AMD 790GX, SB750 User Manual

USER'S MANUAL

AMD 790GX & AMD SB750

Based

M/B For Socket AM2+ Quad Core

AMD Processor

NO. G03-HA07-F

：

4.0

Rev

Release date: October. 2008

Trademark:

* Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii

COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 790GX MOTHERBOARDS

1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................................................... 1

1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................... 2

1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3

1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING................................................................... 5

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 7

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 7

2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8

2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 8

2-3-2

ABOUT AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU

..................................................... 9

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10

2-5 EXPANSION CARDS........................................................................................................... 11

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 11

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD....................................................11

2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD.................... 11

2-5-4 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT............................................................................................. 12

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS............................................................................................... 12

2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 12

2-6-2 HEADERS............................................................................................................... 16

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER................................................................................. 19

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 20

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 20

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 21

3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES........................................................................................ 22

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 23

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 25

3-6-1 PCIE CONFIGURATION .................................................................................. 25

3-6-2 IGX CONFIGURATION .................................................................................... 26

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 27

3-7-1 SUPER IO DEVICE.............................................................................................. 27

3-7-2 ONCHIP IDE FUNTION...................................................................................... 28

3-7-3 ONCHIP PCI DEVICE......................................................................................... 29

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 30

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION......................................................................... 31

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 32

3-11 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING........................................................................ 33

3-11-1 CPU FEATURE....................................................................................................... 36

3-11-2 DRAM CONFIGURATION................................................................................. 36

3-12 CPU THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS.................................................................... 37

3-13 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS ........................................................................................ 37

3-14 LOAD OPTIMISED DEFAULTS ...................................................................................... 37

3-15 SET PASSWORD SETTINGS .......................................................................................... 37

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/ XP....................................... 39

4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK........................................................................... 40

4-2 SOUND INSTALL AL888 HD CODEC AUDIO DRIVER .......................................... 40

4-3 LAN INSTALL LAN………………………………………………………………………42

4-4 RAID INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY ...............................................42

4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2007 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ......................... 43

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 44

4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 44

4-8 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION............................................... 45

4-9 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION........................................................ 48

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APPENDIX

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USER’S NOTICE

COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCR IBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE NF6100-400 / 405 PPC MOTHERBOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (IN C L UDI NG DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).

PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.

Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

4.0 Forth Edition October. 2008

Item Checklist

AMD790GX Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard

User’s Manual

CD for motherboard utilities

Switch Card

Cable Package

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AMD K10 Processor Family

Cooling Solutions

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24 hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increasing surface area and concentrated airflow from attached active cooling fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.

Please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for Socket AM2+ processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2+ processors.

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Chapter 1

Introduction of AMD790GX Motherboards 1-1 Features of motherboard

The AMD790GX chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD790GX Chipset and the SB750 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ dual core and quad core AMD Phenom™ processors and 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+/AM2 multi-tasking Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors and Sempron Processors. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system bus up to HT 3.0. AMD790GX Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ and Socket AM2 AMD Phenom™ FX, AMD Phenom™ Athlon64 FX ， Athlon64 X2，Athlon64 & Sempron processors.

The AMD790GX Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2+ processors with an integrated DDRII memory controller for Dual channel DDRII400/ DDRII533 /DDRII667 /DDRII800/DDRII 1066 (AM2 Sempron processors only support up to DDRII667 memory) DDRII Module up to 8GB, also provide optional DDRII or DDRIII 128Mb GPU Memory . The motherboard is embedded with SB750 chipset of providing ULTRA ATA 133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1, 10,5 functions which support up to one IDE and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.

The AMD790GX motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with RTL8111C PCI-E Gigabit LAN which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded 8-channel HD Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.

The AMD790GX Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for gamers, with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth architecture in the AMD 790GX chipset are with the flexibility for single or dual card or three cards configurations. The AMD 790GX chipset provide 2 x16@8 line PCI Express slots to support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics.

AMD790GX Series motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0x16 graphics slots. Two PCI-Express x16@8 deliver up to 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction. When PE4 installed switch card, the PE1 will doubled its bandwidth. Two PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers 1024 Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays .The AMD790GX motherboards also carry two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. This motherboard support Hybrid CrossFireX function, the VGA Card on PE1 or PE4 will activate a Hybrid CrossFire with the onboard VGA Card, the performance will be increased 15% to 75%.

Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.

Some special features---

DeBug Port /OC-CON (optional)/ DIY Clear / Power On Button/ Reset Button.

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift / CPU Smart Fan /

in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of these value added product features, please get them in the coming section.

1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard

CPU Thermal Throttling Technology---(The CPU Overheat Protection Technology) To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 40 to 90). When the system senses the

CPU operating temperature reaching the preset value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it is in working. (For detail operating please read Section 3-11 Bi-turbo Configuration)

CPU Smart Fan---( The Noise Management System ) It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics. CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition, the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and business requirements.

CPU Vcore 7-Shift--- (Shift to Higher Performance) The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 31 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.

Debug Port --- ( The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System ) Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no more, the embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system healthy for the demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system failure and no more time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business computing, the embedded Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware professional with the seeing system situation. (The Post Code please refer to appendix)

Optional OC-CON ---（High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors） The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time, intact extension 10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees Centigrade of working temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.

DIY Clear… The CMOS button is to facilitate the clear CMOS process for power user overclocking function. The user can easily clear or restore CMOS setting by pressing the button without tacking trouble to remove the case and locate the jumper for clear CMOS .

Power On Button… You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper.

Reset Button..: You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.

1-2 Specification

Spec Description

ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5cm*24.5cm

Design Chipset

CPU Socket AM2+

Memory Socket

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and Serial ATA2 RAID

Gigabit LAN

8 CH-Audio

BIOS

Multi I/O

AMD790GX North Bridge Chipset

AMD SB750 South Bridge Chipset

Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin

Grid Array package processor Support for future AMD Athlon64 940-pin Dual –Core Athlon 64x2

processor, Athlon 64 & Sempron Processors with HTT Frequency 1GHz and the latest AMD Phenom™ FX, quad core AMD Phenom™ processors with HTT 3.0. 240-pin DDRII Module socket x 4

Support 4pcs DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800/DDRII1066

Modules Expandable to 8GB Dual channel supported

DDRII 128Mb GPU Memory(for HA07 &HA07-GT)

DDRIII 128Mb GPU Memory(for HA07ULTRA)

2pcs PCI-Express x16 by 8 lane

2pcs PCI-Express x1 slot

32-bit PCI slot x 2pcs

One IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA and the

ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s for 2 IDE Devices and for 4 Serial ATA2 ports providing 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 10,5 functions Integrated RTL8111C PCI-E 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN.

Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing 10Mb/100Mb/1000

Mb/s data transfer rate Realtek ALC888 Azalia 8-channel Audio Codec integrated

Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio

Audio driver and utility included

Award 8MB Flash ROM BIOS

PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors

HDMI Connector / DVI Connector / VGA Connector

USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4

ESATA Connector x1(optional)

RJ-45 Connector x1

Audio connector x1 (8CH Audio)

Floppy disk drive connector x1 /Hard Disk Drive Connector x1

Serial port header x1

HDMI-SPDIF header x1

IR header x1

1-3 Performance List

The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

Performance Test Report

CPU: Athlon 5000+ DRAM: VGA Card: Hard Disk Driver:

SamSun 667MHz 1*2

onboard

Seagate160GB SATA

BIOS: T01

Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)

OS:

AMD 790GX

3D Mark 2001SE 3D Mark 2003 3D Mark 2005 AQUAMRK3 PCMark2004 System / CPU / Memory Graph / HDD Content Creation Winstone 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Winbench 99 V2.0: Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99 Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark

SYSMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

SYSMark 2004 3D Creation/2D Creation

Web publication

Communication/Document Creation DATA Analysis SISOFT Sandra 2007 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU

Multi-Media Benchmar

1. Dhrystone ALU MIPS Whetstone FPU iSSE3 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point IT/S UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS

DOOM 3 FPS Super Pi (1M) Second CPUZ System / CPU Clock

ver:1140

158.51/84.602921

10814

3589 2797

4146

4283/5232/3281

2029/4977

37.4

28.3

20070023

N/A

332/194

297/399

309

167/233

188

18856 15937

6738/6691

48962/53968

334.4/332.8

N/A

36.2611 26GHz

(J1)

