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iii 80 P or t F r equently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix C in this manual. P O S T CODE P ro b l em S o lut i on FFh o r CFh 1 .
iv T able of Contents Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ...................................................... 1- 1 Mainboard Features ................................................... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ................................
v PNP/PCI Configuration .............................................. 4 - 1 6 PC Health Status ........................................................ 4 - 1 8 Power BIOS Features ................................................. 4- 19 Defaults Menu .
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Introduction Page 1-1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents A. Mainboard B . User’ s manual C . Floppy drive cable D . HDD drive cable E . CD (drivers and utilities) F . I/O Shield G . S-A T A data and power cable Optional Items H . Game & COM bracket cable I .
Introduction Page 1-2 1-2 Mainboard Features Brief Introduction Athlon TM Processor The AMD Athlon TM is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies.
Introduction Page 1-3 10/100 LAN This mainboard is mounted with an ethernet LAN PHY. It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub. Serial A T A Support Serial A T A, an evolutionary replacement for Parallel A T A IDE storage interface .
Introduction Page 1-4 Special Features & 80 P or t An onboard LED-display trouble-shooting device, facilitating user to detect boot-up problems. & QuickSPDIF On board SPDIF-out connector for quick connection to multi-channel speakers.
Introduction Page 1-5 1-3 System Block Diagram.
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Specification Page 2-1 Section 2 SPECIFICA TION Mainboard Specification Processor Supports 462-pin SocketA for AMD Athlon XP and Barton processors with 266/333/400MHz Front Side Bus - Athlon XP (1.
Specification Page 2-2 Legacy IO Controller W inbond W83627THF LPC IO controller with floppy , printer, game, serial and SIR interface Supports Hardware Monitoring function Audio Six channel audio with analog and digital output using Realtek ALC655 AC’97 CODEC - AC’97 v2.
Specification Page 2-3 Four extra USB2.0 ports T wo CD-IN connectors One S/PDIF in/out connector One IR connector One Game port connector One Serial Port (COM2) connector T.
Specification Page 2-4 - Supports complete Asynchronous FSB/Memory and Asynchronous FSB/ AGP, PCI scheme for overclocking CPU Overheating Protection P80P for system debugging Form Factor 3.
Installation Page 3-1 Mainboard Layout <Figure 1> Note: Depending on the model you purchased, some components are optional and may not be available.
Installation Page 3-2 Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3.
Installation Page 3-3 Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. <Figure 4> <Figure 5> Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage.
Installation Page 3-4 3-2 Jumper Settings 1 JCLK: JCMOS: Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS.
Installation Page 3-5 NOTES: • DIMM#2 & #3 shared same memory bus and DIMM#1 is dedicated for 2 nd channel memory bus. W e recommend you to use DIMM socket of the same color to obtain the best memory performance.
Installation Page 3-6 AGP Card Installation Caution 3-4 Expansion Slots AGP Slot The mainboard is equipped with an AGP slot. Make sure you install a card that supports the 1.
Installation Page 3-7 3-5 Device Connectors The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below. When installing the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this back panel.
Installation Page 3-8 FDD : Floppy Controller Connector This connects to the floppy disk drive. IDE1/IDE2: Ultra DMA-100/133 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector This mainboard is equipped with 2 IDE connectors to support up to 4 A T A-133 IDE drives. It supports PIO and DMA mode operations for maximum data transfer rate of 133MB/sec per channel.
Installation Page 3-9 Settings: Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Short (default): Only the onboard rear panel audio jack can be used. Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Open: Only front panel audio jack can be used. CFP A : Front Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio.
Installation Page 3-10 GAME1: Game/MIDI connector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick. COM2: Serial Port Connector The serial port can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial device.
Installation Page 3-11 C1394-1 / C1394-2 : (Optional) 400Mbps 1394a (FireW ire) Connectors C1394-1 and C1394-2 enable you to connect two IEEE 1394 ports for use with external devices that conform to the IEEE 1394a specification.
Installation Page 3-12 CUSB3/CUSB4: USB 2.0 ports USB2.0 allows data transfer speed up to 480Mbps. This mainboard includes 4 additional USB2.0 ports, identified by two 10-pin connector. If you wish to use the additional USB ports, install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10-pin connector.
