PC CHIPS A21G (V1.1)
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1. rm 10 Connecting Optional T 12 Devi ES 14 Expansion Slots 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 18 TO m eee 18 Running the Setup Utility TER Standard CMOS Setup 19 Advanced Setup Page PIPER END 20 Feat res Setup 22 Power Management Setup Page as 23 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 25 BIOS Security Features Setup Page 25 CPU PnP Setup 26 Hardware Monitor dr bU teenie fac dE Reo DU Hd IESU ERI DU RUNE 27 Load Optimal Defaults aus debet Zu Save Changes and NEIN 27 Discard Changes and 28 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications 29 TOC 20 Installing Support S E Emp 209 Bundled Software Installation setis 31 ii Notice Motherboard User s Guide Owing to Micro2. DDR SDRAM provides 2 1 GB s 2 7 GB s or 3 2GB s data transfer rate when the bus is 133 MHz 166 MHz or 200 MHz respectively DIMM1 DIMM2 Memory Module Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 2 GB system memory Refer to the following to install the memory module 1 Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket 2 Align the memory module with the socket There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can install the DIMM module in the correct direction Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on the DIMM socket 3 Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 4 Install any remaining DIMM modules Motherboard User s Guide Note for dual channel DDR 1 You CAN NOT use only one DIMM2 for it might cause the system shutdown 2 You need to use DIMM1 and DIMM2 with the same size of memory modules J umper Settings Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT removing a jumper cap from these pins OPEN JP1 Clear CMOS Jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your motherboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the motherboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting
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4. 5V USB Dual Voltage Value Auto Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults CPU Type This item shows the type of the CPU installed in your system CPU Over clocking Func This item decides the CPU over clocking function installed in your system If the over clocking fails please turn off the system power And then hold the PageUp key similar to the Clear CMOS function and turn on the power the BIOS will recover the safe default CPU Frequency This item shows the frequency of the CPU installed in your system DRAM Frequency This item shows the frequency of the DRAM in your system Memory Voltage This item determines the DDR voltage adjustment CPU VID This item shows voltage of the CPU in your system 26 pter 3 BIOS Setup Utility Voltage Value This item identifies the CPU default voltage value The value may change depending on the CPU you installed on the motherboard Hardware Monitor Page This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this motherboard CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Hardware Monitor Setup System Hardware Monitor Help Item Vcore 1 463V 1 2VLDT 1 248V Vdimm 2 512V 5V 5 026V 12V 12 056V 5VSB 4 961V CPU FAN2 Speed 4017 RPM SYSTEM FAN1 Speed 0 RPM CPU Temperature 50 C 122 F SYSTEM Temperature 31 C 87 F balove Enter
5. It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path names of software driver Auto Installing under Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP If you are under Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP please click the Setup button to run the software auto installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 1 The installation program loads and displays the following screen Click the Next button Welcome X Welcome to the MainBoard Setup program This program will install MainBoard on your computer Itis strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or amy portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the meximum extent possible under lew Cancel 2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed LLL LL A ug net lus E ae iE 5 The support software will automatically install 30 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications Once any of the installation procedures start software 1s au
6. Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults CPU System Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement FANs amp Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements Load Optimal Defaults This option opens a dialog box to ask if you are sure to install optimized defaults or not You select OK and then Enter the Setup Utility loads all default values or select Cancel and then Enter the Setup Utility does not load default values Save Changes and Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration When the Save Changes and Exit dialog box appears select OK to save and exit or Cancel to return to the main menu 27 Motherboard User s Guide Discard Changes and Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Discard Changes and Exit dialog box appears select OK to discard changes and exit or Cancel to return to the main menu Note If you have made settings that you do not want to save use the Discard Changes and Exit item and select OK to discard any changes you have made 28 Introduction This chapter describes the contents of the support CD ROM that comes with the motherboard package T
7. IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system You set this value to No to free up an IRQ PCI IDE BusMaster This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode We recommend you to leave this item at the default value BIOS Security Features Setup Page This page helps you install or change a password CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Security Features Security Settings Help Item Install or Change the password Change Supervisor Password Press Enter Fla Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults 25 Supervisor Password This item indicates whether a supervisor password has been set If the password has been installed Installed displays If not Not Installed displays Change Supervisor Password You can select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to change the supervisor password CPU PnP Setup Page This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc CPU PnP Setup Athl n 6 essor 3700 Help Item CPU Overclocking Func Disabled C5U Freq Over Clock 200 to CPU Fequenc 230 DRAM Frequency SPD Memory Voltage 2 6V
