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IntroductionPage 1-4Special Features&Cool ‘n’Quiet TechnologyReduce the noise and heat from your PC when AMD Cool’n’QuietTM Technologyis enabled.&
IntroductionPage 1-5Figure 5: System Block Diagram1-3 System Block Diagram
IntroductionPage 1-6
SpecificationPage 2-1Section 2SPECIFICATIONMainboard SpecificationProcessorSupports 754-pin Socket for AMD Athlon 64 processors with 1.6GTs HyperTra
SpecificationPage 2-2 S-ATA --> Integrated Serial ATA controller from Silicon Image SiI3114for 4 ports solution with RAID 0, 1 ,10, 5 and support
SpecificationPage 2-3 One S/PDIF-Out Optical (Optional) One Serial port One RJ45 LAN connector (Dual LAN optional for high-end level only) Four US
SpecificationPage 2-4Other Features Magic Health – a H/W monitoring software utility, for voltages, tempera-tures and fan-speeds sensing EZ Boot – A
InstallationPage 3-1Section 3INSTALLATIONNote: Depending on the model you purchased, some componentsare optional and may not be available.
InstallationPage 3-2Mainboard LayoutNote: Depending on the model you purchased, some componentsare optional and may not be available.
InstallationPage 3-3Easy Installation ProcedureThe following must be completed before powering on your new system:3-1. CPU Installation3-2. Jumper Set
iiDISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THEDESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITEDWARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURE
InstallationPage 3-4Step 5Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 onthe CPU socket as shown in theillustration above. The CPU is keyed toprevent incorrect i
InstallationPage 3-5Step 9Plug the CPU fan power into the mainboard’sCPU fan connector.The installation is complete.<Figure 9>Note: Thermal comp
InstallationPage 3-63-2 Jumper Settings1JCMOS:Settings:1-2: Normal (Default)2-3: Clear CMOSClear CMOS data JumperIf the CMOS data becomes corrupted
InstallationPage 3-7NOTES:• Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds (overclocking)may severely compromise the integrity of the system.3-3 S
InstallationPage 3-8DIMM Module InstallationFigure 11 displays the notch on the DDR DIMM memory module.DIMMs have 184 pins and one notch that matches
InstallationPage 3-93-4 Expansion SlotsInstalling an Expansion CardThe steps below assume that the mainboard is already installed in the system chassi
InstallationPage 3-10AGP Card Installation Caution1. AGP card component is blockedby DIMM socket lock.2. AGP slot clicker is not locked.3. AGP card ed
InstallationPage 3-11JCPU_FAN / JPWR_FAN / JSYS_FAN:CPU/Power/Chassis Fan Power ConnectorsJCPU_FAN: The CPU must be kept cool by using aheatsink with
InstallationPage 3-12FDD: Floppy Controller ConnectorThis mainboard connects floppy disk drive.IDE1/IDE2: Ultra DMA-100/133 Primary/SecondaryIDE Conne
InstallationPage 3-13CD-INAUX-INCD-IN/AUX-IN: CD Audio_IN ConnectorThe CD-IN and AUX-IN connectors are used toreceive audio form a CD-ROM drive, TV tu
iii80 Port Frequently Asked QuestionsBelow is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. Formore detailed information about PO
InstallationPage 3-14SPDIF: Sony/Philips Digital InterFace connectorThis connector links digital audio between themainboard and your audio devices, su
InstallationPage 3-15SATA1 / SATA2: Serial ATA ConnectorsSATA3 / SATA4 / SATA5 / SATA6 (Optional):Serial ATA Connectors support by Silicon ImageSiI311
InstallationPage 3-16LED: 80 Port Debug LEDProvides two-digit POST code to show why thesystem fail to boot. Allows quick and easyoptimization.80 Port
InstallationPage 3-17CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LEDThis LED will light up whenever the hard driveis being accessed. PWR_LEDThis connects
InstallationPage 3-183-7 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO)Modem-Ring Power ON FunctionThe I/O chipset provi
InstallationPage 3-193-8 ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) FunctionThis mainboard supports the STR (Suspend To RAM) power managementscheme by maintaining the a
InstallationPage 3-203-9 CPU Overheating ProtectionThis mainboard is equipped with CPU Overheating Protection. It will automati-cally remove power to
BIOSPage 4-1Section 4BIOS SETUPMain MenuThe ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify thebasic system configuration and h
BIOSPage 4-2The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need toreconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor
BIOSPage 4-34-2 Advanced BIOS FeaturesSelecting the “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITYmenu allows users to change system relate
ivTable of ContentsSection 1 IntroductionPackage Contents ... 1- 1Mainboard Features ...
