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BIOS

Page 4-10

4-4 Integrated Peripherals

Figure 5:  Integrated Peripherals

OnChip SATA Boot ROM/VIA Lan Boot  ROM

Enables/disable the onboard SATA/LAN Boot ROM.
Options: Enabled, Disabled.

 

Chipset IDE Devices

Scroll to Chipest IDE Device and press <Enter>. The following screen appears:

Onchip SATA

Enables the onboard SATA feature.
Options: Enabled, Disabled.

Summary of Contents for K8T890

Page 1: ...A VIA VIA VIA K8T890 K8T890 K8T890 K8T890 K8T890 mainboard for AMD Socket mainboard for AMD Socket mainboard for AMD Socket mainboard for AMD Socket mainboard for AMD Socket 754 based Athlon 64 proces...

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: ...2 Jumper Settings 3 4 System Memory Configuration 3 5 Expansion Slots 3 6 Device Connectors 3 7 Power On Off Remote 3 13 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 13 ACPI S...

Page 5: ...Section 5 RAID Configuration Introduction 5 1 VIA RAID Features 5 3 Enable RAID Function 5 4 Section 6 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 6 1 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide 6 2 Appen...

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Page 7: ...Mainboard B User s manual C Floppy drive cable D HDD drive cable E CD drivers and utilities F I O Shield G S ATA data and power cable Optional Items H Extra USB2 0 port cable B A C D USER S MANUAL E F...

Page 8: ...ite at http www via com PCI Express PCI E Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next decade With smaller slot size and 250MB sec PCI E 1 or 4GB sec PCI E 16 maximu...

Page 9: ...audio to support Dolby Digital 5 1 audio for DVD playback The onboard audio jacks can be configured for normal 2 channel mode or 6 channel mode AMD Cool n QuietTM Technology AMD s Cool n QuietTM Tech...

Page 10: ...search the BIOS menu change and re start PowerBIOS Supporting a full range of overclocking setting via BIOS Various adjustable feature include FSB Chipset Memory voltage tweaking 80 Port An onboard L...

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

Page 12: ...Radeon 8500DDR 64MB 8X AGP Card nVidia Geforce FX Albatron GeForce FX5200EP 128MB DDR Ennyah EF550 G FX5500128MB DDR TV DVI Ennyah EF570 Geforce FX5700 128MB DDR TV DVI ELSA Gladiac FX736EX Geforce F...

Page 13: ...s up to 2GB memory size Expansion Slots One PCI E x16 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1 0a Two PCI E x1 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1 0a One 1 5v AGX Advanced Graphics Xtender connecto...

Page 14: ...O Onboard Winbond W83687THF LPC I O controller Legacy peripheral interface for FDD Parallel Serial and IrDA v1 0 compliant Support Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring CPU System temperature...

Page 15: ...or Two ATA 100 133 IDE connector Four extra USB2 0 ports One CD IN and AUX IN connector One IR connector Two S ATA connectors Two Fan connectors Front Panel Controller Supports Reset Soft Off switches...

Page 16: ...power saving technology Power BIOS for excellent over clocking features Support Asynchronous FSB DIMM timing mode Support BIOS adjustable CPU clock and voltage chipset voltage DIMM frequency and volt...

Page 17: ...Installation Page 3 1 Mainboard Layout Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 18: ...3 System Memory 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 holes ar...

Page 19: ...into the socket Figure 5 Figure 6 Step 6 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Apply thermal compound to the top of the CPU Figure 7 Step 7 Insert the heatsink as shown above Pr...

Page 20: ...To CMOS Clear data please follow the steps below 1 Turn off the system 2 Change the jumper from 1 2 to 2 3 position for a few seconds 3 Replace the jumper back to the 1 2 position 4 Turn on the system...

Page 21: ...two maximum unbuffered DIMMs and not available on registered DIMMs Supports unbuffered DIMM configurations defined in JEDEC DDR DIMM specification Figure 9 DDR DIMM 1 DDR DIMM 2 o N t o l S M M I D 1...

Page 22: ...that supports the 1 5V specification PCI Slots The mainboard is equipped with two PCI slots CNR Slot The mainboard is equipped with 1 CNR slot VGA Card Installation Caution 1 Remove the bracket on th...

Page 23: ...back panel for this mainboard is shown below When installing the mainboard into the computer case use the bundled I O shield to protect this back panel Ground 12V Sense USB2 0 x 4 ports Parallel Port...

Page 24: ...cables are designed to fit in only one orientation Insert the plugs into the connectors until they fit in place PW1 PW12 The board requires a minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate Your system c...

Page 25: ...front panel audio jack can be used CFPA Front 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 sw...

Page 26: ...ect Serial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification SATA2 SATA1 CP80P 80 Port Debug LED Provides two digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot Allows quick and easy optimizat...

Page 27: ...If you wish to use the additional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10 pin connector CUSB3 CUSB4 CAUTION Please make sure the USB cable has...

Page 28: ...eboot 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 feature refe...

Page 29: ...ower supplies with Remote On Off feature The 4 pin ATX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON...

Page 30: ...d set USB Resume from S3 to Enabled c When in Windows open the Control Panel Power Management application and click the Advanced tab In the Power buttons section select Stand By from the drop down lis...

Page 31: ...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 reconfig...

