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KV-85 AMD Athlon 64 System Board Socket 754 User’s Manual Rev. 1.01.
Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subj ect to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of th e vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual.
Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction .......................................................................... 1-1 1-1. Features & Specifications ........................................................................ 1-1 1-2. Layout Diagram .
Chapter 4. Driver Installation ................................................................ 4-1 4-1. Setup Items ............................................................................................... 4-2 Appendix A. How to Get Technical Support .
Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1-1. Features & Specifications 1. CPU • Supports AMD Socket 754 Athlon 64/Sempron Processor with 1600MHz Hyper-Transport • Supports AMD K8 CPU Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology 2.
1-2 Chapter 1 9. Back Panel I/O • 1x PS/2 keyboard, 1x PS/2 mouse • 1x Parallel Port, 1x Serial Port, • 1x VGA Connector • 4x USB 2.0 Connectors • 1x RJ-45 LAN Connector • 1x Audio connector (Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in) 10.
Introduction 1-3 1-2. Layout Diagram User’s Manual.
1-4 Chapter 1 KV-85.
Hardware Setup 2-1 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup Before the Installation: Turn off the power supply switch (fully turn off the +5V standby power), or disconnect the power cord before in stalling or unplugging any connector s or add-on cards. Failing to do so may cause the motherboard components or add-on cards to malfunction or damaged.
2-2 Chapter 2 2-2. Install CPU, Heatsink and Fan Assembly Please pay attention to the following notices before installing the CPU and heatsink/fan assembly. 1. Always use the processor with the Heatsink and Fan Assembly installed. 2. Do not touch the pins on the processor.
Hardware Setup 2-3 6. On the other side, push the retention clip straight down to lock into the plastic lug on the retention frame. 7. Turn the cam lever to lock into the retention frame. 8. Attach the four-pin power plug from the heatsink and fan assembly to the CPU FAN connector.
2-4 Chapter 2 2-3. Install System Memory This system board provides two 184-pin DDR DIMM slots f or DDR400 memory modules with memory expansion size up to 2GB.
Hardware Setup 2-5 2-4. Connectors, Headers and Switches Here we will show you all of the connectors, headers and switches, and how to connect them. Please read the entire section for necessar y information before attempting to fini sh all the hardware installation inside the computer chassis.
2-6 Chapter 2 (2). FAN Connectors These 3-pin connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in your system. The CPU must be kept cool by usin g a powerful fan with heatsink.
Hardware Setup 2-7 (3). CMOS Memory Clearing Header This header uses a jumper cap to clear the CMOS memory. • Pin 1-2 shorted (default): Normal operation. • Pin 2-3 shorted: Clear CMOS memory. WARNING: Turn the power off first (including the +5V standby power) bef ore clearing the CMOS memory.
2-8 Chapter 2 (4). Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers These headers are used for connecting switches and LED indicators on the chassis front panel. Watch the power LED pin position and orientation. Th e mark “+” align to the pin in the figure below stands for positive polarity for th e LED connection.
Hardware Setup 2-9 (5). Additional USB Port Headers These headers each provide 2 addi tional USB 2.0 ports connection thro ugh an USB cable designed for USB 2.
2-10 Chapter 2 (6). Front Panel Audio Connection Header This header provides the connection to audio connector at front panel. • To use the audio connector at front panel, remove all the jumpers on this header, and then connect to front panel by the extension cable provided with the chassis.
Hardware Setup 2-11 (7). Serial ATA Connectors These connectors are provided to attach one Serial ATA device at each channel via Serial ATA cable. User’s Manual.
2-12 Chapter 2 (8). Accelerated Graphics Port Slot This slot supports an optional AGP graphics card up to AGP 8X mode. ATTENTION: This motherboard does not support 3.3V AGP cards. Use only 1.5V or 0.8V AGP cards. (9). Internal Audio Connectors These connectors connect to the audio output of internal CD-ROM drive or add-on card.
Hardware Setup 2-13 (10). Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors The FDC1 connector connects up to two floppy drives with a 34 -wire, 2-connector fl oppy cable. Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to the FDC1 on the board, the two connectors on the other end to the floppy disk drives connector.
2-14 Chapter 2 (11). Back Panel Connectors • Mouse: Connects to PS/2 mouse. • Keyboard: Connects to PS/2 keyboard. • LPT1: Connects to printer or other devices that support this communication protocol. • COM1: Connects to external modem, mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol.
BIOS Setup 3-1 Chapter 3. BIOS Setup This motherboard provides a prog rammable EEPROM that you can up date the BIOS utility. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is a progr am that deal s with the basic level of communication between processor and peripherals.
3-2 Chapter 3 In the BIOS Setup main menu, you ca n see several options. We will explai n these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short descri ption of the function keys you may use here. Esc: Press this button to quit the BIOS Setup.
BIOS Setup 3-3 3-1. Standard CMOS Features This section contains the basic co nfiguration parameters of the BIOS . These parameters incl ude date, hour, VGA card, FDD, and HDD settings. Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Thu.
