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Содержание KI690-AM2

Страница 1: ...cument are registered by their respective owner Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and...

Страница 2: ...x2 Dual Core AthlonTM x2 Dual Core AthlonTM 64 SempronTM Processors The power consumption for the aforementioned processors must be rated at 65W or less User Manual Dimensions Mini ITX Form Factor z 170mm x 170mm W x L Operating System z Windows Vista Windows XP ...

Страница 3: ... 0 Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components 0 Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches Packing List KI690 AM2 mainboard I O Shield Setup Driver Mainboard User Manual CD Mainboard Quick Installation Guide Symbols The following list explains the convention for symbols that will be used throughout this m...

Страница 4: ...anel Headers FPSWLED1 FRONT AUDIO SPK1 13 Headers Jumpers 14 Slot 17 Power Supply Attachments 18 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 19 INTRODUCTION 19 KEY FUNCTION 19 MAIN MENU 20 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 22 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 26 POWER MANAGEMENT 28 HARDWARE MONITOR 31 LOAD DEFAULTS 32 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 34 SOFTWARE LIST 34 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 34 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 38 APPENDIX I 8 6 4 2 CHANNEL...

Страница 5: ...transmit rates are allowed also supporting RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD mode See Appendix II KI690 AM2 provides VGA connector equal to D Sub connector DVI connector HDMI port TV_OUT connector and SPDIF IN SPDIF OUT ports for use with compatible devices Several headers are also available on the mainboard for a SCART header and a XPC header that can be connected additionally with cables also being able to be s...

Страница 6: ...standards Supports MPEG 2 DVD WMV9 HD Video Hardware Acceleration z Southbridge Chipset SB600 z I O Controller ITE IT8712F z IEEE1394 Controller VIA VT6307 z HD Aduio Codec Realtek ALC883 z Gbit LAN Controller Marvell 88E8056 Memory z Two DDRII SO DIMM sockets with Dual Channel Technology supported z Supports a total memory capacity of 2 GB z Supports to use the 200 pin non ECC unbuffered DDR II 6...

Страница 7: ...one COM1 header to connect external devices by cables Universal Serial Bus z Four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports z Two front USB headers come with this mainboard supporting four additional USB ports to be set z Supports a maximum of eight USB 2 0 1 1 ports for compatible devices Onboard HD Audio Codec ALC 883 z High performance Codec with high S N ratio 90 db z Compliant with Azalia 1 0 specification z...

Страница 8: ...rom power saving mode by keyboard or mouse touching Shadow RAM z Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory z Supports flash memory functionality z Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function z Monitors CPU Chassis Fan Speed z Monitors CPU and system temperatures z Monitors system voltages ...

Страница 9: ...Mainboard KI690 AM2 5 Configuration Layout of KI690 AM2 ...

Страница 10: ...ich has the diagonally cut corner on the rectangular shaped pattern of pinholes see diagram below left Match that corner with the gold triangle on the CPU see diagram below right and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU ...

Страница 11: ...r 12V 1 AUXFAN 3 FAN RPM rate sense Memory Installation DDRII1 2 The KI690 AM2 provides two DDRII SO DIMM sockets with Dual Channel Technology supported These two sockets allow you to install 200 pin non ECC unbuffered DDR II 667 533 400 SO DIMMs supporting to install a total memory capacity of 2 GB Attention You can avoid damaging your CPU due to high temperatures with proper cooling equipment It...

Страница 12: ...ual Channel can be enabled 3 If you just install only one memory then the Dual Channel won t be enabled Memory Installation Steps 1 Match the notch on the bottom of the DIMM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot This will ensure that the module will be inserted with the proper orientation Now the chips or pins at the bottom of the DIMM module are still visible 2 Lower the DIMM mod...

Страница 13: ...ly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place Do not use excessive force 4 Repeat steps 1 2 3 for the remaining DIMM modules Back Panel Configuration The pictures above are for reference only Your actual installation may vary slightly from the pictures ...

Страница 14: ...to high quality video equipment and TVs that support the YPbPr standard The three cables used in YPbPr connection provide higher quality than single wire composite cable commonly used to hook up video equipment TV_OUT is converted from the RGB video signal which is split into three components Y Pb and Pr z Y carries luminance information z Pb carries the difference between blue and luminance B Y z...

