Biostar K8VHA Pro Owner's Manual
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1. 2 z EY z 5 EI E JPRNT1 2 FDD1 K8T800 z Z USB e e x LAN al al JUSBLAN1 B EN EN So E D JAUDIO AGP1 PCH B LAN Chip Sg PCI2 2 10 Qoe WEE Ge DEn 4 PCI3 Neel 7 4 1 118550050 3 JUSBV4 JAUDIO1 JUSB3 JSATA1 2 10 PCM WrrjjusBvs 7 4 1IDE2 1 IDE RAID om SS Chip JPANEL1 optional IEEE 1394 Wireless CHIP JCMOS1 2091 2 Winbond VU Ss Di JGAME1 Wireless 9 AS Stor ENRSEOT eene ee NOTE e represents the first pin l Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard Section 2 Component Index This section helps you to locate the components in the motherboard and to find the details about them a CEP EG fi E 2 I I d 7 Socket 754 B1 Ka Saas ced VT823 po K SSES xeu ES e 5 zal a E cl A ATX Power Connector J ATXPWR1 B ATX PowerConnector J ATXPWR2 C PowerSource Selection for Keyboard and Mouse J KBV1 D PowerSource Selection for USB USBV2 E PowerSource Selection for USB J USBV1 F BackPanelConnectors G CPU Fan Connector J CFAN1 H Accel2. Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default Precharge to Active Trp This items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command The Choices 2T 3T default Active to Precharge Tras This items allows you to specify the minimum bank active time The Choices 7T default 6T Active to CMD Tred Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted The Choices 2T 3T default DRAM Command Rate This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command The Choices 1T Command default 2T Command DRAM Burst Len The Choices 4 default 8 Write Recovery Time The Choices 3T default 2T Memory Hole At 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 16 VLink Data Rate This item allows you to enabled or disable VLink Data Rate The Choices 8X Default System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this ar
3. Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I O Device 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 3F8 IRQ4 default Disabled Auto 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 2F8 IRQ3 default Disabled Auto 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default ASKIR IrDA SCR RxD TxD Active This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Hi Lo default Hi Hi Lo Hi Lo Lo 20 IR Trans mission Delay This item allows you to enable disable IR transmission delay The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 Use IR Pins Consult your IR
4. and AC power is lost when system is live then after AC power is restored the system will automatically power on If AC power is lost when system is not live system will remain powered off IRQ Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event Activity Detect label and 25 then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options PS2KB Wakeup Select When select Password please press Enter key to change password with a maximun of 8 characters The Choices Hot Key default PS2KB Wakeup from 3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disabled default CtrHF1 CtrHF2 Ctr F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 CtrHF6 CtrH F7 CtrHF8 CtrHF9 CtrHF10 CtrHF11 Ctrl F12 Power Wake Any Key PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 mouse The Choices Disabled default USB Resume from S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3 The Choices Disabled Default Enabled VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices Off default On LPT amp COM When this option is set to On any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices LPT COM default COM LPT NONE HDD amp FDD When this option i
5. Typically 20 24 Nsec The Choices 3 BUS CLOCKS Default 2 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS Write recovery time tWR This bit specifies the Write recovery time Called Trdl by Samsung measures when the last write datum is safely registered by the DRAM It measures from the last data to precharge Samsung measures as 1 25 1 75CK but Jedec says 15 20 ns The Choices 2 BUS CLOCKS Default 3 BUS CLOCKS 13 Write to Read Delay tWTR This bit specifies the write to read delay Samsung called this Tcdlr last data in to read command It is measured from the rising edge followmg the last non masked data strobe to the rising edge of the next Read Command Jedec specs this as exactly one clock The Choices 1 BUS CLOCKS Default 2 BUS CLOCKS Read to Write Delay tRWT This bit specifies the Read to write delay This is nota DRAM specified timing parameter but must be considered due to routing latencies on the clock forwarded bus It is counted from first address bus slot which was not associated with part of the read burst The Choices 4 BUS CLOCKS Default 1 BUS CLOCKS 2 BUS CLOCKS 3 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS Refresh period tREF This field specifies the number of clock cycles between refresh The Choices 1x 2064 Cycles Default AGP amp P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the AGP amp P2P Bridge Control label and then press the en
6. 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 Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive A 1 2M 525 in disk drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in Drive B 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO Item Options Description Halt On All Errors 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 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Feat
