Abit KG7 User Manual

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KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Motherboard User’s Manual

			Index
CHAPTER 1.		INTRODUCTION OF KG7 - LITE/KG7/KG7 - RAID
		FEATURES ............................................................................	1-1
1-1.	FEATURES OF KG7-LITE/KG7/KG7-RAID MOTHERBOARD.................................		1-1
1-2.	SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................................		1-2
1-3.	ITEM CHECKLIST ..................................................................................................		1-4
1-4.	LAYOUT DIAGRAM FOR KG7-LITE/KG7/KG7-RAID ...........................................		1-5
CHAPTER 2.		INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD ..............................	2-1
2-1.	INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD TO THE CHASSIS ................................................		2-2
2-2.	INSTALLATION OF THE AMD ATHLON™ XP, ATHLON™ AND DURON™ CPU .........		2-3
2-3.	INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY .............................................................................		2-6
2-4.	CONNECTORS, HEADERS AND SWITCHES...............................................................		2-7
CHAPTER 3.		INTRODUCING THE BIOS ................................................	3-1
3-1.	CPU SETUP [SOFT MENU™ III].........................................................................		3-3
3-2.	STANDARD CMOS FEATURES SETUP MENU .........................................................		3-6
3-3.	ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU...........................................................		3-9
3-4.	ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU.....................................................		3-13
3-5.	INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS .................................................................................		3-20
3-6.	POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU ..................................................................		3-23
3-7.	PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS SETUP MENU ..........................................................		3-30
3-8.	PC HEALTH STATUS...........................................................................................		3-33
3-9.	LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS...............................................................................		3-34
3-10.	LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ..............................................................................		3-34
3-11.	SET PASSWORD...................................................................................................		3-34
3-12.	SAVE & EXIT SETUP ...........................................................................................		3-35
3-13.	EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ......................................................................................		3-35
CHAPTER 4.		RAID SETTING GUIDE ......................................................	4-1
4-1.	THE FEATURES OF RAID ON THE KG7-RAID.......................................................		4-1
4-2.	RAID SETUP ON THE KG7-RAID ......................................................................		4-1
4-3.	THE BIOS SETTING MENU....................................................................................		4-2
CHAPTER 5.		HPT 370A DRIVER INSTALLATION ...............................	5-1
5-1.	DOS®	...................................................................................................................	5-1
5-2.	WINDOWS® 98 SE ................................................................................................		5-1
5-3.	WINDOWS ..................................................................................................® 2000		5-3
CHAPTER 6.		HPT 370A RAID ADMINISTRATOR INSTALLATION
	....................................................................................	GUIDE	6-1

4200-0280-02

Rev. 2.03

APPENDIX A.	VIA 4 IN 1 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS® 98
	SE & WINDOWS® 2000 ........................................................	A-1
APPENDIX B.	AMD AGP MINIPORT DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR
	WINDOWS® 98 SE & WINDOWS® 2000.............................	B-1
APPENDIX C.	INSTALLING THE VIA HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM
	................................................................................................	C-1
APPENDIX D.	BIOS UPDATE GUIDE ........................................................	D-1
APPENDIX E.	TROUBLESHOOTING (NEED ASSISTANCE?) ...............	E-1
APPENDIX F.	HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT.............................	F-1

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Introduction of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Features	1-1

Chapter 1. Introduction of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID

Features

1-1. Features of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Motherboard

This motherboard is designed for AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ CPUs. It supports the AMD Socket-A structure, with up to 2 GB (KG7-Lite Only) or 3.5 GB (KG7/KG7-RAID Only) of memory, super I/O, and Green PC functions.

The KG7-Lite /KG7/KG7-RAID uses the AMD 761™ chipset to make the evolutionary move from PC 100/PC 133 SDRAM to PC 1600/PC 2100 DDR SDRAM, increasing the speed of the system and memory buses from 100 MHz to 133 MHz. Its’ 200 MHz /266 MHz memory interface supports the wide range of PC 1600/PC 2100 DDR SDRAM memory devices now on the market.

