Biostar GF7025-M2 SE Setup Manual

GF7025-M2 TE/GF7050-M2 SE Set up Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 : In tro d u c ti o n.....................................................3

1.1 Before You Start...................................................................3

1.2 Package Checklist................................................................ 3

1.3 Motherboard Features..........................................................4

1.4 Rear Panel Connectors.......................................................... 5

1.5 Mo t he r bo ar d Layou t............................................................6

Chapter 2 : Hardware Ins tallation........................................7

2.1 Installing Central Proce ssing Unit (CPU)................................ 7

2.2 FAN Heade rs........................................................................9

2.3 Installing System Memory.....................................................10

2.4 Con necto rs a nd Slo ts............................................................12

Chapter 3 : H e ad ers & Ju mp er s S etup.................................14

3.1 How to Set u p J u m per s..........................................................14

3.2 Det ail Settin gs.....................................................................14

Chapter 4 : RA ID Fu n c ti o n s...............................................21

4.1 Operation System................................................................21

4.2 Raid Arrays.........................................................................21

4.3 How RAI D Work s.................................................................21

Chapter 5 : U s eful Help.....................................................25

5.1 Driver Instal latio n Note.......................................................25

5.2 Award BIOS Bee p Code........................................................26

5.3 Extra Informati on ................................................................26

5.4 Troubleshooting...................................................................27

Append en c ies: S PEC In Other Language .............................28

German................................................................................................28

France..................................................................................................30

Italian..................................................................................................32

Spanish................................................................................................34

Portuguese ...........................................................................................36

Polish...................................................................................................38

Russian ................................................................................................40

Arabic..................................................................................................42

Japanese..............................................................................................44

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 B

EFORE YOU START

Tha nk you for choosing our product. Befo re yo u start ins talling the mo therboa rd, plea se m ake su re you fol lo w the ins tructio ns be lo w:

 Prepare a dry and stable working environment with

s uf ficie nt ligh ting .

 Always disconnect the computer from power outlet

be fo re ope ration .

 Befo re yo u take the m o the rboa rd ou t f rom an ti -s ta tic

bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely grounded ap plian ce, o r use grounded wris t s trap to remove the static charge.

 Avo id tou ch ing the com po ne nts o n mo the rboa rd o r the

rea r side of the boa rd unless ne cessary. Hold the bo ard on the edge , do not try to be nd or flex the board.

 Do no t lea ve any unfas tene d sma ll pa rts inside the

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment.

 Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat

sou rce, humid a ir and wa ter.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

HDD Cable X 1 Se ria l ATA Cab le X 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 I ns talla tion Gu ide X 1 Fu lly Se tup D rive r C D X 1 (fu ll ve rsion manua l f iles ins ide ) FDD Cable X 1 (optional) Se ria l ATA Po we r Cab le X 1 (o ptio nal) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/P DI F ou t Ca ble X 1 (op tiona l)

Note: The package contents may differ by area or your motherboard version.

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1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

GF7025- M2 T E GF7050- M2 S E

CPU

Socket AM2 AM D Athlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron processors AM D 64 Architectur e enables 32 and 64 bit computing Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet

FSB

Supports up to 1 GHz Bandwidth Support HyperTransport

Chipset GeForce 7025/NF630a GeForce 7050/NF630a

Super I/O

ITE 8716F Provides the most commonl

y

us e d l egacy Supe

r

I/O funct ionalit y. Low Pin Count Interface Environment Control initiatives, H/W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE's "Smart Guardian" function

ITE 8716F Provides the most c ommonly used legac y Super I/O funct ionalit y. Low Pin Count Interface Environment Control initiatives, H/W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE's "Smart Guardian" function

Main Memory

DDR2 DIMM Slots x 2 Max Memory Capacity 4GB Eac h DIMM supports 256MB/512MB/1GB/ 2GB DDR2 Dual Channel Mode DDR2 memory module Supports DDR2 533 / 667 / 800 Regist ered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not supported

Graphics

Int egrated i n GeForce 7025/NF630a Chi pset Max Shared Video Memory is 512MB

Int egrated i n GeForce 7050/NF630a Chi pset Max Shared Video Memory is 512MB

IDE

Integrated IDE Controller Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master Mode supports PIO Mode 0~ 4,

SA TA II

Integrated Serial ATA Controller Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s. SATA Version 2.0 specification compliant.

LAN

Realtek RTL 8201CL 10 / 100 Mb/s aut o negotiation Half / Full duplex capability

Sound

ALC662

5.1 channels audio out High Defi nition Audio

ALC662

5.1 channels audio out High Defi nition Audio

PCI s lot x2 PCI s lot x2

Slots

PCI Express x16 slot x1 PCI Express x16 slot x1

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GF7025- M2 T E GF7050- M2 S E

