EPOX nForce2 Ultra 400, nForce2 SPP, 8RDA3i User Manual

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nVIDIA nVIDIA

nVIDIA

nForce2 Ultra 400 (nForce2 SPP)nForce2 Ultra 400 (nForce2 SPP)

nForce2 Ultra 400 (nForce2 SPP)

mainboard for AMD Socket A processormainboard for AMD Socket A processor

mainboard for AMD Socket A processor

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iii

80 Port Frequently Asked Questions (Optional)

Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For

more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix E in this manual.

POST CODE Problem Solution

FFh or CFh 1.BIOS chip inserted

incorrectly

2. Incorrect BIOS update

version

3. Mainboard problem

4. Add-on card inserted

incorrectly.

1. Reinsert the BIOS

chip

2. Download the correct

BIOS version update

from the manufacturer's

Web site.

3. Replace mainboard

4. Remove and replace the

add-on card

C1h - C5h 1. Memory module

inserted incorrectly

2. Memory compatibility

problem

3. Memory module

damaged

1. Reinsert memory

mo dule

2. Replace memory

with correct type

3. Replace memory

mo dule

2Dh 1. Error occured in VGA

BIOS

2. VGA card inserted

incorrectly

1. Replace VGA card

2. Reinsert the VGA

card

26 h Overclock error Clear CMOS or press the insert

key to power on the system

07h - 1 2h 1. Init keybo ard

controller error

2. RTC error

1. Ensure that the keyboard and

mouse are connected

correctly.

2. Replace the RTC battery.

Initial Keyboard

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

Package Contents ................................................ 1-1

Overview

AthlonTM Processors ............................................ 1- 2

Chipset Overview ................................................. 1-3

Accelerated Graphics Port .................................. 1-4

Ultra ATA66/100/133 ............................................ 1- 4

LAN (Optional) ..................................................... 1- 4

Hardware Monitoring ........................................... 1- 4

Serial ATA (Optional) ........................................... 1- 4

IEEE 1394 (Optional) ............................................. 1- 5

Mainboard Form-Factor ....................................... 1- 6

I/O Shield Connector .......................................... 1-7

Power-On/Off (Remote) ..................................... 1-7

System Block Diagram........................................ 1-8

Section 2 Features

Mainboard Features ............................................. 2-1

Section 3 Installation

Mainboard Layout ............................................... 3- 2

Easy Installation Procedure

CPU Insertion ...................................................... 3-3

Jumper Settings ................................................... 3-5

System Memory Configuration ............................ 3- 6

Expansion Slots .................................................... 3- 8

Device Connectors ............................................... 3- 10

STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ....................... 3- 17

CPU Overheating Protection ................................ 3- 18

Page

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

BIOS Instructions ................................................. 4-1

Standard CMOS Setup ......................................... 4-2

Advanced BIOS Features ..................................... 4-3

Advanced Chipset Features ................................ 4-7

Integrated Peripherals .......................................... 4-11

Power Management Setup ................................... 4-16

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .............................. 4-18

PC Health Status .................................................. 4-20

Power BIOS Features ............................................ 4-22

Defaults Menu ..................................................... 4-23

Supervisor/User Password Setting ...................... 4-24

Exit Selecting ........................................................ 4-25

Section 5 Driver Installation

Easy Driver Installation ........................................ 5-1

Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide .......... 5-2

Appendix Appendix A

Realtek Media Player User’s Guide ...................... A-1

Appendix B

Update Your System BIOS ................................... B-1

Appendix C

EEPROM BIOS Remover ..................................... C-1

Appendix D

GHOST 7 Quick User’s Guide (Optional) ................. D-1

Appendix E

POST Codes (Optional) ......................................... E-1

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Introduction

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Package Contents

USER’S

MANUAL

Contents

A. Mainboard

B. User’s manual

C. Floppy disk drive cable

D. HDD drive cable or round cable

E. CD or diskette (drivers and

utilities)

F. I/O Shield

Deluxe Pack Items

G. Game & COM bracket cable

H. S-ATA data and power cable

I. IEEE 1394 two ports bracket

Optional Items

J. Extra USB2.0 port cable

K. S/PDIF Module

If you need the optional item, please contact your dealer for assistance.

