Biostar NF4 4X-A7 Owner's Manual
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1. Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS it Select Item ve amp Exit Setup Time Date 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 Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features NF44X A7 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 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 Superv2. ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 5 Previous Values 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 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 19 NF44X A7 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
3. Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USB HDD1 USB HDD 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 ZIP 100 LAN Disabled 10 NF44X A7 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 they 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 Sel
4. NF44X A7 5 4 WARPSPEEDER INCLUDES 1 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 am This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder M 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 Lanuch Utility i Ext fe ag save ar 24 NF44X A7 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 dock AGP dock and PCI dock infomation b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels C With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking gt overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running gt overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing gt overclock percentage from 120 above Tr 7 MHz o ae Mua 66 5 MHz TA
5. driv e can be booted from optical drive disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type inthe 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 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 manuf acturers f or compatibility with other drives 21 NF44X A7 CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overdock 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 core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smarty 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 memo
6. Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All 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 NF44X A7 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44X A7 gt Advanced BIOS Features gt Cache Setup Press Enter gt Boot Seq Floppy Setup Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A2 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 082 Summary Screen Show Enabled ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Cache Setup_ Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF448 A7 gt Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level br tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devic
7. Te ma wa a Powered P IHDDLED Power LED PowerLED 9 HDD LED Aase ower LED HDD LED 3 Power LED Power button Power on Reset button b Reset control 7 NAT pi Key IrDA Connector Galion IRTX P 18 NF44X A7 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE 4 1 Beep Sound Mening One long beep followed by two short Video card not found orv ideo 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 EXTRA INF ORMATION 4 2 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 In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 2 OOO OE Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Hash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 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 in DOS prompt System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been
8. amp Components Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 2 1 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 2 Fan Headers c cccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 2 3 Memory Modules Installation 2 4 Connectors amp Slots Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setup rrrnrranunvnnnannnvnnnnnnnr 12 3 1 How to setup JUMpers rrrrrrrnnrvvnrrnnrrenr 3 2 Detail Settings srrrrnrnnrnorovvnnrrnnrnnnnnnnn Chapter 4 Useful Help nmravnnvnnrnennvnnnnvnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennennnnr 19 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 4 2 Extra Infommation c cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 4 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder WM mrmrarnanunnnnanunnannannnnnnnnnnnennnsenns 22 5 1 Introduction ernnnnnnrrnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnennnenn 5 2 System Requirement 5 3 Installation sernnorrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnenn 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels NF44X A7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754 Supports AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron processors Supports Front Side Bus up to 1 6G HT AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing Supports HyperTransport Technology and AMD Cool n Quiet Technology Chipset E NVIDIA nForce 4 4X Supports NVIDIA Firewall Supports 10 USB 2 0 ports Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility Supports 1 PCI Express x16 interface graphics slot Supports 2 PCI Express
9. 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 IRQ4 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 control
10. 2 JU SB4 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 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NC OANDOARWDND JUSB2 2 10 _ JUSBA 1 9 JUSB3 o 16 NF44X A7 Serial ATA Connectors JSATA1 JSATA4 The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce4 4X SLI with 4 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s 2 5 Assignment Ground TX TX Ground RX E RX 4 Ground o o o 7 JSATA2 JSATA4 JSATA3 pp NONA ON JCM OSI Clear CMOS Header 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 Pin 1 2 close Normal Operation Default en Pin 2 3 close Clear CMOS data X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Waitforfive seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC Reset y our desired password or clear the CMOS data A st 17 NF44X A7 JPANEL1 Header for Front Panel Facilities This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions at Comector
11. 8 ES 333 MHz PCICLOCK MHz S 132 7 ERCON 100 wEWORYCLOCK man PERCENTAGE Hardware Monitor Button a Over clock percentage 100 PV Overclock Bullion Voltage Button OA 11 46 AM NF44X A7 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 NF44X A7 4 Overclock Pane 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 o a Feocuver Dab y yr gt 2 H stet Baton i A mM H gt Guten TEE Boo IHH Euston 493 nem Overclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1 MHz button 1 MHz 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 ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto ov erclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best resultfory ou b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the followi
12. AC Lan Auto 1 Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled Onboard 1394 Enabled Tlee 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 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 NF44X A7 ONBOARD IO Address Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44X A7 gt Onboard 10 Address Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ41 Onboard IR Function Disabled Menu Level UART Mode Select IrDA UR2 Duplex Mode CHalf Onboard Parallel Port SALE PP Parallel Port Mode
