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Biostar NF4ST-A9 Owner's Manual

1. Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable display the Summary Screen Show The Choices Disabled Enabled default 11 NF4ST A9 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features HT Frequency Auto HT Width 416 116 Menu Level gt Err94 Enh Disabled gt DRAM Configuration Press Enter CPU Spread Spectrum Center Spread SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled SSE SSE2 Instr
2. sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive B 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your i system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO NF4ST A9 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory Al but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system NF4ST A9 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Cache Setup Press Enter gt Boot Seg amp Floppy Setup Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level gt Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A2 Option Security Option APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OSI 1 4 1 OS Sel
3. Right line out Speaker out Right Reserved 8 Key 9 Left line out Speaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Right line in 13 Left line in 14 Left line in Assignment With ALC655 Audio Sound Codec optional 1m of2 Assignment 3 Stereo MIC in L Bass 4 Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right line out Speaker out Right Right Reserved 8 Key Left line out Speaker out Left Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Rear speaker 42 Right line in Rear speaker Right Right 13 Left line in Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left 15 NF4ST A9 Digital Audio out Connector JSPDIF_OUT This connector will allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header ED Pin Assignment wv 3 1 JSPDIF_OUT 2 EDE GUI 3 Ground Digital Audio in Connector JSPDIF_IN1 optional This connector will allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Assignment 3 1 Description 1 3 N 3 3V for 1394 chipset Pin 1 2 close Default 3 1 oom 3 3V SB 3 3V SB for 1394 chipset Pin 2 3 close Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel J1394A1 optional This connector allows user to connect the front 1394 port for digital image devi
4. processor AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing Supports HyperTransport Technology Supports AMD Cool n Quiet Technology NVIDIA nForce4 CK8 04 Supports NVIDIA Firewall Supports Gigabit Ethernet Supports 10 USB 2 0 ports Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility Supports 1 PCI Express x16 interface graphics slot Supports 4 SATA ports each channel up to 1 5Gb s Supports NVIDIA RAID functions including RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 Supports 4 IDE disk drives with PIO Mode 5 Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Master Mode Compliant with AC 97 version2 3 specification Complaints with PCI Express Version 1 a specification O perating Systems Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP Note Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME Supports SCO UNIX NF4ST A9 Dimensions E ATX Form Factor 23 4cm W x 29 35cm L M ain M emory E Supports Dual Channel DDR Supports 8 banks in total Supports DDR333 and DDR400 Certified DDR400 List Please check the website http www biostar com tw products mainboard board php3 name NF4ST A9 E Maximum memory size is 4GB DIMM Socket Total Memory Location DER Madul Size MB DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DIMM2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 4 GB DIMM3 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DIMM4 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR Installation Notice E Please follow the table below to install DDR memory module
5. the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Recovery Options Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group C Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value NF4ST A9 C Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeederTM will set the best and stable performance and freguency automatically WarpSpeederTM utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After reboot the WarpSpeederTM utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can click this button and WarpSpeederTM will proceed a testing for current frequency If the testing is ok then the current frequency will be saved into system registry If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After
6. AGP Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts 23 NF4ST A9 IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the pal
7. AID 1 RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1 Spanning JBOD JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes in to one large disk 20 NF4ST A9 5 3 How RAID WORKS RAID 0 The controller stripes data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system It breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel The size of each block is determined by the strip size parameter which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment This technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth nVIDIA nForce 4 CK8 04 X Block 4 A Block 6 4 Features and Benefits gt Drives Minimum 1 and maximum is up to 6 or 8 Depending on the platform gt Uses Intended for non critical data requiring high data throughput or any environment that does not require fault tolerance gt Benefits provides increased data throughput especially for large files No capacity loss penalty for parity gt Drawbacks Does not deliver any fault tolerance If any drive in the array fails all data is lost gt Fault Tolerance No 21 NF4ST A9 RAID 1 Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system The mirrored backup copy of the data can reside on the same d
