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System Board

User’s Manual

935-NF4F01-000G

91400610

Copyright

This publication contains information that is protected by copyright.

No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation/adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders.

This publication is provided for informational purposes only. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document. Further, the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes.

© 2006. All Rights Reserved.

Trademarks

Product names or trademarks appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and are the properties of the respective owners.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help.

Notice:

1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

Table of Contents

About this Manual................................................................................

Warranty.................................................................................................

Static Electricity Precaution................................................................

Safety Measures.....................................................................................

About the Package...............................................................................

Before Using the System Board.........................................................

Chapter 1 - Introduction....................................................................

Specifications...................................................................................................................................

Features..............................................................................................................................................

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Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation....................................................

System Board Layout ..........................................................................................................

System Memory..........................................................................................................................

CPU.......................................................................................................................................................

Jumper Settings............................................................................................................................

Rear Panel I/O Ports.............................................................................................................

Internal I/O Connectors.....................................................................................................

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Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup......................................................................

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Award BIOS Setup Utility.................................................................................................

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NVRAID BIOS..........................................................................................................................

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Sil3132 SataRAID BIOS.....................................................................................................

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Updating the BIOS..................................................................................................................

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Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares.....................................................

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Chapter 5 - Cool’n’Quiet Technology..............................................

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Chapter 6 - RAID.................................................................................

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Appendix A - System Error Message...............................................

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Appendix B - Troubleshooting..........................................................

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About this Manual

An electronic file of this manual is included in the CD. To view the user’s manual, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear. Click the “TOOLS” icon then click “Manual” on the main menu.

Warranty

1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from misuse of the product, inability to use the product, unauthorized replacement or alteration of components and product specifications.

2. The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physical abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unauthorized repair of the product.

3. Unless otherwise instructed in this user’s manual, the user may not, under any circumstances, attempt to perform service, adjustments or repairs on the product, whether in or out of warranty.

It must be returned to the purchase point, factory or authorized service agency for all such work.

4. We will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequencial damages to the product that has been modified or altered.

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Static Electricity Precautions

It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC, system board, components or devices even before installing them in your system unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build-up.

1. To prevent electrostatic build-up, leave the system board in its anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear an antistatic wrist strap.

3. Do all preparation work on a static-free surface.

4. Hold the device only by its edges. Be careful not to touch any of the components, contacts or connections.

5. Avoid touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connectors. Hold modules or connectors by their ends.

Important:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drive and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

Safety Measures

To avoid damage to the system:

• Use the correct AC input voltage range.....

To reduce the risk of electric shock:

• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing, cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s instructions.

Introduction

About the Package

The system board package contains the following items. If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

; One system board

; One IDE cable

; One floppy cable

; Two Serial ATA data cables

; One Serial ATA power cable

; One I/O shield

; One RAID driver diskette

; One “Mainboard Utility” CD

; One user’s manual

The system board and accessories in the package may not come similar to the information listed above. This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold. For more information about the standard package in your region, please contact your dealer or sales representative.

Before Using the System Board

Before using the system board, prepare basic system components.

If you are installing the system board in a new system, you will need at least the following internal components.

• A CPU

• Memory module

• Storage devices such as hard disk drive, CD-ROM, etc.

You will also need external system peripherals you intend to use which will normally include at least a keyboard, a mouse and a video display monitor.

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Specifications

Processor

Front Side Bus

Chipset

System Memory

Expansion Slots

BIOS

AMD ® Athlon TM 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 / Sempron TM

Socket 939

2000MT/s HyperTransport interface

NVIDIA nForce4 TM Ultra

Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets

Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface

Supports up to 4GB system memory

Supports PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR333) and PC3200

(DDR400) DDR SDRAM DIMM

Suppor ts x8/x16 non-ECC unbuffered DIMMs, up to 512Mb

DDR devices

2 PCI Express x16 slots

- PCIE1 slot operates at x16 or x8 bandwidth.

- PCIE3 slot operates at x2.

3 PCI slots

Award BIOS

CPU/DRAM overclocking

CPU/DRAM/Chipset overvoltage

4Mbit flash memory

Power Management

Hardware Monitor

ACPI and OS Directed Power Management

ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function

Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse

Wake-On-LAN

Wake-On-Ring

RTC timer to power-on the system

AC power failure recovery

Monitors CPU/system/chipset temperature

Monitors 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/Vbat/5Vsb/Vdimm/Vchip voltages

Monitors the speed of the cooling fans

CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature during system boot-up

Audio

LAN

Realtek ALC850 8-channel AC’97 audio CODEC

True stereo line level outputs

S/PDIF-in/out interface

Marvell 88E1115 Gigabit LAN

Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-

TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards

Introduction

IDE with NVIDIA

RAID

Serial ATA with

RAID

IEEE 1394

Rear Panel I/O

Internal I/O

PCB

Supports two IDE connectors that allows connecting up to four

UltraDMA 133Mbps hard drives

NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD

Four Serial ATA ports supported by the nForce4 chip

- SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

- NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA

- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD

Two Serial ATA por ts supported by the Silicon Image Sil3132 chip (optional)

- SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

- RAID 0 and RAID 1

VIA VT6307

Supports two 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports

1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port

1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port

1 optical S/PDIF-out

1 RCA S/PDIF-out

1 parallel port

1 COM port

1 IEEE 1394 port

1 RJ45 LAN por t

4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks

Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks

3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports

1 connector for 1 external IEEE 1394 port

1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks

1 CD-in internal audio connector

1 S/PDIF connector for optical cable connection

1 IrDA connector

4 Serial ATA connectors supported by nForce4

2 Serial ATA connectors supported by Sil3132 (optional)

2 IDE connectors

1 90 o floppy connector

1 24-pin ATX power connector

1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

1 4-pin 5V/12V power connector (FDD type)

1 front panel connector

5 fan connectors

EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)

ATX form factor

24cm (9.45") x 30.5cm (12")

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Features

The system board supports the AMD

Athlon TM 64 processor. AMD

Athlon TM 64 provides superior computing for many software applications by allowing both 32-bit and 64-bit applications to run simultaneously on the same platform. The operating system and software are able to process more data and access a tremendous amount of memory which improves the overall system performance.

2T timing which provides better system stability is supported in CG or later revisions of the AMD Athlon TM 64 processor. You can select the memory timing in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu (“DRAM

Configuration” section) of the BIOS.

Cool‘n’Quiet TM

The AMD Cool‘n’Quiet TM technology allows the system to detect the CPU’s tasks and utilization status. When the CPU’s task slows down, the system effectively lowers power consumption by lowering its CPU speed and voltage, subsequently decreasing its noise level.

PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming multiple lanes. The system board currently supports the physical layer of x16 lane width. The x16 PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI Express lane to run at 4 Gigabytes per second transfer rate.

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NVIDIA ® ActiveArmor TM is built into the chipset to enhance network security. It protects the system’s networking connection especially during large file downloads. ActiveArmor is activated the minute you turn on the PC.

It performs a thorough inspection of the data packets that flow in and out of your network connection and only allows good packets to pass through the firewall. ActiveArmor performs network and security processing in the chipset, leaving the CPU free for other important application processing.

CPU Overheat

Protection

CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of monitoring the CPU’s temperature during system boot up. Once the CPU’s temperature exceeded the temperature limit pre-defined by the CPU, the system will automatically shutdown. This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment.

Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) is a type of

SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock.

This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer.

The onboard Realtek ALC850 which is an AC’97 compatible audio codec and the 6 audio jacks at the rear

I/O panel provides 8-channel audio output for advanced

7.1-channel super surround sound audio system.

ALC850 also supports S/PDIF input and output, allowing digital connections with DVD systems or other audio/video multimedia.

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S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/

PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders.

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0 specification. Both nForce4 and the optional Silicon Image Sil3132 chip supports Serial

ATA ports with speed of up to 3Gb/s. Serial ATA improves hard drive performance faster than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.

The NVIDIA nForce4 chip supports NVIDIA RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disk) that allows RAID arrays spanning across 4 Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drives.

It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD.

The optional Silicon Image Sil3132 chip allows configuring RAID on another 2 Serial ATA ports. It supports RAID 0 and RAID 1.

The Marvell 88E1115 Gigabit LAN chip supports up to

1Gbps.

IEEE 1394 is fully compliant with the 1394 OHCI (Open

Host Controller Interface) 1.1 specification. It supports up to 63 devices that can run simultaneously on a system.

1394 is a fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps. In addition to its high speed, it also supports isochronous data transfer which is ideal for video devices that need to transfer high levels of data in real-time. 1394 supports both Plug-and-Play and hot plugging.

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IrDA

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1

ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth while

USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

Wake-On-Ring

This feature allows the system that is in the

Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI

PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the

PC.

Important:

If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of

≥720mA.

Wake-On-LAN

This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC.

It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.

Wake-On-PS/2 tem.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥720mA.

This function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the sys-

Important:


≥720mA.

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Wake-On-USB

This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.

rtc time.

Important:

If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for

2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥2A.

The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power-on on the set date and str

The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification.

ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement

Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management. Currently, only Windows ®

2000/XP supports the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in the

Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to

RAM function.

With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby” when you shut down Windows 2000/XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operating system. This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on the system.

Important:


≥1A. power failure recovery

When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to either power-on the system manually, let the system power-on automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs.

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Caractéristiques et Spécifications

Processeur

Chipset

Mémoire Système

Logements d’Extension

BIOS

Gestion de

Puissance

Fonctions de

Moniteur de

Matériel

Audio

LAN


Socket 939

Interface HyperTransport 2000MT/s


4 sockets DDR SDRAM DIMM 184 broches

Supporte l’interface de mémoire deux canaux (128-bit)

Supporte jusqu’à 4GB de mémoire

Suppor te DDR SDRAM DIMM PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700

(DDR333) et PC3200 (DDR400)

Suppor te exclusivement les modules DIMM non-ECC x8/x16, densité de RAM jusqu’à 512Mb, DIMM non-tamponnés

2 slots PCI Express x16

- PCIE1 fonctionnera avec une bande passante de x16 or x8

- PCIE3 fonctionnera avec une bande passante de x2

3 slots PCI

Compatible avec Award BIOS

Overclocking de CPU/DRAM

Contrôle du voltage de CPU/DRAM/Chipset

Mémoire Flash 4Mbit

ACPI et OS Directed Power Management

ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) fonction

Réveil-Sur-PS/2 Clavier/Souris

Réveil-Sur-USB Clavier/Souris

Eveil Sonnerie

Réveil Par Le Réseau

Minuterie RTC pour allumer le système

Récupération après Défaillance d’Alimentation CA

Gère l’alarme de température et de surchauffe de CPU/système/ chipset

Gère l’alarme de voltage et d’échec de 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/

Vbat/5Vsb/Vdimm/Vchip

Gère la vitesse de ventilateur du ventilateur

Protection du CPU - supporte la mise hors circuit automatique en cas de surchauffage du système

AC’97 CODEC Realtek ALC850 8-canaux

Sorties de niveau de lignes stéréo vraies

Interface entrée/sor tie S/PDIF


Suppor te IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) et

802.3ab (1000BASE-T)

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IDE avec NVIDIA

RAID

Serial ATA avec

RAID

IEEE 1394

Supporte des disques durs jusqu’à UltraDMA 133Mbps

NVIDIA RAID permet des ensembles RAID sur toute l’étendue du port de série ATA et du parallèle ATA

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 et JBOD

4 ports de série ATA gérés avec la puce nForce4

- Vitesse SATA jusqu’à 3Gb/s

- NVIDIA RAID permet des ensembles RAID sur toute l’étendue du port de série ATA et du parallèle ATA

- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 et JBOD

2 ports de série ATA gérés par Silicon Image Sil3132 (optionnel)

- Vitesse SATA jusqu’à 3Gb/s

- RAID 0 et RAID 1

VIA VT6307

Supporte 2 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports

Panneau Arrière I/O 1 port souris PS/2

1 port clavier PS/2

1 port optique S/PDIF

1 port RCA S/PDIF

1 port parallèle DB-25

1 port de DB-9 série

1 port IEEE 1394

1 port RJ45 LAN

4 ports USB 2.0/1.1

Center/subwoofer, rear R/L et side R/L prises audio

Line-in, line-out (front R/L) et mic-in prises audio

Interne I/O

PCB

3 connecteurs pour 6 ports USB 2.0/1.1 supplémentaires

1 connecteur pour 1 IEEE 1394

1 connecteur audio frontal pour les jacks de sortie externe et d’entrée micro

1 connecteur CD-in audio internes

1 S/PDIF l’assemblage pour l’adjonction de câble optique

1 connecteur IR

4 ports de série ATA gérés avec la puce nForce4

2 ports de série ATA gérés par Silicon Image Sil3132 (optionnel)

2 connecteurs IDE

1 connecteur de 90 o FDD

1 connecteur d’alimentation 24-pin ATX

1 connecteur d’alimentation 4-pin 12V ATX

1 prises d’alimentation 4-broches 5V/12V (type-FDD)

1 connecteur devant panneau

5 connecteurs de ventilateurs

EZ interrupteurs (bouton de power et reset)

Facteur de forme de ATX

24cm (9.45") x 30.5cm (12")

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Leistungsmerkmale und Technische Daten

Prozessor

Chipset

Systemspeicher

Expansion Schlitz

BIOS

Energie

Management

Kleinteilmonitor

Audio

LAN


Socket 939

Interface HyperTransport 2000MT/s


4 DDR-SDRAM-DIMM- Fassungen mit 184poligem

Anschlußstecker

Unterhält 128-bit – Speiher mit den zwei Kanälen

Unterhält bis zum 4GB-Systemspeicher

Unterstützt DDR SDRAM DIMM PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700

(DDR333) und PC3200 (DDR400)

Suppor te exclusivement les modules DIMM non-ECC x8/x16, densité de RAM jusqu’à 512Mb, DIMM non-tamponnés

2 PCI Express x16-Einbauplätzen

- PCIE1 läuft mit x16- oder x8-Bandbreite.

