Biostar NF4-A9A Owner's Manual
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1. the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit JATXPWRT1 Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V ES gt JATXPWR1 y Or il 24 10 10 olo 01010 10 1010 060 13 9 Standby 12ie e ojo o ojojo ojojo Hi Voltage 5V 10 12V 11 12V 12 Detect gt JATXPWR2 13 3 3V 210 e 14 12V mel 15 Ground 16 PS ON 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground JATXPWR2 Pin Assignment 1 12V 2 12V 3 Ground 4 Ground 13 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Power Source Header for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse JKBMSV1 Pin 1 2 Close 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse Pin 2 3 Close PS 2 keyboard and mouse are powered with 5V standby voltage Ga 211121215139 E ATS A g 1 3 ET Molo NENE E Pin 1 2 Close MEMES Default gen j 1 32. l Pin ka BODO COO CIC EE ono adora 1 b 2 3 Le a 5 6 1 2 Ug UO 7 8 8 D 9 O 0 1310 old 10 z als 11 C m 12 a mm mm 13 14 Digital Audio out Connector JSPDIF_OUT Assignment MIC in Stereo MIC in R Ground Stereo MIC in L Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right Right line out Speaker out Right Reserved Key Left line out Speaker out Left Left line out Speaker out Left Right line in optional Right line in optional Left line in optional Left line in optional This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header ko bee PP EPL EE POD ETS Ic m E METE JN MEME FEER 11111168558 11111168650 EICH l SEE EE 1111 EB E EE 15 Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Gr
3. C E mm Moo wi parlaa O Pin 2 3 Close uv a We Wee F 1 WS Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBMSV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 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 ER Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input a 2 Ground qa 3 Ground 4 Right channel input i 14 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Front Panel Audio out Header JAUDIO1 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
4. PCI1 PCI2 O PCI3 PCI4 PCI Express Slots PEX16 PEX1_1 PEX1_2 PEX16 PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum bandwidth is up to 4GB s per direction PEX1 1 PEX1 2 PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum bandwidth is up to 250MB s per direction Le d _ ES 2 sl We wm PPEXT gt 12 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 e o Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS ATX Power Source Connectors JATXPWR1 JATXPWR2 JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on
5. OTOOTO O ORCO 1S OTOC ONDAS NOA mo anA LOr OO DO Or O O O Org 1 gp 33 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The motherboard has two 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 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 IDE 1 IDE2 39 11 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 PCI4 This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits
6. IH OT SH mae Ip III l E gael pos SIE MEA pos muneme fb d i A CC oo cm EE gg E O 24 23 2 Sleep control WH p Sleep button e Power LED Power LED 9 HDD LED rrr Power LED w HDD LED Power LED E 14 Power button Le u Reset buton L ae wer bu Power on Reset control bution IrDA Connector IrDA Connector optional optional 19 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Serial ATA Connectors JSATA1 JSATA4 The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce4 and nForce4 Ultra with 4 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec with transfer rate of Klelslsldklslslslsldk ETT PATATAS fa BE 1 5Gb s and SATA 2 0 spec with transfer rate of 3 0 Gb s
7. JSATA1 JSATA3 gt o E E x a O O Q D O Mi gg mm 7 g O O o 14 rar pte te te Be O O O o I7 JSATA2 JSATA4 20 Assignment Ground TX RX Ground NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound O Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found or video card beeps memory bad High low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system boot up No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 4 2 EXTRA INFORMATION A BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting floppy drive A media INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make a bootable floppy disk 2 Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 3 Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter System will boo up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r
8. al NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder M utility more robust 32 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A BIOS Setup BIOS CU ns e EE OT 3 2 Standard EMOS Peine 6 JAdyanced BIOS FEU inca 9 AA Ee E ne E Peatutes iaa ii ascent secueees 13 S Inte crated Pepo a a 16 6 Power Manasement aos 21 T MPP CIC OTN SUr NONS EE 24 SETS AION SUAS adds 26 9 Frequency Voltage Controla ini 27 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A 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 BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory 1s a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports AMD processor 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 BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and pass
9. in DOS prompt System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly oo ALA 21 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has 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 In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plug in the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clear the CMOS data See JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 22 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 4 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is securely Power light don t illuminate fan plugged in inside power supply does not Replace cable turn on Contact technical support Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights Using even pressure on both ends of the are on power indicator lights are lit DIMM press down firmly unti
