Biostar NF325-A7 Owner's Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction ...........................................................1

1.1 Mainboard Features...................................................... 1

1.2 Package Checklist......................................................... 4

1.3 Layout of Version 1.0....................................................5

1.4 Components of Version 1.0........................................... 6

1.5 Layout of Version 1.1....................................................7

1.6 Components of Version 1.1........................................... 8

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ..........................................9

2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU)......................................9

2.2 Fan Headers................................................................11

2.3 Memory Modules Installation ......................................11

2.4 Connectors, & Slots.....................................................12

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup...............................13

3.1 How to setup Jumpers .................................................13

3.2 Detail Settings.............................................................13

Chapter 4: Useful Help...........................................................18

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code...............................................18

4.2 Extra Information........................................................18

4.3 Troubleshooting..........................................................20

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™...................................................21

5.1 Introduction................................................................21

5.2 System Requirement....................................................21

5.3 Installation ..................................................................22

5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels........23

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MAINBOAR D FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports Socket 754. Sup por ts AMD At h l on 64 / Sem pr on pr oc ess or.

Chi pset

NVIDIA nForce3 250.

- HyperT ransport link to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU.

- Sup por ts AGP 3.0 8x in ter face.

- Supports sy stem and power management.

- Supports PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA

33/ 66/10 0/1 33 Bus Mas ter Mod e.

- Supports USB 2.0, 8 ports.

- Complaints with PCI Versi on 2.3 specificati on.

- Complaints with AC’97 Versi on 2.3 specification.

- Fast ATA/133 IDE controllers.

Dimensions

ATX Form Fac tor:

2 0.5 cm (W) * 29.3cm (L) (Version 1. 0)

20.5cm (W) * 30.48cm (L) (Versi on 1.1)

Slots

Five 32-bit PCI bus master slots.

One AGP 8x s lot One CNR slot, f or Ve rsi on 1.1 only.

(See p.12 for supporting informati on.).

Se rial ATA

Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Compliant with SATA 1.0 specifi cation.

Data tran sfer rates up to 150MB /s

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Ma in Me mory

Supp ort s up to 2 DDR d evi ces. Supp ort s 200 /266/333/400 MHz DDR de v ices.

Certified DDR400 List

- Please check the website: http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3?

name=NF325-A7

Maxi mu m memor y size is 2GB.

DI MM Socket

Location

DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module

To t a l M e m o r y

Size (MB)

Max is 2 GB.

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT8712F. Low Pin Count Interface.

Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- IT E's "Smart Guardi an" fu n ction

On Board IDE

Supports 4 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 4, Bl ock Mode and Ultra DMA

33/ 66/10 0/1 33 bus master mo de.

10/100 LAN

PHY: RTL8201BL Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.

Half/Full duplex capability.

On Board AC’97 Sound Cod ec

Chip: ALC655 Compliant with AC’97 Versi on 2.3 specification.

Supports S/PDIF-out (optional). Supports 6 channels.

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F ront Sid e On-board P eripheral s

1 audio out header supports 1 line-in, 1 line-out, and 1MIC

ports.

1 serial header supports 1 seri al COM port. (JCOM2, optional ) 1 CD-i n connector supports 1 CD-ROM device.

(One extra CD-in connector is optional for v1.1 only.)

1 S/PDIF-out connector supports 1 di gital audio-out port.

(Digital audio-out function i s opti onal for both versi ons.).

1 S/PDIF-in connector supports 1 digital audi o-in port.

(Digital audio-in function i s opti onal for v1.1 only.)

1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with 360K, 720K,

1.2 M, 1.44M and 2.88Mby tes.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports. 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices.

2 Serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices.

Re ar (Bac k) Side Co n n ect or s

1 par allel por t. 1RJ-45 LAN jack.

1 audio port. 1 PS/2 keyboard & mouse port.

1 serial port. (JCOM3 is optional.) 4 USB 2.0 ports.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

USB x2

COM1

Parallel

COM3

(optional)

LAN

USB x2

Line In/ Surround

Line Out Mic In 1 /

Base/Cente r

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B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2.

Supports ACPI. Suppo rts USB Functi on.

Software

Sup por ts War pspeeder ™ , 9th To uc h™, W IN F LASH ER ™ and

FLASHER™.

