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April 26, 2004

VIA

K8T800

mainboard for AMD

Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor

User’

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Page 1: ...A VIA VIA VIA K8T800 K8T800 K8T800 K8T800 K8T800 mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor Socket 754 based Athlon...

Page 2: ...EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRA...

Page 3: ...e from the manufacturer s Web site 3 Replace mainboard 4 Remove and replace the add on card C1h C5h 1 M emory module inserted incorrectly 2 M emory compatibility problem 3 M emory module damaged 1 Rei...

Page 4: ...umper Settings 3 6 System Memory Configuration 3 7 Expansion Slots 3 9 Device Connectors 3 11 Power On Off Remote 3 18 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 18 STR Susp...

Page 5: ...tures 5 3 Silicon Image SiI3114 SATA RAID Features Optional 5 4 Enable RAID Function 5 5 Section 6 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 6 1 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide 6 2 Appendix...

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Page 7: ...DD drive cable E CD drivers and utilities F I O Shield G Game COM bracket cable H S ATA data and power cable Powerpack items Optional I Mini heatsink J Tool Pen K Extra USB2 0 port cable Optional Item...

Page 8: ...gh the fast Ultra V Link connection at 1 06GB s With support for two Serial ATA channels at 150MB s bandwidth integrated RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD capability as well as up to eight USB 2 0 ports the VT8237 of...

Page 9: ...which runs 10 times faster than conventional 10 100BASE T Ethernet LANs 2 Serial ATA Support Serial ATA an evolutionary replacement for Parallel ATA IDE storage interface Increases the peak data trans...

Page 10: ...so delivers loss free digital audio to let you enjoy DVD movies and games with crystal clear sound Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot up to help detect faults early Monito...

Page 11: ...Introduction Page 1 5 Figure 5 System Block Diagram 1 3 System Block Diagram...

Page 12: ...Introduction Page 1 6...

Page 13: ...00 DIMMs Supports up to 3GB memory size BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS ACPI v2 0 compliant S3 Suspend to DRAM sleep state support SMBIOS System Management BIOS v2 2 compliant Supports Power failure...

Page 14: ...rface Supports Line out and Mic In for front panel Supports automatic jack sensing Rear panel audio jacks configuration Peripheral Interfaces At Rear Panel PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports One Parallel p...

Page 15: ...One CD IN and One AUX IN connector One Front Panel Audio connector One S PDIF in out connector One IR connector One Game port connector One COM2 connector Six S ATA connectors 4 optional from Silicon...

Page 16: ...ive CD ROM floppy KBPO Keyboard power on turn on the computer from keyboard Supports Cool n Quiet power saving technology Excellent Overclocking capabilities through subtle voltage tuning for CPU Memo...

Page 17: ...Installation Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION Note Depending on the model you purchased some components are optional and may not be available...

Page 18: ...Installation Page 3 2 Mainboard Layout Note Depending on the model you purchased some components are optional and may not be available...

Page 19: ...m Memory Configuration 3 4 Expansion Slots 3 5 Device Connectors 3 1 CPU Installation Figure 1 Figure 2 Step 4 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Step 1 Place the back plate into the two h...

Page 20: ...go in easily check for mis orienta tion and reinsert the CPU Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket Figure 5 Figure 6 Step 6 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation l...

Page 21: ...e 3 5 Step 9 Plug the CPU fan power into the mainboard s CPU fan connector The installation is complete Figure 9 Note Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU...

Page 22: ...supervisor or user password clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To CMOS Clear data please follow the steps below 1 Turn off the system 2 Cha...

Page 23: ...pecification Figure 10 DDR DIMM 1 DDR DIMM 2 DDR DIMM 3 o N t o l S 0 0 4 R D D s M M I D 3 s M M I D 2 M M I D 1 1 M M I D S S S S S S S D S D S S S D 2 M M I D S S S D S S S S S D 3 M M I D S S S D...

Page 24: ...acing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 12 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 13 Figure 11 DIMM notch Figur...

Page 25: ...order to remove the bracket 5 Align the card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot 6 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed in step 4 7...

Page 26: ...AGP card edge connector is not inserted properly 1 AGP card component is not blocked by DIMM socket lock 2 AGP slot clicker is locked 3 AGP card edge connector is inserted properly 1 AGP slot clicker...

Page 27: ...ure 14 I O Ports Ground 12V Sence JCPU_FAN Ground 12V Sence JSYS_FAN JCPU_FAN JSYS_FAN JPWR_FAN JPWR_FAN 3 5 Device Connectors The I O back panel for this mainboard is shown below When installing the...

Page 28: ...12 4 pin ATX12V Power Connector The mainboard is equipped with a standard 20 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 pin 12V power connector for connecting an ATX12V power supply The plugs of the power c...

Page 29: ...ront Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio The front panel phone jack should have normal close switch Without phone plug inserted the rear...