Страница 15: ...ality When the 8 6 4 2 channel audio system is enabled this port will output audio for the front speakers Mic In gray This port is for connecting to a microphone When the 8 6 4 2 channel audio system is enabled this port will be the input of your microphone Rear Surround out orange This port is only functional for the output of the surround sound rear speakers when the 8 6 4 2 channel audio driver...

Страница 16: ...and the other one as the slave SATA II Connectors SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 The four SATA II connectors support 3 Gbps transmission speeds and RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD mode One SATA connector only can attach one SATA HDD of each time using SATA cables Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX SATA1 4 7 Ground This mainboard supports RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD mode refer Appendix II for mor...

Страница 17: ...able on your case front panel The switch is normally left open When the switch closed it will cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST Power On Self Test Power on Switch Header Orange PWR_SW This header can be attached to a power switch cable on your case front panel You can turn your system on or off by pressing the button attached to this power switch cable Power LED Header Green ACPI_LED T...

Страница 18: ...94 Header IEEE1394 This mainboard provides one onboard IEEE1394 port on the back panel of your case One additional IEEE1394 header on the mainboard for one more port on the front panel is allowed Please connect the header by a cable for use with compatible devices Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 A0 2 A0 3 N C 4 Ground 5 B0 6 B0 7 N C 8 12V IEEE1394 9 N C 10 Ground Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 P...

Страница 19: ...or on your case back panel Attach the cable of serial connector Optional onto this header and then you can use the serial connector connecting with a mic modem or other peripheral device Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 RIN1 2 RIN3 3 DOUT2 4 DOUT3 5 Ground 6 RIN2 7 DOUT1 8 RIN4 COM1 9 XRI1 10 N C SCART Connector SCART1 Optional This mainboard provides a SCART header for use by attaching a cable SCA...

Страница 20: ... device is attached to JP2 Assignment Assignment 1 Pin 1 2 Close 5V S1 sleep mode CPU stopped DRAM refreshed system running in low power mode 1 Pin 2 3 Close 5VSB S3 S4 S5 sleep modes no power to CPU DRAM in slow refresh power supply in reduced power mode Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 The Clear CMOS function is used when you are unable boot y...

Страница 21: ... 1 2 closed 5 Connect the AC power cable and turn on your system 6 Reset your new password Slot PCI Slot PCI1 PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for installing expansion cards such as network card SCSI card etc to the PCI slot The following steps explain how to reset your CMOS configurations when you forgot a system password ...

Страница 22: ...ions such as the instant power on function The connector pins are described below Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PW_ON 20 5V 9 5V standby voltage 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V ATX_PWR 12 3 3V 24 Ground Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 12V 3 Ground ATX_12V 2 12V 4 Ground Attention In...

Страница 23: ...this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system Key Function In general you can use the arrow keys to highlight options press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous option Do...

Страница 24: ...y the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access and configure the information below ...

Страница 25: ... Options contained in sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu IDE Channel 3 Master Options contained in sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu IDE Channel 3 Slave Options contained in sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify yo...

Страница 26: ...for second boot device Hard Disk Default for third boot device Disabled Boot Other Device This setting allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot devices Options Enabled Default Disabled Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this funct...

Страница 27: ...tatus It determines the initial power on state for NumLock Typematic Rate Setting When the options Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are configured the Typematic Rate determines the keystroke repeat rate used by the keyboard controller Options Disabled Default Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec This option determines how many characters per second are generated when a key is held down Options 6 Def...

Страница 28: ...o Default Manual Memory Clock value This item allows you to select the memory clock When the Timing Mode is set to Auto the system will automatically detect the memory clock Options 400 Default 533 667 800 1T 2T Memory Timing Use this option to select the memory timing Options Auto Default 1T 2T HT Link Control HT Link Width This option determines HT Link Width Options Auto Default 8 bit 16 bit HT...

Страница 29: ...e take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility Options Disabled Default Enabled PCI Latency Timer CLK This option allows you to set up the PCI Latency Time 0 255 If you select 32 it will optimize PCI speeds Options 0 255 64 Default PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size This item allows you to set the PCI Expr...