Page 32: ...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 33: ...nu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the board Pressing the F1 key displays a help message for the selected item Figure3 BIOSFeaturesSetup Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you...

Page 34: ...ot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots The default is On On The keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like cursor keys Security Option This cat...

Page 35: ...llows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system Options Enabled Disabled 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES op...

Page 36: ...ng DRAM Timing Options Auto 1T 2T CAS Latency Tcl Enables you to select the CAS latency time The value is set at the factory depend ing on the DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unl...

Page 37: ...the Write Recovery Time Called Trd1 by Samsung measures when the last write datum is safely registered by the DRAM It measures from the last data to precharge Options Auto 2 3 Write to Read delay Twt...

Page 38: ...s range used for graphics memory Options 32M 64M 128M 256M 1G AGP Mode Chipset AGP Mode support Options 1X 2X 4X 8X AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manu...

Page 39: ...size bus Options Auto 800MHz 600MHz 400MHz 200MHz PCI1 2 Master 0 WS Write When Enabled Writes to the PCI bus are commanded with zero wait states Options Enabled Disabled PCI1 2 Post Write Enables CPU...

Page 40: ...OnChip SATA Boot ROM VIA Lan Boot ROM Enables disable the onboard SATA LAN Boot ROM Options Enabled Disabled Chipset IDE Devices Scroll to Chipest IDE Device and press Enter The following screen appe...

Page 41: ...ween each drive read write cycle but may cause instability in IDE subsystems that cannot support such fast performance If you are getting disk drive errors try setting this value to Disabled This fiel...

Page 42: ...ites per sector the drive can support Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Device Scroll to Onboard Device and press Enter The following screen appears AC97 Audio This item allows you to disable the chips...

Page 43: ...Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port Options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Infrared Port Select Select an address and corresponding interrupt f...

Page 44: ...set to S3 STR or S1 S3 the following two fields become available Options S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3 Power Management Option Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User define Max...

Page 45: ...oll to IRQ Event Activity Detect and press Enter The following screen appears PS2KB Wakeup Select This item allows you to select Hot Key or Password to wake up the system by PS2 Keyboard If Password i...

Page 46: ...ed Disabled PowerOn by Onboard LAN When enabled LAN activity awakens the system from soft off state Options Enabled Disabled Modem Ring Resume When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring...

Page 47: ...ault is Auto ESCD Manual PNP Card s resources are controlled manually The IRQ Resources field becomes available and you can set which IRQ X and DMA X are assigned to PCI and onboard devices Auto BIOS...

Page 48: ...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 are 60o C 140o...

Page 49: ...just various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking Warning Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components We recommend you leave these para...

Page 50: ...rum it can significantly reduce the EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference generated by the system Options Disabled Enabeld AGP PCI Clock Enables you lock the AGP PCI clock to a defined frequency or float w...

Page 51: ...ust Menu Scroll to Voltage Adjust Menu and press Enter The following screen appears In the following items Default Voltage indicates the original factory value and New Voltage indicates the value that...

Page 52: ...a confirmation dialog box Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal perfor mance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Ente...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...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 55: ...isk drives in an array are called members 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 together through a...

Page 56: ...rive 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 array Due to the fault tolerance if...

Page 57: ...48 bits LBA Supports RAID 0 1 and JBOD 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support Bootable disk or disk array support Windows based RAID configure and management software tool Compatible withBIOS Real...

Page 58: ...RAID ROM The system BIOS may disable all RAID function by default To enable any RAID controller you must enable its RAID Boot ROM Enter the BIOS CMOS Setup and jump to Integrated Peripherals Page Sele...

Page 59: ...s utility After the RAID array is created press ESC to exit Step 3 Prepare driver floppy When installing Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 into any RAID disk the O S setup will require a floppy disk containing th...

Page 60: ...RAID driver Insert the floppy created earlier in Step 3 Step 5 Install Software utility for Windows After the O S has been installed you may install the RAID driver and software The RAID software is...

Page 61: ...IA LAN Driver to install LAN driver Step 3 Click USB V2 0 Driver to install USB 2 0 driver Step 4 Click AC 97 Audio Driver to install audio driver Step 5 Click VIA SATA RAID Driver to install Serial A...

Page 62: ...or more detailed information refer to Sound Manager manual in the CD Sound Effect 1 Right click Sound Effect button on the task bar and select Sound Manager 2 Select Sound Effect page to set the desir...

Page 63: ...There are 10 bands of equalizer control check ON when you want to adjust the equalizer Figure 4 4 This page displays the mainboards s phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode no of speaker...

Page 64: ...ning message will appear to remind users to check the connection Figure 6 Connector Sensing 6 Push Start button to start the sensing Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting...

Page 65: ...ngs used in the Speaker Configuration page Current Connection column shows the type of device detected If the results do not match an exclamation mark will appear on the right side Figure 7 Connector...

Page 66: ...ation Page 6 6 Figure 9 9 This page lets you test the HRTF 3D Positional Audio features HRTF Demo Figure 10 Microphone 10 The Noise Suppression feature uses software to reduce background delay microph...

Page 67: ...allation Page 6 7 Figure 11 11 This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software To remove Sound Manager icon from Windows Task bar uncheck Show icon in system tray General ALC6...

Page 68: ...Driver Installation Page 6 8...

Page 69: ...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 70: ...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 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...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 74: ...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 75: ...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 76: ...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 77: ...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 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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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