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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................... 3

1.1 K8NHA GRAND Features................................................3

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

1.3 Layout of K8NHA GRAND..............................................7

1.3 Components of K8NHA GRAND....................................8

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation..................................... 9

2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU).........................................9

2.2 Fan Headers........................................................................9

2.3 Memory Modules Installation........................................10

2.4 Connectors, & Slots..........................................................11

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

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

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

Chapter 4: Useful Help....................................................17

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code..................................................17

4.2 Troubleshooting...............................................................17

Chapter 5: NVIDIA RAID Function .................................18

5.1 Operation System.............................................................18

5.2 Raid Arrays.......................................................................18

5.3 How RAID Works............................................................19

Chapter 6: WarpSpeeder™.................................... 23

6.1 Introduction......................................................................23

6.2 System Requirement........................................................23

6.3 Installation........................................................................24

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 K8NHA GRAND FEATURES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports Socket 754.
Supports the AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 processor
Supports AMD Sempron Socket 754 processor

Chipset

NVIDIA NF3 250Gb.

- Hyper Transport link to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU.

- Supports AGP 3.0 8x interface.

- Supports system and power management.

- Supports 4 IDE disk drives, integrated RAID 0, RAID 1

and RAID 0+1 functions.

- Supports PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA
33/66/100/133 Bus Master Mode.

- Supports USB 2.0, 8 ports.

- Complaints with PCI Version 2.3 specification.

- Complaints with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.

- Fast ATA/133 IDE controllers.

Main Memory

Supports up to 2 DDR devices.
Supports 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR devices.
Certified DDR400+ List

- Please check the website:
http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.ph
p3?name=K8NHA%20Grand

Maximum memory size is 2GB.

DIMM Socket

Location

DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module

Total Memory

Size (MB)

Max is 2 GB.

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT8712F.
Low Pin Count Interface.
Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Controller

- ITE's "Smart Guardian" function

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Slots

5 x 32-bit PCI bus master slots.
1 x AGP 8x slot

On Board IDE

Supports 2 IDE disk drives.
Supports PIO mode 4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA

33/66/100/133 bus master mode.

10/100 LAN (optional)

PHY: RTL8201BLC
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.
Half/Full duplex capability.

Gigabit LAN

NVIDIA Gigabit MAC + CICADA Gigabit PHY (VSC8201)
Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation.
Half/Full duplex capability.
Supports personal Firewall setup.
Supports ACPI power management.
Supports NVIDIA StreamThru technology

- Isochronous controller paired with Hyper Transport
results in fastest networking performance

Security

NVIDIA Firewall technology

- Native firewall solution

Advanced features

- Remote access, configuration, monitoring

- Command line interface (CLI)

- WMI scripts.

Serial ATA

Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports.
Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification.
Data transfer rates up to 150 MB/s

Storage

NVIDIA RAID Technology

- RAID 0 disk striping for highest system and application
performance

- RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance
Support for both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller
standards

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

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IEEE 1394A Chip

Chip: VIA VT6307.
Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s.

On Board AC’97 Sound Codec

Chip: ALC655
Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.
Supports S/PDIF Out (optional function).
Supports 6 channels.

On Board Peripherals

a. Rear side

1 parallel port.
1RJ-45 LAN jack.
1 IEEE1394 port.
1 Audio port.
1 PS/2 keyboard & mouse port.
2 serial ports (COM2 is optional).
4 USB 2.0 ports.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

1394

USB x2

COM1

Parallel

5

COM3

(optional)

LAN

USB x2

Line In/
Surround

Line Out
Mic In 1/

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b. Front Side

4 USB2.0 ports.
1 Line-in port.
1 Line-out port.
1 IEEE1394 port.
1 S/PDIF out connector
1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M,

1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.

Dimensions

ATX Form Factor: 21.5x29.3cm (W x L)

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS.
Supports APM1.2.
Supports ACPI.
Supports USB Function.

Software

Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™

and FLASHER™.

Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE,

Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1
HDD Cable X 1
User’s Manual X 1
Fully Setup Driver CD X 1
Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)
S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Cable X 1 (optional)
IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional)

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1.3 LAYOUT OF K8NHA GRAND

Note:

1. ● represents the 1

2.

*: JCOM2 and JCOM3 ar e opt io nal , a nd on ly one of them c an be

chosen.

st

pin.

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1.3 COMPONENTS OF K8NHA GRAND

A.

JA TXPWR1~2: A TX power
connectors.

B.

JUSBV1: Power source for
J1394_USB1.

C.

JKBMSV1: Power source for
JKBMS1.

D.

Back panel connectors.

E.

JAUDIO1: Audio out header.

F

AGP1: Accelerated Graphics Port
slot.

G.

JCDIN1: CD-ROM audio-in header

H.

JSPDIF_OUT: Digital audio out
header (optional).

