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                                                                                   Chapter 1  Specification

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram

Socket 462 + nVIDIA nFORCE2 IGP +

nVIDIA nFORCE2 MCP-T Diagram

Socket 462

System Bus 400/333/266/200MHz

for AMD CPUs

System
Memory

Dual Channel
DDR memory
Interface

DDR 333/
266 SDRAM

AGP Slot

AGP 8X/4X

HyperTransport

PCI Bus

AC’97

USB Bus V2.0

USB
Ports

 PCI Slot

Audio Codec
(6-channel)

IR

FDD

Serial Ports

Printer Port

Game/MIDI

H/Monitor

Mouse

Keyboard

BIOS

LPC I/O
W83627HF

nVIDIA

nFORCE2

IGP

 nVIDIA

nFORCE2

MCP-T

RJ45

ATA 133/100/66

2 IDE
connectors

 IEEE 1394 ports

IEEE 1394

2 VGA
Connectors

VGA
Interface

TV Out

North Bridge

South
Bridge

Summary of Contents for B7A-F

Page 1: ...Slots 13 1 2 10 Integrated APU and AC 97 Audio Codec on board 13 1 2 11 Hardware Monitor on board 13 1 2 12 IEEE 1394A OHCI Controller on board 13 1 2 13 LAN Controller on board 13 1 2 14 Front Panel...

Page 2: ...JKB1 PS 2 KB Mouse Power On Wake Up 29 2 7 7 JUSB1 USB KB Mouse Wake Up 30 2 7 8 Jp2 2nd VGA TV Out Select 30 2 8 Other Connectors Configuration 31 2 8 1 Onboard FAN Connectors 31 2 8 2 USB Ports and...

Page 3: ...1 Installation 52 3 6 2 Verification 53 3 7 To Install USB 2 0 Driver for Windows 2000 XP 54 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 55 4 1 About BIOS Setup 56 4 2 To Run BIOS Setup 56 4 3 About CMOS 56 4 4 The POST Pow...

Page 4: ...ptimized Defaults 85 4 6 11 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 86 4 6 12 SAVE EXIT SETUP 87 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 87 APPENDICES 88 Appendix 1 Identify BIOS Version BIOS Part Number 89 Appendix 2 Identi...

Page 5: ...on Guide Support CD Bundled Bonus Pack CD Bundled Bonus Pack Manual Cables ATA 100 IDE Cable one connector at each end ATA 66 IDE Cable two connectors at one end FDD Cable USB Cable Audio Cable IEEE 1...

Page 6: ...o implement the 400 333 266 200 MHz Front Side Bus the AGP 8X 4X interface the integrated GeForce4 MX Graphics port the LPC Super I O the Dual Channel DDR 333 266 MHz SDRAM the au dio processing unit...

Page 7: ...I O PS 2 K B underside USB1 Fan1 RJ45 on top Line in on top COM1 VGA1 on top Mic underside Line Out middle IEEE3 1 JAUD1 1 CD_IN1 1 1 PNT1 Fan3 1 HDD IR PWR 20 SPK RST PWLED LED USB2 1 1 JBAT1 1 JUSB...

Page 8: ...ory 2 DDR DIMM 184 pin slots on board Supporting unregistered non ECC Dual channel DDR 333 266 200 SDRAM up to 2GB with 2 DDR DIMM slot and 1GB single channel DDR SDRAM with 1 DDR DIMM slot Dual Chann...

Page 9: ...ower Management Advanced Configuration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for reducing power consumption ACPI 1 0B compliant Advanced Configuration and Power Interface including ACPI Suspend mod...

Page 10: ...ller on board IEEE 1394A OHCI Controller integrated in nFORCE2 MCP T Fully compliant with 1394 specification release 1 1 OHCI Interoperable with FireWire and iLink Implementations of IEEE 1394 Support...