3-4 Chapter 3 # IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 2 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 3/4 Master: Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE C.
BIOS Setup 3-5 Head: This item configures the numbers of read/write heads. Precomp: This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing. Landing Zone: This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write heads.
3-6 Chapter 3 3-2. Advanced BIOS Features Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features ► Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Item Help Quick Power on Self Test Enabled.
BIOS Setup 3-7 Boot Up Floppy Seek: When set to [Enabled], the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive is installed or not. Boot Up NumLock Status: This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up. [On]: The numeric keypad functions as number keys.
3-8 Chapter 3 3-3. Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features ► AGP & P2P Bridge Control Press Enter Item Help ► DRAM Clock/Drive .
BIOS Setup 3-9 ! AGP Driving Value: Leave this item to its default setting. AGP Fast Write: Two options are available: Disabled $ Enabled. The default setting is Enabled . If your AGP adapter can support this function, then you can choose Enabled . Otherwise, choose Disabled .
3-10 Chapter 3 DRAM Clock (Mhz): This item sets the DRAM clock of yo ur DRAM module. The system may be unstable or unable to boot up if your DRAM module does not support the clock you set. DRAM Command Rate: When the host (northbridge) locate s the desired memory ad dress, it then processes the wait state of commands.
BIOS Setup 3-11 3-4. Integrated Peripherals Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals ► OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help ► OnChip PCI Device Press Enter .
3-12 Chapter 3 IDE Prefetch Mode: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled . The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE pr efetching for faster driv e accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching.
BIOS Setup 3-13 ! USB Mouse Support via: This item allows you to select [ BIOS ] for using USB mouse in DOS environment, or [ OS ] in OS environment. # SuperIO Device: Click <Enter> key to enter.
3-14 Chapter 3 ! Parallel Port Mode: This item specifies the parallel port mode. [SPP]: (Standard Parallel Port) Allows bi-direc tional parallel port operation at normal speed. [EPP]: (Enhanced Parallel Port) Allows bi-directi onal parallel port operation at maximum speed.
BIOS Setup 3-15 3-5. Power Management Setup Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Power Button Function Instant-Off Item Help Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off A.
3-16 Chapter 3 Wake Up by Ring: When set to [ Enabled ], any event affecting from Modem Ring will awaken a system that has been powered down. Wake Up by Alarm: When set to [ Enabled ], you can set the date and time you would like the Soft-O ff PC to power-on in the “ Date (of Month) Alarm ” and “ Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm ” items.
BIOS Setup 3-17 3-6. PnP/PCI Configurations Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP/PCI Configurations Resources Controlled By Auto(ESCD) Item Help x IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI/VGA.
3-18 Chapter 3 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: This item determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. [Enabled]: MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards work with PCI/VGA. [Disabled]: MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards do not work with PCI/VGA. Assign IRQ For USB: Names the IRQ assigned to the US B on your system.
BIOS Setup 3-19 3-7. PC Health Status Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Item Help CPU Core Voltage DDR Voltage 2.
3-20 Chapter 3 3-8. Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. 3-9. Load Optimized Defaults This option loads the BIOS defau lt values that are fact ory settings for optima l-performance system operations.
Driver Installation 4-1 Chapter 4. Driver Installation All the necessary drivers are incl uded within the Driver s & Utilities CD that ca me packed with the motherboard.
4-2 Chapter 4 4-1. Setup Items Drivers: • VIA 4in1 Driver Install the VIA 4-in-1 driver for Windows Operating System. • VIA VGA Driver Install the VIA VGA graphic driver for Windows Operating System. • Audio Driver Install the audio driver for Windows Operating System.
How to Get Technical Support A-1 Appendix A. How to Get Technical Support (From our website) http://www.abit.com.tw (In North America) http://www.abit-usa.com (In Europe) http://www.abit.nl Thank you for choosing ABIT products. ABIT se lls all our products through distributors, resellers and system integrators; we have no direct sales to end-users.
A-2 Appendix A 4. Internet Newsgroups. These are a great source of information and many people there can offer help. ABIT's Internet News group, alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit , is an ideal forum for the public to exchange information and discuss experiences they have had with ABIT products.
How to Get Technical Support A-3 North America and South America ABIT Computer (U.S.A.) Corporation 2901 Bayview Drive Fremont, CA 94538, U.S.A. Tel: 1-510-623-0500 Fax: 1-510-623-1092 Sales: sales@abit-usa.com Latin America Sales: ventas@abit-usa.com Marketing: marketing@abit-usa.
A-4 Appendix A Poland ABIT Computer (Poland) Co. Ltd. Przedstawicielstwo w Polsce ul. Wita Stwosza 28, 50-149 Wroc ł aw Tel: 48 71 780 78 65 / 66 Fax: 48 71 372 30 87 Japan Web Site: http://www.abit4u.jp Taiwan Head Office (Serving all other territories not listed above.
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