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Page 3: ...quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful inter ference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur i...

Page 4: ...appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilieur du Canada AbouttheManual The manual consists of the following Chapter 1 Introducing the Motherb...

Page 5: ...hecking Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 Front Panel Header 12 InstallingHardware 13 Installing the Processor 13 Installing Memory Modules 14 Installing a Hard Disk Dr...

Page 6: ...r Password 47 Save Exit Setup 48 Exit Without Saving 48 Chapter 4 49 49 49 49 49 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 49 About the Software CD ROM 49 Auto installing underWindows 2000 XP Vista 49 Running Setup...

Page 7: ...gh performance HyperTransport peripheral controller unmatched by any other single chip device controller This motherboard supports up to 32 GB of system memory with DDR2 800 667 533 400 It supports hi...

Page 8: ...nd performance Memory DDR2 800 667 533 400 DDR SDRAM with Dual Channel supported Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 32 GB Chipset HyperTransport x16...

Page 9: ...channel optional line out BIOS Firmware Power management Wake up alarms CPU parameters CPU and memory timing Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without prior notice...

Page 10: ...4 IntroducingtheMotherboard Motherboard Components...

Page 11: ...header 10 USBPWR_F Front USB Power Select jumper 11 F_PANEL Front panel switch LED header 12 F_USB1 2 Front Panel USB headers 13 TPM TPM Module header 14 IRDA Infrared header 15 FDD Floppy disk drive...

Page 12: ...6 IntroducingtheMotherboard Memo...

Page 13: ...at your case supports all the features required Secondly this motherboard supports one floppy diskette drives and one enhanced IDE drives Make sure that your case has sufficient power and space for al...

Page 14: ...han one pin are numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins The illustrations show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper...

Page 15: ...supply provides enough VCC5_DUAL voltage before selecting the VCC5_DUAL function 3 It is required that users place the USBPWR_F USBPWR_R cap onto 2 3 pin rather than 1 2 pin as default if you want to...

Page 16: ...rs please note that the 20 pin and 24 pin power cables can both be connected to the ATX_POWER connector With the 20 pin power cable just align the 20 pin power cable with the pin 1 of the ATX_POWER co...

Page 17: ...1 Ground System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 SENSE Sensor 4 CONTROL CPU FAN control Function Pin Signal Name 4 12V 3 12V 2 Ground 1 Ground Pin Signal Name 4 Signal 3 GND 2 Key 1 VCC Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V...

Page 18: ...lor front panel mounted LED provides power on off sleep and message waiting indication Hard Drive Activity LED Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted LED provides visual indication that data...

Page 19: ...ocket Before installing the Processor This motherboard automatically determines the CPU clock frequency and system bus frequency for the processor You may be able to change these settings by changing...

Page 20: ...the heat sink in place and connect the CPU cooling Fan power cable to the CPUFAN connector This completes the installation CPU Installation Procedure The following illustration shows CPU installation...

Page 21: ...slot 5 Install the DIMM module into the slot and press it firmly down until it seats correctly The slot latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 6 Install any remaining DIMM m...

Page 22: ...K4T51083QB GCD5 SAMSUNG K4T56083QF 512MB TwinMOS 8D22JB HX APACER E5108AB 5C E GEIL A016E2864T2AG8AKT5H120001 Hynix HY5P512821 F C4 Infineon HY818T512800AF3733344539 Kingmax KKEA88E4AAKKG 37 Kingston...

Page 23: ...Size Vendor Module Name A DATA E2508AB GE E 512MB Kingmax NT5TU64M8BE 25C APACER AM4B5708BPJS8E0634E CORSAIR CM2X1024 6400 Kingbox EPD264082200 3P Kingston K4T510830C Kintell KTL5PS12821B FP S5 DDR2 8...

Page 24: ...ector IDE IDE Connector This motherboard supports two or four high data transfer SATA ports with each runs up to 1 5 3 0 Gb s To get better system performance we recommend users connect the CD ROM to...

Page 25: ...he single end to the onboard floppy connector connect the remaining plugs on the other end to the floppy drives correspondingly Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive The motherboard has a floppy diskette...

Page 26: ...d carefully If the card is not Plug and Play you may have to manually configure the card before installation PCI1 3 Slots This motherboard is equipped with three standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peri...

Page 27: ...use 2 Install the edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case wi...

Page 28: ...y with Parallel ATA Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard s optional devices Pin Signal Name F_AUDIO Front Panel Audio header Optional This h...

Page 29: ...d other computers 1 USBPWR Front Panel USB Power 2 USBPWR Front Panel USB Power 3 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Negative Signal 4 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Negative Signal 5 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Positive Signal 6 U...

Page 30: ...USB Wireless Card Header Optional This is a header that will preserve the functionality of wired USB while also unwiring the cable connection and providing enhanced support for streaming media CE dev...

Page 31: ...Datacarrydetect 2 NSINB SerialDataIn 3 NSOUTB SerialDataOut 4 DTRB Dataterminalready 5 GND Ground 6 DSRB Datesetready 7 RTSB Request to send 8 CTSB Clear to send 9 RI RingIndicator 10 Key Nopin Pin S...

Page 32: ...orts Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Audio Ports This concludes Chapter 2 The next chapter covers the BIOS Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo line...

Page 33: ...s made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for Setup Utility op...

Page 34: ...Quit Select Item F10 Save ExitSetup Time Date Hard Disk Type KEY FUNCTION ESC Move PU PD F1 Enter Select Value General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exits the current menu Sta...