13. Exit Fi General Help Previ es Optimize o nized D s 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 S1 83 POS STR 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 2 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving 21 NF44X A7 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 are from I mm to I 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 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 manage
14. I 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 1T8712F E Low Pin Count Interface E Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality E Environment Control initiatives HW Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function NF44X A7 On board AC 97 Audio Sound Codec E Chip ALC655 Compliant with AC 97 v ersion2 3 specification Supports 6 channels audio output 10 100 LAN E Chip RTL8201BL RTL8201CL E Supports 10 Mb s 100 Mb s and 1Gb s auto negotiation E Provides the most commonly used legacy super I Of unctionality E Environment Control initiatives HW Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE Smart Guardian function Seaurity E NVIDIA Firewall technology Nativ ef irewall solution E Advanced features Remote access configuration monitoring Command line interface CLI WMI scripts Internal On board Connectors and Headers 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 88Mb
15. NF44X A7 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 ands pecially 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 orin whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor approval in writing The content of this users manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this users manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction raennenansenarnanannannannnnnnnnvnnennnsennennnnnnernn 1 1 1 Motherboard Features 1 2 Package CheckKist rrrrrrnnrrrrrrnnrrrrvrnnerr 1 3 Layout
16. 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 20 NF44X A7 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 AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF448 47 gt Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1 lt POS gt 1 Power Management User Define Menu Level gt Video Off Method DPMS Support 1 HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PBIN Instant Off 1 WOLCPMEH gt From Soft Off Disabled WORCRI gt From Soft Off Disabled USB Resume from 3 Disabled Power On by Alarm Disabled POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key Power ON Ctr1 F1 PWRON After PWR Fail Off tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC
17. Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults IDE Function Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CNF44X A7 gt IDE Function Setup OnChip IDE Channel Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto 1 Primary Slave PIO Auto Menu Level Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto I OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled Secondary Master PIO Auto 1 Secondary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto I IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Serial ATA A Enabled Serial ATA B Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled 1 Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiB Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS 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 NF44X A7 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 interf
18. Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically 27 NF44X A7 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 28 NF44X A7 9 Frequency Voltage Control m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44 A7 gt Frequency Voltage Control Hammer Fid control StartUp Hammer Vid control StartUp Menu Level gt DDR Voltage Regulator Default ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help Previous Values Optimize efa mized D CPU Spec Voltage The Choices 1 300V default Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to set different CPU voltage The Choices StartUp default and other choices from X4 800Mhz to X25 5000Mhz with an interval of X1 200 Mhz Hammer Vid Control This item allows you to set different CPU frequency The Choices StartUp default and other choices from 1 725V to 0 900V with an interval of 0 025V DDR Voltage Regulator This item allows you to set different DDR voltage The Choices Default default 2 70V 2 80V 2 90V Note Please refer to AMD CPU version 29
19. ace supports Modes 0 to 4 will increased performance progressively In Auto 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 Serial ATA B Enables support for Serial ATA B The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The Choices Enabled default Disabled RAID Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44X A7 gt RAID Config Menu Level gt gt t gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults RAID Enable The Choices Disabled default Enabled 17 NF44X A7 ONBOARD DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44X A7 gt Onboard Device USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Menu Level gt gt AC Audio Auto 1 M
20. ack cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point f orwards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation NF44X A7 Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation Step 4 Putthe CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation NF44X A7 2 2 FAN HEADERS CPU FAN Power Header JCFAN1 System Fan Power Header JSFAN1 Northbridge Fan Power Header JNBFAN1 gt JCFAN1 Assignment Ground 12V FAN RPMrate sense Only for JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 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 wre is the positi ve and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and s hould be connected to GND NF44X A7 2 3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION HAWIG ANNIA 2 3 1 DDR M odule installa tion 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 qem t 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated NF44X A7 2 4 CONNECTORS amp SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that
21. e 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 NF44X A7 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 t y Boot Seg amp Floppy Setup gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Menu Level gt gt Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility NF44X A 7 gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level Sec Slave USBHDD Use lt f gt or lt i gt to USBHDD1 lect a device then USBHDD2 lt gt to move it Bootable Add in Cards lt gt to move it the list Press to exit this 0 SJ ON 07 pi OND He tJ Move PU PD Change Priority F1 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F 0ptimized 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
22. ec The Choices Auto 2T 3T 4T Default ST 6T 7T 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 Auto 2T Default 3T 4T 5T 6T 7T Row to Row delay lt Trrd gt The Choices 2T Default 3T 4T Auto 14 NF44X A7 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 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 15 NF44X A7 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44k A 7 gt Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Press Enter RAID Config Press Enter gt Onboard Device Press Enter Menu Level gt Onboard 10 Address Press Enter IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Tlee Move Enter