10. wat Uerder _ n 2 SR 1258 FH Overclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user 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 O Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value 29 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A a Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder M will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WarpSpeeder utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After 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 d Verify button User can click this button and WarpS
11. write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled 20 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 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 AR CMOS Setup AA TE A Bag KIK Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type Power Management denu Leve k Wideo Off Method HDD Power Down Soft OfF hy FBIH VHOLCPMEH gt From Soft Off WORCRIHD From Soft Off USB Resume from 3 Power On by Alarm POWER ON Function KB Power OW Password Hot Key Power ON PWROM After PWR Fail Tle iMove Enter 5elect PU PD Value FibB Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI function 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 Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM 1 S3 POS STR 21 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down Ze Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Sa
12. Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Phoenix Award HorkstationBlI0S CMOS Setup Utility AT LA bs KIK Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup H Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek The Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiB iSave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Hard Disk Boot Priority Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CNF48T A9A gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Master Item Help l 2 J 4 CR 6 d 8 tl Move PU FD 7 Change Priority IS HEITZ ESC Exit FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults 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 HDD1 USB HDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards 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 ZIP100 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 10 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80
13. E Lt 7 Ground 8 Ground O 9 Key JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB4 10 NC keen 2 10 2 10 2 10 E sl O DaD ODO O 5 Da d 56 mar a gt E Dd Moo Mo D NES ar 1 9 1 9 1 9 es E E E WE 16 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Power Source Headers for USB Ports JUSBV1 JUSBV2 Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1 JUSBV2 5V for front USB headers JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB4 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1 are powered with 5V standby voltage JUSBV2 Front USB headers JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB4 are powered with 5V standby voltage F TEENETE on 310 O 1 3 1M Moo Pin 1 2 Close Default 310 O 1 3 1M Moo Pin 2 3 Close Note In order to support this function Power on system via USB device JUSBV1 JUSBV2 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually 17 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Clear CMOS Header JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on p
14. Drive Drive E Video Halt n Hoe Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiM Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu ltem Options Description 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 Options are Press lt Enter gt Master its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Options are i Press lt Enter gt to Slave its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Options are i Press lt Enter gt to Master its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Options are i Press lt Enter gt to Slave its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of Drive B 1 2M 5 25 in floppy disk drive installed in your 720K 3 5 In system 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None EGA VGA Select the default CGA 40 video device CGA 80 MONO NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in No Errors which All but you want the BIOS to Keyboard stop All but the POST process Diskette and All but Disk notify you Key Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot N A
15. Extended Displays the amount Memory of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system NF4 A9A MEA Ultra A9A 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIO CMOS Setup Utility NF45ST A49A gt Advanced BIOS Features k Cache Setup Press Enter k Boot Seq Floppy Setup Virus Warning Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NumLock Status Gate AZA Option Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For 08 0S Select For DRAM gt 64MB Summary Screen Show The Hove 3 Enter Select PUSPD Value FiBi5ave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Cache Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility NF45T A49A gt Cache Setup D External Cache TisezMove Enter Select PU PDValue FiB Save ES8C Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 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 increase 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 The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A
