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Biostar K8T890-A9 Owner's Manual

1. A DDR Module installation 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated DDR Installation Notice Please follow the table below to install DDR memory module or the system may not boot up or may not function properly SS represents Single Side DDR memory module DS represents Double Side DDR memory module Star sign represents leave the DIMM socket empty OS a SB DIMMI sss sss sss __ SS DS_ Dmm sss sss DimMM3 SS DS SS DS SS DS SS DS_ Dmv ssms ssms K8T890 A9 2 4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1 Floppy Disk Connector 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 34 IDE1 IDE2 Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 functionality
2. Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground JSATA1 E ae JSATA2 6 RX 7 Ground O O 00 00 r 7 14 K8T890 A9 JPANEL 1 Front Panel Header This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions PWR_LED Sleep control Sleep bution 6 NAINA 8 Power LED 9 HDD LED Hard drive Power LED Power LED HDD LED LED Power LED Reset button Basie Power on button Reset control Key IrDA Connector IRRX JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment Left Channel Input Ground Ground Right Channel Input ROD 15 K8T890 A9 JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 Ground JSPDIF_IN1 optional Digital Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI br
3. 11 K8T890 A9 CHAPTER 3 HEADERS 8 JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is close if not that means the jumper is open Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JU SBV 1 JU SBV 2 Power Source H eaders for USB Ports Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at JUSB3 and JUSBLAN1 JUSBV2 5V for USB ports at front panel JUSB1 JUSB2 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at JUSB3 and JUSBLAN1 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV2 USB ports at front panel JUSB1 JUSB2 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV1 i E O 3 1 3 3 4 9 Pin 1 2 close JUSBV2 e B 31 2 3 0 o_o m Pin 2 3 close Note In order to support this function Power On system via USB device JUSBV1 JUSBV2 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually 12 K8T890 A9 JKBV 1 Power Source H eader for PS 2 Keyboard and M ouse E 3 Pin 1 2 Close 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse a O 3 O PS 2 keyboard and mouse are powered by 5V standby voltage Pin 2 3 close Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard
4. Pin Assignment 5V_SB Ground Wake up signal 17 K8T890 A9 JCMOS1 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 1 3 mojo Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation default 1 3 mio 0 Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS data x Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC 6 Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data JDJ1 optional MPA PINES Assignment SMBDATA SMBCLK INT_B Key AXT_PWROK U ah oOnm 5 18 K8T890 A9 CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound O Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found or video card beeps memory bad High low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system boot up No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 4 2 EXTRA INFORMATION BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by v
5. Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving W N WN Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N H K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date lt mm dd yy gt May 23 1999 Time hh mm s gt ia e Ga ee Menu Level F IDE Channel Master IDE Channel A Slave Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive 1 44M 3 5 Drive E Hone Video CEGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard Tia i Move 9 Enter Select PU SPD Value FIA Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup Main Menu Selectio ns This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Options are Press lt Enter gt to Master its sub menu enter th
6. Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are gomg to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive mterfaces 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 Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively In Auto 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 1s supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operatmg 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 Mo de Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive suppor
7. lt has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 K8T890 A9 PCI1 PCI3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits E E A PO a Y Pcie a a PCS PCI EX16 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 PCI EX1_1 PCI Ex1_2 PCI Express x1 slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB s per direction 500MB s in total PCI Express supports a raw bit rate of 2 5Gb s on the data pins 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture PCI EX1_2 PCI EX1_1 PCI EX16 10 K8T890 A9 XGP1 Xtreme Graphics Port Slot This XGP Extreme Graphics Port slot is a special design that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards
8. 23 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 mm to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable 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 Disable 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 Sus pend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disable default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Video Off Option This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank The Choices Suspend Off default Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank defaut 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 Initial display power management signalng MODEM Use IR This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 1
