Biostar NF500 AM2, NF500-A2G Owner's Manual

NF500-A2G / NF500 AM2

Setup Manual

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Table of Contents

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

1.1 Before You Start...................................................................1

1.2 Package Checklist................................................................1

1.3 Motherboard Features..........................................................2

1.4 Rear Panel Connectors.......................................................... 3

1.5 Mo t he r bo ar d Layou t............................................................4

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation..............................5

2.1 Installing Central Proce ssing Unit (CPU) ................................ 5

2.2 FAN Heade rs........................................................................ 7

2.3 Installing System Memory......................................................8

2.4 Con nectors a nd Slo ts............................................................10

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

3.1 How to Setu p Jumper s..........................................................12

3.2 Det ail Settin gs.....................................................................12

Chapter 4: NVIDIA RAID Functions.........................19

4.1 Operation Syste m................................................................19

4.2 Raid Arrays.........................................................................19

4.3 How RA I D Wor k s.................................................................19

Chapter 5: Useful Help .............................................22

5.1 Driver Instal latio n Note.......................................................22

5.2 Award BIOS Bee p Code........................................................23

5.3 Extra Informati on ................................................................23

5.4 Troubleshooting...................................................................25

Chapter 6: WarpSpeeder™ .......................................26

6.1 Introductio n ........................................................................26

6.2 System Requirement............................................................26

6.3 Installation.........................................................................27

6.4 WarpSpeede r™....................................................................28

Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language ................34

German................................................................................................34

France..................................................................................................36

Italian..................................................................................................38

Spanish................................................................................................40

Portuguese...........................................................................................42

Polish...................................................................................................44

Russian ................................................................................................46

Arabic..................................................................................................48

Japanese..............................................................................................50

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

1.1 B

EFORE YOU START

Tha nk you for choosing our product. Befo re you start ins talling the
mo therboa rd, plea se make su re you follo w the ins tructio ns be lo w:

 Prepare a dry and stable work ing environment with

s uf ficie nt ligh ting .

 Always disconnect the computer from power outlet

be fo re ope ra tion .

 Be fo re yo u take the mo the rboa rd o u t from a n ti-s ta t ic

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

 Avo id tou ch ing the com pone 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 o r flex the board.

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

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short
circu its which ma y damage the equipmen t.

 Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat

so u rce , humid a ir and water.

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
Use r’s Ma nual X 1

Fully Setup Driver CD X 1
FDD Cable X 1 (optional)
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)
S/P DI F ou t Ca ble X 1 (op tiona l)

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1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Socket AM2

AM D Athlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Althlon 64 X 2 /

Sempron processors

AM D 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit
computing

Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet

Support HyperTransport

Supports up t o 2GHz Bandwidth

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Provides the most commonly used legacy Super

I/O functi onalit y.

Low Pin C ount Interface

DIMM Slots x 4

Eac h DIMM supports 256/512MB & 1GB DDR2

Max Memory Capicity 4GB

Dual Channel Mode DDR2 memory module

Supports DDR 2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not
supported

Integrated IDE Controller

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master Mode

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s.

SATA Version 1.0 specificat ion com pliant.

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

10 / 100 Mb/s Auto-Negotiation

ALC 655 / 658 (optional)

6 channels audi o out

AC 97 Version 2.3

CPU

FSB

Chipset

Super I/O

Main
Memory

IDE

SA TA

LAN

Sound

On Board

Connector

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Socket AM2

AM D Athlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Althlon 64 X 2 /

Sempron processors

AM D 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit
computing

Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet

Support HyperTransport

Supports up t o 2GHz Bandwidth

nVI DI A nForc e 500 nVI DI A nForc e 500

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Provides the most commonl

I/O functi onalit y.

Low Pin C ount Interface

DIMM Slots x 4

Eac h DIMM supports 256/512MB & 1GB DDR2

Max Memory Capicity 4GB

Dual Channel Mode DDR2 memory module

Supports DDR 2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not
supported

Integrated IDE Controller

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master Mode

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s.

SATA Version 1.0 specificat ion com pliant.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

10 / 100 / 1000 M b/s Auto-Negotiation

ALC 655 / 658 (optional)

6 channels audi o out

AC 97 Version 2.3

PCI s lot x4 PCI s lot x4

PCI Express x16 slot x1 PCI Express x16 slot x1 Slots

PCI Express x 1 slot x2 PCI Express x 1 slot x2

Fl oppy c onnector x1 Fl oppy c onnector x1

Printer Port connect or x1 Printer Port connect or x1

IDE C onnector x2 I DE Connector x2

SA TA Con nect or x4 SA TA C onnect or x4

us e d l egacy Supe

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Front Panel Connector x1 F ront Panel Connector x1

Front A udio Connector x1 Front Audi o Connector x1

CD- in C onnec tor x1 CD- in C onnec tor x1

S/PDIF out connector x1 S/PDIF out c onnector x1

CP U Fa n header x1 C PU F an header x1

Sys tem F an header x3 S ystem Fan hea der x3

Chassis open header (optional) x1 Chassis open header (optional) x1

CMOS clear header x1 CMOS clear header x1

USB connector x3 USB connector x3

Power Connector (24pin) x1 Power Connector (24pin) x1

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

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mouse x1

Back Panel
I/O

Board Size 218 mm (W) x 293 mm (L) 218 mm (W) x 293 mm (L)

Special

Features

OS S upport

S e ri a l P ort x 1

LAN port x1

USB Port x4

Audio Jack x3

NVIDIA nTunes

NVIDIA firewall

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1 support

Windows 2K / XP

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

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mouse x1

S e ri a l P ort x 1

LAN port x1

USB Port x4

Audio Jack x3

NVIDIA nTunes

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1 support

Windows 2K / XP

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

1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

PS/2
Mouse

P S /2
Keyboard

COM1 COM2

(optional)

LAN

Line In

Line Out

Mic In

USBX2USBX2

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1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

JKBMS1

JCOM1

JCOM2

JKBMSV1

JATXPWR2

JPRNT 1

JCFAN1

DD R2A1

DD R2B1

DD R2B2

DD R2A2

(optional)

JUSB4

JUSBLAN1

JAUDI O1

Super I / O

BIOS

JAUD IO1

Codec

JC DIN1

JUSBV1

LAN

PCI-EX1_1

PCI-EX1_2

JSPDIF_ OUT1

JATXPWR1

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI-EX16

nVID IA

nForce500

JUSB2 JUSB3

JUSBV2

JN FAN1

JDD R I I_ 2. 2V

IDE1

IDE2

BAT1

JUSB4

JSATA2JSATA1

J SATA4JSATA3

JCMOS1

4

Note: represents the 1■

PCI4

st

pin.

FDD1

JSF AN1

JPANEL1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALL ATION

2.1 INSTALLING CEN TRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

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 towards this white triangle. The CPU will fit only
in the correct orientation.

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

B to complete the installation.

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

FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan
cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to
pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header

JCFAN1

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JSFAN1 : System Fan Head er
JNFAN1: North Bridge Fan Heade r

1133

JNFAN1

Pin

1 Ground
2 Smart Fan

3

4 Smart Fan

Pin

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate

Assignment

Control

FAN RPM rate
sense

Control (By Fan)

Assignment

sense

JSFAN1

Note:

The J SFAN 1 an d JNF AN 1 s upport 3-pin hea d c onn ect or . When c onnec ti ng with wires
ont o co nnec tors, pl eas e note th at t he r e d wire is th e pos iti ve a nd s hould be c onn ec t ed to
pin#2, a nd th e bl ac k wire is Gr ound and s hould b e c onnect ed to GN D .

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. Memory Module s

DDR2A1

DDR2B1

DDR2A2

DDR2B2

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a
DIMM on the slot 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

NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

DI MM Socket

Location

DDR2A1 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR2B1 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR2A2 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR2B2 256MB/512MB/1024MB

DDR Module

To t al Memo r y

Size

Max is 4 GB.

C. Dual Channel Memory installation

To trigger the Dual Channel f unct ion of the motherboard, the memory module
must meet the following requirements:

Install memory module of the same density in pairs, shown in the f ollowing
table.

Du al Channel Statu s

Enabled O O X X

Enabled X X O O

Enabled O O 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)

DDR2A1

DDR2B1 DDR2A2 DDR2B2

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2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Flo ppy Disk Connec tor

The motherboard prov ides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk ty pes. This connector supports the
prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cables.

IDE1/IDE2 : Har d Disk Connectors

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that prov ides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/ 133 f unctionality. It has two

HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).
The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave driv e, so you can

connect up to four hard disk drives. The f irst hard drive should always be
connected to IDE1.

2

1

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IDE2 IDE1

3

4

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PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot

- PCI-Ex press 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per

direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.

PCI-Ex1_1/ PCI -Ex1 _2: P CI -Exp re s s x1 slo ts

- PCI-Ex press 1.0a compliant.

- Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.

- PCI-Ex press supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.

- 2X bandwidth ov er the traditional PCI architecture.

PCI-EX16

PCI-EX1_1

PCI-EX1_2

PCI1~PCI4: Peripheral Componen t Interconnect Slo ts

This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slots. PCI stands f or
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion
cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

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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 jumper cap is
placed on pins, the jumper 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 Heade r

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep
button and speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s f ront

panel switch functions.

816

-

++

9

RST

­HLED

+

SP K

1

PWR

On/Off

LED

SLP

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Pin Assignment Functio n Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 9 Sleep control
2 N/A 10 Ground
3 N/A 11 N/A N/A
4 Speaker
5 HDD LED (+) 13 Power LED (+)

6 HDD LED (-)
7 Ground 15 Power button
8 Reset control

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive
LED

Reset button

12 P ower LE D (+ )

14 P ower LE D (-)

16 Ground

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

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JATXPWR1: ATX Powe r So u rce Co nne ctor

This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX
power supply.

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1224

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

13 +3.3V 1 + 3.3V
14 -12V 2 +3.3V
15 Gr oun d 3 Groun d
16 PS_ON 4 + 5V
17 Gr oun d 5 Groun d
18 Gr oun d 6 +5V
19 Gr oun d 7 Groun d
20 NC 8 PW_ OK
21 +5V 9 Stand b y Volt ag e+5V
22 +5V 10 +12V
23 +5V 11 +12V
24 Gr oun d 12 +3.3V

JATXPWR2: ATX Powe r So u rce Co nne ctor

By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.

1

2

4

3

Pin

Assignment

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

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JKBMSV1: Power Source Selection Heade rs for Keyboard/Mouse

Pin 1-2 C lose:

JKBMSV1: +5V for PS/2 key board and m ouse。

Pin 2-3 C lose:

JKBMSV1: PS/2 keyboard and mouse are powered with +5V standby

v oltage.

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3

JUS B 2/ JUSB3/JU SB 4: H eader s for U SB 2. 0 P or t s at F ro nt Pa n el

This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC f ront panel,
and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader.

Pin

1 +5V (fused)
2 +5V (fused)
3 USB­4 USB­5 USB+
6 USB+

JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB4

2
1

10

9

7 Ground
8 Ground
9 Key

10 NC

1

3

Pin 1-2 close

1

3

Pin 2-3 close

Assignment

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JU SB V1/JUSB V2: Powe r Source H eaders for USB P orts

Pin 1-2 C lose:

JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSBLAN1.

JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at f ront panel (JUSB1/JU SB2/JUSB3).

Pin 2-3 C lose:

JUSBV1: USB ports at JUSBLAN1 are powered by +5V standby voltage.

JUSBV2: USB ports at front panel (JUSB1/JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered by

Note:

In ord er to s upport this f uncti o n “P ower- On s yst em vi a USB de vic e,” “JU SBV1 / JUSBV2”
jumper ca p should be pl ac ed on Pi n 2-3 in di vidu al l y.

+5V standby voltage.

3

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JUSBV1

JUSBV2

3

31

1

Pin 1-2 close

1

3

Pin 2-3 close

3

1

JFAUDIO1: Front Panel Audi o Header

This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC f ront
panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center
2 Ground
3 Mic power/Bass

4 Audio power
5 Right line out/

Speaker out Right

6 Right line out/

Speaker out Right

1

2

13

14

7 Reserved
8 Key
9 Left line out/

Speaker out Left

10 Left line out/

Speaker out Left

11 Right 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

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JCDIN1: CD-ROM Aud io-in Connector

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty dev ices,
like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc..