- PCIE3 läuft mit x2-Bandbreite.

3 PCI-Einbauplätzen

Kompatibilität mit Award BIOS

Die Frequenzerhöhung CPU/DRAM

Spannungserhöhung CPU/DRAM/Chipset

Flash-Speicher (4Mbit)

ACPI und OS Directed Power Management

ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) funktion

Wecken bei Betätigung der PS/2 Tastatur/Maus

Wecken bei USB-Tastatur/Maus

Wecken bei Klingeln

Wecken des Systems durch das Netzwerk

RTC-Taktgeber zum Einschalten des Systems

Wiederherstellung der Wechselstromversorgung nach einem

Ausfall

Überwachung der Temperatur des CPU/Systems/Chipset sowie

Warnsignal bei Überhitzung

Überwachung der Spannungen des 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/Vbat/

5Vsb/Vdimm/Vchip

Überwachung der Geschwindigkeit des Ventilators

Prozessor-Shutz - Die Ausschaltung bei der Überhitzung – die automatische Ausschaltung des Computers bei der Überhitzung

Realtek ALC850 8-Kanal, AC’97 Codec

Naturgetreue Stereo-Leitungspegel-Ausgabe

S/PDIF-In/Aus-Schnittstelle


Unterstützt IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) und

802.3ab (1000BASE-T)

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IDE mit NVIDIA

RAID

Unterstützung der Festplatten bis zum UltraDMA 133Mbps

NVIDIA RAID ermöglicht, dass die RAID-Arrays sowohl serielle als auch parallele ATA-Schnittstellen umfassen.

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 und JBOD

Serial ATA mit RAID 4 serielle Serial ATA-Ports, unterstützt von einem nForce4 Chip

- SATA bis zu 3Gb/s schnell

- NVIDIA RAID ermöglicht, dass die RAID-Arrays sowohl serielle als auch parallele ATA-Schnittstellen umfassen.

- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 und JBOD

2 serielle ATA-Ports, unterstützt von Silicon Image Sil3132 (zur

Option)

- SATA bis zu 3Gb/s schnell

- RAID 0 und RAID 1

IEEE 1394

Porte an der

Rückwand

VIA VT6307

Unterstützt 2 100/200/400 Mb/sec porte

1 Mini-DIN-6-Anschluß für eine PS/2-Maus

1 Mini-DIN-6-Anschluß für eine PS/2-Tastatur

1 S/PDIF optischen-Anschlüsse

1 S/PDIF RCA-Anschlüsse

1 Parallel-Anschlüsse

1 serieller DB-9-Anschlüsse

1 IEEE 1394-Anschlüsse

1 RJ45 LAN-Anschlüsse

4 USB 2.0/1.1-Anschlüsse

Center/subwoofer, rear R/L und side R/LAudio-Anschlußbuchsen

Line-in, line-out (front R/L) und mic-in Audio-Anschlußbuchsen

Internes I/O

PCB

3 Anschlußfassung für 6 zusätzliche externe USB 2.0/1.1-

Anschlüsse

1 Anschluß für eine externe IEEE 1394 Schnittstelle

1 Front-Audioanschluss für externe Mikrofon-Ein- und –Ausgänge

1 CD-in interne Audioanschlüsse

1 S/PDIF Anschluß für die Verbindung des optischen Kabel

1 Anschluß für die IR-Schnittstelle

4 serielle Serial ATA-Ports, unterstützt von einem nForce4 Chip

2 serielle ATA-Ports, unterstützt von Silicon Image Sil3132 (zur

Option)

2 IDE-Anschlüsse

1 90 o Floppy-Anschlüsse

1 24-polige Anschlußstecker für das ATX-Netzgerät

1 4-polige 12V Anschlußstecker für das ATX-Netzgerät

1 4-polige 5V/12V Netzstecker (für FDD)

1 Vorderseite Füllung Anschlüsse

5-ventilator-Anschlüsse

EZ Umschaltern (der Knopf der Speisung und des Auslasses)

ATX Formfaktor

24cm (9.45") x 30.5cm (12")

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Características y Especificaciones

Procesador

Chipset

Memoria de Sistema


Socket 939

Interface de HyperTransport 2000MT/s


4 zocalos 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM

Soporta memoria de dos canales (128-bit)

Soporta hasta 4 GB de memoria sistémica

Sopor ta PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR333) y PC3200

(DDR400)

Soporta sólo non-ECC x8/x16 DIMM, unbuffered, apoyo hasta

512 Mb DRAM

Ranuras de

Expansión

BIOS

Gerencia de la

Energía

Monitor del

Hardware

Audio

LAN

2 slot PCI Express x16

- PCIE1 correra en el ancho banda x16 o x8

- PCIE3 correra en el ancho banda x2

3 slots PCI

Award BIOS

Subida de frecuencia de CPU/DRAM

Subida de voltaje de CPU/DRAM/Chipset

Memoria Instante (4Mbitios)

ACPI y OS Directed Power Management

ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) función

PS/2 Teclado/Ratón de Wake-On

USB Teclado/Ratón de Wake-On

Wake-On-LAN

Wake-On-Ring

Temporizador de RTC para encender el sistema

Recuperación de Fracaso de Energía AC

Monitores de los CPU/sistema/chipset temperaturas y alarma acalorada.

Monitores de voltajes de 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/Vbat/5Vsb/

Vdimm/Vchip

Vigila la velocidad del abanico del abanido

Protección del procesador - Desconección en caso de recalentamiento –el ordenador se desconecta automáticamente en caso de recalentamiento

Realtek ALC850 8-canal AC’97 CODEC

Auténtico salidas de nivel de línea estéreo

Interfáz de S/PDIF-in/out


Sopor ta IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) y

802.3ab (1000BASE-T)

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IDE con NVIDIA

RAID

Serial ATA con

RAID

Soporta las unidades duras hasta de UltraDMA 133Mbps

NVIDIA RAID permite RAID órdenes atravesando Serial ATA y

Parallel ATA

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 y JBOD

4 ports de Serial ATA soporta por nForce4 chip

- SATA se acelera a 3Gb/s

- NVIDIA RAID permite RAID órdenes atravesando Serial ATA y Parallel ATA

- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 y JBOD

2 por ts de Serial ATA sopor ta por Silicon Image Sil3132

(opcional)

- SATA se acelera a 3Gb/s

- RAID 0 y RAID 1

IEEE 1394

Panel Trasero I/O

VIA VT6307

Sopor ta 2 ports 100/200/400 Mb/sec

1 puerto de ratón PS/2

1 puer to de teclado PS/2

1 puerto de S/PDIF óptico

1 puerto de S/PDIF RCA

1 puerto paralelo de DB-25

1 puer to de serie DB-9

1 puer to de IEEE 1394

1 puerto de RJ45 LAN

4 puertos de USB 2.0/1.1

Center/subwoofer, rear R/L y side R/L enchufes de audio

Line-in, line-out (front R/L) y mic-in enchufes de audio

Conectador Interno 3 conectores para 6 puertos de USB 2.0/1.1 externo adicional

1 conector para un puerto de IEEE 1394

1 connector de sonido delantera por linea externa y micrófono interno

1 conector de CD-in audio interno

1 S/PDIF mortaja para conección de cable óptico

1 conector de IR

4 ports de Serial ATA soporta por nForce4 chip

2 por ts de Serial ATA sopor ta por Silicon Image Sil3132

(opcional)

2 conector de IDE

1 conector de 90 o FDD

1 conector 24-pin de fuente de alimentación de ATX

1 conector 4-pin 12V de fuente de alimentación de ATX

1 4-fichas conectadores de energía de 5V/12V (FDD-tipo)

1 conector de panel delante

5 conectores de abanicos

EZ conmutadores (conmutadores de alimentación y reset)

PCB ATX forme el factor

24cm (9.45") x 30.5cm (12")

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óïðàâëåíèå

ñèëû

ìîíèòîð

îáîðóäîâàíèÿ

AMD ® Athlon TM 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon TM 64 /

Sempron TM

ãíåçäî 939

Èíòåðôåéñ ñèñòåìíîé øèíû 2000MT/s


4 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM

Ïîääåðæèâàåò äâóõêàíàëüíûé (128-áèòíîãî) èíòåðôåéñ

Ïîääåðæèâàåò äî 4ÃÁ ñèñòåìíîé ïàìÿòè

Ïîääåðæèâàåò PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR333) è

PC3200 (DDR400) DDR SDRAM DIMM

Ïîääåðæèâàåò òîëüêî non-ECC x8/x16 DIMM, íåáóôô,

Ïîääåðæêà äî 512Má DRAM

2 PCI Express x16 ñëîòîâ

- PCIE1 ðàáîòàåò ñ ïðîïóñêíîé ñïîñîáíîñòüþ x16 èëè x8.

- PCIE3 ðàáîòàåò ñ ïðîïóñêíîé ñïîñîáíîñòüþ x2.

3 PCI ñëîòîâ

Award BIOS

Ïîâûøåíèå ÷àñòîòû CPU/DRAM

Ïîâûøåíèå íàïðÿæåíèÿ CPU/DRAM/Chipset

4Mbit Flash Ïàìÿòü

ACPI è OS Directed Power Management

ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM)

Àêòèâèçàöèÿ Íà Äâèæåíèå Ìûøè

Àêòèâèçàöèÿ Íà Íàæàòèå Êíîïêè USB Êëàâèàòóðû

Àêòèâèçàöèÿ Íà Âõîäÿùèé Çâîíîê

Àêòèâèçàöèÿ Íà Ñåòåâîå Ñîáûòèå

RTC Òàéìåð äëÿ Âêëþ÷åíèÿ Ñèñòåìû

Ñêà÷êè Íàïðÿæåíèÿ

Mîíèòîðèíã òåìïåðàòóðû ïðîöåññîðà/ñèñòåìû/ ×èïñåò

Mîíèòîðèíã íàïðÿæåíèé 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/Vbat/5Vsb/

Vdimm/Vchip

Mîíèòîðèíã ñêîðîñòè âðàùåíèÿ âåíòèëÿòîðà

Çàùèòà ïðîöåññîðà - Âûêëþ÷åíèå ïðè ïåðåãðåâå –

àâòîìàòè÷åñêîå âûêëþ÷åíèå êîìïüþòåðà ïðè ïåðåãðåâå

Ïîëíîäóïëåêñíûé Realtek ALC850 AC’97 codec 8-è

êàíàëüíûé çâóêîâîé âûõîä

Íàñòîÿùèé ëèíåéíûé ñòåðåî âûõîä

èíòåðôåéñà S/PDIF-in/out

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IDE c NVIDIA

RAID

Serial A TT


Ïîääåðæêà IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-

TX) è 802.3ab (1000BASE-T)

