DFI C51G-ML User Manual

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C51G-ML

System Board User’s Manual

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Trademarks

Windows® 98, Windows® 98 SE, Windows® ME, Windows® 2000, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies, Inc. Award is a registered trademark of Award Software, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help.

Notice:

1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

Table of Contents

About this Manual................................................................................

Warranty.....................................................................................................

Static Electricity Precaution................................................................

Safety Measures.....................................................................................

About the Package...............................................................................

Before Using the System Board.........................................................

Chapter 1 - Introduction....................................................................

Specifications...................................................................................................................................

Special Features of the System Board..................................................................

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation....................................................

System Board Layout ..........................................................................................................

System Memory..........................................................................................................................

CPU.......................................................................................................................................................

Jumper Settings............................................................................................................................

Rear Panel I/O Ports.............................................................................................................

I/O Connectors..........................................................................................................................

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup......................................................................

Award BIOS Setup Utility.................................................................................................

NVRAID BIOS............................................................................................................................

Updating the BIOS..................................................................................................................

Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares.....................................................

Chapter 5 - Cool’n’Quiet Technology..............................................

Chapter 6 - RAID.................................................................................

Appendix A - System Error Message...............................................

Appendix B - Troubleshooting..........................................................

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About this Manual

This user’s manual contains detailed information about the system board. If, in some cases, some information doesn’t match those shown in the multilingual manual, the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the most updated version. The multilingual manual is included in the system board package.

Warranty

1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from misuse of the product, inability to use the product, unauthorized replacement or alteration of components and product specifications.

2. The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physical abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unauthorized repair of the product.

3. Unless otherwise instructed in this user’s manual, the user may not, under any circumstances, attempt to perform service, adjustments or repairs on the product, whether in or out of warranty. It must be returned to the purchase point, factory or authorized service agency for all such work.

4. We will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequencial damages to the product that has been modified or altered.

Introduction

Static Electricity Precautions

It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC, system board, components or devices even before installing them in your system unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build-up.

1. To prevent electrostatic build-up, leave the system board in its anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear an antistatic wrist strap.

3. Do all preparation work on a static-free surface.

4. Hold the device only by its edges. Be careful not to touch any of the components, contacts or connections.

5. Avoid touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connectors. Hold modules or connectors by their ends.

Important:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drive and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

Safety Measures

To avoid damage to the system:

• Use the correct AC input voltage range

To reduce the risk of electric shock:

• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing, cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend

the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s

instructions.

Introduction

About the Package

The system board package contains the following items. If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

; The system board ; A user’s manual ; One IDE cable ; One floppy cable ; Two Serial ATA data cables ; Two Serial ATA power cables ; One RAID driver diskette ; One I/O shield ; One “Mainboard Utility” CD

The system board and accessories in the package may not come similar to the information listed above. This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold. For more information about the standard package in your region, please contact your dealer or sales representative.

Before Using the System Board

Before using the system board, prepare basic system components.

If you are installing the system board in a new system, you will need at least the following internal components.

• A CPU

• Memory module

• Storage devices such as hard disk drive, CD-ROM, etc.

You will also need external system peripherals you intend to use which will normally include at least a keyboard, a mouse and a video display monitor.

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Specifications

Processor

Front Side Bus

Chipset

System Memory

Expansion Slots

BIOS

Power Management

Hardware Monitor

Graphics

Audio

AMD® AthlonTM 64 / Sempron

Socket 754

1600MT/s HyperTransport interface

NVIDIA

chipset

- North bridge: NVIDIA® GeForceTM 6100 GPU

- South bridge: NVIDIA® nForceTM 410 MCP

Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Supports single channel (64-bit wide) memory interface Supports up to 2GB system memory Supports PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR333) and PC3200 (DDR400) DDR SDRAM DIMM Supports x8/x16 ECC/non-ECC unbuffered DIMMs, up to 512Mb DDR devices

1 PCI Express x16 slot 1 PCI Express x1 slot 2 PCI slots

Award BIOS 4Mbit flash memory

ACPI and OS Directed Power Management ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse Wake-On-LAN Wake-On-Ring RTC timer to power-on the system AC power failure recovery

Monitors CPU/system temperature Monitors 5V/12V/3.3V/5VSB/Vbat/Vcore/Vdimm/Vchip voltages Monitors the speed of the cooling fans CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature during system boot-up

Graphics integrated in the GeForce

6100 GPU Includes NVIDIA® PureVideoTM technology that delivers smooth High-Definition (HD) video in all formats and outstanding picture clarity

Realtek ALC655 6-channel AC’97 audio CODEC True stereo line level outputs S/PDIF-in/out interface