JCMOS 1 : C lear CMO S Hea der

By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e setting
and the CMOS data, please carefully f ollow the procedures to avoid damaging
the motherboard.

Assignment

Pin

1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground

14

3 Ground
4 Right Channel Input

13

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (default).

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13

13

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait f or f ive seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset y our desired password or clear the CMOS data.

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JSATA1~JS ATA4: Serial ATA Connecto rs

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 channels SATA interf ace.

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground

J SATA1 J SATA 2 J SATA3 JS ATA 4

1

4

7

2 TX +
3 TX -

4 Ground
5 RX­6 RX+
7 Ground

JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector

This header allows you to connector printer on the PC.

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 -Strobe 14 Ground
2 -ALF 15 Data 6
3 Data 0 16 Ground
4 -Error 17 Data 7
5 Data 1 18 Ground

6 -Init 19 -ACK
7 Data 2 20 Ground
8 -Scltin 21 Busy

9 Data 3 22 Ground
10 Ground 23 PE
11 Data 4 24 Ground
12 Ground 25 SCLT

13 Data 5 26 Key

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H ead er for Me m ory Volt ag e Ov erclocking: JDD RI I _2.2V

When processing Memory Voltage Ov erclocking, please place the jumper to
pin1-2 Closed. The Default setting is Pin 2-3 Closed.

3

1

Pin 1-2 Close:
Memory voltage 2.2V.

3

1

3

1

Pin 2-3 Close:
Normal status (default).

Note:

1. When “JDDRII_2.2V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 2-3, memory v oltage
can be manually adjusted under CMOS setup.

2. When “JDDRII_2.2V” jumper cap is placed on Pin 1-2, memory v oltage
will be f ixed at 2.2V automatically, and can’t be adjusted under COMS

setup.

Bef ore setting memory v oltage ov erclocking, please ensure that y our memory
module supports up to 2.2V. (Consult y our memory module supplier)

JSPDI F_O UT1: Di gital Audio-out Conne ctor

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

Pin

Assignment

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT

3 Ground

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CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS

4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM

z Supports Windows XP Home/Prof essional Edition, and Windows 2000 Prof ess ional.

4.2 RAID ARRAYS

NVRAID supports the following ty pes of RAID arrays:

RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for

RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
RAID 0+1: RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1.

many applications.

4.3 HOW RAID WORKS

RAID 0:

The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks
up a large file into smaller blocks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple

drives in parallel. The size of each block is determined by the stripe size parameter,
which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment. This
technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth.

Fea tures and Be nefits

 Drives: Minimum 1, and maximum is up to 6 or 8. Depending on the

platform.

 Uses: Intended for non-critical data requiring high data throughput, or any

env ironment that does not require f ault tolerance.

 Benefits: prov ides increased data throughput, especially f or large files. No

capacity loss penalty for parity.

 Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array

f ails, all dat a is lost.

 Faul t Tolerance : No.

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RAID 1:

Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1
array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the d ata can resid e on the s ame di sk or on a

second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the
active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because o f a hard ware failure.

RAID techniques can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a form of automatic
backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable
me d i a .

Fea tures and Be nefits

 Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2.
 Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that

requires f ault tolerance and minimal capacity.

 Benefits: Prov ides 100% data redundancy. Should one drive f ail, the

controller switches to the other drive.

 Drawbacks: Requires 2 driv es for the storage space of one driv e.

Perf ormance is impaired during drive rebuilds.

 Faul t Tolerance : Yes.

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RAID 0+1:

RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1
solution for improved performance plus resiliency.

Fea tures and Be nefits

 Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform.
 Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and perf ormanc e, allowing for

automatic redundancy. May be simultaneously used with other RAID lev els
in an array, and allows for spare disks.

 Drawbacks: Requires twice the available disk space for data redundancy,

the same as RAID level 1.

 Faul t Tolerance : Yes.

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

Block 2
Block 4

Block 6

Block 1
Block 3
Block 5

※ For more detailed setup information, please refer to the Driver CD, or go to

http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20011106217193.htm l to download NVIDIA nForce Tutorial Flash.

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CHAPTER 5: USEFUL HELP

5.1 DRIVER INSTALLA TION NOTE

After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup
Driver CD into your optical drive and install the driver for better system

performance.

You will see the following window after you insert the CD

The setup guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system.

Note:

If this win do w didn’t sho w up aft er you ins ert th e Dr iver CD, ple ase use fi l e br o ws er to
locate and e xecu te th e fi le SETU P.EXE un der your opti c al dr ive.

A. Driver Install ation

To install the driver, please click on the Driver icon. The setup guide will
list the compatible driver for your motherboard and operating system.

Click on each device driver to launch the installation program.

B. Software Installation

To install the software, please click on the Software icon. The setup guide
will list the software available for your system, click on each software title

to launch the installation program.

C. Manual

Aside from the paperback manual, we also provide manual in the Driver
CD. Click on the Manual icon to browse for available manual.

Note:

You will nee d Acrobat Reader to open the manual file. Please download the latest version
of Acrob at Re ad er software fro m

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5.2 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meanin g

One long beep followed by two short
beeps

High-low siren sound CPU overheated

One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST

Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or ins tall

Video card not found or v ideo card
memory bad

System will shut down automatically

5.3 EXT RA INFORMATION

A. BIOS Update

After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the
Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message

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

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

1. Make a bootable floppy disk.

2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar
website: www.biostar.com.tw

3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS
from Biostar website.

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

5. Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter.

6. System will boot-up to DOS prompt.

7. Type “Awdfla sh xxxx.bf/ sn/p y/ r” in DOS prompt.
(xxxx means BIOS name.)

8. System will upda te BIOS automatically and restart.

9. T he BIOS has been recovered and will wo rk properl y.

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B. CPU Overheated

If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for
seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated.

When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown
automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not

power on again.

In this case, please double check:

1. The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface.

2. CPU fan is rotated normally.

3. CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed.

After confirmed, please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection
function.

1. Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds.
2 . Wa i t f o r se c o nd s.

3. Plug in the power cord and boot up the system.

Or you can:

1. Clear the CMOS data.

(See “Close CMOS Header: JCMOS1” section)

2 . Wa i t f o r se c o nd s.

3. P o we r on the syste m ag ai n.

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e

Probable Solution

1. No power to the system at all
Power light don’t illuminate, fan
inside power supply does not turn

on.

2. Indicator light on key board does
not turn on.

System inoperative. Keyboard lights
are on, power indicator lights are lit,

and hard driv e is spinning.

System does not boot from hard disk
driv e, can be booted f rom optical drive.

System only boots f rom optical driv e.
Hard disk can be read and applications
can be used but booting from hard disk

is impossible.

Screen message says “Invalid
Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.”

Cannot boot system after installing
second hard driv e.

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1. Make s ure power cable is
securely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Cont act technical support.

Using even pressure on both ends of
the DIMM, press down firmly until the

module snaps into place.

1. Check cable running from disk to
disk controller board. Make sure

both ends are securely plugged
in ; c h ec k t h e d r iv e ty pe i n t h e
standard CMOS setup.

2. Backing up the hard drive is
extremely important. All hard

disks are capable of breaking
down at any time.

1. Back up data and applications
files.

2. Ref ormat the hard driv e.
Re-install applications and data

using backup disks.

Review system’s equipment. Make sur
correct information is in setup.

1. Set master/slave jumpers
correctly.

2. Run SETUP program and select
correct drive types. Call the drive

manufacturers f or compatibility
with other drives.

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CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEED ER™

6.1 INTRODUCTION

[WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three
user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage

Manager, and Hardware Monitor.
With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they

prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The
Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core

voltage and Memory voltage. The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates
the temperatures, voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset

information. Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descriptions about
BIOS model and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU,

memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically
shown on our main panel.

Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not
appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang,

[WarpSpeeder™] technology assures the system stability by automatically
rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the

original system speed or a suitable one.

6.2 SYSTEM REQU IREMENT

OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system

includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install
DirectX 8.1.)

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6.3 INSTALLATION

1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop
up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to

install.

2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup
is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox

is checked, the T ray Ico n utility and [WarpSpeede r™] utility will be
automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish”

button.

Usage:

The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in
thi s user manual will change acco rding to you r motherboard on han d.

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6.4 WARPSPEEDER™

1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will di splay a little tra y
icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar.

This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™]
Utility. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to

invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can
right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following

figure. The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the same
function as mouse left-cli ck on tray icon and “Exit” item will close

Tray Icon utility if selected.

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2. Main Panel

If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked.
Please refer to the followi ng figure; the utility’s first window you will

see is Main Panel.

Main Panel con tai ns feature s as foll ows:

a . Di sp l a y t he CP U Sp ee d , CP U ex t e rnal cl o c k, M em o ry cl o c k, A G P cl o ck,

and PCI clock information.

b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons for

invoking respective panels.

c. With a user-friendly Status Animation, it can represent 3 overclock

percentage stages:

Man walking→overclock percentage from 100% ~ 110 %
Panther running→overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%
Car raci ng→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above

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3. Vol tage Panel

Cli ck the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted
an d the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the foll o wing figure.

In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and
Memory voltage or not. The default setting is “No”. If you want to get

the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the
option “Yes”.

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4. Over clock Panel

Cli ck the Overcl o ck button in Main Panel, the button will be
highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the

following figure.

Overclock Panel cont ains the these fea tures:

a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”:

provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.

Warning:

Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the
ov erclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongly recommend you

v erify ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button. Or, you can
just click Auto overclock button and let [WarpSpeeder™] automatically

gets the best result f or y ou.

b. “Recovery Dialog button”: Pop up the following dialog. Let user select

a restoring way if system need to do a fail-safe reboot.

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c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and

[WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and
frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a

seri es of te sting until system fail. Then system will do fail -safe
reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the

[WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default
setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according

to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.

d. “Verify button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™]

will proceed a testing for current frequency. If the testing is ok,
then the current frequency will be saved into system registry. If

the testing fail, system will do a fail-safe rebooting. After reboot,
the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the ha rdware default

setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according
to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.

Note:

Because the testing programs, invoked in Auto-overclock and Verify,
include DirectDraw, Direct3D and DirectShow tests, the DirectX 8.1 or
newer runtime library is required. And please make sure y our display

card’s color depth is High color (16 bit) or True color( 24/32 bit ) that is
required f or Direct3D rendering.

5. Hardware Monitor Panel

Cli ck the Hardware Mo nitor button in Main Panel, the button will be
highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as

the following figure.
In this panel, you can get the real-time status information of your

sy stem. The information will be refreshed every 1 second.

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6. About Panel

Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted
and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure.

In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints
of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get

the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Version number of
[WarpSpeeder™] utility.

Note :

Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features
are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide

these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the
co rre l at i ve button in Mai n pan el will be di sabl ed , bu t wil l no t in te rfere

other panels’ functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility mo re robust.

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APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE

GERMAN

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Sockel AM2

AM D Athlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Althlon 64 X 2/

CPU

FSB

Chipsatz nVIDIA nForce500 nVIDIA nForce500

Super E/A

Ar beitsspeic h

er

IDE

SA TA

LAN

Audi o-Codec

Sempron Prozessoren

Die AMD 64-Architektur unterstützt eine 32-Bit-

und 64-B it-Date nverarbeit ung

Unterstützt Hyper Transport und Cool’n’Quiet

Unterstützt HyperTrans port m it ei ner Ba ndbreite

von bis zu 2GHz

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Bi etet die häufi g verwendeten alt en Super

E/A-Funktionen.

Low Pin C ount-Schnittstell e

DDR2 DIMM-Steckpl ätze x 4

Jede r DIMM unt erstützt 256/512MB & 1GB

DDR2.

M a x. 4GB A rbeit ss p eic h e r

Dual-Kanal DDR2 Speichermodul

Unt erstützt DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

registrierte DIMMs. ECC DIMMs werden nicht

unterstützt.