Page 35: ...e first 6 At the A prompt type the Flash Utility program name and press En ter 7 Type the filename of the new BIOS in the File Name to Program text box Follow the onscreen directions to update the mot...

Page 36: ...ess Mode Auto Capacity 80 GB Cylinder 38309 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 38308 Sector 255 Item Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 S...

Page 37: ...e Incorrect settings can result in your system not recognizing the installed hard disk Press Esc to return to the Standard CMOS Features page Access Mode Auto This item defines ways that can be used t...

Page 38: ...oot Priority Press Enter Press Enter CD ROM Boot Priority Network Boot Priority Press Enter Press Enter Select Removable Boot Device Priority CPU Feature Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Ente...

Page 39: ...Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 2 Bootable Add in Cards Item Help MenuLevel 1 Ch2 M WDC WD160...

Page 40: ...operating system at start up time Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CD ROM Boot Priority CD ROM Boot Priority Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following scree...

Page 41: ...ard Num Lock key is active when your system is started Gate A20 Option Fast This item defines how the sytem handles legacy software that was written for an earlier generation of processors Leave this...

Page 42: ...HT Speed Auto K8 NB HT Width Auto DRAM Configuration Press Enter PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled SATASpread Spectrum Disabled HT Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIE Clock 100Mhz SSE SSE2 Instructions Enabled...

Page 43: ...anual use this item to set the DRAM frequency CKE base power down mode Enabled When in power down mode if all pages of the DRAMs associated with a CKE pin are closed then these parts are placed in pow...

Page 44: ...k 100Mhz This item is used to set the frequency of PCIE clock SSE SSE2 Instructions Enabled This item enables or disables SSE SSE2 instructions System BIOS Cacheable Disabled This item enables users t...

Page 45: ...evel IDE Function Setup Press Enter RAID Config Press Enter OnboardDeviceSetup Press Enter Super IO Device Press Enter F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select...

Page 46: ...Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Item Help MenuLevel RAID Enable Disabled SATA1 Primary RAID Disabled SATA1 Secondary RAID Disabled SATA 2 Primary RAID Disabled SATA 2...

Page 47: ...zed Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp USB Mouse Support Enabled Enable this item if you plan to use a mouse connected through the USB port in a legacy operating s...

Page 48: ...el Port ECP Ex tended Capabilities Port and ECP EPP SPP allows data output only Extended Capabilities Port ECP and Enhanced Paral lel Port EPP are bi directional modes allowing both data input and out...

Page 49: ...Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp X ACPI Suspend Type S1 S3 Use this item to define how your system suspends In the default S3 STR the suspend mode is a suspend...

Page 50: ...ou to allow mouse or keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode Resume by PCI PME Disabled Power On by Alarm Disabled This item allows users to enable or disable the alarm to wake u...

Page 51: ...ess relative items MaximumPayloadSize 4096 Item Help MenuLevel F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp Init Displa...

Page 52: ...CPU Vcore 1 36V VDIMM 1 79V Vcc 5V 4 72V F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp Shutdown Temperature Enables you...

Page 53: ...User please remain the factory BIOS default setting of Load Optimized Defaults When install Operation System onto your system Set Supervisor User Password When this function is selected the following...

Page 54: ...this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit...

Page 55: ...you can find a brief description of each software program and the location for your motherboard version More information on some programs is available in a README file located in the same directory a...

Page 56: ...such as Windows 2000 XP Vista Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using In install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and the...

Page 57: ...tion screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items 1 Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence Follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and al...

Page 58: ...ll the next driver until you finish all drivers installation Method 2 Disable UAC User Account Control For administrator account only Standard user account can only use Method 1 Disable Vista UAC func...

Page 59: ...53 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 2 Select Classic View 3 Set User Account 4 Select Turn User Account Control on or off and press Continue...

Page 60: ...te the readme text file README TXT or README DOC for information on installing the driver or software for your oper ating system Utility Software Reference All the utility software available from this...

Page 61: ...otable RAID Array for instructions on configuring the RAID array in BIOS See sections on using the MediaShield RAID Manager for details on configuring non bootable RAID from Windows Setting Up the BIO...

Page 62: ...rt can only be used for non RAID applications In the example in Figure 2 3 three SATA ports are enabled so the non bootable RAID array can include up to 3 SATA disks If there is a disk Connected to SA...

Page 63: ...ected You must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to enable NVIDIA RAID If you do not install the NVIDIA IDE driver NVIDIA RAID will not be enabled Click Next and then follow the instructions Afte...

Page 64: ...Peripherals see Figure 2 5 then press Enter The Integrated Peripherals screen or a screen similar to it appears Figure 2 6 Integrated Peripherals Screen Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config s...

Page 65: ...disk Connected to SATA 2 Secondary it can not be used for RAID 7 Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted and proceed to set up the NVIDIA RAID BIOS as described in the next section Th...

Page 66: ...S setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk By default this is set to Mirro...

Page 67: ...ray screen after two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks Figure 2 9 MediaShield Utility Array Disks Assigned Completing the RAID BIOS Setup Figure 2 10 Clear Disk Data Prompt After assigning...

Page 68: ...ing Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents press C At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N Press Enter ag...

Page 69: ...this section is not relevant If that is not the case or you are trying to install a new version of Windows then you will need an NVIDIA RAID driver F6 install floppy Check to see if one came with your...

Page 70: ...XP Installation Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed then take out the floppy Follow the instructions on...

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