Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product U8668 Biostar
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FCC Information and Copyright This equ ipment ha s been tested and f ound to comply w ith the limits of a Class B digital device, pursu ant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are de signed to prov ide reason able protec tion agains t harmf ul interf erence in a residen tial ins tallat ion.
Table of Contents i Notice ............................................................................................. 1 Mainboard Features .............................................................. 2 1. Features Intro duction ..................
Table of Contents ii 4-10. 5V / 5VSB Select ion for KB: J KBV1 ..............................................18 5. RAM Mod ule C on fig u ra tio n ............................................................. 19 5-1. DDR SD RAM .......................
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-1 Notice Introduction of syst em This ma in board is design ed to ta k e advan tage of the la tes t in dustry techn ology to provide you with th e u ltimate solu tion in data processin g.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-2 Mainboard Features 1. Features Introduction 1-1. Hardware CPU: 1.Provides Socket-478. 2.Supports the Intel Penti um ® 4 pro cessor pro viding the new gene ration p ow er for high-end workstations and servers. Speed: 1.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-3 Shadow RAM : Motherboard is equ ipped with a memory con troller providi ng shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS. Green Functionality : 1.Supports Award BIOS ™ power managem ent functionality. 2.Has a power down timer from 1 to 15 minutes.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-4 2. 16 / 32 MB fr ame buffer using system m emory. 3. Floating-point triangle setup engine. 4. Single circle 128-bit 3D architecture. 5. 8M triangles /second setup engine. 6. 140M pixels second trilinear fill rate.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-5 AC’97 Sound Codec Onboard: 1.AC-LINK protocol comfliance. 2.Compliant with AC’ 97 specification. 3.18-bit full duplex stereo ADC, DACs.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-6 1-2. BIOS & Software 1.Award legal BIOS. 2.Supports APM1.2. 3.Supports USB Func tion. 4.Supports ACPI. Operating System: Offers the high est performan ce for MS-DO S, Windows NT, Window s 2000, Windows ME, W indows XP, Novell, LINUX, and SCO UN IX etc.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-7 2. Mainboard Configurat ion 2-1. Layout of U8668 K/B & Mouse JKB MS1 JLAN USB & LAN JCO M1 COM 1 Par al lel Po rt JA TXPWR2 JPR NT1 JVGA 1 SPKR-OUT LINE .
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-8 2-2. Component Index.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-9 3. CPU Configuration 3-1. CPU Socket 478 Configuration Steps: 1. Pull the lev er sidewa ys away f rom the sock et then raise th e lever up to a 90-degree an gle. 2. Locate P in A in th e socket and lo ok for th e white d ot or cu t edge in the CP U.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-10 CPU Configurat ion Layout 3-2. CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-11 3-3. System Fan Header: JSFAN1 (Optional) Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-12 4. Jumpers, Headers & Connectors JA TXPWR1 JKBV1 1 JA TXPWR2 JCODECSEL 1 JWOL1 1 JUSB3 1 2 9 10 JCMOS1 1 JP ANEL1 1 2 23 24 FDD1 IDE 1-2.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-13 4-1. Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function No. No. 1 +5V 2 Sleep Control Sleep 3 NA Speaker 4 Ground But ton 5 NA Conne.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-14 POW-LED (Power LED Connector) This c onnector can be attac hed to an LE D on the front pan el of a computer ca se. The LED w ill illumin ate while th e computer is powered on. HLED (Hard Drive LED Connector) This c onnector can be attac hed to an LE D on the front pan el of a computer c ase.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-15 4-2. ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JATXPW R1 PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 3.3V 11 3.3V 2 3.3V 12 -12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Groun d 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW_OK 18 -5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V 4-3.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-16 4-4. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2 This ma inbo ard ha s a 32 -bit Enhanc ed PC I IDE C ontr olle r that provides PI O Mode 0~4, Bus Master, an d Ultra DMA / 33, Ultra DMA / 66,Ultra DM A / 100 fu nctionality .
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-17 4-7. Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1 JCMOS1 Assignment 1 3 1-2 Closed Normal Operation (default) 1 3 2-3 Closed Clear CMOS Dat a ※ Clear CMOS Pro cedures: 1 . R e m o v e A C p o w e r l i n e . 2. Make JCMOS1 (2-3) cl osed.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-18 4-9. Front USB Header: JUSB3 (with USB1.0 spe) (JUSB3) Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 +5V(fused) 2 +5V(fused) 3 USBP2- 4 USBP3- 5 USBP2+ 6 USBP3+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NC 4-10.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-19 5. RAM Module Configu ration 5-1. DDR SDRAM DRAM Ac cess Time: 2.5V Unbuf fered DDR SDRAM P C1600/ PC2100 Ty pe requ ired.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 20 5-2. SDRAM DRAM Acces s Time: 3.3V Unbuff ered SDRAM PC100/ PC 133 Type required. DRAM Ty pe: 128MB/ 256MB / 512MB/ 1GB DIM M Module (168 pin) Tota l Memory Size w.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 21 5-3. How to install DDR/SDRA M DIMM Module DDR SDRAM: 1. The DDR DIMM socke t has a “ Plastic Safety T ab”, and th e DDR DIMM memory module has an A symmetrica l notch ”, so the DDR DIMM memory module can only f it into the s lot in one direction .
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 22 SDRAM: 1. The S DRAM DIMM socket h as a “ Pla stic Saf ety Tab”, and the SDRAM DIMM memory module has an Asymme tri cal no tch”, so the SDRAM DIMM m emory module can only f it into the slot in one dir ec tion .
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 23 6. Peripheral Port F eatures 6-1. PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1 The motherboard prov ides a stan dard PS/2 mouse / Keyboard mini D IN connec tor fo r attac hing a PS/2 mouse . You can p lug a PS/2 mouse / Keyboard di rect l y into this co nnecto r.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 24 6-2. USB & LAN Port Connectors: JUSBLAN1 6-2-1. USB Conn ectors: USB Connector (the below one) Pin Assignment 1 +5 V (f u sed) 2 USBP1- 3 USBP1+ 4 Ground USB C.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 25 6-2-2. LAN Port C onnect or This co nnect or al lows you to conne ct to the Inte rnet thro ugh a Local Area Ne twork ( LAN). Yo u ca n set up t he c onnect ion b y ente ring a ccount inform atio n pro vide d by your ISP.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 26 6-3. Serial and Parallel In terface Ports This system come s eq uipped wit h two se rial po rts an d o ne paral le l port.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 27 6-3-2Video Graphics Adapter Port : JVGA1 This motherboard h as built in v ideo facilities. Your monitor wil l attach dir ec tly to JVGA 1 connec tor on the m oth erboard.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 28 6-3-3. Paral l el Interface Port: JPRNT1 Unlike th e serial ports , parallel in terface port h as been standardized and sh ould not present an y difficulty interf acing peripherals to your system. Some times called centronics port, t he paralle l port is alm ost exc lusively used w ith printers .
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 29 6-4. Game (Joystick/MIDI) Port Connector: JAUD_GAME This connecto r allows yo u to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games. Also, you may play or edit prof essional music by connecting MIDI devices.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 30 6-6. Audio Subsystem JAUDIO 1 1 2 9 10 JT AD1 1 1 JCDI N1 1 JCDIN 2.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 31 6-6-1. CD-ROM Audio-In Header : JCDIN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Left Channel Inp ut 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Ch annel I nput 6-6-2. CD-ROM Audio-In Header : JCDIN2 Pin No. Assignment 1 Left Channel Inp ut 2 Ground 3 Right Ch annel I nput 4 Ground 6-6-3.
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