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USER'S MANUAL  

Of 

VIA CN700 Chipset 

                               & 

VIA VT8237R Plus Chipset  

M/B For VIA C7™ processor family  

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO. G03-J7F4-F 

Rev:4.0 

Release date:  Jan 2007 

 

 

 

 

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 J7F4-F

Page 1: ...essor family NO G03 J7F4 F Rev 4 0 Release date Jan 2007 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 ...

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: ...STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 18 3 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 19 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 21 3 6 1 DRAM TIMING SETTING 22 3 6 2 AGP TIMING SETTINGS 22 3 6 3 PCI TIMING SETTINGS 23 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 23 3 7 1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION 24 3 7 2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION 25 3 7 3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION 26 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 27 3 8 1 WAKE UP EVENTS 28 3 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 29 3 10 PC H...

Page 4: ...TY OF ANY KIND AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OF DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES AND THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPL...

Page 5: ...f 10 100 Mb s or 10 100 1000 Mb s data transfer rate The motherboard series also have an integrated 6 channel AC 97 CODEC on board which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility The VIA CN700 north bridge chipset ITX motherboard series are integrated with the VIA Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP graphics core and it features the Chromotion CE Vid...

Page 6: ...ansfer rate up to 133 MB s Two Serial ATA ports provide 150 MB sec data transfer rate for two Serial ATA Devices and offer RAID 0 1 JBOD functions Dual 10 100 LAN For 7F4B Series Integrated Dual Realtek RTL8100C LAN Chip supporting 10 100 BASE T Transfer rate Dual Gigabit LAN For 7F4K Series Integrated Dual Realtek RTL8110SC LAN Chip supporting 10 100 1000 BASE T Transfer rate Audio AC 97 Digital ...

Page 7: ...OM2 Connector Clear CMOS JBAT PS2 KB Mouse Port VGA COM1 Connector VIA C7 EBGA CPU DIMM Socket X1 ATA 133 IDE Connector IDE1 Front Panel Connector CPU FAN SFAN2 F71805F LPC I O Chip Speaker Power LED Conn SFAN1 Front Panel Audio CD Audio Parallel Connector PCI Slot MIC LINE IN LINE OUT SATA Connector SATA1 SATA2 VIA VT8237R Plus Chip USB Power On Jumper JP3 VIA CN700 North Bridge Dual Optional RTL...

Page 8: ...n Block p 11 SATA1 2 Serial ATA IDE Connector 7 pin Connector p 12 Headers Header Name Description Page COM2 COM2 Serial Port Headers 10 pin Block p 12 PARALLEL Parallel Port Headers 25 pin Block p 12 AUDIO Line Out MIC output Header 4 pin Block p 13 USB1 USB2 USB2 0 Port Headers 10 pin Block p 13 HD_LED Hard drive LED connector 3 pin Block p 13 RESET Reset switch lead 2 pin Block p 13 SPEAK Speak...

Page 9: ...Reboot 9 Install Operating System 10 Install Driver and Utility 2 2 Checking Motherboard s Jumper Setting 1 Keyboard Power On function Enabled Disabled 3 pin JP1 When setting Enabled you can using keyboard by key in password to power on system Keyboard Power On Setting 2 3 closed K B Power ON Enabled JP1 1 3 JP1 1 3 1 2 closed K B Power ON Disable Default 2 USB Power On function Enabled Disabled 3...

Page 10: ...erface for video cards runs at 1X 66MHz 2X 133MHz or 4X 266MHz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems runs at 33MHz Serial Port a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems Parallel Port a low speed interface typically used for printers PS 2 a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards ...

Page 11: ...ose over clock running by BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY When you entered CMOS SETUP UTILITY choose Miscellaneous Control you will see the screen as below then Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Miscellaneous Control Item Help Auto Detect PCI Clock Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Current Host Clock 100MHZ Host Clock at Next Boot 100MHZ Current DRAM CLOCK 266MHz DRAM Clock at Next Boot 266MHz By SPD VD...

Page 12: ...very easy you can refer to figure 2 4 to see what a 240 Pin DDR2 400 DDR2 533 DDR2 SDRAM module looks like D IMM1 BANK0 BANK1 NOTE When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides WARNING For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 133MHz use only DDR266 compliant DDR Modules When this motherboard...

Page 13: ...re 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 N A System Timer 1 N A Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 8 Communications Port COM2 4 9 Communications Port COM1 5 6 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 N A Floppy Disk Controller 7 7 Printer Port LPT1 8 N A System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 10 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 3 I...

Page 14: ...y turned on the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system board 2 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Connector KB MS1 If you are using a PS 2 mouse you must purchase an optional PS 2 mouse set which connects to the 5 pins block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s case Pin 1 ROW1 R...

Page 15: ...nector Line Out Line IN MIC This Connector are 3 phone Jack for LINE OUT LINE IN MIC Line out Audio output to speaker Line In Audio input to Audio controller MIC Microphone Connector 7 Primary IDE Connector 40 pin block IDE1 This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single plug end to motherboard connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk s If y...

Page 16: ... Headers 9 pin COM2 This board has two serial port COM1 Connector COM2 Headers it come with cable providing serial port COM1 COM2 The On board serial port can be disabled through BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more detail information COM2 Pin 1 Note Orient the read marking on the COM1 2 ribbon cable to pin 1 2 Parallel Port Headers 25 pin Block Parall...