8. Version This item only shows up when the Parallel Port mode is defaulted at ECP amp EPP or EPP Thus use this item to select the EPP version 1 7 or 1 9 ECP Mode DMA Channel Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port 22 OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Use this item to enable or disable both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE channels OnBoard SATA IDE Use this item to enable the onboard SATA IDE channel Audio Device This item enables or disables the AC 97 audio chip Modem Device This item enables or disables the onboard Modem Ethernet Device This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN OnBoard LAN Root ROM Enable this item if you want to excute the Boot ROM function of onboard LAN while starting the system OnBoard USB Function Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard USB Function For DOS Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard in a DOS environment Power Management Setup Page This page sets some parameters for system power management operation CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Power Management Setup ACPI Aware 0 S Yes Power Management Enabled Help item Suspend Mode S1 Enable Disable Suspend Time Out Disabled ACPI support for Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled Operating System LAN Ring Power O
9. a PowerNow are identical The same BIOS data structures are used 21 Features Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Features Setup OnBoard Floppy Controller Enabled Help Item Serial Portl Address 3F8 IRQ4 OnBoard IR Port Disabled Allows BIOS to Enable or Parallel Port Address 378 Disable Floppy Controller Parrllel Port Mode ECP amp EPP EPP Version 1 9 ECP Mode DMA Chnnel DMA3 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both OnBoard SATA IDE Enabled Audio Device Enabled Modem Device Auto Ethernet Device Enabled OnBoard LAN Boot ROM Disabled OnBoard USB Function Enabled USB Function For DOS Disabled Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface Serial Port1 Address Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM 1 2 serial port and to assign a port address OnBoard IR Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port and to assign a port address Parallel Port Address Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Parallel port and to assign a port address Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the parallel port mode You can select ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP
10. on the Modem or traffic on the network adapter You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Keyboard Power On If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing any keys or Power key on the keyboard or typing in the password You must enable the Keyboard Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Wake Up Key When Keyboard Power On is set to Wake Up Key this item is available and users can press any keys on the keyboard 24 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those utilizing the system plug and play capability CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc PCI Plug and Play Setup Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Help Item Share Memory Size 32 MB Allocate IRQ to PCIVGA Option PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled i t j Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Primary Graphics Adapter This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second display card installed in an AGP slot Share Memory Size This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display application with several options Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA If this item is enabled an
11. setup utility Press to modify the selected field s values 18 Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item and press PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through alternative values of that item The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer OK or Cancel by selecting the OK or Cancel key If you have already changed the setup utility press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility Press F1 to display a screen describing all key functions Press F9 to install the setup utility with a set of default values Standard CMOS Setup Page This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your system CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Standard CMOS Setup System Time 00 004 12 System Date Mon 04 05 2004 Help Item Primary IDE Master Not Detected User Enter TAB or SHIFT TAB to Primary IDE Slave Not Detected select a field Secondary IDE Master Not Detected Use 4 or to configure system i Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected time Floppy A 1 44 MB 3 1 2 Floppy B Disabled Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults System Time amp System Date These items set up system date and time Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary
12. I slots Onboard IDE channels Two IDE Connectors Supports PIO Programmable Input Output and DMA Direct Memory Access modes Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133 100 66 MB sec Serial ATA Two Serial ATA Connectors Transfer rate exceeding best ATA 150 MB s with scalability to higher rates Low pin count for both host and devices AC 97 Codec e Compliant with AC 97 2 3 specification e 16 bit Stereo full duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling rate Support for 3 3v digital 5v analog power supply and low power consumption management e Three analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD AUX e Front Out Surround Out MIC In and LINE In Jack Sensing e Two analog line level mono input 2 Chapter 1 Introduction e Standard 48 Pin LQFP Onboard I O Ports Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port e parallel port One VGA port Four back panel USB2 0 ports e One LAN port optional e Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Fast Ethernet LAN optional Built in 100Base TX 10Base T Physical Layer solution Dual Speed 100 10 Mbps Interface to Ethernet Controller and Configuration Status e Auto Negotiation 10 100 Full Half Duplex e Meet All applicable IEEE 802 3 IOBase T and 100 Base TX Standards USB 2 0 e Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revi
13. IDE Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk characteristics Size Cyls etc manually If you have a CD ROM drive select the setting CDROM If you have an ATAPI device with removable media e g a ZIP drive or an LS 120 select Floptical Floppy A B These items set up size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive s installed in the system 19 Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system Handle this page with caution Any changes can affect the operation of your computer CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Setup Quick Boot Enabled Help Item 15 Boot Device HDD PM ST3120023AS Allows BIOS to skip 2 Boot Device CD DVD 3S CD ROM 52 certain tests while booting 3 Boot Device 1ST FLOPPY DRIVE This will decrease the time Try Other Boot Device Yes needed to boot the system Bootup Num Lock On Boot To 05 2 gt 64MB No AGP Aperture Size 64 MB CAS Latency CL Auto TRCD Auto TRAS Auto TRP Auto Auto Detect DIMM PCI C1K Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Cool N Quiet Enabled ie Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Quick Boot If you enable this item the system star
