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GeForce 8300 (MI-A78U-8309)

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Page 1: ...XFX Motherboard Series GeForce 8300 MI A78U 8309 GeForce 8200 MI A78S 8209 GeForce 8100 MI A78V 8109 AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboards User Guide ...

Page 2: ...up 11 3 1 Checking Jumper Settings 11 3 2 CMOS Memory Clearing Header 11 3 3 Keyboard Power Function JKB 11 3 4 FAN Power Connectors 12 3 5 Front Panel Switches Indicators Headers 12 3 6 Additional USB Port Headers 13 3 7 Front Panel Audio Connection Header 13 3 8 Serial Port Header JCOM1 14 3 9 JDVI_HDMI Jumper Setting 14 3 10 S PDIF out connection Header 15 3 11 ATX Power Input Connectors 15 Cha...

Page 3: ...on 1 1 Package Checklist HDD Cable X 1 Rear I O Panel X 1 Quick Installation Guide X 1 Driver Utility CD X 1 Serial ATA Power Cable X 1 SATA Single Cable X 1 FDD Cable X 1 The items listed above are for reference only and are subject to change without notice ...

Page 4: ...grated Ports 1 x PS 2 Keyboard port 1 x PS 2 Mouse Port 1 x DVI port 1 x Debug LED Optional 1 x HDMI port 1 x VGA port 1 x RJ45 port 10 x USB 2 0 ports USB 1 1 is compliant 6 x SATA ports by BGA Maximum Speed to 3Gb s support for SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 5 1 x IDE connector support up to two IDE devices Supports ATA 133 100 66 33 1 x Floppy Drive supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M 2 88M floppy d...

Page 5: ... 5 XFX Motherboard Series User Guide 1 3 Mainboard Layout This picture is only for reference ...

Page 6: ...nother side can insert SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 USB Connects to USB devices such as scanner digital speakers monitor mouse keyboard hub digital camera joystick etc LAN Connects to Local Area Network AUDIO1 Cen Sub Center Subwoofer Connects to the center and subwoofer channel in the 7 1 channel audio system R L R R Rear Left Rear Right Connects to the rear left and rear right channel in the 7 1 chan...

Page 7: ...hassis If the holes line up and there are screw holes you can attach the board with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots you can only attach with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert them into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the board into position aligned with slots After the board has been positioned check to make sure everything is OK before pu...

Page 8: ...equency in accordance with the processor specifications It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifications since it does not meet the required standards for the peripherals If you wish to set the frequen cy beyond the proper specifications please do so according to your hardware specifications including the CPU graphics card memory hard drive etc 2 3 1 Instal...

Page 9: ...its connectors 4 Align the notch key on the module with the rib on the slot 5 Firmly press the module into the slots until the ejector tabs at both sides of the slot automatically snap into the mounting notch Do not force the DIMM module in with extra force as the DIMM module only fits in one direction 6 To remove the DIMM modules push the two ejector tabs on the slot outward simultaneously and th...

Page 10: ...o slot PCIE1 Install PCI Express X16 graphics card into slot PCIE2 Install PCI card into slots PCI1 or PCI2 Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 133 100 66 33 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3 connector Ultra ATA 66 ribbon cables Connect the single end blue connector at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board the other two ends gray and black ...

Page 11: ...and have it reconfigured to the default values stored in BIOS Pins 1 and 2 shorted Default Normal operation Pins 2 and 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory The button of CMOS_BT1 on back panel if press this button on any environment the function is same with Pins 2 and 3 be shorted When the boot is from standard BIOS the LEDA1 LED on board will light on if the boot is from Overclock BIOS the LEDB1 LED on b...

Page 12: ...s RESET Reset Control This 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 system s power supply PWR ON Power Button This connector connects to the case mounted power switch to power ON OFF the system SPEAKER Speaker This 4 pin connector connects ...

