AMD G03-XBLUE77A4-F, G03-M379GDGEXTLF User Guide

USER'S MANUAL

AMD 770 Chipset

AMD SB710 Chipset Based

M/B for AM3 Processor

NO. G03-XBLUE77A4-F

：

1.0

Rev

Release date: May, 2010

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TABLE OF CONTENT

USER’S NOTICE.........................................................................................................iv

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.........................................................................iv

ITEM CHECKLIST.......................................................................................................iv

COOLING SOLUTIONS ..............................................................................................iv

CHAPTER 1 IN T R OD U C T I O N OF AMD 770 MO T H E R B O A RD S

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

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

2-5 EXPANSION CARDS..................................................................................................10

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION..........................10

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

2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS2.0 SLOT...............................................................................11

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

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

2-6-2 HEADERS .....................................................................................................15

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ...........................................................................18

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.....................................................................................................19

3-2 GETTING HELP ..........................................................................................................19

3-3 THE MAIN MENU........................................................................................................20

3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES ..................................................................................21

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES..................................................................................22

3-5-1

CPU CONFIGURATION..............................................................................23

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES...........................................................................23

3-6-1

3-6-2

MEMORY CONFIGURATION.....................................................................24

PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION.............................................................25

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................................25

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...............................................................................27

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL .................................................................................28

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ...............................................................................................28

3-10-1

SMART FAN CONFIGURATION ...............................................................29

3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS ........................................................................30

3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING..................................................................30

3-13 BIOS SECURITY FEATURES .................................................................................32

3-14 LOAD OPTIMAL/STANDARD DEFAULTS ..............................................................33

3-15 SAVE CHNGES AND EXIT/DISCARD AND EXIT....................................................33

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK.......................................................................35

4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC HD AUDIO DRIVER .........................................................35

4-3 REALTEK INSTALL REALTEK LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER ...........................37

4-4 WIFI_N INSTALL RT2770 WIRELESS NETWORK.................................................37

4-5 WIFI_BG INSTALL RTL8187 WIRELESS NETWORK ...........................................38

4-6 RAID INSTALL SATA RAID DRIVER AND UTILITY ...........................................39

4-7 NORTON INSTALL NORTON ANTI-VIRUS TRIAL PROGRAM.........................39

4-8 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY..................40

4-9 OVERCLOCK INSTALL OVERCLOCK DRIVER UTILITY .....................................40

4-10 FUSION INSTALL FUSION DRIVERS AND TOOLS.................................................41

4-11 HOW TO UPDATE BI OS............................................................................................42

4-12 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION ..............................................42

4-13 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INSRUCTION..........................................................45

4-14 G.P.I.FUNCTION INSTALLATION STEPS.................................................................47

4-15 G.P.I. LED DISPLAY...................................................................................................49

APPENDIX...................................................................................................................50

Safety Environmental Instruction

z Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in

any area where it may become wet.

z 0 to 40 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request

of the main chipset)

z Generally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact

malfunction and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from the welding spots’ that connect components and PCB. Computer should go through an adaptive phase before it boots when it is moved from a cold environment to a warmer one to avoid condensation phenomenon. These water drops attached on PCB or the surface of the components can bring about phenomena as minor as computer instability resulted from corrosion and oxidation from components and PCB or as major as short circuit that can burn the components. Suggest starting the computer until the temperature goes up.

z The increasing temperature of the capacitor may decrease the life of computer.

Using the close case may decrease the life of other device because the higher temperature in the inner of the case.

z Attention to the heat sink when you over-clocking. The higher temperature may

decrease the life of the device and burned the capacitor.

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Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

1.0 First Edition May, 2010

Item Checklist

AMD 770 Chipset based motherboard

User’s Manual

DVD for Motherboard Utilities

I/O Back Panel Shield

SATA Cable

AMD 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 AM3 processors.

Chapter 1

Introduction of AMD 770Motherboards

1-1 Features of motherboard

The AMD 770 chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD 770 Chipset and the SB710 chipset which supports the innovative AMD AM3 series Phenom™ II x 6，Phenom™ II x 4，Phenom™ II x 3，Phenom™ II x2 , AthlonII™ x4 , Athlon II™ x3 , Athlon II™ x2 and Sempron™ processor under 95W power consumption. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDRIII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system bus up to HT 3.0. AMD770Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution processors.

The AMD770 Series motherboards support new generation AM3 processors with integrated DDRIII memory controller for two dual channel DDRIII 800/ DDRIII 1066/DDRIII 1333 modules up to 8GB. The motherboard is embedded with SB710 chipset of providing ULTRA ATA 133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1, 10, JBOD functions which support up to two IDE devices and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.

The AMD 770 motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with Gigabit LAN chip which supports optional 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded HD 6-channel ALC662 HD Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.