Offers the hi ghest performance for Windows 9 8 SE, Windows

2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1

User’s Manu al X 1 Fu lly Setup Driver CD X 1

Rear I/O Panel fo r ATX Case X 1 USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)

S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional ) Serial ATA Cable X 1 (optional)

Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional )

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1.3 LAYOUT OF VERSION 1.0

JKBMSV1

JUSBV1

JCFAN1

DDR1

DDR2

JCOM 3* JCOM1

JCOM 2*

1JAUDIO1

Codec

JSP DIF _ OUT

JCDIN1

JATXPWR1

Super I/O

LAN

JSAT A517JSATA4

GP1

BIOS

JUSBV3

JUSB2

2 1

JPANEL1

JUSB1

BAT1

JCI1

JCMOS1

JSFAN1

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Note:

1. ● represents the 1st pin.

2. JCOM2 and JCOM3 are optional, and onl y one of them can be chosen.

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1.4 COMPONENTS OF VERSION 1.0

B C

E F

JATXPW R 1~2: ATX power

Codec

Super I/O

connectors. JU SBV1: Power sourc e f or JUSB3.

JKBMSV1: Power source for JKBMS1.

Back panel connectors.

JAU DIO1: Audio out header.

AGP1: Accelerated Graphic s Port s lot.

JCDIN1: CD-ROM audio-in header

JSPD IF_OU T: Digit al audio out header

(optional). PCI 1~5: Peripheral Com ponent

Int erc onnect slots. JPANEL1: Front panel c onnector.

DDR1

DDR2

LAN

GP1

BIOS

BAT 1

N M

ID E1~2: Hard disk connectors.

JSFA N1: S yste m fan connector.

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Heade r.

JCI1 : Case open Header.

JU SB1~2: Front USB headers .

JUSBV3: Power source for JUSB1~2.

JSATA4~5: Serial ATA c onnec t ors.

FDD1: Flopp y disk connector .

DDR1~2: DDR memor y modules.

JCFAN1 : CPU fan connector

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1.5 LAYOUT OF VERSION 1.1

JKBMSV1

JUSBV1

JCFAN1

DDR1

DDR2

JCOM3* JC OM1

JC OM2*

JAU DIO11J CDIN1

Codec

JSPDIF_OUT

JSPDIF_IN (optional)

JC DIN2

(o pti o na l)

(optional)

JATXPWR1

JSATA517JSATA4

LAN

Super I/O

CNR

GP1

BIOS

JUSBV3

2 1

JUSB2

JUSB1

JPANEL1

BAT1

JC I1

JCMOS1

JSFAN1

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Note:

1. ● represents the 1st pin.

2. JCOM2 and JCOM3 are optional, and onl y one of them can be chosen.

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1.6 COMPONENTS OF VERSION 1.1

A B C

E F

Codec

JATXPW R 1~2: ATX power

connectors. JU SBV1: Power sourc e f or JUSB3.

JKBMSV1: Power source for JKBMS1.

Back panel connectors (including

COM2 header). JSPD IF_IN: Digital audio out header

(optional). AGP1: Accelerated Graphic s Port s lot.

JAU DIO1: Audio out header.

JCDIN1/JCDIN2 : CD- ROM audio-in

header. (JCDIN2 is opt ional. ) PCI 1~5: Peripheral Com ponent

Int erc onnect slots. JSPD IF_OU T: Digit al audio out header

(optional).

K. CNR1:

Communi cation Network

R i ser sl ot.

Super I/O

CNR

D DR1

DDR 2

LA N

GP1

BIOS

BAT1

P O N

JPANEL1: Front panel c onnector.

ID E1~2: Hard disk connectors.

JSFA N1: S yste m fan connector.

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Heade r.

JCI1 : Case open Header.

JU SB1~2: Front USB headers .

JUSBV3: Power source for JUSB1~2.

JSATA4~5: Serial ATA c onnec t ors.

FDD1: Flopp y disk connector .

DDR1~2: DDR memor y modules.

JCFAN1 : CPU fan connector

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angl e.

Step 2: Look for the bl ack cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU

should point forwards this bl ack cut edge. T he CPU wi ll fit onl y in the correct orientati on.