Page 30: ...s the digital transmission of audio data in S PDIF format 1 5 2 6 VCC NC GND SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT 1 12 2 GAME1 Game MIDIconnector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the st...

Page 31: ...ata0 Data1 VCC Data0 Data1 9 2 10 CUSB3 CUSB4 Four USB 2 0 ports USB2 0 allows data transfer speed up to 480Mbps This mainboard includes 2 additional USB2 0 ports identified by two 10 pin connector If...

Page 32: ...tion Page 3 16 LED 80 Port Debug LED Provides two digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot Allows quick and easy optimization 80 Port Debug 7 segment LED display Refer to Appendix E for POS...

Page 33: ...u to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system PW_ON This is connected to the power button on the case To use the Soft Off by PWR BTTN featur...

Page 34: ...has a 20 pin ATX and a 4 pin ATX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On Off feature The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON header...

Page 35: ...Enabled c Install Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE d Restart the system e When in Windows open the Control Panel Power Management application and click the Advanced tab In the Power buttons section select Sta...

Page 36: ...Unplug the ATX power cord or turn off the ATX power supply switch Step 2 Wait a few minutes for the CPU to cool Step 3 Check that the CPU heatsink and cooling fan assembly is properly installed Be ca...

Page 37: ...in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail causing CMOS data loss If this happens you will need install a new CMOS battery and reconf...

Page 38: ...STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time type of hard disk drive insta...

Page 39: ...keydisplaysahelpmessagefortheselecteditem Figure3 BIOSFeaturesSetup Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select the hard disk boot priority Virus Warning During and after system boot up any...

Page 40: ...sabled First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Options Floppy LS120 HardDisk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD U...

Page 41: ...PIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller functionality APIC is a chip that provides symmetric multiprocessing SMP for its Pentium systems Options Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS Spec...

Page 42: ...Data Rate This item allows you to select VLink Data Rate Options 4X 8X Init Display First If two video cards are used 1 AGP and 1 PCI this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter The...

Page 43: ...ence Detect information on DRAM module or set to Manual to set by next item selection Options Manual Auto Max Memclock Mhz This item sets the memory clock By placing an artificial memory clock limit o...

Page 44: ...s filed specifies the RAS to CAS delay to read write command to the same bank Options Auto 2 Bus Clocks 7 Bus Clocks in 1 Bus clock increments Row to Row delay tRRD This filed specifies the Row to Row...

Page 45: ...cies on the clock forwarded bus It is counted from first address but slot which was not associated with part of the read burst Options Auto 1 Bus Clock 6 Bus Clocks in 1 Bus clock increments Refresh p...

Page 46: ...aster 1 WS Write When Enabled Writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Options Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled Reads to the AGP Accelerated Grap...

Page 47: ...2 Post Write Enables CPU to PCI bus POST write Options Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enable...

Page 48: ...device with minimum CPU intervention This improves data throughput and frees CPU to perform other tasks Options Enabled Disabled OnChip IDE Channel0 1 The mainboard supports two channel of ordinary I...

Page 49: ...ave UDMA Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 implemen tation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environ ment includes a DMA driver...

Page 50: ...nal Enables the onboard LAN feature Options Auto Disabled VIA 6102 MAC Address Input Optional Allwos you to input MAC address OnChip Lan Boot ROM Optional Enable disable the onboard LAN Boot ROM Optio...

Page 51: ...d Serial Port 1 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports Options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This field configures t...

Page 52: ...TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port Options 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mo...

Page 53: ...allows you to select S1 Power On Suspend or S3 Suspend To RAM function Options S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3 Power Management Option Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User defin...

Page 54: ...ment Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied by your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writ...

Page 55: ...t key Password PS2KB Wakeup form S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to set a Hot Key to wake up the system by PS2 Keyboard Options Disabled Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 C...

Page 56: ...me When set to Enable rtc alarm resume you can set the date of month and time hh mm ss that will awaken a system which has been powered down Options Enabled Disabled 4 6 PNP PCI Configuration This pag...

Page 57: ...devices Options Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For USB This item requests BIOS to assign an IRQ for the USB port If you have not connected any USB device selecting Disabled will free the IRQ for use by o...

Page 58: ...turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is Disabled Options available a...

Page 59: ...oltage level of the battery VCC Vio 5VSB V The voltage level of the switching power supply Smart Fan for CPU Temperature This item allows you set CPU fan temperature to smartly adjust the fan speeds f...

Page 60: ...eir default values for proper operation Figure9 Frequency VoltageControl AMD K8 Cool n Quiet control Reduce the noise and heat from you PC when AMD s Cool n QuietTM technology is enabled Options Enabl...

Page 61: ...number for the CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the mainboard automatically disables the clock source for a PCI slot which does not have a module in it reducing EMI ElectroMagnetic Int...

Page 62: ...to 0 30V in 0 10V increments We recommend that you leave this at the default value AGP Voltage This item allows you to adjust the AGP slot voltage Options 0 00V to 0 30V in 0 10V increments We recomme...