7. 11 33 aM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder 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 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer do the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels 2lengish XBIOSTAR Motherboard c With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Duck walking gt overclock percentage from 100 110 96 Duck running gt overclock percentage from 110 120 Duck burning gt overclock percentage from 120 above About Button 66 5 cpi SPEED mu AGPULOCK vn 99 8 i 33 3 cpi CLOCK Got PCICLOCK MHz SE OVER CLOCK 32 7 PERCENTAGE 100 KO wewory CLOCK MHz Hardware Monitor Button E Over clock percentage 100 Overclock Bitten r Voltage Button i O
8. 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 W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced chipset Features DRAM Configuration Press Enter Item Help AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter LDT amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level gt Memory Hole Disabled VLink Data Rate 8x DRAM timing and System BIOS Cacheable Disabled control Tl2 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults DRAM Configuration DDR Timing Setting by DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM The Choices Auto Default Manual Max Memclock MHz Places an artifical memory clock limit on the system Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency The Choices 200 Default 166 133 100 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 12 Row cycle time tRC This field specifies the ROW Cycle Time RAS active to RAS active
9. feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects 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 28 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 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 dev
10. rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one 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 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 GTO 19 Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard Wilkami be the natal heed Wirid bai Wapipeeder Tha mia held ieee al incid adl eS piatki ani poe ompa To continues ckt Mes 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 Install bas ld nm d Complete Setup has ished naing Wapi peeder om moun Conspiuller Engih 20 lt 4BIOSTAR Motherboard Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 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 dO SS
11. the power system Before installing the power supply connector please make sure that all components are installed properly PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 43 32V 1 3 33V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 45V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW OK 18 5V 9 Standby Voltage 19 5V 45V E 12V 20 5V DIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 12V 3 Ground 2 12V 4 Ground feces OO A 714 Front 1394 Header J1394B1 ClO QO s a Pin Assignment Pin Assignment oe 1 Al 2 Al e 11 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 Bl 6 Bl 7 412V 8 12V 9 KEY 10 NA 15 Digital Audio Connector SPDIF_OUT The connector is used to connect SPDIF Sony amp Philips Digital Interconnect Format interface for digital audio transmission Pin Assignment oM Doel 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground 13 Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard Engis 14 16 Front Panel Audio Header JAUDIO1 The connector allows you to connect to the front panel audio Pin ka OA NW 1 13 Assignment Pin Mic In 2 Mic Power 4 RT Line Out 6 Reserved 8 LFT Line Out 10 RT Line In 12 LFT Line In 14 Assignment Ground Audio Power RT Line Out Key LFT Line Out RT Line In LFT Line In 17 CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN1 This header allows you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as CD ROM T
12. 1 or RAID 0 1 configuration through the onboard Parallel ATA VT6410 controller chip You can use the IDE feature to set up a disk array configuration and to support additional IDE devices However it can only support master mode IDE HDD 8 Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 This jumper helps you to clear the Real Time Clock RTC Ram in CMOS You can erase the CMOS RTC Ram data to clear the CMOS memory of date time and system setup parameters JCMOS1 Assignment Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation default Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS Data 3 1 Clear CMOS Procedures log e 1 Remove AC power line 2 Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 Close 3 Wait for five seconds 4 Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 Close 5 Power on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data 9 Front USB Header JUSB3 JUSB4 The motherboard provides two USB 2 0 Pin Header USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum of 480 Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems etc Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 5V fused 2 5V fused 3 USBP4 4 USBPS 5 USBP4 6 USBP5 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NC 1l Engish BIOSTAR Motherboard 10 Power Source Selection for USB JUSBV1 JUSBV2 JUSBV3 JUSBV4 JUSBV1 JUSBV2 Assignment Description JUSBV3 JUSBVA JUSBV1 5V for USB port located at t
13. A BIOSTAR Motherboard FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for 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 Any changes or modification made to this equipment void the user s authority to operate this equipment This equipment generates uses and radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can bedetermined by turningthe equip ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna ncrease the separation between the equip ment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio T V technician for help Allexternal cables connecting to this basic unit must be shielded C D C Statement This digital apparatus does not exceedthe Class B limits forradio noiseemissions from digital ap paratus as set out in the radio interference regulations or