16. JCOM2 is optional E 1 RJ 45 LAN jack E 4 USB 2 0 Ports E 3 audio ports support 6 channels audio out facilities a PS 2 NM Mouse Printer Port e TRE JUSB1 HULI LineinRear O sf O hie COMI COMe2 aaa e Mcin PS 2 optional Center Keyboard JCOM1 JCOM2 USB 2 USB 2 Left optional NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A B BIOS amp Software eee FF EK EEN BIOS E Award legal BIOS E Supports APM1 2 E Supports ACPI E Supports USB Function Bundled Software E Supports 9th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHER PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User s Manual X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case X 1 USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional S PDIF Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A LAYOUT amp COMPONENTS 1 3 JCFAN1 JKBMSV1 DIMM4 DIMM2 eieleieleleleieiseisleing JATXPWR1 o JKBMS1 JATXPWR2 Socket 939 EK EE ECKE EN 2900000 00009900000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000 0 00000000 00090000 0009000 900009000 O 000600 OO 0 000000 0 000000 0 00 00000 0 0 0000000 0 0000000000000 00000000 0 000
17. and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 2 3 2 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A DDR Installation Notice E For AMD K8 939 CPU launched before Rev E please follow the table below to install DDR memory module or the system may not boot up or may not function properly Please refer to Table 1 for CPU Revision 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 2 3 3 Know your CPU Version AMD Athlon 64 Processor Ordering Part Number Example ADA 3200AEP5AP Part Definition AP Rev CO Table 1 AMD Athlon 64 Processor Part Definition apf Deg TI a Be AR Bee a IL Sep A Bee 1 BEI Se o o see Table 1 BN BY az Reca ew Re P R S W X AZ 10 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 2 4 CONNECTORS amp SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables for ajepe e E Ep PETE EATS I T 2 34
18. 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 WarpSpeeder M 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 5 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 24 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install eb ee lo la ce le rad lei ap pede T he riL Pd a rl a ed n cards Taca ek Hai 2 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 WarpSpeeder M utility will be automatically and imm
19. default RAS to CASH Delay Tred This field specifies the RAS to CAS Delay to read write command to the same bank Typically 20 Nsec The Choices 4T default Row precharge Time Trp This field specifies the Row precharge Time Precharge to Active or Auto Refresh of the same bank Typically 20 24 Nsec The Choices 2T default Row to Row delay Trrd The Choices 2T default 14 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A CPU Spread Spectrum The Choices Center Spread default Disabled SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the SATA spread spectrum function The Choices Disabled default Down Spread PCIE Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the SATA spread spectrum function The Choices Disabled default Down Spread SSE SSE2 Instructions The Choices Enabled default Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Disabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh 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 15 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix Award WorkstationBIO CMOS Setup AAA IG E fg KIK Integrated Peripherals k IDE Function Setup Press Enter H RAID Config F Onboard Device F Onboard 0 Address IDE HDD Block Mode Ti
20. for invoking respective panels 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 About Buttona E A mn EI TTT wn o WW EEE cpu GLOCK bare PCICLOCK MHz mae OVER CLOCK o vEgOge Cl Bok 92 1 PERCENTAGE 1 00 T H CH d Ware e Monitor Button F Over clock percentage 100 Overclock Bilon ir voltage Button 1 GE e 1146 aM 21 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 reid j wun m ER CLA i KEE dakeecezh 100 Ye acer Oe FA Aa A do 1200 mu 28 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 SCH i WT e wh wm a an Bag BP p Here Doku Pot Ss E Bet l KP vu ERP in hem TT D e lo Reset lo Eto Dein Erica xn aW Hs Buin i sJbHr Button
21. 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 GateA20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 Security Option This option will enable only individuals 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 accessthe 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 Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mo
22. 00000 000000000099000 900 00900 0 00060000 0006600000006000000060 0 00000000 0 00000 0 0 0 00000 000 00000 0000000000000000000000000000000 20000 00000000000 000000 000 00000 00000 0000000000 0000000 00000000 9 0000000000000000000000000 0000 9 0000000000000000000000000 0000 0 000000 00 0 00000 0 0 0 00000 90000000 0000000000000000000000000000000 0 00900000000000000009000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000 0 00900000 0 09000000099000 90000900 0 00060000 00000000000000 A00 00000 0 0 0000000 0 0000000000000 00000000 0 00000000 0000000 0009000900009000 0 000G00000006600000006 00000000 9000000000000000000000 900000000 0000000000000000000000000000000 0 00060000 0006600000006000000060 90000 9000000000000000000000000 20006 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000c0000000 0000000 00000000000000000000 JUSBV1 JUSB1 JUSBLAN1 JAUDIO1 900 E Et ea mococoo0e JAUDIO2 JNBFAN1 JCDIN1 O e 00000 Moca oacano Boca JUSB3_ JUSB4 690540 Mooa JUSB2 DC Super I O JSPDIF_OUT JCH D o o O m JSATA2 PCI3 FDD1 JSFAN1 PCI4 JPANEL1 In HI represents the 1 p Note NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A CHAPTER 2 H