AMD-761™ is a system bus controller, or northbridge, that houses the high-speed system elements critical to overall system performance while also containing the system interface to the processor. The key functions of the AMD-761™ System Controller include the 266 MHz Athlon System Bus, the 266 MHz DDR Memory Subsystem, the AGP 4X/2X/1X modes Graphics Interface (AGP 2.0 Compliant) and the 33 MHz/32-bit PCI Bus Interface (PCI 2.2 Compliant), including arbiter.

DDR SDRAM is the newest memory standard, it provides the maximum translation bandwith and also greatly improves data transaction delays. This feature improves whole system performance and speed, especially multimedia environment applications.

The KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID has a built in Ultra DMA 100 function. This means that it provides speedier HDD throughput boosting overall system performance. Ultra DMA 100 is the new standard for IDE devices. It enhances existing Ultra DMA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity. This new high-speed interface almost doubles the Ultra DMA 66 burst data transfer rate to 100 Mbytes/sec. The result is maximum disc performance using the current PCI local bus environment. Another benefit is you can connect four IDE devices in your system through either Ultra DMA 66 or Ultra DMA 100. You will have more flexibility to expand your computer system.

KG7-RAID’s built-in HighPoint HPT 370A chipset gives you the capability to support Ultra DMA 100. Ultra DMA 100 is the newest standard for IDE devices. It provides two IDE channels (IDE3, IDE4) that also support Ultra DMA 100 specifications, and it allows for four additional IDE devices in your computer system. It can give you high performance and efficiency data transfer rate through the IDE channels. This also means that your computer, in total, can connect up to eight IDE devices (IDE1 ~ IDE4). This allows for maximum expandability for future hardware demands. This chipset also supports IDE RAID, inlcuding RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1. This feature enables you to maximize your data storage performance and security. (KG7-RAID Only)

KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID provides high flexibility to users building AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ systems. It provides the option of 133 MHz/133 MHz CPU and memory bus combinations.

The KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID has built-in hardware monitoring functions (refer to Appendix C for detailed information) to ensure a safe computing environment.

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1-2. Specifications

1. CPU

!Supports AMD Athlon™ XP 1500+ ~ 2100+ or future Socket A processors based on 200 MHz/266 MHz (100 MHz/133 MHz Double Data Rate)

!Supports AMD Athlon™ 700 MHz ~ 1.4 GHz or future Socket A processors based on 200/266 MHz (100 MHz/133 MHz Double Data Rate)

!Supports AMD Duron™ 600 MHz ~ 1000 MHz or future Socket A processors based on 200 MHz (100 MHz Double Data Rate)

!Supports 200 MHz Alpha EV6 bus for the AMD Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ processors

2.Chipset:

#AMD 761/VIA VT82C686B chipset

!Supports Ultra DMA 33, Ultra DMA 66 and Ultra DMA 100 IDE protocol

!Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)

!Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 2X (3.3V) and 4X (1.5V) mode (Sideband) device

!Supports 200MHz/266MHz (100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) memory bus settings

#Ultra DMA 100/RAID (For KG7-RAID Only)

!HighPoint HPT 370A IDE controller

!Supports Ultra DMA 100MB/sec data transfer rate

!Supports RAID0 (Stripping mode for boosting performance) mode

!Supports RAID1 (Mirroring mode for data security) mode

!Supports RAID 0+1 (Stripping and Mirroring) mode

3.Memory (System Memory)

#KG7-Lite Only:

!Two 184-pin DIMM slots support PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules

!Supports two DIMMs of unbuffered DDR SDRAM or two DIMMs of registered DDR SDRAM for a maximum of 2 GB (64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024 MB DDR SDRAM modules)

#KG7/KG7-RAID Only:

!Four 184-pin DIMM slots support PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules

!Supports two DIMMs of unbuffered DDR SDRAM for a maximum of 2 GB (64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024 MB DDR SDRAM modules)

!Supports four DIMMs of registered DDR SDRAM for a maximum of 3.5 GB (64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024 MB DDR SDRAM modules)