23. ect 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 TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured The Choices Disabled default Enabled TYPEMATIC RATE CHARS SEC Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the keydown The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 11 NF44X A7 TYPEMATIC DELAY MSEC Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 and 1000 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 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 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 c
24. eotexd oes 9 4 Advanced Chipset Fette Sos seii e an SE N EAR A R REEE 13 5 Integrated Peripherals vivacidad ia dk E aii 16 6 Power Management Setup eccccccccccccccseeeecenneeteeececeeeececececseeeecenauaeaeeeeeeaneeees 21 7 PoP P Ch Configurations y Ls khaki 24 SRC Healthy Stats nona A NET 27 9 Frequency Voltage Control eccaionooosooc nic nro ca as n a e eias 29 NF44X A7 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 tumed off The Award BIOS 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 04 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 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 Conf
25. gt GO Menu Level gt IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video TEGA UGA 1 Halt On All But Keyboard tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value RE ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values timized Defaults NF44X A7 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 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 NF44X A7 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors
26. hat is required f or 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 infomation of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second ee een 28 NF44X A7 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 gps t 5 Version 0 9 5 9 NF44X A7 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeederT 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 WamSpeeder M utility more robust NF44X A7 BIOS Setup OA ces eseis an saasa atei st aa L II TN 3 2 Standard CMOS Feature 0s0cc c ccaccotsnessasssseeviocsssvssesoeconatsaedaceubnctevb ves sesosoess 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features ci ciscnisussoesdevenspcedcodncscnequeutatawnaamsedbadeetaoescertarati
27. iguration 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 NF44X A7 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 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 ite
28. isor 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 NF44X A7 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 WN Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N N NF44X A7 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 AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44X A7 gt Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Sep 28 1999 AIDA Time lt hh mm ss
29. ler 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 25 NF44X A7 Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 default 128 256 512 1024 2048 26 NF44X A7 8 PC Health Status BIO MO etup Utilit PG Health Status Chassis Open Warnning Disabled Disabled Shutdown Temperature CPU FAN Control by Always ON Menu Level gt Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 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 CPUFAN Control The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noice 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 Vcore NB SB Volt 3 3V 5 0 V 12 0 V 5V lt SB gt
30. m 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 NF44X A7 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 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 AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44X A7 gt Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password
31. ment 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 WOR RI From Soft Off The Choices Disabled default Enabled USB Resume from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled 22 NF44X A7 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 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
32. ng dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Pitan seleci erecta opten hal vil decida what kid of boring you mari lo do alter sde lado nba Dpi Bioup E Aedo ho Hedw Del mult CPU Clock Value NF44X A7 C Auto overclock button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performan 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 orload the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder 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 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 surey our display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit t
33. nterval of 1 HT Frequency This item allows you to select the HT Frequency The Choices 4X default 1 X 2X 3X 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 Auto default Disabled Enabled 13 NF44X A7 DRAM Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility NF44 A7 gt DRAM Configuration Memclock index value lt Mhz gt 2 Mhz 1 CASH latency lt Tcl gt 2 5 Menu Level Min RASH active time lt Tras gt 8T RASH to CASH delay lt Trcd gt 4T1 Row precharge Time Trp 2T Row to Row delay lt Trrd gt 2T ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Timing Mode The Choices Manual default Auto Memclock index value Mhz The Choices 100Mhz 133Mhz 166Mhz 200Mhz default 216Mhz 233Mhz 250Mhz CAS Latency 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 Auto 5T 6T 7T 8T Default 9T 10T 11T 12T 13T 14T 15T RAS to CAS Delay tRCD This field specifies the RAS to CAS Delay to read write command to the same bank Typically 20 Ns
34. omputer 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 12 NF44X A7 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 AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CNF448 A7 gt Advanced Chipset Features HT Frequency 4x HT Width 416 1161 Menu Level b Err94 Enh Auto DRAM Configuration Press Enter CPU Spread Spectrum Center Spread SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled SSE SSE2 Instructions Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled ti gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Frequenc This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency The Choices 200 0 default and other choicesfrom 200 to 300 with an i
35. port this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBMSV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 Front Panel Audio out Header J FAUDIO1 This connector will allow user to connect with thef ront audio out put headers on the PC case It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin Assignment MIC in Stereo MIC in R Ground Stereo MIC in L Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right 6 Right line out Speaker out Right 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 Left line out Speaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in optional 12 Right line in optional 13 Left linein optional 14 Left linein optional er af oO fh 14 NF44X A7 CD ROM Audio in Connector JCDIN1 This connector allows user to connect the audio sourcef rom thev ariety dev ices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input Case Open Headers JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and showthe message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 Ground NF44X A7 Digital Audio out Connector JSPDIF_OUT1 These connectors allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel JUSB