23. 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ooccoccccnnccconnneconnnonnas 6 2 1 Central Processing Unit CDU 6 2 2 Fan Heade EE 8 2 3 Memory Modules Installaton 9 2 4 elle EE 11 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers SetUP ooccocccccccconinonanono 13 3 1 HOWTO SCIP JUMP ua es eee 13 3 2 Rare E 13 Chapter 4 Useful Hel p 1sccccsscccsnscscennenenensnennsnenensnens 21 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code onoannnnnnonnnnnonennnnennnnnnnenennenenne 21 4 2 Extra INFOMATION eres then tice to do 21 4 3 Troubleshooting a a oe 23 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder ssssccssesscsnsencsnnsnenenenenenenens 24 5 1 Igel Leen WEE 24 5 2 System Heourement 24 5 3 HASTA TOD api 25 5 4 WarpSpeeder M includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 26 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION L I MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU Supports Socket 939 Supports AMD Athlon 64 Athlon 64 FX Sempron processors Supports Dual Core CPU Supports Maximum Front Side Bus up to 2G HT AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing Supports HyperTransport and AMD Cool n Quiet Technologies Chipset E NVIDIA nForce4 NF4 A9 AU nForce4 Ultra NF4 Ultra A9 A Supports NVIDIA Firewall 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 NF4 A9 A 3 0Gb s NF4 Ultra A9 A Supports 4 IDE disk dr
24. ARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Eo AOC k lt s 34 Zoe e EE me E t D Es La Jau EN Le H Step 1 Remove the socket protection cap mm em wm O em mmm Step 2 Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Step 3 Look for the white triangle on socket and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwards this white triangle The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation AAN Step 4 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever toward direct B 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 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 2 2 FAN HEADERS CPU FAN Power Header JCFAN1 System Fan Power Header JSFAN1 Northbridge Fan Power Header JINBFAN1 cr SR oo g
25. NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 INTFOQUCION ci ee Eege 1 1 1 Motherboard Features 1 1 2 Package e TE 4 123 Layout A COMPONENTS occcccccccncccnncccnonccnncnononnconcnnnnanennnnnnnns
26. a E gt JCFAN1 Pin Assignment S 1 Ground KS 2 12V FT 1 3 3 FAN RPM rate sense SECH Only for JCFAN1 and E oS JSFAN1 E P gt JNBFAN1 Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 reserve 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 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 2 3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION a i CNW VININIO l D ES g 10 bro le E E a a a a Lt q E 2 3 1 DDR Module 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 2 Insert the DIMM vertically
27. bled USB Resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power On by Alarm When you select Enabled an alarm returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour minute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work Power on Function This option allows you to choose the different function to power on the computer The Choices Button Only default Password Mouse Move Mouse Click Any Key Hot 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 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 PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs 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 23 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconn
28. board Support USB Mouse Support AC Audio MAC Lan Onboard Lan Boot ROM Onboard 1394 TleeiMove Enter 5elect PUCPD Value FiB iSave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 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 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 of the 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 Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled 18 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A Onboard IO Address Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF48T A9A gt Onboard 1I0 Address Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Tie Move Enter Select 9 PUCPDValue FiB Save ESC E
29. de 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 Serial ATA B Enables support for Serial ATA B The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices Enabled default Disabled RAID Config Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CNF4I8T ATAD RAID Config A Primary A Secondary E Primary E Secondary Tleei Move Enter Select PU PDSWalue Fifi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 F5 Previous Walues Optimized Defaults RAID Enable The choices Disabled default Enabled SATA A B Primary RAID The choices Disabled default Enabled 17 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A SATA A B Secondary RAID The choices Disabled default Enabled Onboard Device Phoenix Award HorkstationBlI0S CMOS Setup Utility CNF48T AfA gt Onboard Device USB Key
30. de reporting from the BIOS to the Operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled Note If the CPU type is AMD 939 Dual Core this item will be always Enabled 11 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 082 default OS2 Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable display the Summary Screen Show The Choices Enabled default Disabled 12 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 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 NF45ST A9A gt Advanced Chipset Features HT Frequency HT Width Err 4 Enh H DRAM Configuration CPU Spread Spectrum SATA Spread Spectrum PCIE Spread Spectru
31. ect 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 A ID L i Kg KIM PoP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Resources Controlled By PCI UGA Palette Snoop Maximum Payload Size Tla iMove Enter Select PU PD Value FibMiSave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 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 PCIEx Slot 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 DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts 24 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A 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 configu