14. Main Memory Supports 72 bit 64 bits 8 bits ECC DDR SDRAM Supports 266 333 400 and 200 MHz DDR technologies Maximum memory size is 2 GB Super UO Chip Winbond W83697HF Low Pin Count Interface Integrate hardware monitor functions Slots Five 32 bit PCI bus master slots One CNR slot One AGP 4X 8X slot One wireless LAN slot optional 3 Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard On Board IDE Supports four IDE disk drives Supports PIO Mode 5 Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Master Mode LAN Chip optional Chip Realtek RTL8100C RTL8110S Supports 10 Mb s 100 Mb s auto negotiation operation 1000Mb s only for RTL8110S Half Full duplex capability Supports ACPI PCI power management LAN PHY optional Chip Realtek RTL8201BL Supports 10 100 Mb s operation 1000Mb s operation only for RTL8110s Half Full duplex operation Supports MII interface Wireless LAN Air Link optional Chip Realtek RTL8180 Full compliance with IEEE802 11b specifications Supports Advanced Configuration Power management Interface ACPI and PCI power management system for modern operating systems Supports remote wake up in both ACPI and APM environments Keeps network maintenance costs low and eliminates usage barriers Uses one RF card for Wireless LAN IEEE 1394 Chip Chip VIA VT6307 Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400 mb s Compliant with PCI specificat
15. S1 POS Power Management Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable video Off Option Suspend gt off video Off Method V H SYNC B lank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN instant Off Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto PWRON After PwR Fail off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter Tl lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi0 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 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 3 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 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings 23 Min Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When no
16. V Tuner MPEG card etc Pin Assignment 1 2 3 4 Left Channel Input Ground Ground Right Channel Input 18 Game Header JGAME1 Pin Assignment Pin 1 5V 2 3 Joystick B Button 1 4 5 Joystick B Coordinate X 6 7 MIDI Output 8 9 Joystick B Coordinate Y 10 11 Joystick B Button 2 12 13 MIDI Input 14 15 NA 16 Assignment 5V COU 14 eoOOOOOO 13 EN rg Joystick A Button 1 Joystick A Coordinate X Ground Ground Joystick A Coordinate Y Joystick A Button 2 5V 19 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Pin Assignment 1 5V_SB 2 Ground 3 Wake up ec JWOLI ABIOSTAR Motherboard 12 Power Source Selection for Keyboard and Mouse JKBV1 JKBV1 Assignment Description Pin 1 2 close 5V 5V for keyboard and mouse d Se Pin 2 3 close 5V Standby 5V standby for keyboard and 1 BOJ voltage mouse to power on your system 20 Back Panel Connectors LAN optional fy Line In LI LE JPRNT1 Parallel Port Speaker Out MIC In Ce PS 2 COM2 COMI Keyboard 6 Channel Speakers H be A Ki gt Lineln Speaker Out amp Rear Speaker Left amp Right Front Speaker Right amp Left Mic In Center amp Bass 5 Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard PROBABLE SOLUTION No power to the system at all power light Make sure power cable is securely doesn t illuminate fan inside power supply plugge
17. abled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQI5 Reserved Disabled 2T 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 W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Disabled Reset Configuration Data Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD using z PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled capable c S g Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled sy m Select No if Assign IRQ For USB Enabled you need the BIOS to configure non b devices Tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware this option must set to NO The Choices No default Yes Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP
18. ange 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 V Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving V N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDRTE UTILITV V N N 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 W Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Time hh mm ss 23 26 45 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave change the day month IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Tl lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm
19. ata and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Assign IR For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled 30 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU warning Temperature Disabled Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Chassis Open warning Disabled Menu Level Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature This item shows the warning temperature of the CPU The Choices Disabled Default 50 C 122 F 53 C 127F 56C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66C ISYF 70C 158 F Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want The Choices Enabled default Disabled Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable chassis open warning beep The choices Disabled de
20. ate after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys 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 key down The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 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 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 applyif passwords are set from the Setup main menu MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be co