Integrierter IDE-Controller

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus

Master-Modus

I nt e gri ert e r S e ri al ATA - Con tr o ll e r

Datentransferrate bis zu 1.5Gb/s

Konform mit der SATA-Spezifikation Version 1.0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

10 / 100 / 1000 M b/s Auto-Negotiation

ALC 655 / 658 (optional)

6-Kanal-Audioausgabe

AC’97 Version 2.3

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Sockel AM2

AM D Athlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Althlon 64 X 2/

Sempron Prozessoren

Die AMD 64-Architektur unterstützt eine 32-Bit-

und 64-B it-Date nverarbeit ung

Unterstützt Hyper Transport und Cool’n’Quiet

Unterstützt HyperTrans port m it ei ner Ba ndbreite

von bis zu 2GHz

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Bi etet die häufi g verwendeten alt en Super

E/A-Funktionen.

Low Pin C ount-Schnittstell e

DDR2 DIMM-Steckpl ätze x 4

Jede r DIMM unt erstützt 256/512MB & 1GB

DDR2.

M a x. 4GB A rbeit ss p eic h e r

Dual-Kanal DDR2 Speichermodul

Unt erstützt DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

registrierte DIMMs. ECC DIMMs werden nicht

unterstützt.

Integrierter IDE-Controller

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus

Master-Modus

I nt e gri ert e r S e ri al ATA - Con tr o ll e r

Datentransferrate bis zu 1.5Gb/s

Konform mit der SATA-Spezifikation Version 1.0.

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

10 / 100 Mb/s Auto-Negotiation

ALC 655 / 658 (optional)

6-Kanal-Audioausgabe

AC’97 Version 2.3

NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

PCI-St eckplatz x4 PCI-St eckplatz x4

PCI Express x16 Steckplatz x1 PCI Express x16 Steckplatz x1 Steckplätze

PCI Express x 1-Steckplatz x2 PCI Express x 1-Steckplatz x2

Di skett e nlaufw er kansc hluss x1 Di skett e nlaufw er kansc hluss x1

Dr uc keranschluss A nschluss x 1 Dr uc ker anschl uss A nsc hluss x1

IDE-A nschluss x2 IDE- A nschluss x2

SATA-Anschluss x4 SATA-Anschluss x4

Fronttafelanschluss x1 Fronttafelanschluss x1

Fr o nt-Audi oansc hluss x1 Fr o nt-Audi oansc hluss x1

Onboard-Ans

chluss

Rückseiten-E

/A

Platinengröße

.

Sonderfunkti

onen

OS-Unterstüt

zung

CD-IN-Anschl uss x1 CD-IN-Anschl uss x1

S/PDIF-Ausgangsanschluss x1 S/PDIF-Ausgangsanschluss x1

CPU-Lüfter-S ockel x1 CPU-Lüfter-S ockel x1

System-Lüfter-Sockel x3 System-Lüfter-Sockel x3

"Gehäuse offen"-Sockel (optional) x1 "Gehäuse offen"-Sockel (optional) x1

"CMOS löschen"-Sockel x1 "CMOS löschen"-Sockel x1

US B- A nschluss x3 US B- A nschluss x3

Stromanschluss (24-polig) x1 Stromanschluss (24-polig) x1

Stromanschluss (4-polig) x1 Stromanschluss (4-polig) x1

PS/2-Tastatur x1

PS/2-Maus x1

Seri eller A nsc hluss x1

LAN-Ansc hl uss x1

US B- A nschluss x4

Audi o anschl uss x3

218 mm (B) X 293 mm (L) 218 mm (B) X 293 mm (L)

NVIDIA nTunes

NVIDIA Firewall

Unterstützt RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar behält sich das Recht vor, ohne

Ank ündigung die Unterstützung für ein

Be triebssystem hi nzuzufügen oder zu

entfernen.

PS/2-Tastatur x1

PS/2-Maus x1

Seri eller A nsc hluss x1

LAN-Ansc hl uss x1

US B- A nschluss x4

Audi o anschl uss x3

NVIDIA nTunes

Unterstützt RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar behält sich das Recht vor, ohne

Ank ündigung die Unterstützung für ein

Be triebssystem hi nzuzufügen oder zu

entfernen.

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FRANCE

N F5 00-A 2 G N F500 AM2

Socket AM2

Pr ocess e urs AM D Athlon 64 / At hl on 64 FX /

UC

Bus frontal

Chi pset nVI DIA nFor c e 500 nVI DIA nFor c e 500

Super E/S

Mémoire

princi pale

IDE

SA TA

LAN

Codec audio

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

L'architectur e AMD 64 permet le calcul 32 et 64

bits

Prend en c harge Hyper Trans port et Cool’n’Quiet

Prend en charge Hyper Transport jusqu'à une

bande passante de 2GHz

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Four nit la fonctionnalité de Super E/S

patrimoniales la plus utilisée.

Interface à faible compte de broc hes

Fentes DDR2 DIMM x 4

Chaque DIMM prend en charge des DDR2 de

256/512 Mo et 1Go

Capacité mémoire maximale de 4 Go

Modul e de mémoire DDR2 à mode à double voie

Prend en charge la DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Les DIMM à registres et DIMM avec code

correcteurs d' erreurs ne sont pas prises en

charge

Contrôleur I DE intégr é

Mode principale de Bus Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 /

133

Prend en c harge le mode PIO 0~4,

Cont r ôl eur Se rial ATA intégré :

Taux de transfert jusqu'à 1.5 Go/s.

Conforme à la spécification SATA Version 1.0

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

10 / 100 / 1000 M b/s négociati on automatique

ALC 655 / 658 (optional)

Sortie audio à 6 voies

AC’97 Version 2.3

Socket AM2

Pr ocess e urs AM D Athlon 64 / At hl on 64 FX /

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

L'architectur e AMD 64 permet le calcul 32 et 64

bits

Prend en c harge Hyper Trans port et Cool’n’Quiet

Prend en charge Hyper Transport jusqu'à une

bande passante de 2GHz

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Four nit la fonctionnalité de Super E/S

patrimoniales la plus utilisée.

Interface à faible compte de broc hes

Fentes DDR2 DIMM x 4

Chaque DIMM prend en charge des DDR2 de

256/512 Mo et 1Go

Capacité mémoire maximale de 4 Go

Modul e de mémoire DDR2 à mode à double voie

Prend en charge la DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Les DIMM à registres et DIMM avec code

correcteurs d' erreurs ne sont pas prises en

charge

Contrôleur I DE intégr é

Mode principale de Bus Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 /

133

Prend en c harge le mode PIO 0~4,

Cont r ôl eur Se rial ATA intégré :

Taux de transfert jusqu'à 1.5 Go/s.

Conforme à la spécification SATA Version 1.0

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

10 / 100 Mb/s négociation automatique

ALC 655 / 658 (optional)

Sortie audio à 6 voies

AC’97 Version 2.3

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N F5 00-A 2 G N F500 AM2

Fente PCI x4 Fente PCI x4

Fentes

Connecteur

embarqué

E/S du

panneau

arrière

Dim ensions

de la carte

Fonctionnali

tés

spéciales

Support SE

Fente PCI Express x16 x1 Fente PCI Express x16 x1

Fente PCI Express x 1 x2 Fente PCI Express x 1 x2

Connecteur de disquette x1 Connecteur de disquette x1

Connecteur de Port d'imprimante x1 Connecteur de Port d'imprimante x1

Connecteur IDE x 2 Connecteur IDE x2

C onnec te ur SATA x4 C o nnect e ur SATA x4

Connecteur du panneau avant x1 Connecteur du panneau avant x1

Connecteur A udio du panneau avant x1 Connecteur A udio du panneau avant x1

Connec teur d'entrée CD x1 Connecteur d'entrée CD x1

Connecteur de sortie S/PDIF x1 Connecteur de sortie S/PDIF x1

Embase de ventilateur UC x1 Embase de ventilateur UC x1

Embase de ventilateur système x3 Em base de ventilateur système x3

Embase d' ouverture de châssis x1

(optional)

Embase d'effacem ent CMOS x1 Embase d'effacement CMOS x1

Connecteur USB x3 Connect eur USB x3

Connec teur d'alimentation x1

(24 broc hes)

Connec teur d'alimentation x1

(4 broches)

Clavier PS/2 x1

Souris PS/2 x1

Port s érie x1

Port LAN x1

Port USB x4

Fiche audio x3

218 mm (l) X 293 mm (H) 218 mm (l) X 293 mm ( H)

NVIDIA nTunes

Pare-feu NVIDIA

Prise en charge RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar se réserve le droit d'ajouter ou de

supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans préavis

Embase d' ouverture de châssis x1

(optional)

Connec teur d'alimentation x1

(24 broc hes)

Connec teur d'alimentation x1

(4 broches)

Clavier PS/2 x1

Souris PS/2 x1

Port s érie x1

Port LAN x1

Port USB x4

Fiche audio x3

NVIDIA nTunes

Prise en charge RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar se réserve le droit d'ajouter ou de

supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans préavis

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pp

pp

ITALIAN

N F5 00-A 2 G N F500 AM2

Socket AM2

Processori AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

CPU

FSB

Chi ps et nVI DI A nForc e 500 nVI DI A nForc e 500

Super I/O

Memoria

principal e

IDE

SATA

LAN

Codec

audio

Althlon 6 4 X2 / Sempron

L’architettura AMD 64 abilita l a

computaz i one 32 e 64 bit

Suppor to di Hyper Tra ns por t e C ool’ n’Quiet

Suppor to di Hyper Trans p ort fi no a 2GHz di

lar ghez z a di ba nda

ITE 871 2F / 871 6F

Fornisce le funzio nalità legacy Super I/O

usate più comunemente.

Interfaccia LPC (L ow Pin Count)

Al loggi DI MM DDR 2 x 4

Ciascun DIMM su

1GB

Capacità massima della memoria 4GB

Modul o di memori a DDR2 a c an ale dop pio

Supporto di DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

DIMM registrati e DIMM ECC non sono

support at i

Controller IDE integrato

Modalità Bus Master Ultra DMA 33 / 66 /

100 / 133

Suppor to m odal it à PIO Mode 0- 4

Controller Serial ATA integrato

Ve loc ità di trasferim ento dei dati fi no a 1.5

Gb/s .

Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 1.0.

Marvell 8 8E111 6 PHY

Negoziazione automatica 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s

AL C 655 / 65 8(o pt i onal)

Uscita audio 6 canali

AC ’ 97 V er s ione 2.3

ort a DDR 2 256/51 2MB e

Socket AM2

Processori AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Althlon 6 4 X2 / Sempron

L’architettura AMD 64 abilita l a

computaz i one 32 e 64 bit

Suppor to di Hyper Tra ns por t e C ool’ n’Quiet

Suppor to di Hyper Trans p ort fi no a 2GHz di

lar ghez z a di ba nda

ITE 871 2F / 871 6F

Fornisce le funzio nalità legacy Super I/O

usate più comunemente.

Interfaccia LPC (L ow Pin Count)

Al loggi DI MM DDR 2 x 4

Ciascun DIMM su

1GB

Capacità massima della memoria 4GB

Modul o di memori a DDR2 a c an ale dop pio

Supporto di DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

DIMM registrati e DIMM ECC non sono

support at i

Controller IDE integrato

Modalità Bus Master Ultra DMA 33 / 66 /

100 / 133

Suppor to m odal it à PIO Mode 0- 4

Controller Serial ATA integrato

Ve loc ità di trasferim ento dei dati fi no a 1.5

Gb/s .

Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 1.0.

