Biostar NF4UL-A9 Owner's Manual

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Table of C ontents

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

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

1.2 Package Checklist...........................................................6

1.3 Layout & Components....................................................7

Chapter 2: Hard ware Installation ..........................................8

2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................ 8

2.2 Fan Headers..................................................................10

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...........................................................19

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code.................................................19

4.2 Troubleshooting ............................................................19

Chapter 5: NVIDIA RAID Functions ....................................20

5.1 Operation System..........................................................20

5.2 Raid Arrays..................................................................20

5.3 How RAID Works.........................................................21

Chapter 6: WarpSpeeder™...................................................25

6.1 Introduction ..................................................................25

6.2 System Requirement......................................................25

6.3 Installation ....................................................................26

6.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels..........27

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports Socket 939.

Sup por ts AMD Athlon 64 F X proces sor.
Sup por ts AMD Athlon 64 pr ocess or.

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

computi ng.

Supports HyperTransport Technology.
Sup por ts AMD C o ol’n’ Qu iet T echnol ogy.

Chipse t

NVIDIA nForce4 CK8-04 Ultra:

- Supports NVIDIA Firewall.

- Supports Gigabit Ethernet.

- Supports 10 USB 2.0 ports.

- Supports NVIDIA nTune Utility.

- Supports NVIDIA Se cure Networkin g Pro cessor.

- Supports 4 SATA ports, each channel up to 3Gb/s.

- Supports 1 PCI-Express x16 interface graphics slot.

- Supports NVIDIA RAID fu n ctions, inclu ding RAID 0, RAID 1

and RAID 0+1.

- Supports 4 IDE disk drives with PIO Mode 5, Bride M ode
and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Master Mode.

- Compliant with AC’97 versi on2.3 specification.

- Complaints with PCI-Express Versi on 1.a specification.

Operating Systems

Supports Wi ndows 2000 and Windows XP.

Note: Do n ot suppo r t Windows 98SE and Windows M E.

Supp orts SCO UNIX.

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Dimensions

AT X Form Factor: 23.4cm (W) x 29.35cm (L)

Mai n Memory

Supp ort s Dual Cha nnel DDR.
Supports 8 banks in total.

Supports DDR333 and DDR400.
Maximum me mor y 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 al Me m o r y

Size (MB)

Max is 4 GB.

DDR Installa tion Notice:

Please f ollow the table below to install your DDR me mory

mo du le, or t he s y stem may not boot up or may not function
properly.

“SS” re presen ts Sin gle Side DDR memory module.
“DS” re present s Double Side DDR mem ory mod ule.

Star sign “*” represents leave the DIMM socket empty.

DIMM1 SS/DS
DIMM2

DIMM3
DIMM4

* * *
*

* * *

*

SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS

SS/DS SS/DS

SS/DS

SS/DS

On- boa rd IDE

2 on-board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives.
Supports PIO m ode 5, Bl ock Mode and Ultra DMA

33/ 66/100/ 1 33 bus mas t er mo de.

Serial ATA

4 on-board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA (SATA)

ports.

Compliant with SATA2.0 specific ation.
Data tra n sfer rates u p to 3Gb/s.

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Slots

Three 32bit PCI bus master slots.
Two PCI-Express x1 slots:

- PCI Express 1.0a com pli ant.

- Bandwidth 250MB/s per directio n.

One PCI-Express x16 slot.

- PCI Express 1.0a com pli ant.

- Maximum theoreti cal realized bandwidth of 4GB/s

s imu lta ne ously per d irection, for an ag gr egate of 8GB /s
totally.

One Xtreme Graphics Port slot. (See p.12 for detail information)

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT 8712F.
Low Pi n Count Interface.

Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Controller

- IT E's "S mart Guardian" fun ction

On -b o ard A C’ 97 Audio So und Codec

Chip: ALC850:

¾ Compliant wi th AC’97 versi on2.3 specification.
¾ Supports 8 channels audio output

Chip: ALC655 (optional):

¾ Compliant wi th AC’97 versi on2.3 specification.
¾ Supports 6 channels audio output.

IEEE 1394A Chip (optional)

Chip: VIA VT 6307.
Supports 2 ports with tra n sfer up to 400Mb/s.