32. ediately launched after you click Finish button AA A aed chee a ha brah ciel Se ee E oe cope RH Larinia cece ve be Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 25 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 5 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 OS 11 33 4m This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder M 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 Lsrvach Utility Exit K Prat ee 26 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons
33. fwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility t Standard CHOS Features Esc Quit F Henu in BIOS E E Select Item Fil Save amp Exit Setup Standard CMOS 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 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 system Frequency 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 H H Set Supervisor Password Setting the su
34. in2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard Je 121967 ATS TTS E 1 3 ME moo k SET Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation Default B 7 wm moo g sto EL Pin 2 3 Close a e LE s m moO Clear CMOS data Een 1 Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper 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 eS SN e 18 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Header for Front Panel Facilities JP_ANEL1 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 ko Slelslsldklslelsld kl T TA PE cr
35. ives with PIO Mode 5 Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Master Mode Compliant with AC 97 version2 3 specification Compliant with PCI Express Version 1 a specification Dimensions E ATX Form Factor 20 8cm W x 29 35cm L Operating Systems E Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP Note Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME Main Memory E Supports Dual Channel DDR E Supports DDR266 333 400 E Maximum memory size is 4GB DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Size 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 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A On board IDE E 2 on board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives E Supports PIO mode 0 4 E Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 bus master mode Serial ATA E 4 on board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA SATA ports E nForce4 Ultra supports SATA 2 0 specification with data transfer rates up to 3Gb s E nForce4 supports SATA 1 0 specification with data transfer rates up to 1 5Gb s Slots E Four 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 Super I O E Chip ITE IT8712F E Low Pin Count Interface E Provides the m
36. l the module and hard drive is spinning Snaps into place System does not boot from hard disk 1 Check cable running from disk to drive can be booted from optical drive 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 System only boots from optical drive 1 Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files can be used but booting from hard disk 2 Reformat the hard drive Re install is impossible applications and data using backup disks Screen message says Invalid Review system s equipment Make sure Configuration or CMOS Failure correct information is in setup Cannot boot system after installing Set master slave jumpers second hard drive correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives 23 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER Kee 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 other hand helps to power up CPU
37. m SSE SSE2 Instructions System BIOS Cacheable Tle iMove Enter sSelect 9 PUCPD Value Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency The Choices 200 default 201 202 300 Max 300 HT Frequency This item allows you to select the HT Frequency The Choices Auto default 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x HT Width This item allows you to control the utilized width of the outgoing side of the HyperTransport link The Choices 16 16 default 8 18 416 18 48 116 Err94 Enh This item allows you to enable disable the sequential Prufetch Feature of K8 CPU The choices Disabled default Enabled Auto 13 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A DRAM Configuration Phoenix Award Wor Menu Level ee The Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values FY Optimized Defaults Timing Mode DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM The Choices Auto default Manual Max Memclock MHz Places an artificial memory clock limit on the system prevented from running faster than this frequency The Choices 200 default 166 133 and 100 CAS Latency Tcl This field specify 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 8T
38. ost commonly used legacy Super I O functionality E Environment Control initiatives HAN Monitor Fan Speed Controller TE s Smart Guardian function On board AC 97 Audio Sound Codec E Chip ALC655 Compliant with AC 97 version2 3 specification Supports 6 channels audio output 10 100 LAN PHY E PHY RTL8201CL E Half Full duplex capability E Supports ACPI PCI power management NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Security E NVIDIA Firewall technology Native firewall solution E Advanced features Remote access configuration monitoring Command line interface CLI WMI scripts 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 E 1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes E 2 IDE connectors support 4 IDE disk drives E 3 USB headers support 6 USB 2 0 ports at front panel E 4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices Rear Back Panel Side Connectors E 1 PS 2 Mouse Port E 1 PS 2 Keyboard Port E 1 Printer Port E 1 Serial Port