4. System BIOS

!SOFT MENU™ III technology, can easily set the processor parameters

!Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM and DMI

!Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS

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5. Multi I/O Functions

!Two channels of Bus Master IDE ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices (KG7-Lite/KG7 Only). And two channels (IDE3 & IDE4) of Bus Master IDE ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 specifications HDD devices (KG7-RAID Only)

!One PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors

!One floppy port connector (up to 2.88MB)

!One parallel port connector (Standard/EPP/ECP)

!Two serial ports connectors

!Two USB connectors

!One USB header for two extra USB channels

6. Miscellaneous

!ATX form factor

!One AGP slot, six PCI slots

!Built-in Wake on LAN header

!Built-in IrDA TX/RX header

!Built-in Wake On Ring header

!One built-in SM-Bus header

!Hardware monitoring Included fan speed, voltages, CPU and system environment temperature

!Board size: 305 * 245mm

Supports Wake On LAN, Modem, but your ATX power supply 5V standby power must be able to provide at least a 720mA current capacity. Otherwise, the functions may not work normally.

PCI slot 5 shares IRQ signals with the HPT 370A IDE controller (supports Ultra DMA 100). The driver for HPT 370A IDE controller supports IRQ sharing with other PCI devices. But if you install a PCI card that doesn’t allow IRQ sharing with other devices into PCI slot 5, you

may encounter some problems. Furthermore, if your Operating System doesn’t allow peripheral devices to share IRQ signals with each other, such as Windows® NT for example, you can’t install a PCI card into PCI slot 5. (KG7-RAID Only)

HPT 370A IDE controller is designed to support high-speed and high performance mass storage devices. Thus we suggest that you don’t connect non-disk devices that use ATA/ATAPI interfaces, such as CD-ROM to HPT 370A IDE connector (IDE3 & IDE4). (KG7-RAID Only)

DDR DIMM modules should be populated in DIMM4 to DIMM3 (KG7-Lite Only) or DIMM4 to DIMM1 (KG7/KG7-RAID Only) by orders.

This motherboard supports the standard bus speeds of 66 MHz/100 MHz/133 MHz that are used by specific PCI, processor and chipset specifications. Exceeding these standard bus speeds is not guaranteed due to the specific component specifications.

Specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice.

Note

All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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1-3. Item Checklist

Check that your package is complete. If you discover any damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer or dealer.

%One ABIT Motherboard

%One 80-wire/40-pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA/100, Ultra DMA/66 or Ultra DMA/33 IDE devices (KG7-Lite/KG7 Only)

%Two 80-wire/40-pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA/100, Ultra DMA/66 or Ultra DMA/33 IDE devices (KG7-RAID Only)

%One ribbon cable for 5.25” and 3.5” floppy disk devices

%One compact disc for support drivers and utilities

%One USB cable

%One user’s manual for the motherboard

%One floppy disk of HPT 370A drivers (KG7-RAID Only)

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1-4. Layout Diagram for KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID

Figure 1-1. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID motherboard component location

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Installing the Motherboard	2-1

Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard

This KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID motherboard not only provides all standard equipment for classic personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands. This chapter will introduce step by step all of the standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible, future upgrade capabilities. This motherboard is able to support all AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ processors now on the market. (For details, see specifications in Chapter 1.)

This chapter is organized according the following features:

1.Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis

2.Installation of the AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ CPU

3.Installing System Memory

4.Connectors, Headers and Switches

&&&& Before Proceeding with the Installation &&&&

Before you install or unplug any connectors or add-on cards, please remember to turn the ATX power supply switch off (fully turn the +5V standby power off), or take the power cord off. Otherwise, you may cause the motherboard components or add-on cards to malfunction or be damaged.

User Friendly Instructions

Please read our instructions carefully and follow them step-by-step. Our objective is to enable the novice computer user to perform the installation by himself. We have attempted to write this document in a very clear, concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacles you may face during installation.

Diagram and Photos

This chapter contains many color drawings, diagrams and photos, we strongly recommend you read this chapter use the PDF file that is stored on the CD-Title. Color improves the clarity and quality of the diagrams. For the downloadable edition, as files larger than 3 MB are difficult to download, we will cut the graphics and photo resolution to reduce the manual file size. In such this case, if your manual is downloaded from our WEB site and not from a CD-ROM, enlarging graphics or photos will distort the image.

