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FCC Compliance Statement 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, 
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection 
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can 
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may 
cause harmful interference to radio communications.    Operation of this equipment in a residential 
area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the 
interference at his own expense. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a 
particular installation. 

 

CE Mark 

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Содержание KX600A PRO

Страница 1: ...ocument 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 an...

Страница 2: ...ate IC chips Use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch the IC chips leads connectors or other components Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard Package Contents KX600A GE KX600A PRO KX600A mainboard IDE Cable FDC Cable USB Bracket optional Game Port Bracket optional SPDIF FRONT AUDIO Bracket optional SATA Power cord SATA Cable optional...

Страница 3: ...00 VT8237 Supports Socket 462 AMD Athlon XPTM AthlonTM DuronTM BartonTM Processors USER Manual Dimensions ATX form factor 200mm x 293mm WxL Operating System Supports most popular operating systems Windows 9X ME 2000 XP etc ...

Страница 4: ...icator SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 14 Connectors 15 Headers Jumpers 16 Audio Connectors 18 Slots 20 Power Supply Attachments 20 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 21 INTRODUCTION 21 MAIN MENU 23 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 25 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 33 POWER MANAGEMENT 37 HARDWARE MONITOR 42 LOAD DEFAULTS 43 EXIT MENU 44 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 45 SOFTWARE LIST 45 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 45 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 48 APPE...

Страница 5: ...rt SATA RAID 0 or 1 The KX600A Series also comes with an AC 97 Sound Codec ALC655 which supports high quality 6 channel audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect It also supports Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF The KX600A Series also include CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP When CPU temperature rises above normal values the system will automatically shut down to protect your system from overhe...

Страница 6: ...S only for KX600A GE Realtek RTL8100C only for KX600A PRO DRAM Memory Supports DDR400 PC3200 DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered non ECC DIMM modules Supports up to three memory modules with a total capacity of 3 GB Supports only two DDR400 double sided memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB see memory installation section for more details Gr...

Страница 7: ...ull duplex stereo ADC DACs SNR 95 db through mixer and DAC 6 channel playback capability Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect LAN Chip Supports 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet for KX600A GE mainboard Supports 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for KX600A PRO mainboard Universal Serial Bus Supports eight USB 1 1 2 0 ports for USB interface devices IDE Facilities Supports Ultra ATA 33 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 133...

Страница 8: ...0 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB floppy disk drives MIDI compatible Game port compatible BIOS Phoenix Award BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports USB Legacy function Supports ACPI power management Sophisticated OTP Over Temperature Protection Special design for CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP is functional when using the Athlon XPTM or the BartonTM CPUs Watch Dog Timer The mainboard contains a s...

Страница 9: ...KX600A Series 5 Configuration Layout of KX600A GE ...

Страница 10: ...KX600A Series 6 Layout of KX600A PRO ...

Страница 11: ...KX600A Series 7 Layout of KX600A ...

Страница 12: ...e angle 2 On the socket locate the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will have a cut corner on the rectangular shaped pattern of pin holes on the socket Match the corner on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket 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 d...

Страница 13: ...red non ECC DDR400 333 266 PC3200 2700 2100 SDRAM It supports only DDR266 when installed with CPUs that have clock speeds of 100 MHz Attention This system has a BIOS configuration feature that issues a warning during POST when the CPU fan is not plugged in or is not functioning In order to make use of this feature You must make sure that the CPU power cable is attached specifically to the CPUFAN h...

Страница 14: ...Pull the white plastic tabs on each side of the slot away from the slot 2 Match the notch on the button of the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot This ensures that the module is inserted properly 3 Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place 4 Repeat steps 1 2 and 3 for the remaining RAM modules Frequency Volt...

Страница 15: ...default CPU Host Frequency will be equal of default CPU Host Frequency eg If your Default CPU Host Frequency is set to 133 and you make no adjustments to the CPU Host Frequency Then the CPU Host Frequency will be 133 the AGP frequency will be 66 MHz and the PCI frequency will be 33 MHz Watch Dog Timer This mainboard comes with a special feature called Watch Dog Timer which is used to detect when t...

Страница 16: ...se USB connectors are used to attach to USB devices such as keyboards mice and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector The KX600A PRO and KX600A GE also provide a LAN port You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 5 V fused 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TX 5 NC 2 TX 6...

Страница 17: ...Port Connectors Speaker Out Connects to standard audio speakers or headphones This port becomes the front speakers when 5 1 Channel Audio Effects driver is installed and enabled Line In Connects to an external audio device such as a CD player tape player or other audio devices that provide audio input This port becomes the rear speakers when 5 1 Channel Audio Effects driver is installed and enable...