The AMD 770 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 770 chipset is combined with the flexibility for single or dual card configurations.

This motherboard series offers one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 By 16-lane graphics slot，one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 By 4-lane graphics slots and one PCI-Express 2.0 x1 graphics slot for astonishing performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics.The motherboard also carries two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices.

Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 8 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---

Function/WI-FI Header/Power-on Button/Reset Button

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU VID / /CPU Vcore OC CON /G.P.I

on 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 VID--- (Shift to Higher Performance)

The CPU voltage can be adjusted for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.

CPU Vcore OC-CON ---（ High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum

Capacitors）

CPU Vcore input/output adopt OC-CON solid 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.

G.P.I Function—(Green power indicator function)

The full name of G.P.I technology is Green Power Indicator technology, obviously technology utilized to low power consumption. G.P.I is a technology with remarkable power saving function:

WI-FI Technology

WI-FI--Full name is wireless Fidelity. It has been used in notebook, mobile phone, PDA, digital cameras and Mobile Terminals widely. With WI-FI. We do not need to worry about the speed and high spending when we are dialing long-distance calls, browsing web pages, receiving and sending E-mails, loading music, delivering digital photos.

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.

3D Audio

OP with two-stage Butterworth filter and quadruple noninverting amplifier enhances bass effect under the 100MHz range to perfect audio effect, brings you stunning shock experience in video game, true-to-life simulated feeling when watching films and the greatest touch as that in the concert.

1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design Chipset

CPU Socket

Memory Socket

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and Serial ATA2 RAID

Gigabit LAN

6 CH-Audio

BIOS

Multi I/O

z ATX form factor; PCB size: 29.5cm x20.0cm z AMD 770 North Bridge Chipset

z AMD SB710 South Bridge Chipset z AMD AM3 series Phenom™ II x 6，Phenom™ II x 4 ，Phenom™ II

x 3，Phenom™ II x2 , AthlonII™ x4 , Athlon II™ x3 , Athlon II™ x2 and Sempron™ processor

z CPU Power consumption should be under 95 W z Support HT 3.0 z 240-pin DDRIII Module socket x 2 z Support 2pcs DDRIII800/ 1066/ 1333 Modules Expandable to 8GB z Dual channel supported z PCI-Express2.0 x16 by 16 Lane 1pcs z PCI-Express2.0 x16 by 4 Lane 1pcs z PCI-Express2.0 x1 slot 1pcs z 32-bit PCI slot x 2pcs z 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 6 Serial ATA2 ports providing 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 10 and JBOD functions

z Integrated PCI-E Gigabit LAN chip. z Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing

10Mb/100Mb/1000 Mb/s data transfer rate

z ALC 662 6-channel HD Audio Codec integrated z Audio driver and utility included

z AMI 8MB Flash ROM BIOS z PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors

z SPDIF_OUT connector x1 z Serial port connector x1 z USB2.0 port connector x 4 and headers x 2 z RJ-45 LAN Connector x1 z Audio connector x1 (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/6CH Audio) z Floppy disk drive connector x1/ Hard disk drive connector x1 z HDMI_SPDIF header x1/ IR Connector x1 z WI-FI 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:

DRAM: APACER2GB 1333

VGA Card: HD3850 Hard Disk Driver: MAXTOR80GB

BIOS: T02 12-24-2009

3DMark Vantage 3D Mark 2006 3D Mark 2005 PCMark2005 System / CPU / Memory Graph / HDD Content Creation Winstone 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Winbench 99 V2.0: Business/Hi-end

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

SISMark 2004 3D Creation/2D Creation Web publication Communication/ Document Data Analysis SISOFT Sandra 2004 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark

3.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark

1.Dhrystone ALU GIPS Whetstone FPU iSSE2 GFLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

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

HDZ555WFK2DGM

30771

9275

18588

7143/7733/5663

8902/5029

51.5

27.2

20700

470

407/569

447

196/366

287

20.95

20.82

60.84/27.21/14.89

10.78/10.78

528.554199/170.406433

747.4710.5

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

0.21.641"

200*16 2000

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1-4 Layout Diagram

PS/2 Mouse Port

SPDIF OUT

Connector

Serial Port Connector

J45 LAN

Line-IN

Line-OUT

PS/2 Keyboard Port

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

(KB)

SPDIF OUT

Coonecto

ATX 12V Power Connecto

Serial Port Connector

USB Port (CN1)

USB Connector

Audio Connector

RJ-45 Ove (UL1)

CN2)

KB/USB Power on (JP1)

SYSFAN2

G.P.I. LED

CPU Socket

USB Ports

CPUFAN

MIC-IN

DDR3 Socket x 2

ATX Power Conn.

ATA 133 IDE Conn.

