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Series 75FRN: 75FRN, 75FRN-L, 75FRN-R, 75FRN-RL

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram

Socket 462 + NVIDIA nFORCE2 SPP + NVIDIA

nFORCE2 MCP Diagram

Socket 462

System Bus 333/266/200MHz

for AMD CPUs

System
Memory

DDR memory
Interface

DDR 400/
333/266
SDRAM

AGP Slot

AGP 8X/4X

HyperTransport

PCI Bus

AC’97

USB Bus V2.0

USB
Ports

5 PCI Slots

Audio Codec
(6-channel)

FDD

Serial Ports

Printer Port

Game/MIDI

H/Monitor

Mouse

Keyboard

BIOS

LPC I/O
W83627HF

NVIDIA

nFORCE2

SPP

North Bridge

NVIDIA

nFORCE2

MCP

South

Bridge

MAC

RJ45

(Optional)

ATA 133/100/66

2 IDE
connectors

2 SATA ports+ 1 IDE port

PDC20376

(Optional)

Summary of Contents for 75FRN Series

Page 1: ...ts 13 1 2 9 AC 97 Audio Codec on board 14 1 2 10 Hardware Monitor on board 14 1 2 11 Serial ATA RAID Controller 75FRN R RL only 14 1 2 12 LAN on board 75FRN L 75FRN RL only 14 1 2 13 Form Factor 14 1...

Page 2: ...9 1 Onboard FAN Connectors 33 2 9 2 USB Ports and USB Pin headers 34 2 9 3 Chassis Panel Connectors 35 2 9 4 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard 35 2 9 5 CD ROM Audio Connectors 36 2 9 6 Thermal Resistors 3...

Page 3: ...6 2 Standard CMOS Setup 58 4 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 61 4 6 4 Advanced Chipset Features 65 4 6 5 Integrated Peripherals 68 4 6 6 Power Management Setup 73 4 6 7 PnP PCI Configuration 76 4 6 8 Smart...

Page 4: ...2000 XP 91 5 2 2 Windows 95 98 93 5 2 3 DOS Windows 3 1x 96 5 2 4 Windows NT4 0 97 APPENDICES 99 Appendix 1 Identify BIOS Version BIOS Part Number 100 Appendix 2 Identify Mainboard Model Number 101 Ap...

Page 5: ...inboard Mainboard User Manual Multi lingual Quick Installation Guide Support CD Bundled Bonus Pack CD Bundled Bonus Pack Manual Promise SATA RAID Driver Diskette Optional Cables ATA66 100 133 IDE Cabl...

Page 6: ...9 Contents Memo...

Page 7: ...m bus nVIDIA nFORCE2 SPP plus nFORCE2 MCP supports on board AMD processors to implement the 333 266 200 MHz Front Side Bus the AGP 8X 4X interface the LPC Super I O the Dual channel DDR 400 333 266 MH...

Page 8: ...M2 ATX Main Power PS 2 K B Mouse on top underside SOCKET 462 RT2 DIM3 1 1 CDIN1 DDR 400 333 266MHz USB1 USB0 middle underside RJ45 on top LPT1 COM2 COM1 Line Game MIDI Port Line Mic RTL ALC650 Fan2 1...

Page 9: ...channel interface 1 2 3 Memory 3 DDR DIMM 184 pin slots on board Supporting unregistered non ECC Dual channel DDR 400 333 266 200 SDRAM up to 3 GBs Supporting installation of mixed volumes yet same t...

Page 10: ...ard and PS 2 Mouse UARTs Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter 2 complete serial ports COM1 COM2 on board 1 2 8 Expansion Slots 5 PCI Bus Master slots 1 AGP 8X 4X slot 3 DDR DIMM slots 1 2 6 Adv...

Page 11: ...nly Fast Ethernet Controller integrated in nFORCE2 MCP and nFORCE2 Media Access Controller Supporting 10 100Mb Fast Ethernet Base T LAN LAN Driver enclosed in Support CD for user s installation 1 2 11...

