Biostar TA780G M2+ HP Owner's Manual

TA780G M2+/TA780G M2+ HP

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 Motherboard Layout......................................................................... 4

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

2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)....................................... 5

2.2 FAN Headers...................................................................................... 7

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

2.4 Connectors and Slots....................................................................... 10

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

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

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

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

4.1 Operation System............................................................................ 19

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

4.3 How RAID Works............................................................................. 19

Chapter 5: T-Series BIOS & Software ..................................... 22

5.1 T-Series BIOS..................................................................................... 22

5.2 T-Series Software ............................................................................. 30

Chapter 6: Useful Help ............................................................ 35

6.1 Driver Installation Note.................................................................. 35

6.2 Extra Information............................................................................ 36

6.3 Troubleshooting............................................................................... 37

Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language ................................ 38

German.................................................................................................................. 38

France .................................................................................................................... 40

Italian..................................................................................................................... 42

Spanish ................................................................................................................... 44

Portuguese ............................................................................................................ 46

Polish...................................................................................................................... 48

Russian ................................................................................................................... 50

Arabic..................................................................................................................... 52

Japane se ................................................................................................................ 54

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

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1.1 B

EFORE YOU START

Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the
motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below:

 Prepare a dry and stable working environment with

sufficient lighting.

 Always disconnect the computer from power outlet

before operation.

 Before you take the motherboard out from anti-static

bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely
grounded appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to
remove the static charge.

 Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the

rear side of the board unless necessary. Hold the board
on the edge, do not try to bend or flex the board.

 Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short
circuits which may damage the equipment.

 Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat

source, humid air and water.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

HDD Cable X 1
Serial ATA Cable X 2
Serial ATA Power Cable X 1
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
User’s Manual X 1
Fully Setup Driver CD X 1
FDD Cable X 1 (optional)
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)
S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional)
DVI to HDMI Adapter X 1 (optional)

Note: The package contents may differ by area or your motherboard version.

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1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

Socket AM2+ / AM2

CPU

FSB

Chipset

Super I/O

Main

Memory

Graphics Integr ated in A MD 780G Ch ips et

IDE Int eg r ated ID E Con tro lle r

SATA II Integrated Serial ATA Controller

LAN Realtek RTL 8111C

Sound ALC662

Slots

On Board

Connector

AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 x2

/ Sempron / Phenom p rocess ors

Support HyperTransport 3.0

Supports up to 5.2 GT/s Bandwidth

AMD 780G

AMD SB700

ITE 8718F

Prov ides the most commonly used leg acy

Super I/O functionality

DDR2 DIMM Slots x 4

Max Memory Capacity 8GB

Each DIMM supports 256/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR2

PCI Express Gen2 x16 slot x1 Supports PCI-E Gen2 x16 expansion cards

PCI Express Gen2 x1 slot x1 Supports PCI-E Gen2 x1 expansion cards

PCI slot x2 Supports PCI expansion cards

Floppy connector x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives

IDE Connector x1 Each connect or supports 2 IDE device

SATA Connect or x6 Each connector supports 1 SATA devices

Front Panel Connector x1 Supports front panel facilit ies

Front Audio Connector x1 Supports front panel audio function

SPEC

AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 b it

computing

Supports Hyper Transport 3.0 and Cool=n=Quiet

Low Pin Count Interface

En viro nment Con tro l init iatives

H/W Mon itor

ITE's "S mart Guard ian" funct ion

Dual Channe l Mode DDR2 memory mod u le

Supports DDR2 533 / 667 / 800

Supports DDR2 1066 (for AM2+ CPU on ly)

Register ed D IMM and ECC DIMM is not supported

Max S hared V ideo Me mory is 512 MB

DX10 support

HDCP / UVD support

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

supports PIO Mode 0~4,

Data transfer rates up to 3 Gb/s

SATA Vers ion 2 .0 spe cif ic at ion co mp liant

10 / 100 / 1000 Mb/s auto negotiation

Half / Full duplex capability

5.1 channels audio out

High Definition Audio

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CD-in Connector x1 Supports CD audio-in function

S/PDIF out connector x1 Supports digital audio out function

CPU Fan header x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan function)

System Fan head er x1 Sys tem Fan Power s upply

CMOS clear header x1 Restore CMOS data to factory default

USB connect or x3 Each connector s upports 2 front panel USB ports

Power Connector (24pin) x1 Connects to Power supply

Power Connector (4pin) x1 Connects to Power supply

Printer Port Connector x1 Each connector supports 1 Printer port

Serial port Connector x1 Connects to RS-232 Port

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mous e x1

Back Panel

I/O

Board Size 215 mm(W) x 244 mm(L)

Special

Features

OS Support Windows XP / VISTA

DVI port x1

VGA port x1

LAN port x1

USB Port x4

Audio Jack x3

RAID 0 / 1 / 1+0 support

1.4 R

EAR PANEL CONNECTORS

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Connects to PS/2 Keyboard

Connects to PS/2 Mouse

Connect to DVI-D monitor

Connect to D-SUB monitor

Connect to RJ-45 ethernet cable

Connect to USB dev ices

Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support

for any OS With or without notice.

