Biostar NF325-A9 Owner's Manual

NF325-A9

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digi ta l dev i ce, pu r suan t to Part 15 of t he FCC Rul e s. Th e se lim it s ar e de sig ned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential install ation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency en ergy a nd, if not install ed and used in accordance w ith the instructions, may cause harm ful interf erence to rad i o com munications. There is n o guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular ins tallation.

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Tabl e of Contents

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

1.1 Motherboa rd Features ..................................................... 1

1.2 Package Checklist........................................................... 5

1.3 Layout an d Co mpone nts..................................................6

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation.................................................7

2.1 Installing Cen tral P roce ssin g Unit (CPU)...........................7

2.2 FAN Headers.................................................................. 8

2.3 Installing System Memory................................................ 9

2.4 Connectors and Slots.....................................................1 0

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup......................................12

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers................................................... 12

3.2 Detail Settings...............................................................12

Chapter 4: Useful Help.................................................................20

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Cod e................................................ 2 0

4.2 Extra Info rmation........................................................... 20

4.3 T roubleshooting............................................................. 2 2

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™................................................23

5.1 Introduction...................................................................23

5.2 System Req uirement ..................................................... 23

5.3 Installation.................................................................... 24

5.4 [WarpSpeede r™] incl udes 1 tray icon and 5 pane ls......... 2 5

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports Socket 939. Sup por ts AMD Ath l on 64 F X/ A t hl on 64 proces sor .

Supports AMD Sempron processor. AMD 64 architecture enables sim ultaneous 32 and 64 bit

computing.

Sup por ts H yperTr ansport T ec hnology up to 10 00MHz Full

duplex.

Sup por ts AMD Cool’ n’ Quiet Techn ol ogy.

Chi pset

NVIDIA nForce3 250

 HyperTransport link to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU.  Sup por ts AGP 3.0 (8x) inter face.

 Supports USB 2.0, 8 ports.  Compliant wi th PCI Version 2.3 specifi cation.  Compliant wi th AC’97 Versi on 2.3 speci fication.

 Fast ATA/133 IDE controllers.

Dimensions

Form Fac to r: 22 .7cm (W) x 29. 3cm (L)

Op erating Syst em Supporting

Supports Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

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 Moni tor  IT E's "Smart Guardian" function

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On Board IDE

Supports 4 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 0~4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA

33/ 66/10 0/1 33 bus mas ter mo de.

Slots

Five 32-bit PCI bus master slots. One AGP 8x s lot

S ystem Memo ry

Support s Dual Channel DDR-33 3/ 400. Supports 8 banks in total.

Support s 256 -Mb, 512 -Mb, or 1 G-Mb DDR tec hnol og ies fo r x8

and x16 non -ECC DDR d evic es.

Certifi ed DDR400 List:

 Please check the websi te:

http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3? name=NF325-A9

Maxi mum me mory s iz e is 4GB.

DI MM Socket

Location

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

DIMM3 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM4 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module

To t a l M e m o r y

Size (MB)

Max is 4 GB.

DDR Installation Noti ce :

Please follow the table bel ow to install DDR memo ry modul e, or

the system may not boot up or m ay not f unction proper ly .

“SS” represe nt s Single Side DDR memo ry module. “DS” re presen ts Do uble Sid e DDR mem ory mod ule.

Star sign “*” represents l eave the DIMM socket empty.

setup1 setup2 setup3 setup1 setup2 setup3

DIMM1 SS/DS DIMM2 DIMM3

DIMM4

* * * *

64bit 128bit

SS/DS SS/DS

SS/DS

SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS

SS/DS

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On Board AC’97 Sound Codec

Chip: ALC655. Compliant wi th AC’97 version 2.3 specification.

Supports 6 channels.

Se rial ATA

Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Compliant wi th SATA 1.0 specification.

Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s.

10/ 100 L AN

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

Half/Ful l duplex capabi l ity.

Gigabit LAN (o ptional)

NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + VITESSE Gigabit PHY VSC8201. Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation.

Half/Ful l duplex capabi l ity. Supports personal Firewall setup.

Supports ACPI pow er management. Supports NVIDIA StreamT hru technology

 Isochronous controller paired with Hyper Transport results

in fas t es t networ king performanc e

IEEE 1394 Ch ip (op tio na l)

Chip: VIA VT6307. Supports 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s.