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2-1. Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis

Most computer chassis will have a base on which there will be many mounting holes that allows the motherboard to be securely attached and at the same time, prevents short circuits. There are two ways to attach the motherboard to the base of chassis:

!with studs

!or with spacers

Please refer to figure 2-1, which shows the studs and spacers. There may be several types, but all look like the figures below:

In principle, the best way to attach the motherboard is with studs. Only if you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers. Take a careful look at the motherboard and you will see many mounting holes on it. Line these holes up with the mounting holes on the base. If the holes line up and there are screw holes this means you can attach the motherboard with studs. If the holes line up and there are only slots, this means you can only attach the motherboard with spacers. Take the tip of the spacers and insert them into the slots. After doing this to all the slots, you can slide the motherboard into position aligned with the slots. After the motherboard has been positioned, check to make sure everything is OK before putting the casing back on.

Figure 2-2 shows you the way to affix the motherboard using studs or spacers.

Note

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers, don’t worry, you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of spacers (the spacer they may be a little hard to cut, so be careful with your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact any the printed circuit wire or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.

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2-2. Installation of the AMD Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™

CPU

Note

!Installing a heatsink and cooling fan is necessary for heat to dissipate from your processor. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and processor damage.

!The AMD Socket A processor will produce a lot of heat while operating, so you need to use a large heat sink that is especially designed for the AMD socket A processor. Otherwise, it may result in overheating and processor damage.

!If your processor fan and its power cable are not installed properly, never plug the ATX power cable into the motherboard. This can prevent possible processor damage.

!Please refer to your processor installation manual or other documentation with your processor for detailed installation instructions.

The AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ processor installation is easy, like Socket 7 Pentium® processors before. Because it uses the “Socket A” ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket, you can easily fix the processor firmly into position. Figure 2-3 shows you what the socket A looks like, and how to open the lever. The socket A has more pins than the socket 7. Therefore, a Pentium level processor cannot be inserted into a socket A.

When you raise the lever, you have to loosen the socket lock. Please raise the lever to the end, and prepare to insert the processor. Next, you need to align the processor pin 1 to the socket pin 1. If you put it in the wrong direction, you will not be able to insert the processor easily, and processor pins will not fully go into the socket. If this is the case, please change the direction, until it easily and fully inserts into the socket A. See Figure 2-4. At the same time check the processor temperature detection thermistor height (if your motherboard has this component), then you can slowly insert the processor into the Scoket A. Finally, you need to check that the processor edge and the Socket A edge is parallel. It should be parallel and not tilted.

When you finish the above, push the lever down to its original position, you should feel the lever lock the socket A. You have then finished the processor installation.

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Heatsink Installation Hints

Because the processor will produce a lot of heat while operating, we suggest you use a heatsink approved by AMD to be safe and to keep the processor temperature within normal operation temperatures. The heatsink will be large and heavy, so the fixing plate has a strong tension. When you install the heatsink on to the processor and its socket, you have to very carefully fix the fixing plate to the processor socket hook on both sides. If you do not pay attention to this, you may make the fixing plate scratch the PCB surface and cause circuit damage, break socket hooks or damage the die on the top of processor.

Please follow the sequence metioned below, Do Not inverse the sequence. Otherwise, you may have a situation like the photo on the left. Because of the design of the CPU socket, the left side hooks are not as strong as the right side hooks. If you follow our suggestions you will prevent your processor and socket from damage.

Note

Considering the chassis structure problem, please always take off the motherboard from chassis, before adding or removing a heatsink kit.

The proper procedure to install the heatsink kit:

First, install the processor into the processor socket.

Insert the heatsink left side fix plate into the processor socket left side fix hooks. Make sure the fit is very tight. Check the photo on the left.

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Insert a flat screwdriver into the middle slot of the right side fix plate and push down. Then you can push the fix plate over the socket hooks on the right side. Check the photo on the left.

Check the photo on the left. You have finished the heatsink installation.