(IDE1)

4-pin PWR Connector

PCI Express2.0 x16

by 16-lane

Gigabit LAN Chip

PCI Express2.0 x1

PCI Express2.0 x16

by 4-lane

Realtek ALC662

Audio Codec

HDMI-SPDIF

Header

PCI Slots

Wi-Fi Header

Audio Header

3D Audio Button

IR Header

AMD 770 Chipset

8MBit Flash ROM BIOS

USB Port Headers

SB710 chipset

Floppy Connector

SYSFAN1

Power on Button

Reset Button

Clear CMOS(JBAT)

Serial-ATAII Connecto

Power LED Header

Speaker Header

Front Panel Header

Jumpers

Jumper Name Description

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 2-pin Block

Connectors

Connector Name Description

ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block KB1 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

USB from CN1, UL1 USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector

RJ-45LAN from UL1 Gigabit LAN Port Connector 8-pin Connector

J2 CrossFire Power Connector 4-Pin Block

AUDIO：CN2

FDD1 Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block IDE1 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block

SATA1～SATA6

SPDIF_OUT1 Coaxial SPDIF_OUT Connector 1-phone Connector COM1 Serial Port Connector 9-pin Block

6-CH HD Audio Connector 3- phone jack Conn.

Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 7-pin Connector

6-pin Female

Headers

Header Name Description

AUDIO1 SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block USB1, USB2 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block SPEAK1 PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block PWR LED1 Power LED 3-pin Block

JW_FP1 (Reset/HDLED/Power

Button/PWR LED)

SYSFAN1/2 FAN Headers 3-pin Block CPUFAN FAN Header 4-pin Block IR1 IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block HDMI_SPDIF SPDIF Out header 2-pin Block WI-FI1 Wi-Fi header 11-pin Block

Front Panel Header (including IDE activity LED/Reset

switch / Power On Button lead)

9-pin Block

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description

ZIF Socket AM2 CPU Socket 940-pin mPGAB AMD CPU Socket

DDRIII1~2 DDRIII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket PCI1∼ PCI2

PE2 PCI-Express2.0 x1Slot PCI-Express2.0 x1 Expansion Slots PE1，PE3

PCI Slots 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots

PCI-Express2.0 x16 Slot PCI-Express2.0 x16 Expansion Slots

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/USB Power ON Disable (Default)

Keyboard/Mouse & USB Power On Setting

JP1

2-3 Closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled

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

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

WARNNING：Please remove or turn off the power supply before CMOS clear!

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 1-2 for a few seconds, if shorted with the jump cap, short for a few seconds then pull out the hat.

4. 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

JBAT

1-2 Open： Normal

1-2 Short： CMOS Clear

CMOS Clear Setting

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 slot/socket - the slot or 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 Express- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express- a high speed interface for

video cards, sound cards, network interface cards, and modems.

PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003,

the speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5Gbps 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 -

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

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is

CPU L2 Cache -

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

2-3-2 About CPU Socket

This motherboard provides a surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the 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!

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.

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. he 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.

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 Modules

This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR III SDRAM DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES sockets for DDR III memory (DDRIII1, DDRIII2) SDRAM expandable to maximum memory volume of 8 GB.

Valid Memory Configuration for DDR III

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Maximum Capacity

DDR III 1 DDR III 800/ 1066/1333 X1 4 GB DDR III 2 DDR III 800/ 1066/1333 X1 4 GB

Total System Memory (Max. 4 GB) 2 8 GB

NOTICE!

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

2. Memory modules installed must be of the same type, same size, and same frequency for dual channel function.

Install modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure below to see how to install a 240-Pin a DDRIII 800/ 1066 / 1333 SDRAM module.

DDRIII1

DDRIII2

DDRIII1 & DDRIII2: Dual Channel

NOTICE! 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.

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.

32-bit PC

ots

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.

IMPORTANT! 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.

2-5-3 Expansion Slots

This motherboard series offers one PCI-Express2.0 x16 By 16-lane graphics slot，one PCI-Express2.0 x16 By 4-lane graphics slots and one PCI-Express2.0 x1 graphics slot for astonishing performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics. The motherboard also carries two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices.

PCI-E 2.0x1 Slot

PCI-E 2.0x16 Slot By 16-lane

ISl

PCI-E 2.0x16 Slot By 4-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

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) +5V

10 +12V +5V

11 +12V +5V

12 +3V GND

** If you are using a 20-pin power plug, please refer to Figure1 for power supply

connection. Power plug form power supply and power connectors from motherboard both adopt key design to avoid mistake installation. You can insert the power plug into the connector with ease only in the right direction. If the direction is wrong it is hard to fit in and if you make the connection by force if is possible.

Figure1：20-pin power plug Figure 2：24-pin power plug

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