Introduction

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AthlonTM Processors

The AMD AthlonTM is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated

L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a

large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. These

processors implement advanced design techniques such as:

 Socket A (PGA 462)

 266/333/400MHz system interface based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol.

 Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.

 Three out-of-order, superscaler, pipelined Integer Units.

 Fixed-sized internal instruction formats (MacroOPs).

 72-entry Instruction Control Units.

 AMD enhanced 3DNow!™ technology

 L1 and L2 caches.

 Dynamic branch prediction.

Socket A is the name for AMD’s new socketed interface designed to support AMD

AthlonTM processors. This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache

memory on chip with the processor. Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures,

and ultimately result in a wider variety of solutions in the market.

The AthlonTM processors in the Socket A format continue to deliver the ultimate

performance for cutting-edge applications. Both bring to desktop systems running

industry-standard x86 software superscalar RISC performance. Being provided in

the Socket A format they are the world’s most powerful x86 processors. They easily

deliver the highest integer, floating-point, and 3D multimedia performance for

applications running on x86 platforms around.

It features full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 266/333/400MHz front side system

bus, and enhanced 3DNow!™ technology. The AMD AthlonTM processor is

targeted at the performance segment, and as such will have more cache memory and

higher clock speeds.

Introduction

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Chipset Overview

This board is designed with nVidia chipset, nForce2TM Ultra 400 (also known as

nForce2TM SPP) as North Bridge and nForce2TM MCP as South Bridge. NVIDIA

has developed the next generation System Platform Processor (SPP) nForce™ 2, to

provide the highest-performance, fullest-featured system architecture for the AMD

Athlon XP Processor™. The second generation System Platform Processor works

together with the second generation of the NVIDIA Media Communication

Processor, the MCP.

The nForce2 was architected specifically for the AMD AthlonXP Processor.

NVIDIA’s patent-pending DASP (Dynamic Adaptive Speculative Pre-Processor)

technology intelligently predicts and prefetches requests from the AMD Athlon XP

Processor to boost system performance beyond its nominal speed grade.

The nForce2 Ultra 400 delivers twice the bandwidth by implementing the new

NVIDIA DualDDR™ Memory Architecture speed to DDR 400 memories. This

generation System Platform Processor also implements the AGP 8× interface,

HyperTransport Link, and is fully compliant with industry standard power manage-

ment specifications such as ACPI 2.0 and PCI Power Management Interface (PMI)

Spec 1.1.

The NVIDIA® nForce™ MCP Media and Communications Processor (MCP)

provides a highly integrated, high-performance, low-cost PC2001-compliant

peripheral controller that supports NVIDIA processor bridge functionality for

next-generation PCs. No other single-device controller provides all the functionality

of NVIDIA’s MCP.

Introduction

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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

The AGP slot on the board is compliant with the new AGP 3.0 specification. This

new specification enhances the functionality of the original AGP specification by

allowing 8X data transfers ( 8 data samples per clock) resulting in maximum band-

width of 2.1GB/s. In addition, it defines 1.5 volt power supply operation. Complying

with this specification, this board supports external AGP-8X/4X cards with Fast

Write Transactions. Only 1.5V AGP cards are supported.

Ultra ATA/66/100/133

The MCP provides two independent ATA133 IDE controllers, supporting standard

programmable input/output (PIO) and Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode

operations, as well as UltraDMA-133/100/66/33 standards for a maximum data

transfer rate of 133MB/sec per channel.

Hardware Monitoring

Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system opera-

tion and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in

RPMs.

LAN (Optional)

This mainboard is optionally mounted with LAN chipset. It allows the mainboard to

connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.

Serial ATA (Optional)

The evolutionary serial ATA interface replaces the standard parallel ATA physical

storage interface. The serial ATA specification provides scalability and allows

future enhancements to the computing platform. Serial technology overcomes

performance limits of parallel interface architecture, meeting the escalating need for

faster data throughput in servers and storage devices.

Serial ATA is completely software compatible with parallel ATA, requiring no

modification to your operating system. The serial ATA interface cable requires lower

voltages and uses smaller cable connectors, providing ease of installation. You can

easily upgrade storage devices that are compatible with the serial ATA interface

specification.