Ïîääåðæèâàåò æåñòêèå äèñêè äî UltraDMA 133Mbps

NVIDIA RAID ïîçâîëÿåò ñîçäàâàòü ìàññèâû RAID ÷åðåç

Serial ATA è Parallel ATA

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 è JBOD

×èï nForce4 ïîääåðæèâàåò 4 ïîðòà Serial ATA

- Ñêîðîñòü SATA äî 3 ÃÁ/ñ

- NVIDIA RAID ïîçâîëÿåò ñîçäàâàòü ìàññèâû RAID ÷åðåç

Serial ATA è Parallel ATA

- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 è JBOD

×èï Silicon Image Sil3132 ïîääåðæèâàåò 2 ïîðòà Serial

ATA (îïöèîíàëüíî)

- Ñêîðîñòü SATA äî 3ÃÁ/ñ

- RAID 0 è RAID 1

VIA VT6307

Ïîääåðæèâàåò 2 100/200/400 Mb/sec ïîðòà

1 ìèíè-DIN-6 PS/2 ïîðò äëÿ ìûøè è

1 ìèíè-DIN-6 PS/2 ïîðò äëÿ êëàâèàòóðû

1 S/PDIF îïòè÷åñêîãî ïîðò

1 S/PDIF RCA ïîðò

1 DB-25 ïàðàëëåëüíûé ïîðò

1 âíåøíåãî DB-9 ïîðòà

1 IEEE 1394 ïîðò

1 RJ45 LAN ïîðò

4 USB 2.0/1.1 ïîðòà

Center/subwoofer, rear R/L è side R/L ãíåçäà äëÿ çâóêà

Mic-in, line-in è line-out ãíåçäà äëÿ çâóêà

3 ðàçúåì äëÿ 6-õ äîïîëíèòåëüíûõ âíåøíèõ USB 2.0/1.1

ïîðòîâ

1 ðàçúåì äëÿ âíåøíåãî IEEE 1394 ïîðòà

1 ôðîíòàëüíûé àóäèî-ðàçúåì äëÿ âíåøíåãî ëèíåéíîãî

è ìèêðîôîííîãî âûõîäîâ

1 CD-in âíóòðåííèõ çâóêîâûõ ðàçúåìà

1 S/PDIF ðàçúåì äëÿ ïðèñîåäèíåíèÿ îïòè÷åñêîãî

êàáåëÿ

1 ðàçúåì äëÿ èíòåðôåéñà IR

×èï nForce4 ïîääåðæèâàåò 4 ïîðòà Serial ATA

×èï Silicon Image Sil3132 ïîääåðæèâàåò 2 ïîðòà Serial

ATA (îïöèîíàëüíî)

2 IDE ðàçúåìà è 1 ðàçúåì 90 o FDD

1 24-øòûðüêîâûõ ðàçúåìîâ ïèòàíèÿ ATX

1 4-øòûðüêîâûõ 12V ðàçúåìîâ ïèòàíèÿ ATX

1 4-øòûðüêîâûõ ðàçúåìîâ ïèòàíèÿ 5V/12V (òèïà FDD)

1 Ôðîíò ïàíåëü ðàçúåì

5 Ðàçúåìû äëÿ âåíòèëÿòîðà

EZ ïåðåêëþ÷àòåëè (êíîïêà ïèòàíèÿ è ñáðîñà)

ATX

24cm (9.45") x 30.5cm (12")

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Hardware Installation

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

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System Board Layout

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Warning:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

System Memory

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Warning:

When the DRAM Power LED lit red, it indicates that power is present on the DDR sockets. Power-off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules. Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components.

DRAM Power LED

DDR 1, Channel A

DDR 2, Channel B

DDR 3, Channel A

DDR 4, Channel B

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The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM. Double Data

Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer. Refer to chapter 1

(System Memory section) for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board.


The four DDR DIMM sockets on the system board are divided into 2 channels:

Channel A - DDR 1 and DDR 3

Channel B - DDR 2 and DDR 4

The system board supports the following memory interface.

Single Channel (SC)

Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits (8B) from the memory channels.

Dual Channel (DC)

Data will be accessed in chunks of 128 bits from the memory channels. Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate.

Single Channel

Dual Channel

• DIMMs are on the same channel.

• DIMMs in a channel can be identical or completely different. However, we highly recommend using identical DIMMs.

• Not all slots need to be populated.

• DIMMs of the same memory configuration are on different channels.

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The table below shows the DIMM sockets that must be populated with DIMMs for single or dual channel interface. We strongly recommend that you strictly follow the memory configurations below.

Installing DDR DIMMs other than the recommended configurations may cause system boot failure.

Dual Channel

Dual Channel

Dual Channel

Single Channel

Single Channel

Single Channel

Single Channel

DDR 1

-

DDR 1

DDR 1

-

DDR 1

-

DDR 2

-

DDR 2

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-

DDR 2

-

DDR 3

DDR 3

-

DDR 3

DDR 3

-

-

DDR 4

DDR 4

-

-

-

DDR 4

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Important Notes on Memory Usage

1. The system board will fail to boot when 3 DIMMs are used.

The integrated memory controller in AMD's 64-bit Socket 939 series CPU suppor ts dual channel however when 3 DIMMs are installed, the controller is not capable of accurately distinguishing between dual and single channels resulting to boot up problem.

Even if you have luckily booted the system, the total memory size detected is from 2 DIMMs only, not 3. Therefore we do not suggest using 3 DIMMs.

2. The table below lists different memory configurations and their corresponding memory speed. Take note that some memory configurations will automatically reduce the memory speed to

DDR333.

Memory Speed

DDR400

DDR333

DDR400

DDR400

DDR400

DDR333

DDR400

DDR400

DDR333

DDR400

DDR400

DDR333

DIMM 1

S

DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4

S

D

S

D

S

D

S

D

D

S

D

S

D

S

D

S

D

S

D

S

D

S

D

"S": Single side DIMM

"D": Double side DIMM

If in any case the system becomes unstable, set the memory timing from “1T” to “2T” in the “1T/2T Memory Timing” field

(Genie BIOS Setting submenu, DRAM Timing and Config section of the Award BIOS).

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BIOS Setting

Configure the system memory in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu

(“DRAM Timing and Config section) of the BIOS.

Installing the DIM Module

A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket.

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Notch

Key

Tab

Tab

Pin 1

1. Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side.

2. Position the DIMM above the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the “key” on the socket.

3. Seat the module vertically into the socket. Make sure it is completely seated. The tabs will hold the DIMM in place.

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CPU

Overview

The system board is equipped with a surface mount 939-pin CPU socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing an AMD CPU.

Installing the CPU

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Locate the 939-pin CPU socket on the system board.

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4. Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways, away from the socket, then lifting it up to a 90 o angle. Make sure the lever is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly.

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Lever

5. Position the CPU above the socket. The gold mark on the CPU must align with the corner of the CPU socket (refer to the enlarged view) shown below.

Important:

Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins.

Gold mark

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6. Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place. The

CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force.

Important:

Do not force the CPU into the socket. Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU.

7. Once the CPU is in place, push down the lever to lock the socket. The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the

CPU is completely secured in the socket.

Side tab

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Installing the Fan and Heat Sink

The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink.

Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the

CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board.

Note:

• Use only certified fan and heat sink.

• The fan and heat sink package usually contains the fan and heat sink assembly, and an installation guide. If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section, please follow the installation guide in the package.

1. Before you install the fan / heat sink, you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU. The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purchase the CPU or fan heat sink assembly.

Do not spread the paste all over the surface. When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU, the compound will disperse evenly.

Do not apply the paste if the fan / heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside. Peel the strip that covers the paste before you place the fan / heat sink on top of the CPU.

2. The system board comes with the retention module base already installed.

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3. Place the heat sink on top of the CPU. Now hook one side of the retention clip onto the retention module base by fitting the holes on the retention clip into the retaining tabs of the retention module base.

Retaining tab

Retaining tabs

Side View

Retention clip

Retention module base

Retaining tabs

Top View

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4. Hook the other side of the retention clip (the one near the retention lever) so that the holes on the retention clip also fit into the retaining tabs of the retention module base.

Note:

You will not be able to secure the fan and heat sink assembly in place if it did not fit properly onto the retention module base.

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Retention lever

5. Move the retention lever to its opposite side then push it down to lock the fan and heat sink assembly to the retention module base.

Note:

Make sure there is sufficient air circulation across the CPU fan and heat sink.

6. Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board.

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Jumper Settings

Clear CMOS Data

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3 2 1 3 2 1

JP2

X

1-2 On: Normal

(default)

2-3 On:

Clear CMOS Data

If you encounter the following, a) CMOS data becomes corrupted.

b) You forgot the supervisor or user password.

c) You are unable to boot-up the computer system because the processor’s ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS.

you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the

ROM BIOS.

To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS, please follow the steps below.

1. Power-off the system and unplug the power cord.

2. Set JP2 pins 2 and 3 to On. Wait for a few seconds and set JP2 back to its default setting, pins 1 and 2 On.

3. Now plug the power cord and power-on the system.

If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor’s ratio/clock in the BIOS, please proceed to step 4.


4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS.

5. Select the Genie BIOS Setting submenu and press <Enter>.

6. Set the processor’s ratio/clock to its default setting or an appropriate setting. Refer to the Genie BIOS Setting section in chapter

3 for more information.

7. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility. Select “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>.

8. Type <Y> and press <Enter>.

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PS/2 Power Select

JP7

X 3

2

1

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

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2

1

2-3 On: 5VSB

JP7 is used to select the power of the PS/2 keyboard/mouse port.

Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to wake up the system.

BIOS Setting

Configure the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake up function in the Power

Management Setup submenu of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Important:


≥720mA.

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USB Power Select

USB 0-3

(JP5)

X

3

2

1

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

3

2

1

2-3 On: 5VSB

1 2 3

USB 4-9

(JP6)

X

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

1 2 3

2-3 On: 5VSB

JP5 and JP6 are used to select the power of the USB por ts.

Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system..

Important:




≥2A.

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CPU Fan Select

JP11

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3

2

1

1-2 On:

3-pin CPU fan

3

2

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2-3 On:

4-pin CPU fan

The system board allows connecting a CPU fan that comes with a

3-pin or 4-pin cable connector. Set JP11 according to the type of cable connector that you are using.

Important:

If JP11 is set incorrectly, the system will not be able to appropriately detect the CPU fan.

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PCI Express Lanes Select

The jumpers below are used to select the bandwidth of the PCI

Express lanes.

2

X

1-2 On

PCIE 1 PCIE 3

1-2 On 16x 2x

2-3 On 8x -

2-3 On

Important:

When the jumpers are set to 2-3 On, the system board only support one graphics card. Install the graphics card onto the PCIE 1 slot.

Do not install any card on PCIE 3. This is a chipset limitation therefore if there is a card installed on PCIE 3, the system might fail to boot.

We strongly recommend that you install the PCI Express slots with the corresponding PCI Express cards shown in the table below.

PCIE1 x16 slot

PCIE3 x2 slot

PCI Express Cards

Graphics card

LAN, TV or RAID card

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Rear Panel I/O Ports

PS/2

Mouse

Parallel

IEEE

1394_1

LAN

Line-in

Front R/L

Center/

Subwoofer

Rear R/L

Side R/L

PS/2 K/B

Optical

S/PDIF

RCA

S/PDIF

COM USB 0-1 USB 2-3 Mic-in

The rear panel I/O ports consist of the following:

• PS/2 mouse port

• PS/2 keyboard port

• Parallel Port

• Optical S/PDIF-out jack

• RCA S/PDIF-out jack

• COM port

• 1394_1 port

• USB ports

• LAN port

• Line-in port

• Front R/L port

• Mic-in port

• Center/Subwoofer port

• Rear R/L port

• Side R/L port

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PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports

PS/2 Mouse

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PS/2 Keyboard


2

The system board is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse

(Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Purple) ports - both at location CN2 of the system board. The PS/2 mouse port uses IRQ12. If a mouse is not connected to this port, the system will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards.

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Warning:

Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard. Failure to do so may damage the system board.

Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

The Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse function allows you to use the

PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system. To use this function:

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Jumper Setting:

JP7 must be set to “2-3 On: 5VSB”. Refer to “PS/2 Power

Select” in this chapter for more information.

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BIOS Setting:

Configure the PS/2 wake up function in the Power Management

Setup submenu of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

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Parallel Port

Parallel

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The system board has a standard parallel port (Burgundy) at location CN8 for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It supports

SPP, ECP and EPP.