Now hold the whole heatsink and slightly shake it, make sure the buttom right side of the heaksink does not contact the right side of the Socket (see bottom picture). Otherwise, the processor die does not have proper contact with the heatsink. This situation may cause processor damage.

Remember to install the heatsink fan power cable to the CPU fan header on the motherboard.

Now you can reinstall the motherboard back into the chassis.

When all above procedures done, you can connect the ATX power cable to the motherboard.

If you have different types of heatsink kit, please refer to the manual that came with the heatsink kit. The left photo shows another type of heatsink fix plate design. The install sequences are still the same, from right side to left side. Just remember that.

We strongly recommand you to buy a heatsink with three holes in the fix plate. This will provide the best stabability and won’t cause the Socket fix hooks to be broken or damaged.

The left photo shows the bottom right side of the heaksink in contact with the right side of the Socket. In this situation, the processor die does not properly contact the heatsink. If you start the computer at this monent, it will immediately cause the processor damage. Always check this place when you finish the heatsink installation.

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2-3.

184 DDR DIMM ( KG7-Lite ) 184 DDR DIMM ( KG7/KG7-RAID ) DDR DIMM 8 Mx64 (64 MB) 16 Mx64 (128 MB) 32 Mx64 (256 MB) 64 Mx64 (512 MB) 128 Mx64 (1024 MB)

DDR DIMM 64 MB 2 GB (KG7-Lite ) 3.5 GB ( KG7/KG7-RAID ) DDR SDRAM( KG7-Lite ) (Bank) ( KG7/KG7-RAID ) (Bank)

!DIMM4 DIMM3 ( KG7-Lite) DIMM4 DIMM1 ( KG7/KG7-RAID )

!DDR DIMM

2-1.

Bank 0, 1	64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB,	64 MB ~ 1 GB
(DDR DIMM 1)	512 MB, 1024 MB	(KG7/KG7-RAID)
Bank 2, 3	64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB,	64 MB ~ 1 GB
(DDR DIMM 2)	512 MB, 1024 MB	(KG7/KG7-RAID)
Bank 4, 5	64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB,	64 MB ~ 1 GB
(DDR DIMM 3)	512 MB, 1024 MB	(KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID)
Bank 6, 7	64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB,	64 MB ~ 1 GB
(DDR DIMM 4)	512 MB, 1024 MB	(KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID)
KG7-Lite		64 MB ~ 2 GB
KG7 KG7-RAID		64 MB ~ 3.5 GB

DDR SDRAM 2-5

184 PC1600 PC2100

DDR DIMM SIMMDIMMDIMM

DDR DIMM

拔掉。

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物所帶有的靜電給放電掉。

DIMM

DIMM1 ~ DIMM4

DIMM

DDR DIMM 2-6DIMM DIMMDDR DIMMDIMM

DDR DIMM

DDR DIMM DIMM ( ) DIMM

PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM

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All connectors, headers and switches mentioned here, will depend on your system configuration. Some features you may (or may not) have and need to connect or configure depending on the peripheral. If your system doesn't have such add-on cards or switches you can ignore some special feature connectors.

Figure 2-7. All Connectors and Headers for the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID

First, Let’s see the headers that KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID uses, and what their functions are. We will show you all the connectors and headers.

(1). ATX1: ATX Power Input Connector

Attach the connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector here. Remember you have to push the connector from the ATX power supply firmly to the end with the ATX1 connector, insuring that you have a good connection.

Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation.

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Caution

If the power supply connectors are not properly attached to the ATX power supply, the power supply or add-on cards may be damaged.

One end of AC power core connects to ATX power supply, and the other end (AC plug) will plug into the wall outlet. Be aware that when facing the wall outlet, the round hole is in the middle. The right side slot is called ground wire slot. It has a longer slot length than the left side slot. The left side slot is called the live wire slot. You can use an electroscope to detect its polarity or you can use a voltage meter to measure the voltage of both slot sides. If you insert an electroscope into the live wire slot, the electroscope will light up. Using a voltage meter, you will find that the live wire slot will register a higher voltage.