Introduction

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IEEE1394 (Optional)

IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus developed by Apple that allows users to

connect up to 63 devices to the serial bus on a PC. IEEE is sometimes called the

IEEE 1394 standard, the i.Link connector, FireWire, and the High Performance Serial

Bus (HPSB).

IEEE 1394 provides transfer rates up to 400Mbits/sec. IEEE 1394 provides enhanced

PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, storage

peripherals, portable devices such as digital cameras, and inter-PC communications.

IEEE 1394 supports hot swapping, multiple speeds on the same bus, and isochro-

nous data transfer providing much needed bandwidth for multimedia operations.

Introduction

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Mainboard Form-Factor

The board is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard of

chassis. The ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90

degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the

power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the

expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards. ATX defines a

double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a

wide range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is defined,

allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV output,

joystick, modem, LAN, audio, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integrators

differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs.

• By integrating more I/O down onto the board and better positioning the hard

drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add-in cards is

reduced.

• By reducing the number of cables and components in the system, manufac-

turing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will

increase.

• By using an optimized power supply, it's possible to reduce cooling costs

and lower acoustical noise. An ATX power supply, which has a side-

mounted fan, allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards making

a secondary fan or active heatsink unnecessary in most system applications.

Expandable I/O

Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features

CPU Socket

Single chassis fan for system

IDE connectors

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

ATX Power Supply

PCI slots

AGP slot

ATX 12V power connector

ATX power connector

Floppy connector

Introduction

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Power-On/Off (Remote)

This board has a 20-pin ATX power supply connector (Figure 4). For power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON connector for the computer power On/Off button. This board has been designed with “Soft Off" function. You can turn off the system in two ways: by pressing the front panel power On/Off button or using the "Soft Off" function that can be controlled by an operating system such as Windows®XP/

ME/2000/98.

Note: For main taining the DDR SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is strongly

recommended to use power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>=) 2A. Please check the 5VSB’s specification printed on the power supply’s outer case.

Note: The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate. Your system configura-

tion (amount of memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may exceed this minimum power requirement. To ensure that adequate power is provided, use a 300 Watt (or higher) power supply.

Figure 3: I/O back panel

PW-ON

Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button (PW-ON)

POWER SUPPLY

12V 4-pin

20-pin

Figure 4: Simple ATX power ON/OFF controller

USB2.0 x 4 ports

Parallel Port

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

RJ45 LAN

(Optional)

Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink)

Line-out/Front out (Lime)

Line-in/Rear out (Light Blue)

COM1S/PDIF-out

Coaxial Jack

S/PDIF-out Optical (Optional)

I/O Shield Connector

The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below (Figure 3). When installing

the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this

back panel.

Introduction

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

Features

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Section 2

FEATURES

Mainboard Features

Processor



Supports 462-pin SocketA for AMD Athlon XP and Barton processors

with 266/333/400MHz Front Side Bus

- Athlon XP (1500+ to 3000+) with 266/333MHz Front Side Bus,

- Barton (2500+ to 3200+) with 333/400MHz Front Side Bus

Chipset



nVidia AGPset : nForce2 Ultra 400 (nForce2 SPP) + MCP

Main Memory



Three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for 64-bit, Unbuffered, Single/

Double-side and Non-ECC DDR-200/266/333/400 DIMMs



Supports 128-bit dual channel memory architecture



Supports up to 3GB memory size

BIOS



Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS

- ACPI v2.0 compliant

- S3 (Suspend to DRAM) sleep-state support

- SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) v2.2 compliant

- Supports Power failure recovery

- Capable to waked the computer up from specific states by LAN, Power

switch, PME#, RTC alarm, USB, PS2 KB&Mouse, Modem ring on COM#1…

Onboard PCI Devices

 1394 --> Integrated VIA VT6307 1394 controller with 2 ports solution

- IEEE-1394a compliant with up to 400Mbps bandwidth

(Optional)

Features

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 LAN --> Embedded 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller with onboard

RTL8201BL PHY

Integrated 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller from

RTL8101L chip (for high-end model only)

