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K7MKLE

 

System Board            10

 

 

2-2-1    Short description of main sockets and connectors 

 

 

Socket 462 (CPU Socket) 

Insert your Athlon or Duron CPU into this socket. See the description is the CPU 
Installation section below for more information. 
 

 

DIMM 1,2 

These are the memory module slots. Please refer to the Memory Installation section. 
 

 

IDE 1,2 

Insert the IDE cable from your HDD/CD-ROM devices to these connectors. 
 

 

PCI Slots 

For expansion PCI Cards (Network, Modem, SCSI, etc). 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for K7MKLE

Page 1: ...K7MKLE VIA VT8361 686B KLE 133 Chipset m ATX Form Factor For AMD Athlon Duron CPU Main Board User s Manual Ver 1 0...

Page 2: ...stem or 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 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: ...ing 17 2 4 2 CPU and System Cooling 20 2 5 Fan Headers 22 2 6 Memory 22 2 5 1 Memory Installation 23 2 7 PCI Slot 25 2 8 Wake On Lan Header 26 2 9 Wake On Modem Header 26 2 10 On Board Audio 27 2 9 1...

Page 5: ...tly Asked Questions 75 5 1 Boot Issues 75 5 2 System Cooling 77 5 2 1 Suitable Socket a CPU Coolers 78 5 2 2 Video Issues 80 5 3 Memory Issues 81 Chapter 6 Appendix 83 Important Warnings STOP WARNING...

Page 6: ...especially 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 BIO...

Page 7: ...st 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 function ports Memory This motherboard comes equipped with two...

Page 8: ...IO Modes 3 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as CD R RW DVD ROM CD ROM Tape Backup and LS 120 drives Super Multi I O This functionality is integrated into the southbridge o...

Page 9: ...frequency and CPU Vcore adjustments boot block write protection and HD SCSI CD Floppy boot selection DMI is also supported through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol...

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

Page 11: ...R 2 CPU Socket 3 VIA VT8361 4 DIMM 5 CPU FAN 6 SW1 7 FDD1 8 IDE1 9 Front panel Connectors 10 BIOS 11 FAN2 12 BATTERY 13 USB2 14 WOM1 15 WOL1 16 PCI Slot 17 CD_IN 18 COM2 19 GAME Port LINE OUT LINE IN...

Page 12: ...B Mouse USB1 COM1 VGA1 LPT GAME LINE IN LINE OUT MIC IN CD IN1 CD IN2 IR 1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 USB2 JP 1 WOL1 WOM1 SOUND CODEC CPU FAN SW 1 FDD1 IDE2 IDE1 DIMM1 DIMM2 FAN1 EXTSMI TB LED HD LED RESET SPEAK...

Page 13: ...CPU into this socket See the description is the CPU Installation section below for more information DIMM 1 2 These are the memory module slots Please refer to the Memory Installation section IDE 1 2...

Page 14: ...ard 11 2 3 Jumper Settings 2 3 1 JKM1 Keyboard Walk Up Select Set 2 3 Keybaord Walk Up Normal default Set 1 2 Keyboard Walk Up 2 3 2 JUSB1 USB Mode Wake Up Set 2 3 Normal default Set 1 2 USB Wake Up U...

Page 15: ...ifications from any preceding AMD processor Due to these differences the AMD Athlon and AMD Duron processors should NEVER run without a cooler not even for a few seconds Doing so will cause the proces...

Page 16: ...n in case the system cooling fails ISM will compulsorily shut down the computer system without precautions no matter your system is under DOS or Windows mode and inevitably all unsaved data will lose...

Page 17: ...ure that no 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 pr...

Page 18: ...until you are ready to do the final installation STOP WARNING Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly attached Step3 The picture below shows the bottom of the heatsink Notice...

Page 19: ...e your other hand to push the latch in This is the part you need to practice to install the clip properly When you are holding the heatsink make sure you do apply pressure to the fan You could damage...

Page 20: ...the AMD Athlon and Duron CPUs known at time of publication CPU Name Multiplier Bus Frequency CPU Name Multiplier Bus Frequency Athlon 1 4GHz 14 0x 100MHz Athlon 1 4GHz 10 5x 133MHz Athlon 1 3GHz 13 0x...

Page 21: ...The Duron is AMDs low cost processor It is very similar to the Athlon using the same Socket 462 interface The principal difference between the Athlon and the Duron is in the amount of full speed on d...

Page 22: ...prove MMX integer math calculations and enhance data movement for Internet streaming applications and 5 DSP extensions for soft modem soft ADSL Dolby Digital and MP3 applications Cache Architecture Th...

Page 23: ...ystem Fan Headers Your motherboard allows the use of in all 3 FANS Of these 3 FANS 1 can be used by the CPU Heatsink assembly Some heatsink assembly come with 1 FANs The other 2 FAN Headers allow conn...

Page 24: ...ong 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...

Page 25: ...nel VC SDRAMs Refer to the picture below for the position of the DIMM slots Memory speed is controlled through the BIOS on the Advanced Chipset Features Setup page you will find several items related...

Page 26: ...ding or removing memory modules or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards Memory Technical Background Memory Facts All new mother...

Page 27: ...rformance of the memory module by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I O pins resulting in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption Each data request...