1-4 Layout Diagram

Rear I / O for AMD790GX based Motherboard

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

KBMB/USB Power On(JP1)

HDMI Connector

DVI Connector

HDMI

ATX 12V Power Connector

VGA Connector

SYSFAN2 Connecto

Optional

ESATA

USB

CPUFAN

RJ-45 LAN

USB

Line-IN

RS-OUT

Line-OUT

CS-OUT

SS-OUT

MIC-IN

DDR2 Socket x 4

VGA and DVI Connector

E-SATA Ove

USB Connector

(CN1)

RJ45 Over

USB Connector

(UL1)

Audio Connector

Optional

4-pin PWR Connector

(HA07/HA07 Ultra)

RTL8111C

Gigabit LAN

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

by 8-lane

PCI Express x1

HDMI-SPDIF

Realtek ALC888

Audio Decode

PCI Slot

Audio

Optional

E-SATA1

DDR3 128Mb GPU Memory

for HA07ULTRA d

AMD 790GX Chipset

CDIN

IR Connector

COM Connector

CPU Socket AM2+

Clear CMOS （JBAT）

USB Port

(USB1, 2,3,4)

DDR2 128Mb GPU Memory for

HA07/HA07-GT

AMD SB750 Chipset

8MBit Flash ROM BIOS

CMOS1

SYSFAN1 Connecto

ATX Power Conn.

ATA 133 IDE Conn.

(IDE1)

Floppy Connector

Reset

Power

CHA FAN

Serial-ATAII Connectors

SATA1, 2,3,4,5,6

Speaker

Power Led

Front Panel Connector

Jumpers

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7 JBAT Clear CMOS Header 3-pin Block P.7

Jumper Name Description Page

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13 ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13 KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.13 CN1 for USB USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.13 J3 (optional) Power Connector 4-Pin Block P.13 UL1 for RJ45LAN Gigabit LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.13 J1 8-CH HD Audio Connector 6- phone jack Conn. P.14 FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.14 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.14

SATA1~SATA6, E-SATA1(optional) CN1 for ESATA(optional) VGA1 Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 15-pin Connector P.15

DVI Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 29-pin Connector P.15 HDMI Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 19-pin Connector P.15

Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 7-pin Connector P.14

External Serial ATAII Connector 7-pin Connector P.15

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO1 Front Panel SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.16 USB1, USB2,USB3,USB4 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.16 SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.16 PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.16

JW_FP1 (Reset/IDE LED/Power Button)

SYSFAN1/2, CHAFAN FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17 CPUFAN FAN Header 4-pin Block P.17 CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.17 IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.17 COM1 Serial Port COM1 Header 9-pin Block P.18 HDMI-SPDIF SPDIF Out header 2-pin Block P.18

Front Panel Header (including IDE activity LED/Reset switch /

Power On Button lead)

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

ZIF Socket AM2+ CPU Socket 940-pin PGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket P.9 DIMM1~4 DDRII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket P.10 PCI1∼ PCI2

PE2,PE3 PCI-Express x1Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot P.12

PE1,PE4 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot P.12

PCI Slots 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.12

9-pin Block P.16

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

WARNING!

Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:

1. Check motherboard jumper setting

2. Install CPU and Fan

3. Install System Memory (DIMM)

4. Install Expansion cards

5. Connect IDE and Front Panel /Back Panel cable

6. Connect ATX Power cable

7. Power-On and Load Standard Default

8. Reboot

9. Install Operating System

10. Install Driver and Utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

(1) Keyboard/USB function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

JP1

1-2 Closed KB/US B Power ON Disable (Default)

JP1

2-3 Closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled

Keyboard/Mouse & USB Pow er O n Setting

(2) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin) : JBAT

A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1-2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds

4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

JBATJBAT

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

2-3 Closed Clear CMOS

2-3 Install CPU

2-3-1 Glossary

Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.

Processor socket - the socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard. Slot (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM. PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound

cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz. PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003, the speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5 Gbps to 5 Gbps.

Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems. Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers. PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards. USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards,

scanners, and some digital cameras. Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.

LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and

establish the relationship between the various components. Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or other software. Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing the "computing" in "personal computer"

Front Side Bus Frequency -

by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.

CPU L2 Cache -

the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated

2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU

This motherboard provides a socket AM2+ surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD AM2+ processor in the 940 Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology.