I.

PCI1~5: Peripheral Component
Interconnect slots.

J.

J1394A1: Front 1394 header.

K.

J1394V1: Power source for
J1394A1.

L.

JPANEL1: Front panel connector.

M.

IDE1~2: Hard disk connectors.

N.

JSFAN1: System fan connector.

O.

JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header.

P.

JCI1: Case open Header.

Q.

JUSB1~2: Front USB headers.

R.

JUSBV3: Power source for JUSB1~2.

S.

JSATA4~5: Serial ATA connectors.

T.

FDD1: Floppy disk connector.

U.

DDR1~2: DDR memory modules.

V.

JCFAN1: CPU fan connector.

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise

the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on

CPU should point fowards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit
only in the correct orientation.

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete

the installation.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU

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

2.2 FAN HEADERS

CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1

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System Fan Header: JSFAN1

Note:

The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1support system cooling fan with Smart Fan
Control utility. It sup ports 3 pi n 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
should be connected to GND.

JCFAN1

1

JSFAN1

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate sense

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN RPM rate sense

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2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION

2.2.1 DDR Module installation

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.

Note:

To assure the system safety, if you need to change D DR modules,
firstly, please unplug the 20-pin power cable with the power
connector, and then you can change the modules. Afterwards,
plug in the cable the power connect or again, and finally you can
boot up the system.

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2.4 CONNECTORS, & SLOTS

Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1

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 cables.

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1~2

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that
provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133
functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2
(secondary).

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you
can connect up to four hard disk drives. The first hard drive should
always be connected to IDE1.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI 1~ 5

This motherboard is equipped with 1 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for
expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

Serial ATA Connector: JSATA4~5

The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce 3 250Gb with 2
channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with
transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

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SATA4/SATA5

1

1 Ground 2 TX+
3 TX- 4 Ground
5 RX- 6 RX+
7 Ground

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW 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

Power Connectors: JATXPWR1/PATXPWR2

JATXPWR1: This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power
connector on the ATX power supply.

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

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

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1

JATXPWR1

1

2

3

JATXPWR2

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V

20

2 +3.3V 12 -12V
3 Ground 13 Ground
4 +5V 14 PS_ON
5 Ground 15 Ground
6 +5V 16 Ground

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7 Ground 17 Ground
8 PW_OK 18 -5V
9 Standby Voltage +5V 19 +5V

10 +12V 20 +5V

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

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

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Power Source Selection for USB: JUSBV1/JUSBV3

JUSBV1/JUSBV3 Assignment Description

3

1

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

3

1

+5V

+5V standby
Voltage

JUSBV1: +5V for USB at the

J1394_USB1 and JUSBLAN1
connector ports.

JUSBV3: +5V for USB at the JUSB

1~2 connector ports.

JUSBV1: J1394_USB1 and

JUSBLAN1 ports powered with
standby voltage of +5V

JUSBV3: JUSB1~2 ports powered

with standby voltage of 55V

Note:

In order to support this function “Power-on system via USB device,”
“JUSBV1/JUSBV3” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3
individually.

Power Source Selection for Keyboard/Mouse: JKBMSV1

JKBMSV1 Assignment Description

3

1

Pin 1-2 close

3

1

Pin 2-3 close

Note:

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

+5V +5V for keyboard and mouse

+5V Standby
Voltage

PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard
are powered with +5V standby
voltage.

COM2 Header: JCOM2 (Optional)

This header allows user to connect additional serial cable on the PC
back panel. It can be used to connect serial devices, for example,
mouse or modem.

2
1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 RIN1 2 RIN3
3 DOUT2 4 DOUT3
5 Ground 6 RIN2
7 DOUT1 8 RIN4
9 -XRI1 10 NA

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9

JCOM2-Header

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Front Panel Audio Out Header: JAUDIO1

This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put
headers on the PC case. It will disable the output on back panel
audio connectors.

2
1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground
3 Mic power/Bass 4 Audio power

Right line out/Speaker out

5

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

Right line in/Rear speaker

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Right

13 Left line in/Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in/Rear speaker Left

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13

JAUDIO1

6 Right line out/Speaker out Right

12 Right line in/Rear speaker Right

CD-ROM Audio-in Header: JCDIN1

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

1

JCDIN1

Pin Assignment

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

Digital Audio Out Connector: JSPDIF_OUT (optional)

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

Pin Assignment

1 +5V

1

JSPDIF_OUT

2 SPDIF OUT
3 Ground

Front 1394 Header: J1394A1

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

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

2
1

J1394A1

10

9

1 A+ 2 A­3 Ground 4 Ground
5 B+ 6 B­7 +12v 8 +12V
9 Key 10 Ground

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Power Source for 1394: J1394V1

J1394V1 Assignment Description

1

Pin 1-2 close

1

Pin 2-3 close

3

+3.3V SB +3.3V SB for 1394 chipset.