Page 13: ...VCC 2 VCC 3 Data 0 4 Data 0 5 Data 0 6 Data 0 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 No Pin 10 NC HD Audio Pin No Definition 1 PORT1L 2 AGND 3 PORT1R 4 NC 5 PORT2R 6 SENSE1 7 SENSE 8 No Pin 9 PORT2L 10 SENSE2 3 6 Additional USB Port Headers 3 7 Front Panel Audio Connection Header FUSB1 FUSB2 FUSB3 ...

Page 14: ...the Pin1 2 be shorted DVI has function of display Onboard VGA also can dispaly at the same time If the Pin2 3 be shorted HDMI has function of display Onboard VGA also can dispaly at the same time Pin No Display 1 2 DVI 2 3 HDMI Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 CTS 8 RTS 9 RI This JCOM1 header supports a serial port module ...

Page 15: ...y found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT Digital Audio Tape machine or audio processing device It allows the transfer of audio from one file to another without the conversion to and from an analog format which could degrade the signal quality 3 11 ATX Power Input Connectors This mainboard provides two power connectors to connect power supplier 2 5 1 VCC OUT GND IN NC ...

Page 16: ...ng special features on or off etc 3 Enhancing your computer s behavior For example speeding up performance by turning on shadowing or cache 4 2 To Run BIOS Setup First access BIOS setup menu by pressing F1 key after POST is complete before OS is loaded After the first BIOS be setupped or loaded default values and save the DEL key will be pressed if you will enter BIOS setup menu 4 3 About CMOS CMO...

Page 17: ...on from the options and set the IDE boot order or set it as IDE Master Slave within them Floppy Configuration Click Press Enter key to enter its submenu it will be display floppy configuration and this item sets the type of floppy drives installed In order to increase system stability and performance our engineering staff is constantly improving the BIOS menu The BIOS setup screens and description...

Page 18: ...eft or right to select Screens ൻ Move cursor up or down to select items PU PD To Change option for the selected items Enter To bring up the selected screen ESC Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu F1 General help F2 F3 Change Colors F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page ...

Page 19: ...wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction CPU Configuration Chipset Onboard Devices PCIPnP v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Moudule Version 13 24 AGESA Version 3 1 7 0 Physical Count 1 Logical Count 2 This option should remain disabled for the normal operation The Driver developer may enable it for testing purpo...

Page 20: ... function correctly Optional Disabled Enabled Chipset Click Press Enter key to enter its submenu that can select primary graphics adapter from optional items or set Internal VGA or External VGA CARD to display The LED of HYBRID_LED will gliter if the option of iGPU and Ext VGA Selection be selected Both Exist and iGPU and PCIE2 socket be installed exterend card Onboard Device Click Press Enter key...

Page 21: ... submenu it will be display specifies the boot device priority sequence from available removable drives BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00t Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during System Boot Select Screen ൻ Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Removable Drives v02 61 C Copyrigh...

Page 22: ...ss Esc to abort the selection BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00t Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password Select Screen ൻ Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Flash Write Protection Disabled...

Page 23: ...tion templates PC Health Click Press Enter key to enter its submenu it will be display hardware health configuration including System temperature CPU temperature FAN speed and all kinds of voltages BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00t Exit Over Voltage and Clock Setting To Enable Disable Onboard PCIE LAN BootR Select Screen ൻ Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General H...

Page 24: ...n ൻ Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults Save configuration changes and exit setup Ok Cancel Ok Discard Changes and Exit Highlight this item and select Ok then press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility Or press Cancel to return to the main menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boo...

Page 25: ...that option and then press F9 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00t Exit Exit Options Discards changes done so far to any of the setup questions F7 key can be used for this operation Select Screen ൻ Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe ...

Page 26: ... in getting your system working properly again If you only want to install fail safe defaults for a specific option select and display that option and then press F8 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00t Exit Exit Options Load Failsafe Default values for all the setup questions F8 key can be used for this operation Select Screen ൻ Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 Genera...

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