PS/2
Mou se

PS/2
Keyboard

VGA

DVI-D

LAN

Line In/
Surr ound

Line Out

Mic In 1/
Bass/ Center

USB X2USBX2

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1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

JKBMS1

JATXP WR2

VGA

JCFAN1

DVI

JUSB1

JUS BLAN1

JAUDIO1

JC DIN1

Codec

JUSBV1

JAUDIOF1

LAN

Sup er I/O

JCO M1

Note: represents the 1■

PEX1 _1

JPRNT1

JSPDIF_OUT1

PEX16_ 1

PC I1

PC I2

AMD

780G

FDD1

st

pin.

Socket AM2+

JUS B4

JUSB3 JUSB2

AMD

SB7 00

DIMMA1

JU SBV 2

DIMMB1

SATA3

SATA 1

DIMMA2

JATXPWR1

DIMMB2

SATA 5 SA TA6

JCMOS1

JPANEL1

BATTERY

BIOS

SATA 2

IDE1

JSFA N1

SATA4

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 I

NSTALLING CENTRAL 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.

Note: Please update the BIOS to the latest version while using AM2+ CPUs. Due to the latest CPU

transition, you may encounter the situation that the ne w system failed to boot while using new
AM2+ CPUs. In this case, please install one standard AM2 CPU to boot your system, and
update the latest BIOS from our website for AM2+ CPUs support.

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

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header

4

1

JSFAN1: System Fan Header

13

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3

FAN RPM r at e
sense

4 Smart Fan

Control (By Fan)

Pin

Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate

sense

Note:

The JCFAN1 supports 4-pin head connector. The JSFAN1 supports 3-pin head
connector. When connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wire is

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

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. Memory Modules

DIMMB1

DIMMA1

DIMMA2

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.

DIMMB2

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

DIMM Socket

Location

DIMMA1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DIMMB1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DIMMA2 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DIMMB2 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR2 Module

Total M emory

Size

Max is 8GB.

C. Dual Channel Memory installation

To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module
must meet the following requirements:

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

Dual Channel Status

Enabled O O X X

Enabled X X O O

Enabled O O O O

DIMMA1

DIMMB1

(O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.)

The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same (x8 or
x16)

DIMMA2

DIMMB2

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2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the
provided floppy drive ribbon cable.

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IDE1: Hard Disk Connector

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality.

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can
connect up to two hard disk drives.

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PEX16_1: PCI-Express Gen2 x16 Slot

- PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8GB/s simultaneously per

direction, for an aggregate of 16GB/s totally.

PEX1_1: PCI-Express Gen2 x1 Slot

- PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.

- Data transfer bandwidth up to 500MB/s per direction; 1GB/s in total.

- PCI-Express Gen2 supports a raw bit-rate of 5.0Gb/s on the data pins.

- 2X bandwidth over the PCI-Express 1.0 architecture.

PE X1_1

PEX16_1

PCI1~PCI2: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion
cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 H

OW TO SETUP 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 SETTINGS

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, and
speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch
functions.

PWR_LED

On/Off

-

9
1

++

SPK

HLED

16

8

-

+

RS T

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Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 9 N/A
2 N/A 10 N/A
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 Power LED (+)

14 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

N/A

Power LED

Power-on button

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JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector

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

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1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignm ent

13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V
14 -12V 2 +3.3V
15 Ground 3 Ground
16 PS_ON 4 +5V
17 Ground 5 Ground
18 Ground 6 +5V
19 Ground 7 Ground
20 NC 8 PW_OK
21 +5V 9 Standby Voltage+5V
22 +5V 10 +12V
23 +5V 11 +12V
24 Ground 12 +3.3V

24

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JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector

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

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12

Pin

Assignment

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

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JUSB2/JUSB3/JUSB4: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel

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

JUSB4
JUSB3 JUSB2

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SATA1~SATA6: Serial ATA Connectors

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 6 channels SATA interface,
it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s.

SATA5 SATA6
SATA3 SATA4
SATA1 SATA2

Assignment

Pin

1 +5V (fused)
2 +5V (fused)
3 USB­4 USB­5 USB+
6 USB+
7 Ground
8 Ground
9 NC

10 Key

Assignment

Pin

1 Ground
2 TX+
3 TX­4 Ground
5 RX­6 RX+
7 Ground

14

7

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JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out Connector

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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JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front
panel. This header allows only HD audio front panel connector; AC’97 connector
is not acceptable.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic Left in
2 Ground
3 Mic Right in
4 GPIO

10

9

1

2

5 Right line in
6 Jack Sense
7 Front Sense
8 Key
9 Left line in

10 Jack Sense

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JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector

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

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header

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

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Pin

1 Left Channel

1

2 Ground
3 Ground
4 Right Channel

4

13

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation
(default).

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Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

Assignment

Input

Input

16

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for five seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

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