Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NF44X-A7 Biostar
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NF44X-A7 i FCC Information and Copyright 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 li mits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti al installation.
Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................... 1 1.1 Motherboard Features ...................................................... 1 1.2 Package Checklist ...............................................
NF44X-A7 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron processors. Supports Front Side Bus up to 1.6G HT . AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 an d 64 b it computing.
NF44X-A7 2 Main Memory Supports Single Channel DDR. Supports DDR 266/333/400. Maximum memory size is 2GB. DIMM Socket Location DDR Module T otal Memory Size DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 Max is 2 GB. Serial ATA 4 on-board Serial A T A connectors support 4 serial A T A (SA T A) ports.
NF44X-A7 3 On-board AC’97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC655: - Compliant with AC’97 version2.3 specification. - Supports 6 channels audio output. 10/100 LAN Chip: RTL8201BL / RTL8201CL. Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation. Provides the most commonly used legacy super I/O functionality .
NF44X-A7 4 Rear (Back Panel) Side Co nnectors 1 PS/2 Mouse port and Keyboard port. 1 Printer Port. 1 Serial Port. (JCOM2 is optional.) 1 RJ-45 LAN jack.
NF44X-A7 5 1.3 L AYOUT & C OMPONENTS JKBMS1 JUSBLAN1 JC OM1 JCO M2 (o pt io nal ) JPRNT1 JUSB1 JAUDIO1 JF AUDI O1 JK BM SV 1 JU SBV1 JATXPWR2 JATXP WR1 PE X1 6 PEX 1_1 P EX1_ 2 PC I 1 PC I 3 PC I .
NF44X-A7 6 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 C ENTRAL P ROCESS ING U NIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge.
NF44X-A7 7 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly , and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU F AN power cable to the JCF AN1.
NF44X-A7 8 2.2 F AN H EADERS CPU FAN Power Header: JCFAN1 System Fan Power Header: JSFAN1 Northbridge Fan Power Header: JNBF A N1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V JCF A N1 JS F A N1 J N BF AN 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 F AN RPM rate sense (Only for JCF AN1 and JSF AN1.
NF44X-A7 9 2.3 M EMORY M ODULES I NSTALLATION DI MM1 DI MM2 2.3.1 DDR Module installation 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the re taining clips outward.
NF44X-A7 10 2.4 C ONNECTORS & S LOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard fl oppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk t ypes. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.
NF44X-A7 11 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI4 This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconn ect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.
NF44X-A7 12 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 H OW TO SETUP J UMPERS The illustration shows ho w to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed 3.
NF44X-A7 13 ATX Power Source Connector: JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU p ower circuit. Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 12 3 4 4 Ground Power Source Headers for USB Ports: JUSBV1/JUSBV2 Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1.
NF44X-A7 14 Power Source He ader for PS/2 Keyboard/Mous e: JKBMSV1 Pin 1-2 Close: +5V for PS/2 keyboard and m ouse. Pin 2-3 Close: PS/2 keyboard and mouse a r e po wered with +5V standby voltage.
NF44X-A7 15 CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JC DIN1 This connector allows user to conn ect the audio source from the variet y devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.
NF44X-A7 16 Digital Audio-ou t Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1 These connectors allo w user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input header. Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground 1 3 Headers for US.
NF44X-A7 17 Serial ATA Connec tors: JSATA1~JSATA4 The motherboard has a SA T A Controller i n n Force4 4X SLI with 4 channels SA T A interface, it satisfies the SA T A 1.
NF44X-A7 18 JPANEL1: Header for Front Pan el Facilities This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LE D, Po wer LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection.
NF44X-A7 19 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 A WARD BIOS B EEP C ODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by t wo short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High-low siren soun d CPU ove.
NF44X-A7 20 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdo wn aut omatically after po wer on system for seconds, that means the CPU prot ection function ha s been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
NF44X-A7 21 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in.
NF44X-A7 22 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 I NTRODUCTION [W arpS peeder™], a new powerful co ntrol utility , featur es three user-friendly functions inclu ding Overclock Manager , Overvoltage Manager , and Hardware Monitor .
NF44X-A7 23 5.3 I NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialo g will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default proce dure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in se tup procedure, it means setup is completed.
NF44X-A7 24 5.4 [W ARP S PEEDER ™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the T ray Icon utility is l aunched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows T askbar . This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [W arpS peeder™] Utility .
NF44X-A7 25 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [W ar pS peeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’ s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: a. Display the CPU S peed, CPU ex ternal clock, Memory clock, AGP cloc k, and PCI clock i n f ormat ion.
NF44X-A7 26 3. Voltage Panel Click the V oltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the V oltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increa se CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not.
NF44X-A7 27 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to lef t as the following figure.
NF44X-A7 28 c. “Auto-overclock b utton”: Us er can click this button and [W arpS peeder™] will set the best and stable pe rform ance and frequency automatically . [WarpS peeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using W atchdog function.
NF44X-A7 29 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlig hted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and det ail information in hint s of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
NF44X-A7 30 Note: Because the overclock, overvolt ag e, and hardware monitor featu res are controlled by several separate chip set, [W arpS peeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chip set is not on board, the correlative button in Main p anel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions.
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