14. Y V V Y Y Y Y Y Y Y V Y Y Y Y Y V v Y y Y Y Y Y SSS Motherboard User s Guide This publication including photographs illustrations and software is under the protection of international copyright laws with all rights reserved Neither this guide nor any of the material contained herein may be reproduced without the express written consent of the manufacturer The information in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchant ability or fitness for any particular purpose Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines AMD Athlon 64 Sempron are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Other names used in this publication may be trademarks and are acknowledged Static Electricity Precautions 1 Don t take this motherboard and components out of their original static proof pack
15. age until you are ready to install them 2 While installing please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary Put this motherboard on the top of static protection package with component side facing up while installing Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components and connectors on the board 2 If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged do not connect power to the system Contact your motherboard vendor about those damages Copyright O 2005 All Rights Reserved A21G Series V1 0 April 2005 Motherboard User s Guide Table of Contents Trademark qe P i 1 1 0007 Contents RET 4 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation eee ecce ee eere eee 9290000 5 Motherboard Components VO POTS 7 Installing th te ee NM M MR IM MPa iM Redi EE 7 Installing Memory Modules 8 Jumper TU
16. ard has one AGP one CNR and three 32 bit PCI slots 16 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation Follow the steps below to install an AGP CNR PCI expansion card 1 Locate the AGP CNR or PCI slots on the mainboard 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw 8X AGP Slot You can install a graphics adapter that supports the 8X AGP specification and has a 8X AGP edge connector in the AGP slot CNR Slot You can install the CNR Communications and Networking Riser cards in this slot including LAN Modem and Audio functions PCI Slots You can install the 32 bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots 17 Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer such as date and time the type of hardware installed and various configuration settings Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system compo nents If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold dow
17. connector 3PIN 20 5 NI E MN EA n Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the motherboard Linz in pus Parle pari Lim of erpa PS 2 Mouse Use the upper PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 pointing device PS 2 Keyboard Use the low er PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 keyboard Parallel Port EPT1 Use the Parallel port to connect printers or other parallel communications devices Serial Port COM1 Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COMI is identified by the system as VGA Port Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices LAN Port optional Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Netw ork USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Audio Ports Use these three audio jacks to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo Line In signal the second jack for stereo Line Out signal and the third jack for Microphone Installing the Processor This motherboard has a socket 939 processor socket When choosing a proces sor consider the performance requirements of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory Motherboard User s Guide CPU Installat
18. ect the ribbon cable from the port to the SIR1 header and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis 13 Motherboard User s Guide Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below O Floppy Disk Drive The motherboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives Drives can be 3 5 or 5 25 wide with capacities of 360K 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDD1 IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device The Master device connects to the end of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the device s to the Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the motherboard 14 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation If you want to install more IDE devices you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to
19. for a few seconds Jumper Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short Pins 2 3 Note To avoid the system unstability after clearing CMOS we recommend users to enter the main BIOS setting page to Load Optimal De faults and then Save Changes and Exit Install The Motherboard Install the motherboard in a system chassis case The board is a Micro ATX size motherboard You can install this motherboard in an ATX case Make sure your case has an I O cover plate matching the ports on this motherboard 10 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation Install the motherboard in a case Follow the case manufacturer s instructions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis PANEL 1 Connect the power connector from the power supply to the PWR1 connector on the motherboard PWR2 is a 12V connecotr for CPU Vcore power If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the fan power connector on the motherboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL 1 header Signa Pm Sons SW RESET SW NC 6 FOWER SW PG RESET_SW_P POWER SW N RSVD_DNU 11 Motherboard User s Guide Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard s optional devices SPK1 Speaker Header SPK1 Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the mothe