8. ERTM PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear VO Panel for ATX Case X 1 USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional S PDIF Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Cable X 1 optional IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional USB 2 USB 2 Line in Rear Line out MIG in Center Left NF4ST A9 1 3 LAYOUT amp COMPONENTS Man oom JATXPWR1 UKBMSV1 L JCOM2 ME ese vee J1394_USB1 Or JATXPWR2 nForce4 CK8 04 JNBFAN E o oo oo co oo oo oo oo oa ee mo n es T oon EE ES Ee JSATAT JSATAZ JSATAS JSATA4 JUSI JUSB2 JUSB3 oo OE GEEL J1394PWR1 tional _ Fe Mm mo FAY TE n E g A OM JSPDIF OUT FDD1 ER DSPOIF NT optional ra 32524 BIOS IEEE 1394 Chip optional JCDIN1 coom loom JPANEL1 BE Note W represents the 1 pin NF4ST A9 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Step 1 Remove the socket protection cap Step 2 Pull the lever sideways away from the soc
9. NF4ST A9 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 limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor s approval in writing The content of this user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction rrrnnnvvvvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnner 1 11 Motherboard Features ii ie ie ee se se ee ee ee RR Re ee 1 12 Package Checklist ie ses
10. V DDR Voltage Regulator This item allows you to set different DDR voltage The Choices Default default 27
11. Voltage JUSBV1 Front USB headers JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 are powered with 5V standby voltage 3 1 TM Pin 1 2 close Note In order to support this function Power on system via USB device J1394 USBV1 JUSBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually Power Source Header for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse JKBMSV1 Assignment Description 5V for keyboard and mouse Pin 1 2 close 18 ao Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBMSV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 5V Standby PS 2 keyboard and mouse are powered with 5V standby voltage Pin 2 3 close CD ROM Audio in Connector JCDIN1 This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment Left channel input m Ground 4 JCDIN1 Ground 4 Right channel input 14 NF4ST A9 Front Panel Audio out Header JAUDIO2 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC case It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors With ALC850 Audio Sound Codec 1m 0 2 L oa i fe 1312 9114 tereo MIC in R 2 Ground tereo MIC in L 4 Audio power
12. a redundancy the same as RAID level 1 gt Fault Tolerance Yes 23 NF4ST A9 Spanning JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks Each drive is accessed as if it were on a standard SCSI host bus adapter This is useful when a single drive configuration is needed but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance n i NS Disk 1 40GB IQ Disk 2 80GB_ __Disk 3 40GB_ Disk 4 120GB Single Logical nVIDIA nForce 4 Drive CK8 04 Features and Benefits gt Uses JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to combine them to make one big drive gt Benefits JBOD provides the ability to combine odd size drives using all of the capacity of the drives gt Drawbacks Decreases performance because of the difficulty in using drives concurrently gt Fault Tolerance Yes Xx For more detailed setup information please refer to the Driver CD or go to http www nvidia com page pg 20011106217193 html to download NVIDIA nF orce Tutorial F lash 24 NF4ST A9 CHAPTER 6 WARPSPEEDER WarpSpeeder 6 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overclock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the othe
13. ade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N N NF4ST A9 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date lt mm dd yy gt Jun 23 1999 Time HIED GR EER Ek Menu Level gt gt IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave Change the day month gt IDE Channel 1 Master year and century gt IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in 1 Drive B None Video LEGA UGA I Halt On A11 But Keyboard Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults NF4ST A9 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu
14. al setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information m Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix Award WorkstationBI Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Quit Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Upgrade BIOS Select Item Fi Save amp Exit Setup Standard CM OS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features NF4ST A9 Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your syst
15. ardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels C With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclock percentage from 120 above 66 5 Mate AGP CLOCK MHz pi SPEED C 33 3 cpu CLOCK 99 8 PCICLOCK MHz BEd 37 7 NERO 100 FA VENORY CLOCK PERCENTAGE Hardware Monitor Button Over clock percentage 100 Overclock Bilf n fr Voltage Button OS 11 46 AM 28 NF4ST A9 3 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend you click the option Yes E 29 NF4ST A9 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure Mee vA Recue Dosa Bth Feet to Syren Dell Setings anes PN RR 7 GE we Aot Aar G 99 8 3 i AE var x 4 GHz Buit t MOA nem Overclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user
16. ces Pin Assignment Pin Assignment A TET Ground 2 S Be 6 B 7 am ET EE EST 7 9 Key 10 Ground 16 NF4ST A9 Header for Front Panel Facilities JPANELI This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions JPANEL1 Pin Assignment Function Ground 6 N A 8 Power ted 10 Power LED Reset Power button Power on 15 button Ground button NA is Key IrDA Ground Connector 24 Power LED Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel JUSB1 JUSB3 This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables at PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 4 fav tuse 2 fv fused cook loss use 3 jus Ie us 7 froma e Ground 9 Key 10 INC 17 NF4ST A9 Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard JCMOS1 Assignment m Normal Operation Default SL Pin 1 2 close se Clear CMOS data Go Pin 2 3 close X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper
17. choose a hot key to power on The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 POWER After PW R Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts OCCUIS Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts 22 NF4ST A9 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Resources Controlled By Auto Menu Level gt PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 46961 Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default
18. connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 PCI3 This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slot PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits Xtreme Graphics Port Slot XGP1 This XGP Xtreme Graphics Port slot is a special design that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards To install the system with an add on AGP VGA card please make sure to install the driver of add on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA driver installation If the onboard VGA driver has already been installed before you install the add on AGP VGA card the system will automatically set the onboard VGA as the primary graphics adapter For the onboard VGA driver can t be removed completely and to solve this problem please follow the steps below 1 Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system and reboot PC After PC re
19. ct local bus specification DRAM Support DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDnkey Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit NF4ST A9 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOSTM CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from sever
20. d Menu Level br AC Audio Auto MAC Lan Auto Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled MAC Media Interface Pin Strap Onboard 1394 Enabled tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices V1 1 V2 0 default Disabled V1 1 USB Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboard The Choices Disabled default Enabled 17 NF4ST A9 USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse The Choices Disabled default Enabled AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled MAC LAN This option allows you to change the state ofthe onboard MAC LAN The Choices Auto default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled MAC Media Interface The Choices Pin Strap default Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled ONBOARD IO Address Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard I0 Address Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 1RQ41 Onboard IR Function Di
21. ect For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0 21 Summary Screen Show Enabled ti2 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Cache Setu These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to mcrease memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache External Cache This option enables or disables Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USB HDDI USB HDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards NF4ST A9 First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100 LAN Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if th
22. efault value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer P ort EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled 19 NF4ST A9 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features m Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Enabled 1 P0S User Define DPMS Support Disabled Instant Off Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled ACPI function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method HDD Power Down Soft Off by PBIN WOLCPME gt From Soft Off WORCRI From Soft Off USB Resume from 3 Power On by Alarm BUTTON ONLY 1 Enter Ctrl Fi Off POWER ON Funct
23. em Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password NF4ST A9 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Enter Password Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving Y N N Upgr
24. ette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 24 NF4ST A9 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PG Health Status Chassis Open Warnning Disabled Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU FAN Control by Always ON Menu Level Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Tle Move Enteni Select PU PD Value EL Save ESC pe Fi dele Help Previous Values Optimized Defaul Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Waming beep The Choices Disabled default Enabled Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU
25. ey have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 10 NF4ST A9 Security Option This option will enable only mdividuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC MODE
26. hoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Function Setup OnChip IDE Channelg Enabled PIO Auto Primary Master Primary Slave PIO Auto Menu Level da Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Serial ATA A Enabled SATA A DMA transfer Enabled Serial ATA B Enabled SATA B DMA transfer Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled tl gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IDE Function Setup label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled 15 NF4ST A9 Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively In Aut
27. ights are lit and hard drive is spinning System does not boot from hard disk drive can be booted from optical drive System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place 1 Check cable running from disk to disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time Back up data and applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in setup Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives 19 NF4ST A9 CHAPTER 5 NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS 5 1 OPERATION SYSTEM E Windows XP home Edition E Windows XP Professional Edition E Windows 2000 Professional 5 2 RAID ARRAYS NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes times for many applications R