Setting

SPP

(Standard Parallel Port)

ECP

(Extended Capabilities Port)

EPP

(Enhanced Parallel Port)

Function

Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only.

Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP’s data transfer rate.

Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed.

BIOS Setting

Configure the parallel port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu

(“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.


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S/PDIF

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Optical

S/PDIF

RCA

S/PDIF

+5V

Key

SPDIF out

GND

SPDIF in

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J3

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The system board is equipped with an onboard optical S/PDIF-out jack and a RCA S/PDIF-out jack at locations CN11 and CN7 respectively.

It is also equipped with a connector at location J3 for coaxial RCA

S/PDIF-in/out port connection. S/PDIF ports are used to connect audio output devices.

Your coaxial RCA S/PDIF ports may come mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J3.

Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J3.

Important:

DO NOT use optical S/PDIF and coaxial RCA S/PDIF at the same time.

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COM Port

COM

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The system board is equipped with an onboard serial port at location CN1. The serial port is RS-232 asynchronous communication port with 16C550A-compatible UARTs that can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial devices.

BIOS Setting

Configure the serial port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

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IEEE 1394

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1394_2

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2

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The system board is equipped with an onboard IEEE 1394 port at location CN3 (IEEE 1394_1) of the system board.

It is also equipped with an IEEE 1394 connector at location J8

(1394_2) for connecting an additional 1394 device. The 1394 port may come mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the 1394 port cable to J8.

Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of the

J8.

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USB 1

USB 0

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USB 3

USB 2

USB 8-9

USB 4-5

USB 6-7

2

1

1 0

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The system board supports 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

Four onboard USB 2.0/1.1 ports (Black) are at locations CN3 (USB

0-1) and CN4 (USB 2-3) of the system board.

J34 (USB 4-5), J18 (USB 6-7) and J33 (USB 8-9) connectors allow you to connect 6 additional USB 2.0/1.1 ports. The USB ports may come mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J34, J18 or

J33.

BIOS Setting

Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu

(“Onboard Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.


Driver Installation

You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the USB device. Refer to your operating system’s manual or documentation for more information.

Refer to chapter 4 for more information about installing the USB 2.0

driver.

Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse

The Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function allows you to use a

USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3

(STR - Suspend To RAM) state. To use this function:

• Jumper Setting:

JP5 and/or JP6 must be set to “2-3 On: 5VSB”. Refer to “USB

Power Select” in this chapter for more information.

Important:




≥2A.

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RJ45 LAN Port

W

The onboard LAN port is at location CN4 of the system board.

LAN allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.

BIOS Setting

Configure the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu


Driver Installation

Install the nVidia Chipset Drivers which already includes the NVIDIA

Ethernet Driver. Refer to chapter 4 for more information.

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Audio

Line-in

Front R/L

Mic-in

Rear audio

Center/

Subwoofer

Rear R/L

Side R/L

W


2

9

1 0

1

2

W

Front audio

Rear Panel Audio

Line-in (Light Blue)

This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi-fi set,

CD player, tape player, AM/FM radio tuner, synthesizer, etc.

Line-out - Front Right/Left Jack (Lime)

This jack is used to connect to the front right and front left speakers of the audio system.

Mic-in Jack (Pink)

This jack is used to connect an external microphone.

Center/Subwoofer Jack (Orange)

This jack is used to connect to the center and subwoofer speakers of the audio system.

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Rear Right/Left Jack (Black)

This jack is used to connect to the rear right and rear left speakers of the audio system.

Side Right/Left Jack (Gray)

This jack is used to connect to the side left and side right speakers of the audio system.

Front Audio

The front audio connector at location J4 allows you to connect to the line-out and mic-in jacks that are at the front panel of your system. Using this connector will disable the rear audio’s line-out and mic-in functions.

Remove the jumper caps from pins 5-6 and pins 9-10 of J4 prior to connecting the front audio cable connector. Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J4. If you are not using this connector, make sure to replace the jumper caps back to their original pin locations.

Pins 5-6 and 9-10 short

(default)

Pins 5-6 and 9-10 open

The front audio is disabled.

The rear audio is enabled.

The front audio is enabled.

The rear audio is disabled.

BIOS Setting

Configure the onboard audio in the Integrated Peripherals submenu


Driver Installation

Install the audio driver. Refer to chapter 4 for more information.

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I/O Connectors

CD-in Internal Audio Connector


2

Left audio channel

Ground

Ground

Right audio channel

4

1

W

The CD-in connector at location J1 is used to receive audio from a

CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card.

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Floppy Disk Drive Connector

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X

The system board is equipped with a 90 o floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives. To prevent improper floppy cable installation, the floppy disk header has a keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.

Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable

Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header (J23) on the system board and the other endmost connector to the drive you want to designate as Drive A. If you are connecting another drive (Drive B), install the middle connector of the cable to the drive. The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be aligned with pin 1 of J23.

BIOS Setting

Enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu

(“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.


Serial ATA Connectors

Four Serial ATA ports supported by the nForce4 chip

7 7

SATA 2

(J13)

GND

RXP

RXN

GND

TXN

TXP

GND

SATA 1

(J11)

1

7

1

7

X

SATA 4

(J10)

GND

RXP

RXN

GND

TXN

TXP

GND

SATA 3

(J2)

1 1

• SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

• RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD

• NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA

Connecting Serial ATA Cables

Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device.

BIOS Setting

Configure Serial ATA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu

(“OnChip IDE Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Configuring RAID

The system board allows configuring RAID on Serial ATA drives.

Refer to chapter 6 for steps in configuring RAID.

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Two Serial ATA ports supported by the Silicon Image Sil3132 chip (optional)

X

7

7

1 SATA 5 (J7)

1 SATA 6 (J9)

• SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

• RAID 0 and RAID 1

Connecting Serial ATA Cables

Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device.

Configuring RAID

The system board allows configuring RAID on Serial ATA drives.


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2

IDE Disk Drive Connector

X

4 0 3 9 4 0 3 9

2

IDE 2

1 2

IDE 1

1

• NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA

• RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD

The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each shrouded

PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.

Each IDE connector suppor ts 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board. An

IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them, one that plugs into an

IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to

IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive.

Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable

Install one end of the IDE cable into the IDE 1 header (J25) on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices.

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If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device, use another IDE cable and install one end of the cable into the IDE 2 header (J22) on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices.

Note:

Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings.

Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive

When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives.

The system board suppor ts Enhanced IDE or ATA-2, ATA/33,

ATA/66, ATA/100 or ATA/133 hard drives. We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer. In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together. The problem lies in the hard drives, not the system board.

Important:

If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD-ROM drive that is set in Master mode, please set the CD-ROM drive to Slave mode. Some ATAPI CD-ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode.

BIOS Setting

Configure the onboard IDE in the Integrated Peripherals submenu

(“OnChip IDE Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Configuring RAID

The system board allows configuring RAID on Parallel ATA drives.


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2

IrDA Connector

5

IRRX

Ground N. C.

IRTX VCC

1

W

Connect the cable connector from your IrDA module to the IrDA connector (J5).

Note:

The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board.

Make sure to connect the cable connector to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions.

BIOS Setting

Configure IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO

Device” section) of the BIOS.

Driver Installation

You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA function. Refer to your operating system’s manual or documentation for more information.

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Cooling Fan Connectors

1

3

Ground

Power

Sense

Chassis fan 2

X

Speed

X

Control

Sense

Power

Ground

4

CPU fan

1

Power

Ground N. C.

1 3

Chassis fan 1

X

X

1

3

Chipset fan

Ground

Power

Sense

X

1

3

System fan

Ground

Power

Sense

Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connector

(J30) on the system board. Chipset fan (J32), System fan (J31),

Chassis fan 1 (J36) and Chassis fan 2 (J35) are used to connect additional cooling fans. The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components.

BIOS Setting

The “PC Health Status” submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fans. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

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LEDs


2

DRAM

Power LED

Standby

Power LED

DRAM Power LED

This LED will light when the system’s power is on.

Standby Power LED

This LED will light when the system is in the standby mode.

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.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Warning:

When the DRAM Power LED and/or Standby Power LED lit red, it indicates that power is present on the DDR sockets and/or

PCI slots. Power-off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add-in cards. Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components.

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Power Connectors

Use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply

Design Guide Version 1.1. An ATX12V power supply unit has a standard 24-pin ATX main power connector that must be inserted onto CN10.

+3.3VDC

+12VDC

X

+12VDC

+5VSB

PWR_OK

COM

+5VDC

COM

+5VDC

COM

+3.3VDC

+3.3VDC

1 2 2 4

1 1 3

COM

+5VDC

+5VDC

+5VDC

NC

COM

COM

COM

PS_ON#

COM

-12VDC

+3.3VDC

Your power supply unit also comes with a 4-pin +12V power connector. The +12V power enables the delivery of more +12VDC current to the processor’s Voltage Regulator Module (VRM). Connect the 4-pin power connector to CN9.

X

Ground

+12V

2 1

Ground

+12V

4 3

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The FDD-type power connector is an additional power connector. If you are using two graphics cards, we recommend that you plug a power cable from your power supply unit onto the 5V/12V power connector at location J6. This will provide more stability to the entire system. The system board will still work even if the additional power connector is not connected.

2

1

5V/12V

(FDD-type)

4

X

+5V +12V

Ground

Ground

The system board requires a minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate. Your system configuration (CPU power, amount of memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may exceed the minimum power requirement. To ensure that adequate power is provided, we strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt (or greater) power supply.

Important:

Insufficient power supplied to the system may result in instability or the add-in boards and peripherals not functioning properly. Calculating the system’s approximate power usage is important to ensure that the power supply meets the system’s consumption requirements.

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Restarting the PC

Normally, you can power-off the PC by:

1. Pressing the power button at the front panel of the chassis.

or

2. Pressing the power switch that is on the system board (note: not all system boards come with this switch).

If for some reasons you need to totally cut off the power supplied to the PC, switch off the power supply or unplug the power cord.

Take note though that if you intend to restart it at once, please strictly follow the steps below.

1. The time where power is totally discharged varies among power supplies. It's discharge time is highly dependent on the system's configuration such as the wattage of the power supply, the sequence of the supplied power as well as the number of peripheral devices connected to the system. Due to this reason, we strongly recommend that you wait for the Standby Power

LED (refer to the “LEDs” section in this chapter for the location of the Standby Power LED) to lit off.

2. After the Standby Power LED has lit off, wait for 6 seconds before powering on the PC.

If the system board is already enclosed in a chassis which apparently will not make the Standby Power LED visible, wait for

15 seconds before you restore power connections. 15 seconds is approximately the time that will take the LED to lit off and the time needed before restoring power.

The above will ensure protection and prevent damage to the motherboard and components.

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Front Panel Connectors


2

ATX-SW

PWR-LED

J19 X 2

1

2 0

1 9

HD-LED

RESET

HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED

This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed.

SPEAKER

RESET: Reset Switch

This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system.

SPEAKER: Speaker Connector

This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis.

ATX-SW: ATX Power Switch

Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup, this switch is a “dual function power button” that will allow your system to enter the Soft-

Off or Suspend mode. Refer to “Soft-Off By PBTN” in the Power

Management Setup (Chapter 3).

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PWR-LED: Power/Standby LED

When the system’s power is on, this LED will light. When the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) or S3 (STR - Suspend To

RAM) state, it will blink every second.

Note:

If a system did not boot-up and the Power/Standby LED did not light after it was powered-on, it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly. Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket.

HD-LED

(Primary/Secondary IDE LED)

Reserved

ATX-SW

(ATX power switch)

Reserved

RESET

(Reset switch)

SPEAKER

(Speaker connector)

PWR-LED

(Power/Standby LED)

8

1 0

1 8

2 0

7

9

2

4

6

1 3

1 5

1 7

1 9

Pin

3

5

1 4

1 6

Pin Assignment

HDD LED Power

HDD

N. C.

N. C.

PWRBT+

PWRBT-

N. C.

N. C.

Ground

H/W Reset

Speaker Data

N. C.

Ground

Speaker Power

LED Power (+)

LED Power (+)

LED Power (-) or Standby Signal

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EZ Touch Switches


2

X

Reset Switch

Power Switch

The presence of the power switch and reset switch on the system board are user-friendly especially to DIY users. They provide convenience in powering on and/or resetting the system while fine tuning the system board before it is installed into the system chassis.