20. he support CD ROM contains all useful software necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products More program information is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manual installation depending on your operating system If your operating system is Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your motherboard Installing Support Software 1 Insert the support CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive 2 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the system CD ROM drive the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen 3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup Browse CD and Exit on the right side and three others Setup Application and ReadMe at the bottom Please see the following illustration The Setup button runs the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface 29 Motherboard User s Guide The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup icon The Application button brings up a software menu
21. igh Performance Workstation amp PC Desktop Designs High performance North Bridge with HyperTransport interface to AMD K8 CPU plus AGP 8X external bus to external Graphics Controller plus high speed V Link interface to South Bridge e High Performance HyperTransport CPU Interface Processor interface via HyperTransport interface e Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Controller AGP v3 0 compliant 8X 4X transfer mode with Fast Write Support Pipelined split transaction long burst transfers up to 2 1 GB sec 4 bytes x 533 MHz 1 Motherboard User s Guide e High Bandwidth 1 GB Sec 16 Bit Ultra V Link Host Controller Supports 66MHz 4X and 8X transfer modes Ultra V Link Host interface with total bandwidth of 1 GB sec e Advanced System Power Management Support ACPI 2 0 and PCI Bus Power Management 1 2 compliant PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte sec data sent to north bridge via high speed Ultra V Link interface e PCI 22 compliant 32 bit 3 3V PCI interface with 5V tolerant inputs e Support three PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus Dual Channel Serial ATA RAID Controller Complies with Serial ATA Specification Revision 1 0 Memory Support e Two 184 pin 2 5V DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory modules Supports DDR400 333 266 memory bus Maximum installed memory 15 2GB Expansion Slots e One CNR slot e One 8X AGP slot e Three 32 bit PC
22. ion Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU Unhook the locking lever of the CPU socket Pull the locking lever away from the socket and raising it to the upright position 2 Match the pin corner marked as the beveled edge on the CPU with the pinl corner on the socket Insert the CPU into the socket Do not use force 3 Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket 4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU 5 Install the cooling fan heatsink unit onto the CPU and secure them all onto the socket base 6 Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU fan connector FAN2 on the motherboard Note To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation we suggest that you use a high quality fan with 4800 rpm at least CPU fan and heatsink installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan heatsink supplied The form and size of fan heatsink may also vary Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates two 184 pin 2 5 V DIMM sockets Dual Inline Memory Module for unbuffered DDR400 333 266 memory modules Double Data Rate SDRAM and maximum 2 0 GB installed memory 8 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 166 MHz or 200 MHz memory bus
23. le The CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card The Serial ATA cable The Serial ATA power cable Note You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation To install this motherboard in a system please follow these instructions in this chapter Q Identify the motherboard components Install a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly Install this motherboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers connectors on the motherboard Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to headers connectors on the motherboard Oooo do Note 1 Before installing this motherboard make sure jumper 1 1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JP1 and the setting options 2 Never connect power to the system during installation otherwise it may damage the motherboard Motherboard User s Guide Motherboard Components ATL T T LABEL COMPONENTS COLOR Standard 4 Pin ATX Pow er connector WHITE Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64 Athlon PU Socket 64 FX K8 CPUs DMM AN USES Y SATAY PANEL NR Sm POTS CD1 Analog Audio Input header AGP AUDO FAN2 CPU Fan
24. n Disabled Enable If OS supports Keyboard Power On Disabled ACPI Wake Up key Any key Disable If OS does not support ACPI Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults ACPI Aware O S This item supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature 29 Power Management Use this item to enable or disable a power management scheme If you enable power management you can use the items below to set the power management operation Both APM and ACPI are supported Suspend Mode This item selects the status S1 Stop Clock or S3 Suspend to RAM when the system enters the power saving Suspend mode Suspend Time Out This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode Resume On RTC Alarm RTC Alarm Date Days System Time The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system s RTC realtime clock Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature LAN Ring Power On The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call
25. n the Page Up key while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the motherboard such as the CPU system memory disk drives etc Running the Setup Utility Every time you start your computer a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Whenever you see this message press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor If you manually clear CMOS you need to press the F1 key that enters the Main menu page of the Setup Utility CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Standard CMOS Setup CPU PnP Setup Advanced Setup Hardware Monitor Features Setup Load Optimal Defaults Power Management Setup Save Changes and Exit PCI Plug and Play Setup Discard Changes and Exit BIOS Security Features i Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Defaults Standards COMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc V02 54 C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option Press the Escape key to leave the