Marvell 8 8E301 6 PHY

Negoziazione automat ica 10 / 100 M b /s

AL C 655 / 65 8(o pt i onal)

Uscita audio 6 canali

AC ’ 97 V er s ione 2.3

ort a DDR 2 256/51 2MB e

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N F5 00-A 2 G N F500 AM2

Alloggio PCI x4 Alloggio PCI x4

Al loggio PCI Ex press x1 6 x1 Alloggio PCI Ex pres s x1 6 x1 Alloggi

Al loggio PCI Ex press x1 x2 A l loggio PC I Ex press x1 x2

Connet t ore fl o ppy x 1 Connet t or e flo ppy x1

Connet tore Port a stampa nte x1 C onnettore Port a stampa nte x1

Connet tore I DE x 2 Connet t or e IDE x2

Connet tore S A TA x4 Connet t or e SA TA x4

Connet tore pa nnell o fro nt ale x1 Connet t or e pa nnel lo fro nt ale x1

Connettore audio frontale x1 Connettore audio frontale x1

Connettore CD-in x1 Connettore CD-in x1

Connettore output SPDIF x1 Connettore output SPDIF x1

Connet tori

su scheda

I/O

pannello

posteri ore

Dim ens i on

i scheda

Caratterist

iche

speciali

Sistemi

operativi

support at i

Collettore ventolina CPU x1 Collettore ventolina CPU x1

Collettore ventolina sistema x3 Collettore ventolina sistema x3

Collettore apertura telaio x1

(optional)

Collettore cancellazione CMO S x1 Collettore cancellazione CMO S x1

Connet tore USB x3 Connet t or e USB x3

Connettore alimentazione x1

(24 pin)

Connettore alimentazione x1

(4 pin)

Ta s t i e ra P S/ 2 x 1

Mouse PS/2 x1

Porta seriale x1

Porta LAN x1

Porta USB x4

Connet tore au dio x3

21 8 mm (largh ez z a) x 29 3 mm (al t ez z a) 218 mm (l ar gh e z z a) x 29 3 mm (altez z a)

nTunes NV I DIA

Firewa ll NVIDIA

Supporto R A ID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o

rimuovere il supp orto di qualsiasi sistema

operativo s e nza pre avviso

Collettore apertura telaio x1

(optional)

Connettore alimentazione x1

(24 pin)

Connettore alimentazione x1

(4 pin)

Ta s t i e ra P S/ 2 x 1

Mouse PS/2 x1

Porta seriale x1

Porta LAN x1

Porta USB x4

Connet tore au dio x3

nTunes NV I DIA

Supporto R A ID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o

rimuovere il supp orto di qualsiasi sistema

operativo s e nza pre avviso

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SPANISH

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

CPU

FSB

Conjunto de

chips

Súper E/S

Memoria

princi pal

IDE

SA TA

Red Local

Códecs de

sonido

Conector AM2

Procesadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Athlon 64 X2 / Sempron

La arquitectura AMD 64 permite el procesado de

32 y 64 bi ts

Soporta las tecnologías Hyper Transport y

Cool’n’Quiet

Admite HyperTransport con un ancho de banda

de hasta 2GHz

nVI DI A nForc e 500 nVI DI A nForc e 500

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Le ofrece las funcionalida des heredadas de uso

más común Súper E/S.

Interfaz de cuenta Low Pin

Ranuras DIMM DDR2 x 4

Cada DIMM admit e DDR de 256/512MB y 1GB

Capaci dad máxima de memoria de 4GB

Módul o de memoria DDR2 de canal Doble

Admite DDR2 de 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

No admite DIMM registrados o DIMM

compatibles con ECC

Controlador IDE int egrado

Modo bus maestr o Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Soporte los Modos PIO 0~4,

Controlador ATA Serie Integrado

Tasas de transferencia de hasta 1.5 Gb/s.

Compatible con la versión SATA 1. 0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Negociaci ón de 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s

ALC 655 / 658 (opci onal)

Salida de sonido de 6 canales

AC’97 Versión 2.3

Conector AM2

Procesadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Athlon 64 X2 / Sempron

La arquitectura AMD 64 permite el procesado de

32 y 64 bi ts

Soporta las tecnologías Hyper Transport y

Cool’n’Quiet

Admite HyperTransport con un ancho de banda

de hasta 2GHz

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Le ofrece las funcionalida des heredadas de uso

más común Súper E/S.

Interfaz de cuenta Low Pin

Ranuras DIMM DDR2 x 4

Cada DIMM admit e DDR de 256/512MB y 1GB

Capaci dad máxima de memoria de 4GB

Módul o de memoria DDR2 de canal Doble

Admite DDR2 de 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

No admite DIMM registrados o DIMM

compatibles con ECC

Controlador IDE int egrado

Modo bus maestr o Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Soporte los Modos PIO 0~4,

Controlador ATA Serie Integrado

Tasas de transferencia de hasta 1.5 Gb/s.

Compatible con la versión SATA 1. 0.

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

Negociaci ón de 10 / 100 Mb/s

ALC 655 / 658 (opci onal)

Salida de sonido de 6 canales

AC’97 Versión 2.3

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NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Ranura PCI X4 Ranura PCI X4

Ranura PCI Express x16 X1 Ranura PCI Express x 16 X1 Ranuras

Ranura PCI express x 1 X2 Ranura PCI express x 1 X2

Conector disco flexible X1 Conector disco flexible X1

C o nec t or Pu er t o de im p r es or a X 1 C o nec t or Pu er t o de im p r es or a X 1

Conector IDE X2 Conector IDE X2

C onec t or SATA X 4 C o nec tor SATA X4

Conect or de panel frontal X1 Conector de panel frontal X1

Conector de sonido frontal X1 Conector de sonido frontal X1

Conector de ent rada de CD X1 Conector de entrada de CD X1

Conectores

en placa

Panel

trasero de

E/S

Ta m a ñ o de

la placa

Funciones

especiales

Soporte de

sistema

operativo

Conector de salida S/PDIF X1 Conector de salida S/PDIF X1

Cabecera de ventilador de CPU X1 Cabecera de ventilador de CPU X1

Cabecera de ventilador de sistema X3 Cabecera de ventilador de sistema X3

Cabecera de chasis abierto(opcional) X1 Cabecera de chasis abierto(opcional) X1

Cabecera de borrado de CMOS X1 Cabecera de borrado de CMOS X 1

Conector USB X3 Conector USB X3

Conector de alimentación X1

(24 pat illas)

Conector de alimentación X1

(4 patillas)

Te c l ado PS / 2 X 1

Ratón PS/2 X1

Puerto serie X1

Puerto de r ed local X1

Puerto USB X 4

Conector de sonido X3

218 mm. (A) X 293 M m. (H) 218 mm. (A) X 293 M m. (H)

NVIDIA nTunes

NVIDIA Firewall

Admite RAI D 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar se reserva el derecho de añadir o retirar

el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo

Conector de alimentación X1

(24 pat illas)

Conector de alimentación X1

(4 patillas)

Te c l ado PS / 2 X 1

Ratón PS/2 X1

Puerto serie X1

Puerto de r ed local X1

Puerto USB X 4

Conector de sonido X3

NVIDIA nTunes

Admite RAI D 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar se reserva el derecho de añadir o retirar

el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo

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PORTUGUESE

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Socket AM2

Processadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

CPU

FSB

Chi pset nVI DIA nFor c e 500 nVI DIA nFor c e 500

Es pec ificaçã

o Super I/O

Memória

princi pal

IDE

SA TA

LAN

Codec de

som

A ar quit ect ura AM D 64 perm ite uma comput aç ão

de 32 e 64 bits

Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Transport e

Cool’n’Quiet

Suporta a tecnologia HyperTransport com uma

largura de banda até 2GHz

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Proporciona as funcionalidades mais utilizadas

em termos da especificação Super I/O.

Int erface LPC (Low Pin Count).

Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x 4

Cada módulo DIMM suport a uma memória

DDR2 de 256/512 MB & 1 GB

Capaci dade máxima de memória: 4 GB

Módul o de memória DDR2 de canal duplo

Suporta módul os DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Os módulos DIMM registados e os DIMM ECC

não são suportados

Controlador IDE int egrado

Modo B us mast er Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Suporta o modo PIO 0~4,

Controlador Serial ATA integrado

Velocidades de transmissão de dados até 1.5

Gb/s.

Compatibilidade com a especificação SATA

v e rs ã o 1. 0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Auto negociação de 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s.

ALC 655 / 658 (opci onal)

Saída de áudio de 6 c anais

AC’97 Versão 2.3

Socket AM2

Processadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

A ar quit ect ura AM D 64 perm ite uma comput aç ão

de 32 e 64 bits

Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Transport e

Cool’n’Quiet

Suporta a tecnologia HyperTransport com uma

largura de banda até 2GHz

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Proporciona as funcionalidades mais utilizadas

em termos da especificação Super I/O.

Int erface LPC (Low Pin Count).

Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x 4

Cada módulo DIMM suport a uma memória

DDR2 de 256/512 MB & 1 GB

Capaci dade máxima de memória: 4 GB

Módul o de memória DDR2 de canal duplo

Suporta módul os DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Os módulos DIMM registados e os DIMM ECC

não são suportados

Controlador IDE int egrado

Modo B us mast er Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

Suporta o modo PIO 0~4,

Controlador Serial ATA integrado

Velocidades de transmissão de dados até 1.5

Gb/s.

Compatibilidade com a especificação SATA

v e rs ã o 1. 0.

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

Auto negociação de 10 / 100 Mb/s.

ALC 655 / 658 (opci onal)

Saída de áudio de 6 c anais

AC’97 Versão 2.3

42

NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Ranhura PCI x4 Ranhura PCI x4

Ranhura PCI Express x16 x1 Ranhura PCI Express x16 x1 Ranhuras

Ranhura PCI Express x 1 x2 Ranhura PCI Express x 1 x2

Conect or da unidade de disquetes x1 Conect or da unidade de disquetes x1

Conector da para impr essora x1 C onector da para impressora x1

Conector IDE x2 Conector IDE x2

C onec t or SATA x4 C onec t or SATA x 4

Conect or do painel frontal x1 Conect or do painel frontal x1

Conector de áudio frontal x1 C onector de áudio frontal x1

Conector para entrada de CDs x1 Conector para entrada de CDs x1

Conector de saída S/PDIF x1 Conector de saída S/PDIF x1

Conectores

na placa

Entradas/S

aídas no

painel

traseiro

Tamanho

da placa

Característi

cas

especiais

Sistemas

operativos

suportados

Conector da ventoinha da CPU x1 Conect or da ventoinha da CPU x1

Conector da ventoinha do sistema x3 Conector da v entoinha do sistema x3

Conect or para detecção da

abertura do chassis x1

Conector para limpeza do CMOS x1 Conector para limpeza do CMOS x1

Conector USB x3 Conector USB x3

Conector de alimentação x1

(24 pinos)

Conector de alimentação x1

(4 pinos )

Te c l ado PS / 2 x 1

Rato PS/2 x1

Port a sé ri e x1

Porta LAN x1

Porta USB x4

Tomada de áudio x3

218 mm (L) X 293 mm (A) 218 m m (L) X 293 mm (A)

nTunes da NVIDIA

Firewall da NVIDIA

Suporta as funções RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

A Biostar reserva-se o direito de adicionar ou

remover suporte para qualquer sis tema

operativo com ou sem aviso prévio.

Conect or para detecção da

abertura do chassis x1

Conector de alimentação x1

(24 pinos)

Conector de alimentação x1

(4 pinos )

Te c l ado PS / 2 x 1

Rato PS/2 x1

Port a sé ri e x1

Porta LAN x1

Porta USB x4

Tomada de áudio x3

nTunes da NVIDIA

Suporta as funções RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

A Biostar reserva-se o direito de adicionar ou

remover suporte para qualquer sis tema

operativo com ou sem aviso prévio.

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POLISH

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Socket AM2

Procesory A MD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Procesor

FSB

Chi pset nVI DIA nFor c e 500 nVI DIA nFor c e 500

Pamięć

główna

Super I/O

IDE

SA TA

LAN

Kodek

dźwięko wy

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

Arc hitektura AMD 64 um ożliwi a przetwarzani e

32 i 64 bi t owe

Obsługa Hyper Transport oraz Cool’n’Quiet

Obsługa HyperTransport o szerokości pasma do

2GHz

Gniaz da DDR 2 DIMM x 4

Każ de gniazdo DIMM obsługuje m oduły

256/512MB oraz 1GB DDR2

Maks. wielkość pami ęci 4GB

Moduł pam ięci DDR 2 z trybem podwójnego

kanału

Obsługa DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Brak obsługi Registered DIMM oraz ECC DIMM

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Zapewnia najbardziej powszechne funkcje Super

I/O.

Int erfejs Low Pin Count

Z i nt e g ro w an y k o nt r ol e r I D E

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Tryb Bus Master

obsługa PIO try b 0~4

Zintegrowany kontroler Serial ATA

Transfer danych do 1.5 Gb/s.