Page 12: ...up to 3GB in 3 DDR DIMM slots Winbond W83627HF with Soltek HM AGP 8X 4X mode only AC 97 Audio Codec 6 channel compliant 2 ATA 133 100 66 IDE Connector Not integrated on board 5 PCI Master slots on bo...

Page 13: ...ory DDR memory Interface DDR 400 333 266 SDRAM AGP Slot AGP 8X 4X HyperTransport PCI Bus AC 97 USB Bus V2 0 USB Ports 5 PCI Slots Audio Codec 6 channel IR FDD Serial Ports Printer Port Game MIDI H Mon...

Page 14: ...on will damage your CPU 3 In case CPU Vcore CPU clock or Frequency Ratio is adjustable on board please follow the instructions described in the User Manual for proper setup Incorrect setting will caus...

Page 15: ...900 1600MHz 2000 1667MHz 2100 1733MHz 2200 1800MHz 2400 2000MHz 2600 2133MHz 2700 2167MHz Package Type A CPGA D OPGA Voltage L 1 5V U 1 6V K 1 65V P 1 7V M 1 75V N 1 8V Maximum Temperature R 70 C Y 75...

Page 16: ...cooling fan on top of the CPU and connect the Fan cable to the CPU fan connector 1 First pull sideways the lever of Socket 462 and then turn it up 900 so as to raise the upper layer of the socket from...

Page 17: ...SDRAM with 3 DDR DIMM slots on board Do not insert other type of modules into these slots The nFORCE2 dual memory controller can double the DDR memory bandwidth up to 6 4GB s with DDR400 5 4GB s with...

Page 18: ...X Main Power PS 2 K B Mouse on top underside SOCKET 462 RT2 DIM3 1 1 CDIN1 DDR 400 333 266MHz USB1 USB0 middle underside RJ45 on top LPT1 COM2 COM1 Line Game MIDI Port Line Mic RTL ALC650 Fan2 1 Jp1 A...

Page 19: ...Game MIDI Port Line Mic RTL ALC650 Fan2 1 Jp1 AGP 4X 8X IDE3 BIOS PDC 20376 12V Power 1 3 1 Jp2 RT1 J5 1 1 Jp4 ATA2 ATA1 1 Jp5 SPP In Out MCP Fan1 LPC I O W83627HF 2 3 AGP Slot Installation The AGP s...

Page 20: ...d Line IDE Flat Cable To Mainboard To Slave Device To Master Device Pin 1 to Red Line ATA IDE connectors Orient the red line on the IDE Flat Cable to Pin1 IDE2 IDE1 1 To install IDE Connector you may...

Page 21: ...top LPT1 COM2 COM1 Line Game MIDI Port Line Mic RTL ALC650 Fan2 1 Jp1 AGP 4X 8X IDE3 BIOS PDC 20376 12V Power 1 3 1 Jp2 RT1 J5 1 1 Jp4 ATA2 ATA1 1 Jp5 SPP In Out MCP Fan1 LPC I O W83627HF To install F...

Page 22: ...CE2 DIM1 IDE2 IDE1 Li Battery Fan3 nVIDIA nFORCE2 AC 97 Codec WOL1 1 Clock Generator SPK RST Keylock HDD LED IRTX IRRX PWR SMI 1 PCI1 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 Audio1 14 1 10 USB1 USB2 1 10 FDC1 1 DIM2 ATX...

Page 23: ...pin 12V 5SB PWR OK GND GND GND GND GND 5V 5V 5V 5V 5V 3 3V 3 3V 12V PS ON Pin1 Pin11 GND GND 3 3V 12V Power Connector ATX V2 03 Power Supply is strongly recommended running with the nFORCE2 chipset m...

Page 24: ...W83627HF 2 8 Jumper Settings The following diagrams show the locations and settings of jumper blocks on the mainboard J5 1 2 closed default To hold data 1 1 2 3 closed To clear CMOS Clear CMOS Serial...