21. d in Replace cable does not turn on Indicator light on keyboard Contact technical support does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights are on Using even pressure on both ends of power indicator lights are lit and hard drive the DIMM press down firmly until the is spinning module snaps back in places System does not boot from hard disk drive Check cable running from disk to disk but it can be booted from CD ROM drive 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 CD ROM Hard Back up data and applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in setup Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives M Back up any salvageable data Then Error message reading SECTOR NOT low level format partition and high FOUND or other error messages not jevel format the hard drive Re
22. e The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If the interface does not support prefetching If you install a primary 18 and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 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 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 dri
23. e Default CPU Clock Value c Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder 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 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 sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering Engish 24 BIOSTAR Motherboard 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be high lighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as t
24. e ER OP ERR 31 E Te UE 33 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 Intel Pentium 4 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 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
25. e Size Location DIMMI 64MB 128MB Bee 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2GB DIMM2 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Only for reference Engish 8 lt 4BIOSTAR Motherboard 5 Wireless LAN Card Installation optional 1 Align the wireless LAN on the slot such a way that wireless LAN card matches in the slot Be sure to face the wireless LAN card with its compo nents towards the inner part of the motherboard 2 Insert the wireless LAN card vertically and firmly into the slot till the wireless card is properly seated 3 Screw the brackets 4 Insert the wireless LAN antenna by turning it clockwise 9 Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard 6 How to set up Jumpers The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the Jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is close If no jumper cap is placed on the pins the jumper is open The illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose pinland 2 are close when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins CUm a Jumper open Jumper close Pin1 2 close 7 Jumpers Headers Connectors amp Slots 1 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 2 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 func
26. ea of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled Disabled default 17 5 Integrated Peripherals W Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals VIA Onchip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter SuperIO Device Press Enter Menu Level Init Display First PCI Slot Ile Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults VIA OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip IDE Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 installa primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If the interface does not support prefetching If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mod
27. erated Graphics Port Slot AGP 1 PCIBUS Slots PCI 1 5 J Digital Audio Connector SPDIF OUT K FrontAudio Header AUDIO1 L CD ROM Audio In Header J CDIN1 M Wake OnLAN Header WOL1 N Wireless LAN Slot optional O Communication Network Riser Slot CNR1 P GamePortHeader GAME1 Q Front1394 header 1394B1 R IDE Raid Connectors IDE3 4 optional S Clear CMOS Function CMOS1 T FrontPanel Connector PANEL1 U System FAN Header J SFAN1 V PowerSource Selection for USB J USBV3 W FrontUSB Header J USB3 X Power Source Selection for USB J USBV4 Y FrontUSB Header J USB4 Z SerialATA Connectors SATA1 2 A1 IDE Connectors IDE 1 2 B1 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 C1 DIMM Modules DIMM 1 DIMM2 Engish 2 ABIOSTAR Motherboard Section 3 K8VHA Pro Features In this section you shall find all the information about the motherboard in your computer including its features layout component index various jumpers headers connectors and also the installation guide to help you a quick and correct installation of your system A Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754 Supports AMD Athlon 64 K8 ClawHammer processor with 6 4 GB Processor interface via Hyper Transport Technology 800 600 400 200 clock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 1600 1200 800 400 MT s in both directions simultaneously Chipset North Bridge VIA K8T800 South Bridge VIA VT8237