Page 28: ...e or software settings for your expansion card such 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...

Page 29: ...hip TCO will 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 c...

Page 30: ...rd through the AMR slot refer to the next section for information on that 2 9 1 Backpanel audio connectors The backpanel Audio connectors allow connection of speakers a microphone and MIDI devices etc...

Page 31: ...to be connected 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 revers...

Page 32: ...wing table 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 10 3 Serial Ports The serial ports can be used to connect d...

Page 33: ...Data 2 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 11 IrDA InfraRed Remote Link If you want to make u...

Page 34: ...set these jumpers correct 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...

Page 35: ...e connected to 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 swappin...

Page 36: ...u use a very fast CPU 900MHz and have many peripheral devices we recommend use of a 300W power supply Do not save on the power supply it feeds the whole system If you use WOL and WOM make sure that po...

Page 37: ...such a switch 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...

Page 38: ...Turbo LED 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 thi...

Page 39: ...n on all the drivers CD driver is always updated with the latest version so the actual CD content may be somewhat different from the above picture 1 Main boards 6va693a 6va693am 6va694 6vapm 6vmple1_2...

Page 40: ...nstallation the Via 4 in 1 drive provides O S Like windows 98 ME to recognize VIA Chipset Path root Via4in1 Setup exe 2 Install sound drive Select Viaac97 from attached CD the chick setup to complete...

Page 41: ...picture below 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 i...

Page 42: ...owing System 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 Wind...

Page 43: ...efault settings 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 Setu...

Page 44: ...1 to 2 3 and 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...

Page 45: ...Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Healt...

Page 46: ...ous values These 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 S...

Page 47: ...Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Passwo...

Page 48: ...On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 48128K Total Memory 49152K Move Enter Select PU PD value F10 save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized De...

Page 49: ...ice Secondary 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 belo...

Page 50: ...n 1 44M 3 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 betwe...

Page 51: ...No Errors 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...

Page 52: ...ppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Se...

Page 53: ...ing Enabled 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 Error...

Page 54: ...The system will attempt to boot from the fourth HDD ZIP100 The system will attempt to boot from an attached ZIP 100 drive LAN The system will attempt to boot over the network You will require a LAN c...

Page 55: ...s Security Option The security option item allows you to select when the password needs to be entered Refer to the table below Values Meaning Setup Password must be entered only when the user wants to...

Page 56: ...o RAM This will speed up execution and is the default setting Video BIOS Shadow Disabled No shadowing is allowed Enabled This enables shadowing of the selected memory range Set to enabled only when yo...

Page 57: ...Frame Buffer Size 8M AGP Aperture size 64MB AGP mode 4X AGP Driving Control Auto AGP Driving Value DA On chip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Diaabled Onchip Sound Auto CPU...

Page 58: ...3 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 DIMM modules suppor...

Page 59: ...to the DRAM 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 buf...

Page 60: ...video card driver uses to communicate 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 f...

Page 61: ...video memory itself it the mean time Video RAM Cacheable Disabled No caching of Video data is done meaning that Video data will have to be read from written to memory each time USB Settings Values Me...

Page 62: ...MA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard X IR...

Page 63: ...2 Mode 3 xxx PIO Mode 4 Select a PIO Mode here PIO mode 0 is slowest PIO 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...

Page 64: ...3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Set an IO address and an IRQ 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 n...

Page 65: ...ode This is only relevant if EPP was selected 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 L...

Page 66: ...MPU 401 IO address 300 303 330 333 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...

Page 67: ...Off Method V H Synch Blank Modem Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off Wake UP Events Press Enter Move Enter Select PU PD value F10 save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe De...

Page 68: ...r the amount of minutes selected here HDD Power Down 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 fr...

Page 69: ...upport If your monitor supports DPMS it can be switched 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...

Page 70: ...Q will wake up the system LPT COM LPT COM Both LPT and COM can wake up the system OFF Will not allow the system to wake up on HDD FDD IRQs HDD FDD ON When a HDD FDD IRQ occurs the system will wake up...

Page 71: ...CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software Wake Up Events IRQ3 COM 2 Enabled Item Help IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled Menu Level IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC...

Page 72: ...alette snoop Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled Assign IRQ for USB Enabled Move Enter Select PU PD value F10 save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaul...

Page 73: ...will not assign an interrupt to USB Resources 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...

Page 74: ...his item reflects the CPU temperature 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...

Page 75: ...e values set on this page and on the Advanced Chipset Features page Enabled If set to enabled the clock generator will modulate each clock signal with a low frequency signal This will improve EM Elect...

Page 76: ...y logging 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...

Page 77: ...ults Advanced 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 S...

Page 78: ...ne siren Generally 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 w...

Page 79: ...rest in the 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 o...

Page 80: ...eat and fail 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 at...

Page 81: ...arnish remover 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 CP...

Page 82: ...Maximum FAN Current and Wattage The maximum current that the FAN headers on this board can provide is 0 5A Because Wattage Voltage x Current I this means that at 12V the wattage the K7MKLE can suppor...

Page 83: ...ain memory 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 advisab...

Page 84: ...timized 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...

Page 85: ...Turn Around Disabled 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 err...

Page 86: ...te Enhanced 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...

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