Fl oppy c onnect or x1 Fl oppy c onnector x1 Printer Port connect or x1 Printer Port connect or x1 IDE C onnector x1 IDE Connector x1 SA TA Con nect or x4 SATA C onnect or x4 Front Panel Connector x1 Front Panel Connector x1 Front Audio Connector x1 Front Audio C onnector x1 CD- in C onnec tor x1 C D-i n Connector x1 S/PDIF out connector x1 S/PDIF out connector x1 CP U Fa n header x1 C PU F an header x1 Sys tem Fa n header x1 S ystem Fan hea de r x1 CMOS clear header x1 CMOS clear header x1 USB connector x3 USB c onnector x3 S e ri al port Conn ect or x1 S e ri al port C onnect or x1 Power Connector (24pin) x1 Power Connector (24pin) x1

On Board Connector

Power Connector (4pin) x1 Power Connector (4pin) x1

Back Panel I/O

PS/2 Keyboard x1 PS/2 Mouse x1 VGA port x1 DVI -D port x1 LAN port x1 USB Port x4 Audio Jack x3

Board Size 190 mm (W) x 244 mm(L) 190 mm (W) x 244 mm(L)

Special Features

RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 0+1 support RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 0+1 support

OS S upport

Windows XP / VISTA Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS With or without notice.

1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

PS/ 2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

USBX2USBX2

LAN

VGA

Li n e In/ Surround

Li n e Out Mi c In 1/

Bass/ Center

DVI-D

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1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

PCI-EX16

PCI2

FDD1

BAT1

Codec

DIMM A1

DIMM B1

Socket A M2

Super I/O

PCI1

JATXPWR4

JCFAN1

JPRNT1

JATXPWR1

JUSB3

JCMOS1

JSFAN1

JPANEL1

JSPDIF_OUT1

JCDIN1

SATA1

IDE1

LAN

JAUDIOF1

JUSB4

JUSB2

SATA2

SATA4SATA3

JKB MS1

VGA

JUSB1

JUSBLAN1

JAUDIO1

DVI-D

GeForce

7025/7050

aNF630

JCOM1

BI OS

JUS BPWR2

JUSBPWR1

JKBMSPWR1

Note: represents the 1■

st

pin.

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INS TALLATION

2.1 INSTALLING CEN TRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Rem ove the socket protection cap.

Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then rai se the

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on

CPU should point towards this white triangl e. The CPU will fit onl y in th e cor r ec t or i en tatio n.

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Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct

B to complete the insta llation.

Step 5: Put th e CP U Fan on the CPU a nd bu c kl e it. Conn ect the CPU

FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installati on.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built i n the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while m atching the black wire to pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fa n Header

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3

FAN RPM rate sens e

1

4

4 Smart Fan

Control (By Fan)

JSFAN1 : System Fan Head er

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V

13

3 FAN RPM

rate sense

Note:

The JCFAN1 supports 4-pin head c onnector. The J SFAN1 supports 3-pin head connector. When c onnecti ng with wires onto c onnectors, pl ease note that the red wire is the positi ve and s hould be c onnected to pin#2, and the blac k wire is Ground and should be connect ed to GND.

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. Me mo ry Module s

DIMMA1

DIMMB1

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retai ning clips outward. Ali gn a DIMM on the sl ot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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B. Memory Capacity

DI MM Socket

Location

DDR2 Module

To t al Mem o r y

Size

DIMMA1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB DIMMB1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

Max is 4 G B.

C. Dual Channel Memory installatio n

To trigger t he Dual Channel func t ion of t he motherboard, the m emory m odule must meet the following requirement s:

Install memory m odule of the same density in pair, shown in t he following table.

Du al Channel Statu s

DIMMA1

DIMMB1

Disabled O X Disabled X O

Enabled O O

(O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.) The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same (x8 or

x16)

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2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Flo ppy Disk Connec tor

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1. 2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types . This connect or supports the provided f loppy driv e ribbon cables.

133

234

IDE1: Har d Disk C onnec tor

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Cont roller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultr a DMA 33/ 66/100/133 funct ionality.

The IDE connector c an connect a master and a slave drive, so y ou can c onnect up to two hard disk drives.

21

3940

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PCI-EX16: P CI-Expr es s x1 6 S lot

- PCI -Ex press 1.0a c ompliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidt h of 4GB/ s simultaneously per

direct ion, f or an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.

- PCI -Ex press supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5GB/s on t he data pins.

- 2X bandwidth ov er the tradit ional PCI architecture.

PCI-EX16

PCI1~PCI2: Periphe ral Component Interconnect Sl ots

This mot herboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands f or Peripheral Com ponent I nt erconnect, and it is a bus standard f or expansion cards . This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SET UP JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jum per cap i s placed on pins, the j umper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETT INGS

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED , Power LED, and speak er connection. It allows user to connec t the PC case’s f r ont panel s witc h functions.

1

8

16

P WR_LED

On/Off

RST

HLED

SPK

++

+

9

-

Pin Assignment Functio n Pin Assignment Functio n

1 +5V 9 N/A 2 N/A 10 N/A

N/A

3 N/A 11 N/A N/A 4 Speaker

Speaker Connector

12 Power LED (+ ) 5 HDD LED (+) 13 Power LED (+) 6 HDD LED (-)

Hard drive LED

14 Power LED (-)

Powe r LED

7 Ground 15 Power button 8 Reset control

Reset button

16 Ground

Power-on button

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