28. es Inc AMD is registered trademark of Advanced M icro Devices Inc BIOSTAR Motherboard Important Safety Information 1 25 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 Please read these safety instructions carefully Please keep this User s Manual for later reference Please disconnect this equipment from AC outlet before cleaning Don t use liquid or sprayed detergent for cleaning Use moisture sheet or clothe for cleaning For pluggable equipment the socket outlet shall be installed near the equip ment and shall be easily accessible Please keep this equipment from humidity Lay this equipment on areliable surface when install A drop or fall could cause injury Do not leave this equipment in an environment unconditioned storage temperature above 40 C it may damage the equip ment Theopenings onthe enclosure arefor air convection henceprotect theequipment from overheating DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS Make surethe voltage of the power source when connect the equipment to the power outlet Place the power cord such a way that people can not step onit Do not place anything over the power cord The power cord must be rated for the product and for the voltage and current marked on the product s electrical ratings label The voltage and current ratingof the cord should be greater than the voltage and current rating marked on the product All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted If the equip ment is notu
29. ethod 2 Press the Insert key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor 34
30. fault Enabled Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature 31 Current CPUFAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan CPU Voltage 3 3V 5 0V 12V Detect the system s voltage status automatically 32 9 Frequency Control W Figure 9 Frequency Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage Control Default DDR Voltage Control Default Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Menu Level CPU Clock 200MHz 12 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Voltage Control This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices Default default DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Control The Choices 2 5V Default 2 6V 2 7V 2 8V Auto Detect PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock The Choices 200MHz Min default 132M Hz Max 33 If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by setting the JCMOS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting M
31. he hwreq txt located in the root of StudioFun CD to get the latest supporting information Installation and Usage Please refer to the manual located in the Manual folder under the root of StudioFun CD to get the most updated and detailed information of StudioFun The manual comes in 3 different formats Word format PDF file format or HTML format Users can choose the favorite one Engish 18 JBIOSTAR Motherboard OX SS WearpSpeeder WarpSpeeder Introduction M WarpSpeeder functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor anew powerful control utility features three user friendly 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 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 technology assures the system stability by automatically
32. he JUSBLANI connector port JUSBV2 5V for USB port located at 5V the J1394_USB1 connector port JUSBV3 5V for USB port located at Pin 1 2 close the JUSB3 connector port JUSBV4 5V for USB port located at the JUSB4 connector port JUSBV1 JUSBLANI port powered e OO with standby voltage of 5V 5V Standby JUSBV2 J1394 USBI port powered Voltage with standby voltage of 5V Pin 2 3 close JUSBV3 JUSB3 port powered with standby voltage of 5V JUSBV4 JUB4 port powerered with standby voltage of 5V Note 1 In order to support this function Power on the sytem via USB devices JUSBV1 JUSBV2 JUSBV3 JUSB V4 jumper cap should be placed on pin 2 3 respectively 2 Use 5V Standby Voltage for S3 mode 11 Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 The connector is for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs E LA Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function 1 5V 2 Sleep Control Sleep Button 3 NA Speaker 4 Ground 5 NA Connector 6 NA NA 2 Speaker 8 Power LED Power LED D HDD LED Hard Drive 10 Power LED 11 HDD LED LED 12 Power LED 13 Ground Reset 14 Power Button Power on Button 15 Reset Control Button 16 Ground 17 NA 18 KEY 19 NA IrDA 20 KEY IrDA Connector 21 45V Connector 22 Ground 23 IRTX 24 IRRX PWR_LED ON OFF Hay O Engis 12 ABIOSTAR Motherboard 13 Power Connectors JATXPWR1 JATXPWR2 The motherboard supports ATX power supply for
33. he following figure In this panel you can get the real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second 0 vm 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 25Engish XJBIOSTAR Motherboard 1421 3 1 sica A un RUP TUN 98 4 S me dO vh ns 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 utility more robust Engisn 26 ABIOSTAR Motherboard 09 3 2003 2 Engish K8VHA Pro BIOS Setup DIU NETS Mam Menus dots er RU eate desque s 3 2 Standard C MO S Features eret repiten te ger 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features i oiu c Bre S e d een tee 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 12 5 Integrated Peripherals z45 uer teu rere ee Head 18 6 Power Management Setup irere aeie E AEE Aa iE 23 T PnP PCT Configuratio EE 28 S PC Health Statusc er nk hain da eee A
34. herals 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 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 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 V N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Passw 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 ch
35. ice using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the 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 29 the d