Installation Page 3-13 CFP CIR CSPK CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed.
Installation Page 3-14 3-7 Exter nal Modem Ring-in Po wer ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) Modem-Ring Power ON Function The mainboard supports External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once you connect an external modem to COM1 or COM2, you can turn on the system through remote and host dial-up control.
Installation Page 3-15 3-8 ACPI S3 (Suspend T o RAM) Function This mainboard supports the STR (Suspend T o RAM) power management scheme by maintaining the appropriate power states in the DDR SDRAM interface signals. The power source to the DDR SDRAM is kept active during STR (ACPI S3).
Installation Page 3-16 3-9 CPU Overheating Protection This mainboard is equipped with CPU Overheating Protection. It will automati- cally shutdown the system when CPU temperature reaches approximately 110°C to prevent long term damage to the CPU.
BIOS Page 4-1 Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off.
BIOS Page 4-2 The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key.
BIOS Page 4-3 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the “ADV ANCED BIOS FEA TURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer ’ s default values for the board.
BIOS Page 4-4 Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. Y ou don’t need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup.
BIOS Page 4-5 System Performance This item will help you to configure your system performance, selecting higher performance may cause instability. Options: Optimal, Aggressive, Turbo, Expert. CPU Clock Ratio Use this item to select a multiplier to set the CPU frequency.
BIOS Page 4-6 Memory Timings For setting DRAM Timing. Options: Optimal, Aggressive, Turbo, Expert. T (RAS) This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a bank active command before a precharge can occur (sets the minimum RAS pulse width.
BIOS Page 4-7 AGP Aperture Size (MB) This item defines the size of the aperture if you use an AGP graphics adapter. It refers to a section of the PCI memory address range used for graphics memory. Options: 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 MB. AGP Frequency This item allows you to select the AGP frequency.
BIOS Page 4-8 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the AGP or PCI first when the system boots. Options: PCI Slot, Onboard/AGP. IDE Function Setup Scroll to IDE Function Setup and press <Enter>.
BIOS Page 4-9 OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The mainboard supports two channel of ordinary IDE interface and one channel of serial A T A interface. Select “Enabled” to activate each channel separately . Note: If you do not use the onboard IDE connector, set the Onboard Primary (Secondary) PCI IDE to “Disabled”.
BIOS Page 4-10 Onboard Device Scroll to Onboard Device and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Onchip USB Enables the USB controller. Options: Disabled, V1.1+V2.0, V1.1. USB KB/Storage Support Enable/Disable support for USB keyboard/Storage under DOS.
BIOS Page 4-11 Onboard Debug LED Enables the onboard Debug LED feature. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard I/O Chip Setup Scroll to Onboard I/O Chip Setup and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: POWER ON Function Enables computer power on by keyboard, mouse, or hotkey activity.
BIOS Page 4-12 Hot Key Power ON Enables you to set a hot key combination to be used for powering on the system. The default is Ctrl-F1. Options: Ctrl+F1 ~ Ctrl+F12. Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller (FDC).
BIOS Page 4-13 Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. Options: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP+EPP. EPP Mode Select This field allows the user to select the EPP mode for parallel port mode. Options: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode.
BIOS Page 4-14 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’ s absolutely necessary .
BIOS Page 4-15 Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management. The default is V/H Sync + Blank V/H Sync + Blank : System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.
BIOS Page 4-16 PwerOn After Pwr-Fail This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last operat- ing status after power returns from a power failure. Off: The system stays off after a power failure. Former-Sts: The system returns to the state it was in just prior to the power failure.
BIOS Page 4-17 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS Page 4-18 4-7 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self T est).
BIOS Page 4-19 Chipset V oltage The voltage level of the Chipset. Dimm V oltage The voltage level of the DRAM. Battery V oltage The voltage level of the battery.
BIOS Page 4-20 CPU V oltage Regulator This item allows you to set the CPU Vcore voltage. Options: 1.400V to 2.200V in 0.025V increments. AGP V oltage Regulator This item allows you to set the AGP slot voltage. Options: 1.5V to +1.8V in 1V increments. DIMM V oltage Regulator This item allows you to set the DIMM slot voltage.
