Biostar U8068 User Manual
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Table of Contents
Notice .............................................................................................1
Mainboard Features...............................................................2
1. Features Introduction.........................................................................2
1-1. Hardware.........................................................................................................2
1-2. BIOS & Software.........................................................................................7
1-3. Package Contents.......................................................................................7
2. Mainboard Configuration...................................................................8
2-1. Layout of U8068.......................................................................................... 8
2-2. Component Index.......................................................................................9
3. CPU Configuration ............................................................................. 10
3-1. CPU Socket 478 Conf igurat ion Steps :...........................................10
3-2. CPU Fan Header: J CFAN1.....................................................................12
3-3. System Fan Header : JSFAN1.............................................................12
4. Jumpers, Headers & Connectors.................................................. 13
4-1. Front Pane l Connecto r: JPANE L1......................................................14
4-2. ATX 20-pin Power Co nnector : JATXPWR1...................................16
4-3. Hard Disk Connector s: IDE1/I DE2..................................................16
4-4. Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1............................................................17
4-5. Wake On LAN Header: JWOL1...........................................................17
4-6. Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMO S1...........................................................17
4-7. Front USB Header : JUSB3....................................................................18
4-8. Front USB Header : JUSB4....................................................................18
4-9. 5V / 5VSB Select ion fo r KB: JKBV1.................................................18
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4-10. ATX 12V Power Connec tor: JATXPWR2......................................19
4-11. 5V / 5VSB Select ion for USB: J USBV3........................................19
4-12. 5V / 5VSB Select ion for USB: J USBV4........................................19
5. RAM Module Configuration............................................................. 20
5-1. DDR SDRAM................................................................................................20
5-2 SDRAM.............................................................................................................21
5-3. How to install DDR/SDRAM DI MM Module..................................22
6. Peripheral Port Features ................................................................. 24
6-1. PS/2 Mouse / Ke yboa rd Connecto r: JKB MS1.............................24
6-2. USB & LAN Port Connecto rs: JUSBLAN1......................................25
6-3. Serial and Parallel Interface Ports....................................................27
6-4. Game (Joystick/MI DI) Port Con nector: JAUD_G AME............30
6-5. Audio Port Connector s: JSPKR1/JLI N1/JMIC1...........................30
6-6. Audio Subsystem......................................................................................31
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Chapter 1 Motherboard Description
Notice
Introduction of system
This mainboard is designed to ta ke advantage of the lates t industry
technology to provide you with the ultimate solution in data
processing. In th e tr a d ition of its predecessors, this ma inboard
continues a commitment to reliability a nd performance and striv es
for full compliance and compatibility with industry s of tware and
hardware standards.
U8068 Features:
1.Contains on board I/O fac ilities that inclu de a s er ial por t, a VGA por t,
a parallel port, a PS/2 mouse port, a PS/2 keyboard port, audio
ports, USB ports and a game port.
2.Contains on board ID E facilities for IDE de vices such as hard disk s
and CD-ROM Drives.
3.Supports the Intel Pentium ® 4 processor, a leading edge processor.
Complies with PC Micro-ATX form factor specifications.
4.Supports popular op erating system s such as W indows NT, Windows
2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Novell, LINUX and SCO UNIX.
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Mainboard Features
1. Features Introduction
1-1. Hardware
CPU:
1.Provides Socket-478.
2.Supports the Intel Pentium ® 4 processor providing the new generation power
for high-end workstations and servers.
Speed:
1.Runing at 400 MHz Front Side Bus frequency.
2.Supports up to 2.4 GHz CPU core speeds.
3.The 33MHz 32 bit PCI 2.2 compliant.
4.The 66MHz AGP 2.0 compliant interface supports 1x, 2x and 4x data transfer
mode.
Chipset:
Chipset – VIA VT8751 (P4M266)/ VT8235.
Super I/O
Chipset – ITE 8705
DRAM Memory:
1.Supports 200MHz, 266MHz DDR SDRAM or PC100, PC133 SDRAM.
2.Supports 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb and 512Mb technologies for x8 and 16
devices.
3.The largest memory capacity is 2 GB.
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Shadow RAM:
Motherboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and
support for ROM BIOS.
Green Functionality:
1.Supports Award BIOS ™ power management functionality.
2.Has a power down timer from 1 to 15 minutes.
BUS Slots:
1.Contains 1 AGP slot.
2.Contains 1 CNR slot.
3. Contains 3 32-bit PCI bus slots
Fast EtherNet 10/ 100 1-Port PHY/ Transceiver:
1.Dual Speed – 100/ 10 Mbps.
2.Half and Full Duplex.
3.MII Interface to Ethernet Controller.
4.Optional Repeater Interface.