36. install allowing certain data to be retrieved all saved data when completed Engih 16 lt 4BIOSTAR Motherboard PROBABLE SOLUTION Scree is blank Check the power connectors to monitor and to system Make sure monitor is connected to display card Memory problem Reboot computer Reinstall memory and make sure that all memory modules are installed in correct sockets Computer virus Use anti virus programs to detect and clean viruses Keyboard failure Reconnect keyborad Check keys again If no improvement replace keyboard No display on screen Tf possible connect monitor to another system If no color still replace monitor C drive failure Check hard drive cable Missing operating system on hard drive Le Run setup and select correct drive type Certain keys do not function Replace keyboard Keyboard is locked no keys function Unlock keyboard T7 Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard i ITM Introduction StudioFun is a media player based on optimized GNU Linux distribution to bring a Room Theater experience into life It plays DVD VCD MP3 Audio CD and other multimedia Furthermore Users can take snapshots of video and customize the saved images as screensavers or photo slideshows Of course the images can be stored in USB mass storage devices like flash disks and USB floppy disks Hardware Requirements The supported hardware list of StudioFun updates regularly So please check t
37. ion v2 2 On Board AC 97 Sound Codec Chip CMI9739A Compliant with AC 97 specification AC97 2 2 interface Supports 6 channels Engis 4 ABIOSTAR Motherboard IDE RAID Chip optional Supports RAID Level 0 RAID Level 1 RAID Level 0 1 and JBOD Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 2 Dual channel master mode hard disk controller supporting four Enhanced IDE devices Transfer rate up to 22 MB s to cover PIO mode 4 multi word DMA mode 2 drivers and beyond Extension to UltraDMA 133 interface for up to 133 MB s transfer rate Supports UltraDMA mode0 On Board Peripherals a Rear side 2 serial ports 1 parallel port SPP EPP ECP mode Audio ports in vertical position 1 RJ 45 LAN jack optional PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard 4 USB2 0 ports IEEE1394 Firewire connector optional b Front Side floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88 Mbytes 4 USB2 0 ports front audio header 1 S PDIF Out header IEEE1394 Firewire port optional Dimensions ATX Form Factor 24 4 cm x 30 5 cm W X L B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS APMI 2 ACPI USB Function Software Supports Warpspeeder 9th Touch BootBlocker WinFlasher FLASHER and StudioFun optional Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP SCO UNIX etc D Engish ABIOSTAR M
38. llowing options Upstream LDT Bus Width The Choices 8 bit 16 bit Default Downstream LDT Bus Width The Choices 8 bit 16 bit Default LDT Bus Frequency The Choices 800MHz Default Auto 600MHz 400MHz 200M Hz PCII Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCII Post Write The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI2 Post Write The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Disabled Default Enabled DRAM Clock Drive Control To control the Clock If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the DRAM Clock label and then press the enter key it will take you to a submenu with the following options DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock following 100MHz 133MHz or By SPD 15 The Choices 100MHz 133MHz By SPD default DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices By SPD default Manual SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 2 5 2 default
39. modes are supported This AWARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors 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 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR DRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to nextitem 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 PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Main Menu Quit and not save change
40. or auto refresh of the same bank Typically 70 Nsec The Choices 9 BUS CLOCKS Default 7 BUS CLOCKS 8 BUS CLOCKS 10 BUS CLOCKS 11 BUS CLOCKS 12 BUS CLOCKS 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS 16 BUS CLOCKS 17 BUS CLOCKS 18 BUS CLOCKS 19 BUS CLOCKS 20 BUS CLOCKS 21 BUS CLOCKS 22BUS CLOCKS Row refresh cyc time tRFC This field specifies the ROW Refresh Cycle Time Auto refresh active to RAS active or RAS to Auto refresh Similar to Tre Typically 75 90 Nsec The Choices 10 BUS CLOCKS Default 9 BUS CLOCKS 11 BUS CLOCKS 12 BUS CLOCKS 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS 16 BUS CLOCKS 17 BUS CLOCKS 18 BUS CLOCKS 19 BUS CLOCKS 20 BUS CLOCKS 21 BUS CLOCKS 22 BUS CLOCKS 23 BUS CLOCKS 24 BUS CLOCKS RAS to CAS Delay tRCD This field specifies the RAS to CAS Delay to read write command to the same bank Typically 20 Nsec The Choices 3 BUS CLOCKS Default 2 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS 5 BUS CLOCKS 6 BUS CLOCKS 7 BUS CLOCKS Row to Row Delay tRRD This field specifies the Row of different banks Typically 15 Nsec The Choices 2 BUS CLOCKS Default 3 BUS CLOCKS 4 BUS CLOCKS Min RAS active time tRAS This field specifies the minimum RAS active time Typically 45 60 Nsec The Choices 6 BUS CLOCKS Default 13 BUS CLOCKS 14 BUS CLOCKS 15 BUS CLOCKS Row precharge Time tRP This field specifies the Row precharge Time Precharge to Active or Auto Refresh of the same bank