BIOS Page 4-21 4-10 Super visor/User Pass wor d Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus.
BIOS Page 4-22 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off.
S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-1 Section 5 S-A T A RAID CONFIGURA TION Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID-related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard.
S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-2 RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member.
S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-3 nVidia S-A T A RAID F eatures The nV idia S-A T A RAID solution uses the nForce2 RAID MCP chip as a RAID controller , which is a 2-channel S-A T A and 1-channel A T A133 solution. Listed below are the main features and benefits of nV idia S-A T A RAID: • Support two S-A T A hard disk drives.
S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-4 Enable RAID Function For any RAID controller, the general procedure to setup a RAID system is shown below: Step 1: Create RAID Array RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller ’ s BIOS utility . NVIDIA nForce2 MCP Power-on the system and wait for the following screen to appear.
S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-5 Step 2: Prepare driver floppy When installing W indows XP/2000/NT4.0 into any RAID disk, the O/S setup will require a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. This step will show you how to prepare this driver floppy.
S-A T A RAID Configuration Page 5-6 Step 4: Install Software utility for Windows After the O/S has been installed, you may install the RAID controller ’ s driver and software. The RAID software is a W indows-based utility with graphical user interface that provides an easy operating tool to configure and manage RAID arrays.
Drivers Installation Page 6-1 Section 6 DRIVER INST ALLA TION Easy Driver Installation Insert the bundled CD-disk, the main menu screen will appear. The main menu displays buttons that link you to the supported drivers, utilities and software. Step 1 : Click “NVIDIA NFORCE Driver” to install chipset driver.
Drivers Installation Page 6-2 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager".
Drivers Installation Page 6-3 Equalizer: Speaker Configuration: <Figur e 3> 3 . There are 10 bands of equalizer control, check "ON" when you want to adjust the equalizer. <Figur e 4> 4 . This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode (no.
Drivers Installation Page 6-4 <Figur e 5> 5 . For 6 channel mode, the audio combination is shown above. <Figure 6> 6 . T o test the speaker , select the “Speaker T est” page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen.
Drivers Installation Page 6-5 <Figure 7> SPDIF-In: 7 . This page shows S/PDIF IN function on your system. a. Click "Auto Lock" to detect S/PDIF input and display its information. b. Check "Real-time S/PDIF-In monitor" to listen to the S/PDIF IN signal through Line-out connector.
Drivers Installation Page 6-6 This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability. If an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector, a warning message will appear to remind users to check the connection. <Figure 9> Connector Sensing: 9 . Push "Start" button to start the sensing.
Drivers Installation Page 6-7 <Figur e 1 1> Connector Sensing: 1 1 . After closing EZ-Connector, this page will show the latest connector status as above. <Figure 12> 1 2 . This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software.
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Appendix A-1 Appendix A A-1 Update Y our System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk.
Appendix A-2 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. 6. T o confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. 7. The BIOS update is finished. xxxxx.bin F1 : Reset F10 : Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.
Appendix B-1 Power-on the system and wait for the following screen to appear. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility. Using the Define a New Array Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted.
Appendix B-2 T o designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk, 1 ) T ab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected 2 ) Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the rightarrow key (-> ).
Appendix B-3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press Enter. The Array Detail window appears. The Array Detail window shows information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping W idth, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity.
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Appendix C-1 Appendix C C-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION CF h T est CMOS R/W functionality . C0h Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers C1h Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC.
Appendix C-2 1 8 h Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19-1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR.
Appendix C-3 43 h T est 8259 functionality . 4 4 h Reserved 45-46h Reserved 4 7 h Initialize EISA slot 4 8 h Reserved 4 9 h 1 . Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2 . Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4A-4Dh Reserved 4E h 1.
Appendix C-4 6 E h Reserved 6Fh 1. Initialize floppy controller 2 . Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70-72h Reserved 7 3 h (Optional Feature) Enter A WDFLASH.EXE if : -A WDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -AL T+F2 is pressed 7 4 h Reserved 7 5 h Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….
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