAQ chapter AGP Bus Timing Settings The following settings are related...

Page 66: ...done meaning that Video data will have to be read from written to memory each time USB Settings Values Meaning Enabled This will enable use of the USB functionality integrated into the chipset Onchip...

Page 67: ...Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard X IR Function Duplex Half X TX RX Inverting Enable No Yes Onboard Parallel Port...

Page 68: ...mode 4 is fastest check your HDD to see what PIO mode it supports If your IDE device supports UDMA mode then it best to enable that mode since it is considerably faster than PIO mode Set to auto for a...

Page 69: ...RQ to be used by serial ports IR Control Values Meaning Standard This will assign UART 2 to serial port 2 the IR port is disabled The two items below can not be changed ASKIR Allows use of the IR port...

Page 70: ...cted above Default is EPP1 9 Legacy Audio Values Meaning Enabled This will software that requires legacy audio such as DOS games to function properly Onboard Legacy Audio Disabled Legacy Audio is disa...

Page 71: ...Select the IO address for the MIDI functionality Choose from 300 303 310 313 320 323 and 330 333 Game Port Values Meaning Enabled This will allow you to make use of the game port joy sticks etc Game...

Page 72: ...AQ chapter ACPI section ACPI can be either enabled or disabled on this BIOS Setup page For the ACPI Suspend type there are two options S1 POS S3 STR STR is the so called Suspend to RAM suspend type Th...

Page 73: ...Disabled Will not power down the HDD 1 Min to 1 Hour Selecting a time will force the system into doze mode after being idle for that time Choose from the following time intervals 1 2 4 6 8 10 20 30 40...

Page 74: ...hed off through that Modem IRQ NA This disables the modem IRQ Modem Use IRQ 3 11 Select an IRQ line that will be assigned to your modem here Choose from 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 Power Button Instant of...

Page 75: ...he system to wake up on HDD FDD IRQs HDD FDD ON When a HDD FDD IRQ occurs the system will wake up OFF Will not allow the system to wake up on a IRQ from a PCI master PCI MAster ON The system will wake...

Page 76: ...Enabled Item Help IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled Menu Level IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redirection Disabled IRQ10 Resenved Disabled IRQ11 Res...

Page 77: ...0 save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PnPAware OS Values Meaning No If your OS is not capable of handling PnP Such as Win NT this item should b...

Page 78: ...ources If you set the Resources Controlled by item to Auto ESCD the BIOS will manage all resources for you If you set it to manual to two items below will allow you to assign the resources manually Va...

Page 79: ...ure as measured by RT1 the thermistor located under the CPU Temperatures over 60 degrees are too high and a better cooling solution must be found for the CPU Current system Temp This item reflects the...

Page 80: ...tures page Enabled If set to enabled the clock generator will modulate each clock signal with a low frequency signal This will improve EM Electro Magnetic Interference Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabl...

Page 81: ...the CPU core voltage If set to default the BIOS will select the value automatically If you set it manually yourself be sure not to increase the voltage too much since this may lead to CPU damage The...

Page 82: ...g in with the user password may only change the user password when entering the BIOS Setup page All other items in the BIOS Setup will be disabled unchangeable When both passwords are disabled anyone...

Page 83: ...ced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Manag xit Setup PnP PCI Conf Password Disabled Press any key to continue ithout Saving PC Health Status Pass...

Page 84: ...enerally caused by overheating or out of specification voltages Rapid beeps this means a key is stuck on your keyboard it is not properly plugged in or the keyboard is incompatible in some way The AWA...

Page 85: ...he slot at an angle Also try reseating your DIMMs Press them into their sockets firmly but do not apply too much force My machine does not boot FANs turn on but the floppy light just stays on Your flo...

Page 86: ...l immediately resulting in permanent damage While testing a processor by booting it up for several seconds without a heatsink installed may be common industry practice it should never be attempted wit...

Page 87: ...over and apply a standard thermal conducting compound or Artic Silver instead Make sure that the thermal contact between CPU and Heatsink is OK Take care in connecting the heatsink to the CPU Note tha...

Page 88: ...Current and Wattage The maximum current that the FAN headers on the KTAPRO board can provide is 0 5A Because Wattage Voltage x Current I this means that at 12V the wattage the KTAPRO can support on ea...

Page 89: ...that is reserved for AGP The size of the aperture can be set through the BIOS setup Go to the Advanced Chipset Features page and use the AGP Aperture size item to set the size It is advisable to set...

Page 90: ...d for speed BIOS Page Item Setting Advanced Chipset Features DRAM timing by SPD Disabled Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Clock 100MHz for PC 100 133MHz for PC 133 Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM Cycle...

Page 91: ...bled Typical signs of SDRAM instability include failure to pass the Power On Self Test POST when booting frequent error messages from Windows describing Page Faults or other system errors and random f...

Page 92: ...d Graphics Adapter 2E1 GPIB Adapter 0 2E2 2E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 0 2F8 2FF Serial Port 2 300 31F Prototype Card 360 363 PC Network low address 364 367 Reserved 368 36B PC Network high address 36...

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