Страница 30: ...nd or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface Options Enabled Default Disabled Primary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance incrementally In Au...

Страница 31: ...zalia audio Options Auto Default Disabled OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB port installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller Options Enabled Default Disabled USB EHCI Controller This option allows you to enable or disable USB 2 0 function Options Enabled Default Disabled OnChip USB KBC Con...

Страница 32: ...llows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system Power Management There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hour HDD Power Down 15 minutes 2 Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs Suspend Mode 1 minute HDD Power Down 1 minute S1 POS Default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM Options S...

Страница 33: ... video function if on or not Options Suspend Off Default Always On Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor goes blank MODEM Use IRQ This determines the modem s IRQ Options 3 Default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWRBTN In situations where the system enters a hung state you can configure the BIOS so that you are required to press the power button for more than 4 secon...

Страница 34: ...ilure If you select Former Sts the system will be restored to the status before the power failure Options Off Default On Former Sts RTC Wake Up When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode Options Enabled Disabled Default Day of Month You can choose which date of the month the system will boot up This option is configurable ...

Страница 35: ...l that monitors the CPU temperature and intelligently adjusts the CPUFAN speed to maintain safe temperature for your CPU In addition the Smart Fan Control can reduce noise levels by lowering fan speeds during low activity to provide you a most comfortable and quiet environment Options Disabled default Enabled ...

Страница 36: ...ystem Default Settings Load System Default Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries ...

Страница 37: ...l configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding ...

Страница 38: ...the CD ROM you ll see the screen as the picture below There are several buttons displayed in the main screen as shown below Category Platform AMD Chipset Driver Windows Vista XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows Vista XP RAID Utility Windows Vista XP Marvell Lan Driver Windows XP HDMI Audio Driver Windows XP Microsoft DirectX 9 0c Windows XP The pictures shown below are for your reference only The vers...

Страница 39: ...er provides all the drivers needed for the chipset Realtek Audio Driver provides the driver for being able to input output audio RAID Utility provides the software of RAID installation under operating system Before installing the AMD Chipset Driver on Windows XP ...

Страница 40: ...dio HDMI Audio Driver provides the driver to enable HDMI RAID Utility provides the software of RAID installation under operating system Attention Before installing the HDMI Audio Driver please install Realtek Audio Driver first Attention Make sure that you have installed the NET Framework on the Windows XP operating system or else you will see the alert box shown above You will not be able to cont...

Страница 41: ...tton you can choose the manual to read 3 If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD Attention Before you read manuals you must install the driver of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to browse PDF files ...

Страница 42: ...ive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged 2 Damage...

Страница 43: ...ta Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the po...

Страница 44: ...onnected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with other...

Страница 45: ...om the Windows Vista screen 2 When your audio device is plugged the system will detect it and show the Speakers tab automatically You can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choose Stereo Quadraphonic 5 1 Speaker or 7 1 Speaker by your speakers in the Speaker Configuration item 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices ...

Страница 46: ... the screen like the picture below 3 You can choose 2 4 6 or 8 channels by your speakers 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices To take advantage of 7 1 Channel Audio Effects you must use audio software that supports this functionality You must also make sure your software is specifically configured for 7 1 Channel Audio Effect supoort ...

Страница 47: ...ten to the redundant disks This redundancy provides fault tolerant protection from a single disk failure If a read write failure occurs on one drive the system can still read and write data using the other drive The minimum number of drives for a RAID 1 configuration is 2 You are required to use an even number of drives Disk Striped Mirroring RAID 0 1 This mode combines both the performance benefi...

Страница 48: ...hen press Enter again to access the next submenu Arrow down to the RAID item and press Enter Peripherals South OnChip IDE Device ATI SATA Type RAID After you complete the instructions above save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup Utility SAVE to CMOS and EXIT ATI RAID Utility Configuration The ATI RAID Utility is used to configure RAID disk management into your hard disks This section will expla...

Страница 49: ...ore the system continues with the next step of the boot process The ATI Raid Utility Main Menu screen will display as shown below Four options are available in the Main Menu There are four options View Drive Assignments Define LD Delete LD and Controller Configuration that are described below If you need to exit the menu press ESC to leave the screen Press 1 to view all the disk drive assignments ...