Страница 18: ...D connector The LED will illuminate while the computer is powered on PWR SW Power on Switch orange This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off the time required is due to internal debounce circuitry on the system board At least two seconds must pass before the powe...

Страница 19: ...s two Serial ATA connectors that support SATA RAID 0 or 1 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector You can connect up to two hard drives to IDE1 If you attach two drives you must use a ribbon cable with three connectors You must also configure one drive as the master and one drive as the slave using the jumpers located on each drive IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and ...

Страница 20: ...n in the BIOS Setup Utility When your computer case is opened your system will show alert messages during boot up To use this function your computer case must be equipped with a case open cable OTP Over Temperature Protection Jumper JP4 The mainboard supports a special design for CPU Over Temperature Protection If this function is Enabled and the CPU temperature rises above the normal range the sy...

Страница 21: ...em due to some CMOS configuration such as a password that is forgotten This jumper allows you to reset the CMOS configurations and then reconfigure If you are using a USB 2 0 device with Windows 2000 XP you will need to install the USB 2 0 driver from the Microsoft website If you are using Service pack 1 or later for Windows XP and using Service pack4 or later for Windows 2000 you will not have to...

Страница 22: ... through the SPDIF header One way you would use this header is by using an SPDIF FRONT AUDIO bracket optional attached to your computer This bracket will have two wires that you can attach to the SPDIF header and the FRONT_AUDIO header This bracket has RCA connectors similar to that used with most consumer audio products Using the RCA connectors the data can then be output to and input from an S P...

Страница 23: ...etup for Win 98 Beginning with the Start button select Setting Control Panel Multimedia The screen will display below left Select the CD Music tab and check the Enable digital CD audio for this CD ROM device Shown as below right SPDIF OUT RCA Conn SPDIF IN RCA Conn SPDIF OUT Tos link Conn Earphone Microphone SPDIF Wire FRONT AUDIO Wire ...

Страница 24: ...support video cards PCI Slots PCI1 5 This mainboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards which has for the most part supplanted the older ISA bus standard This PCI slot is designated as 32 bit Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector ATX_PWR This ATX power supply uses a 20 pin connector Make sure the co...

Страница 25: ...D BIOS includes additional features such as virus and password protection as well as special configurations for fine tuning the system chipset The defaults for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system When you boot up the computer the BIOS version will appear at up left of the POST screen Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS su...

Страница 26: ... item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desire PgUp key Increase the numeric value or enter changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Key Increase the numeric value or enter changes Ke...

Страница 27: ...he 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 28: ...menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device 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 proce...

Страница 29: ...First Second Third Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device Options Removable default for first boot device CD ROM default for second boot device Hard Disk default for third boot device Onboard LAN or LAN on PCI1 5 Disabled Boot Other Device Set to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1...

Страница 30: ... the CPU to enhance performance Options Enabled default Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Make CPU L2 cache ECC function active or inactive Options Disabled Enabled default Quick Power On Self Test Allow the system to skip certain tests while booting This will speed up the boot process Options Enabled default Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign ...

Страница 31: ... Windows XP Options 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM Options Non OS2 default OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a technology that enables a PC to attempt to predict the possible failure of storage drives Options Disabled default Enabled Small LOGO EPA Sh...

Страница 32: ...ult 1T Command AGP P2P Bridge Control Press Enter to enter next page for AGP P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Options 1G 512M 256M 128M default...

Страница 33: ...one wait state Options Disabled default Enabled AGP3 0 Calibration cycle This item will appear when you install the 8X VGA card Options Enabled default Disabled CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter to enter the next page for CPU PCI Bus Control PCI 1 2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Options Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chips...

Страница 34: ...ault Yes Reset Configuration Data Select Enabled to reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD if you have installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Options Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you will ...

Страница 35: ...ncy Voltage Control CPU Speed Detected This item displays the CPU speed information detected by the system CPU Clock Ratio Before you adjust the option please make sure that your CPU ratio can be adjusted This item displays the CPU ratio information detected by the system Options 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 7 5 8 8 5 9 9 5 10 10 5 11 11 5 12 12 5 13 13 5 14 15 16 16 5 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 It is possible that...

Страница 36: ...ed If the CPU host frequency is 100 Options 2 66X default If the CPU host frequency is 133 Options By SPD 2 00X default 2 50X 3 00X If the CPU host frequency is 166 Options By SPD 1 60X 2 00X default 2 40X If the CPU host frequency is 200 Options By SPD default 1 33X 1 66X 2 00X DDR Speed strobe sec This item displays the DDR Speed CPU Host frequency DDR CPU Ratio Default CPU Voltage Volt This ite...

Страница 37: ...ubmenu with the following options OnChip SATA This item allows you to enable or disable on chip SATA function Options Enabled default Disabled SATA Mode This item allows you to select the SATA Mode Options RAID default IDE IDE Channel0 1 The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disab...