Page 17: ...VCC OC DATA GND DATA 5 IDE 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 connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the power supply unit See the figure belo...

Page 18: ...mA 4 2 Watts or less depending on the fan manufacturer the wire and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector CPUFAN 1 3 SFAN1 1 3 1 3 SFAN2 11 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN CDIN is the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output...

Page 19: ...e system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Beep Meaning One short beep when displaying logo No er...

Page 20: ...ight 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 save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Del immediately allows you to enter Setup If the ...

Page 21: ...e this Menu for basic system configurations Advanced BIOS Features 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 Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify you...

Page 22: ...e The date format is day month date year Day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only Month The month from Jan through Dec Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS Time The time format is hour minute second Primary Master Primary Slave Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None Auto type Note that the specifica...

Page 23: ...apability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select Item PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message o...

Page 24: ...rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The settings are Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down The settings are 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before is begins to repeat the keyst...

Page 25: ... Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Note Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset DRAM Timing Setting Please refer to section 3 6 1 AGP Timing Setting Please refer to section 3 6 2 PCI Timing Setting Please refer to section 3 6 3 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performanc...

Page 26: ...nd Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The settings are 2T and 3T RAS to CAS Delay This field let s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous D...

Page 27: ...ed to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The settings are Enabled and Disabled 3 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help OnChip IDE Function Press Enter OnChip Device Function Press Enter Onboard SIO Function Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot Menu Level Move Enter Select Item PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General He...

Page 28: ...e 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The settings are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating ...

Page 29: ... Support Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select Item PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults AC97 Sound Device This item allows you to decide to enable disable the chipset family to support AC97 Audio The settings are Enabled Disabled Auto USB Host Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB control...

Page 30: ...tall driver the driver is in CD Pack VIA VIAFIR Onboard Parallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that Provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following option Disabled 3BCH IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278H IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378H IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capab...

Page 31: ...u to Enabled Disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The settings are Enabled and Disabled Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and Default horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the v...

Page 32: ...ill enable the system to wake up to PCI LAN Card The settings are Enabled and Disabled Power On by Ring LAN During Disabled the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem LAN During Enabled the system will boot up if there s an incoming call from the modem LAN Wake Up on RTC Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this f...

Page 33: ...onfiguration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The settings are Enabled and Disabled Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatic...

Page 34: ...alues F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Current FAN1 FAN2 Speed CPU Vcore 3 3V 12V Internal VCC This will show the CPU FAN System voltage chart and FAN Speed 3 11 Miscellaneous Control This section is for setting CPU Miscellaneous Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Miscellaneous Control Item Help Auto Detect PCI Clock Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Current Host Clock 100MHZ Ho...

Page 35: ... not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following 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 any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Typ...

Page 36: ...nto your CD ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below If the menu does not appear double click MY COMPUTER double click CD ROM drive or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 9 selections 1 VIA 4 IN 1 install VIA Service Pack 4 IN 1 driver 2 VGA install VIA CN700 VGA driver 3 SOUND install ALC CMI Audio driver 4...

Page 37: ...ICE ROUTINES TO YOUR VGA DRIVER AND INTERFACE DIRECTLY TO HARDWARE PROVIDING FAST GRAPHIC ACCESS IRQ ROUTING VIA PCI IRQ MINIPORT DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WIN98 ONLY IT WILL FIX PCI IRQ ROUTING SEQUENCE INF VIA REGISTRY DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WINDOWS THE DRIVER WILL ENABLE VIA POWER MANAGERMENT CONTROLLER 1 Click IDE when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT when VIA Service Pac...

Page 38: ...Restart your computer 4 2 VGA install VIA CN700 VGA Driver For WINDOWS 9X ME NT4 0 2000 XP 1 Click VGA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT When ProSavageDDR Driver Install Setup Wizard Appears 3 Click NEXT to Install Driver File 4 Click Finish to Restart Computer ...

Page 39: ...io Setup windows appear 3 Click Finish and Restart Windows 4 Realtek AVRACK utility 5 Sound Effect select and KaraOK Mode Function 6 Manual Sound Effect Setting 7 This is 2 4 6 channel speakers configuration setting 8 This is 2 4 6 channel speakers position test Note The path of the file For WIN98 NT4 0 WIN2K XP is X CODEC ALC SETUP EXE ...

Page 40: ...river installation completed Click Finish 4 5 USB2 0 Install VIA USB2 0 DEVICE DRIVER 1 Click USB2 0 when MAGIC INSTALL MENU Appear 2 When USB2 0 Setup Program Appear Click NEXT Note Please Install Microsoft Service Pack 1 in Windows XP OS Before you Install VIA USB2 0 Device Driver Please Install Microsoft Service Pack 4 in Windows 2000 OS Before you Install VIA USB2 0 Device Driver ...

Page 41: ...LLIN Install PC CILLIN 2006 Anti virus program 1 Click PC CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Please select Install program when the Trend Micro internet security installshield wizard windows appears 3 This is license agreement select I Accept the terms and Click NEXT 4 Click NEXT or choose Change to change the path for the file to be stored ...

Page 42: ...e system the will not allow you to upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility Method 1 In DOS Mode STEP 1 Prepare a boot disc you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download from our web site STEP 3 Copy latest BIOS for CN700xxx from our web site to your boot disc STEP 4 Insert your bo...

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