If you reverse the polarity of AC plug, it may affect the life of computer equipment, or cause an electric shock when you touch the computer chassis. We suggest that you plug the computer AC plug to a three-hole wall outlet for better safety and to avoid electric shock.

(2). FAN1, FAN2, FAN3 & FAN4 header

Attach the connector from the CPU fan to the header named FAN4 ond connector from the chassis fan to the header FAN1 or FAN3 and attach the connector from the power fan to FAN2 header.

You must attach the CPU fan to the processor, or your processor will work abnormally or may be damaged by overheating. To prevent the computer case’s internal temperature from getting too high, also connect the chassis fan.

Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation

(3). IR1: IR Header (Infrared)

There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 5, attach the connector from the IR KIT or IR device to the IR1 header (left row only). This motherboard supports standard IR transfer rates.

Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation

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Pin Number	Name or significance of signal	Pin Number	Name or significance of signal
1	+5V	4	Ground
2	No Connection	5	IR_TX
3	IR_RX

(4). WOR1: Wake On Ring Header

If you have an internal modem adapter that supports this feature, then you can connect the specific cable from the internal modem adapter to this header. This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through the modem.

Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation

(5). WOL1: Wake on LAN Header

If you have a network adapter that supports this feature, then you can connect the specific cable from the network adapter to this header. This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through a local area network. You may need a specific utility to control the wake up event, like using the PCnet Magic Packet utility or other similar utilities.

There are three types of WOL, “Remote Wake-Up high (RWU-high)”, “Remote Wake-Up low (RWU-low)”, and “Power Management Event (PME)”. This motherboard supports the type of “Remote Wake-Up low (RWU-low)” only.

Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation

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(6). SMB1 header: System Management Bus	(SM-Bus) Connector
	This connector is reserved for the system
	management bus (SM-Bus). The SM-Bus is a
	specific implementation of an I2C bus. I2C is a
	multi-master bus, this means that multiple chips can
	be connected to the same bus and each one can act as
	a master by initiating a data transfer. If more than one
	master simultaneously tries to control the bus, an
	arbitration procedure decides which master gets
	priority. You can connect the ABIT™ Postman® to
	this header, or other devices which utilizes the
	SM-Bus.

Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation

(7). TCPU1 & TSYS1: Temperature Thermistor

The TCPU1 is used to detect the CPU temperature. The TSYS1 is used to detect the system environment temperature. You can see the readings in the BIOS or the VIA hardware monitoring screen.

(8). USB2 Headers: Additional USB Plugs Header

This header is for connecting the additional USB port plugs. You can use the special USB port expansion cable (optional). It provides two additional USB plugs. These USB plugs can be fixed on the back panel.

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Pin number	Name or significance of signal
1	Key Pin
2	NC
3	VCC0
4	VCC1
5	Data0 -
6	Data1 -
7	Data0 +
8	Data1 +
9	Ground
10	Ground

(9). CCMOS1: CMOS Discharge Jumper

Jumper CCMOS1 discharge CMOS memory. When you install the motherboard, make sure this jumper is set for normal operation (pin 1 and 2 shorted). See Figure 2-8.

Figure 2-8. CCMOS1 jumper setting

Note

Before you clear the CMOS, you have to first turn the power off (including the +5V standby power). Otherwise, your system may work abnormally.

After updating your BIOS and before boot up, please clear the CMOS first. Then put the jumper to its default position. After that, you can reboot your system and ensure that your system is working fine.

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(10). PN1 and PN2 Headers

PN1 and PN2 are for switches and indicators for the chassis’s front panel, there are several functions that come from these two headers. You have to watch the pin position and the orientation, or you may cause system malfunctions. Figure 2-9 shows you the PN1 and PN2 functions of the pins.

Figure 2-9. The definition of PN1 and PN2 pins

PN1 (Pin 1-2-3): Power LED Headers

There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 3. Insert the three-threaded power LED cable to pins 1~3. Check to make sure the correct pins go to the correct connectors on the motherboard. If you install them in the wrong direction, the power LED light will not illuminate correctly.

Note: Watch the power LED pin position and orientation.