5.Auto Negotiation: 10/ 100, Full/ Half Duplex.
6.Meet All Applicable IEEE 802.3, 10Base-Tx Standards.
7.Baseline Wander Correction.
Flash Memory:
1.Supports flash memory functionality.
2.Supports ESCD functionality.
Built in VGA:
1. High Resolution CRT RGB Interface
1.250 MHz RAMDAC on chip with Gamma Correction.
2.Horizontal / Vertical Sync outputs compliant with Monitor Power
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Management protocols.
3.I2C Serial Bus for DDC Monitor Communications.
2. 2D Hardware Acceleration Features
1. ROP3 Ternary Raster Operation BitBLTs.
2. 8, 16 and 32 bpp mode acceleration.
3. Integrated Savage4 2D/ 3D Graphics Controller and Video
Accelerator
1. Optimized Shared Memory Architecture (SMA).
2. 16 / 32 MB frame buffer using system memory.
3. Floating-point triangle setup engine.
4. Single circle 128-bit 3D architecture.
5. 8M triangles /second setup engine.
6. 140M pixels second trilinear fill rate.
7. Full internal AGP 4x performance.
8. Microsoft Direct X texture compression.
9. Next generation, 128-bit 2D graphics engine.
10. High quality DVD video playback.
11. 2D / 3D resolutions up to 1920x1440.
4. 3D Rendering Features
1. Single-pass multiple textures.
2. Anisotropic filtering.
3. 8-bit stencil buffer.
4. 32-bit true color rendering.
5. Specular lighting and diffuse shading.
6. Alpha blending modes.
7. Massive 2K x 2K textures.
8. MPEG-2 video textures.
9. Vertex and table fog.
10. 16 or 24-bit Z-buffering.
11. Reflection mapping, texture morphing, shadows, procedural textures and
atmospheric effects.
Built in IDE Facilities:
1.Supports four IDE hard disk drives.
2.Supports PIO Mode 4, Master Mode, and high performance hard disk drives.
3.Supports disk transfer rates up to 133 MB/second.
4.Supports Ultra DMA 33, Ultra DMA 66, Ultra D MA 100, Ultra DMA 133 Bus
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Master Modes.
5.Supports IDE interface with CD-ROM.
6.Supports high capacity hard disk drives.
7.Supports LBA mode.
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AC’97 Sound Codec Onboard:
1.AC-LINK protocol comfliance.
2.Compliant with AC’97 specification.
3.18-bit full duplex stereo ADC, DACs.
4.SNR>95 Bb throughmixer and DAC.
I/O facilities:
1.One multi-mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following
specifications:
Standard & Bidirection Parallel Port.
Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP).
Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).
Normal
2.Supports one serial port, 16550 UART.
3.Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA.
4.Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard.
5.Supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB floppy disk drives.
Universal Serial Bus:
Supports two back panel Universal Serial Bus (USB2.0) Ports and four front
panel Universal Serial Bus (USB2.0) Ports.
Hardware Monitor Function:
1.Monitors CPU Fan Speed.
2.Monitors System Voltage.
3.Monitors System Speed.
Dimensions (MATX form-factor):
24.5cm x 24.5cm (WxL)
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1-2. BIOS & Software
1.Award legal BIOS.
2.Supports APM1.2.
3.Supports USB Function.
4.Supports ACPI.
Operating System:
Offers the highest performance for MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Windows ME,
Windows XP,
Novell, LINUX, and SCO UNIX etc.
1-3. Package Contents
1.HDD Cable.
2.FDD Cable.
3.Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update.
4.USB Cable (Optional).
5.Rear I/O Panel for MATX Case (Optional).
6.Fully Setup Driver CD.
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CPU
2. Mainboard Configuration
2-1. Layout of U8068
JKBMS1
K/B
&
Mouse
JUSBLAN
USB & LAN
JCOM1
COM1
VGA1
Socket 478
JPRNT1
Parallel Port
CPU1
JATXPWR1
JVGA1
1
JCDIN1
Speaker
Out
Line
In
MIC
In
Codec
Game Port
JATXPWR2
BIOS
LAN
CNR SLOT
PCI SLOT
PCI SLOT
PCI SLOT
CNR1
P4M266
(VT8751)
AGP SLOT
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
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JUSBV3
11
129101
JUSB3 JUSB4
JUSBV4
2
10
9
ITE I/O
VT8235
JCMOS1
JWOL1
JPANEL1
2
1
PRIMARY IDE CONN.
IDE1 IDE2
BAT1
1
SECONDARY IDE CONN.
FDD1
FLOPPY DISK CONN.
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CPU
2-2. Component Index
Socket 478
P4M266
(VT8751)
LAN
Codec
BIOS
ITE I/O
BAT1
VT8235
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