8. Connecting Front Panel Cable
Attach the power LED, speaker, and reset switch connectors
to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode”
item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep
flashing while the system is in suspend mode.
Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is
2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug
this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked
SPWR
.
7. Connecting IDE, Floppy Cables
Pin 1
ATA 66/100/133
IDE Connector
FDD Connector
Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD connector. Be
careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
IDE 2 (Secondary)
IDE 1 (Primary)
Pin 1
6. Installing Memory Modules
ATA 66/100/133
1
SPEAKER
IDE LED
Power Switch
ACPI & Power LED
RESET
SPWR
GND
ACPILED-
GND
NC
NC
GND
RESET
GND
NC
NC
+5V
IDE LED
IDE LED
+5V
+5V
GND
NC
SPEAKER
1
This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install
DDR266/333 memory up to 3 GB and DDR400 memory up to 2GB. Non-ECC DDR RAM is
supported. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or RAM module.
Please follow the table below to install RAM modules. Newly implemented function, the
Voltage of memory on this motherboard is adjustable from 2.5V to 2.85V for over clocking
purpose.
DIMM 1
Number
of DIMMs
DIMM 1
DIMM 2
DIMM 3
Max Speed
1
X8 or X16 single bank
empty
empty
DDR400
1
empty
X8 or X16 single bank
empty
DDR400
1
empty
empty
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR400
1
X8 double bank
empty
empty
DDR400
1
empty
X8 double bank
empty
DDR400
1
empty
empty
X8 double bank
DDR400
2
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 or X16 single bank
empty
DDR400
2
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 double bank
empty
DDR400
2
X8 or X16 single bank
empty
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR400
2
X8 or X16 single bank
empty
X8 double bank
DDR400
2
X8 double bank
X8 or X16 single bank
empty
DDR400
2
X8 double bank
X8 double bank
empty
DDR400
2
X8 double bank
empty
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR400
2
empty
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR333
2
empty
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 double bank
DDR266
2
empty
X8 double bank
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR266
2
empty
X8 double bank
X8 double bank
DDR266
2
X8 double bank
empty
X8 double bank
DDR400
3
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR333
3
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 double bank
DDR266
3
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 double bank
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR266
3
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 double bank
X8 double bank
DDR266
3
X8 double bank
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR333
3
X8 double bank
X8 or X16 single bank
X8 double bank
DDR266
3
X8 double bank
X8 double bank
X8 or X16 single bank
DDR266
3
X8 double bank
X8 double bank
X8 double bank
DDR266
Tip: “X8” means that each
chip on the module bank
is 8 bits, and “X16” means
each chip is 16 bits. We
know that each memory
bank is 64 bits. Therefore,
if a memory module has 8
chips on each bank it is
“X8”, and if there are 4
chips on each bank, it is
“X16”.
Note: Due to the limitation of memory controller in the Athlon 64 CPU,
we do not recommend you to install three DDR333/266 modules.
DIMM 2 DIMM 3