Zgodność ze spec yfikacją SATA w wers ji 1.0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

10 / 100 / 1000 M b/s oraz automatyczną

negoc jacją szybkości

ALC 655 / 658 (opcja)

8 kanałow e w y jście a udio

AC’97 w wersji 2.3

Gniazdo PCI x4 Gniazdo PCI x4

Gniazdo PCI Express x16 x1 Gniazdo PCI Express x16 x1 Gniazda

Gniazdo PCI Express x 1 x2 Gniazdo PCI Express x 1 x2

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Socket AM2

Procesory A MD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX /

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

Arc hitektura AMD 64 um ożliwi a przetwarzani e

32 i 64 bi t owe

Obsługa Hyper Transport oraz Cool’n’Quiet

Obsługa HyperTransport o szerokości pasma do

2GHz

Gniaz da DDR 2 DIMM x 4

Każ de gniazdo DIMM obsługuje m oduły

256/512MB oraz 1GB DDR2

Maks. wielkość pami ęci 4GB

Moduł pam ięci DDR 2 z trybem podwójnego

kanału

Obsługa DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Brak obsługi Registered DIMM oraz ECC DIMM

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Zapewnia najbardziej powszechne funkcje Super

I/O.

Int erfejs Low Pin Count

Z i nt e g ro w an y k o nt r ol e r I D E

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Tryb Bus Master

obsługa PIO try b 0~4

Zintegrowany kontroler Serial ATA

Transfer danych do 1.5 Gb/s.

Zgodność ze spec yfikacją SATA w wers ji 1.0.

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

10 / 100 Mb/s oraz automatyczną negocjacją

szybkości

ALC 655 / 658 (opcja)

8 kanałow e w y jście a udio

AC’97 w wersji 2.3

NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Złącze na pędu dyskietek x1 Złącze napędu dyskietek x1

Złącze Port drukarki x1 Złącze Port drukarki x1

Złącze I DE x2 Złącze I DE x 2

Złącz e SA TA x4 Z łącz e SA TA x4

Złącze panela przedniego x1 Złącz e panela przedniego x1

Przednie złą cz e audio x1 Przedni e złą cze a udio x1

Złącz e w ejści a C D x1 Złącze w ejścia C D x1

Złącz e w yjści a S / PDIF x1 Z łącze w yjści a S /P DIF x1

Złącza

wbudowane

Back Panel

I/O

Wymiary

płyty

Funkcje

specjalne

Obsluga

systemu

operacyjne

go

Złącze głów ko we w ent ylat or a pr oc es o ra x1 Z łącz e głów kow e w ent yl at o r a pr oces ora x 1

Złącze głów ko we w ent ylat o ra

systemowego x3

Złącze głów kow e ot w ar ci a

obudowy (opcja) x1

Złącze głów kow e kas ow ani a

CMOS x1

Złącze USB x 3 Z łącz e USB x3

Złącze z asilani a (24 p inowe) x1 Z łącze z asilani a ( 24 pinowe) x1

Złącze z asilani a (4 pi nowe) x1 Z łącze z asilani a (4 pi now e) x1

Klawiatura PS/2 x1

Mysz PS/2 x1

Port szeregowy x1

Port LAN x1

Port USB x4

Gniazdo audio x3

218mm (S) X 293 mm (W) 218mm (S) X 293 mm (W)

NVIDIA nTunes.

NVIDIA Firewall

Obsługa RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Bi ostar zastrz ega s obie prawo dodawania lub

odwoływania obsługi dowolnego systemu

o p er ac y j n ego be z po w i ad om i eni a.

Złącze głów ko we w ent ylat o ra

systemowego x3

Złącze głów kow e ot w ar ci a

obudowy (opcja) x1

Złącze głów kow e kas ow ani a

CMOS x1

Klawiatura PS/2 x1

Mysz PS/2 x1

Port szeregowy x1

Port LAN x1

Port USB x4

Gniazdo audio x3

NVIDIA nTunes.

Obsługa RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

Bi ostar zastrz ega s obie prawo dodawania lub

odwoływania obsługi dowolnego systemu

o p er ac y j n ego be z po w i ad om i eni a.

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RUSSIAN

N F5 00-A 2 G N F500 AM2

Гнездо AM2

Процессоры AM D At hlo n 64 / At hlon 64 F X /

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

Архитектура AMD 64 разрешать обработка

данны х на 32 и 64 бит

Поддержка Hyper Transport и Cool’n’Quiet

Поддержка HyperTransport с пропускной

способностью до 2GГц

Слоты DDR 2 DIMM x 4

Каждый модуль DIMM поддерживает

256/512МБ & 1ГБ DDR2

Максимальная ём к ос т ь пам яти 4 ГБ

Модуль памяти с двухканальным режимом

DDR2

Поддержка DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Не поддерживает з арегистрированные

модули DIMM and ECC DIMM

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Обеспечивает наиболее ис п о ль з у е м ы е

действующие функц иональные воз можности

Super I/O.

Интерфейс с низ ким количеством вы в од о в

Вс троенное ус т р о й с тво управления

встроенными интерфейсам и устройств

Режим "хозяина" шины Ultr a DMA 33 / 66 / 100

/ 133

Поддержка режима PIO 0~4,

Вс троенное последовательное устройс тво

управления ATA

скорость передачи данны х до 1.5 гигабит/с.

Соответствие с пецификац ии SA TA версия 1. 0.

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

Автоматическ ое согласование 10 / 100 Мб/с

ALC655 / 658 (доп о л н и т е л ь но )

Шестиканальны й звуковой вы х о д

AC’97 Версия 2. 3

CPU

(центральн

ый

проц ессор)

FSB

Набор

микрос хем

Основная

память

Super I/O

IDE

SA TA

Локальная

сеть

Звуковой

кодек

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Гнездо AM2

Процессоры AM D At hlo n 64 / At hlon 64 F X /

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

Архитектура AMD 64 разрешать обработка

данны х на 32 и 64 бит

Поддержка Hyper Transport и Cool’n’Quiet

Поддержка HyperTransport с пропускной

способностью до 2GГц

nVI DI A nForc e 500 nVI DI A nForc e 500

Слоты DDR 2 DIMM x 4

Каждый модуль DIMM поддерживает

256/512МБ & 1ГБ DDR2

Максимальная ём к ос т ь пам яти 4 ГБ

Модуль памяти с двухканальным режимом

DDR2

Поддержка DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800

Не поддерживает з арегистрированные

модули DIMM and ECC DIMM

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Обеспечивает наиболее ис п о ль з у е м ы е

действующие функц иональные воз можности

Super I/O.

Интерфейс с низ ким количеством вы в од о в

Вс троенное ус т р о й с тво управления

встроенными интерфейсам и устройств

Режим "хозяина" шины Ultr a DMA 33 / 66 / 100

/ 133

Поддержка режима PIO 0~4,

Вс троенное последовательное устройс тво

управления ATA

скорость передачи данны х до 1.5 гигабит/с.

Соответствие с пецификац ии SA TA версия 1. 0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Автоматическ ое согласование 10 / 100 / 1000

Мб/с

ALC655 / 658 (доп о л н и т е л ь но )

Шестиканальны й звуковой вы х о д

AC’97 Версия 2. 3

NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

N F5 00-A 2 G N F500 AM2

Слот PCI x4 Слот PCI x4
Слот PCI Express x16 x1 Слот PCI Express x16 x1 Слоты

Слот PCI Express x 1 x2 Слот PCI Express x 1 x2

Разъём НГМД x1 Разъём НГМД x1

Разъём Порт подключения принтера x1 Разъём Порт подключения принтера x1

Разъём IDE x2 Разъём IDE x2

Разъём SATA x4 Разъём SATA x 4

Разъём на лиц евой панели x1 Разъём на лиц евой панели x1

Входной з вуковой разъём x1 Входной звуковой разъём x1

Разъём ввода для CD x1 Раз ъём ввода для CD x1

Разъём вы в о д а для S/PDIF x1 Разъём вы в о д а для S/PDIF x1

Вс троенны

й разъём

Задняя

панель

средств

ввода-вы в

ода

Размер

панели

Специальн

ые

технически

е

характерис

тики

Поддержка

OS

Контактирующее приспособление

вентилятора центрального процесс ора x1

Контактирующее приспособление

вентилятора системы x3

Шасси открытого контактирующего

приспос обления (дополнительно) x 1

Открытое кон т а к т и р ую щ е е

прис пособление CMOS x1

USB-разъём x3 USB-разъём x3

Разъем питания (24 вы в о д ) x 1 Разъем питания (24 вы в о д ) x1

Разъем питания (4 вы в о д) x 1 Разъем питания (4 вы в од) x 1

Клавиатура PS/2 x1

Мышь PS / 2 x1

Последовательный порт x1

Порт LAN x1

USB-порт x4

Гнездо для подключения наушников x3

218 мм (Ш) X 293 мм (В) 218 мм (Ш) X 293 мм (В)

NVIDIA nTunes

NVIDIA Firewall

Поддержка RAID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar сохраняет за собой право добавлять

или удалять средства обеспечения для OS с

или без предваритель ного уведомления.

Контактирующее приспособление

вентилятора центрального процесс ора x1

Контактирующее приспособление

вентилятора системы x3

Шасси открытого контактирующего

приспос обления (дополнительно) x 1

Открытое кон т а к т и р ую щ е е

прис пособление CMOS x1

Клавиатура PS/2 x1

Мышь PS / 2 x1

Последовательный порт x1

Порт LAN x1

USB-порт x4

Гнездо для подключения наушников x3

NVIDIA nTunes

Поддержка RAID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1

Windows 2K / XP

Biostar сохраняет за собой право добавлять

или удалять средства обеспечения для OS с

или без предваритель ного уведомления.

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ARABIC

ﺲﺒﻘﻡAM2

تﺎ ﺠﻟﺎ ﻌﻡ AMD Athlon 64

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘ ﺗ ﻦﻜﻤﺗ AM D 64 ﺔﻋﺮﺴﺏ ﺔﻴﺏﻮﺳﺎﺤﻟا تﺎﻴﻠﻤﻌﻟا ءاﺮﺝ إ 32 و64 ﺖﺏ

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ Hyper Transport و Cool’n’Quiet

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ HyperTransport ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼ ﻳ ددﺮﺘﺏ 2000ددﺮ ﺗ

ﺔﺤﺘﻓ ﻞآ ﻢﻋ ﺪﺗ DIM M ﻋﺪﺗ عﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮآ ا ذ ﻢ DDR 2 ﺔﻌﺳ 256/512 ﺎﺠﻴﻡ

عﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮ آ اﺬﻟا ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ DDR2 تﺎ ﻌﺳ 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 ﺎﺠ ﻴﻡ

ةﺮآ اﺬﻟا ﻖﺋﺎﻗر ﻢﻋﺪﺗ ﻻDIMM ﻊﻡ ﻖﻓاﻮﺘ ﺗ ﻻ ﻲﺘﻟا ﻚﻠﺗ و ECC

ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﺮﻓﻮﺗSuper I/O ًﺎﻡا ﺪ ﺨ ﺘﺳ ا ﺮﺜ آ ﻷا .

ﺗﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺘ ﺏ ﻞﻗﺎﻥUltra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

ﻔﺹاﻮﻤ ﻟ ﺔﻘﺏﺎﻄﻡ تﺎ SATA راﺪﺹﻹا 1. 0.

Marvell 88E3016 PHY ( ﻲــــﻓ NF500 AM2 ﻂـــــﻘ ﻓ)

Athlon 64 FX /

ىﻮﺼﻗ ةﺮآاذ ﺔﻌﺳ4 ﺖﻳ ﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴ ﺝ

ةﺮآ اذ ةﺪﺣوDDR2 ﻘﻟا ﺔﺝودﺰﻡةﺎﻨ

ITE 8712F / 8716F

Low Pin C ount Interface

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡIDEﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ

ﻲﺴﻴﺋر ﻊﺿ و

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡSerial ATAﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ

ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼﺗ تﺎﻋﺮﺴﺏ ت ﺎﻥﺎﻴﺒﻟا ﻞﻘﻥ1. 5 ﺖﺏ ﺎﺠ ﻴﺝ/ﺔﻴ ﻥﺎﺙ.

