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   USER'S 

MANUAL 

Of 

AMD 890GX & AMD SB850 

Based   

M/B for Socket AM3 

AMD Processor   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO. G03-BA500PRO-F   

Rev

1.0 

Release date: April, 2010 

 

 

 

 

Trademark: 

*  Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are   

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer. 

Summary of Contents for BA-500PRO

Page 1: ...NO G03 BA500PRO F Rev 1 0 Release date April 2010 Trademark Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time...

Page 2: ...ii Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth please recycle...

Page 3: ...1 CPU CONFIGURATION 24 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 24 3 6 1 ONBOARD VGA CONFIGURATION 25 3 6 2 PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION 26 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 26 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT FEATURES 27 3 9 MISCEL...

Page 4: ...PCB Computer should go through an adaptive phase before it boots when it is moved from a cold environment to a warmer one to avoid condensation phenomenon These water drops attached on PCB or the sur...

Page 5: ...on April 2010 Item Checklist 5 AMD 890GX Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard 5 User s Manual 5 DVD for motherboard utilities 5 HDD Cable 5 SATA Cable 5 I O back panel shield AMD AM3 Processor...

Page 6: ...nd the embedded 8 channel HD Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility The AMD 890GX Series mot...

Page 7: ...n the fan speed for the silent operating environment The system can provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and business requirements CPU Vcore 7 Shift Shift t...

Page 8: ...ansfer rate up to 133 MB s for 2 IDE Devices z SB 850 supports 6 Serial ATAIII 6 Gb s connectors with RAID 0 1 10 5 and JBOD function Gigabit LAN z Integrated Gigabit LAN chip z Support Fast Ethernet...

Page 9: ...t Creation Winstone 2004 46 3 Business Winstone 2004 30 5 Winbench 99 V2 0 Business Hi end Disk Winmark99 28600 Business Hi end Graphic Winmark SySMark 2004 SISMark Rating Internet Content Creation Of...

Page 10: ...45 Over USB Connectors DDR III Slot x 4 ATX 12V2 Power Connector Realtek ALC883 Audio Decode CDIN1 Gigabit LAN Chip Speaker Header USB Header USB1 2 3 4 Power Led Header AMD 890GX Chipset AMD SB 850 C...

Page 11: ...ctor 15 pin Connector DVI1 Digital Visual Interface 29 pin Connector HDMI High Definition Multimedia 19 pin Connector Headers Header Name Description AUDIO1 Front Panel SPEAKER MIC header 9 pin Block...

Page 12: ...System 10 Install Driver and Utility 2 2 Checking Motherboard s Jumper Setting 1 KB USB function Enabled Disabled JP1 KB USB Power On Setting 2 3 Closed KB USB Power ON Enabled JP1 JP1 1 2 Closed KB...

Page 13: ...and external modems Parallel Port a low speed interface typically used for printers PS 2 a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically...

Page 14: ...The notched corner should point toward the end of the level Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket Colden...

Page 15: ...re for Expansion Card Installation 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer s...

Page 16: ...If using PCI cards on shared slots make sure that the drivers support Shared IRQ or that the cards don t need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system...

Page 17: ...ower plugs If you intend to use a PSU with 20 pin and 4 pin power plugs make sure that the 20 pin power plug can provide at least 15A on 12V and the power supply unit has a minimum power rating of 350...

Page 18: ...in connector that connects USB3 0 devices to the system board USB3 0 can not run under DOS but can be run under the OS 6 LAN Port connector UL1 for RJ45 LAN The connector is standard RJ45 connector fo...

Page 19: ...e by setting its jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings IDE Connector Pin 1 IDE1 Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HD...

Page 20: ...er electronics equipment NOTE DVI and HDMI Connector can not be used at the same time 14 Coaxial Optical SPDIF _OUT header SPDIF_OUT1 SPDIF_OUT2 The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio...

Page 21: ...er LED from the system case to this pin 5 Hard disk Activity LED HD LED This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case 6 Reset switch lead RESET This 2 pin connector con...

Page 22: ...ion the polarity of connector FAN Power Headers 3 1 CPUFAN1 1 4 3 SYSFAN2 1 SYSFAN1 9 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN1 CDIN are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD A...

Page 23: ...nector for connecting devices such as old fashioned printer Pin 1 PARALLEL Connector 13 HDMI SPDIF Out header HDMI_SPDIF The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or...

Page 24: ...onitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on If it complies with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature The system will then run power on test While t...

Page 25: ...ere Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup Press up down left right to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to s...

Page 26: ...s Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integ...

Page 27: ...d numerical keyboard keys to select the value you want in each item Language Use this item to select the current default language used in BIOS The Optional settings are Chinese GB English System Date...

Page 28: ...ory modules s installed 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the needed to boot the system 1st Boot Device Specify the boot sequence...

Page 29: ...e 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer HDMI...

Page 30: ...ings are Enable Disabled GFX Engine Clock Use this item to set GFX Engine clock in the range of 150 to 1000 UMA SP Interleave Mode The optional settings are Auto Coarse and Fine SP Power Management Th...