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PCI Express Slots

PCI Express x16

PCI Express x16

Install PCI Express x16 graphics card, that comply to the PCI

Express specifications, into the PCI Express x16 slot. To install a graphics card into the x16 slot, align the graphics card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot.

The retaining clip of the slot will automatically hold the graphics card in place.

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Battery

Batter y

The lithium ion battery powers the real-time clock and CMOS memory. It is an auxiliary source of power when the main power is shut off.

Safety Measures

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the batter y manufacturer’s instructions.

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BIOS Setup

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup

Award BIOS Setup Utility

The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board. This chapter explains the

Setup Utility for the Award BIOS.

After you power up the system, the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins. After the memory test, the following message will appear on the screen:

Press DEL to enter setup

If the message disappears before you respond, restart the system or press the “Reset” button. You may also restart the system by pressing the <Ctrl> <Alt> and <Del> keys simultaneously.

When you press <Del>, the main menu screen will appear.

X Standard CMOS Features

X Advanced BIOS Features

X Advanced Chipset Features

X Integrated Peripherals

X Power Management Setup

X PnP/PCI Configurations

X PC Health Status

Esc : Quit

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

X Genie BIOS Setting

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

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Standard CMOS Features

Use the arrow keys to highlight “Standard CMOS Features” and press <Enter>. A screen similar to the one below will appear.

Date <mm:dd:yy>

Time <hh:mm:ss>

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

IDE Channel 0 Master

IDE Channel 0 Slave


IDE Channel 1 Slave





Drive A

Drive B

Halt On

Base Memory

Extended Memory

Total Memory


Standard CMOS Features

Tue, Mar 14 2006

9 : 3 : 54

ST340823A

None

CD-532E

None

None

None

None

None

1.44M, 3.5 in.

None

All, But Keyboard

Item Help

Menu Level X

Change the day, month, year and century

640K

980992K

982016K

↑↓→← : Move Enter: Select

F5: Previous Values

+/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F7: Optimized Defaults

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

Date

The date format is <day>, <month>, <date>, <year>. Day displays a day, from Sunday to Saturday. Month displays the month, from

January to December. Date displays the date, from 1 to 31. Year displays the year, from 1994 to 2079.

Time

The time format is <hour>, <minute>, <second>. The time is based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

Hour displays hours from 00 to 23. Minute displays minutes from

00 to 59. Second displays seconds from 00 to 59.

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BIOS Setup

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave and IDE Channel 2/3/4/5 Master


IDE Channel 0 Slave


IDE Channel 1 Slave





Used to configure Parallel ATA drives

Used to configure Serial ATA drives

Note:

The NVIDIA nForce4 chip supports RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA. Enable the RAID function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu, OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS.

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BIOS Setup

To configure the IDE drives, move the cursor to a field then press

<Enter>. The following screen will appear.

IDE HDD Auto-Detection


Access Mode

Capacity

Cylinder

Head

Precomp

Landing Zone

Sector



Press Enter

Auto

Auto

40022MB

19158

16

0

19157

255

Item Help

Menu Level XX

To auto-detect the

HDD’s size, head... on this channel

3


F5: Previous Values






IDE HDD Auto-Detection

Detects the parameters of the drive. The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen.

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave and IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave

The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor. If you select ”Auto”, the BIOS will autodetect the HDD & CD-ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD & CD-ROM drive. If a hard disk has not been installed, select “None”.

Access Mode

For hard drives larger than 528MB, you would typically select the

LBA type. Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or

Large. Please check your operating system’s manual or Help desk on which one to select.

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3

BIOS Setup

Capacity

Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program.

Cylinder

This field displays the number of cylinders.

Head

This field displays the number of read/write heads.

Precomp

This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.

Landing Zone

This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write heads.

Sector

This field displays the number sectors per track.

Drive A and Drive B

These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed.

None No floppy drive is installed

360K, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 in. standard drive; 360KB capacity

1.2M, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 in. AT-type high-density drive; 1.2MB capacity

720K, 3.5 in.

3-1/2 in. double-sided drive; 720KB capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 in. double-sided drive; 1.44MB capacity

2.88M, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 in. double-sided drive; 2.88MB capacity

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BIOS Setup

Halt On

This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. The default setting is All Errors.

No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected.

All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error.

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other errors.

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors.

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error; it will stop for all other errors.

Base Memory

Displays the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memor y installed on the motherboard.

Extended Memory

Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot-up.

Total Memory

Displays the total memory available in the system.

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BIOS Setup

Advanced BIOS Features

The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.


Advanced BIOS Features

X

X

Removable Device Priority

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Virus Warning

CPU Internal Cache

External Cache

Quick Power On Self Test

First Boot Device

Second Boot Device

Third Boot Device

Boot Other Device

Swap Floppy Drive

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up NumLock Status

Typematic Rate Setting x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) x Typematic Delay (Msec)

Security Option

APIC Mode

MPS Version Control For OS

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

Full Screen LOGO Show

Small Logo(EPA) Show

Press Enter

Press Enter

Disabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Removable

Hard Disk

CDROM

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

On

Disabled

6

250

Setup

Enabled

1.4

Non-OS2

Disabled

Disabled

Enabled

Item Help

Menu Level X

Select Removable Boot

Device Priority


F5: Previous Values





The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu, for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

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BIOS Setup


This field is used to select the boot sequence of the removable devices. Move the cursor to this field then press <Enter>. Use the

Up or Down arrow keys to select a device then press <+> to move it up or <-> to move it down the list.

1. Floppy Disks



Item Help

Menu Level XX

Use < ↑ > or < ↓ > to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

3

↑↓ : Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

F10: Save ESC: Exit



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BIOS Setup


This field is used to select the boot sequence of the hard drives.

Move the cursor to this field then press <Enter>. Use the Up or

Down arrow keys to select a device then press <+> to move it up or <-> to move it down the list.



1. Ch0 M. : ST340023A

2. Bootable Add-in Cards

Item Help

Menu Level XX

Use < ↑ > or < ↓ > to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

↑↓ : Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

F10: Save ESC: Exit



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BIOS Setup

Virus Warning

This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. When this field is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive. If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive, the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear.

After seeing the error message, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done.

Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear. If you are running such a program, we recommend that you first disable this field. Also, disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows ® 95/98/2000 or the operating system may not install nor work.

CPU Internal Cache and External Cache

These fields speed up the memory access. The default is Enabled, which provides better performance by enabling cache.

Quick Power On Self Test

This field speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) whenever the system is powered on. The BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. To attain the shortest POST time, select “Enabled”.

First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device and Boot

Other Device

Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the “First Boot

Device” “Second Boot Device” and “Third Boot Device” fields respectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected. Set “Boot Other Device” to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device.

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BIOS Setup

Swap Floppy Drive

When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive, the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A. When this field is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive, the system will boot from drive A. You must have two floppy drives to use this function.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks. When disabled, the BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB.

Boot Up NumLock Status

This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys. When set to

Off, the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys.

Typematic Rate Setting

Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down.

Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down, but will first wait for a moment, and, if the key is still down, it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly. For example, you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys. You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the “Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)” and “Typematic Delay (Msec)” fields below.

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BIOS Setup

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins.

Security Option

This field determines when the system will prompt for the password

- everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup. Set the password in the Set Supervisor/User Password submenu.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.

APIC Mode

Leave this field in its default setting.

MPS Version Control for OS

This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using.

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

Select the “OS2” option only if the system that is running an OS/2 operating system has greater than 64MB RAM.

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BIOS Setup

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

The system board supports SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and

Reporting Technology) hard drives. SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA/IDE and SCSI drives. The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive’s failure. The default is Disabled. If you are using hard drives that support S.M.A.R.T., set this field to Enabled. SMART is supported in ATA/33 or later hard drives.

Full Screen Logo Show

This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to appear during system boot-up.

Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system bootup.

Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot-up.

Small Logo(EPA) Show

Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot-up.

Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot-up.

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Advanced Chipset Features

Err94 Enh

CPU Spread Spectrum

SATA Spread Spectrum

PCIE Spread Spectrum

SSE/SSE2/SSE3 Instructions

Bottom of 32-bit[31:24] IO

S/W Memory Hole Remapping

System BIOS Cacheable


Advanced Chipset Features

Auto

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Enabled

E0

Disabled

Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level XX

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This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset. The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources. These items should not be altered unless necessary.

The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system.

The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system.

Errata 94 Enhancement

The options are Auto and Disabled.

CPU Spread Spectrum

This field is used to enable or disable the CPU spread spectrum.

SATA Spread Spectrum

This field is used to enable or disable the SATA spread spectrum.

PCIE Spread Spectrum

This field is used to enable or disable the PCIE spread spectrum.

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SSE/SSE2/SSE3 Instructions

The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Bottom of 32-bit [31:24] IO

This field is used to select the memory that will be remapped to another address higher than 00E0.

S/W Memory Hole Remapping

This field is used to enable the software to remap the physical memory to an address higher than 00E0.

System BIOS Cacheable

When this field is enabled, accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. The larger the range of the Cache RAM, the higher the efficiency of the system.

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Integrated Peripherals

X

X

X

OnChip IDE Device

Onboard Device

Super IO Device


Integrated Peripherals

Press Enter

Press Enter

Press Enter

Item Help

Menu Level X

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OnChip IDE Device


OnChip IDE Device

OnChip IDE Channel 0

Primary Master PIO

Primary Slave PIO

Primary Master UDMA

Primary Slave UDMA


Secondary Master PIO

Secondary Slave PIO

Secondary Master UDMA

Secondary Slave UDMA

IDE DMA Transfer Access

Serial-ATA Controller

IDE Prefetch Mode

IDE HDD Block Mode

Enabled

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Enabled

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Enabled

All Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

****************

Onboard RAID Setting

RAID Enable

****************

Disabled x IDE Primary Master RAID x IDE Primary Slave RAID x IDE Secndry Master RAID

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled x IDE Secndry Slave RAID x SATA 1 Primary x SATA 1 Secondary x SATA 2 Primary x SATA 2 Secondary

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Item Help

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OnChip IDE Channel0 and OnChip IDE Channel1

These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller. The default is Enabled. Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller.

Primary Master/Slave PIO and Secondary Master/Slave PIO

PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves. Your system supports five modes, 0 (default) to 4, which primarily differ in timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive.

Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system according to your hard disk drive’s timing.

Mode 0-4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive’s timing. Caution: Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors.

Primary Master/Slave UDMA and Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD-ROM.

Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you.

Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories.


This field is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer function of an IDE hard drive.


This field is used to select the Serial ATA channels you want enabled.

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IDE Prefetch Mode

This allows data and addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip, thus reducing access time. Enable this field to achieve better performance.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode. The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer. The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive.

Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode.

RAID Enable

This field is used to enable or disable the RAID function of Parallel

ATA drives and Serial ATA drives (drives connected to SATA 1 to

SATA 4).

IDE Primary Master RAID and IDE Primary Slave RAID

These fields are used to enable or disable the RAID function of the primary IDE’s master and slave channels.

IDE Secondary Master RAID and IDE Secondary Slave RAID

These fields are used to enable or disable the RAID function of the secondary IDE’s master and slave channels.

SATA 1 Primary RAID and SATA 1 Secondary RAID

These fields are used to enable or disable the RAID function of

Serial ATA’s first channel (SATA 1 and SATA 2).

SATA 2 Primary RAID and SATA 2 Secondary RAID

These fields are used to enable or disable the RAID function of

Serial ATA’s second channel (SATA 3 and SATA 4).

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Onboard Device

OnChip USB

USB Keyboard Support

AC97 Audio

MAC LAN

MAC Media Interface


Onboard Device

V1.1+V2.0

Disabled

Auto

Auto

Pin Strap

Item Help

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OnChip USB

This field is used to enable or disable USB 2.0.

USB Keyboard Support

This field is used to enable or disable the USB keyboard.

AC97 Audio

Auto Select this option when using the onboard audio.

Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card.

MAC LAN

This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller.

MAC Media Interface

The options are MII, RGMII and Pin Strap.

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Super IO Device

Onboard FDC Controller

Onboard Serial Port (COM 1)

Onboard Serial Port (IR)

IR Mode Select

IR Duplex Mode

Onboard Parallel Port

Parallel Port Mode x ECP Mode Use DMA


Super IO Device

Enabled

3F8/IRQ4

2F8/IRQ3

IrDA

Half

378/IRQ7

SPP

3

Item Help

Menu Level XX

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Onboard FDC Controller

Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller.

Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller.

Onboard Serial Port (COM 1)

Auto The system will automatically select an I/O address for the onboard serial port.

3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I/O address for the onboard serial port.

Disabled Disables the onboard serial port.

Onboard Serial Port (IR)

Auto The system will automatically select an I/O address for the IR device.

3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I/O address for the IR device.

Disabled Disables the IR device.

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IR Mode Select

This field is used to select the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA device. For better transmission of data, your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 o angle and within a distance of 1 meter.

IR Duplex Mode

Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data.

Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously.

Onboard Parallel Port

378/IRQ7, 3BC/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5 Selects the I/O address and

IRQ for the onboard parallel port.

Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port.

Parallel Port Mode

The options are SPP, EPP, ECP and ECP+EPP. These apply to a standard specification and will depend on the type and speed of your device. Refer to your peripheral’s manual for the best option.

SPP

Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only.

“ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)”

Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode’s data transfer rate.

“EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)”

Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed.

ECP Mode Use DMA

This field is used to select a DMA channel for the parallel port.

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BIOS Setup

Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy.

ACPI Function

ACPI Suspend Type

Power Management

HDD Power Down

HDD Down In Suspend

Soft-Off By PBTN

Wake Up On LAN

Resume By Ring

Resume By Alarm x Day of Month Alarm x Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

Power On Function x Hot Key Power On


Power Management Setup

Enabled

S1(POS)

User Define

Disabled

Disabled

Instant-Off

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

0

0 : 0 : 0

BUTTON ONLY

Ctrl-F1

Item Help

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ACPI Function

This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI. Currently, only Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP supports this function. When this field is enabled, the system will ignore the settings in the “HDD Power Down” field. If you want to use the

Suspend to RAM function, make sure this field is enabled then select

“S3(STR)” in the field below.

ACPI Suspend Type

This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode.

S1(POS) Enables the Power On Suspend function.

S3(STR) Enables the Suspend to RAM function.

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Power Management

This field allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the “HDD

Power Down” field is activated.

Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the “HDD Power

Down” = 15 min.

Max Saving Maximum power saving time for the “HDD Power

Down” = 1 min.

User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the

“HDD Power Down” field.

HDD Power Down

This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to

User Define. When the system enters the HDD Power Down mode according to the power saving time selected, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.

HDD Down In Suspend

The default setting is Disabled. When enabled, the hard drive will be powered off once the system enters the Suspend mode.

Soft-Off by PBTN

This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system.

Delay 4 Sec. Regardless of whether the Power Management function is enabled or disabled, if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec, the system enters the Suspend mode. The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally “hit” or pushed the power button. Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore. Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system.

Instant-Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system.

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Wake Up On LAN

Set this field to Enabled to wake up the system via the onboard

LAN or via a LAN card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the system. Access to the

LAN card will cause the system to wake up. Refer to the card’s documentation for more information.

Resume By Ring

When this field is set to Enabled, the system will power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem.

Power-On By Alarm

Enabled When Enabled, you can set the time you would like the

Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC to power-on in the

“Time (dd:hh:mm) of Alarm” field. However, if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the time set in the field, the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network.

Disabled Disables the automatic power-on function. (default)

Day of Month Alarm

0

1-31

The system will power-on everyday according to the time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” field.

Select a date you would like the system to power-on.

The system will power-on on the set date, and time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” field.

Time (hh:mm:ss) of Alarm

This is used to set the time you would like the system to power-on.

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Power On Function

This field allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system.

Button only Default setting. Uses the power button to power on the system.

Hot Key Select the function key you would like to use to power-on the system in the “Hot Key Power On” field.

Mouse Move Move the PS/2 mouse to wake up the system.

Mouse Click Click the PS/2 mouse to wake up the system.

Any Key Press any key to power-on the system.

Keyboard 98 Press the “wake up” key of the Windows

®

98 compatible keyboard to power-on the system.

Hot Key Power On

This field is used to select a function key that you would like to use to power-on the system.

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BIOS Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.

Resources Controlled By x IRQ Resources

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

**



Auto

Press Enter

PCI Express Relative Items

Maximum Payload Size

**

Disabled

4096

Item Help

Menu Level X

Default is Disabled.

Select Enabled to reset

Extended System

Configuration Data

(ESCD) when you exit

Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot.

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Resources Controlled By

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices.

Auto(ESCD) The system will automatically detect the settings for you.

Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the “IRQ Resources” field.

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IRQ Resources

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Device.

IRQ-3 assigned to

IRQ-4 assigned to

IRQ-5 assigned to

IRQ-7 assigned to

IRQ-9 assigned to

IRQ-10 assigned to

IRQ-11 assigned to

IRQ-12 assigned to

IRQ-14 assigned to

IRQ-15 assigned to


IRQ Resources

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

PCI Device

Item Help

Menu Level XX

Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification. PCI/ISA

PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for

PCI or ISA bus architecture.


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PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

This field determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not.

Enabled MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards work with PCI/VGA.

Disabled MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI/

VGA.

Maximum Payload Size

This field is used to select the maximum TLP payload size of the PCI

Express devices. The unit is byte.

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BIOS Setup

PC Health Status

Shutdown TEMP (CPU)

Shutdown TEMP (Chipset)

CPU Fan Power

Chip Fan Power

System Fan Power


PC Health Status

85 o C/185 o F

90 o C/194 o F

AUTO

AUTO

AUTO

Item Help

Menu Level X

VCC3 Voltage

+12V Voltage

5V Standby Voltage

Voltage Battery

CPU Temperature

Chipset Temp

System Temp

CPU Fan Speed

Chipset Fan Speed

System Fan Speed

3.29V

11.90V

5.02V

3.05V

32 o C

54 o C

36 o C

3245 RPM

4440 RPM

2596 RPM

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Shutdown Temperature (CPU)

You can prevent the system from overheating by selecting a temperature in this field. If the system detected that the CPU temperature exceeded the temperature set in this field, it will automatically shutdown.

Shutdown Temperature (Chipset)

You can prevent the system from overheating by selecting a temperature in this field. If the system detected that the Chipset temperature exceeded the temperature set in this field, it will automatically shutdown.

CPU/Chip/System Fan Power

Enabled The CPU/Chip/System fan will rotate at full speed.

SmartFan The CPU/Chip/System fan’s speed will rotate according to their respective temperature.

VCC3 Voltage to System Fan Speed

These fields will show the output voltage, temperature and fan speed of the monitored devices or components.

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Genie BIOS Setting

X


Genie BIOS Setting

DRAM Timing and Config

AMD K8 Cool‘n’Quiet

Max. Cool’n’Quiet CPU FID

Press Enter

Auto

Disabled

=========== Ratio & Clock Setting =========

CPU’n’NB Bus Ratio Setting Auto

CPU FSB Ratio Setting

Current CPU FSB Speed

CPU Clock Setting

O.C. Failed Control

Current DRAM Speed

DRAM Clock (CPU/DRAM)

PCIE Clock Setting x8.5

1700MHz

200MHz

Load Default

DDR400

Auto

100MHz

============ Voltage Setting ============

CPU Voltage Setting Default

DRAM Voltage Setting

Chip Voltage Setting

HT Voltage Setting

Current CPU Voltage

Current DRAM Voltage

Current Chipset Voltage

Current HT Voltage

2.6V

1.5V

1.2V

1.47V

2.51V

1.42V

1.18V

============ Miscellaneous ============

PCI eXpress Configuration 16X1X2X

Init Display First

CPU’n’NB Bus Width

PCIEx-Master

↓ 16 ↑ 16

Item Help

Menu Level X

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The screen above list all the fields available in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu, for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields. The settings on the screen are for reference only.

Your version may not be identical to this one.

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Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear.



CAS Latency (Tcl)

Min RAS# Active Time (Tras)

RAS# to CAS# Delay (Trcd)

Row Precharge Time (Trp)

Row to Row Delay (Trrd)

Row Cycle Time (Trc)

Row Refresh Cyc Time (Trfc)

Read to Write Time (Trwt)

Write Recovery Time (Twr)

Write to Read Delay (Twtr)

Refresh Rate (Tref)

Write CAS Latency (Twcl)

1T/2T Memory Timing

Read Preamble Value

Async Latency Value

Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter

DRAM Output Driving

DDR DQ Drive Strength

PDL Delay Adjust x Delay Line Adjust

DLL Speed Override

MTRR Mapping Mode

DRAM ECC Feature Control x ECC Memory Interlock x ECC MCE Enable x Chip-Kill Mode Enable x ECC Redirection x DRAM Background Scrubber x L2 Cache Background Scrubber x DCache Background Scrubber

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

0

Auto

Continuous

Disabled

At Least One

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Item Help

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The screen above list all the fields available in the DRAM Timing and Config submenu, for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

CAS Latency (Tcl)

This field is used to select the clock cycle of the CAS latency time.

The option selected specifies the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it.

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Min RAS# Active Time (Tras)

This field is used to select the minimum time RAS takes to read from and write to a memory cell.

RAS# to CAS# Delay (Trcd)

When DRAM refreshes, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This field is used to select the delay time from RAS (Row

Address Strobe) to CAS (Column Address Strobe) when reading and writing to the same bank. The lesser the clock cycle, the faster the DRAM’s performance.

Row Precharge Time (Trp)

This field is used to select the number of cycles that is allowed for

Row Address Strobe (RAS) to precharge. If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshes, refreshing may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data.

Row to Row Delay (Trrd)

This field is used to select the row to row delay time of different banks.

Row Cycle Time (Trc)

This field is used to select the row cycle time, RAS# active or auto refresh of the same bank.

Row Refresh Cyc Time (Trfc)

This field is used to select the row refresh cycle time. Auto refresh active to RAS# active or RAS# to auto refresh - similar to Trc.

Read to Write Time (Trwt)

This field is used to select the read to write time. Although this is not a DRAM specified timing parameter, it is related to the routing latencies on the clock forwarded bus. This is measured from the first address bus slot which is not associated with part of the read burst.

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Write Recovery Time (Twr)

This field is used to select the write recovery time when the DRAM safely registers the last write data. This is the time from the last write data to precharge.

Write to Read Delay (Twtr)

This field is used to select the write to read delay time. This is measured from the rising edge of the last non-masked data strobe to the rising edge of the next read command.

Refresh Rate (Tref)

This field is used to select the refresh rate of the DIMM that requires the most frequent refresh.

Write CAS Latency (Twcl)

This field is used to select the write CAS latency time.

1T/2T Memory Timing

2T timing which provides better system stability is supported in CG or later revisions of the AMD Athlon TM 64 CPU. This field will not appear if you are using a CPU whose version is older than the CG revision.

Auto Automatically detects the memory timing.

1T Sets the memory timing to Performance mode. Select this mode for better system performance.

2T Sets the memory timing to Normal mode. Select this mode if you encounter system instability. (default)

Read Preamble Value

When the DQS receiver is turned on, you can select the time prior to the max-read DQS return. This will notify the controller on when to enable its DQS receiver when awaiting the DRAM DQS driver to turn on for a read. The controller will disable its DQS receiver until the read preamble time and then enable its DQS receiver while the DRAM asserts DQS.

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Async Latency Value

This field is used to select a value equal to the maximum asynchronous latency in the DRAM read round-trip loop.

Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter

This field is used to enable the dynamic idle cycle counter.

DRAM Output Driving

This field is used to select the DRAM output driving value.

DRAM DQ Drive Strength

This field is used to select a level of the DRAM DQ drive strength.

PDL Delay Adjust

The options are Auto, Slower and Faster.

Delay Line Adjust

Leave this field in its default setting.

DLL Speed Override

The options are Auto, Enabled and DLL Speed.

MTRR Mapping Mode

This field is used to disable or continue the MTRR mapping mode.

DRAM ECC Feature Control

This field is used to enable or disable the DRAM’s ECC feature.

When enabled, it allows the system to automatically correct and recover from memory failure.

ECC Memory Interlock

The options are At Least One and All Are.

ECC MCE Enable


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BIOS Setup

Chip-Kill Mode Enable


ECC Redirection


DRAM Background Scrubber

This field allows the DRAM scrubbing feature to correct memory errors.

L2 Cache Background Scrubber

This field corrects the memory errors of the L2 data cache RAM.