9. 29 31cm W x 24 38cm L Operating System Supporting E Supports Windows 98SE Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Fedora and UNIX series Slot E Three PCI bus master slots E Two PCI EX1 slots I One PCI EX16 slot i One XGP slot Xtreme Graphic Port See p 10 for detail information Onboard Serial ATA E Integrated in VT8237R I Two serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices E Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions E Supports 2 serial ATA SATA ports Data transfer rates up to 150 MB s Compliant with SATA Version 1 0 specification K8T890 A9 System M emory l Supports dual channel DDR up to 8 banks E Supports 266 333 400MHz DDR devices E Maximum memory size is up to 4GB Following table is only for reference DIMM Socket Total Memory DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DIMM2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 4 GB DIMM3 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DIMM4 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Super I O E Chip ITE IT8705AF GX E Low Pin Count Interface E Integrate hardware monitor functions Onboard IDE E Two IDE connectors support 4 hard disk drives E Supports PIO mode 0 4 Block Mode and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 bus master mode 10 100 LAN i Chip VT6103L RTL8100C optional E Supports 10 Mb s 100 Mb s operation i Half Full duplex capability E Supports ACPI PCI power management Onboard AC 97 Sound Codec E Chip ALC655 E Support 6 channels 4 Supports S PDIF out and S PDIF in
10. Enabled Modem Ring Resume The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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 27 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events 1e wake on LPT amp COMM activity E Figure 6 1 1 IRQs Activity Monitoring Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR IRQS lt COM 2 COM 1 gt LPI 2 Floppy Disk gt LPT i gt CRITIC Alarm CIRQ2 Redir gt Reserved Reserved PS 2 Mouse Coprocessor Hard Disk Reserved Enter Select FS Previous Values Tia o Move PU PD Value ON Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Menu Level dda Fifi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Disabled IRQ4 COM Enabled IRQS L
11. This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum function The Choices Enabled default Disabled 33 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking Special Notice 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 COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage Async AGP PCI CLOCK This item allows you to select Async AGP PCI clock The Choices Disabled default 66 0 33 0MHz 75 4 37 7 MHz 88 0 44 0 MHz 34
12. and mouse JKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JATXPWR1 ATX Power Source Connector 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 1 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 ja 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground 13 K8T890 A9 JATXPWR2 ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment 1 12V 2 12V 3 Ground 4 Ground JU SB1 J U SB2 Headers for USB 2 0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader Assignment 5V fused 5V fused JUSB1 JUSB2 2 10 00000 Hooo C 0 U Z O JSATAYJSATA2 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s
13. 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 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 Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 25 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup IRO Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event Activity Detect label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options E Figure 6 1 IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key PS2KB Wakeup from 53 54 55 Disable l PS2M5 Wakeup from 53 54 65 Disabled Menu Level Fr USB Resume from 3 Disabled UGA OFF When Select Password LPT amp COM LPT COM Please press ENTER key HDD amp FDD L H to change Password PCI Master OFF Max 8 numbers PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RIC Alarm Resume Disabled ll E Activity Monitoring Press Enter tl Moye Enter Select PU PD Value FiB iSave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults PS2KB Wakeup Select When select Password please press Enter key to chang
14. it down the list Press ESC gt to exit this menu PU PD Change Priority TIT ESC Exit FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults These BIOS attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically This will depend on which Hard Disk is installed The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USB HDDO USB HDD1 USB HDD2 and Bootable Add in Cards First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operatng system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy default LS120 Hard Disk SCSI CDROM ZIP 100 LAN Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled 10 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup Shadow Setup This item allows you to setup cache amp shadow setup E Figure3 2 Shadow Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Shadow Setup Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Menu Level Pb Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM Improves performance tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiBMiSave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Video BIOS S
15. optional function E Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 specification K8T890 A9 Internal On board I O Connectors and H eaders 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities 1 CD in connector supports 1 CD ROM audio in device 1 front audio header supports front panel audio function 1 S PDIF Out connector supports digital audio out function 1 S PDIF In connector supports digital audio in function optional 1 chassis open header supports PC case opened warning function 1 FDD connector supports 2 Floppy drives with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices 2 Serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 1 Wake up on LAN header optional Back Panel I O Connectors 4 USB 2 0 ports 1 Serial port 1 Printer port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse port 1 PS 2 Keyboard port 1 Vertical audio port including 1 line in connector 1 Line out connector and 1 MIC in connector PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard COM1 COM2 USB x2 USB x2 rn a ey ys Cae p __ Printer port Line In Surround Line Out CI 0 Mic In 1 ed Bass Center optional E toe amp w amp K8T890 A9 B BIOS amp Software BIOS I Award legal BIOS E Supports APM1 2 E Supports ACPI E Support
