Abit VA-11, VA-10 Installation Guide

VA-10 / VA-11

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(A complete user’s manual is also available

via browsing the Driver & Utilities CD.)

Features & Specifications

Processor

• Supports AMD Athlon XP Socket A Processors with

333/266 MHz Front Side Bus

• Supports AMD K7 Athlon™ XP FSB 333/266MHz

Processors

Chipset

• VIA KM400 / VT8235 chipset

• Supports Hi-Speed Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0)

• Int. S3 UniChrome™ 2D/3D Graphics with motion

compensation

• Ext. Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP

8X /4X (0.8V /1.5V)

Memory

• Two 184-pin DIMM sockets (Un-buffered Non-ECC

DIMM)

• Supports 2 DIMM DDR 333/266/200 (Max. 2GB)

Back Panel I/O

• 1x PS/2 Keyboard, 1x PS/2 Mouse

• 1x Serial Port connector

• 1x VGA Port connector

• 1x Parallel Port connector

• 1x Audio connector (S/PDIF Out, Center/Subwoofer,

Surround Speaker) (Front Speaker, Line-in, MIC-in)

• 4x USB Connectors

• 1x RJ-45 LAN Connector

Miscellaneous

• uATX form factor (245 X 220 mm)

• Hardware Monitoring - Including Fan speed, Voltages,

CPU and System temperature

• Supports Wake Up by LAN, Modem Ring, RTC Alarm,

Keyboard and Mouse Power On

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4200-0376-24 Rev. 1.01

IEEE 1394 (For VA-11 only)

• Onboard VIA VT6307 IEEE 1394 Controller

Audio

• Onboard VIA VT1616 6-Channel AC 97 CODEC

• Professional digital audio interface supports Optical

S/PDIF Out

LAN

• Onboard VIA VT6103 10/100Mbps LAN

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1x AGP slot

• 3x PCI slots

• 1x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB

• 2x Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 Connectors

• 2x IEEE 1394 headers

• 1x USB 2.0 header

• 1x CD-IN, 1x AUX-IN

• 1x IrDA

Connectors, Headers, and Jumper

Note: Always power off the computer and unplug the AC
power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or
component. Failing to do so may cause severe damage to your
motherboard and/or peripherals. Plug in the AC power cord
only after you have carefully checked everything.

ATX Power Connector:

• Connects to ATX power supply.

External I/O Panel:

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N

FAN Connectors:

• CPUFAN1: CPU Fan

• AUXFAN1: Auxiliary Fan

• SYSFAN1: System Fan

• NBFAN1: N.B. Chipset Fan

Infrared Device Header:

• This header connects to an

optional infrared device attached
to chassis. This motherboard
supports standard infrared
transfer rates.

• Mouse: PS/2 mouse connector.

• Keyboard: PS/2 keyboard connector.

• LPT1: Parallel port connector.

• COM1: Serial port connector.

• VGA1: Monitor signal connector.

• AUDIO1:

R.L./R.R. (Rear Left / Rear Right): Connects to the
rear left and rear right channel in the 5.1 channel audio
system.
Cen./Sub. (Center / Subwoofer): Connects to the center
and subwoofer channel in the 5.1 channel audio system.
S/PDIF Out: This connector provides an S/PDIF out
connection through optical fiber to digital multimedia
devices.

Mic In: Connects to the plug from external microphone.
Line In: Connects to the line out from external audio

sources.
F.L./F.R. (Front Left / Front Right): Connects to the
front left and front right channel in the 5.1-channel or
regular 2-channel audio system.

• LAN: Local Area Network connector.

• USB1/USB2: Universal Serial Bus connector.

CMOS Memory Clearing Header:

• This header uses a jumper to

clear the CMOS memory. Short
pin 2 and pin 3 only when you
want to clear the CMOS
memory. The default setting is
pin 1 and pin 2 shorted for
normal operation.

Floppy Disk Drive:

• This connector connects up to two

floppy drives with a 34-wire,

Internal Audio Connectors:

• Connects to internal audio

sources.

2-connector floppy cable.

Additional IEEE1394 Port

Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers:

Headers: (For VA-11 only)

• These headers each provide one additional IEEE1394

port connection through an extension cable and bracket.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 TPA0 + 2 TPA0 -

3 GND 4 GND

• HLED: Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis front

panel.

• RST: Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front

panel.

• SPK: Connects to the System Speaker cable of chassis.

• SLED: Connects to the Suspend LED cable (if there is

one) of chassis front panel.

• PWR-ON: Connects to the Power Switch cable of

chassis front panel.

• PLED: Connects to the Power LED cable of chassis

front panel.

Additional USB Port Header:

• This header provides two additional USB ports

connection through an extension cable and bracket.

5 TPB0 + 6 TPB0 -

7 +12V 8 +12V

9 NC 10 GND

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 VCC 2 VCC
3 Data 0 - 4 Data 1 ­5 Data 0 + 6 Data 1 +
7 Ground 8 Ground
9

C 10

C

IDE Connector:

• Each of the IDE port connects up to

two IDE drives at Ultra ATA/100

BIOS Setup

mode by one 40-pin, 80-conductor,
and 3-connector Ultra ATA/66
ribbon cables.

The “PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP” message appears briefly
on the screen during POST sequence when powering on the
computer. Press <Delete> key immediately will allow you to
enter the BIOS Setup Menu.

Note: Don’t change the parameters inside the BIOS Setup
Menu unless you are thoroughly aware of the BIOS settings.