I nt er n al On-board I/O Con n ec tors a nd He ader s

1 front panel header supports front panel facili ties. 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in device.

1 IEEE1394A header supports 1 1394 Firewire port (optional). 1 S/PIF-In connector supports digital audio-in function

(opti onal).

1 S/PIF-Out connector supports di gital audio-out function. 1 front audio-out header supports front panel audio-out function.

1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning

function.

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1 Floppy connector supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M ,

1.4 4M an d 2.88M bytes.

2 IDE connectors support 4 hard di sk devices. 2 Serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports at front panel.

Back Panel I/O Connectors

4 USB 2.0 ports. 1RJ-45 LAN jack.

1 Parallel po rt. 1 Serial port. (COM3 is optional.)

1 PS/2 Mouse port. 1 PS/2 Keyboard port.

1 1394A Firewi re port (optional). 1 vertical audio port incl uding 1 line-in connector, 1 line-out

conn ec tor, and 1 MIC- i n co nn ec tor.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

1394 (option al)

USB x2

COM1

Par al lel

COM3 (optional)

LAN

US B x2

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2.

Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function.

Software

Sup por ts W ar ps peeder ™, 9t h T o uc h™, WI N FLAS HE R™ an d

FLASHER™.

Li ne I n / Surround

Line Out Mic I n 1/

Bas e /Cent er

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1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1

User’s Manual X 1 Fu lly Setup Driver CD X 1

Rear I/O Panel for ATX Ca se X 1 USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)

S/PDIF Cable X 1 (opti onal) Serial ATA Cable X 1 (opti onal)

Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional)

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1.3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS

JCFAN1

JCOM1

JPRNT1

( Opt i ona l)

JCOM3

10 /100

LAN

(optional)

GP1

JSPDIF_IN ( op ti ona l)

Codec

I EEE 139 4

Chip

(o ptio nal)

JCDIN1

JSPDIF_OUT

Giga LA N (optional)

JATXPWR1

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

BIOS

Socket 939

JPANEL1

IDE1

IDE2

DIMM 2

DIMM1

DIMM3

DIMM4

FDD1

BAT1

JSFAN1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INS TALLATION

2.1 INST ALL ING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

CPU1

Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap.

Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise 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 forwards thi s white triangle. The CPU will fit on ly in the corr ec t or i entat io n.

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

B to complete the installation.

Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on t he CPU and buckle it . Conne c t the CPU

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

2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built i n the computer. The fan cable and connector m ay 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 Fan Hea der JSFAN 1: System Fan H ead er

JCF AN1

JSFAN1

Note:

The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 3 pin head connectors. When connecting with wires onto connectors, pl ease note that the red wire is

the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM

rate sense

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2.3 INST ALL ING SYSTEM MEMORY

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM4

DIMM3

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Ali gn a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break

on the Slot.

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

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2.4 CONNECTO RS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connecto r

The motherboard provi des a standard floppy di sk connector that s uppor t s 360 K, 720 K, 1.2 M, 1.44 M a nd 2.8 8M flo ppy d isk types.

This connector supports the provided fl oppy drive ribbon cables.

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IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connector

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus M aster, and Ultra DM A 33/66/100/133

functionali ty. It ha s two HDD connectors IDE1 (prima ry) an d IDE2 (secondary).

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to four hard disk drives. The fi rst hard drive should

al ways be connected to IDE1.

139

IDE1

IDE2

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PCI1~PCI5: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard i s equipped with 5 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for

expansi on cards. These PCI slots are designated as 32 bits.

PCI1 PCI2 PCI3

PCI4 PCI5

AGP1: Accelerated Graphics Port Slot

Your monitor will attach directly to that video card. This motherboard supports video cards for PCI slots, but it is also

equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card wil l take adva ntage o f A GP tec h no l ogy for i mpr ov ed vi de o effic iency

and performance, especi all y with 3D graphics.

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPE RS

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

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

JUSB_KBMSV1: Po wer So urce H ea der for P S/ 2 K ey bo a rd, PS/2 Mo u se and U S B po rts

Pin 1-2 Clo se:

+5V f or PS/2 k ey board, PS/2 mouse and USB ports at J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1.