41. otherboard Engish 6 Section 4 Package contents Check what you have bought before you start your DIY action If there are anything missing please contact your dealer immediately HDD Cable x 1 DD Cable x 1 Users Manual x 1 Fully Setup Driver CDx 1 StudioFun Application CD x 1 optional USB 2 0 Cable x 1 optional S PDIF Cable x 1 optional Rear I O Panel for ATX Case x 1 Serial ATA Cable x 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable x 1 optional Front IEEE 1394 Cable x 1 optional ABIOSTAR Motherboard Section 5 Installation and Setup In this section you will learn how to install the CPU DDR Module and also how to set up jumpers and all the information about the components on the motherboard Not only can you find the installation steps but also the details and locations of the components on the motherboard 1 CPU Installation The motherboard supports VIA processor in the 754 pin package The motherboard uses a CPU socket called PGA754 for easy CPU installation When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a cooling fan attached on the right to prevent overheating If you do not find the cooling fan contact your dealer and make sure to install them before turning on the computer Step1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Step2 Look for the white dot cut edge The white dot cut edge should point towards
42. peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals The Choices IR Rx2Tx2 default RxD2 TxD2 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 EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The Choices EPP 1 7 default EPP 1 9 Game Port Address Game Port I O Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address The Choices 330 default 300 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 10 default 5 21 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 AGP 22 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 W Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type
43. pied to RAM for faster execution Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable display the small EPA logo The Choices Disabled default Enabled 10 Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The Choices Enabled Disabled default Cache Setup CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled External Cache This option you to enable or disable Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled 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 Disabled Default Enabled 11
44. s 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 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 6 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 W Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix fAwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS z Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type 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 Perip
45. s set to On any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices On default Off PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Off default On PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Modem Ring Resume The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 26 RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The Choices Enabled Disabled default Date of Month You can choose which month the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled Resume Time hh mm ss You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT amp COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Disabled IRQ4 COMI Enabled IRQS LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse En
46. se for long time disconnect the equipment from mains to avoid being damaged by transient over voltage Never pour any liquid into ventilation openings this could cause fire or electrical shock Never open the equipment For safety reason qualified service personnel should only open the equipment If one of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by service personnel a The Power cord or plug is damaged b Liquid has penetrated into the equip ment c The equipment has been exposed to moisture d The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to user s manual e The equipment has dropped and damaged f If the equipment has obvious sign of breakage ii English BIOSTAR Motherboard Table of Contents FCC Statement 5o icr i adii i ODE a e E E cibis ii Important Safety Information iii Section 1 Layout of K8VHA Pro 1 Section 2 Component Index 2 Section 3 K8N H A Pro Features 3 Section 4 Package contents 4 Section 5 Installation and Setup 7 Section 6 Trouble Shooting 16 cC 18 WarpSpeedoer uci ommasecricriii arcirina 19 English iV BIOSTAR Motherboard ection 1 L t JKBMS1 J K B amp Mouse J1394 USB1 1 USB amp 1394 NS JCFAN1 ATXPWR1 CPU1
47. t disabled each of the ranges are from 1 mm to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable HDD Power Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspend Off default Always on Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer 24 Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWR BTN 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 Dela
48. ter key it will take you a submenu with the following options AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64M 256M 128M Default 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X AGP Driving Control By choosing Auto the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card By choosing Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP driving The Choices DA default AGP Fast Write The Choices Enabled Disabled default 14 AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled LDT amp PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the LDT amp PCI Bus Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the fo
