Biostar K8M890-M7 PCI-E Owner's Manual
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1. 7 Reserved ES E 8 Key 9 Left line out i EK Speaker out Left mm 10 Left line out mq O Speaker out Left En 11 Right line in _ Rear speaker Right B EM con 12 Right line in Rear speaker Right 13 Left line in Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left 13 K8M890 M7 PCI E JATXPWRI 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 24 5 Ground 6 45V 7 Ground 8 PW OK 9 Standby Voltage 45V 10 12V 11 12V 12 2 x 12 Detect 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 Ground 16 PS ON s 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground JATXPWR2 ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit2. PCI EX1 1 PCI EX16 10 K8M890 M7 PCI E CNH1 Communication Network Riser Slot The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which supports modem only 11 K8M890 M7 PCI E CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is close if not that means the jumper is open E Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JUSBVI JUSBV2 Power Source Headers for USB Ports Pin 1 2 Close JUSBV1 5V for USB ports at JUSBLAN1 JUSBV2 5V for USB ports at front panel JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 Pin 2 3 Close JUSBV1 USB ports at JUSBLAN1 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV2 USB ports at front panel JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 are powered by
3. 5V standby voltage JUSBV1 a ie i e e i i Pin 1 2 Close Default 1 3 3 1 LJ m DE O 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 K8M890 M7 PCI E JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 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 such as USB card reader Assignment 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NC JUSB1 JUSB2 JUSB3 3 optional 2 10 OO000 Moco 1 9 eo JFAUDIO1 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 Assignment Mic in center Ground Mic power Bass Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right 6 Right line out Speaker out Right UU O AON 3
4. IDE1 IDE2 Hard Disk Connectors 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 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 K8M890 M7 PCI E PCI1 PCI2 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 2 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 PCI EX16 PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum bandwidth is up to 4GB s PCI EX1 1 PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum bandwidth is up to 250MB s per direction
5. E Pin Assignment ar 1 412V CE 2 12V dd is 3 Ground e Hi 4 Ground 4 1 14 K8M890 M7 PCI E JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header EE Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 Ground JPANELI 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 2 Seep contol Ls tor Ps na speaker a Ground Connector 6 NA INA 8 Power LED 9 HDDLED Im Power LED Power LED HDD LED 12 ET Iocan LED c Power button Power on button anion Reset control Paz NA 18 NA IrDA Connector IrDA Connector 21 5V o optiona
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8. on LJ E J Er pue pe BN Note Assignment Ground 12V FAN RPM rate sense 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 K8M890 M7 PCI E 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated Note To remove the DDR modules push the ejector tabs at both sides of the slot outward at the same time and pull the modules out vertically K8M890 M7 PCI E 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
9. 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 oystem will boot up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf srvpy 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 oS 18 K8M890 M7 PCI E B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is over heated the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU and the system may not power on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seco
10. little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility if selected Lanuch Utility Exit Te meo Z1c i LEEu K8M890 M7 PCI E 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer to the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overclock percentage from 100 110 96 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Carracing overclock percentage from 12096 above About Buttorf qoe d TD SES t mH AOE hz 99 kee 33 3 CPU CLOCK MHz PCI GLOCK MHz OVER CLOCK i VENRAY I jx 192 7 ecRcENTAGE 100 r H adr d WATE Monitor Buttori F Over clock percentage LOU Overclock Botton ni Voltage Button 8E O V 1146 AM 24 K8M890 M7 PCI E 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
11. D ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input JSATA1 JSATA2 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 oo Assignment Ground TX RX Ground Noounwonai J 5 x lt 7 4 1 JSATA1 JSATA2 17 K8M890 M7 PCI E CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound 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 virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If the
12. E CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Step 1 Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle A Step 2 Look for the triangle cut edge on socket and the gold dot on CPU should point forwards this triangle cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation K8M890 M7 PCI E Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then lower the lever to locked position to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buckle it on the retention frame Connect the CPU FAN power cable into 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 JCFANI CPU Fan Header JSFANI System Fan Header eo 1 3 JCFAN1 Pin JSFAN1 i I io io B a RE Co
13. K8M890 M7 PCI E 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 INTOGUGCHON iii fio io Ho eoo Fehr Fre ege aeaa 1 LI M otherboard Features esee nennen nnn nnns 1 1 2 Package Checklist