26. on 64 FX K8 processors This motherboard integrates the VIA K8M800 Northbridge and VT8237 Southbridge that supports the Serial ATA interface for high performance and mainstream desktop PCs and the built in USB 2 0 providing higher bandwidth It implements Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 and is compliant with UHCI 1 1 and EHCI 0 95 It supports 6 channel AC 97 Audio Codec and provides one IDE Ultra DMA 133 100 66 channel It has three 32 bit PCI slots one 8X AGP slot one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and supports the onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional In addition this motherboard has a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard one serial port one parallel port one VGA port one LAN port optional four back panel USB2 0 ports and three audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Onboard USB header s can provide extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the motherboard This motherboard is a MicroATX size motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power supply Key Features The key features of this motherboard include Socket 939 Processor Support Supports AMD Athlon 64 Athlon 64 FX K8 processors Chipset There are VIA K8M800 Northbridge and VT8237 Southbridge in this chipset in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance Defines Highly Integrated Solutions for H
27. rboard AUDIO 2 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access 1 AUD MC 2 AUD GND 3 AUD MC BAS 4 AUD VCC 5_ AUD_FPOUTR 6 RUL RELR NE HP ON AUD FPOUT L AUD RET L USB3 USB4 Front Panel USB Header The motherboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB headers USB3 USBA to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard 12 Here is a list of USB pin assignments Pin _ Signal Pin Signal Ls 058 FP POG e USBTP Pi L7 GROUND fe GROUND 1 1 Locate the USB3 USB4 header on the motherboard Plug the bracket cable onto the USB3 USB4 header 3 Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system chassis Install an extension bracket in the opening Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw SIR1 Infrared Port Header The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Fin Signal Pin Signar KEY s 1 Locate the infrared port SIR1 header on the motherboard If you are adding an infrared port conn
28. sion 2 0 Compliant with Intel s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 0 e Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 1 e PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling e Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host Controller up to eight functional ports Support PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 Legacy support for all downstream facing ports BIOS Firmware This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following e Power management e Wake up alarms CPU parameters and memory timing CPU and memory timing The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds Dimensions e Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 190 mm 3 Motherboard User s Guide Note Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification Package Contents Your motherboard package ships with the following items The motherboard The User s Guide One diskette drive ribbon cable optional One IDE drive ribbon cable The Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard The Extended USB modu
29. soft s certifying schedule is various to every supplier we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pops out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation Harder The poni are bor Hig Pacha cried hari re Logo heiing I ess 441 pile PE 118 run bhig biir raggiar n may ampi m Ihn cmn ol pou zpzinm ibas or m the Macias iecore rni Thal wu stow Unis sre ern m 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000 2 2 If you connect a USB 2 0 hub to the root hub plugging USB devices into this hub the system might not successfully execute certain USB devices connection because it could not recognize these devices Currently we are working on such limitations solution As soon as the olution is done the updated USB drive will be released to our website www pcchips com for your downloading iii This motherboard has a Socket 939 supporting the newest and advanced AMD Athlon 64 Athl
30. the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the motherboard If you have two devices on the cable one must be Master and one must be Slave Serial ATA Devices The Serial ATA Advanced Technology Attachment is the standard interface for the IDE hard drives which is designed to overcome the design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms It provides you a faster transfer rate of 150 MB s If you have installed a Serial ATA hard drive you can connect the Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA hard drive or the connector on the motherboard On the motherboard locate the Serial ATA connectors SATA 1 2 which support new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface but maintains register compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA Analog Audio Input Header If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system When you first start up your system the BIOS should automatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the motherboard locate the 4 pin header CD1 1 Motherboard User s Guide Here is a list of CDI pin assignments Expansion Slots This motherbo
31. tomatically installed in sequence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing whatever software you selected When the process is finished all the support software will be installed and start working Bundled Software Installation All bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 2 A software menu appears Click the software you want to install 3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step by step until finished 31
32. ts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1 Boot Device 2 Boot Device 3 Boot Device Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start up time Try Other Boot Device If you enable this item the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations BootUp Num Lock This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system start up time Boot to OS 2 gt 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed AGP Aperture Size This item defines the size of aperture if you use a graphic adapter 20 CAS Latency CL This item determines the operation of DRAM memory CAS column address strobe It is recommended that you leave this item at the default value The 2T setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode TRCD TRAS TRP These items adjust the efficiency and stability of DRAM Auto detect DIMM PCI Clock When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM PCI slots Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spertrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic interface generated by the system Cool N Quiet It supports fan control to reduce fan noise when the CPU is running cool This motherboard and BIOS requirements for
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