ﻲﺋﺎﻘﻠﺗ ضوﺎﻔﺗ10/100 ﺖﻳ ﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴ ﻡ /و ﺔ ﻴﻥﺎ ﺙ

ALC 655 / 658 )ير ﺎ ﻴ ﺘﺥا(

6تﻮﺼﻟ ا جﺮﺨ ﻟ تاﻮﻨﻗ

را ﺪ ﺹ ﻹ ا 2. 3 ﻦﻡ AC’97

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

تﺎ ﺠﻟﺎ ﻌﻡ AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX

Althlon 64 X2 / Sempron

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘ ﺗ ﻦﻜﻤﺗ AM D 64 ﺔﻋﺮﺴﺏ ﺔﻴﺏﻮﺳﺎﺤﻟا تﺎﻴﻠﻤﻌﻟا ءاﺮﺝ إ 32 و64 ﺖﺏ

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ Hyper Transport و Cool’n’Quiet

ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓDDR2 DIMM دﺪﻋ4

ﺔﺤﺘﻓ ﻞآ ﻢﻋ ﺪﺗ DIM M ﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮآ اذ ﻢﻋ ﺪﺗ ع DDR2 ﺔﻌﺳ 256/512 ﺎﺠﻴﻡ

و ﺖﻳﺎﺏ1 ﺎﺠﻴﺝﺖﻳﺎﺏ

ةﺮآ اذ ةﺪﺣوDDR2 ﻘﻟا ﺔﺝودﺰﻡةﺎﻨ

عﻮﻥ ﻦﻡ ةﺮ آ اﺬﻟا ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ DDR2 تﺎ ﻌﺳ 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 ﺎﺠ ﻴﻡ

ﺖﻳﺎﺏ

ةﺮآ اﺬﻟا ﻖﺋﺎﻗر ﻢﻋﺪﺗ ﻻDIMM ﻊﻡ ﻖﻓاﻮﺘ ﺗ ﻻ ﻲﺘﻟا ﻚﻠﺗ و EC C

ITE 8712F / 8716F

ﺔﻔﻴﻇو ﺮﻓﻮﺗSuper I/O ًﺎﻡا ﺪ ﺨ ﺘﺳ ا ﺮﺜ آ ﻷا .

ﺗﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ Low Pi n Count Interfac e

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺘ ﺏ ﻞﻗﺎﻥUltra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡSerial ATAﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ

ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼﺗ تﺎﻋﺮﺴﺏ ت ﺎﻥﺎﻴﺒﻟا ﻞﻘﻥ1. 5 ﺖﺏ ﺎﺠ ﻴﺝ/ﺔﻴ ﻥﺎﺙ.

تﺎﻔﺹاﻮﻤﻟ ﺔﻘﺏﺎﻄﻡSATA راﺪﺹﻹا 1.0.

Marvell 88E1116 PHY ( ﻲــــﻓ NF500-A2G ﻂ ـــــﻘﻓ)

ALC 655 / 658 )ير ﺎ ﻴ ﺘﺥا(

6تﻮﺼﻟ ا جﺮﺨ ﻟ تاﻮﻨﻗ

را ﺪ ﺹ ﻹ ا 2. 3 ﻦﻡ AC’97

ﺲﺒﻘﻡAM2

ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓDDR2 DIMM دﺪﻋ4

و ﺖﻳﺎﺏ1 ﺎﺠﻴﺝﺖﻳﺎﺏ

ىﻮﺼﻗ ةﺮآاذ ﺔﻌﺳ4 ﺖﻳ ﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴ ﺝ

ﻢﻜﺤﺘﻡIDEﻞﻡﺎﻜﺘﻡ

ﻲﺴﻴﺋر ﻊﺿ و

ﻲﺋﺎﻘﻠﺗ ضوﺎﻔﺗ10/100 / 1000 ﺖﻳ ﺎﺏ ﺎﺠﻴﻡ /و ﺔﻴﻥﺎﺙ

ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓPCI دﺪﻋ4 ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓPCI دﺪﻋ4
ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓx16 PCI Express دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﺤﺘﻓx16 PCI Express دﺪﻋ1
ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓPCI Express x 1 دﺪﻋ2 ﺔﺤﺘ ﻓPCI Express x 1 دﺪﻋ2

ﺔ ﺠ ﻟﺎ ﻌ ﻤ ﻟا ةﺪﺣو

ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤ ﻟا

ﻲﺒ ﻥ ﺎﺠ ﻟا ﻲﻡ ﺎﻡ ﻷا ﻞﻗﺎﻨﻟا ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ HyperTransport ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼ ﻳ ددﺮﺘﺏ 2000ددﺮ ﺗ

ﺢﺋ اﺮﺸﻟا ﺔﻋﻮﻤﺠﻡ nVI DI A nForc e 500 nVI DI A nForc e 500

ﺔﻴﺴ ﻴﺋﺮﻟا ةﺮ آ اﺬ ﻟ ا

ﺖﻳﺎﺏ

Super I/O

ﺬﻔ ﻨﻡIDE

SATA

ﺔﻴﻠﺥ اد ﺔﻜﺒﺵ

تﻮﺼ ﻟا ﻚﻳ دﻮ آ

تﺎ ﺤﺘﻔ ﻟا

48

ﺔﻴﻠ ﺤﻡ لﺎ ﺼ ﺗا ﺔﻜ ﺒ ﺵ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

NVIDIA nTunes

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

ﻆﻔ ﺘﺤﺗ Biostar وأ رﺎ ﻄﺥ ﺈ ﺏ ﻞﻴﻐﺸﺗ مﺎﻈﻥ يﻷ ﻢﻋ ﺪﻟ ا ﺔﻟازإ وأ ﺔﻓﺎﺿإ ﻲﻓ ﺎﻬﻘﺤﺏ

ﺢﻴﺗﺎﻔﻡ ﺔﺣﻮﻟPS/2 دﺪﻋ1

سوﺎﻡ PS/2 دﺪﻋ1

ﻲﻠﺴﻠﺴﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻓﺎﻨ ﻡUSB دﺪﻋ4

تﻮﺹ ﺲﺒﻘﻡ دﺪﻋ3

رﺎ ﻄﺥ إ نوﺪﺏ.

NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

ﺔﻥﺮ ﻡ صاﺮﻗأ كﺮﺤﻡ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻥﺮﻡ صاﺮﻗأ كﺮﺤﻡ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﻲﻡﺎﻡﻷا تﻮﺼﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﻷا تﻮﺼﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡﻲﻡﺎﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﺔﻳﺰآ ﺮ ﻤﻟ ا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺣوﺮ ﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻳ ﺰآ ﺮﻤﻟ ا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺣوﺮ ﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو دﺪﻋ1

مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮ ﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو دﺪﻋ3 مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮ ﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو دﺪﻋ3

ﺔﻴﻠ ﺤﻡ لﺎ ﺼ ﺗا ﺔﻜ ﺒ ﺵ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

NVIDIA nTunes

NVIDIA Firewall

ﺔ ﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋ ﺪ ﺗ RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1

Windows 2K / XP

ﻆﻔ ﺘﺤﺗ Biostar وأ ﺔﻓﺎﺿإ ﻲﻓ ﺎﻬﻘﺤﺏ وأ رﺎ ﻄﺥ ﺈ ﺏ ﻞﻴﻐﺸﺗ مﺎﻈﻥ يﻷ ﻢﻋ ﺪﻟ ا ﺔﻟازإ

ﺔﻌﺏ ﺎﻃ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻌﺏ ﺎﻃ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻔﻨﻡIDE دﺪﻋ2 ﺬﻔﻨﻡIDE دﺪﻋ2
ﺬﻔﻨﻡSATA دﺪﻋ4 ﺬﻔﻨﻡSATA دﺪﻋ4

ﺔﻴ ﻡﺎ ﻡﻷ ا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻴ ﻡﺎ ﻡﻷ ا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻔﻨﻡCD-IN دﺪﻋ1 ﺬﻔﻨﻡCD-IN دﺪﻋ1

جﺮﺥ ﺬﻔﻨﻡS/PD IF دﺪﻋ1 جﺮﺥ ﺬﻔﻨﻡS/PD IF دﺪﻋ1

ﺢﻄﺳ ﻰﻠﻋ ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻤﻟا

ﻮﻠﻟاﺔﺣ

ﻞﻜﻴ ﻬﻟ ا ﺢﺘﻓ ﺔﻠﺹو)ير ﺎﻴ ﺘﺥ ا( دﺪﻋ1 ﻞﻜ ﻴ ﻬﻟ ا ﺢﺘﻓ ﺔﻠﺹو)ير ﺎﻴ ﺘﺥ ا( دﺪﻋ1

ﺢﺴﻡ ﺔﻠﺹوCMOS دﺪﻋ1 ﺢﺴﻡ ﺔﻠﺹوCMOS دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻔﻨﻡUSB دﺪﻋ3 ﺬﻔﻨﻡUSB دﺪﻋ3
ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ)24سﻮﺏد( دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ)24سﻮﺏد( دﺪﻋ1
ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ)4ﺲ ﻴﺏﺎ ﺏد( دﺪﻋ1 ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺹﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ)4ﺲ ﻴﺏﺎ ﺏد( دﺪﻋ1

ﺢﻴﺗﺎﻔﻡ ﺔﺣﻮﻟPS/2 دﺪﻋ1

سوﺎﻡ PS/2 دﺪﻋ1

ﻲﻠﺴﻠﺴﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1

ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻡﻞﺥد/ جﺮ ﺥ

ﺔﻴﻔﻠﺨﻟا ﺔ ﺣﻮﻠﻟا

ﺬﻓﺎﻨ ﻡUSB دﺪﻋ4

تﻮﺹ ﺲﺒﻘﻡ دﺪﻋ3

ﺔﺹﺎﺥ ﺎﻳاﺰﻡ

ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟا ﻢﺠ ﺣ 218 ﻢﻡ)ضﺮﻋ (X 293 ﻢﻡ)عﺎ ﻔ ﺗر ا( 218 ﻢﻡ)ضﺮﻋ (X 293 ﻢﻡ)عﺎ ﻔ ﺗر ا(

ﻞﻴﻐﺸﺘﻟا ﺔﻤﻈﻥأ ﻢﻋد

رﺎ ﻄﺥ إ نوﺪﺏ.

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Motherboard Manual

JAPANESE

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

Socket AM2

AM D Athlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Althlon 64 X 2 /

Sempron プロセッ サ

CPU

FSB

チッ プセット nVI DI A nForc e 500 nVI DI A nForc e 500

メイ ンメモリ

Super I/O

IDE

SA TA

LAN

サウ ンド

Codec

AMD 64アーキテ クチャでは、 32ビットと 64ビット計

算が 可能です

ハイ パートラン スポートと クールアン ドクワイア ット

をサ ポートしま す

2GHz のバ ンド幅まで ハイパート ランスポー トをサポ

ート します

DDR2 DI MMス ロット x 4

各DIMMは 256/512MB & 1GB DDR2をサポート

最大 メモリ容量 4GB

デュ アル チャンネ ルモード DDR2メモリモ ジュール

DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800をサポ ート

登録 済み DI M M とECC DIMMはサポートさ れません

ITE 8712F / 8716F

もっ とも一般に 使用される レガシー Super I/O機能を

採用 しています 。

低ピ ンカウント インターフ ェイス

統合 IDEコン トローラ

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133バス マスタモー ド

統合 シリアルATAコントローラ

最高 1. 5 Gb /秒 のデータ転 送速度

SA TAバ ージョン 1. 0 仕様に準拠 。

Marvell 88E1116 PHY

10 / 100 / 1000M b /秒のオー トネゴシエ ーション

ALC 655 / 658 (オプション )

6チャンネルオー ディオアウ ト

AC’97バージョン 2.3

PCIスロット x4 PCIスロット x4

PCI Express x16スロット x1 PCI Express x16スロット x1 スロ ット

PCI Express x 1スロット x2 PCI Express x 1スロット x2

Socket AM2

AM D Athlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Althlon 64 X 2 /

Sempron プロセッ サ

AMD 64アーキテ クチャでは、 32ビットと 64ビット計

算が 可能です

ハイ パートラン スポートと クールアン ドクワイア ット

をサ ポートしま す

2GHz のバ ンド幅まで ハイパート ランスポー トをサポ

ート します

DDR2 DI MMス ロット x 4

各DIMMは 256/512MB & 1GB DDR2をサポート

最大 メモリ容量 4GB

デュ アル チャンネ ルモード DDR2メモリモ ジュール

DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800をサポ ート

登録 済み DI M M とECC DIMMはサポートさ れません

ITE 8712F / 8716F

もっ とも一般に 使用される レガシー Super I/O機能を

採用 しています 。

低ピ ンカウント インターフ ェイス

統合 IDEコン トローラ

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133バス マスタモー ド

統合 シリアルATAコントローラ

最高 1. 5 Gb /秒 のデータ転 送速度

SA TAバ ージョン 1. 0 仕様に準拠 。

Marvell 88E3016 PHY

10 / 100 Mb/秒のオート ネゴシエー ション

ALC 655 / 658 (オプション )