3

+3.3V

+3.3V for 1394 chipset.
(Default)

Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1

This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power
LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to
connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

2
1

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep control
3 N/A 4 Ground
5N/A 6N/A N/A
7 Speaker
9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HEE LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power button
15 Reset control
17 N/A 18 Key
19 N/A 20 Key
21 +5V 22 Ground
23 IRTX

Speaker
Connector

Hard drive
LED

Reset button

IrDA
Connector

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

24
23

JPANEL1

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

IrDA Connector

Close CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1

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.

JCMOS1 Assignment

3

1

Pin 1-2 close

3
1

Pin 2-3 close

※

※ 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”.

Normal Operation (Default).

Clear CMOS data.

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5. Power on the AC.

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

Case Open Connector: JCI1

This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the
signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the
message on next boot-up.

Pin Assignment

1

JCI1

1 Case open signal
2 Ground

Front USB Header: JUSB1~2

This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables on the
PC front panel. Also can be connected with internal USB devices,
like USB card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

2

JUSB1/JUSB2

10

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused)
3 USB- 4 USB­5 USB+ 6 USB+
7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Key 10 NC

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Sound Meaning

One long beep followed by two short
beeps

High-low siren sound CPU overheated

One Short beep when system
boot-up

Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install

4.2 TROUBLESHOOTING

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 keyboard does
not turn on.

System inoperative. Keyboard lights
are on, power indicator lights are lit,
and hard drive is spinning.

System does not boot from hard disk
drive, can be booted from optical
drive.

System only boots from optical drive.
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 drive.

Video card not found or video card
memory bad

System will shut down automatically
No error found during POST

1. Make sure power cable is
securely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact 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; check the drive type in the
standard CMOS setup.

2. Backing up the hard drive is
extremely important. All hard
disks are capable of breaking
down at any time.

Back up data and applications files.
Reformat the hard drive. Re-install
applications and data using backup
disks.

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

Set master/slave jumpers correctly.
Run SETUP program and select
correct drive types. Call the drive
manufacturers for compatibility with
other drives.

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CHAPTER 5: NVIDIA RAI D FUNCTI O N

5.1 OPERATION SYSTEM

Windows XP home Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows 2000 Professional

5.2 RAID ARRAYS

NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:

RAID 0:

RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes
times for many applications.

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.

Spanning (JBOD):

JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes in to one
large disk.

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5.3 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 strip 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.

Features and Benefits

 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 environment that does not require fault
tolerance.

 Benefits: provides increased data throughput, especially for

large files. No capacity loss penalty for parity.

 Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive

in the array fails, all data is lost.

 Fault 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
data can reside on the same disk 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 of a
hardware 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 media.

Features and Benefits

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

application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity.

 Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy . Should one drive

fail, the controller switches to the other drive.

 Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one

drive. Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

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RAID 0+1:

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

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on

the platform.

 Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and

performance, allowing for automatic redundancy. May be
simultaneously used with other RAID levels in an array, and
allows for spare disks.

 Drawbacks: Requires twice the available disk space for data

redundancy, the same as RAID level 1.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

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Spanning (JBOD):

JBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks”. Each drive is accessed as if
it were on a standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a
single drive configuration is needed, but it offers no speed
improvement or fault tolerance.

Features and Benefits

 Uses: JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and

you want to combine them to make one big drive.

 Benefits: JBOD provides the ability to combine odd size

drives using all of the capacity of the drives.

 Drawbacks: Decreases performance because of the

difficulty in using drives concurrently.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes.

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

CD.

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CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™

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 REQUIREMENT

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 Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™]
utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you
click “Finish” button.

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Usage:

The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this
user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand.

[WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray i con and 5 panels:

1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little
tray 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-click 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 following figure; the utility’s first window you
will see is Main Panel.

Main Panel contains features as follows:

a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock,

AGP clock, 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 racing→overclock percentage from 120% ~ above

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3. Voltage Panel

Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the
Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following 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. Overclock Panel

Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and
the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure.

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Overclock Panel contains the these features:

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
overclocking percentag e is ov er 110 %. We strongly recommend you v erify
every speed you overclock by click the Verify button. Or, you can just click
Auto overclock button a nd let [WarpSpeeder™] automatically gets the bes t
result for you.

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

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

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

[WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance

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and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will
execute a series of testing 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 hardware 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 your
display card’s color depth is High color (16 bit) or True color( 24/32
bit ) that is required for Direct3D rendering.

5. Hardware Monitor Panel

Click the Hardware Monitor 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
system. The information will be refreshed every 1 second.

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

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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
correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere
other panels’ functions. This property can make [WarpSpeeder™]
utility more robust.

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