Page 31: ...nter and set values in the sub items as Gen2 High Speed Mode Link ASPM and Link width Port 04 Features Port 10 Features Press Enter and set values in the sub items as Gen2 High Speed Mode and Link ASP...

Page 32: ...nable support for legacy USB Auto Option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected The optional settings are Disabled Enabled AUTO BIOS EHCI Hand off The optional settings are Disabled E...

Page 33: ...s a Plug and Play operating system PCI Latency Timer Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register Allocate IRQ for PCI VGA The optional settings are No Yes Yes Assigns IRQ to PCI...

Page 34: ...ware Monitor onboard CPUFAN Mode Setting It displays Fan configuration mode setting The choice is either Disabled or Thermal Cruise Mode CPU Temperature System Temperature CPUFAN Speed SYSFAN Speed AU...

Page 35: ...Width The Hyper Transport link will run at this width The optional setting range is Auto 4 Bit 8 Bit 16Bit PCI E Reference Clock MHz The optional setting range is 90 250 MHz SB Reference Clock MHz Th...

Page 36: ...o 1 30v Warning Setting some values too high may cause system to malfunction too high may cause system to malfunction DRAM Command Rate The optional settings are Auto 1T and 2T Memory Clock Mode The o...

Page 37: ...message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The password typed now will clear...

Page 38: ...this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Disabled default No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Enabled...

Page 39: ...this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Pressing OK to leave BIOS setting without saving previously set values Notice The BIOS options in this manual are for reference on...

Page 40: ...or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may take 13 selections 1 DOTNET to install DOTNETFX 3 5 driver 2 ATI to install ATI integrated dri...

Page 41: ...gic Install menu appears 2 Select I have read and ACCEPT the terms of the License Agreement and then click Install 3 Setup completed click Exit 4 2 ATI Install ATI Integrated Drive Pack 1 Click ATI wh...

Page 42: ...then click Next 5 Click Accept to accept the License Agreement to continue 6 Click Finish to complete the installation 4 3 SOUND Install ALCHD Audio Codec Driver 1 Click SOUND when Magic Install menu...

Page 43: ...und Effect Setting 5 mixer setting 6 Audio input and output setting 7 Microphone effect setting 8 3D demo setting 4 4 LAN Install Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver 1 Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear...

Page 44: ...ation completed Click Finish 4 5 USB3 0 Install USB3 0 Driver 1 Click USB3 0 when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click NEXT to continue 3 Click I accept the terms of the licence agreement Click Next 4 S...

Page 45: ...c Install menu appears 2 Copy the files to floppy disk and restart the computer with floppy disk as the first booting disk and then follow the steps shown on the screen to finish RAID function setting...

Page 46: ...ars 2 Click Next on Install shield wizard Window appears 3 Click Next to install to this folder 4 Click install to begin the installation 5 Installation completed Click Finish 4 9 HDMI Install ATI HDM...

Page 47: ...when Magic Install menu appears 2 Click Next on AMD OverDriver installation wizard 3 Choose I accept the terms in the license agreement then Click Next 4 The information describes the installation Cl...

Page 48: ...begin installation 9 Finish the installation Click Finish 4 11 Fusion Install Fusion Driver and Tools 1 Click Fusion when Magic Install menu appears 2 Click to accept the license agreement then click...

Page 49: ...official website and then make a copy of it to your bootable floppy disk after decompressing these files Step 3 Insert the disk into A start your computer and then type in A xxxxxx BAT xxxxxxx being...

Page 50: ...45 figure2 Press 1 key showing the RAID as the below figure figure3 Press 2 key the interface of RAID as figure 4 RAID function RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 10 RAID5 JBOD figure4...

Page 51: ...ss Ctrl Y to save Set Assignment mode as Y press Ctrl Y to save and then figure 5 appeared It will reminds you to press Ctrl Y to input the LD name as the below figure 6 press Ctrl Y to save and enter...

Page 52: ...47 figure6 figure7 figure 8 Press 3 delete the RAID mode press Delete or Alt D will delete the array As Figure 9...

Page 53: ...rmatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS 2 After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD ROM 3 Copy all the files from AMD RAIDDisk to floppy diskette Once you have the SATA driver di...

Page 54: ...des a protection mode which allows user to freely test any software If user does not want to keep the software just reboot the computer to restore back to the previous state and Pro Magic will remove...

Page 55: ...usable space or above Support for SCSI SATA Hard disk Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows XP or OS above Notice Before Installation 1 Before install Pro Magic Plus turn off all a...

Page 56: ...s off or glitters It means the motherboard in the G P I mode CPU works with the low power consumption When the LED is on It means the motherboard is working at full speed with non power saving mode CP...

Page 57: ...a like a halted system or system instability So please take notice of the CPU you are using and make sure that it is one that demand not more than 65 W to ensure long term working order Note 1 The rel...

Page 58: ...AMD s CPU power consumption increases In this case we recommend users select a CPU fan with air outlet towards MOSFET so that CPU fan can carry away heat produced by MOSFET for better heat dissipation...

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