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Step 3: Hold the CPU down firml y, and then close the lever to complete

the i nstalla ti on.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN

power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the i nstallation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

CPU FAN Hea der: JCFAN1

Pin Assignment

JCFAN1

1 Ground 2 +12V

3 FAN RPM rat e s ens e

System Fan H eader: JSFAN1

JSFAN1

Note:

The JCF AN1 and J SF AN 1support sy stem cooling fan with Smart Fan Cont rol utility. I t supports 3 pin head c onnector. When connec t ing with wires

onto c onnectors, please not e t hat t he red wire is the pos itive and should be connec t ed to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be c onnected to GND.

Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V

3 FAN RPM rat e s ens e

2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTAL LAT ION

2.2.1 DDR Modu le ins tallation

1. Unlock a DIMM sl ot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM m atches the break

on the Sl ot.

2. Insert the DIM M vertically and firmly into the sl o t until the retain ing chip snap back in place and the DIMM i s properl y seated.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS, & SLOTS

Floppy D isk Connector: FDD1

The m otherboard provides a standard floppy di sk connector that s uppor t s 360 K, 720K, 1.2 M, 1.44M and 2.88M flo ppy d isk types. This

connector supports the provided floppy drive ri bbon cables.

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1~2

The m otherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Control ler that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DM A 33/66/100/133

functionalit y. It ha s two HDD connec tors IDE 1 (prima ry ) an d IDE2 (secondary). The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave

dri ve, so you can connect up to four hard disk drives. The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1.

AGP1: Accelerated Graphics Port Slot

You r mon ito r will atta c h directly to that vide o card. Thi s m otherbo ard supports video cards for PCI sl ots, but it i s al so equi pped with an

Accelerated Graphi cs Port (AGP). An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technol ogy for improved vi deo effi ci ency and performance,

especially with 3D graphi cs.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~5

This motherboard is equi pped with 1 standard PCI sl ot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for

expansi on cards. This PCI slot i s designated as 32 bits.

CNR1: Communication Network Riser Slot (For Version 1.1 only)

The CNR specificati on is an open I nd ustry Standar d Ar c hi tecture, an d it defines a hardware scalabl e riser card i nterface, whi ch supports modem

only.

Note: This CNR slot supports Smartlink CNR Card only.

Serial ATA Connect or: JSATA4~5

The m otherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce 3 250 with 2 channels SATA interface; it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transfer rate of

1.5Gb/s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 TX+

JSATA4/JSATA5

3 TX- 4 Ground 5 RX- 6 RX+ 7 Ground

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMP ERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the j umper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “cl ose”, if not, that means the jumper is

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

Pow er Con nector s: JATX PWR1/PATXPWR2

JATXPWR1: Thi s connector allows user to connect 20-pin power conn ec tor on t h e A TX power s upp ly.

JATXPWR2: By connecting thi s connector, it will provide +12 V to CPU power ci rcuit.

JATXPWR1

JATXPWR2

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 12 -12V

3 Ground 13 Ground 4 +5V 14 PS_ON

5 Ground 15 Ground 6 +5V 16 Ground

7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW_OK 18 -5V 9 Standby Voltage +5V 19 +5V

10 +12V 20 +5V

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +12V 3 Ground 2 +12v 4 Ground

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Powe r Sou rce Selection He ade rs for US B: JUSBV1/JUSBV3

Assignment Description

+5V

JUSBV1: +5V for JUSB3. JUSBV3: +5V for JUSB1/2.

Pin 1-2 clo se

Pin 2-3 clo se

+5V st andby Voltage

JU SBV1: JUSB3 is powered wit h +5V

standb y voltage.

JU SBV3: JUSB1/2 are powered +5V

standb y voltage.

Note:

In order to support thi s function “Power-on system via USB device,” “J U SBV3” ju mp er cap s hou ld be p lace d on Pin 2-3 indiv id ua l ly .

Power S o urce Se lectio n H ead er s for K eyb o ar d /Mous e: JKBMSV1

Assignment Description

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

In order to support thi s function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBMSV1” j umper cap shoul d be placed on Pin 2-3.

+5V +5V for PS /2 keyboard and mouse

+5V Standby Voltage

PS/2 k eyboard and m ous e are powered wit h +5V standby v oltage.