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Giga bit Ethernet LAN

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

Half/Full duplex capabi lit y.
Supports personal Firewall setup.

Suppo r ts ACPI power m anagem en t.
Supports NVIDIA StreamThru te chnology

- Isochronous controller pai red wi th Hyper T ransport results
in fas t es t networking perf ormanc e

Secur ity

NVIDIA Networking Processo r.
NVIDIA Fi rewall technology

- Native firewall solution, protects the PC from intruders by

fil tering unauthorized traffic.

Advanced features

- Remote access, configuration, monitoring

- Com man d l in e int er f ace (C LI)

- WMI scripts.

NVIDIA Active Armor

- Enhance network security, and providing users an

environment with both fast and secure.

Storage

NVIDIA RAID Technology

- RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application
performance

- RAID 1 disk m i rroring support for fault tolerance
Support for both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller

standards

- RAID 0+1 disk striping and mirroring for highest
performance with fault tolerance

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Inter nal On-board Connectors and Headers

1 audio-out header supports audio-out facili ties.

1 front panel header supports front panel facilities.

1 CD-in connector supports CD-ROM audi o-in function.

1 SPDIF-out connector supports digital audio-out function.
1 SPDIF-in connector supports digital audio-in function

(optional ).

1 IEEE1394 header supports 1 1394 Fi rewire port (optional).
1 floppy connector supports 2 FDD devices with 360K, 720K,

1.2 M, 1.44M a nd 2.8 8M by tes.

2 IDE connectors support 4 IDE disk drives.

3 USB headers support 6 USB 2.0 ports at front panel.
4 Serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devi ces.

Rear (Back Pane l ) Side Connectors

1 PS/2 Mouse Port.
1 PS/2 Keyboa rd Port.

1 Printer Port.
1 Serial Port. (COM2 is optional.)

1 1394 Firewi re Port (optional).
1 RJ - 45 LAN jack.

4 USB 2.0 Ports.
6 audio ports support 8 channels audio-out faciliti es (wi th

ALC850).

LAN

PS/2

Mouse

Printer Port

1394 Port
(optional)

Connector

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1 COM2

Center/Left

( opti onal)

Rear

Si de

5

USB *2

Line-in

Line-out

MIC-i n

US B * 2

3 audio ports support 6 channels audio-out faciliti es (wi th

N

ALC 65 5, optiona l) .

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Key boar d

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS.
Supports APM1.2.

Supports ACPI.
Supp orts USB Function.

Bundled Softwa re

Supports 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™.

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Printer Port

COM1 COM2

( optional)

1394 Port
(optional)

U SB * 2

LA

Connector

US B * 2

Line-in/R ear
Line-out

MIC-in/
Center/

Left

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable x 1
HDD Cable x 1

User’s Manu al x 1
Serial ATA Cable x 1

Fu lly Setup Driver CD x 1
Rear I/O P anel for ATX Case x 1

S/PDIF Cable x 1 (optional)
USB 2.0 Cable x 1 (opti onal)

IEEE 1394 Cable x 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Power Swi tch Cable x 1 (optional)

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1.3 LA YOUT & COMPONENTS

JKB MS1

JCOM1

JCOM2

(op tional)

J1394_USB1

JUSB LA N1

EA RPHONEJACK1

C
O
M
1

C
O

M
2

Giga LA N

JKBM SV1

JPRNT1

J1394_USBV1

JATXPWR2

JAUDI O2

PCI- EX x1

PEX1- 2

PCI- EX x1

PEX1- 1

J1394PWR1
(opt ional)

XGP 1

IE EE 13 9 4

Chip

(optional)

JC DIN1

PCI1

JS PDIF_OUT

PCI2

Codec

JSPDIF_IN 1

PCI3

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

CPU1

PCI-EX16

nForce4

CK8-04

Ultra

Socket 939

Super I/O

J1394 A1
(optional)

JCFAN1

DIMM2

DIMM4

JNBF AN1

JSATA1 JSATA2 JSATA 3 JSATA4

JCI1

BIOS

JPANEL1

IDE2

IDE1

FDD1

JATXPWR1

DI MM 1

DIMM3

JUSBV1

JUSB3JUSB2JUSB1

JCMOS1

BAT1

JSFAN1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDW ARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap.