14. LUS Dimensions L Micro ATX Form Factor 18 99cm W x 24 38cm L Operating System Supporting Supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP Note Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows ME Two 32bit PCI bus master slots One PCI Express x16 slot One PCI Express x1 slot One CNR slot On board IDE i Two on board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives i Supports PIO mode 0 4 I Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Master Mode System Memory i Supports up to 2 DDR devices i Supports DDR 266 333 400 i Maximum memory capacity is up to 2GB Following table is only for reference DIMM Socket l DDR Module Total Memory Size DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 l Max is 2 GB DIMM2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 K8M890 M7 PCI E Super I O I Chip ITE 8705AF I ISA Industry Standard Architecture Interface I Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality i Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function Onboard AC 97 Sound CODEC i Chip REALTEK ALC655 i Support 6 channels i Supports SPDIF out function i Compliant with AC 97 Version 2 3 specification Onboard Serial ATA i Controller integrated in VT8237R PLUS I Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions i Supports 2 serial ATA SATA ports Data transfer rates up to 150 MB s Compliant with SATA Version 1 0 specification 10 100 LAN PHY L PHY RTL8201CL I Supports 10 Mb s and 100 Mb s auto negoti
15. ation E Half Full duplex capability i Supports ACPI PCI power management K8M890 M7 PCI E Internal On board I O Connectors and Headers 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 SPDIF Out connector supports digital audio out function 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 3 USB headers support 6 USB 2 0 ports at front panel header JUSB1 is optional Back Panel I O Connectors eee 2 USB 2 0 ports 1 VGA port 1 Serial port 1 Game port 1 Printer port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse port 1 PS 2 Keyboard port 1 Audio port including 1 Speaker out connector 1 Line in connector and 1 MIC in connector PS 2 Ih Mouse Printer port L NN SS PS 2 Keyboard USB x2 Om annann ee ee ee nuu na DP K8M890 M7 PCI E PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case X 1 USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional S PDIF Cable X 1 optional 1 3 JKBMS1
16. 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 Hmc EMQECIOC i r E RINTI 100 p Hs EM SST 25 K8M890 M7 PCI E 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 al en srl gis BL 4 oen lo Sarton Den crga Inani Ex Hx Batis i JHA Eution BOS REGA Overclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Recovery Options Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value 26 K8M890 M7 PCI E C Auto overclock button Us
17. er 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 M utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status information of your system The informa
18. l optional IRTX IRRX K8M890 M7 PCI E JCMOSI 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 m o j3 Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation default H i l Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS data Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 Close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 Close Power on the AC Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data JCI1 Chassis Open 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 DARN Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 Ground 16 K8M890 M7 PCI E JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices like C
19. nds 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 JCMOS 1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 19 K8M890 M7 PCI E 4 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Soin No power to the system at all Power light don t illuminate fan inside power supply does not turn o on Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on Make sure power cable is securely plugged in Replace cable Contact technical support 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 drive can be booted from optical drive System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible Check cable running from disk to disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time Back up data and applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Screen message says Invalid Review system s equipment Make sure Configuration or CMOS Failure correct information is in setu
20. p Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive 20 Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives K8M890 M7 PCI E CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER RA WarpSpeeder 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the 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 M technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the Original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP Di
21. rectX 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 21 K8M890 M7 PCI E 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install eb pma Ip jha hodia prar be wepi porin NIU T ee al eel eel es pee ey Dre Ta ron cick Had 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 lisi t ada bis Pw C ches zubur Far iras ote arp caer cor VERE coe E Largh rhe ui ices T Ug Bir Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 22 K8M890 M7 PCI E 5 4 WARPSPEEDER1M 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 di O 99 1133 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
22. tion will be refreshed every 1 second i n j d 9 ss ew K8M890 M7 PCI E 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 gi F ar Coates 0553 i i LA a 28 K8M890 M7 PCI E Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder M utility more robust
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