Introduction

LAN

IDE

Serial ATA with RAID

Rear Panel I/O

Internal I/O

PCB

Realtek RTL8201CL LAN Phy Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T) and 802.3u (100BASE-TX) standards

Supports two IDE connectors that allows connecting up to four UltraDMA 133Mbps hard drives

Supports two Serial ATA ports SATA speed up to 3Gb/s RAID 0 and RAID 1

1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port 1 parallel port 1 COM port 1 VGA port 1 RJ45 LAN port 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports Line-in, line-out and mic-in jacks

2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 por ts 1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks 1 CD-in internal audio connector 1 coaxial S/PDIF connector 1 IrDA connector 2 Serial ATA connectors 2 IDE connectors 1 floppy connector 1 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 front panel connector 3 fan connectors

microATX form factor

24.4cm (9.6") x 24.4cm (9.6")

Introduction

Features

The system board supports the AMD AthlonTM 64 processor. AMD Athlon

64 provides superior computing for many software applications by allowing both 32-bit and 64-bit applications to run simultaneously on the same

platform. The operating system and software are able to process more data and access a tremendous amount of memory which improves the overall system performance.

2T timing which provides better system stability is supported in CG or later revisions of the AMD Athlon

64 processor. You can select the memory timing in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu (“DRAM Timing and Config” section) of the BIOS.

The AMD Cool‘n’QuietTM technology allows

the system to detect the CPU’s tasks and utilization status. When the CPU’s task slows down, the system effectively lowers power consumption by lowering its CPU speed and voltage, subsequently decreasing its noise level.

PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming

multiple lanes. The system board currently supports the physical layer of x1 and x16 lane widths. The x1 PCI Express lane supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per second. The PCI Express architecture also provides a high performance graphics infrastructure by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI Express lane to provide 4 Gigabytes per second transfer rate.

Cool‘n’Quiet

Introduction

The graphics integrated in the GeForceTM 6100 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) supports Microsoft

DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and NVIDIA

PureVideoTM technology that delivers realistic effects and multimedia functionality for an incredible PC performance on popular games and multimedia applications.

NVIDIA

PureVideoTM technology is a combination of high-definition video processors and video decoding software that delivers HD (High-Definition) video to

your PC.

CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of monitoring the CPU’s temperature during system boot up.

Once the CPU’s temperature exceeded the temperature limit pre-defined by the CPU, the system will automatically shutdown. This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment.

Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore

doubling the speed of data transfer.

The onboard Realtek ALC655 is an AC’97 compatible audio codec that will support 6-channel audio only when the audio utility is configured to support this function. The mic-in at the rear will be disabled. Use the

front audio’s mic-in jack.

CPU Overheat Protection

Introduction

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the

quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/ PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders.

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0 specification. nForce

410 MCP (Media and Communications Processor) supports Serial ATA speed of up to 3Gb/s. Serial ATA improves hard drive performance faster than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.

nForce

410 MCP allows configuring RAID on the Serial

ATA drives. It supports RAID 0 and RAID 1.

The onboard Realtek RTL8201CL LAN Phy supports up to 100Mbps.

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector

for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.

IrDA

Introduction

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth

providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

This feature allows the system that is in the

Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the PC.

Important:

If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥720mA.

This feature allows the network to remotely

wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

This function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the sys-

tem.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Wake-On-Ring

Wake-On-LAN

Wake-On-PS/2

Introduction

This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system

from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.

Important:

If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power-on on the set date and

time.

The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Ad-

vanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management. Currently, only Windows

®®

2000/XP supports the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function.

With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby” when you shut down Windows

®®

2000/XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operating system. This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on the system.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

1A.

Wake-On-USB

rtc

str

Introduction

power failure recovery

When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to either power-on the system manually, let the system power-on au-

tomatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs.

Hardware Installation

System Board Layout

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

Hardware Installation

System Memory

Warning:

When the DRAM Power LED lit red, it indicates that power is present on the DDR sockets. Power-off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules. Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components.

Warning:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM. Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer. Refer to chapter 1 (System Memory section) for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board.

DDR 1 DDR 2

DRAM Power LED

Hardware Installation

BIOS Setting

Configure the system memory in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu (“DRAM Timing and Config” section) of the BIOS.

Installing the DIM Module

A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket.

1. Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side.

2. Position the DIMM above the socket with the “notch” in the

module aligned with the “key” on the socket.

3. Seat the module vertically into the socket. Make sure it is

completely seated. The tabs will hold the DIMM in place.

Pin 1

Notch

Key

Tab

Hardware Installation

CPU

Overview

The system board is equipped with a surface mount 754-pin CPU socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing an AMD CPU.