28. ion KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON PURON After PWR Fail Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values ACPI function tl gt Move F1 ave Setup Item Help Menu Level gt ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default S3 STR S1 83 Power Management This category allows you to select the type related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode I hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Power on Suspend Suspend to RAM POS STR or degree of power saving and is directly three of which have fixed mode settings 20 NF4ST A9 Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode I min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges is from I min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn
29. isk or on a second redundant drive in the array RAID 1 provides a hot standby copy of data if the active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware failure RAID techniques can be applied for high availability solutions or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media nVIDIA nForce 4 CK8 04 Features and Benefits gt Drives Minimum 2 and maximum is 2 gt Uses RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity gt Benefits Provides 100 data redundancy Should one drive fail the controller switches to the other drive gt Drawbacks Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one drive Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds gt Fault Tolerance Yes NF4ST A9 RAID 0 1 RAID 0 drives can be mirrored suing RAID 1 techniques Resulting in a RAID 0 1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency nVIDIA nForce 4 CK8 04 5 Block 4 Block 6 Hood Nr gt Bee Features and Benefits gt Drives Minimum 4 and maximum is 6 or 8 depending on the platform gt Benefits Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance allowing for automatic redundancy May be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in an array and allows for spare disks gt Drawbacks Requires twice the available disk space for dat
30. ive button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder utility more robust 33 NF4ST A9 2 17 2005 NF4ST A9 BIOS Setup BIOS SC OUD EE EE ED GE t Main Ment EO AE EE EE EE EEDEN EE EG 3 2 Standard CMOS FeatureS uses ss ss se ree de Re Ke SE Ee Ge Ge ee dee Ge Ee ee SE Ee Ge ee ee 6 3 Advanc d BIOS Features ees isssa sees Es EEN itra nrin Aranora DE ER He GES ee wee dbe Ke eke se Eie 9 4 Advanced Chipset Feature iss sesse ee ee ee AA RR Ee ee ee AA ee ee ee AR Re ee ee 12 5 Integrated Peripherals inen ENE EDE OG GE og EG GN Ge Mi a gek EE 15 6 Power Management SetUD ees ee Ge RR Ee Ge ee ee GR Ge ee RA Re ee ee ee ee 20 7 PnP PCI Configurations sees ser eed os N eg sede EG ER N ee BE oe Ge de ee ER ee Ge DENEN TaN 23 8 PC Health StAtUs sena RE RE EE OE IR 25 9 Freguency Voltage Control see esse ee Ea Ge AA RR Ee ee E AE ee AAR RR ee ee 27 NF4ST A9 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Award BIOSTM installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Nvidia CK8 proces
31. ket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle NF4ST A9 Step 3 Look for the black cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 4 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 5 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation NF4ST A9 2 2 FAN HEADERS CPU FAN Power Header JCFANI i Assignment FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 JSFAN1and JNBFAN1 support system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility It supports 3 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 10 NF4ST A9 2 3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot va 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 11 NF4ST A9 2 4 CONNECTORS amp SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk
32. l be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Tr sl head sed compe Farbu bann kehed rriakrg ear eer DI TOE corepeter BP Las he N gede Tip alt Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 26 NF4ST A9 6 4 WARPSPEEDER INCLUDES I TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar MO 11 33 AM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder TM Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeederT directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility 5000 Exit fe ER Mid 27 NF4ST A9 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder 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 Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and H
33. me tRP This field specifies the Row precharge Time Precharge to Active or Auto Refresh of the same bank Typically 20 24 Nsec The Choices 3 BUS CLOCKS default 2 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS CPU Spread Spectrum The Choices Center Spread default SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the SATA spread spectrum function The Choices Disabled default Enable 13 NF4ST A9 PCIE Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the SATA spread spectrum function The Choices Disabled default Enable SSE SS E2 Instructions The Choices Enabled default Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Disabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FO000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Disabled default Enabled 14 NF4ST A9 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt IDE Function Setup Press Enter gt RAID Config Enter Press gt Onboard Device Press Enter Menu Level a gt Onboard 10 Address Press Enter IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults IDE Function Setup P