PN1 (Pin 6-7): HDD LED Header

Attach the cable from the case’s front panel HDD LED to this header. If you install it in the wrong direction, the LED light will not illuminate correctly.

Note: Watch the HDD LED pin position and the orientation.

PN1 (Pin 8-9): Power on Switch Header

Attach the cable from the case’s front panel power switch to this header.

PN1 (Pin 10-11): Hardware Suspend Switch (SMI Switch) Header

Attach the cable from the case’s front panel suspend switch (if there is one) to this header. Use this switch to enable/disable the power management function by hardware.

PN2 (Pin 1-2): Hardware Reset Switch Header

Attach the cable from the case’s front panel Reset switch to this header. Press and hold the reset button for at least one second to reset the system.

PN2 (Pin 4-5-6-7): Speaker Header

Attach the cable from the system speaker to this header.

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PN2 (Pin 9-10): Suspend LED Header

Insert the two-threaded suspend LED cable into pin 9 and pin 10. If you install it in the wrong direction, the LED light will not illuminate correctly.

Note: Watch the Suspend LED pin position and the orientation. For pin count-name list for PN1 and PN2, please refer to table 2-2.

For the PN1 and PN2 pin’s count-name list, please refer to table 2-2.

Table 2-2. PN1 and PN2 pin count name list

	PIN Name		Significance of signal	PIN Name		Significance of signal
		PIN 1	+5VDC		PIN 1	Ground
		PIN 2	No connection		PIN 2	Reset input
		PIN 3	Ground		PIN 3	No connection
		PIN 4	No connection		PIN 4	+5VDC
		PIN 5	No connection	PN2	PIN 5	Ground
	PN1	PIN6	LED power		PIN6	Ground
		PIN 7	HDD active		PIN 7	Speaker data
		PIN 8	Ground		PIN 8	No connection
		PIN 9	Power On/Off signal		PIN 9	LED power
		PIN 10	Ground		PIN 10	Suspend active
		PIN 11	Suspend signal		PIN 11	No connection

(11). FDC1 Connector

This 34-pin connector is called the “floppy disk drive connector”. You can connect a 360K, 5.25”, 1.2M, 5.25”, 720K, 3.5’’, 1.44M, 3.5” or 2.88M, 3.5” floppy disk drive, you can even connect a 3 Mode floppy disk drive (it’s a 3 1/2” drive used in Japanese computer systems).

A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide the connection of two floppy disk drives. After connecting the single end to the FDD1, connect the two connectors on the other end to the floppy disk drives. In general, people only install one floppy disk drive on their computer system.

Note

A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. You need to align the wire pin 1 to the FDC1 connector pin 1, then insert the wire connector into the FDC1 connector.

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(12). IDE1, IDE2, IDE3 and IDE4 Connectors

This motherboard provides two IDE ports (IDE1 & IDE2) to connect up to four IDE devices in Ultra DMA 100 mode by Ultra DMA 66 ribbon cables. Each cable has 40-pin 80-conductor and three connectors, providing two hard drive connections with the motherboard. Connect the single end (blue connector) at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port on motherboard, and the other two ends (gray and black connector) at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors on hard drives.

KG7-RAID’s built-in HighPoint HPT 370A chipset gives you the capability to support Ultra DMA 100. It provides two IDE channels (IDE3 & IDE4) that also support Ultra DMA 100 specifications, and it

allows for four additional IDE devices in your computer system. Especially, if you want to connect two or four HDDs to get RAID functions, it is very convenient for you to install the HDDs to IDE3 and IDE4. See the Chapter 4 for detailed information about RAID settings.

If you want to connect two hard drives together through one IDE channel, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode after the first Master drive. Please refer to the drives’ documentation for jumper settings. The first drive connected to IDE1 is usually referred to as “Primary Master”, and the second drive as “Primary Slave”. The first drive connected to IDE2 is referred to as “Secondary Master” and the second drive as “Secondary Slave”.

Keep away from connecting one legacy slow speed device, like CD-ROM, together with another hard drive on the same IDE channel; this will decrease your integral system performance.

Figure 2-10. Ultra DMA 66 Ribbon Cable Outline

Note

!The Master or Slave status of the hard disk drive is set on the hard disk itself. Please refer to the hard disk drive user’s manual.

