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AMD Socket A

VIA VT8235

ATX Motherboard

User’s Guide

Version 1.0

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Page 1: ...AMD Socket A VIA KT400A VT8235 ATX Motherboard User s Guide Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ... Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This declaration is given to the manufacturer CHAINTECH EXCEL COMPUTER INC No 7 1 Chung Shin Rd Tu Cheng Taipei Hsien Taiwan ROC http www chaintech com tw Chaintech President Simon ...

Page 3: ...th FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for audio noise emissions from digital apparatuses set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Dep...

Page 4: ... Program 17 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 18 3 2 Advanced BIOS Features 19 3 3 Advanced Chipset Features 22 3 4 Integrated Peripherals 26 3 5 Power Management Setup 29 3 6 PNP PCI Configurations 32 3 7 Frequency Voltage Control 33 3 8 Load Fail Safe Defaults 34 3 9 Load Optimized Defaults 34 3 10 Supervisor Password User Password Setting 34 3 11 Save and Exit Setup 35 3 12 Exit Without Saving 35 Chapter...

Page 5: ...ti Word Mode 6 up to 133MBps with Bus Mastering Bus Mastering software drivers for all common multi tasking operating systems USB 2 0 1 1 Host Controller Three EHCI USB 2 0 and UHCI USB 1 1 controllers support total six USB 2 0 1 1 ports Supports USB 2 0 high speed device 480 Mb s transfer rates On board ITE 8700 Super I O Functions Two UARTs support serial port One SPP ECP EPP parallel port One f...

Page 6: ...Chapter 1 2 1 3 Motherboard Layout ...

Page 7: ...wing 1 Locate a cut edge on the top surface of the CPU close to one if it s corners The same corner will also be cut off leaving a noticeable notch in the CPU s corner These markings indicate Pin 1 of the CPU 2 Pull up the lever of Socket 462 so that it is perpendicular with the surface of the motherboard Gently insert the CPU with Pin 1 at the same corner of Socket 462 that contains the end of th...

Page 8: ... 900 MHz 100 9 0 1 6V 64KB 0 18 950 950 MHz 100 9 5 1 6V 64KB 0 18 1 0G 1 0 GHz 100 10 0 1 6V 64KB 0 18 1 1G 1 1 GHz 100 11 0 1 6V 64KB 0 18 1 2G 1 2 GHz 100 12 0 1 6V 64KB 0 18 1 3G 1 3 GHz 100 13 0 1 6V 64KB 0 18 AMD Athlon CPU K7 Thunderbird Model CPU Speed FSB Frequency Multiplier Vcore L2 Cache Micron process 700 700MHz 100 7 0 1 70V 256KB 0 18 750 750MHz 100 7 5 1 70V 256KB 0 18 800 800MHz 1...

Page 9: ...800 1533MHz 133 11 5 1 7 1 6V 256KB 0 18 0 13 1900 1600MHz 133 12 0 1 7 1 6V 256KB 0 18 0 13 2000 1666MHz 133 12 5 1 7 1 6V 256KB 0 18 0 13 2100 1733MHz 133 13 0 1 7 1 6V 256KB 0 18 0 13 2200 1800MHz 133 13 5 1 65V 256KB 0 13 2400 2000MHz 133 15 0 1 65V 256KB 0 13 2600 2133MHz 133 16 0 1 65V 256KB 0 13 2600 2075MHz 166 12 5 1 65V 256KB 0 13 2700 2166MHz 166 13 0 1 65V 256KB 0 13 AMD Athlon XP CPU ...

Page 10: ... type 2 5V unbuffered 184 pin 64 128 265 512 bit DDR SDRAM Module size Single double sided 64 128 256 512Mbytes or 1GBbtes Parity Ether parity or non parity Location 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 0 GB DDR 1 V V V V V DDR 2 V V V V V DDR 3 V V V V V In order to take effect of PC3200 DDR SDRAM modules please install memory modules on DIMM1 DIMM3 slots or DIMM2 DIMM3 slots For PC 2700 DDR SDRAM module...

Page 11: ...the module is Winbond please adjust your BIOS setting according to the following instructions to avoid compatibility problem 1 Press Delete to enter BIOS setup program when you turn on or reboot your system 2 Select Advanced Chipset Features 3 Select DRAM Clock ...

Page 12: ...Chapter 2 8 4 Adjust the setting of DRAM Timing to Turbo If there is no incompatibility problem occurred while you use the module then it s not necessary to change the memory setting ...

Page 13: ...terface which incorporates standard 5V 12V optional 3 3V and Soft power signals The Soft power signal a 5V trickle supply is continuously supplied when AC power is available When the system is in the Soft Off mode this trickle supply maintains the system in its minimum power state The ATX 12V power supply has a new 12V 4 pin and 5V 3 3V 6 pin auxiliary power connector in order to enable the delive...