Page 63: ...to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the passwor...

Page 64: ...our system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without...

Page 65: ...in the reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined...

Page 66: ...is the capacity of the smallest drive Under a RAID 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored ar...

Page 67: ...troller which is a 2 channel S ATA and 1 channel ATA133 solution Listed below are the main features and benefits of VIA S ATA RAID Support two S ATA hard disk drives Supports hard disk drive larger th...

Page 68: ...s Users to Vital RAID Set Information Manages RAID Set Functions configures rebuilds etc RAID Set Accommodates Multiple Size HDDs HDDs function normally when not in RAID Sets Adjustable Stripe Size fo...

Page 69: ...ler s BIOS utility VIA VT8237 Power on the system and wait for the following screen to appear Press the Tab key to enter its BIOS configuration utility The main interface of the BIOS utility is as bel...

Page 70: ...tails about creating RAID array using this utility Step 2 Prepare driver floppy When installing Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 into any RAID disk the O S setup will require a floppy disk containing the RAID dr...

Page 71: ...for RAID driver insert the floppy created earlier in Step 2 Step 4 Install Software utility for Windows After the O S has been installed you may install the RAID driver and software The RAID software...

Page 72: ...S ATA RAID Configuration Page 5 8...

Page 73: ...ver to install audio driver Step 3 Click VIA LAN Driver to install VIA LAN driver Optional Step 4 Click VIA SATA RAID Driver to install VIA SATA RAID driver Step 5 Click MARVELL Gigabit LAN Driver to...

Page 74: ...ttings to suit your needs This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user guide to setup Sound Manager For more detailed information refer to Sound Manager manual in the CD Sound Effect...

Page 75: ...igure 3 3 This page displays the mainboards s phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode is selected Figure 3 above shows the phone jack setup for 8 channel mode 4 This page lets you test the...

Page 76: ...ts information b Check Real time S PDIF In monitor to listen to the S PDIF In signal through Line out connector S PDIF Out Choose the type of audio source that will appear on the S PDIF out connector...

Page 77: ...ensing 8 EZ Connection shows the result of the detection Audio Connector column reflects the settings used in the Speaker Configuration page Current Connection column shows the type of device detected...

Page 78: ...Drivers Installation Page 6 6 Figure 9 Connector Sensing 9 After closing EZ Connector this page will show the latest connector status as above...

Page 79: ...ws Display Playback windows displays the following mode information 1 Playback Time Display 2 Voice Cancellation Mode Display 3 Pitch Mode Display 4 Surround Sound Mode Display Realtek Media Player Pl...

Page 80: ...below e d o m d n u o r r u S e d o m d n u o r r u S c i r e n e G r o d i r r o c e n o t S d e d d a P y e l l A m o o R t s e r r o F m o o r h t a B y t i C m o o r g n i v i L n i a t n u o M e...

Page 81: ...ar Clear the Title Play List 4 Load Load Title Play List 5 Store Save Title Play List G Title Play List Scroll bar Scroll Up Down the Title Play List H Recording Function Controls The recording functi...

Page 82: ...control include Minimize Close 1 Minimize Minimize Platform Display Panel 2 Close Close Exit Platform Display Panel K EqualizerControlPanel The Equalizer Control Panel include On Off Preset 1 On Off E...

Page 83: ...le and it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk Note The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press Enter Key 2 You wil...

Page 84: ...me to save previous BIOS to file 6 To confirm and proceed please key in Y to start the programming 7 The BIOS update is finished xxxxx bin F1 Reset F10 Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx bin xxxxx bin XXXXX XXXX x...

Page 85: ...its BIOS configuration utility The main interface of the BIOS utility is as below Create Disk Array 1 Use the arrow keys to navigate the main menu Use the up and down arrow keys to select the Create A...

Page 86: ...r array mode is selected there are two methods to create a disk array One method is Auto Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create array...

Page 87: ...g message will appear Press Y to finish the creation or press N to cancel the creation 6 Important note All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation Delete Disk Array...

Page 88: ...drive manufacturer View Array Status Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen Duplicate Critical RAID 1 A...

Page 89: ...plicate the array after booting into operating system If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is no spare hard drive available for rebuilding the array BIOS will provide several operations to...

Page 90: ...ard drive the channel column will be activated Highlight the target hard drive and press Enter a warning message will appear Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild or press N to cancel Please note...

Page 91: ...d down are Select Keys ESC takes the user to the previous menu Enter selects the user s choice Ctrl E exits the utility Creating RAID Sets This creates RAID Sets 1 Select Create RAID Set 2 Choose eith...

Page 92: ...he disk includes drive connection information Primary Channel Secondary Channel If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system it may have con...

Page 93: ...cial keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by...

Page 94: ...information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search fo...

Page 95: ...6h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Sh...

Page 96: ...not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure...

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