!To connect Ultra DMA 100 devices on IDE1, IDE2, IDE3 or IDE4, an Ultra DMA 66 cable is required.

!A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. You need to align the wire pin 1 to the IDE connector pin 1, before inserting the wire connector into the IDE connector.

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Figure 2-11. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID back panel connectors

Figure 2-11 shows the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID back panel connectors, these connectors are for connection to outside devices to the motherboard. We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below.

(13). PS/2 Keyboard Connector

Attach a PS/2 keyboard connector to this 6-pin Din-connector. If you use an AT keyboard, you can go to a computer store to purchase an AT to ATX converter adapter, then you can connect your AT keyboard to this connector. We suggest you use a PS/2 keyboard for best compatibility.

(14). PS/2 Mouse Connector

Attach a PS/2 mouse to this 6-pin Din-connector.

(15). USB Port Connectors

This motherboard provides two USB ports. Attach the USB connector from the individual device to these connectors.

You can attach USB devices such as a, scanner, digital speakers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, hub, digital camera, joystick etc. to one of each USB connector. You must make sure your operating system supports

this feature and you may need to install an additional driver for individual devices. In Please refer to your device user’s manual for detailed information.

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(16). Serial Port COM1 & COM2 Port Connectors

This motherboard provides two COM ports, you can connect an external modem, mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol to these connectors.

You can decide which external devices you want to connect to COM1 and COM2. Each COM port can only have one device connected at a time.

(17). Parallel Port Connector

This parallel port is also called an “LPT” port, because it usually connects to the printer. You can connect other devices that support this communication protocol, like an EPP/ECP scanner, etc.

Note

This chapter contains many color drawing diagram and photos, we strongly recommend you to read this chapter use the PDF file we gave you that store in the CD-Title. It will provide you the better look and clearly color identify.

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Chapter 3. Introducing the BIOS

The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory chip on the motherboard. This program will not be lost when you turn the computer off. This program is also referred to as the boot program. It is the only channel the hardware circuit has to communicate with the operating system. Its main function is to manage the setup of the motherboard and interface card parameters, including simple parameters such as time, date, hard disk drive, as well as more complex parameters such as hardware synchronization, device operating mode, SOFT MENU™ III features and setup of CPU speed. The computer will operate normally, or will operate at its best, only if all of these parameters are correctly configured through the BIOS.

(Don’t change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you fully understand the meanings and consequences

The parameters inside the BIOS are used to setup the hardware synchronization or the device-operating mode. If the parameters are not correct, they will produce errors, the computer will crash, and sometimes you will even not be able to boot the computer after it has crashed. We recommend that you do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you are very familiar with them. If you are not able to boot your computer anymore, please refer to the section “Erase CMOS data” in Chapter 2.

When you start the computer, the BIOS program controls it. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (Power On Self Test) for all of the necessary hardware. It then configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization, and detects all of the hardware. Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program to the next level, which is the operating system (OS). Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate, it is the key factor for system stability, and in insuring that your system performs at its best. After the BIOS has achieved the auto-diagnostic and auto-detection operations, it will display the following message:

PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP

The message will be displayed for three to five seconds, if you press the Del key, you will access the BIOS Setup menu. At that moment, the BIOS will display the following message:

Figure 3-1. CMOS Setup Utility

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In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here:

!Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup.

!Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify.

!Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.

!Press Page Up/Page Down or +/- keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option.

Note

Parts of the screenshot may not same as you see on your screen, because the BIOS version may change periodically. However, most of the functions covered in this manual will work. We suggest that you go to our WEB site often to see if there are new manual releases. Then you can check the newly updated BIOS items.

Computer Knowledge: CMOS Data

Maybe you have heard somebody saying that his or her CMOS DATA was lost. What is the CMOS? Is it important? The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured. This memory is passive. You can read its data, and you can also store data in it. But this memory has to be powered by a battery, in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is turned off. Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when it is out of power and if doing so, you will loose all CMOS data, therefore, we recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware, or to put a label with these parameters on your hard disk.

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