39. ou 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 128 256 512 1024 2048 25 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 8 PC Health Status NW Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix Award HorkstationBlI0S CMOS Setup Utility lt NF45T A49A gt PC Health Status Chassis Open Warnning Disabled Shutdown Temperature CPU FAN Control by Show Ha Monitor in POST TleeiMove Enter Select PU PDValue Fib i5Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep The Choices Disabled default Enabled Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140F 65 C 149F 70 C 158F CPU FAN Control by The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise The Choices SMART Always On default 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 Vcore NB SB Volt 3 3V 5 0V 12 0V 5V SB Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage statu
40. ound NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A Case Open Header ICT 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 m TITEEERRNE BO Pin Assignment Jg 1 Case open signal a 2 Ground 0 i H E Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel JUSB2 JUSB4 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 Jk ER rer eee El Pin Assignment E 1 5V fused 3 ee 2 5V fused a 3 USB MEE A USB d 5 USB 6 USB
41. peeder 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 reboot the WarpSpeeder M 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 E TADA srw 30 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 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 Bar Titig
42. pervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 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 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 Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY HI N NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 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 Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF4ST A9A gt Standard CMOS Features Time OH IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave
43. re 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 palette 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 y
44. s automatically CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of the 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 NF4 A9A NF4 Ultra A9A 9 Frequency Voltage Control NW Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix fward WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CHF4ST A9A Frequency Voltage Control Startup Hammer Fid control Hammer Wid control DOR Voltage Regulator Ti e Hove Enter Select PUSPDIWValue Fil Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values FF Optimized Defaults Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to select Hammer Fid Control The Choices StartUp default X4 800MHz X5 1000MHz X6 1200MHz X7 1400MHz X8 1600MHz X9 1800MHz etc Hammer Vid Control This item allows you to select Hammer Vid Control The Choices StartUp default 1 725V 1 700V 1 675 1 650 1 625 etc DDR Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control The Choices Default default 2 70V 2 80V 2 90V 21
45. tems 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 Keystro ke Move to previous item Down Move to next item Move to the item on the left menu bar arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar arrow Move Move to the item you desired Increase the numeric value or make changes ke Decrease the numeric value or make changes key Increase the numeric value or make changes 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 General help on Setup navigation keys Load previous values from CMOS Load the optimized defaults Save all the CMOS changes and exit NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu JI 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 WR Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix
46. tz i y 3 Enter Select PU PD Value AIS HE UTC ESC Exit 3 Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults IDE Function Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility NF45ST A9A gt IDE Function Setup OnChip IDE Channe 18 Enabled Primary Master PIO Primary 5lave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary lave UDMA OnChip IDE Channeli Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PI Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE DMA transfer access Serial ATA A Serial ATA B IDE Prefetch Mode TiletiMove Enter 5elect 9 PUCPD Value FiMiSave 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 16 NF4 A9A NA Ultra A9A 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 Auto mo
47. ving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 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 1 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 1s goes blank V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn 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 PME From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled 22 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A WOR RI From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Ena
48. word 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 EPA 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 AWARD 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 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect 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 i
49. xit Fl iGeneral Help FS Previous Values F7 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 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 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 default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port 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 19 NF4 A9A MA Ultra A9A 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
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