Installing the CPU

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Locate the 754-pin CPU socket on the system board.

Hardware Installation

5. Position the CPU above the socket. The gold mark on the CPU must align with the corner of the CPU socket (refer to the enlarged view) shown below.

Important:

Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins.

4. Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways, away from the socket, then lifting it up to a 90o angle. Make sure the lever is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly.

Lever

Gold mark

Hardware Installation

6. Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place. The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force.

Important:

Do not force the CPU into the socket. Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU.

7. Once the CPU is in place, push down the lever to lock the socket. The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket.

Side tab

Hardware Installation

Retention module base

Installing the Fan and Heat Sink

The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink. Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board.

Note:

• Use only certified fan and heat sink.

• The fan and heat sink package usually contains the fan and

heat sink assembly, and an installation guide. If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section, please follow the installation guide in the package.

1. Before you install the fan / heat sink, you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU. The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purchase the CPU or fan heat sink assembly. Do not spread the paste all over the surface. When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU, the compound will disperse evenly.

Do not apply the paste if the fan / heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside. Peel the strip that covers the paste before you place the fan / heat sink on top of the CPU.

2. The system board comes with the retention module base already installed.

Hardware Installation

3. Place the heat sink on top of the CPU. Now hook one side of the retention clip onto the retention module base by fitting the holes on the retention clip into the retaining tabs of the retention module base.

Retention clip

Retention module base

Retaining tabs

Retaining

tabs

Side View

Top View

Retaining tab

Hardware Installation

4. Hook the other side of the retention clip (the one near the retention lever) so that the holes on the retention clip also fit into the retaining tabs of the retention module base.

Note:

You will not be able to secure the fan and heat sink assembly in place if it did not fit properly onto the retention module base.

Retention lever

6. Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board.

5. Move the retention lever to its opposite side then push it down to lock the fan and heat sink assembly to the retention module base.

Note:

Make sure there is sufficient air circulation across the CPU fan and heat sink.

Hardware Installation

Jumper Settings

If you encounter the following,

a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the supervisor or user password. c) You are unable to boot-up the computer system because the

processor’s ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS.

you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS.

To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS, please follow the steps below.

1. Power-off the system and unplug the power cord.

2. Set JP1 pins 2 and 3 to On. Wait for a few seconds and set JP1 back to its default setting, pins 1 and 2 On.

3. Now plug the power cord and power-on the system.

If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor’s ratio/clock in the BIOS, please proceed to step 4.

2-3 On:

Clear CMOS Data

1-2 On: Normal

(default)

JP1

Clear CMOS Data

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Hardware Installation

4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS.

5. Select the Genie BIOS Setting submenu and press <Enter>.

6. Set the processor’s clock/ratio to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock or ratio. Refer to the Genie BIOS Setting section in chapter 3 for more information.

7. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility. Select “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>.

8. Type <Y> and press <Enter>.

Hardware Installation

PS/2 Power Select

JP7

2-3 On: 5VSB

(default)

1-2 On: 5V

JP7 is used to select the power of the PS/2 keyboard/mouse port. Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to wake up the system.

BIOS Setting

Configure the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake up function in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Hardware Installation

USB Power Select

USB 1-4

(JP3)

2-3 On: 5VSB

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

2-3 On: 5VSB1-2 On: 5V

(default)

USB 5-8

(JP4)

JP3 and JP4 are used to select the power of the USB ports. Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system..

Important:

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Hardware Installation

JP5

PCI Express Card Setting

2-3 On:

To detect PCIE

card on PCIE1 slot

1-2 On:

Default

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2-3 On:

To detect PCIE

card on PCIE2 slot

1-2 On:

Default

JP2

The system can detect most PCI Express cards. However if you are using cards such as Gigabyte GC-LC05 (BroadCom BCM5721) or other cards not detected by the system, set JP2 and/or JP5 to 2-3 On. Configuring the jumper to 2-3 On will allow the system to detect the PCI Express card.

JP2 is used to configure the PCI Express card installed in the PCIE2 slot.

JP5 is used to configure the PCI Express card installed in the PCIE1 slot.

Hardware Installation

Rear Panel I/O Ports

The rear panel I/O ports consist of the following:

• PS/2 mouse por t

• PS/2 keyboard por t

• Parallel port

• COM por t

• VGA port

• USB por ts

• LAN por t

• Line-in port

• Line-out port

• Mic-in port

PS/2

Mouse

Parallel

COM VGAPS/2 K/B

LAN

USB 1 USB 3-4

Line-in

Line-out

Mic-in

USB 2

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