Biostar NF4 4X-A7 Owner's Manual

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Tabl e of Contents

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

1.1 Motherboard Features..................................................1

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

1.3 Layout & Co mp onents..................................................5

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ..........................................6

2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU)......................................6

2.2 Fan Headers................................................................8

2.3 Memory Mo dules Ins ta l lat ion.........................................9

2.4 Conne ctors & Slots.....................................................1 0

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

3.1 How to setup Jumpers................................................12

3.2 Detail Settings............................................................ 1 2

Chapter 4: Useful Help...........................................................19

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Cod e.............................................19

4.2 Extra In fo rm a tion ........................................................1 9

4.3 T roubleshooting..........................................................21

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™...................................................22

5.1 Introduction................................................................22

5.2 Syste m Requireme nt ..................................................22

5.3 Installation .................................................................23

5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] incl udes 1 tray i con and 5 panels ......24

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD At hlon 64 and Sem pron processors.

Supports Front Side Bus up to 1.6G H T. AMD 64 architecture enables s im ultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing. Supports HyperTransport Technology and AMD C ool’n’Quiet

Technology.

Chipset

NVI DIA nForc e4 4X:

- Supports NVIDIA F irewall.

- Supports 10 U SB 2. 0 ports.

- Supports NVIDIA nTune Ut ility.

- Supports 1 PC I -Ex press x16 int erf ace graphics sl ot .

- Supports 2 PC I -Ex press x1 int erf ace slots.

- Supports 4 SATA port s, each channel up to 1. 5Gb/s.

- Supports NVIDIA R AI D func t ions, including R AID 0, R AI D 1 and

RAI D 0+1.

- Supports 4 I D E disk drives wit h PIO Mode 5, DMA Mode and U ltra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Mast er Mode.

- Com pliant with AC ’97 v ersion2.3 spec if ication.

- Complaints with PCI-Express Version 1.a specification.

Oper a ting Syste m s

Supports Windows 2000 and W indows XP.

Note: Do not support Windows 98SE and Windows M E.

Supports SCO UN I X.

Dimensions

AT X F orm Factor: 20.82c m (W) x 29.33cm (L)

On-boar d I DE

2 on-board connectors s upport 4 ID E disk drives. Supports PIO mode 4, DMA Mode and U lt ra DMA 33/ 66/100/133 bus

mas t er mode.

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Main Memory

Supports Single Channel DDR. Supports DDR 266/333/ 400.

M a xi mu m me mo ry size is 2GB .

DIMM Socket Location DDR Module Total Memory Size

DIMM1 128MB /256MB/ 512MB/1G B *1 DIMM2 128MB /256MB/ 512MB/1G B *1

Serial ATA

4 on-board Serial ATA c onnectors support 4 s erial ATA (SATA) port s. Com pliant with SATA1.0 specification.

Data transfer rates up to 1.5Gb/s. Supports NVIDIA R AI D Tec hnology:

- RAI D 0 dis k st riping for highes t system and applic at ion performance

- RAI D 1 dis k mirroring s upport f or fault tolerance Support f or both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller s t andards

- RAI D 0+1 disk striping and m irroring for highest performance with fault tolerance

Slots

Four 32bit PCI bus m aster slot s. Two PCI-Express x1 slots:

- PCI Express 1. 0a c om pliant.

- Bandwidth 250MB/s per direc t ion.

One PCI-E xpress x16 slot.

- PCI Express 1. 0a c om pliant.

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

per direct ion, f or an aggregat e of 8GB/s tot ally .

Max is 2 GB.

Super I/ O

Chip: ITE IT8712F. Low Pin Count Int erf ace.

Provides t he most c ommonly us ed legacy Super I/O functionality. Environment Cont rol initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Cont roller

- ITE's "Sm art Guardian" function

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On-board A C’97 Audio Sound Codec

Chip: ALC655:

- Com pliant with AC ’97 v ersion2.3 spec if ication.

- Supports 6 c hannels audio output.

10/100 LAN

Chip: RTL8201BL / RTL8201CL . Supports 10 Mb/s , 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation.

Provides the most commonl y used legacy super I/O functionalit y . Environment Cont rol initiatives:

- H/W Monitor,

- Fan Speed Cont roller,

- ITE “Smart Guardian” f unction.

Security

NVIDIA Firewall technology

- Nati ve firewall solution

Advanced features

- Rem ot e acc ess, conf igurat ion, m onit oring

- Command line interfac e (CLI)

- WMI scripts.

Internal On-board Connectors and Headers

1 audio-out header supports audio-out facilities. 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities.