Page 14: ...agement Suspend mode This is power saving mode used for saving electricity when the computer is not in use for a long period of time The Soft OFF by PWR BTTN function in BIOS s Power Management Setup menu must be set to Delay 4 Sec to activate this function When the Soft OFF by PWR BTTN function is enabled pushing the power button rapidly will switch the system to Suspend mode Any occurrence of ex...

Page 15: ...thout turning the power off 5 SPEAKER Speaker Connector This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker 6 HD LED IDE Activity LED Connector The IDE activity LED lights up whenever the system reads writes to the IDE devices FD1 Floppy Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Use this connector ...

Page 16: ...m configuration To clear the contents of the CMOS please follow the steps below 1 Disconnect the system power supply from the power source 2 Set the jumper cap at location 2 3 for 5 seconds and then set it back to the default position 3 Connect the system s power and then start the system 4 Enter BIOS s CMOS Setup Utility and choose Load Setup Defaults Type Y and then press Enter to continue 5 Set...

Page 17: ...the BIOS s Power On Management screen You must also set this jumper s cap to pins 2 3 to use this function FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 CPU System Case Cooling Fan Connectors The board s hardware management is able to detect the CPU and system fan speed in rpm revolutions per minute The wiring and plugging may vary depending on the manufacturer On standard fans the red is positive 12V and the black is ground Pi...

Page 18: ...AN Connector Enable the Wake Up On LAN selection in BIOS s Power Management Menu to use this function The capability to remotely manage PCs on a network is a significant factor in reducing administrative and ownership costs Magic Packet technology is designed to give WOL capability to LAN controller This header is used to connect an add in NIC Network Interface Card that gives WOL function to the ...

Page 19: ...gives WOM capability to the motherboard CN23 CN23A Front USB Connector for USB 2 3 and 4 5 USB Port 2 3 Æ CN23 USB Port 4 5 Æ CN23A If you want to use a USB Keyboard you must enable the USB keyboard support function in BIOS s Integrated Peripherals menu See Section 3 4 This board contains a USB Host controller and a root hub with two connectors is included for an optional USB Adaptor USB 2 3 and 4...

Page 20: ...connector Pin 5 6 and 9 10 are shorted default to enable the back panel audio function JP2 3 CPU Front Side Bus setting This cap setups up the CPU Ext Clock Frequency This function allows you to set the CPU s FSB The default setting is at pin 1 2 and your CPU s FSB will be automatically detected It is recommended that you leave the default settings to prevent any burnout on your CPU JP2 JP3 Defini...

Page 21: ...er the Phoenix Award BIOS setup program press Delete when you Power on or reboot the computer system The primary screen as shown in Figure 3 1 is a list of the menus and functions available in the setup program Select the desired item by your arrow keys and press enter to make the changes Operating commands are located at the bottom of this and all other BIOS screens When a field is highlighted on...

Page 22: ...te Time Set the date and time of the system Do not skip this function as all of your timed events such as power management saving files etc are based on this timer IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been installed in the computer This section does not show information on other IDE devices such as CD ROM drives or other hard drive t...

Page 23: ...otherboard Figure 3 3 Virus Warning When you set it as enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning ...

Page 24: ... not include booting from floppy drive B This function is useful if floppy drives B and A are of a different format and you want to boot from floppy drive B Boot up Floppy Seek This is a set up check for floppy power on after starting the computer system Boot Up NumLock Status This function defines the keyboard s number pad as number keys or arrow keys If it is set at On the number keys will be ac...

Page 25: ...ows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version is used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version which is supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Available options are 1 4 and 1 1 OS Select For DRAM 64MB If your system s DRAM is larger than 64MB and you are running OS 2 select OS 2 as the i...

Page 26: ...t be changed unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing Explanation of the DRAM timing and chipset features setup is lengthy highly technical and beyond the scope of this manual Below are some brief descriptions of the functions in this setup menu DRAM Clock Drive Control 1 DRAM Clock This selecting option allows you to control the DRAM speed 2 DRAM Timing The function allows you to enab...

Page 27: ... 5 AGP Master 1 WS Write Read It is recommended to keep the default setting for a stable system operation 6 DBI Output for AGP Trans Please leave the default setting Disabled for a stable system operation CPU PCI Bus Control 1 PCI 1 2 Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to PCI bus are executed with zero wait states 2 PCI 1 2 Post Write Enabling this function will enhance the system efficiency 3 ...

Page 28: ...in better system performance However if any programs write to this memory area a system error may occur Flash BIOS Protection The motherboard manufacturer developed BIOS protection technology that protects the System BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses When enabled the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempting to update BIOS with the FLASH utility When disab...