16. real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second LS MEET K8T890 A9 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility qe o Mar Cpp H MEL i o PE 29 K8T890 A9 N ote Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels lf one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder M utility more robust 07 06 2005 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup taa add Mia Mea 3 Z Standard MOS Feitur io 6 4 Advanced Chipset AA rannad naieeuieaneeacwes 14 S Integrated Permherals Aa 18 O Power Manaos ement Setup td ticas 23 T POP PELCOR ISA OAS iS 29 Br IPCC ai AA O at cated ieee ad eta a2 O Frequency Voltage COn rd 33 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 T
17. 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 IR Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device 30 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoo 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 W
18. 0 11 NA 24 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 Delay 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 Ac Loss Auto Restart 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 SVSB 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
19. A 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 29 R K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup eset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP 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 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
20. K8T890 A9 C Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder M will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WaroSpeeder 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 M utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the
21. K8T890 A9 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor s approval in writing The content of this user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 INTOGUCHON sisiraan araa aaaeaii 1 1 1 Motherboard Features csi 1 1 2 PAKJE LISE 4 t3 Layout and COMPONEMMG cccscccssscesssseesssseessseeessseeeesseeessseeess
22. NIT CPU A SO o o e 8 E Boe Step 3 Look for the white triangle on socket and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwards this white triangle The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation K8T890 A9 Step 4 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever toward direct B to complete the installation A B Step 5 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 2 2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 JCFAN1 CPU Fan Header JSFAN 1 System Fan H eader JCFAN1 1 3 Pin Assignment Ground 12V FAN RPM rate sense oO N JSFAN1 Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 3 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 2 3 K8T890 A9 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY
23. PT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled 28 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PoP PCI Configurations Menu Level F PNP 05 Installed No J Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled Ey utotESCD gt Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled capable operating Assign IRQ For UGA Enabled system Select No if Assign IRQ For USE Enabled you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Maximum Payload Size 4696 1 the Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F A Er 5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VG
24. 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 K8T890 A9 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install acc lo la ce rad loa Wapi pode T he ra Pd an rl ra ed n cards Taca ek Ha 2 When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder M utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button AA bold E E EE a os hn rata rotar See E PO coe A ices Tie Ly U sage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 23 K8T890 A9 5 4 WARPSPEEDER M INCLUDES I TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar DOS 11 23 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 M directly from the little tray icon or you can right click th
25. acket SPDIF input header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF_IN 3 Ground JCI1 Chassis O pen Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 Ground M MONRO 16 K8T890 A9 JAUDIO1 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J WOL1 optional Wake on LAN Header Assignment Mic in center Ground Mic power Bass Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right Right line out Speaker out Right Reserved Key Left line out Speaker out Left Left line out Speaker out Left Right line in Rear speaker Right Right line in Rear speaker Right Left line in Rear speaker Left Left line in Rear speaker Left The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power
26. actions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Enabled default Disabled MEMORY HOLE 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 usually discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enable Vlink Mode Selection The Choices Mode 0 4x 8 bits bi direction Mode 1 8x 8 bits 4 up 4 down uni direction Mode 2 8x 8 bits bi direction Mode 3 4x 16 bits bi direction Mode 4 default 8x 16 bits 8 up 8 down uni direction 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 SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting the Enabled 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 Enabled Disabled default 17 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals E Figure 5 Integrated Peripheral Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals H UIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter F DIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter F SuperIO Device ieee Enter Menu Level Ti e Move Enter Selec
27. 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 optional 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 21 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Fulkduplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mo de The default value is SPP The Choices SPP Default Using Parallel Port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA This item allows you to determine ECP Mode Use DMA The Choices 3 default 1 22 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Me