Pin 2-3 Clo se:

PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse and USB ports at J1394_USB1 and USBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby voltage.

Note:

In order to support thi s function “Power-on s yste m via ke yboard, mouse and USB dev ice”, “JUSB_KBMSV1” jumper cap s hould be plac ed on Pin 2-3.

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

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JUSBV 3 : Po w er So u rce Hea ders fo r U SB Po rts

Pin 1- 2 Close

+ 5V for U SB por ts at f r ont panel (JUSB1/JU SB2).

Note:

In order to support thi s function “Power-On s yste m via USB device,” JUSBV3” jumper c ap should be plac ed on Pin 2-3 individually.

JUSB1/ JUSB 2: Front USB Headers

This mot herboard provides 2 USB 2.0 headers, which allows user to connect additional U SB cable on t he PC front panel, and also c an be connect ed with

internal U SB devices, like USB card reader.

JUSB1JUSB2

Pin 2- 3 close

USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUS B2) are

Pin Assignment

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused)

3 USB4 USB5 USB+

6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key

10 NC

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JAT XPWR1 : AT X Power Con necto r

This connector allows user to connec t 20-pin power c onnector on t he ATX power supply.

Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 Ground 4 +5V

5 Ground

10 20

6 +5V 7 Ground

8 PW_OK 9 Standby Volt age

+5V

10 +12V

11 + 3. 3V

12 -12V 13 Ground 14 PS_ON

15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 -5V

19 +5V 20 +5V

JAT XPWR2 : AT X Power Con necto r

By c onnecting this connector, it will prov ide +12V to CPU power circ uit.

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1 +12V 2 +12v

3 Ground 4 Ground

Assignment

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JS AT A1/ J S AT A2 : S erial ATA Co nnectors

The motherboard has a PCI t o SATA C ont roller with 2 channels SATA int erf ace, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Assignment

1 Ground

JSATA2 JSA TA1

714

JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Con n ector

This connector allows user to connec t the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.

2 TX+ 3 TX-

4 Ground 5 RX-

6 RX+ 7 Ground

1 +5v 2 SPDIF_OUT

3 Ground

Assignment

JSPDIF_IN1 (optional): Digital Audi o-in Connector

This connector allows user to connec t the PCI bracket SPDIF input header.

1 +5v

2 SPDIF_IN 3 Ground

Assignment

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JAUDIO 1 : Fron t Panel Aud i o Head er

This header allows user to c onnect the front audio out put c able with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio c onnectors.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/cent er&bass 2 Ground 3 Reserved 4 Audio power

5 Right line out/Speaker

out Right

6 Right line out/Speaker

out Right

7 Reserved

8 Key 9 Left line out/Speaker

out Left

10 Left line out/Speaker

JCI1: Chassis Open Heade r

This connector allows system to monit or PC cas e open stat us. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to t he CMOS and s how t he message on next boot-up.

out Left

11 Righ t line in/Rear

speaker Right

12 Right line in/Rear

speaker Right

13 Left line in/Rear

speaker Left

14 Left line in/Rear

speaker Left

1 Case open si gna l 2 Ground

Assignment

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J1394A1 (optional): Header f or 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel

Pin Assignment

1 A+ 2 A-

3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B+ 6 B-

7 +12V

J1394V1 (optional): Power Source fo r 1394 Firewire Port

This header allows user to connect the digital image device, like DV, D8, or V8, etc.

8 +12V 9 Key

10 Ground

Pin 1- 2 Close

+3.3V for 1394 chipset. (Default)

Pin 2- 3 close

+3.3V SB for 1394 chipset.

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JCMOS1 : C l ea r CMOS H ea der

By plac ing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore t he BIOS saf e sett ing and the CMOS dat a, please carefully f ollow the procedures to av oid damaging

the m otherboard.

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (default).

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for f i ve secon ds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desi red password or clear the CMOS data.

JCDIN1 : CD-ROM Au di o-i n Con n ector

This connector allows user t o connect the audio sourc e from the variety devices, like CD-R OM, DVD-ROM, PC I sound card, PCI TV turner card etc..

1 Left channel

2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel

Assignment

input l

input

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