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Manual Revision 1.1

October 09, 2003

VIA

KT400A

mainboard

for AMD Socket A processor

User’

User’sssss

Manual

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Summary of Contents for KT400A

Page 1: ...ice Manual Revision 1 1 October 09 2003 VIA VIA VIA VIA VIA KT400A KT400A KT400A KT400A KT400A mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard for AMD Socket A processor for AMD Socket A processor f...

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: ...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 Insta...

Page 4: ...er BIOS Features 4 25 Defaults Menu 4 27 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 28 ExitSelecting 4 29 Section 5 S ATA RAID Configuration Introduction 5 1 Key Features 5 3 BIOS Configuration Utility 5 4 Se...

Page 5: ...nts A Mainboard B User s manual C Floppy drive cable D HDD ribbon cable E CD drivers and utilities F I O Shield Optional Items G Game port cable H S ATA data and power cables I Extra USB2 0 port cable...

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: ...ing 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...

Page 8: ...ll 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 conn...

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 system...

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

Page 11: ...184 pin DDR DIMM sockets for 64 bit Unbuffered Single Double side and Non ECC DDR 266 333 400 DIMMs Supports up to 3GB memory size BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS ACPI v2 0 compliant S3 Suspend to...

Page 12: ...Lime and Mic In Pink at rear panel In 6 CH mode supports Rear speaker out Light blue Front speaker out Lime and Center Subwoofer speaker out Pink at rear panel Supports CD In Aux In and S PDIF in out...

Page 13: ...us 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 shortcut to select t...

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: ...hlonTM 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 close...

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: ...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 20: ...DDR SDRAM see note below Supports unbuffered and non ECC DIMMs Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification Figure 6 and Table 1 show two possible memory configurations DDR DIMM...

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: ...d 12V Sence 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...

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 prop...

Page 26: ...nel 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 inserted t...

Page 27: ...se connectors enable you to connect two Serial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification SATA2 1 GND A B B GND A GND SATA1 1 12 2 GAME1 Game MIDIconnector This port works well with any...

Page 28: ...he additional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10 pin connector USB2 0 allows data transfer speed up to 480Mbps CUSB3 CUSB4 CAUTION Please m...

Page 29: ...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 30: ...nabled 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 Stand...

Page 31: ...etup is required To power on your system again 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 heatsink...

Page 32: ...Installation Page 3 18 Page Left Blank...

Page 33: ...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 34: ...ed 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 35: ...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 BIOS...

Page 36: ...ing message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message appears when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that acce...

Page 37: ...Drive This will swap your physical drive letters A B if you are using two floppy disks Options Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots...

Page 38: ...ocessing SMP for its Pentium systems The default is Disabled Options Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Shadow This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video perf...

Page 39: ...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 40: ...talled DRAM and DRAM clock from DRAM Timing Selectable The default is set by SPD see DRAM Timing Options 1 5 2 2 5 3 Bank Interleave The item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your...

Page 41: ...sets the DRAM Write Recovery Time Options 2T 3T tWTR for DDR400 ONLY tWTR Timing Control for DDR400 only Options 1T 3T 2T AGP P2P Bridge Control Scroll to AGP P2P Bridge Control and press Enter The fo...

Page 42: ...nabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X 8X AGP card Options Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled Writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Op...

Page 43: ...wait states Options Enabled Disabled PCI1 2 Post Write Enables CPU to PCI bus POST write Options Enabled Disabled VLink 8X Support Enables VLink 8X support Options Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transact...

Page 44: ...pherals 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 SATA IDE RAID Enabl...

Page 45: ...and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE to Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode Selecting Enabled reduces latency between each drive read write cycle but may cause instability in IDE subsystems that cannot support such f...

Page 46: ...chip PCI Device and press Enter The following screen appears VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This item allows you to disable the chipset on chip support for AC97 Audio Options Auto Disabled VIA 3043 Onchip LAN Op...

Page 47: ...FDC If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for th...

Page 48: ...e EPP mode for parallel port mode Options EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode Options DMA1 DMA3 Game Port Address Select an address for th...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...PMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your vide...

Page 51: ...rd to wake up the system by PS2 Keyboard If Password is selected press Enter key to change a password with max 8 numbers Options Hot key Password PS2KB Wakeup form S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to set...

Page 52: ...ons Enabled Disabled Modem Ring Resume When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken the system from suspend state Options Enabled Disabled RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enabled...

Page 53: ...you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have ever plugged Legacy cards to the system and their data remains recorded into ESCD Extended System Configurati...

Page 54: ...ecting Disabled will free the IRQ for use by other devices Options Enabled Disabled Interrupt requests are shared as shown below IMPORTANT When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots make sure its driver...

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: ...ues for proper operation Figure9 Frequency VoltageControl System Performance This item will help you to configure your system We recommend you leave Standard at the default value Options Standard Fast...

Page 58: ...hich does not have 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 I...

Page 59: ...We recommend that you leave this at the default value 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are de scribed below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press E...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...BIOS Page 4 30 Page Left Blank...

Page 63: ...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 tog...

Page 64: ...will continue to function Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive Under a RAID 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached Such a dri...

Page 65: ...nefits of VIA SATA RAID 1 Support two SATA hard disk drives 2 Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB 48 bits LBA 3 Supports RAID 0 1 and JBOD 4 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support 5 Bootabl...

Page 66: ...BIOS Configuration Utility BIOS Configuration Utility BIOS Configuration Utility BIOS Configuration Utility When the system powers on wait for the following screen to appear and press Tab key to enter...

Page 67: ...a list of array modes will appear High light the target array mode that you want to create and press Enter to confirm the selection If RAID 1 is selected an option list will popup and enable the user...

Page 68: ...rives are new ones when wanting to create an array Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements When using Select Disk Drives the channel column will be activated Hig...

Page 69: ...ID can be deleted after it has been created To delete a RAID use the following steps 1 Select Delete Array in the main menu and press Enter The channel column will be activated 2 Select the member of...

Page 70: ...wer screen If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will detect if the RAID 1 array has any incon sisten...

Page 71: ...user to duplicate 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 oper...

Page 72: ...press N to cancel Please note selecting option Y will destroy all the data on the selected hard drive 4 Continuetoboot This item enables BIOS to skip the problem and continue booting into OS Important...

Page 73: ...disk the main menu screen will appear The main menu displays buttons that link you to the supported drivers utilities and software Step 1 Click SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER to install all components recom...

Page 74: ...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 75: ...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 76: ...ge 6 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 77: ...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 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...Drivers Installation Page 6 8 Page Left Blank...

Page 81: ...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 82: ...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 83: ...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 84: ...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 85: ...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 86: ...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 87: ...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 is fragile may be damaged if an improper method to replace...

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