6チャンネルオー ディオアウ ト

AC’97バージョン 2.3

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NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2

NF500-A2G N F500 AM2

フロ ッピーコネ クタ x1 フロ ッピーコネ クタ x1

プリ ンタポート コネクタ x1 プリ ンタポート コネクタ x1

IDEコネクタ x2 IDEコネクタ x2

SA TAコ ネクタ x4 SATAコ ネクタ x4

フロ ントパネル コネクタ x1 フロ ントパネル コネクタ x1

フロ ントオーデ ィオコネク タ x1 フロ ントオーデ ィオコネク タ x1

オン ボードコ

ネク タ

背面 パネル

I/O

ボー ドサイズ 218 mm (幅) X 293 mm (高さ) 218 m m (幅) X 293 mm (高さ )

特殊 機能

OSサポート

CDインコネクタ x1 CDインコネク タ x1

S/PDIFア ウトコネク タ x1 S/PDIFア ウトコネク タ x1

CPUファ ンヘッダ x1 CPUファ ンヘッダ x1

シス テムファン ヘッダ x3 システムファン ヘッダ x3

シャ ーシオープ ンヘッダ (オプション ) x 1 シャ ーシオープ ンヘッダ (オプ ション ) x 1

CMOSクリアヘッ ダ x1 CMOSクリアヘッ ダ x1

USBコネクタ x3 USBコネクタ x3

電源 コネクタ (24ピン) x1 電源 コネクタ (24ピン) x1

電源 コネクタ (4ピン ) x1 電源 コネクタ (4ピン ) x1

PS/2キー ボード x1

PS/2マウ ス x1

シリ アルポート x1

LANポート x1

USBポート x4

オー ディオジャ ック x3

NVIDIA nTunes

NVIDIA Firewall

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1 のサポート

Windows 2K / XP

Biostarは事前 のサポート なしにOS サポートを 追加ま

たは 削除する権 利を留保し ます。

PS/2キー ボード x1

PS/2マウ ス x1

シリ アルポート x1

LANポート x1

USBポート x4

オー ディオジャ ック x3

NVIDIA nTunes

RAID 0 / 1 / 0+ 1 のサポート

Windows 2K / XP

Biostarは事前 のサポート なしにOS サポートを 追加ま

たは 削除する権 利を留保し ます。

2007/02/13

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NF500-A2G/NF500 AM2 BIOS SETUP

BIOS Setup .................................................................................................1

1 Main Menu...............................................................................................3

2 Standard CMOS Features......................................................................6

3Advanced BIOS Features........................................................................8

4 Advanced Chipset Features..................................................................13

5 Integrated Peripherals..........................................................................20

6 Power Management Setup....................................................................26

7 PnP/PCI Configurations.......................................................................30

8 PC Health Status...................................................................................33

9 Frequency/ Voltage Control .................................................................35

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NF500-A2G / NF500 AM2

BIOS Setup

Introducti on

The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-Award™
BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to
modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM.

The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup
information when the power is turned off.

Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and

output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS
acti vates at t he first stage o f the boot i ng process, l oadi ng and execut i ng t he

operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password
protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.

The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in
BIOS Setup.

Plug and Pla y Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A
speci fication and ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.

EPA Green PC Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 o f the EPA Green PC
speci fication.

APM Su pport

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced
Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are

implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend
power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and

video monitors can also be managed by this PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS.

ACP I Support

Phoenix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b o f Advanced Con figuration
and Power interface specifi cation (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power

management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI
speci fication, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.

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PCI Bus Supp ort

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Version 3.0 of the Int el PCI
(Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM S upport

DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) is supported.

Supported CP Us

This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.

Using Se tup

Use the arrow keys to highli ght item s in most of the place, press <Enter> to
select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help

and press <Esc> to quit. T he following table provides more detail about how to
navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow M ove to pr e vio us it em
Down arro w Move to n e xt item

Left arr o w M ove to th e ite m on th e left (me nu b ar )
Rig ht arr ow Move to th e ite m on the rig ht ( me nu bar)
Move E nter Move to th e ite m you desired
Pg U p ke y Increas e the nu mer ic val ue or m a ke c ha nges
Pg D n ke y Decr ease th e num eric v alu e or ma ke ch anges
+ Ke y Increas e the nu mer i c val ue or m a ke c ha ng es

- Ke y Dec r ease th e num er ic valu e or make c h ang es
Esc key M ain Menu – Quit and not s a ve c ha nges int o CMOS

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key Load pr evious valu es fr o m C M OS
F7 ke y Loa d t he opti miz e d defaults
F10 key Sa ve all th e C M OS c hang es a nd e xit

Stat us P ag e Setu p M en u and Op ti on Page Setup M en u – E xit
Current page and r eturn to M ain Me nu

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1 Main Menu

Once you enter Phoenix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several

setup fun ctions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>
to accept and ent er t he sub-menu.

Figure 1: Main Menu

!! WARNING !!

For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is being
continuously updated. The BIOS information described in

this manual (Fi gu re 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ) is for your
reference only. T he actual BIOS information and settings on

board may be slightly different from this manual.

Standard CMOS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advanced BIOS Features

This submenu allows you to configure advanced features of the BIOS.

Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

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Integrated Peripherals

This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and
Programmed Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configuratio ns

This submenu allows you to configure certain “ Plug and Play” and PCI options.

PC Health Status

This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.

Frequenc y/ Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock.
(However, we suggest you to use the default setting. Changing the voltage and

clock improperly may damage the CPU or M/B!)

Load O ptimized Defaults

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during
system booting sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized

fo r this system. A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are
set.

Set Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor
from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with

to enter a password.

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Set User Password

If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in
the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and

the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but
will not be able to change them.

Save & Exit Setup

Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. Confirmation
message will be displayed before proceeding.

Exit Without Sa ving

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup.
Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories.
Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow

keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the
value you want in each item.

 Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

Main Men u Sel ecti ons

This table shows the items and the available options on the Main Menu.

Item Options Description

Date mm : dd : yy

Time hh : mm : ss

IDE Primary Master

IDE Primary Slav e

Options are in its sub

menu.

Options are in its sub

menu.

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Set the system date. Note
that the ‘Day ’ automatically
changes when you set the

date.

Set the system internal
clock.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed

options

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed

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Item Options Description

IDE Secondary Master

IDE Secondary Slav e

Drive A

Drive B

Video

Halt On

Base Memory N/A

Extended Memory N/A

Tot al Mem ory N /A

Options are in its sub

Options are in its sub

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

EGA/VGA

CGA 40

CGA 80

All Errors

No Errors

All, but Key board

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

menu.

menu.

None

MON O

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed

options.

Select the type of f loppy
disk drive installed in your

sy stem.

Select the default v ideo
dev ice.

Select the situation in which
y ou want the BIOS to stop

the POST process and
notify y ou.

Displays the amount of
conventional memory
detected during boot up.

Displays the amount of
extended memory detected

during boot up.

Displays the total memory
av ailable in the system.

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3Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup

Cache Setup

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CPU Interna l Cache

Depending on the CP U/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory
access time with this option.

Enabl ed (default) Enable cache.

Disabled Di sable cache.

External Cache

This option enables o r disables “ Level 2 ” secondary cache on the CPU, which
may improve performance.

Enabl ed (default) E nable cache.

Disabled Di sable cache.

Boot Seq & Flop py Setup

This item allows you to setup boot sequence & Floppy.

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Hard Dis k Bo ot Priorit y

The BIOS will attempt to arrange the Hard Disk boot sequence automatically.
You can change the Hard Disk booting sequence here.

The Ch oices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB HDD0, USB
HDD1, USB HDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards.

First/Second/Third Boot Dev ice

The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order.

The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2,
HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled.

Boot Other Dev ice

When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device
when it failed to load from the three devices above.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

Swap Floppy Drive

For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to swap logical
drive assignments.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40
or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to
boot-up.

The Choices: Enabled (d efaul t), Disabled.

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Virus Warning

This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature th at is used to
protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt

is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the
screen and sound an alarm beep.

Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled.
Enabled Virus protect i on i s activat ed.

Quick Power On Self Test

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test
(POST ) to execute after you power up the computer.

Disabled Normal POST .
Enabled (default) Enable quick P OST .

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects t he NumLock S tate after the syst em switched on.
T he Choices:

On (default) Numpad is number keys.
Off Numpad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.
Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20.

Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.

Typematic Rate Setting

When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the
keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can

be configured.
The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down.
The Ch oices: 6 (defaul t), 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the
keystroke.

The Ch oices: 250 (default ), 500, 750, 1000.

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Security Option

This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system
online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.

System: A password is required for the system to boot and is also
required to access the Setup Utility.

Setup (default): A password is required to access the S etup Utility only.
This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu.

API C MO DE

Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the
operating system.

The Ch oices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.

MPS Version Contro l For OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification.
Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer.

The Ch oices: 1. 4 (default), 1.1.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used fo r OS2 systems with memory
exceeding 64MB.

The Ch oices: Non -OS 2 (default), OS2.

Summary Screen Show

This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary screen
means system configuration and PCI device listing.

The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled.

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4 Advanced Chipset Features

T his submenu allows you to configure the speci fic features o f the chi pset
installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to syst em

memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the
PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized

and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings
have been changed incorrectly.

 Figure 4: Advanced Chipset Setup

HT Freq uency

This item allows you to select HT Frequency.
The Ch oices: Auto (Default), 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X.

HT W idth

This item allows you to select HT Width.
The Ch oices: ↓16,↑16 (Default) , ↓8,↑8, ↓8,↑16, ↓16,↑8.

Err94 Enh

This item allows you to enable/disable the “sequential Prufetch Feature” of K8
CPU.

The Ch oices: Auto (default), Di sabl ed, Enabled.

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DRAM Co nfig ur ation

Memory Timings

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tCL <CAS Latency>

The Choices: Auto (Default), 3 Clock, 4 Clock, 5 Clock, 6 Clock.

tRCD

The Choices: Auto (Default), 3 Clock, 4 Clock, 5 Clock, 6 Clock.

tRP

The Choices: Auto (Default), 3 Clock, 4 Clock, 5 Clock, 6 Clock.

tRAS

The Choices: Auto (Default), 5 Clock, 6 Clock, 7 Clock, 8 Clock, 9 Clock, 10
Clock, 11 Clock, 12 Clock, 13 Clock, 14 Clock, 15 Clock, 16 Clock, 17 Clock,
18 Clock.

Command Per Clock <CMD>

The Choices: Auto (Default), 1 Clock, 2 Clock.

tRRD

The Choices: Auto (Default), 2 Clock, 3 Clock, 4 Clock, 5 Clock

AsyncLat

The Choices: Auto (Default), 1ns, 2ns, 3ns, 4ns, 5ns, 6ns, 7ns, 8ns, 9ns, 10ns,
11ns, 12ns, 13ns, 14ns, 15ns.

tRC

The Choices: Auto (Default), 11 Clock, 12 Clock, 13 Clock, 14 Clock, 15
Clock, 16 Clock, 17 Clock, 18 Clock, 19 Clock, 20 Clock, 21 Clock, 22 Clock,

23 Clock, 24 Clock, 25 Clock, 26 Clock.

tWR

The Choices: Auto (Default), 3 Clock, 4 Clock, 5 Clock, 6 Clock.

tRWT

The Choices: Auto (Default), 2 Clock, 3 Clock, 4 Clock, 5 Clock, 6 Clock, 7
Clock, 8 Clock, 9 Clock.

tWTR

The Choices: Auto (Default), 1 Clock, 2 Clock, 3 Clock.

tREF

The Choices: Auto (Default), 7.8us, 3.9us.

Read DQS Skew

The Choices: -10/96 Clock…-1/96Clock, Auto (Defaul t),

+1/96Clock…+10/96 Clock,.

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Read delay from Rx FIFO

The Choices: Auto (Default), 0.5 Clock, 1.0 Clock, 1.5 Clock, 2.0 Clock, 2.5
Clock, 3.0 Clock, 3.5 Clock, 4.0 Clock.

Drive Strength Setting

Dram driver weak mode

The Choices: Auto (Default), Normal, Weak.

CKE driv e strength

The Choices: Auto (Default), 1.0X, 1.25X, 1.5X, 2.0X.