34. n2 3 specification gt Supports 6 channels audio output NF4ST A9 IEEE 1394A Chip optional E Chip VIA VT6307 E Supports 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb s Gigabit LAN E NVIDIA Gigabit MAC VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201 Supports 10 Mb s 100 Mb s and 1Gb s auto negotiation Half Full duplex capability Supports personal Firewall setup Supports ACPI power management Supports NVIDIA StreamThru technology Isochronous controller paired with Hyper Transport results in fastest networking performance Security E NVIDIA Firewall technology Native firewall solution E Advanced features Remote access configuration monitoring Command line interface CLI WMI scripts Storage E NVIDIA RAID Technology RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application performance RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support for both SATA and ATA 133 disk controller standards RAID 0 1 disk striping and mirroring for highest performance with fault tolerance Internal On board Connectors and H eaders E 1 audio out header supports audio out facilities E 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities E 1 CD in connector supports CD ROM audio in function E 1 SPDIF out connector supports digital audio out function NF4ST A9 1 SPDIF in connector supports digital audio in function optional 1 IEEE1394 header supports 1 1394 Firewire port optional 1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD device
35. o mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled Serial ATA A Enables support for Serial ATA A The Choices Enabled default Disabled SATA DMA transfer The Choices Enabled default Disabled Serial ATA B Enables support for Serial ATA B The Choices Enabled default Disabled SATA2 DMA transfer The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices Enabled default Disabled 16 NF4ST A9 RAID Configuration Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility R Conf ig RAID Enable Disabled Menu Level br tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults RAID Enable The Choices Disabled default Enabled ONBOARD DEVICE Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disable
36. off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS default Initial display power management signaling The Choices Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default WOL PMEf From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled WOR RI From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled USB Resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled 21 NF4ST A9 Power On by Alarm When you select Enabled an alarm returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power on Function This option allows you to choose the different function to power on the computer The Choices Button Only default Hot Key Password Mouse Move Mouse Click Any Key Keyboard 98 KB Power ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password Hot Key Power on This option allows you to
37. or the system may not boot up or may not function properly E SS represents Single Side DDR memory module E DS represents Double Side DDR memory module E Star sign represents leave the DIMM socket empty DIMM1 SS DS DIMM2 SS DS DIMM3 SS DS DIMM4 SS DS On board IDE E 2 on board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives E Supports PIO mode 4 Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 bus master mode NF4ST A9 Serial ATA E 4 on board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA SATA ports E Compliant with SATA1 0 specification E Data transfer rates up to 1 5Gb s Slots E Three 32bit PCI bus master slots E Two PCI Express x1 slots PCI Express 1 0a compliant Bandwidth 250MB s per direction E One PCI Express x16 slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB s simultaneously per direction for an aggregate of 8GB s totally E One Xtreme Graphics Port slot See p 12 for detail information Super I O E Chip ITE IT8712F E Low Pin Count Interface E Provides the most commonly used legacy Super VO functionality E Environment Control initiatives HAN Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function On board AC 97 Audio Sound Codec E Chip ALC850 gt Compliant with AC 97 version2 3 specification gt Supports 8 channels audio output E Chip ALC655 optional gt Compliant with AC 97 versio
38. r hand helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeederT technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one 6 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 25 NF4ST A9 6 3 1 INSTALLATION Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install Wacoma be Ea ort hd rad led pi pode The rank he n oa vi eed Ard pe G bagin TE cris dk Had When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeederTM utility wil
39. reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second Pao Were NF4ST A9 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility NF4ST A9 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlat
40. s with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 IDE connectors support 4 IDE disk drives 3 USB headers support 6 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices Rear Back Panel Side Connectors 1 PS 2 Mouse Port 1 PS 2 Keyboard Port 1 Printer Port 1 Serial Port JCOM2 is optional 1 1394 Firewire Port optional 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 4 USB 2 0 Ports 6 audio ports support 8 channels audio out facilities With ALC850 JUSBLAN1 J1394_USB1 JKMBS1 ones JERN 1394 Port Connector optional di Mouse Printer Port ILL ad EE Bo om wae EMS PS 2 port optional Esl EEU Ie Keyboard JCOM1 JCOM2 me ED optional Center Left Line in Rear Line out sel Omen Br N NF4ST A9 3 audio ports support 6 channels audio out facilities With ALC655 optional JUSBLAN J1394 USB1 JKMBS FAM onnector PS 2 JPRNT1 Gio Es Mouse Printer Port EE es LILL Go 08 l EJ TE 3 EIF TE 3 es DI of at i COM COM2 optional LEI PS 2 T Keyboard JCOM1 JCOM2 optional B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI Supports USB Function Bundled Software Supports 9th Touch WINFLASHER TM and FLASH
41. sabled Menu Level gt gt UART Mode Select IrDA UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 1RQ7 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP EGP Mode Use DMA 31 t gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled 18 NF4ST A9 Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard IR Function The Choices Disabled default Enabled UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard T O chip The Choices Normal AS KIR IrDA default UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The d