28. 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 Delay for HDD Secs This 1tem allows you to select the timing of Delay for HDD The Choices 0 default SMALL LOGO EPA SHOW This item allows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when system boots up Disabled No Small Logo shows when system boots Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The Choices Disabled default Enabled 13 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 E lten Help F DRAM Configuration Press Enter E LOT amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Henu Level F Henory Hole Disabled ULink Bode Selection Mode 41 Init Di
29. e Setting Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 05 i 4 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Delay For HDD Secs gt Small LogotEPA gt Show Summary Screen Show T13 Move 93 Enter Select Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup PU PD Value F5 Previous Values Non 052 1 A Enabled Disabled FifMi Save E C Exit Fi General Help F7 Optimized Defaults This item allows you to setup boot seq amp Floppy NW Figure 3 1 Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup H Hard Disk Boot Priority First Hoot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Enter Select a af Ye 111 A Move B PUSPD Value Fi S Save z Optimized Defa Press Enter Floppy Hard Disk 1512861 Enabled Disabled Enabled Menu Level H Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority ESC Exit Fi General Help K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup Hard Disk Boot Priorit E Figure 3 1 1 Hard Disk Boot Priority Ges oo OF A Oo Bo k Ti Move Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Master Item Help Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level er Sec lave US BHDDA Use lt T gt or 44 gt to US BHDDA select a device then US BHDD2 E press lt gt to move it Bootable Add in Cards up or lt gt to move
30. e 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 Lanmeh Utility Exit E ea 24 K8T890 A9 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder M 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 and PCI clock information b invoking respective panels C percentage stages Man walking overclock Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 CPU SPEED cpu COLOCA venar CLOCK Hardware Montor Buttori m n Overclock B ltbon Voltage Button Car racing gt overclock percentage from 120 above e About Buttons o A E MA ou A z 66 5 1 la i nH AGP CLOCK MHz g Gas 33 3 MHz GLOGK MHz ER CLOCK ov MHz Over clock percentage 100 24023 11 46 AM 25 K8T890 A9 3 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the foll
31. e password with a maximum of 8 characters The Choices Hot Key default PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disable default Ctrl F1 CtrHF2 CtrHF3 CtrHF4 Ctri ES CtrHF6 CtrHF7 Ctr F8 CtrHF9 Ctri F10 CtrHF11 CtrHF12 Power Wake Any Key PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 by 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 26 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 is 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
32. e sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Options are Press lt Enter gt to Slave its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Options are Press lt Enter gt to Master its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Options are Press lt Enter gt to Slave its sub menu enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of Drive B 1 2M 5 25 in floppy disk drive installed in your 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None EGA VGA Select the default CGA 40 video device CGA 80 MONO K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup tem Options Deseription O Halt On All Errors Select the situation in No Errors which All but you want the BIOS to Keyboard stop All but the POST process Diskette ana All but Disk notify you Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Displays the amount Memory of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features E Figure3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Menu Level po Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled On 1 Disabled F Boot Seq Floppy Setup F Shadow Setup F Cache Setup Virus Warning Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rat
33. figuration or CMOS Failure correct information is in setup Cannot boot system after installing Set master slave jumpers second hard drive correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives 21 K8T890 A9 CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER E Warp3peeder 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overclock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the 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 rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the Original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support
34. hadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled Cache Setup E Figure3 3 Cache Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Cache Setup CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECG Checking Enabled Menu Level PF tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 11 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache External Cache This option enables or disables Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disable Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warnmg 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 warnmg 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
35. his special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup mformation when the power is turned 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 M but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controllin g the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AW ARD BIOS ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface
36. irus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting floppy drive A media INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make a bootable floppy disk 2 Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 3 Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter System will boot up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt xxxx means BIOS name System will update BIOS automatically and restart 9 The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly OLA 19 K8T890 A9 B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is over heated the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU and the system may not power on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protecti