CS driv e strength

The Choices: Auto (Default), 1.0X, 1.25X, 1.5X, 2.0X.

MA drive strength

The Choices: Auto (Default), 1.0X, 1.25X, 1.5X, 2.0X.

MCLK drive strength

The Choices: Auto (Default), 0.75X, 1.0X, 1.25X, 1.50X.

MD drive strength

The Choices: Auto (Default), 0.75X, 1.0X, 1.25X, 1.50X.

DQS drive strength

The Choices: Auto (Default), 0.75X, 1.0X, 1.25X, 1.50X.

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Dram on-die Termination

The Choices: AUTO(Default), 75ohm, 150ohm, 50oham.

Read/Write Queue bypass

The Choices: AUTO (Default).

Bypass maximum

The Choices: AUTO (Default).

32 Byte Granularity

The Choices: AUTO (Default), 64-byte, 32-byt e.

Timing M ode

The Choices: AUTO (Default), MaxMemCLK.

Memory Clock value or Limi

The Choices: DDR 400 (D efaul t).

DQS Training Control

The Choices: Perform DQS, Skip DQS (default ).

CKE base pow er down mode

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

CKE base pow erdown

The Choices: Per Channel (defaul t), P er CS.

Memclock tri-stating

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Memory Hole Remapping

The Choices: Enabled (d efault ), Disabled.

Auto Optimize Bottom IO

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Bottom of [31:24] IO space

Auto Optimaize Maximal DRAM size when kemel Assigns PCI Resources

Done.

The Choices: C0 (d efault).

DDRII Timing Item

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Tw Tr C o mm a nd D e l a y

The Choices: 3 bus clocks (d efaul t).

Trfc0 for DIMM0

The Choices: 75ns (default).

Trfc1 for DIMM1

The Choices: 75ns (default).

Trfc2 for DIMM2

The Choices: 75ns (default).

Trfc3 for DIMM3

The Choices: 75ns (default).

(Twr) Write Recov ery Time

The Choices: 6 bus clocks (d efaul t).

(Trtp) Precharge Time

The Choices: 3 bus clocks (d efaul t).

(Trc ) Row Cycle Time

The Choices: 26 bus clocks (default).

(Trcd)RAS# to CAS R/W Delay

The Choices: 6 clocks (default).

(Trrd ) RAS to RAS Dela y

This field specifies the RAS# to CAS# Delay to read/ write command to the

same bank. Typically -20 Nsec.

The Choices: 5 clocks (default).

(Trp) Row Precharge Time

This field specifies the Row precharge Time. Precharge to Active or

Auto-Refresh of the same bank. Typically 20-24 Nsec.

The Choices: 6 clocks (default).

(Tras) Minimum RAS Active T

The Choices: 18 bus clocks (default).

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CPU Spread Spectrum

Th e Ch oices: Disable, Center S p read (defaul t ).

SATA Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to disable \ enable the SATA spread spect rum function.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Down Spread.

PCIE Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to disable \ enable the SATA spread spect rum function.
The Choices: Down Spread (default), Disable.

SSE/SSE2 Instructions

The Ch oices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting the “ Disabled ” option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at
F0000h-FFFFFh which can improve system performance. However, any

programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in
system errors.

The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figu re 5. Integrated Perip heral s

IDE Function Setup

Highlight the “ Press Enter” label next to the “ IDE Function Setup” label and
press enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

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On-chip IDE Channel 0/1

The motherboard chipset contains a P CI ID E interface wit h support for t wo
IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate th e first and/or second IDE interface.

Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary
and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

The Choices: Enabled (d efault ), Disabled.

IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slav e PIO

The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4)
for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface suppo rts. Modes 0

to 4 will increase performance progressively. In Auto mode, the system
automatically determines the best mode for each device.

The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4.

IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slav e UDMA

Ultra DMA function can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard
drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA
driver (Windows 95 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver). If

your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto
to enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (d efaul t), Disabled.

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access.

The Choices: Enabled (d efault ), Disabled.

Serial-ATA A

Enables support for Serial-ATA A.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

Serial-ATA B

Enables support for Serial-ATA B.

The Choices: Enabled (d efault ), Disabled.

IDE Prefetch Mode

The “ onboard” IDE d rive interfaces supports IDE prefetch function for faster
drive access. If t he interface on your drive does not support prefetching, o r if
you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to

“Disabled”.

The Choices: Enabled (d efault ), Disabled.

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RAID Confi g

RAID Enable

Thi s opti on al lo ws yo u to enable or d isabl e RAID fun ctio n .

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

SATA A/B Primary/Sec ondary RAID

This option allows you to enable or disable SATA A Primary/Secondary RAID.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Onboard Device

Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to the “Onboard Device” label and press
the enter key will take you a submenu with the following options:

OnChip USB

This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system
board. You may need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance

controller.

The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1

USB Keyboard Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support.

Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support.

Dis abl ed (default) Disable USB Keyboard Support.

USB Mouse Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support.

Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support.

Dis abl ed (default) Disable USB Mo use Support.

AC97 Audio

This item allows you to enable or disable to support AC97 Audio.

The Choices: Auto (d efault), Dis ab led.

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MAC LAN

Thi s opti on al lo ws yo u to cont rol th e onbo ard MAC L AN.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Onboard IO/ Address

Press Enter to configure the Onboard IO/Address.

Onboard FDC Controlle r

Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on
the system board and you wish to use it. If you installed another FDC or the

system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field.

The Choices: Enabled (d efault ), Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial
ports.

The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,
Auto.

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Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller wi th
which I/O Address.

The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The
default value is SPP.

The Choices:

SPP (de fault) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.

EPP Using P arallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.

ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.

ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP M ode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple
sectors read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new

drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of
block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the

optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.
The Ch oices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.

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6 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to
utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features.

 Fi gure 6. Power Managemen t S etup

ACP I Function

This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power
Management (ACPI).

The Ch oices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.

ACP I Suspend Type

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating
system.

The Ch oices: S1 (POS ) (default) Power on Suspend
S3 (ST R ) Suspend to RAM

S1 & S3 POS+STR

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Power Management

This category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly
related to the following modes:

1. HDD Power Down.

2. Suspend Mode.
There are three options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode

settings

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management.
Suspend Mode = 1 hr.

HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available fo r sl CPU’s.
Suspend Mode = 1 min.

HDD Power Down = 1 min.
User Define (default)

Allow you to set each option indivi dual ly.
When you choose user define, you can adjust each of the item from 1 mi n. to 1

hr. except fo r HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min.

Video Off Method

This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank.
V/H SYNC+Blank

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen
This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS Support (default)
Initial display power management signaling.

HDD P ow er Dow n

When enabled, the hard-disk drives will power down after a set time of system
inactivity. All other devices remain active.

The Ch oices: Disab led (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7
Min, 8 Min, 9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

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Soft-Off by PWR-BTN

This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off
the power immediately, and Delay 4 Sec. will require you to press and hold the

power button for 4 seconds to cut off the system power.
The Ch oices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).

WOL(PM E#)/ From Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable Wake On LAN from Soft-Off
fun ction.

The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled.

WOR(RI#) Fr om Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable Wake On Ring from Soft-Off fun ction.
T he Choices: Dis abled (de fault), Enabl ed.

USB Resume fr om S3

This item allows you to wake up from S3 with USB device.
The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled.

Power-On by Alarm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. When
enabled, you can choose the date and time to boot up the system.

The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled.
Date (of Month) Alarm

You can choose which month the system will boot up.
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

You can choose the system boot up time, input hour, minute and second to
speci fy.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it
goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

POWER O N Function

This item allows you to choose the power on method.
The Ch oices: Button Only (default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse/Click, Mouse

Double/Click, Any Key, Keyboard 98.

KB Power ON Password

Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password.

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Hot Ke y Pow er ON

Choose the Hot Key combination to boot up the system.
TheCh oices:Ctrl- F1(default),Ctrl -F 2, Ctrl-F3, C trl-F4,Ctrl-F 5, C trl-F6, Ctrl-F 7,

Ct rl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl -F 12.

POW ER After PW R- Fail

This setting specifies how your system should behave aft er a power fail or
interrupts occurs. By choosing off will leave the computer in the power off state.

Choosing On will reboot the computer. Former-Sts will restore the system to the
status before power failure or interrupt occurs.

The Ch oices: Off (default), On, Former-S ts.

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configu ring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at

speeds nea ri ng t he speed o f the CPU itself uses when com m uni cating wi t h its
own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is

strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to
the default settings.

 Figure 7: PnP/PCI Configuration s

Init Disp lay First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.
The Ch oices: PCEx, PCI Slot (default ).

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Reset Configuration Data

The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record
which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict.

Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records
which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update ESCD

to the memory locations. These locations are reserved in the system BIOS. If the
Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s ESCD will update only when

the new configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled option is chosen,
the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the

“ Disabled” mode.
The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “ Manual” is chosen for

the resources controlled by function.
Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus

and provides non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signify that a resource
is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and

peripherals.
The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled.

Resources Controlled By

By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), t he system BIOS wi l l det ect the system
resources and automatically assi gn the relat ive IRQ and DMA channel for each

peripheral. By Choosing “Manual”, the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for
add-on cards. Be sure that there are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts.

Th e Choices: Auto (ESCD) (default), Manual.

IRQ Resources

This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending
on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “Press Enter” tag,

you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system
interrupts. This is only configurable when “ Resources Controlled By” is set to

“Manual”.
IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device

IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device

IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device

IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device

IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device

IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device

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PCI / V GA Palette Snoop

Some old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map
it to their display as a way to provide boot inform ation and VGA compatibility.

This item allows such snooping to take place.
The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ), Enabled

Maximum Payload Size

Set the maxim um payload si ze for T ransaction packets (T LP).
The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8: PC Health Status

Shutdow n Temperature

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item is
only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode.

The Ch oices: Disab led (defaul t ) , 60℃/ 140℉, 65℃/ 149℉, 70℃/ 158℉.

CPU FAN Contro l by

Choose “ smart” to reduce the noise caused by CPU FAN.
The Ch oices: Smart, Always On (default).

CPU Fan Off<℃>

If the CPU Temperature is lower than the set value, FAN will turn off.
The Ch oices: Min= 0, Max= 127, you can key in a DEC number.

CPU Fan Star t<℃ >

CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value.
The Ch oices: Min= 0, Max= 127, you can key in a DEC number.

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CPU Fan Full speed <℃>

When CPU temperature is reach the set value, the CPU fan will work under Full
Speed.

The Ch oices: Min= 0, Max= 127, you can key in a DEC number.

Start PWM Value

When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under
Smart Fan Function mode. T he range is from 0~127, with an interval of 1.

The Ch oices: Min= 0, Max= 127, you can key in a DEC number.

Slope PWM

Incr easi ng t he val ue of slope P W M wi ll raise the speed of CP U fan.
The Ch oices: 0 PWM Value/℃, 1 PWM Value/℃, 2 PWM Val u e/℃ (default),

4 PWM Value/℃, 8 PWM Value/℃, 16 PWM Value/℃, 32 PWM Value/℃,
64PWM Value/℃.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status
during POST stage. The item offers several different delay times.

The Ch oices: Enabled (defaul t), Disabled.

CPU Vcore, NB/S B Volt, +3.3V, +5.0V, +12.0V, DDR Voltage,
FSB Voltage, 5V(SB), Voltage Battery

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

CPU Temp

T his field displays t he current temperatur e o f CP U.

Curr ent CP U FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.

Curr ent S YS FAN Speed

This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.

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9 Frequency/ Voltage Control

 Figure 9: Frequency/ Voltage Control

CPU Frequency

This item allows you to select the CPU Frequency.
The Ch oices: 200 (default ).

Min= 200
Max= 300

Key in a DEC number.

NPT Fid Control

This item allows you to select NPT Fid Control.
The Ch oices: Auto (Default).

NPT Vid Contro l

This item allows you to select NPT Vid Control.
The Ch oices: Auto (Default).

Memory Voltage

This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator.
The Choices: 1.950V (Default), 2.000V, 2.050V, 2.100V.

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Chipset Voltage

This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator.
The Choices: 1.550V (Default), 1.600V, 1.650V, 1.700V.

HyperTransport Voltage

This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator.
The Choices: 1.250V (Default), 1.300V, 1.350V, 1.500V.

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