42. se ee ee ee Re Ge ee ee Re Ge Ge RR RR ee ee 6 13 Layout amp Components ses se ee RR Ge RA Ge AR Ge AE 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation user eer ee EE Ee 8 2 1 Central Processing Unit CPU ee sees ee se se ee Re Ee Re 8 22 Fan HeaderS li vvs kum OE iis 10 2 3 Memory Modules InstallatiON ii ie ie ee ee ee 11 2 4 Connectors amp SIO S ee ee Ge Ge Ge Ge Ge ee ee AA AA ee 12 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setup sesse ee 13 3 1 How to setup JUMPETS ese ees se see ke ee Re Ke Re Ke ee Ee 13 32 Detail SettinGS ss assis RE REEDE RE RE EE he De 13 Chapter 4 Useful Help 19 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code ee se AR Ee Ee SR ARE 19 4 2 Troubleshooting ees see Ge Ge Ge Ge Ke Ge ee AR AR Re ee ee 19 Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Functions ees 20 51 Operation System i ee ee ee ek RR Ee KG Ge Ge Ge Ge ee ee AA AE 20 52 Rald AFTAYS RR Re RE A omme ade ke 20 5 3 How RAID Works ee se se ee se ee ee ee ak RR ee Re Ge ee RR ee 21 Chapter 6 WarpSpeeder TM EE RR RR ER EE EE EE EE EE 25 6 1 Fa 20 0 0 ac e a 6 siete wank chen ME 25 6 2 System ReguiremeNE es se se ee ee ee RR Ge Ge ee 25 6 3 fistallatiOn is est ER Ee Ee GE neer es De ges eg et 26 6 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 27 NF4ST A9 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU Chipset Supports Socket 939 Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX processor Supports AMD Athlon 64 processor Supports AMD Sempron
43. shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140F 65 C 149F 70 C 158F 75 C 167F CPU FAN Control The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise The Choices Always On default Smart Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time for you to choose The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Veore 1 5V 3 3 V 5 0 V 12 0 V 5V lt SB gt Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically 25 NF4ST A9 CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature ofthe CPU Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan 26 NF4ST A9 9 Frequency Voltage Control Hammer Fid control StartUp Hammer Vid control StartUp Menu Level gt DDR Voltage Regulator Default I t gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Hammer Vid Control This item allows you to set different CPU frequency The Choices StartUp default and other choices from 800Mhz to 5000Mhz Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to set different CPU voltage The Choices StartUp default and other choices from 1 625V to 0 8
44. sor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOSTM but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EP A Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AW ARD BIOS ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPI It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba NF4ST A9 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconne
45. starts the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card as the graphics adapter 2 Re install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card function can be used Note Please go to http www biostar com tw for more detailed information about XGP compatible AGP cards 12 NF4ST A9 CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS 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 om a ET Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS ATX Power Source Connectors JATXPWRI JATXPWR2 JATXPWRI1 This connector allows user to connect 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit 13 1 17 6 ev 118 19 8 JPWOK 120 9 Standby Voltage 5V 21 ele ojojoloejeoje elel e ele ele ele lelelelele m 24 12 JATXPWR1 4 B JATXPWR2 13 NF4ST A9 Power Source Headers for USB Ports J1394_USBV1 JUSBV1 Assignment Description J1394 USBV1 5V for USB ports at J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1 JUSBV1 5V for front USB headers JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 J1394 USBV1 USB ports at 3 1 J1394 USB1 and JUSBLAN1 are Ju 5V standby powered with 5V standby voltage Pin 2 3 close
46. to Pin 2 3 close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data DA RD IE Case Open Header JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1m 2 yen Case open signal 2 Ground Serial ATA Connector JSATA1 JSATA4 The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce4 CK8 04 with 4 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s 18 NF4ST A9 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound One long beep followed by two short beeps High low siren sound One Short beep when system boot up Long beeps every other second Meaning Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated System will shut down automatically No error found during POST No DRAM detected or install 4 2 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1 No power to the system at all 1 Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in inside power supply does not turn 2 Replace cable on 3 Contact technical support 2 Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator l
47. uctions Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Frequenc This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency The Choices 200 0 default HT Frequency This item allows you to select the HT Frequency The Choices Auto default HT Width This item allows you to control the utilized width of the outgoing side of the HyperTransport link Err94 Enh This item allows you to enable disable the sequential Prufetch Feature of K8 CPU The choices Disabled default enable 12 NF4ST A9 DRAM Configuration Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Configuration Menu Level gt tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CAS Latency This field specifies the cas latency i e cas to read data valid The Choices CL 2 5 default CL 3 0 CL 2 0 Min RAS active time tRAS This field specifies the minimum RAS active time Typically 45 60 Nsec The Choices 6 BUS CLOCKS default 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS RAS to CAS Delay tRCD This field specifies the RAS to CAS Delay to read write command to the same bank Typically 20 Nsec The Choices 3 BUS CLOCKS default 2 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS 7 BUS CLOCKS Row precharge Ti

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