Page 11: ...al 5 1 encoding and connectors 2 ATA 133 100 66 IDE Connector GeForce4 MX integrated in nFORCE2 IGP supporting Dual View 1 PCI Master slot on board 6 USB V2 0 1 FDD port 2 COM ports 1 optional 1 LPT o...

Page 12: ...DDR memory Interface DDR 333 266 SDRAM AGP Slot AGP 8X 4X HyperTransport PCI Bus AC 97 USB Bus V2 0 USB Ports PCI Slot Audio Codec 6 channel IR FDD Serial Ports Printer Port Game MIDI H Monitor Mouse...

Page 13: ...fan and installation 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 Incorrec...

Page 14: ...DHD DHM DHL AMD Duron Processor Speed 1000 1000MHz 1600 1400MHz 1700 1467MHz 1800 1533Mhz 1900 1600MHz 2000 1667MHz 2100 1733MHz 2200 1800MHz 2400 2000MHz 2600 2133MHz 2700 2167MHz 2500 1833MHz Barto...

Page 15: ...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 the lower platform...

Page 16: ...d This mainboard supports up to 2GB unbuffered Dual channel DDR 333 266 SDRAM with 2 DDR DIMM slots on board Do not insert other type of modules into these slots The nFORCE2 dual memory controller can...

Page 17: ...T nVIDIA nFORCE2 USB1 TV1 VGA2 on top IEEE1 IEEE2 1 JCLK1 COM2 IGP nFORCE2 RT1 RT2 12V Power SOCKET 462 RT2 2 2 3 To Remove a DIMM First power off system and then press down the holding latches on bo...

Page 18: ...X card To insert a 3 3V AGP 2X card into the AGP 8X 4X slot will damage the system chip and burn the 1 5V circuitry An AGP 8X card will support a data transfer rate up to 2GB sec while an AGP 4X card...

Page 19: ...nnector to your master device If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers correctly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jump...

Page 20: ...nector to the board and connect the other end with two connectors to the floppy drives 2 5 Floppy Drive Connector Installation Orient the red line of the Floppy Flat Cable to Pin1 Pin 1 to Red Line 34...

Page 21: ...V 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 mainboar...

Page 22: ...d data 2 3 closed To clear CMOS Clear CMOS 1 1 Jp2 2nd VGA TV Out Select 1 2 closed TV Out Enabled 2nd VGA Disabled 2 3 closed default 2nd VGA Enabled TV Out Disabled PS 2 KB Mouse Power On Wake Up 1...

Page 23: ...ise mainboard could be damaged 2 7 1 How to tackle the Jumpers In the Jumper setting diagram all jumper pins covered with black marks stand for closed pins with jumper cap 1 2 3 A 2 pin Jumper Cap 2 7...

Page 24: ...simultaneously press down the Insert key on the keyboard until you see the initial bootup screen appear And remember you should also enter CMOS BIOS Setup instantly and choose Load Optimized Defaults...

Page 25: ...he on board battery from the battery socket and unplug the power cord as well Keep the battery and power cord away from system in 10 to 20 seconds so as to make sure all power residue has faded away 6...

Page 26: ...function To disable overheated CPU shutdown function Anti burn Shield ABSII For other CPUs that are not incorporated with a protective thermal diode please set Jp3 2 3 closed to disable the function...

Page 27: ...rd 2 7 8 Jp2 2nd VGA TV Out Select USB KB Mouse Wake Up JUSB1 1 2 closed 2 3 closed USB KB Mouse Wake Up Enabled USB KB Mouse Wake Up Disabled default 1 1 2 7 7 JUSB1 USB KB Mouse Wake Up JUSB1 is des...

Page 28: ...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 sho...

Page 29: ...o USB ports USB0 and USB1 on board supporting 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 USB Ca...

Page 30: ...E1 Connector I IEEE2 Connector A E F G H I J K B C D L M J USB 1 underside USB 0 middle K Center Subwoofer Speaker Out L Rear Speaker Out M Front Speaker Out 2 8 4 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard green o...