The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system.

WARNING!

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90-degree angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.

Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.

Colden Arrow

Socket AM2+

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket, No force required to insert of the CPU, and then press the level to locate position slightly without any extra force.

2-4 Install Memory

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 8GB DDRII SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Bank 6, 7 (DIMM3) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Total System Memory (Max 8GB) 4

Dual channel Limited!

1. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 &

DIMM2or DIMM3 &DIMM4, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.

2. DIMM1 & DIMM2, or DIMM3& DIMM4 must be the same type, same size, same frequency

for dual channel function.

128MB∼2GB 128MB∼2GB 128MB∼2GB 128MB∼2GB 128MB∼8GB

Install DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure

below to see how to install a 240-Pin DDRII533/DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066SDRAM module.

IMM3 & DIMM4: Dual Channel 2

DIMM1 (BANK0+BANK1)

DIMM2 (BANK2+BANK3)

DIMM1 & DIMM2: Dual Channel 1

DIMM3 (BANK4+BANK5)

DIMM4 (BANK6+BANK7)

Graph 2-4

NOTE!

When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides.

WARNING!

For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 400MHz, use only DDR2 800- compliant DDR2 Modules. When this motherboard operate at 400Mhz, most system will not even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues, if your DDR Modules are not DDR2 800-compliant, set the SDRAM clock to 200MHz to ensure system stability.

2-5 Expansion Cards

2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation

1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or

software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.

3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.

4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.

5. Replace the computer system’s cover.

6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.

7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.

2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card

Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must exclusively assign to one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use.

Standard Interrupt Assignments

IRQ Priority Standard function

0 N/A System Timer 1 N/A Keyboard Controller 2 N/A Programmable Interrupt 3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2) 4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1) 5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2) 6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller 7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1) 8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock

9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 N/A Numeric Data Processor 14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel 15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel

* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.

2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard

Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:

INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H Slot 1 √ Slot 2 √

Onboard USB 3 HD Audio/MC97 √

NOTE!

If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support “Shared IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ assignments. Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.

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2-5-4 PCI Express Slot

Two PCI-Express2.0 x16@8 lane graphic slot offer 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed. Two x1 PCI Express Slot offer 1024Mbyte/sec concurrently over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision2.0, support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device. This motherboard support Hybrid CrossFireX function.

PCI-E x1 Slot

PCI-E x16 Slot@8-lane

2-6 Connectors, Headers

2-6-1 Connectors

(1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR1

ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually

comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on, the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system board.

** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power supply

unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin and 4-pin power plugs.

** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the 20-pin

power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit has a minimum power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate.

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

20-Pin

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

24-Pin

PIN ROW1 ROW2

1 3.3V 3.3V 2 3.3V -12V 3 GND GND 4 5V Soft Power On 5 GND GND 6 5V GND 7 GND GND 8 Power OK -5V 9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5 V 10 +12V +5V 11 +12V +5V 12 +3V GND

(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V

This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM2+ processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption. Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system.

Pin 1

(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB

The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.

(4) USB Port connector: CN1/ UL1 for USB

The connectors are 4-pin connector that connects USB devices to the system board.

(5) LAN Port connector: UL1 for RJ45 LAN

The connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network. It supports 10M/100Mb/1000Mb s data transfer rate

(6) J3 Power Connector: Large 4-Pin Power Connector (Optional)

The connectors are 4-pin connector that supports extra 12V / 5V power to your system

VGA Connecto

(7) Audio Line-In,

Lin

-Out, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out，SS-Out connector :

These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out SS-Out audio connections.

Line-in : (BLUE) Line-out : (GREEN) MIC : (PINK) RS-OUT : (BLACK) CS-OUT : (ORANGE) SS-OUT: (GRAY)

Audio input to sound chip Audio output to speaker Microphone Connector

Rear-Surround audio output

Center/ Subwoofer audio output

Side-Surround audio output

PS/2 Mouse

DVI Connector

PS/2 Keyboard

HDMI

USB

(8) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.

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Line-IN

RS-Out

Line-OU

CS-Out

SS-Out

MIC-IN

FDD

Pin 1

Floppy Drive Connector

(9) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1

This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the

single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by

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