Страница 50: ...licable of each disk drive Capacity MB This displays the capacity in MB Megabytes of the disk drive Assignment This identifies the logical drive to which the disk drive belongs Extent An extent is a portion of the disk drive The FastBuild Utility allows you to split the capacity of a disk drive into two logical drives The portion of a disk drive available to be used as a logical drive is called an...

Страница 51: ...rrow keys to select an LD No Logical Drive Number to define a logical drive Hit Enter 2 On the next screen you will see the Define LD Menu for the logical drive number selected in step 1 The items that you can configure are described below Use the up down arrow keys to go to an item and then use the space key to switch between options ...

Страница 52: ...ache buffer need more time for multiple accesses to fill their buffers If your data retrieval consists of fixed size data blocks such as some database and video applications choose that data block size as your stripe block size Generally speaking email POS and web servers prefer smaller stripe block sizes Video and database applications prefer larger stripe block size 64 KB 128 KB Gigabyte Boundar...

Страница 53: ...the drive s MBR Master Boot Record is set to zero having the same affect of initializing the disk but not going through the monotonous process of changing every bit on the disk to zero Initialization applies to RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 When you create one of these logical drives with the FastBuild utility you can specify Fast Initialization ON OFF Cache Mode Cache Mode this option is not configu...

Страница 54: ... configured press Ctrl Y An alert box will appear as shown below Follow the directions as shown on the instructions below to configure the size of your new array If you want to configure a specific array capacity press Ctrl Y and enter the desired capacity in MBs ...

Страница 55: ...Mainboard KI690 AM2 51 If you don t want to configure a specific array capacity press any other key to default to the maximum capacity available on the drive Then you will see ...

Страница 56: ...an alert box displayed on the screen press Y to restart your computer Delete Logical Drive 1 First make sure that you are in the Main Menu Press 3 and then go into the Delete LD Menu shown below Attention The LD No and Drive Model shown on these screens represent the disk drives installed on the PATA or SATA connectors and are sample data only The actual data that displays on your screen will like...

Страница 57: ...x will prompt you for your confirmation to delete the array press Ctrl Y to delete the logical drive Controller Configuration On the Main Menu screen press 4 to access the Controller Configuration screen which provides diagnostic information The options in the System Resources Configuration section can assist you in troubleshooting problems associated with The System IRQ used by the RAID controlle...

Страница 58: ...d drive This function only applies to the disk drives with redundancy namely RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 Before Rebuilding the Logical Drive 1 Before you begin rebuilding a logical drive you must install the RAID Utility from the bundled CD Please insert the bundled CD and click on the RAID Utility to install it 2 When the installation is done there will be a shortcut titled WebPAM on the desktop Double c...

Страница 59: ...s asked during the startup according to your preferences and environment When the screen shows as below please enter the Login ID and Password to sign in 4 When you enter into the ATI Array manager the main screen displays as below Login ID admin Password admin ...

Страница 60: ...ill appear to alert you of a problem as shown below on the left panel Click on the Logical Drive View located on the left panel below and you will see all the information pertaining to the disk drives attached onto the computer such as Assigned Name RAID Level Status Background Activity and Capacity ...

Страница 61: ...l be detected and appear under the Physical Drive View in the left panel as shown below 7 The rebuilding process will begin on the new drive You can see the progress of the rebuild percentage displayed for the item Background Activity located under the Information tab as shown below ...

Страница 62: ...Mainboard KI690 AM2 58 8 You can also monitor the rebuild progress from the Rebuild tab as shown below When the process is finished an alert box will notify you ...

Страница 63: ...iver RAID XP x86 Windows XP 64 bit CD ROM Driver RAID XP x64 This will have to be done on another system if you are installing the system from scratch Install Windows Vista 1 During a Windows Vista installation there will be an item Load Driver Click on it and then insert the media containing the RAID Driver files into your computer 2 Click on Browse to browse into the folders of the media to loca...

Страница 64: ...ice driver 3 Press Enter again to continue the setup process 4 Follow the setup instructions and select the partition and file system where you want to install operating system files 5 After setup examines your disks it will copy files to the Windows XP installation folders and restart the system After the system reboots the setup program will continue with the installation all the way to completi...

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