Page 31: ...1 CD_IN1 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Left Channel GND GND Right Channel Pin Signal PCI 1 DIMM1 IDE1 IDE2 ICS 1893 AGP1 8X 4X PW1 PW2 Main Power BIOS RTL ALC650 USB3 1 Fan2 PS 2 Mouse on top DIMM2 nVIDIA...

Page 32: ...N Connector 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 transmission is undergoi...

Page 33: ...1 JBAT1 1 JUSB1 1 JCLK2 1 JP2 1 JKB1 1 JP3 MCP T nVIDIA nFORCE2 USB1 TV1 VGA2 on top IEEE1 IEEE2 1 JCLK1 COM2 IGP nFORCE2 RT1 RT2 12V Power SOCKET 462 RT2 2 8 9 Complex Pin header Front Panel Connect...

Page 34: ...tion Supporting wireless transmitting and receiving module on board 3 HDD LED Connector Connection Connected to HDD LED Function To supply power to HDD LED 4 Power LED Connector Connection Connected t...

Page 35: ...JAUD1 1 CD_IN1 1 1 PNT1 Fan3 1 HDD IR PWR 20 SPK RST PWLED LED USB2 1 1 JBAT1 1 JUSB1 1 JCLK2 1 JP2 1 JKB1 1 JP3 MCP T nVIDIA nFORCE2 USB1 TV1 VGA2 on top IEEE1 IEEE2 1 JCLK1 COM2 IGP nFORCE2 RT1 RT2...

Page 36: ...1 JKB1 1 JP3 MCP T nVIDIA nFORCE2 USB1 TV1 VGA2 on top IEEE1 IEEE2 1 JCLK1 COM2 IGP nFORCE2 RT1 RT2 12V Power SOCKET 462 RT2 2 8 11 Printer Port PNT1 optional Pin Assignment PNT1 Printer Port optiona...

Page 37: ...PWLED LED USB2 1 1 JBAT1 1 JUSB1 1 JCLK2 1 JP2 1 JKB1 1 JP3 MCP T nVIDIA nFORCE2 USB1 TV1 VGA2 on top IEEE1 IEEE2 1 JCLK1 COM2 IGP nFORCE2 RT1 RT2 12V Power SOCKET 462 RT2 9 pin Serial Connector Red...

Page 38: ...VGA2 on top IEEE1 IEEE2 1 JCLK1 COM2 IGP nFORCE2 RT1 RT2 12V Power SOCKET 462 RT2 S Video Adapter optional To S Video Connector S Video Connector S Video Connector is built on board for connection wit...

Page 39: ...eries of mainboards will be shipped with a Support CD which contains those necessary driver files Application Softwares and some helpful utilities It is a user friendly auto run CD which will open its...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...to Install nVIDIA nForce2 All in 1 Driver to proceed 1 Before opening the Support CD please update Windows 2000 or Windows XP with the latest Service Pack Otherwise the installation of USB2 0 driver...

Page 42: ...esses are finished please restart your computer by clicking on Finish so as to take the Utility into effect 7 The nVIDIA InstallShield Wizard will get on installing LAN Driver c 8 The nVIDIA InstallSh...

Page 43: ...d in the nVIDIA nForce2 All in 1 Driver you must configure the 5 1 Speaker connection to enable the 6 channel audio 2 After Connection is done start your Windows and double click the speaker icon in t...

Page 44: ...47 Chapter 3 Software Setup 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 activiate...

Page 45: ...ontrol Panel 1 When finishing above configuration again double click nForce tray Options in the taskbar to enter nVIDIA nForce Control Panel double click 3 The nVIDIA nForce Control Panel screen will...

Page 46: ...screen will pop out Set Listening Mode to 6 Speakers at Output Setting and then close the current window to finish configuration 5 At finishing the Speakers Configuration you can also click the Test T...