Page 25: ...ction this header is called a jumper in this manual A 3 pin Jumper The conductor inside the cap links two header pins together A Jumper is usually but not necessarily given a JpX legend Jp X Do not re...

Page 26: ...on board into account If you fail in overclocking you will not be able to restart system In such case power off system and clear CMOS by J5 as stated below and then restart your system And remember t...

Page 27: ...turns to a cooler state can you restart your system For other CPUs that are not incorporated with a protective thermal diode please set Jp5 2 3 closed to disable the function because it is a vain desi...

Page 28: ...lect 1 2 closed default Serial ATA Controller enabled 1 1 2 3 closed Serial ATA Controller disabled Jp4 75FRN R RL Only Jp4 is a 3 pin jumper for enabling or disabling the on board Serial ATA RAID Con...

Page 29: ...with 12V mode When connecting the wire to any Fan Connector user should make sure that the red wire is for the positive current and should be connected to pin 12V and the black wire is Ground and shou...

Page 30: ...s two USB ports USB0 and USB1 on board sup porting various USB devices In addition two USB pin headers are added on board to provide expansion of four more optional USB ports by using two additional U...

Page 31: ...A E F G H I J K B C D H Line Out Front Speaker OUT I Line In Rear Speaker Out J Microphone Input Center Subwoofer Out K USB 1 underside USB 0 middle 2 9 4 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard green on top pur...

Page 32: ...D ROM Audio Connector 1 CDIN1 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Left Channel GND GND Right Channel Pin Signal nVIDIA nFORCE2 DIM1 IDE2 IDE1 Li Battery Fan3 nVIDIA nFORCE2 AC 97 Codec WOL1 1 Clock Generator SPK...

Page 33: ...ic RTL ALC650 Fan2 1 Jp1 AGP 4X 8X IDE3 BIOS PDC 20376 12V Power 1 3 1 Jp2 RT1 J5 1 1 Jp4 ATA2 ATA1 1 Jp5 SPP In Out MCP Fan1 LPC I O W83627HF 2 9 7 Wake On LAN Connector 1 This connector connects to...

Page 34: ...5 SPP In Out MCP Fan1 LPC I O W83627HF Logic High Logic High SPEAKER SIGNAL NO CONNECTION GND RESET SIGNAL GND Vcc NO CONNECTION GND SUSPEND LED SIGNAL GND Vcc Vcc ATX POWER SWITCH Vcc SMI SIGNAL GND...

Page 35: ...d receiving module on board 4 1st HDD LED Connector 2nd HDD LED Connector Connection Connected to HDD LED Function To supply power to HDD LED 5 Suspend LED Connector Optional Connection Connected to S...

Page 36: ...ector 75FRN L 75FRN RL Only One RJ45 connector is on board for network connection Yellow LED On to indicate Network hub is in connection with the system Green LED blinks to indicate that data transmis...

Page 37: ...t then any remain ing IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA card requires you to configure the...

Page 38: ...utilities It is a user friendly auto run CD which will open itself up in a CD ROM automatically Contents of Support CD For this series users should be able to find in the Support CD the fol lowing dri...

Page 39: ...M Drive is Drive D 3 We should take Nvidia Nforce2 All in 1 Driver as first installation priority to optimize the Intel system From next section we provide detailed descriptions of all these installat...

Page 40: ...e also note that the nVIDIA nForce2 All in 1 Driver does not support Win NT4 4 The nVIDIA InstallShield Wizard will get on installing IDE Driver 5 The nVIDIA InstallShield Wizard will get on installin...

Page 41: ...lready packed in the nVIDIA nForce2 All in 1 Driver you must configure the 5 1 Speaker connection to enable the 6 channel audio Pale Green Connector to Front Speaker Pale Blue Connector to Rear Speake...

Page 42: ...ries 75FRN 75FRN 75FRN L 75FRN R 75FRN RL 3 Again click Advanced button to enter 6 channel configuration 4 At the Other Controls set the two options to activiate 6 channel configuration click to activ...

Page 43: ...can follow the model installation below for its installation on various Windows System 1 Following the procedures of opening the Support CD click to Hardware Monitor Utility to proceed 3 Select the P...

