Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NF325-A7 Biostar
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NF325-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.
T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s ii Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................... 1 1.1 Mainboard Features ................................................................ 1 1.2 Package Chec klist .
NF325-A7 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 M AINBOAR D F EATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64 / Sempron processor . Chipset NVIDIA nForce3 250. - HyperT ransport link to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU. - Supports AGP 3.0 8x interface. - Supports syst em and power management.
NF325-A7 Main Memory Supports up to 2 DDR devi ces. Supports 200/266/333/4 00 MHz DDR devices. Certified DDR400 List - Please check the website: http://www .
NF325-A7 Front Side On-board Peripherals 1 audio out header support s 1 line-in, 1 line-out, and 1MIC ports. 1 serial header suppo rts 1 seri al CO M port. (JCOM2, optional) 1 CD-in connector support s 1 CD-ROM device. (One extra CD-in connector is optional for v1.
NF325-A7 4 B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports AP M1.2. Supports A CPI. Supports USB Function. Software Supports W arpspeeder™, 9th T ouch ™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. Offers the hi g hest perform ance for Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP , SCO UNIX etc.
NF325-A7 1.3 L AYOUT OF V ERSION 1.0 5 AGP1 BIOS JA TXPW R1 Super I/O Codec BA T1 1 JKBMSV1 1 JAUDIO1 1 JCDIN1 1 JSPDIF_OUT 1 7 JSA T A5 1 7 JSA T A4 1 2 23 24 JP ANEL1 1 1 JUSBV3 JUS B1 1 1 1 JSF AN1 JCMOS1 JCI1 1 JCF AN1 DDR1 DDR2 1 JUSB2 1 JCOM2* JCOM 3* JC OM1 1 JUSBV1 LAN Note: 1.
NF325-A7 1.4 C OMPONENTS OF V ERSION 1.0 6 A GP1 BIOS Super I/O Codec BAT 1 DDR1 DDR2 A B C D E F G H I M N O P Q S T R LAN K A. JA TXPWR1~2: A T X power connectors. K. IDE1~2: Hard disk connectors. B. JUSBV1: Power source for JUSB3. L. JSF AN1: System fan connector .
NF325-A7 1.5 L AYOUT OF V ERSION 1.1 7 AGP1 BIOS JA TXPWR1 Super I/O BA T1 1 JKBMSV1 1 JAUDIO1 1 JCDIN1 1 JSPDIF_OUT (optional) 1 7 JSA TA 5 1 7 JSA T A4 1 2 23 24 JP AN EL1 1 1 JUSBV3 JUSB1 1 1 1 JSF AN1 JCMO S1 JCI1 1 JCF AN1 DDR1 DDR2 1 JUSB2 1 JCOM 2* JCOM3* JCO M1 1 JUSBV1 LAN 1 JCDIN2 (optional) JSPDIF_IN (optional) 1 Codec CNR Note: 1.
NF325-A7 1.6 C OMPONENTS OF V ERSION 1.1 A B C 8 E F G H I K M N O P Q R V A GP1 BIOS Super I/O BAT1 DDR1 DDR2 U T LAN S Codec CNR A. JA TXPWR1~2: A T X power connectors. L. JP ANEL1: Front panel connector . B. JUSBV1: Power source for JUSB3. M. IDE1~2: Hard disk connectors.
NF325-A7 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 C ENTRAL P ROCESS ING U NIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever sideways a way from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edg e on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge.
NF325-A7 Step 3: Hold the CPU do wn 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.
NF325-A7 11 2.2 F AN H EADERS CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 1 JCF AN1 3 F AN RPM rate sense System Fan Header: JSFAN1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 1 JSF AN1 3 F A N RPM rate sense Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1sup port s ystem cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility.
NF325-A7 12 2.4 C ONNECTORS , & S LOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a st andard floppy disk connector that supports 36 0 K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector support s the provided floppy drive ribb on cables.
NF325-A7 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 H OW TO SETUP J UMPERS The illustration shows how 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.
NF325-A7 Power Source Selection Headers for USB: JUSBV1/JUSBV3 Assignment Description 1 3 Pin 1-2 close +5V JUSBV1: +5V for JUSB3. JUSBV3: +5V for JUSB1/2. 1 3 Pin 2-3 close +5V standby V oltage JUSBV1: JUSB3 is powered with +5V standby voltage. JUSBV3: JUSB1/2 are powered +5V standby voltage.
NF325-A7 Front Panel Audio-out Header: JAUDIO1 This connector will allo w u ser to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC case. It will disable the output on back pan el audio connectors .
NF325-A7 Digital Audio-in Connector: JSPDIF_IN (optional) This connector will allow user to c onnect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 SPDIF OUT 1 JSPDIF_OUT 3 Ground Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector incl ude s Powe r-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Co nnection.
NF325-A7 Front USB Headers: JUSB1~2 This connector allo ws u ser to con nect additional USB cables on the PC front panel. Also can be connected with i nternal USB devices, like USB card reader.
NF325-A7 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 overhe.
NF325-A7 19 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdo wn aut omatically after po wer on system for seconds, that means the CPU prot e ction 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.
NF325-A7 20 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTI NG Probable Solution 1. No po wer to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on ke ybo ard d o es not turn on. 1. Make sure po wer cable is securely plugged in.
NF325-A7 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 .
NF325-A7 22 5.3 I NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will p op up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default proce dure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed.
NF325-A7 23 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 .
NF325-A7 24 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 nf ormation.
NF325-A7 25 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.
NF325-A7 26 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.
NF325-A7 c. “Auto-overclock button”: Us er can click t his button a nd [W arpS peeder™] will set the best and stable perform 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.
NF325-A7 28 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.
NF325-A7 29 Note: Because the overclock, overvolt ag e, and hardware monitor featu re s 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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