Step 2: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

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Step 3: Look for the bl ack cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU

should point forwards thi s black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in
the correct orientation.

Step 4: Hol d the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete

the i nstalla ti on.

Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN

power cabl e to the JCFAN1. Thi s compl etes the i nstallation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

CPU FAN Po wer Header: JCFAN1

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

13

System Fan Power Header: JSFAN1

13

North Bri dge Fan Power Hea der: JNBFAN1

13

Note:

The JCF AN1, JSF AN 1and JN BF AN1 s upport system cooling fan with
Smart Fan C ont rol utility. It support s 3 pin head c onnector. When
connec t ing wit h wires onto c onnectors, please not e that t he red wire is the

posit iv e and should be connec t ed to pin#2, and t he blac k wire is Ground
and should be connec t ed to GND.

2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate sense

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V

3 FAN RPM rate sense

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V

3 FAN RPM rate sense

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2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTAL LAT ION

2.2.1 DDR M o dule ins tallat ion

1. Unlock a DIMM sl ot by pressi ng the retaining clips outward. Align a
DIM M on the sl ot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break

on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM verticall y and firm ly into the slot until th e retaining chip
snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS, & SLOTS

Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1

The m otherboard provides a standard fl oppy disk connector that
s uppor t s 360 K, 720K, 1.2 M, 1.4 4M and 2. 8 8 M f lo ppy d is k types. Th is

connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cabl es.

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2

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

functionality. I t has two HDD conn ecto rs IDE1 (primary) an d IDE2
(secondary).

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

connected to IDE1.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI3

This m otherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for

expansion cards. T his PCI sl ot is designated as 32 bits.

Xtreme Graphics Port Slot: XGP1

This XGP (Xtreme Graphics Port) slot is a special design that onl y
supports compatible AGP VGA cards.

To install the system with an add-on AGP VGA card, please make sure
to install the driver of add-on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA driver

instal lation. If the onboard VGA driver has al ready been installed before
you install the add-on AGP VGA card, the system wil l autom atically set

the onboard VGA as the primary graphics adapter.
For the onboard VGA driver can’t be removed completel y, and to solve

this problem, please follow the steps bel ow,

1. Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system, and reboot
PC. After PC restarts, the system will automatically set the AGP

VGA card as the graphi cs adapter.

2. Re-instal l your operati ng system to ensure the AGP VGA card
function c an be us ed.

Note:

Please go to “http: // www.biostar. c om.tw” for more detailed inform ation
about XGP compatibl e AGP cards.

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO S ETUP JUMPE RS

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

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

ATX Power So urc e Connectors: JATX PWR1/ JATX PWR2

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

JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will pro vi de +12 V to CPU
power circuit.

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24

JATXPWR1

JATXPWR2

1

12

1

4

23

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 14 -12V

3 Ground 15 Ground
4 +5V 16 PS_ON

5 Ground 17 Ground
6 +5V 18 Ground

7 Ground 19 Ground
8 PW_OK 20 -5V
9 Standby Voltage +5V 21 +5V

10 +12V 22 +5V
11 +12V 23 +5V

12 Detect 24 Ground

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

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

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Power Source He ade rs for USB Ports: J1394_USBV1/JUSBV1

Assignment Description

3

1

Pin 1-2 clo se

Pin 2-3 clo se

3

1

+5V

+5V st andby
Voltage

J1394_U SBV1: +5V f or U SB ports at

J1394_U SB1 and JU SBLAN 1.

JU SBV1: +5V f or f ront USB headers

(JUSB1/JUSB2/JUSB3).

J1394_U SBV1: USB ports at

J1394_U SB1 and JU SBLAN 1 are
powered wit h +5V standby v oltage.

JU SBV1: Front U SB headers

(JU SB1/JU SB2/JUSB3) are powered
with +5V standby volt age.

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-on system via USB devi ce,”
“J1394_USBV1/JUSBV1” jumper cap should be placed on Pi n 2-3

individually.