37. isable 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 20 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup USB Emulation Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support The Choices On default off USB Mouse Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached mouse keyboard The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I O Device E Figure 5 3 Super IO Device Phoenix Award WorkstationBIO CHOS Setup Utility Superl Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 1RQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 1RQ3 1 Menu Level H UART Mode Select Normal 1 UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 7I R7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 31 Tis Move Enter Select PU SPD Value FiB Save E C Exit Fi General Help DUE A e nized Defa 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
38. nu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features E Figure 6 Power Manage ment Setup Phoenix Award WorkstationBIO S CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S i PO0 Power Management Option User Define Menu Level a HDD Power Doun Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method LUH SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 31 Soft ff by PWRETH Instant 0 f Run UGABIOS if 3 Resume Autol Ac Loss Auto Restart OFF J Chassis Open Warning Disabled H IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter TleeiMove Enter Select PUSPD Value FibiSave ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 F5 Previous Values timized Defaults ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 83 POS STR Power Management Option 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
39. nu 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 1 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 E Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features F 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 PC1 Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Esc Quit F9 Menu in elses Select Item Fil Save amp Exit Setup Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you
40. on function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plug in the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clear the CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 20 K8T890 A9 4 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate fan securely plugged in inside power supply does not turn 2 Replace cable on Contact technical support Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights Using even pressure on both ends of are on power indicator lights are lit the DIMM press down firmly until the and hard drive is spinning module snaps into place System does not boot from hard disk Check cable running from disk to drive can be booted from optical drive disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only boots from optical drive Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files can be used but booting from hard disk 2 Reformat the hard drive is impossible Re install applications and data using backup disks Screen message says Invalid Review system s equipment Make sure Con
41. ou to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60C 140F 65C 149 F 70 C 158 F CPU Veore 3 3 V 5 0V DRAM Voltage 1 5V Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage and battery status automatically CPU Temperature Show you the CPU temperature CPU FAN Speed This field displays the CPU FAN speed SYS FAN Speed This field displays the speed of the SYSTEM fan 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 32 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Voltage Control E Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control i 3 Frequency Voltage Control DDR Voltage L 2 658 Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Menu Level PF Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU Clock 166MHz 1 Async AGP PCI clock Disabled The Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previouz Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Vcore This item allows you to select CPU Vcore Voltage The Choices 9 6 6 4 3 2 Default DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage The Choices 2 95V 2 85V 2 75V 2 65V default AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled SPREAD SPECTRUM
42. owing 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 Ja UN CLA d r E RELATA 100 pr Hi a OE 26 K8T890 A9 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure a Revue Decks Bor Ha Butt Reel io Sarton E isan Sid Hx Batis i JHA Eution _ _ Meee cern Overclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Recover Options Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group f Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value 27
43. rite access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRO For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices The unit is byte The Choices 4096 default 31 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status E Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix Award WorkstationBIO CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Menu Level p Show HWH Monitor in POSI Enabled The Move Enter 5elect 9 PU PD Value pager aus ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item allows y
44. s USB Function Software E Supports 9 Touch Flasher WinFlasher and Warpspeeder PACKAGE LIST FDD cable x1 HDD cable x1 User s Manual x1 Fully Setup Driver CD x1 Rear l O panel for ATX case x1 USB 2 0 cable x1 optional Serial ATA cable x2 optional S PDIF out cable x1 optional K8T890 A9 1 3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS JKBMS1 JKBV1 a CPU1 D o nd pOd O A l pOr D So Baro ar JATXPWR2 JUSB e _ mo JCFAN1 a 3 4 JUSBLAN1 JUSBV1 Aa K8T890 JAUDIO2 JAUDIO1 optional JUSBV2 col J1 optional Moo eleljelejl ejeje elelejele o o oleole oo ooo o im JATXPWR1 FDD1 00000 Mooo JCDIN1 coool JUSB1 a oom JSPDIF_OUT1 Super 1 0 Note W represents the 1 pin JSPDIF_IN1 optional __ VT8237R JUSE2 JSATA1 Lt o o oo 00 mo o 4 oo A JSATA2 JCMOS1 M o o m o JCH Moo o ria JDJt optional optional JSFAN1 JPANEL1 oom o K8T890 A9 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING U
