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Manual Revision 1.0

June 06, 2003

VIA

KM400

mainboard

for AMD Socket A processor

User’

User’sssss

Manual

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Page 1: ...notice Manual Revision 1 0 June 06 2003 VIA VIA VIA VIA VIA KM400 KM400 KM400 KM400 KM400 mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard for AMD Socket A processor for AMD Socket A processor for A...

Page 2: ...XCLUDES 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 WARRAN...

Page 3: ...nal 1 3 Mainboard Form Factor 1 4 I O Shield Connector 1 5 Power On Off Remote 1 5 System Block Diagram 1 6 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout 3 2 Easy I...

Page 4: ...4 23 PC Health Status 4 25 Power BIOS Features 4 27 Defaults Menu 4 28 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 29 Exit Selecting 4 30 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 Realtek Sou...

Page 5: ...inboard B User s manual C Floppy drive cable D HDD ribbon cable E CD and diskette drivers and utilities F I O Shield Deluxe Pack Items G S ATA data and power cables Other Optional Items H Extra USB2 0...

Page 6: ...e designed to support AMD AthlonTM processors This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures and ultimately...

Page 7: ...enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status The features include CPU temperature voltage and fan speed in RPMs LAN Optional This mainboard is optionally mounted with a LA...

Page 8: ...will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy c...

Page 9: ...supplies that have a 5VSB current of 2A Please check the 5VSB s specification printed on the power supply s outer case Note The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your syste...

Page 10: ...Introduction Page 1 6 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram...

Page 11: ...and Non ECC DDR 266 333 DIMMs Supports up to 2GB 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 S...

Page 12: ...speaker out Green and Center Subwoofer speaker out Pink at rear panel Supports CD In Aux In and S PDIF in out interface Supports Line out and Mic In for front panel Supports automatic jack sensing Per...

Page 13: ...e PCI slots with Bus Master support PCI v2 2 compliant Other Features Magic Health a BIOS H W monitoring utility for voltage temperature and fan speed sensing displayed during POST EZ Boot A simple sh...

Page 14: ...A JKHAI Page 2 4 Page Left Blank...

Page 15: ...Installation Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 16: ...Installation Page 3 2 Mainboard Layout Figure 1...

Page 17: ...thlonTM as reference Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC PGA corner marking with the socket corner clos...

Page 18: ...re 5 Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage For more information about installing your CPU please refer to the AMD website article So...

Page 19: ...jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the mainboard JCK1 JCK2 Settings 1 2 1 2 100MHz Default 2 3 1 2 133MHz 2 3 2 3 166MHz Note Overclocking may result to the CPU s or s...

Page 20: ...SDRAM Supports up to 2 DDR DIMMs refer to Table 1 Supports unbuffered and non ECC DIMMs Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification Figure 6 and Table 1 show two possible memor...

Page 21: ...placing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 8 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 Figure 7 DIMM notch Figure...

Page 22: ...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 23: ...GP 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 i...

Page 24: ...ence JCPU_FAN Ground 12V Sence JSYS_FAN JCPU_FAN JSYS_FAN S PDIF Sony Philips Digital InterFace connector This connector links digital audio between the mainboard and your audio devices such as CD pla...

Page 25: ...Connector The mainboard is equipped with a standard 20 pin ATX main power connector for connecting power supply The plugs of the power cables are designed to fit in only one orientation Find the prope...

Page 26: ...nt Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connec tor can be used for front panel audio The front panel line out phone jack should have a normal close switch Without a phone plug inser...

Page 27: ...0 ports with VIA VT8237 Chip It is equipped with a 10 pin connector for connect ing additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports If you wish to use the additional USB ports install the card edge bracket to t...

Page 28: ...ply or system PW_ON This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turn off system immediately or 4 sec delay push the butto...

Page 29: ...se or keyboard device c Install Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE d Restart the system e Open the Control Panel Power Management application and click the Advanced tab In the Power buttons section select Stand...

Page 30: ...is required To power on your system again normally Step 1 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 heat...

Page 31: ...eneral the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS ba...

Page 32: ...d item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features...

Page 33: ...s a mode used to support a special 3 5 inch drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 inch disk that stores 1 2 MB The default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BI...

Page 34: ...igger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache ar...

Page 35: ...cks the size of the floppy disk drives at start up time You don t need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity The default is Disabled Options Enabled Disabled B...

Page 36: ...ssword is not entered at the prompt APIC Mode This item allows you to enable APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller functionality APIC is an Intel chip that provides symmetric multiprocessing...

Page 37: ...ied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system Options Enabled Disabled Small Logo EPA Show If the BIOS contains an internal bitmap picture this option sets the bitmap...

Page 38: ...lay following menu Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system to be cached in memory for faster execution The default is Enabled Options Disabled Enabled Video R...