1 CD -in connec t or s upports CD-ROM audio-in f unction. 1 SPDIF-out connector supports digital audio-out function. 1 floppy c onnector supports 2 FDD dev ices with 360K, 720K, 1.2M,

1.44M and 2.88Mby t es.

2 ID E connec t ors support 4 I D E disk drives. 3 USB headers s upport 6 USB 2.0 ports at front panel.

4 Serial ATA c onnectors support 4 SATA dev ices.

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Rear (Back Panel) Side Connector s

1 PS/2 Mouse port and Key board port. 1 Printer Port.

1 Serial Port. (J C OM2 is optional.) 1 RJ -45 LAN jack.

4 USB 2.0 Ports. 3 audio port s support 6 channels audio-out fac ilities .

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

Prin ter Port

COM 2

(optional)

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2.

Supports ACPI. Supports USB Func t ion.

USB *2

LAN

Connector

USB *2

Lin e- in/R ea r

Line-out

MI C- i n / Center/ Left

Bundled So ftware

Supports 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and F LASH ER ™.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 Us er’s Manual X 1

Fully Setup D riv er CD X 1 Rear I/O Panel f or ATX C as e X 1 S/PD IF Cable X 1 (opt ional)

USB 2. 0 Cable X1 (opt ional) Serial ATA Cable X 1(opt ional) Serial ATA Power Swit c h C able X 1 (opt ional)

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1.3 LA YOUT & COMPONENTS

JKBMS V1

JKBMS1

JCOM1

( o ptional )

JCOM2

JATXPWR2

JPRNT1

JATXPWR1

Socket 754

CPU1

JCFAN1

DIMM1

DIMM2

JUSB1

JUSBLAN1

JAU DI O1

Codec

JC DIN1

Super I/O

JUSBV1

LAN

JFAUD IO1

PEX1_1

PEX1_2

JSPDIF_OUT1

BIOS

JSFAN1

Note: ■ represents the 1

pin.

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PEX16

nForce4 4X

JS ATA1

JUSBV2

BAT1

JNBFAN1

IDE2

IDE1

JUSB3 JUSB4JUSB2

JSAT A3

JCI1

JSATA2

FDD1

JSAT A4

JCMOS1

(optiona l )

JPANEL1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE I NSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Pull t he lev er s ideways away from t he socket and t hen raise t he lever up t o

Step 2: Look f or the black c ut edge on s ocket, and t he white dot on C PU should

a 90-degree angle.

point f orwards this blac k cut edge. The CPU will f it only in t he correct orientation.

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Step 3: Hold t he C PU down f irm ly, and then close t he lever t o c om plete t he

installation.

Step 4: Put t he CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. C onnect the C PU

cable to the JCFAN1. T his completes the installation.

FAN power

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

CPU FAN Power Header : JCFAN1 S y s tem F a n P ow er H ea der: J SF AN 1

Nort h bridg e F an P o wer Hea der: J NBF AN 1

JCFAN1

JNBFAN1

JSFAN1

Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support s ystem cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility. It supports 3 pin head c onnec tor. When connecting with wires onto c onnectors, pl ease note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and s hould be c onnected to GND.

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V

3 FAN RPM rate sense

(Only for JCFAN1 and JSFAN1.)

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2.3 MEMORY MODUL ES INS TAL LAT ION

DIMM1

2.3.1 DDR Modu le ins tallat ion

1. U nloc k a DI MM slot by pres s ing t he ret aining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the s lot s uc h t hat t he notch on t he DIMM mat c hes the break on t he Slot.

DIMM2

2. I ns ert the DIMM v ert ically and firmly into the s lot until the ret aining chip s nap back in place and t he DIMM is properly seated.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS & SLOTS

Floppy D isk Connector: FDD1

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk c onnec t or that support s 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2. 88M f loppy disk types. This connec t or

supports the prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cables.

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE 1/IDE2

The motherboard has t wo 32-bit Enhanced PC I IDE Cont roller that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/100/133 func t ionality . It

has t wo H DD c onnectors IDE1 (prim ary ) and I D E2 (sec ondary ). The ID E connec t ors c an c onnect a mas t er and a s lave driv e, so y ou can c onnec t up

to f our hard dis k drives . The f irst hard driv e should always be c onnected to IDE1.

IDE2IDE1

3940

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Perip heral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI4

This mot herboard is equipped with 4 st andard PCI slot. PCI s t ands f or Peripheral Com ponent I nt erc onnect, and it is a bus st andard for ex pans ion

cards . This PCI s lot is designat ed as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PCI-Express Slots: PEX16/ PEX1_1/PEX1_2

PEX1 6:

- PCI Express 1. 0a c om pliant.

- Maximum bandwidt h is up to 4GB/s per direction.

PEX1_1/PEX1_2:

- PCI Express 1. 0a c om pliant.