DCache Background Scrubber

This field corrects the memory errors of the L1 data cache RAM.

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AMD K8 Cool ‘n’ Quiet

Auto Enables AMD’s Cool‘n’Quiet technology. This function allows the system to detect the CPU’s tasks and utilization status. When the CPU’s task slows down, the system effectively lowers power consumption by changing its CPU speed and voltage, subsequently decreasing its noise level.

Disabled Disables AMD’s Cool‘n’Quiet technology.

Max Cool ‘n’ Quiet CPU FID

This field is used to select a value for the Cool ‘n’ Quiet CPU FID.

CPU ‘n’ NB Bus Ratio Setting

This field is used to select the bus ratio between the CPU and north bridge.


This field is used to select the CPU FSB ratio.

Current CPU FSB Ratio Speed

This field will show the current CPU FSB ratio speed.

CPU Clock Setting

This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor. The available options allow you to adjust the processor’s bus clock by 1MHz increment.

Important:

Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor’s or system’s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance.

O. C. Failed Control

If after overclocking, the system failed to function properly, the system will automatically adjust the CPU clock according to the value selected in this field. The adjusted clock speed is the actual CPU clock minus the value selected in this field.

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Current DRAM Speed

This field will show the current DRAM speed.


This field is used to select the clock speed of the DIMM.

PCIE Clock Setting

This field is used to select the PCI Express clock.

CPU Voltage Setting

This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU.


This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the

DRAM.


This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the north bridge chip.

HT Voltage Setting

This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the south bridge chip.

Important:

Although the CPU / DRAM / Chip / HT overvoltage is supported, we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage.

Current CPU Voltage

This field will show the CPU’s current voltage.


This field will show the DRAM’s current voltage.

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This field will show the north bridge chip’s current voltage.

Current HT Voltage

This field will show the south bridge chip’s current voltage.

PCI eXpress Configuration

This field is used to configure PCI Express.

Init Display First

PCIEx-Master When the system boots, it will first initialize the

PCI Express Master graphics card.

PCIEx-Slave When the system boots, it will first initialize the

PCI Express Slave graphics card.

PCI Slot When the system boots, it will first initialize PCI.

CPU ‘n’ NB Bus Width

This field is used to select the LDT bus transfer width between the

CPU and north bridge.

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Hot Keys

Loading the Default Settings

If the overclocked settings resulted to the system’s instability or worse yet, not being able to boot up the system, follow the steps below to restore the clock’s settings back to their default value.

1. Power-off the system.

2. Press the Insert key first then while at it, press the power button.

Release only when the system’s power is on.

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The “Load Fail-Safe Defaults” option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips. These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features. You should use these values only if you have hardware problems. Highlight this option in the main menu and press <Enter>.







X PC Health Status

Esc : Quit







Set User Password

Exit Without Saving



If you want to proceed, type <Y> and press <Enter>. The default settings will be loaded.

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The “Load Optimized Defaults” option loads optimized se ttings from the BIOS ROM. Use the default values as standard values for your system. Highlight this option in the main menu and press <Enter>.







X PC Health Status

Esc : Quit







Set User Password

Exit Without Saving



3

Type <Y> and press <Enter> to load the Setup default values.

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If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry, set a supervisor’s password with the “System” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want to protect access to setup only, but not your system, set a supervisor’s password with the

“Setup” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system.

Use the arrow keys to highlight “Set Supervisor Password” and press <Enter>.







X

X


Enter Password:

PC Health Status

Esc : Quit






Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

↑ ↓ → ←

Change/Set/Disable Password

: Select Item

Type in the password. You are limited to eight characters. When done, the message below will appear:

Confirm Password:

You are asked to verify the password. Type in exactly the same password. If you type in a wrong password, you will be prompted to enter the correct password again. To delete or disable the password function, highlight “Set Supervisor Password” and press <Enter>, instead of typing in a new password. Press the <Esc> key to return to the main menu.

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BIOS Setup

Set User Password

If you want another user to ha ve access only to your system but not to setup, set a user’s password with the “System” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup, set a user’s password with the “Setup” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features.

Using user’s password to enter Setup allows a user to access only

“Set User Password” that appears in the main menu screen. Access to all other options is denied.

Use the arrow keys to highlight “Set User Password” and press

<Enter>.







X

X


Enter Password:

PC Health Status

Esc : Quit






Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

↑ ↓ → ←

Change/Set/Disable Password

: Select Item

3

Type in the password. You are limited to eight characters. When done, the message below will appear:

Confirm Password:

You are asked to verify the password. Type in exactly the same password. If you type in a wrong password, you will be prompted to enter the correct password again. To delete or disable the password function, highlight “Set User Password” and press <Enter>, instead of typing in a new password. Press the <Esc> key to return to the main menu.

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Save & Exit Setup

When all the changes have been made, highlight “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>.







X PC Health Status

Esc : Quit







Set User Password

Exit Without Saving


Save Data to CMOS

Type “Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot. You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen. If you wish to make additional changes to the setup, press <Ctrl> <Alt> <Esc> simultaneously or <Del> after memory testing is done.

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Exit Without Saving

When you do not want to save the changes you have made, highlight “Exit Without Saving” and press <Enter>.







X PC Health Status

Esc : Quit







Set User Password

Exit Without Saving


Abandon All Data

3

Type “Y” and press <Enter>. The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen. If you wish to make any changes to the setup, press <Ctrl> <Alt> <Esc> simultaneously or <Del> aft er memory testing is done.

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NVRAID BIOS

The NVRAID BIOS utility, supported by the NVIDIA nForce4 chipset, is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives

(SATA 1 to SATA 4) and Parallel ATA drives.

After you power up the system and all drives have been detected, the NVRAID BIOS status message screen will appear. Press the

<F10> key to enter the utility. The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives and Parallel ATA drives.

Sil3132 SataRAID BIOS

The Sil3132 SataRAID BIOS utility, supported by the Silicon Image

Sil3132 chip, is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives connected to SATA 5 to SATA 6.

After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have been detected, the Sil3132 SataRAID BIOS status message screen will appear. Press the <Ctrl-S> or <F4> key to enter the utility. The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives.


Important:

Before creating RAID, make sure you have installed the Serial/

Parallel ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you won’t be able to enter the RAID BIOS utility.

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Updating the BIOS

To update the BIOS, you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility, AWDFLASH.EXE. You can download them from DFI’s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative.

1. Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility

AWDFLASH.EXE to a floppy disk.

2. Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to “Floppy”.

3. Save the setting and reboot the system.

4. After the system booted from the floppy disk, execute the flash utility by typing AWDFLASH.EXE. The following screen will appear.

3

Award BIOS Flash Utility V.8.15B

(C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

(The current BIOS information will appear in this area.)

File Name to Program :

5. Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to

“File Name to Program” then press <Enter>.

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6. The following will appear.

Do You Want to Save BIOS (Y/N)

This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system.

We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility; just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS. To save the current BIOS, press <Y> then enter the file name of the current

BIOS. Otherwise, press <N>.

7. The following will then appear.

Press “Y” to Program or “N” to Exit

8. Press <Y> to flash the new BIOS.

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Chapter 4 - Supported Software

Supported Software

4

Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications

The CD that came with the system board contains drivers, utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board.

Inser t the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen

(Mainboard Utility CD) will appear. If after inser ting the CD,

"Autorun" did not automatically start (which is, the Mainboard Utility

CD screen did not appear), please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double-click "Setup".

Important:

You must first install Microsoft DirectX 9.0C prior to installing any drivers.

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Supported Software

Microsoft DirectX 9.0C

When you insert the CD, the default menu that will appear is the Chipset

Drivers menu. If in any case it is not, click the “CHIPSET” icon that is on the left side of the autorun screen.

1. Click “Microsoft DirectX

9.0C” on the main menu.

2. Click “I accept the agreement” then click

Next.

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3. You are now ready to install DirectX. Click

Next.

Supported Software

4

4. Click Finish. Reboot the system for DirectX to take effect.

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Supported Software nVidia Chipset Drivers

On the left side of the autorun screen, click the “CHIPSET” icon.

1. Click “nVidia Chipset

Drivers” on the main menu.

2. The installation wizard will install NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers on your computer. Click Next to continue.

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3. Select the drivers you want to install. The drivers will be installed automatically. Make sure you have selected

“NVIDIA IDE Driver” because this driver will replace Windows ATA dr iver s enabling the processor and other system level hardware to be more productive and efficient. Click “Next” to continue.

4. Setup is currently installing the drivers.

Supported Software

4

5. Read the information about the NVIDIA IDE software driver then click

Next.

6. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation.

Click “Yes, I want to restar t my computer now” then click Finish.

Restarting the system will allow the new driver installation to take effect.

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Realtek Audio Drivers

On the left side of the autorun screen, click the “AUDIO” icon.

1. Click “Realtek Audio

Drivers” on the main menu.

2. The installation wizard will extract the files needed to install AC97 audio.

3. AC97 audio is intalling and configuring the new software installation.

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Click “Yes, I want to restar t my computer now” then click Finish.

Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect.

Supported Software

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Supported Software nVidia Firewall and Forceware Network Access Manager

On the left side of the autorun screen, click the “TOOLS” icon.

1. Click “NVIDIA Firewall and ForceWare Network

Access Manager” on the main menu.

2. Setup is currently preparing the installation wizard which will guide you through the program.

3. The installation wizard will install NVIDIA ForceWare

Network Access Manager on your computer. Click

Next to continue.

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4. Select the type of setup you prefer then click

“Next”.

Supported Software

4

5. Select the preferred language then click

“Next”.

6. Click “Yes” to activate

Firewall.

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7. Setup is configuring your new software installation.

8. Click “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” then click Finish.


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NVIDIA ForceWare Network Access Manager

After completing installation, the “NVIDIA web-based...” icon is automatically created on your desktop. Doubleclick this icon to launch the

NVIDIA ForceWare Network Access Manager utility.

The utility allows you to configure the Ethernet interface features and personal

Firewall for optimized security.

This prevents unauthorized access to your system’s software or data.

Supported Software

AMD CPU Cool‘n’Quiet Drivers


1. Click “AMD CPU

Cool‘n’Quiet Drivers” on the main menu.

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2. Setup is now ready to install and configure the driver. Click Next.

3. Read the license agreement then click Yes.

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4. Go through the readme document for system requirements and installation tips then click Next.

5. Click Next to install to the designated folder or click Browse to select another folder.

6. Click “Yes, I want to restar t my computer now” then click Finish.


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Note:

Refer to chapter 5 for more information about the Cool‘n’Quiet Technology.

Supported Software

ITE Smart Guardian

The system board comes with the ITE Smart Guardian utility. This utility is capable of monitoring the system’s temperature, fan speed, voltage, etc.

and allows you to manually set a range (Highest and Lowest Limit) to the items being monitored. If the settings/values are over or under the set range, a warning message will pop-up. The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs. We recommend that you use the “Default Setting” which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition.


1. Click “ITE Smar t

Guardian” on the main menu.

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2. Setup will prepare the installation wizard.

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3. You are now ready to install Smar t Guardian.

Click Next to install or click Browse to select another folder.

4. Click Next to add the program icon to the

Program Folder.

5. Click Finish. Reboot the system for the driver to take effect.

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Intel USB 2.0 Drivers

The Intel chipset does not support USB 2.0 drivers for Windows

®

98 SE and Windows

®

ME.

Windows ® XP

If your Windows ® XP CD already includes Service Pack 1, the USB

2.0 driver will automatically install when you install the operating system. If the CD does not include Service Pack 1, it is available for download at Microsoft’s Windows Update website.

Windows ® 2000

If your Windows ® 2000 CD already includes Service Pack 4, the

USB 2.0 driver will automatically install when you install the operating system. If the CD does not include Service Pack 4, it is available for download at Microsoft’s Windows Update website.

Installation Notes

1. "Autorun" ONLY supports the Windows

®

2000 and Windows

®

XP operating systems. If after inserting the CD, "Autorun" did not automatically start (which is, the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear), please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double-click "Setup".

2. All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated.

Please go to DFI's web site at "http://www.dfi.com/support1/ download2.asp" for the latest version of the drivers or software applications.

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Chapter 5 - Cool’n’Quiet Technology

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The AMD Cool‘n’Quiet TM technology allows the system to detect the

CPU’s tasks and utilization status. When the CPU’s task slows down, the system effectively lowers power consumption by lowering its

CPU speed and voltage, subsequently decreasing its noise level.