Page 29: ...pter 3 25 3 Select DRAM Clock 4 Adjust the setting of DRAM Timing to Turbo Note If there is no incompatibility problem occurred while you use the module then it s not necessary to change the memory setting ...

Page 30: ...er if you are going to add a higher performance IDE board 2 IDE Prefetch Mode Enabling this function will enhance the system efficiency 3 Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each IDE device that the internal PCI IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system au...

Page 31: ...USB keyboard during boot up so that you can enter BIOS and enable this setting If you pass the boot up stage without enabling this function your PS 2 keyboard will no longer work 5 OnChip EHCI Controller Enable the on board Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 controller if you want to connect a USB device to your system Note that if this setting is disabled you can still temporarily use a USB keyboard du...

Page 32: ...r the onboard parallel printer port Select SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software support one of the other available modes 5 Game Port Address This item disables or assigns the address of the Game port Available options are Disable 201 and 209 6 Midi Port Address This item disables or assigns the address of the Midi port Available options are Disable 300 and 330 7 Midi Port IRQ This...

Page 33: ...herals devices such as CD ROM players when they are not in use Power Management Option Power management allows the computer to save electricity when it is not in use by entering increasingly deep power saving modes HDD Power Down Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspen...

Page 34: ... Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard i e you have a monitor that supports Green features Use software supplied by your video subsystem to set video power management options Modem Use IRQ If your computer has a modem use this function to tell BIOS which IRQ is being occupied by the modem card When the system is in Green mode the modem requires an IRQ assignment to wake up the system an...

Page 35: ...ble options On Off 9 Power On by PCI card When enabled a PCI interface that receives a signal will activate the system from soft off and green mode 10 Wake Up On LAN Ring When enabled a LAN modem that receives a signal will activate the system from soft off and green mode You should connect the modem to the COM port and turn on the resume event in green mode 11 RTC Alarm Resume When enabled this s...

Page 36: ...tion Instead it will refer to the items in the setup menu for assigning IRQ DMA When set to Auto the system BIOS will refer to the ESCD for all legacy information ESCD Extended System Configuration Data provides a detailed format of the configuration data structures stored in flash memory Each data structure defines the resources used by a device or a card in the system This includes legacy and PC...

Page 37: ... Enabling this function will auto detect PCI DIMM clock Spread Spectrum Available options Disabled Enabled Linear Spread Range Please leave the default setting 1 for a stable system operation CPU Clock It is recommended to keep the default setting for a stable system operation Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tol...

Page 38: ...ferent variables that control password settings The first two are located under the Security Option function in BIOS Features Setup Menu Figure 3 1 When the Security Option function is set to Setup a password is required to enter BIOS and change BIOS settings When the Security Option function is set to System a password is required to enter both BIOS and the computer s operating system for example...

Page 39: ...followed by Enter the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the BIOS chip 3 12 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing Y followed by Enter lets you exit the Setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones ...

Page 40: ...t the support CD that come with your motherboard into your CD ROM driver or double click the CD drive icon in My computer to open the setup screen 4 1 VIA Service Pack Setup 1 Click VIA Service Pack 2 Click Next to begin software installation ...

Page 41: ...Chapter 4 37 3 Please select Yes to accept the license agreement 4 Please select Next to continue ...

Page 42: ...Chapter 4 38 5 Please select Next to continue 6 Please select Next to continue installing VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver ...

Page 43: ...Chapter 4 39 7 Please select Next to continue installing AGP Driver 8 Please select OK to restart your computer ...

Page 44: ...Chapter 4 40 4 2 Audio Driver Setup 1 Click Audio Driver 2 Click Next to start software installation ...

Page 45: ...Chapter 4 41 3 Click Next to continue 4 Please select a folder where the program will be installed and click Next to proceed ...

Page 46: ...Chapter 4 42 5 Please select one folder name from existing folders list and click Next to proceed 6 Please click Next to begin the file copying process ...

Page 47: ...Chapter 4 43 7 Please select OK to complete setup 4 3 LAN Driver Setup 1 Click LAN Driver ...

Page 48: ...Chapter 4 44 2 Please select Next to continue 3 Please click Finish to complete the setup process ...

Page 49: ...Chapter 4 45 4 4 USB 2 0 Driver 1 Click USB 2 0 Driver 2 Please select Next to continue ...

Page 50: ...Chapter 4 46 3 Please select Next to continue 4 Please select Yes to accept the license agreement ...

Page 51: ...Chapter 4 47 5 Please select OK to continue 6 Please select Print to File to continue 7 Please click OK to complete the setup process ...

Page 52: ...Chapter 4 48 8 Please select Yes for restarting computer now or No for restart later then click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 53: ...l rights are reserved for the products and corporate names logos that appear in this manual to their original owners We reserve all the rights to change this manual All information is subject to change without notice ...

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