- Maximum bandwidt h is up to 250MB/s per direct ion.

PEX16

PEX1_1 PEX1_2

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS

The illustrat ion shows how to s et up jum pers. When t he jum per cap is placed on pins, the jum per is “close”, if not, that means the jum per is “open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 cl osed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

AT X Po wer Source Co nnector : JATX PWR1

This connector allows user t o c onnect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply.

Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 Ground 4 +5V 5 Ground 6 +5V 7 Ground

8 PW_OK 9 Standby

24 13 12

Voltage+5V

10 +12V

11 +12V 12 Detect 13 +3.3V 14 -12V 15 Ground 16 PS_ON 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 -5V 21 +5V 22 +5V 23 +5V 24 Ground

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AT X Po wer Source Co nnector : JATX PWR2

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

Assignment

1 +12V

Power Source Headers fo r USB Ports: JUSBV 1/JUSBV 2

Pin 1-2 Cl o se:

JU SBV1: +5V for USB port s at JUSB1 and JU SBLAN 1. JU SBV2: +5V for front USB headers (JU SB2/JU SB3/JUSB4).

Pin 2-3 Cl o se:

JU SBV1: U SB port s at JU SB1 and JUSBLAN 1 are powered with +5V standby

voltage.

JU SBV2: Front U SB headers (JUSB2/JUSB3/JUSB4) are powered with +5V

standb y voltage .

2 +12V 3 Ground 4 Ground

3 1

JUSBV1

Pin 1-2 Close

JUSB V2

Note: In order to support this functi on “Power-on s ystem via USB device,” “JUSBV1/JUSBV2” jumper cap should be pl aced on Pin 2-3 i ndi viduall y.

3 1

Pin 2-3 Close

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Power Source Header for PS/ 2 Keyboard/Mo use: JKB MSV 1

Pin 1-2 Cl o se: +5V for PS /2 keyboard and mouse . Pin 2-3 Cl o se: PS/ 2 key board and mouse are powered with +5V standby

Note: In order to support this functi on “Power-on s ystem via keyboard and mouse”,

“JKBMSV1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3.

Front Panel Audio-out Header: JFAUDIO1

This connector will allow us er to c onnect with t he f ront audio out put headers on the PC case. It will disable the out put on back panel audio c onnectors.

voltage.

Pin Assignment

1 MIC-in/

2 Ground 3 Stereo MIC-in L 4 Audio power 5 Right line-out/

6 Right line-out/

7 Reserved 8 Key

9 Left line-out/

10 Left line-out/

11 Right line-in (optional) 12 Right line-in (optional)

13 Left line-in (optional) 14 Left line-in (optional)

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

Stereo MIC-in R

Speaker-out Right.

Speaker-out Right

Speaker-out Left

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CD-ROM A u dio-in Co n ne cto r : J CDI N1

This connector allows us er to c onnect the audio s ourc e f rom the v ariety dev ices, like CD-R OM, D VD -ROM, PC I sound card, PCI TV t urner card et c..

Assignment

1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input

Case Open Headers: J CI1

This connector allows sy stem to m onitor PC case open s t atus. If t he s ignal has been triggered, it will rec ord t o the C MOS and show t he message on next

boot-up.

Assignment

1 Case open signal 2 Ground

JCI1

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Dig ital A u dio-out C o n ne cto r : J SP DIF_ OU T 1

These connectors allow user t o c onnect the PCI bracket SPD IF out put or input header.

Pin Assignment

1 +5V 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground

Headers fo r U SB Ports at F ro nt Panel: JUSB 2~JUSB4

This connector allows user t o c onnect additional U SB cables at PC f ront panel, and also can be c onnec t ed wit h internal USB devices, like U SB card reader.

Assignment

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

3 USB4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground

210

JUSB4JUSB2

JUSB3

9 Key

10 NC

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Serial ATA Connectors: JSATA1~JSAT A4

The motherboard has a SATA C ontroller in nForce4 4X SLI with 4 c hannels SATA interf ac e, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 s pec and with t ransfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Assignment

1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX-

JSAT A1

JSAT A2

JSAT A3

JSA TA4

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header

By plac ing the jum per on pin2-3, it allows user to rest ore the BI OS s af e set t ing and the CMOS data, pleas e carefully follow the proc edures to avoid dam aging

the m otherboard.

4 Ground 5 RX-

6 RX+ 7 Ground

Pin 1-2 close: Normal Operation (Default).

Pin 2-3 close:

JCMOS1

Clear CMOS data.

Clear CMOS Procedures:※

1. R em ov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for five seco n ds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. R es et your des ired pas s word or c lear t he CMOS dat a.

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