Page 47: ...ith your CD ROM to enter the Main Installation Menu Then click to Install DirectX This utility will support a better graphic display of the built in VGA interface Please note that DirectX installa tio...

Page 48: ...llation Menu 2 When the screen of nVIDIA Display Drivers appears please press Next button to continue 3 After all the setup procedures have completed click to Finish button to exit the Installation pr...

Page 49: ...arious Windows System 1 Following the procedures of opening the Support CD click to Hardware Monitor Utility to proceed 2 The Soltek Hardware M o n i t o r I n s t a l l S h i e l d Wizard will pop up...

Page 50: ...Showing the Voltage s that is supported by the mainboard Click on Soltek button to display the function menu Note Not all items or functions showing in the above picture will show up Only those items...

Page 51: ...E2 All in 1 Driver in Windows 2000 or Windows XP start to install the latest Service Pack version into the operating system The installation of the latest Service Pack will support USB2 0 in Windows 2...

Page 52: ...d in this series of mainboard is stored in EEPROM and is the first program to run when you turn on your computer BIOS performs the following functions 1 Initializing and testing hardware in your compu...

Page 53: ...bout 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 computer...

Page 54: ...ng 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 utility that up dates the BIOS by uploadin...

Page 55: ...ty 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 run CMOS...

Page 56: ...ghts Reserved Flash Type File Name to Program Message Please input File Name AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8 23F C Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved Flash Type PMC Pm49FL002T LPC FWH File Name t...

Page 57: ...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 time As soon as...

Page 58: ...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 your setup...

Page 59: ...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 or PgDn...

Page 60: ...rive 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 the type o...

Page 61: ...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 DRAM 64MB...

Page 62: ...s 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 Warning When enabl...

Page 63: ...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 Device...

Page 64: ...hoices System Setup default OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic ra...

Page 65: ...ovided as a quick guide to your setup System Performance Optimal FSB Frequency 100MHz x CPU Interface Optimal Memory Frequency By SPD Resulting Frequency 133MHz x Memory Timings Optimal x T RAS 7 x T...

Page 66: ...e Detect is located on the memory modules BIOS reads information coded in SPD during system boot up Choices By SPD default Auto 50 200 when System Performance is set to Expert System Performance Allow...

Page 67: ...ility problem exists AGP Fast Write Capability This item will enable the AGP mode into fast write mode If your graphics card does not support this function please do not enable this function AGP Apert...

Page 68: ...er ON Ctrl F1 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART Mode Select Normal x RxD TxD Active Hi Lo x IR Transmission Delay Enabled x UR2 Duplex Mode Half...

Page 69: ...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 the user...

Page 70: ...be disabled Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any other display device on the system Thus the AGP display becomes the primary display OnChip USB Allows you to sel...

Page 71: ...des Click here for a de scription of various modes The choices Normal default IrDA ASKIR KB Power On Pass word If Keyboard Power on function is set at Password this item shows up to allow you to type...

Page 72: ...or mal Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I O address setting The choices 378H IRQ7 default 278H IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Use IR Pins When UART Mode...

Page 73: ...p 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 F7 Load a...

Page 74: ...r saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes This table describes each power management mode Max Saving Min Saving User Define Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Set each...

Page 75: ...n 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 awakens t...

Page 76: ...lues 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 Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Contr...

Page 77: ...er 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 to PC...

Page 78: ...tarts 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 to return to the Main Menu when...

Page 79: ...r to set up the safeguard temperature for the CPU designed with a protective thermal di ode inside the CPU itself Default Safeguard tem perature is 85 C at which the XP or Duron Morgan CPU will shutdo...

Page 80: ...urrent 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 Main Menu when you finish...

Page 81: ...llows 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 2 8V CPU Ratio If CPU onboard is one with an adju...

Page 82: ...l status 4 6 10 Load Optimized Defaults CPU Ratio Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Passward Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Uti...

Page 83: ...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 Save Exit...

Page 84: ...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 saving the modi...

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