COM2 Heade r: JCOM2 (Optional)

This header allows user to connect additional serial cable on the PC back panel. It can be used to connect serial devices, for example,

mouse or modem.

2 1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 RIN1 2 RIN3 3 DOUT2 4 DOUT3

5 Ground 6 RIN2 7 DOUT1 8 RIN4

9 -XRI1 10 NA

JCOM2-Header

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Front Panel Audio - out Header: JAUDIO1

This conn ecto r will allow user t o c on nect with the front audio ou t put head ers on the PC c ase. It will d isable the ou tp ut on bac k pan el audio

connectors.

2 1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground 3 Mic power/Bas s 4 Audio power

Right line out/ Speak er out

Right

7 Reserv ed 8 Key 9 Lef t line out /Speaker out Left 10 Lef t line out /Speaker out Left

Right line in/R ear s peak er

Right

13 Left line in/R ear speak er Lef t 14 Lef t line in/ R ear s peaker Lef t

14 13

JAUDIO1

Right line out/ Speak er out

Right

Right line in/R ear s peak er

Right

CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JCDIN1/JCDIN2 (J CDI N 2 is op t i on a l.)

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devi c es, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI soun d card, PCI T V turner card

etc..

Pin Assignment

JCDIN1/JCDIN2

1 Left channel input 2 Ground

3 Ground 4 Right channel input

Digital Audio-out Connector: JSPDIF_OUT (optional)

This conn ecto r will allow user t o c on nect th e P CI bracket SP DIF ou tput header.

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

JSPDIF_OUT

2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground

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Digita l Aud io-i n Connector: JSPDIF _IN (op tio nal)

This conn ecto r will allow user t o c on nect th e P CI bracket SP DIF ou tput header.

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

JSPDIF_OUT

2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground

F r ont Pa n el Conn ect or : JPA NEL1

This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect

the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep control 3 N/A 4 Ground

5 N/A 6 N/A N/A 7 Speaker

9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+) 11 HDD LED (-) 13 Ground 14 Power button

15 Reset control 17 N/A 18 Key

19 N/A 20 Key 21 +5V 22 Ground 23 IRTX

Speaker Connector

Hard drive LED

Reset button

IrDA Connector

24 23

JPANEL1

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

IrDA Connector

Case Op en Header: JCI 1

T his connector allows system to mo nitor PC case open statu s. If the signal has been tri ggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the

message on next boot-up.

Pin Assignment

JCI1

1 Cas e open s ignal 2 Ground

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Front USB Headers : JUSB1~2

This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables on the PC front panel . Al so can be connected wi th internal USB devices, like USB

card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (f us ed)

JUSB1/JUSB2

3 USB- 4 USB-

5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground

9 Key 10 NC

Close CMOS He ader : JCMOS 1

By pl aci ng the jumper on pin2-3, i t allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please careful l y follow the procedures to

avo id da ma ging th e mot her board.

JCMOS1 Assignment

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

Norm al Operation (D ef ault).

Clear CMOS data.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 cl ose”.

3. Wai t for f i ve seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 cl ose”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWAR D BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meanin g

One long beep f ollowed by t wo s hort beeps

High-low siren sound C PU overheated

One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST Long beeps every ot her s econd No DRAM detected or ins t all

4.2 EXTRA INFORMATION

A. BIOS Update

After yo u fail to up d ate BIOS or BIOS is inva ded by virus, the Boot-Block functi on will hel p to restore BIOS. If the following message

is shown after boot-up the system, it m eans the BIOS contents are corrupted.

Video card not f ound or v ideo card mem ory bad

Sys t em will s hut down autom at ic ally

In this Case, pl ease follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS:

1. Make a bootable fl op py d is k.

2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Bi ostar websi te: www.biostar.com .tw

3. Confi rm motherboard model and download the respecti vel y BIOS fr om Bi os t ar websit e.

4. Copy “AWDFLASH.exe” and respectively BIOS into floppy disk.

5. Insert the bootabl e di sk into floppy drive and press Enter.

6. S y stem will boo-up to DOS prompt.

7. Type “Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/r” in DOS prompt.

8. S y stem will update BIOS automa tically and resta rt .

9. The BIOS ha s bee n recovered an d will work pro pe rly.

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