BIOSPage 4-4Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warningmessage to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sec
BIOSPage 4-5Security OptionThis category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup.System: The system will not boot and the
BIOSPage 4-64-3 Advanced Chipset FeaturesChoose the “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUPUTILITY menu to display following menu.Figure
BIOSPage 4-7 DRAM ConfigurationScroll to DRAM Configuration and press <Enter>. The following screen appears:Current FSB FrequencyDisplay the cur
BIOSPage 4-8CAS# LatencyEnables you to select the CAS latency time. The value is set at the factory dependingon the DRAM installed. Do not change the
BIOSPage 4-9Write to Read delay (tWTR)This bits specifies the Write to Read delay. Samsung Calls this Tcd1r (last data in toread command). It is meas
BIOSPage 4-10AGP Driving ControlThis item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force. Choose “Manual” to key in aAGP Driving Value in the next select
BIOSPage 4-11PCI1/2 Master 0 WS WriteWhen Enabled, Writes to the PCI bus are commanded with zero wait states.Options: Enabled, Disabled.PCI1/2 Post Wr
BIOSPage 4-12 VIA OnChip IDE DeviceScroll to VIA Onchip IDE Device and press <Enter>. The following screen appears:Onchip SATAEnables the onboar
BIOSPage 4-13you are getting disk drive errors, try setting this value to Disabled. This field doesnot appear when the Internal PCI/IDE field, above,
vPC Health Status ... 4-22Power BIOS Features ... 4
BIOSPage 4-14VIA AC97 AudioThis item allows you to disable the chipset on-chip AC97 Audio.Options: Auto, Disabled.Game Port AddressSelect an address f
BIOSPage 4-15Marvell Lan Boot ROM (Optional)Enable/disable the onboard Marvell LAN Boot ROM.Options: Enabled, Disabled. Super IO DeviceScroll to Super
BIOSPage 4-16UR2 Duplex ModeThis item allows you to select IR half/full duplex function.Options: Half, Full.Use IR PinsThis item allows you to select
BIOSPage 4-174-5 Power Management SetupChoose the “Power Management setup” in the CMOS Setup Utility to display thefollowing screen. This menu allows
BIOSPage 4-18Suspend ModeAutomatically, shuts off all devices except the CPU after a preset period of systeminactivity.Options: Disabled, 1 , 2, 4 ,6,
BIOSPage 4-19Off: The system stays off after a power failure.Former-Sts: The system returns to the state it was in just prior to the powerfailure. IRQ
BIOSPage 4-20PowerOn by OnBoard LANThis item allows you to power on the system by onboard LAN from soft-off state.Options: Enabled, Disabled.Modem Rin
BIOSPage 4-21Resources Controlled ByDetermines what controls system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Auto (ESCD).Manual: PNP Card’s resources are con
BIOSPage 4-224-7 PC Health StatusFigure 8: PC Health StatusShow PC Health in POSTWhen this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed
BIOSPage 4-23VDIMMThe voltage level of the DRAM.VAGPThe voltage level of power supplied to AGP card.VBAT(V)The voltage level of the battery.VCC, Vio,
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BIOSPage 4-244-8 Power BIOS FeaturesThis page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance foroverclocking.Warning:Overclocking r
BIOSPage 4-25The value of the multiplier must be set so that:Multiplier x Front side Bus Frequency = CPU Clock SpeedFor example, if you have a process
BIOSPage 4-26Note: Overclocking failure will cause no display on monitor. At this instant,press <Insert> key to revert back to the initial or d
BIOSPage 4-274-10 Supervisor/User Password SettingThis function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to preventunauthorized chang
BIOSPage 4-284-11 Exiting BIOSSave & Exit SetupPressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?