To enable the Cool‘n’Quiet TM technology, the following settings are required.

1. Enable Cool‘n’Quiet TM in the BIOS.

2. Install the Cool‘n’Quiet TM driver.

3. Configure Power Management in Windows.

Step 1: Enable Cool‘n’Quiet TM in the BIOS

1. Power-on the system then press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS.

2. Select the Genie BIOS Setting submenu then press <Enter>.

3. Set the “AMD K8 Cool‘n’Quiet” field to Auto.


Genie BIOS Setting

X DRAM Timing and Config

AMD K8 Cool‘n’Quiet

Max. Cool’n’Quiet CPU FID

Press Enter

Auto

Disabled

=========== Ratio & Clock Setting =========

CPU’n’NB Bus Ratio Setting


Auto x8.5

Current CPU FSB Speed

CPU Clock Setting

O.C. Failed Control

1700MHz

200MHz

Load Default

Current DRAM Speed


PCIE Clock Setting

DDR400

Auto

100MHz

============ Voltage Setting ============

CPU Voltage Setting


Default

2.6V


HT Voltage Setting

Current CPU Voltage

1.5V

1.2V

1.47V



Current HT Voltage

2.51V

1.42V

1.18V

============ Miscellaneous ============

PCI eXpress Configuration

Init Display First

CPU’n’NB Bus Width

16X1X2X

PCIEx-Master

↓ 16 ↑ 16

Item Help

Menu Level X

DRAM timing and control


F5: Previous Values








6. Reboot the system.

Install the Cool‘n’Quiet TM Driver

1. Insert the provided CD into a CD-ROM drive.

2. On the left side of the autorun screen, click the “TOOLS” icon.

3. Click “AMD CPU Cool‘n’Quiet Drivers” on the main menu.

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4. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation.

Note:

Refer to chapter 4 for details on installing the Cool‘n’Quiet driver.

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Step 3: Configure Power Management in Windows

1. On the Windows desktop, click Start then select Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel, double-click the Power Options icon.

3. In the Power Schemes tab, select Minimal Power Management under the Power schemes section then click OK.

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Chapter 6 - RAID

The NVIDIA nForce4 chip supports NVIDIA RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disk) that allows RAID arrays spanning across 4

Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drives. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1,

RAID 0+1 and JBOD.

The Silicon Image Sil3132 chip (optional) allows configuring RAID on another 2 Serial ATA ports. It supports RAID 0 and RAID 1.

RAID Levels

RAID 0 (Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance)

RAID 0 uses two new identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Data is divided into stripes and each stripe is written alternately between two disk drives. This improves the I/O performance of the drives at different channel; however it is not fault tolerant. A failed disk will result in data loss in the disk array.

RAID 1 (Mirroring Disk Array with Fault Tolerance)

RAID 1 copies and maintains an identical image of the data from one drive to the other drive. If a drive fails to function, the disk array management software directs all applications to the other drive since it contains a complete copy of the drive’s data. This enhances data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use two new drives or an existing drive and a new drive but the size of the new drive must be the same or larger than the existing drive.

RAID 0+1 (Striping and Mirroring)

RAID 0+1 is a combination of data striping and data mirroring providing the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1. Use four new drives or an existing drive and three new drives for this configuration.

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JBOD (Spanning)

JBOD redundantly stores the same data on multiple disks that appear as a single disk on the operating system.

Settings

To enable the RAID function, the following settings are required.

1. Connect Serial/Parallel ATA drives.

2. Configure Serial/Parallel ATA in the Award BIOS.

3. Configure RAID in the NVRAID BIOS and/or Sil3132 SataRAID

BIOS.

4. Install RAID driver.

Step 1: Connect Serial/Parallel ATA Drives

IDE connectors

SATA 1-4 supported by nForce4 chip

SATA 5-6 supported by

Sil3132 chip

Refer to chapter 2 for details on connecting the serial/parallel ATA drives.

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Important:

Make sure you have installed the Serial/Parallel ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you won’t be able to enter the RAID BIOS utility.

Step 2: Configure Serial/Parallel ATA in the Award BIOS

1. Power-on the system then press <Del> to enter the main menu of the Award BIOS.

2. Select the Integrated Peripherals submenu - “OnChip IDE

Device” section of the BIOS.

3. Set the “RAID Enable” field to “Enabled”.

4. Enable the RAID function of the Serial/Parallel ATA drives you want to configure as RAID.


OnChip IDE Device


Primary Master PIO

Primary Slave PIO

Primary Master UDMA

Primary Slave UDMA


Secondary Master PIO

Secondary Slave PIO

Secondary Master UDMA

Secondary Slave UDMA



IDE Prefetch Mode

IDE HDD Block Mode

Enabled

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Enabled

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Enabled

All Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

****************

Onboard RAID Setting

RAID Enable

****************

Enabled x IDE Primary Master RAID Disabled x IDE Primary Slave RAID x IDE Secndry Master RAID x IDE Secndry Slave RAID x SATA 1 Primary x SATA 1 Secondary x SATA 2 Primary x SATA 2 Secondary

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level XX


F5: Previous Values





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7. Reboot the system.

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Step 3: Configure RAID in the RAID BIOS

Configure RAID in the NVRAID BIOS

When the system powers-up and all drives have been detected, the

NVRAID BIOS status message screen will appear. Press the <F10> key to enter the utility. The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives and Parallel ATA drives. Press the <Ctrl> and

<X> keys to exit the RAID BIOS.

Configure RAID in the Sil3132 SataRAID BIOS

When the system powers-up and all drives have been detected, the

Sil3132 SataRAID BIOS status message screen will appear. Press the

<Ctrl-S> or <F4> key to enter the utility. The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives.

Step 4: Install the RAID Driver

If you are in the process of installing Windows ® XP or Windows ®

2000 on RAID configured drives, you will need the provided RAID driver floppy diskette. If you are installing the driver on existing

Windows ® XP or Windows ® 2000, install the corresponding RAID driver that is in the provided CD.

Installing NVRAID Driver While in the Process of Installing

Windows ® XP or Windows ® 2000

The steps below will instruct you on installing the RAID driver while in the process of installing Windows ® XP or Windows ® 2000 on

RAID configured drives.

1.

Start Windows Setup by booting from the installation CD.

2.

Press <F6> when prompted at the beginning of Windows setup.

3.

Now the following steps are extremely crucial because there are 2 essential files that must be installed here. Press <S> to select “Specify Additional Device”.

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4.

At this point you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Insert the provided RAID driver diskette.

5.

Locate for the drive where you inserted the diskette then select

“NVIDIA nForce4 ATA Controller”. Press <Enter> to install the driver.

6.

Now press <S> again to specify another device.

7.

This time, select “NVIDIA nForce4 ATA RAID Class Controller”.

Press <Enter> to install the driver. Make sure both files have been installed or the setup will fail.

8.

If you need to install other devices, please do so at this time otherwise please proceed to the next step.

9.

Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation.

10. After installing the operating system, if in any case necessary, create the hard drives' partition.

Installing the Sil3132 RAID Driver While in the Process of Installing Windows ® XP or Windows ® 2000

1. Start Windows Setup by booting from the installation CD.

2. Press <F6> when prompted at the beginning of Windows setup.

3. Press <S> to select “Specify Additional Device”.

4. At this point you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Insert the provided RAID driver diskette.

5. Locate for the drive where you inserted the diskette then select the Silicon Image controller. Press <Enter> to install the driver.

6. If you need to install other devices, please do so at this time otherwise please proceed to the next step.


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Important:

Treat the hard drives' cables with extreme caution especially while creating RAID. A damaged cable will ruin the entire installation process and operating system. The system will not boot and you will lost all data in the hard drives. Please give special attention to this warning because there is no way of recovering back the data.

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System Error Message

Appendix A - System Error Message

A

When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message,

PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC or DEL TO ENTER

SETUP, will be shown in the information box at the bottom. Enter

Setup to correct the error.

POST Beep

There are two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS. One code indicates that a video error has occured and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information. This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps. The other code indicates that a DRAM error has occured. This beep code consists of a single long beep.

Error Messages

One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the

BIOS detects an error during the POST. This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BIOSes:

CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED

The CMOS battery is no longer functional. It should be replaced.

Caution:

Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s instructions.

CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR

Checksum of CMOS is incorrect. This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt. This error may have been caused by a weak battery. Check the battery and replace if necessary.

DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY

The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color. This indicates the switch is set to a different

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System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection.

FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80)

Unable to reset floppy subsystem.

FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40)

Floppy type mismatch.

Hard Disk(s) fail (80)

HDD reset failed.


HDD controller diagnostics failed.


HDD initialization error.


Unable to recalibrate fixed disk.


Sector Verify failed.

Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key

The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked. Keyboard controller is pulled low.

Keyboard error or no keyboard present

Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot.

Manufacturing POST loop

System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low. This is also used for the M/B burn in test at the factory.

BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted

The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad.

Memory test fail

The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error(s).

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Troubleshooting

B

Appendix B - Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Checklist

This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer. To efficiently troubleshoot your system, treat each problem individually. This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes.

Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below.

1. The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on.

2. All cables and power cords are tightly connected.

3. The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are connected is working. Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device.

4. The monitor is turned on.

5. The display’s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly.

6. All add-in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely.

7. Any add-in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly.

Monitor/Display

If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on:

1. Make sure that the monitor’s power switch is on.

2. Check that one end of the monitor’s power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet. If necessary, try another outlet.

3. Check that the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system’s display adapter.

4. Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor’s brightness control knob.

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The picture seems to be constantly moving.

1. The monitor has lost its vertical sync. Adjust the monitor’s vertical sync.

2. Move away any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that may be creating a magnetic field around the display.

3. Make sure your video card’s output frequencies are supported by this monitor.

The screen seems to be constantly wavering.

1. If the monitor is close to another monitor, the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off. Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering.

Power Supply

When the computer is turned on, nothing happens.

1. Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system.

2. Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using.

3. The power cord may have a “short” or “open”. Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary.

Floppy Drive

The computer cannot access the floppy drive.

1. The floppy diskette may not be formatted. Format the diskette and try again.

2. The diskette may be write-protected. Use a diskette that is not write-protected.

3. You may be writing to the wrong drive. Check the path statement to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive.

4. There is not enough space left on the diskette. Use another diskette with adequate storage space.

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Hard Drive

Hard disk failure.

1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS.

2. If the system is configured with two hard drives, make sure the bootable (first) hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave. The master hard drive must have an active/bootable partition.

Excessively long formatting period.

If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to format, it is likely a cable connection problem. However, if your hard drive has a large capacity, it will take a longer time to format.

Parallel Port

The parallel printer doesn’t respond when you try to print.

1. Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on-line.

2. Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached.

3. Verify that the onboard LPT port’s I/O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly.

4. Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured correctly. If it works, the printer can be assumed to be in good condition. If the printer remains inoperative, replace the printer cable and try again.

Serial Port

The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’t output anything or is outputting garbled characters.

1. Make sure that the serial device’s power is turned on and that the device is on-line.

2. Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer.

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3. Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly. If the serial device does not work, either the cable or the serial device has a problem. If the serial device works, the problem may be due to the onboard I/O or the address setting.

4. Make sure the COM settings and I/O address are configured correctly.

Keyboard

Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed.

1. Make sure the keyboard is properly connected.

2. Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process.

System Board

1. Make sure the add-in card is seated securely in the expansion slot. If the add-in card is loose, power off the system, re-install the card and power up the system.

2. Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set.

3. Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets.

4. Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations.

5. If the board fails to function, place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components. Gently press each component into the socket.

6. If you made changes to the BIOS settings, re-enter setup and load the BIOS defaults.

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User’s Manual

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Table of Contents

About this Manual

Warranty

Static Electricity Precautions

Safety Measures

About the Package

Before Using the System Board

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Specifications

Features

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Características y Especificaciones

Introduction

Introduction

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

System Board Layout

System Memory

CPU

Jumper Settings

Rear Panel I/O Ports

•

•

I/O Connectors

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup

Award BIOS Setup Utility

NVRAID BIOS

Sil3132 SataRAID BIOS

Updating the BIOS

Chapter 4 - Supported Software

Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications

Installation Notes

Chapter 5 - Cool’n’Quiet Technology

Chapter 6 - RAID

Appendix A - System Error Message

POST Beep

Error Messages

Appendix B - Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Checklist

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