Power Source Header for PS /2 Keyboard/Mouse: JKBMSV1

Assignment Description

1
3

Pin 1-2 close

1
3

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

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

+5V +5V for ke yboard and mouse

+5V Standby
Voltage

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

CD-ROM Audi o-in Conne c tor: JCDIN1

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety
devi c es, like CD-RO M, DVD-ROM, P CI sound card , PCI TV turn er card

etc..

Pin Assignment

1 Lef t channel input
2 Ground

14

JCDIN1

3 Ground
4 Right channel input

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Fr o nt P anel Audio-out Header : JAUDIO2

This conn ec tor will allow user to con ne c t wit h the fron t audio out p ut
heade rs on the P C c ase. It will disable the output on back pan el audio

connectors.

With ALC850 Audio Sound Codec:

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/Stereo MIC -in R. 2 Ground
3 Stereo MIC-in L. 4 Audio power

Right line out/ Speaker out

5

Right
7 Reserved 8 Key
9 Lef t line out/Speaker out Lef t 10 Left line out/Speaker out Lef t

11 R ight line in 12 Right line in
13 Left line in 14 Left line in

Right line out/ Speaker out

6

Right

With ALC655 Audio Sound Codec (optional):

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13 14

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Stereo MIC-in R / Center 2 Ground
3

Stereo M IC-in L/ Bass

Right line out/ Speaker-out

5

Right
7 Reserved 8 Key

9 Lef t line out/Speaker-out Lef t 10 Lef t line out /Speaker out Left

Right line in/R ear speaker

11

Right

13 Left line in/R ear speak er Left 14 Left line in/ R ear speak er Left

4 Audio power

Right line out/ Speaker-out

6

Right

Right line in/R ear speaker

12

Right

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Digital Audio-out Connector: JSPDIF_OUT

This conn ec tor will allow user to con ne c t the PCI brac ket S PDI F ou tput
header.

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

13

JSPDIF_OUT

2 SPDIF OUT
3 Ground

Digita l Aud io-i n Connector: JSPDIF _IN1 ( optiona l)

This conn ec tor will allow user to con ne c t the PCI brac ket S PDI F ou tput
header.

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

13

JSPDIF_IN1

2 SPDIF In
3 Ground

Power Source Header fo r 1394 Chip: J1 39 4PWR 1 ( option a l)

Assignment Description

3

1

Pin 1-2 clo se

3

1

Pin 2-3 clo se

+3.3V

+3.3V SB +3.3V SB f or 1394 chips et.

+3.3V for 1394 chipse t.
(Default)

Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel: J1394A1 (option al)

This connector allows user to connect the front 1394 port for digital
image devi ces.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

210

1 A+ 2 A­3 Ground 4 Ground

5 B+ 6 B­7 +12v 8 +12V
9 Key 10 Ground

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Header for Fr ont Pan el Faci lities: J PA 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 functi ons.

2

24

1

23

JPANEL1

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 H DD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power button

15 Reset control

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive
LED

Reset
button

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

Sleep
button

Power LED

Power-on
button

17 N/A 18 Key
19 N/A 20 Key

21 +5V 22 Ground
23 IRTX

IrDA
Connector

24 IRRX

IrDA
Connector

Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel: JUSB1~JUSB3

This connector allows user to connect additional USB cabl es at PC front
panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB

card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

210

1 +5V (f us ed) 2 +5V (fused)
3 USB- 4 USB­5 USB+ 6 USB+

7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Key 10 NC

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Close CMOS Header: JCMOS 1

By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it 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 b oar d.

JCMOS1 Assignment

1
3

Pin 1-2 close

1
3

Pin 2-3 close

Norm al Operation (D ef ault).

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 seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

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

Case Op en Header: JCI 1

T his connector allo ws system to moni to r PC case open status. If the
signal has been triggered, i t will record to the CMOS and show the

message on next boot-up.

Pin Assignment

2

1

JCI1

1 Cas e open signal
2 Ground

Se rial ATA Connector: JSATA1~JS ATA4

The m otherboard has a SATA Controll er in nForce4 (CK8-04) with 4
channel s SATA interface, i t satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transfer

rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 TX+
3 TX- 4 Ground

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5 RX- 6 RX+
7 Ground

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