Page 44: ...omputer so that the Utility can be put into effect lh 1 After restarting your computer click Start and choose the following path Soltek HM Soltek HM to open the main window of the Soltek Hardware Doct...

Page 45: ...l in 1 Driver in Win2000 or WinXP start to install the latest Service Pack version into the operating system The installation of the latest Service Pack will suppor USB2 0 in Win2000 or WinXP now The...

Page 46: ...se on top underside SOCKET 462 RT2 DIM3 1 1 CDIN1 DDR 400 333 266MHz USB1 USB0 middle underside RJ45 on top LPT1 COM2 COM1 Line Game MIDI Port Line Mic RTL ALC650 Fan2 1 Jp1 AGP 4X 8X IDE3 BIOS PDC 20...

Page 47: ...p Now manufacturers would like to store BIOS in EEPROM which means Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory BIOS used in this series of mainboard is stored in EEPROM and is the first program to run w...

Page 48: ...P 4 3 About CMOS CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery CMOS is used to store the BIOS settings you have selected in BIOS Setup CMOS also maintains the internal clock Every time you turn on your c...

Page 49: ...s unnecessary if the system is working fine Users should only upgrade the BIOS when you experience incompatible problems or need to create new features AWDFLASH EXE is a Flash EPROM Programming utilit...

Page 50: ...h utility is not able to update the BIOS successfully your system may not be able to boot up Step 6 You will need a message CMOS checksum error Default loaded during booting the system Press Del to ru...

Page 51: ...Series 75FRN 75FRN 75FRN L 75FRN R 75FRN RL 56 Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen...

Page 52: ...Warning and Tips If changing CMOS Configuration causes difficulty in rebooting system you can take the following measures 1 At pressing the power button to reboot press the Insert key at the same tim...

Page 53: ...ptions by using PgUp PgDn keys 4 6 2 Standard CMOS Setup 3 Press ESC to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to yo...

Page 54: ...The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp...

Page 55: ...y Drive A Drive B Select this field to the type s of floppy disk drive s installed in your system The choices are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None Video Select...

Page 56: ...Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled OS Select For DR...

Page 57: ...ll modern PCs have additional external cache memory L2 When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for faster access by the CPU Virus Warnin...

Page 58: ...t Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST Aquick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally enable quick POST First Second Third Other Boot...

Page 59: ...e System boots or only when you enter setup The choices System default Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your syst...

Page 60: ...h setting up all items The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to your setup System Performance Optimal FSB Frequency 100MHz x CPU Interface Optimal Memory Frequency By SPD Resul...

Page 61: ...quency Memory Frequency This item allows you to set the Memory Frequency SPD Serial Presence Detect is located on the memory modules BIOS reads information coded in SPD during system boot up Choices B...

Page 62: ...formance Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory RAM at A0000h AFFFFh resulting in bet ter video performance However check your AGP manual to find out if any compatib...

Page 63: ...Keyboard Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto MAC Lan nVIDIA Auto Machine MAC NV Address Disabled x MAC NV Address Input Press Enter IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY x KB Power ON...

Page 64: ...ify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the F keys follows F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which th...

Page 65: ...who wants to use add on sound card this item must be disabled Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any other display device on the system Thus the AGP display become...

Page 66: ...Select The second serial port on your system may offer a variety of infrared port modes Click here for a description of various modes Click your browser s Back button or your right mouse button to re...

Page 67: ...t Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes Choices SPP default EPP ECP ECP EPP Nor mal Onboard Parallel Port This...

Page 68: ...s F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F...

Page 69: ...ct the type or degree of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes This table describes each power management mode Max Saving Min Saving User Define Maximum power savings Only Available for SL C...

Page 70: ...function WOR RI From Soft Off Allows you to enable disable default the Wake on Ring Signal function An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI Line in other words an incoming call on the modem a...

Page 71: ...the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 7 PnP PCI Configuration 3 Press ESC to return to the Main Menu when you fini...