Page 39: ...ing DRAM Timing select By SPD to follow SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification Options Manual Auto by SPD Turbo Ultra DRAM CAS Latency Enables you to select the CAS latency time The value is set a...

Page 40: ...timing The default is by DRAM SPD Options 6T 8T 7T 10T 5T 6T 8T 12T Active to CMD Trcd This item sets the timing parameters for the system memory such as the CAS Column Address Strobe and RAS Row Addr...

Page 41: ...ntrol This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your sys...

Page 42: ...us Control Scroll to CPU PCI Bus Control and press Enter The following screen appears PCI1 2 Master 0 WS Write When Enabled Writes to the PCI bus are commanded with zero wait states Options Enabled Di...

Page 43: ...s 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 default is PCI Slot Options PCI Slot AGP VIA OnChip IDE Device Scroll...

Page 44: ...let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automati cally deter...

Page 45: ...The default is Enabled Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Optional Enable disable the onboard LAN Boot ROM The default is Disabled Options Enabled Disabled Onchip USB Controller Enables the...

Page 46: ...his field Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial ports Options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Infrared Por...

Page 47: ...xD2 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 mod...

Page 48: ...on This option allows you to select ACPI Function The default is Enabled Options Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1 POS or S3 STR function Options S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3...

Page 49: ...power management The default is V H Sync Blank V H Sync Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if y...

Page 50: ...g power failure IRQ Event Activity Detect Scroll 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 wak...

Page 51: ...the PCI card awakens the system from a soft off state Options Enabled Disabled Modem Ring Resume When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered...

Page 52: ...ary INTR When set to On default any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down IRQs 3 15 Allows you to set system to monitor IRQs 3 15 for activity to awaken system form a pow...

Page 53: ...ons Yes No Reset Configuration Data This setting allows you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they w...

Page 54: ...ign IRQ For USB This item requests BIOS to assign an IRQ for the USB port If you have not con nected any USB device selecting Disabled will free the IRQ for use by other devices Options Enabled Disabl...

Page 55: ...CPU Warning Temperature Sets the temperature at which the computer will respond to an overheating CPU Options Disabled 50O C 122O F 70O C 158O F Current System CPU Temperature Displays the current sys...

Page 56: ...hing power supply Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment...

Page 57: ...a module in it reducing EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference Options Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference generat...

Page 58: ...shows you two options which are de scribed below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box LoadFail SafeDefaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS defau...

Page 59: ...ort 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 password is...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...at link you to the supported drivers utilities and software Step 1 Click SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER to install all components recommended Step 2 Click AC 97 AUDIO DRIVER to install audio driver Step 3 C...

Page 62: ...For 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 desi...

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: ...ge 5 4 Figure 5 5 For 6 channel mode the audio combination is shown above Figure 6 6 To test the speaker select the Speaker Test page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen Speaker Tes...

Page 65: ...r system a Click Auto Lock to detect S PDIF input and display its information b Check Real time S PDIF In monitor to listen to the S PDIF IN signal through Line out connector Figure 8 SPDIF Out 8 This...

Page 66: ...nsing 9 Push Start button to start the sensing Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting the sensing 10 EZ Connection shows the result of the detection Audio Connector column...

Page 67: ...After closing EZ Connector this page will show the latest connector status as above Figure 12 12 This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software To remove Sound Manager icon f...

Page 68: ...Drivers Installation Page 5 8 Page Left Blank...

Page 69: ...Playback Windows 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 M...

Page 70: ...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 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...nd it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable DOS floppy disk Note The DOS floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press Enter Key 2 You...

Page 74: ...to save previous BIOS to file 6 Are you sure to program y n please key in Y to start the programming 7 The programming is finished xxxxx bin F1 Reset F10 Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx bin xxxxx bin XXXXX XXXX...

Page 75: ...endix C C 1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool The BIOS socket may be damaged if using an improper method to repla...

Page 76: ...Appendix C 2 Page Left Blank...

Page 77: ...n is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost7 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Desc...

Page 78: ...the following figure There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at...

Page 79: ...ackup 1 Select the location of the Source drive 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start 2 Select the location for storing the backup file Disk From Image Restore Ba...

Page 80: ...Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation s...

Page 81: ...ion To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operating method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed...

Page 82: ...2 Select the source partition 5 Select Yes to start performing backup 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3 High high...

Page 83: ...7 3 Select the disk to be restored 4 Select the partition to be restored 5 Select Yes to start restoring Check This function is to check possible error caused by defective FAT or track during backup o...

Page 84: ...lete Office programs require 360MB The remaining space can be used to store data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup area for the system and to store the file Image file in drive D T...

Page 85: ...store types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Windows operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone...

Page 86: ...t of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECD001 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the...

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