45. sees 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation sscccsssccenssccensssnensssennesens 6 2 1 Installing Central Processing Unit CPU ccccocncccccccccccncacannnanoss 6 2 2 FAN Fede Sumatra 7 2 3 Installing System Memory ccococcccccccncoocnnnoncnonananonananonanoncnannncnarcncnnnnos 8 2 4 Connectors and MOS iaa ada 9 Chapter 3 Headers 8 Jumpers SelUDo coccooncccoconcccccococononononons 12 3 1 How to Setup JUMPETS cccccooccconoccccnconncconanancnncann cnn nannn no nann nn nnannnnos 12 3 2 DES IESO Saro 12 Chapter 4 Useful HO Dana aaes 19 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Cd w cccccssssecssssessseesssseessseenssenesssnenssseeneaes 19 4 2 EXtra NNO MAGE OM acia ias 19 4 3 TFOUDECSNOOU NG airada rra 21 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder essence 22 5 1 NEO UCO creer cree mee hearer ieee ren ener i eee ier aa ier 22 5 2 System Requirement ccsccssssecsseesssseessseessseeesssneesseneesseeensseneess 22 5 3 Stall QL ON tara atau A 23 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 24 K8T890 A9 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A Hardware CPU E Supports AMD Socket 939 i Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX Athlon 64 Athlon 64 X2 processor E AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing E Supports HyperTransport Technology up to 2000MT s Full duplex E Supports AMD Cool n Quiet Technology Chipset E North Bridge VIA K8T890 E South Bridge VIA VT8237R Dimension i ATX Form Factor
46. 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 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt P gUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystro ke Move to previous item Down Move to next item arrow Left Move to the item onthe left menu bar arrow Move to the item onthe right menu bar Move to the item you desired Enter PgUp Increase the numeric value or make changes ke Decrease the numeric value or make changes ke Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menuand Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Mam Me
47. splay First PCI Slot System BIOS Gacheable Disabled Th ihove Enter belect PFI Value FiMisave ESCG Exit Fl General Help FS Previous Values Fr Optinized Defaults DRAM Configuration E Figure 4 1 DRAM Configuration Timing Mode Auto Menu Level H MIRR mapping mode Continuous tl Move Enter Select PU PD lalue Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 14 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup Timing Mode The Choices Auto default Memclock index value The Choices 200MHz default CAS Latency Tel This field specify the cas latency 1 e cas to read data valid The Choices CL 2 5 default CL 3 0 CL 2 0 Min RAS active time tR AS This field specifies the minimum RAS active time Typically 45 60 Nsec The Choices 8T default 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 4T default Row Precharge Time tRP This field specifies the Row precharge Time Precharge to Active or Auto Refresh of the same bank Typically 20 24 Nsec The Choices 2T default MTRR mapping mode The Choices Continuous default Discrete Row to Row Delay Trrd The Choices 2T default 15 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 ke
48. t PU PD Value FibiSave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F 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 E Figure 5 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip SATA Enabled SATA Mode IDE IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Menu Level Pb OnChip IDE Channel Enabled OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiB iSave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 18 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup OnChip SATA This option allows you to enable the onchip Serial ATA The Choices Enabled default Disabled SATA Mode This option allows you to select SATA Mode The Choices IDE default RAID IDE DMA Transfer Access This option allows you to select 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
49. to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults Y N WN 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 Password K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 Y Exit Without Saving
50. ts block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled 19 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup 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 m Figure 5 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device UIA 3858 ACI Audio Auto UTA 36843 OnChip LAH Enabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled Menu Level Fr OnChip USB Controller 411 Enabled OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled USB Emulation ON Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value FiMi5ave ESCiExit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Optimized Defaults VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 3043 OnChip LAN This option allows you to control the onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Enable disabled default OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to d
51. 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 State after power on The Choices 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 12 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup Typematic Dela sec 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 apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC 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
52. y it will take you a submenu with the following options E Figure 4 2 LDT amp PCI Bus Control Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility LDI amp PCI Bus Control Upstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit LDT Bus Frequency Auto Menu Level P FCI Master WS Write Enabled 1 PCI2 Master WS Write Enabled PCI1i Post Write Enabled 1 PCI2 Post Write Enabled 1 PCI Delay Transaction Enabled TheeiMove Enter S5elect PU PDWalue FifiSave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 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 Auto default 600MHz 400MHz 200MHz PCI1 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCD Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Post Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled 16 K8T890 A9 BIOS Setup PCD Post Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay trans

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