Страница 38: ...As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 133 select Auto to enable BIOS support Options Auto default Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Select the Enabled option if your IDE...

Страница 39: ...ake you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Options Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial p...

Страница 40: ...rt ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Options EPP 1 7 default EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port Options 3 default 1 Game Port Address Game Port I O Address Options 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address Options 330 default 300 290 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ that Midi Port will use Op...

Страница 41: ...m allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system Options S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS and STR Power Management Option There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1hour HDD Power Down 30 minutes 2 Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Dow...

Страница 42: ...n 13 Min 14 Min 15Min Suspend Mode This item allows you to select the period of inactivity before the system is suspended or put into suspend mode Options Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Options Suspend Off default Always On Video Off Method This option...

Страница 43: ...r or not the system was on before power failure Choose Former Sts to restore the system to the status before the power failure Options Off default On PS2KB Wake Up Select Use this option to configure the PS2 keyboard Wake Up feature Password Use this selection to force the user to enter a password after the system awakens from PS2 keyboard activity Hot Key Use PS2KB key to awake the system See PS2...

Страница 44: ...ould also support the wake up on LAN jumper Options OFF default ON PCI PME Wake Up When you select Enabled a PME signal from any PCI card will awaken the system from suspend mode Options Disabled default Enabled Ring Wake Up This option allows you to awaken the system upon receiving an incoming call to a modem device Option Disabled default Enabled RTC Wake Up When Enabled you can set the date and...

Страница 45: ... on LPT COMM activity Primary INTR ON IRQ3 COM2 Enabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Disabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled ...

Страница 46: ...arning If this function is set to Enabled and the case had been previously opened the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you power on your computer If this function is set to Disabled the system will not show alert messages when you power on your computer even if the case is opened by others Options Disabled default Enabled CPU Warning Temperature When the CPU temp...

Страница 47: ...ult 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 48: ...onfiguration 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 49: ...ackage Follow the steps below For more details please refer to the Readme txt files that in each folder of the Driver CD 1 The first screen Main Screen will display several buttons Click KX600A KX600A PRO KX600A GE Category Platform VIA 4 IN 1 Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP Realtek LAN Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP VIA Serial ATA Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP...

Страница 50: ... 0 Driver from the screen in step 2 it will display the screen as left 4 Back to the main screen click the Tool Page button you can choose the software to install 5 If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD 6 Click Exit button to exit the program ...

Страница 51: ...Windows Setup screen displays press F6 4 Press s when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device Insert the floppy disk which includes the VIA Serial ATA Driver into the floppy drive Press Enter and select the appropriate OS device driver 5 Press Enter again to continue the setup process 6 Follow the setup instructions and select your choice for partition and file system 7 After setup ...

Страница 52: ...e 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 Damaged ...

Страница 53: ...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 power...

Страница 54: ...ected 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 dr...

Страница 55: ...nnecting to any auxiliary external modules To use this function you have to install the audio driver in the bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel audio effects See the audio Port Connectors in the Hardware Installation section for a description of the output connectors Speaker Test Make sure the cable is firmly into the connector 1 Click the audio icon from the Windo...

Страница 56: ...RAID Set type it actually does not provide fault tolerance Disk Mirroring RAID 1 With Disk Mirroring there is a redundant disk that mirrors the main disk Data that is written to the main disk is also written to the redundant disk 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 t...

Страница 57: ...message as shown below Press Y to continue with the creation of the new array Attention The Channel Drive Name Mode Size GB located at the bottom portion of the screen above reflect the devices that are currently installed on the SATA connectors The example information above may therefore differ with the information that displays on your screen Attention For RAID 1 Mirrored Arrays you can manually...

Страница 58: ...as shown below according to the type of array you created RAID 1 mode The RAID 0 screen above contains the option Block Size 64K With this option you can manually select the block size for your array However we recommend that you to select the 64K for optimal performance RAID 0 mode RAID SPAN mode ...

Страница 59: ...gain and the system will mark all the existing SATA devices with an asterisk as shown below in the bottom section Note that the example information below may differ slightly depending on the RAID type you are configuring 2 Press Enter A warning confirmation message will display as shown below Press Y to confirm 3 After the array is successfully deleted the screen will display as shown below ...

Страница 60: ...operating system click the VIA RAID Tool icon from the Windows desktop The Screen below will display You can simply click on one of the toolbar buttons on the menu bar to execute their respective functions Toolbar Button 1 View the controller status Toolbar Button 2 Create a array with RAID 1 Toolbar Button 3 Create a array with SPAN Toolbar Button 4 Create a array with RAID 0 Toolbar Button 5 Del...

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