S-ATA RAID ConfigurationPage 5-1Section 5S-ATA RAID CONFIGURATIONIntroductionThis section gives a brief introduction on the RAID-related background kn
S-ATA RAID ConfigurationPage 5-2RAID 0 (Striping)RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If anydisk member fails
S-ATA RAID ConfigurationPage 5-3This mainboard is equipped with the following SATA RAID controllers:1. VIA SATA from VIA VT8237 south bridge (SATA1/ S
S-ATA RAID ConfigurationPage 5-4Optional - Silicon Image Sil3114 S-ATA RAID Features• RAID 0, 1, 5, 10• Hot Spare and On-line Mirror Rebuilding• Syste
S-ATA RAID ConfigurationPage 5-5Enable RAID FunctionFor any RAID controller, the general procedure to enable RAID function are shownbelow: Step 1
IntroductionPage 1-1Section 1INTRODUCTION1-1 Package ContentsContentsA. MainboardB. User’s manualC. Floppy drive cableD. HDD drive cableE. CD (drivers
S-ATA RAID ConfigurationPage 5-6(Optional) Silicon Image Sil3114Wait for the following message to appear during boot-up:Press <CTRL-S> or F4 to
S-ATA RAID ConfigurationPage 5-7Method 21. Locate another computer and insert the bundled CD into its CD-ROM drive.2. Enter DOS mode and change direct
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Drivers InstallationPage 6-1Section 6DRIVER INSTALLATIONEasy Driver InstallationInsert the bundled CD-disk, the main menu screen will appear. The mai
Drivers InstallationPage 6-2Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide IntroductionTo obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "S
Drivers InstallationPage 6-3SpeakerConfiguration:<Figure 3>3. This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a correspondinga
Drivers InstallationPage 6-4<Figure 6>SPDIF:6. This page shows S/PDIF-In and S/PDIF-Out function on your system.S/PDIF-In: a. Click "Auto L
Drivers InstallationPage 6-5This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability. If an audio device is pluggedinto the wrong connector, a warning mess
Drivers InstallationPage 6-6<Figure 9>ConnectorSensing:9. After closing EZ-Connector, this page will show the latest connector statusas above.
AppendixA-1Appendix AA-1 Realtek Media Player User’s GuideFunctional DescriptionsA. Playback Windows DisplayPlayback windows displays the following m
IntroductionPage 1-21-2 Mainboard FeaturesFeatures Brief Introduction2 AthlonTM 64 ProcessorThe AMD AthlonTM 64 processor family is designed to suppor
AppendixA-2B. Playback Function ControlsThere are 8 selectable functions for the playback:1. Volume control High/Low Adjustment Bar.2. Pitch control 4
AppendixA-3D. Seeking barDisplay Animated Playback StatusE. Title/Play List WindowsDisplay Currently Selected Title(s)F. Title/Play List Edit Controls
AppendixA-4J. Platform Display Panel ControlsThe platform display panel control include “Minimize” & “Close”.1. Minimize Minimize Platform Display
AppendixB-1Appendix BB-1 Update Your System BIOSDownload the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to anempty directory on your
AppendixB-25. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file.6. To confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming.7. The BIOS update
AppendixC-1Power-on the system and wait for the following screen to appear. Press the ”Tab”key to enter its BIOS configuration utility.The main interf
AppendixC-22. Select Array Mode and press <Enter>, a list of array modes will appear. High-light the target array mode that you want to create,
AppendixC-34. If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2, the block size of the array can also beselected. Use the arrow key to highlight Block Size an
AppendixC-4Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1arrays. When a RAID is deleted, the data on these two hard
AppendixC-5Rebuild Broken RAID 1 ArrayWhen booting up the system, BIOS will detect if any member disk drives of RAIDhas failed or is absent. If BIOS
IntroductionPage 1-32 Hardware MonitoringHardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the systemoperation and status. The features i
AppendixC-63. Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild:This item enables users to select an already-connected hard drive to rebuild thebroken array. Afte
AppendixC-7C-2 Optional - Silicon Image Sil3114 RAID BIOS UtilityTo enter this BIOS utility, power on and wait for the following message to appearduri
AppendixC-8to both drives as a Mirrored set. If, however, the source disk does not havedata already stored on it, there is no need for Disk Copy.4. Th
AppendixD-1Appendix DD-1 POST CODESPOST (hex) DESCRIPTIONCFh Test CMOS R/W functionality.C0h Early chipset initialization:- Disable shadow RAM- Disabl
AppendixD-218h Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) andCPU level (586 or 686).19-1Ah Reserved1Bh Initial interrupts vecto
AppendixD-343h Test 8259 functionality.44h Reserved45-46h Reserved47h Initialize EISA slot48h Reserved49h 1. Calculate total memory by testing the las
AppendixD-46Eh Reserved6Fh 1. Initialize floppy controller2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware.70-72h Reserved73h (Optional Feature) Enter A
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