36. 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 NF44X A7 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 AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility lt NF44 A7 gt PnP PCI Configurations Init Display Firet PCI Slot Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto lt ESCD gt I PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 4696 Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help Previous Values Optimize ef a mized D 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 PCI EX Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protect
37. recovered and will work properly 19 NF44X A7 B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after poweron 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 wth 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 Pluginthe power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clearthe CMOS data See JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again NF44X A7 4 3 TROUBLES HOOTING 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 i Replace cable turn on Contact technical support Indicator light on key board 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 until the module and hard drive is spinning snaps into place System does not boot from hard disk 1 Check cable running from disk to
38. ry AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on ourmain 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 thatis 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 indudes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 NF44X A7 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog wil pop up Please dick Next button and follow the default procedure to install tee cee lo a bed Wire Io aap pee Teg Ori heih ie peed eed eal tp gee an yma rd Toir rie kok H 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 utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Dott el ied Cc de Zaig ha brad rota arose m FOG Copel D Lern dg TE SE bia Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 23
39. s resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the Disabled default option is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If the Enabled option is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled 24 NF44X A7 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 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
40. supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk ty pes This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The motherboard has two 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133f unctionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and aslave drive soy ou can connect up to four hard disk driv es The first hard driv e should alway s be connected to IDE1 IDE1 IDE2 NF44X A7 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 PCI4 This motherboard is equipped with 4 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 Ofc 10 Oror E MEET E jiii 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 PEX16 i PEXI 1 TT PEX1 2 11 NF44X A7 CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 HOW TOSETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is close f not that means the jumper is open n r Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS ATX Po
41. wer Source Connector JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on the ATX power supply Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 PW_OK 9 Standby Voltage 5V 10 12V 11 12V 12 Detect 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 Ground 16 PS_ON 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground NF44X A7 ATX Power Source Connector JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit 7 DEE o Pin Assignment 1 12V e 3 2 12V mile Yo 3 Ground E 4 Ground Power Source Headers for USB Ports J U SBV 1JU SBV 2 Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1 JUSBV2 5V for front USB headers JUSB2 JUSBYJUSBA4 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1 are powered with 5V standby voltage JUSBV2 Front USB headers JUSB2 JU SB3 JUSB4 are powered with 5V standby voltage B E pi dia Ley UDI P Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 E JUSBV2 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 indi viduall y 13 NF44X A7 Power Source Header for PS 2 K eyboard M ouse JK BM SV 1 Pin 1 2 Close 5V for PS 2 key board and mouse Pin 2 3 Close PS 2 keyboard and mouse are powered with 5V standby voltage do Pin 1 2 close Pin 2 3 close Note In order to sup
42. x1 interface slots Supports 4 SATA ports each channel up to 1 5Gb s Supports NVIDIA RAID functions including RAID O RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 Supports 4 IDE disk drives with PIO Mode 5 DMA Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Master Mode Compliant with AC 97 v ersion2 3 specification Complaints with PCI Express Version 1 a specification Operating Systems E Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP Note Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME E Supports SCO UNIX Dimensions E ATX Form Factor 20 82cm W x 29 33cm L On board IDE E 2 on board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives E Supports PIO mode 4 DMA Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 bus master mode NF44X A7 M ain Memory Supports Single Channel DDR Supports DDR 266 333 400 Maximum memory size is 2GB DIMM Socket Location DDR Module Total Memory Size DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Maxis 2 GB DIMM2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Serial ATA 4 on board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA SATA ports E Compliant with SATA1 0 specification E Datatransfer rates up to 1 5Gb s E Supports NVIDIA RAID Technology RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application perf omance RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support f or both SATA and ATA 133 disk controller standards RAID 0 1 disk striping and mirroringf or highest performance with f ault tolerance Slots E Four 32bit PCI bus master slots E Two PC
43. ytes 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 dev ices NF44X A7 Rear Back Panel Side Connectors E 1 PS 2 Mouse port and Keyboard pott E 1 Printer Port E 1 Serial Port 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 LAN Connector Line inR ear Line out MCin Center Left P Keyboard B BIOS Software EX e E E E E E ONO BIOS E Award legal BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI Supports USB Function Bundled Software E Supports 9th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHER TM PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X1 Rear l O Panelfor ATX Case X 1 S PDIF Cable X 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional Serial ATA Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional NF44X A7 1 3 LAYOUT amp COMPONENTS Oo 00 000 0000 zoo 20 00 000 20000 JATXPUR 1 F at NL a OVE Onl OLE N JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSBA Htl Cand hen DAA a SADS Cr JSATA4 CMOS 4 joc FDD1 di Note W represents the 1 pin NF44X A7 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Step 1 Pull the lev ersideway s away from the socket and then raisethe lever up to a 90 degree angle Step 2 Look for the bl
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