49. the Canadian Department of Communications CE Mark This equipment is in conformity with the EMC directive English BIOSTAR Motherboard English Overview The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by the manufacturer The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any errors that might appear in this document The software described in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license No responsibility is assumed for the use or reliability of software or equipment thatis not supplied by the manufacturer or its affiliated companies Copyright Notice No part of this manual may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise stored in any retrieval system of any naturewithout the prior writtenpermission of the manufacturer Trademark Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and or service marks of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Nvidia and nforce is registered trademark of Nvidia Sis is registered trademark of Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation PS 2 is registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation VIA is registered trademark of VIA Technologies Inc ATI is registered trademark of ATI Technologi
50. the lever pivot The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever Step4 Put the CPU fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU fan power cable to the JCFANI This completes the installation Step3 2 Central Processing Unit CPU These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer Orient the fans to make the heat sink fins to allow air flow to go across the onboard heat sinks instead of the expansion slots The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to the ground pin Pin Assignment 1 Ground 1 CPU Fan Headers JCFANI 189 003 2 iy 3 FAN RPM Sense 7 Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard 2 System Fan Header JSFAN1 Pin Assignment Ground 12V FAN RPM Sense WN 3 Installing DDR Module 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 firmly and vertically into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 4 DDR DIMM Modules DIMM1 DIMM2 DRAM Access Time 2 5V Unbuffered no registered DDR SDRAM PC2100 PC2700 PC3200 Type required DRAM Type 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB DIMM Module 184 pin Total Memory Size with Unbuffered DIMMs DIMM Socket DDR oo Total S
51. tionality 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 IDEI 3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 5 This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Pe ripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designed as 32 bits 4 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AGP1 Your monitor will attach directly to that video card This motherboard sup ports video cards for PCI slots but it is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology to improve video efficiency and performance especially with 3D graphics 5 Communication Network Riser Slot CNR1 The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it de fines a hardware scalable riser card interface which supports modem only Engih 10 ABIOSTAR Motherboard 6 Serial ATA Connector JSATA1 JSATA2 The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface It satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and can transfer data with 1 5GHz speed Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 65 32 1 Ground 2 TX OO OO 3 TX 4 Ground l 5 RX 6 RX 7 7 Ground 7 IDE Raid Connector IDE3 IDE4 optional This connector supports RAIDO or RAID
52. ures Virus Warning Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting Security Option Disabled Enabled on Disabled Setup MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 Video BIOS Shadow Small LogoCEPA Show Summary Screen Show Cache Setup Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Enabled Disabled Disabled Press Enter Press Enter Item Help Menu Level gt Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save F5 Previous Values EZ 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 1 Move ESC Exit F1 General Help Optimized Defaults 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 Disabled Normal POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock St
53. v 1146 aM 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 Engish 22 4BIOSTAR Motherboard m ZK TH 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 E N mm Overclock Panel contains these features 23Engish ABIOSTAR Motherboard 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 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 very Options Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group Restore to Hardwar
54. ve can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled Onboard 8110 LAN This option allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN 8110 The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Onboard 8110 LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable Onboard 8110 LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled 19 OnChip USB Controller 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 All Enabled default All Disabled 1 amp 2 USB Port 2 amp 3 USB Port 1 amp 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port Onchip EHCI Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the onchip EHCI controller The Choices Enabled Default Disabled USB Device Legacy Support This item allows you to support the USB device legacy The Choices Disabled Default Enabled USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse The Choices Disabled default Enabled
55. y 4 Sec Instant Off default Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No PWRON After PW R Fail This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power On instructions the motherboard battery 3V the Power Supply 5VSB and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherboard uses the motherboard battery 3V If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Former Sts On Off Off default Means always set CMOS to the Off status when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost Former Sts Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost For example If set to Former Sts
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