Page 72: ...s Enter Please refer to the list below IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned...

Page 73: ...the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 8 SmartDoc Anti Burn Shield 3 Press ESC...

Page 74: ...XP Duron Morgan This item will appear if AMD XP or Duron Morgan CPU is running on board ABS II Anti burn Shield II allows user to set up the safeguard temperature for the CPU designed with a protecti...

Page 75: ...ch the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 9 CPU Ratio Voltage Control 3 Press ESC to return to the M...

Page 76: ...V 1 850V in 0 025V step ping AGP Voltage Select Allows you to configure the AGP Voltage Choices 1 5V 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V DIMM Voltage Select Allows you to configure the DIMM Voltage Choices 2 5V 2 6V 2 7V...

Page 77: ...S to its original status 4 6 10 Load Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Passward Save Exit Setup Exit With...

Page 78: ...message appears prompt ing you to confirm the password Confirm Password 4 Enter the same password exactly the same as you have just typed to confirm the password and press Enter 5 Move the cursor to S...

Page 79: ...MOS and EXIT Y N Y Y is for Yes and N is for No Press Enter key to save the configuration changes 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility without sav...

Page 80: ...Chapter 5 RAID Controller 5 0 Before Creating Disk Array 5 1 Creating your Disk Array 5 2 Installing RAID Controller PDC20376 Driver The following topics are included in this chapter This Chapter is O...

Page 81: ...er into your system nVIDIA nFORCE2 DIM1 IDE2 IDE1 Li Battery Fan3 nVIDIA nFORCE2 AC 97 Codec WOL1 1 Clock Generator SPK RST Keylock HDD LED IRTX IRRX PWR SMI 1 PCI1 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 Audio1 14 1 10...

Page 82: ...tility 1 An array for Performance in Striping type with 1 or 2 drives or called RAID 0 2 An array for Data Security in Mirroring type with 2 drives treated as one disk array or called RAID 1 5 1 Creat...

Page 83: ...8 Once the array has been created on new drive s you would need to FDisk and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive 9 Also proceed to Installing Drivers section of this Chapter for sys...

Page 84: ...our FastTrak 376 controller you SHOULD first install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software to this drive while it is still attached to your system hard drive controller e g IDE1 IDE2 For all other O...

Page 85: ...Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Array Setup Configuration Mode Stripe Spare Drive 0 Drives used in Array 1 Array Disk Capacity 38166 Keys Available Up Down Space Change Option...

Page 86: ...our hard driver s for RAID Array to IDE3 ATA1 ATA2 and enable FastTrak 376 Controller by Jp4 1a Bootable floppy Boot from bootable floppy and type WINNT After files have been copied the system will re...

Page 87: ...e FastTrak 376 driver will now be copied on to the system and entered into the Win 2000 XP driver database 6 When the System Setting Change dialog box appears remove the floppy diskette and click on Y...

Page 88: ...u choose Control Panel 5 In the Controller Panel window double click on the System icon 6 In the System window choose the Device Manager tab 7 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a list...

Page 89: ...click on the System icon 6 In the System window choose the Device Manager tab 7 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI RAID Controller Choose it and then press the Prope...

Page 90: ...ur hard drive s for RAID Array to IDE3 ATA1 ATA2 and enable FastTrak 376 Controller by Jp4 Configure the hard drive s for RAID Array power up the system and boot Windows 2 The Update Device Drive Wiza...

Page 91: ...vice Manager tab and click the in front of SCSI RAID controllers Win95 98 Promise FastTrak 376 controller should appear 5 2 3 DOS Windows 3 1x For first time installation follow the standard procedure...

Page 92: ...Setup windows is generated press S to specify an Additional Device s 3 Press O to select Other and press the Enter key 4 Insert into drive A the Promise Technology FastTrak 376 driver diskette that yo...

Page 93: ...oose OK 8 When the Install Driver dialog box appears select Win NT Prom ise FastTrak 376 controller and then press OK 9 When the Select SCSIAdapter Option dialog box appears press Install 10 After a s...

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