 S-ATA --> Integrated Serial ATA controller from Silicon Image SIL3112A

for 2 ports solution with RAID 0, 1support up to 150MB/sec

transfer rate

 IDE --> Embedded IDE controller with 2 ordinary IDE ports up to 4 IDE

devices, supports ATA-133 with up to 133MB/sec bandwidth

Legacy IO Controller

 Winbond W83627HF LPC IO controller with floppy, printer, game,

serial and CIR/SIR interface

Audio

 Six channel audio with analog and digital output using Realtek ALC655

AC’97 CODEC

- AC’97 v2.3 compliant

- In 2-CH mode, supports Line-In (Light Blue), Line-Out (Lime) and Mic-In

(Pink) at rear panel

- In 6-CH mode, supports Rear speaker out (Light Blue), Front speaker out

(Lime) and Center&Subwoofer speaker out (Pink) at rear panel

- Supports CD-In, Aux-In and S/PDIF-in/out interface

- Supports Line-out and Mic-In for front panel

- Supports automatic “jack-sensing”

Peripheral Interfaces

))

) At Rear Panel

 PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports

 One Parallel (printer) port

(Optional)

 For more detailed information about S-ATA, refer to user’s

manual in the attached CD.

Features

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 One S/PDIF-out Coaxical jack

 One S/PDIF-out Optical (Optional)

 One Serial port

 Tw o RJ45 LAN connector (Optional)

 Four USB2.0 ports

 Three Audio jacks

))

) Onboard connector and pin-header

 One floppy drive connector

 Two IDE connectors

 Two extra USB2.0 ports

 One CD-IN and One AUX-IN connector

 One S/PDIF in/out connector

 One IR connector

 One Front Panel Audio connector

 One Game port connector

 Two S-ATA connectors (Optional)

 Two 1394 connectors (Optional)

 Three Fan connectors

Front Panel Controller

 Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches

 Supports HDD & Power LEDs

 Supports PC speaker

Expansion Slots

 One AGP slots supporting 1.5v 4X/8X AGP cards

- AGP v3.0 compliant

 Five PCI bus sockets with Bus Master support

- PCI v2.2 compliant

Features

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Other Features

 Magic Health – a BIOS H/W monitoring utility for voltage, temperature and

fan-speed sensing displayed during POST

 EZ Boot – A simple shortcut to select the boot device, e.g. hard drive, CD-

ROM or floppy without entering CMOS setup

 Supports exclusive KBPO (Keyboard Power On) function

 Power BIOS for excellent over clocking capabilities through

- subtle voltage tuning for CPU, Memory, AGP

- subtle frequency tuning on FSB

 CPU Overheating Protection

 P80P for system debugging (Optional)

Form Factor

 305 x 245 mm ATX size

Installation

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

Installation

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Mainboard Layout

Installation

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Easy Installation Procedure

The following must be completed before powering on your new system:

3-1. CPU Installation

3-2. Jumper Settings

3-3. System Memory Configuration

3-4. Expansion Slots

3-5. Device Connectors

3-1 CPU Installation

CPU Insertion: (use AMD AthlonTM as reference)

Step 1

Open the socket by raising the actuation lever.

Step 2

Insert the processor.

Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC-PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip. The pin field is keyed to prevent misoriented insertion. Don’t force processor into socket. If it does not go in easily, check for mis-orientation and debris. Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket on all sides.

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Step 3

Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever.

Step 4

Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to

avoid CPU overheat damage. For more information about installing your CPU,

please refer to the AMD website article “Socket A AMD processor and Heatsink

Installation Guide” http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/23986.pdf.

Installation

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3-2 Jumper Settings

JCLK:

JCMOS:

Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS

Clear CMOS data Jumper

If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or

you forgot the supervisor or user

password, clear the CMOS data to

reconfigure the system back to the

default values stored in the ROM BIOS.

CPU FSB Select Jumper

This jumper is used to select the front side

bus of the CPU installed on the mainboard.

Settings: 1-2: 100/133 MHz 2-3: 133/166/200 MHz (Default)

Note: Overclocking may cause system instability and

are not guaranteed to provide better system

performance.

To CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below.

1. Turn off the system.

2. Change the jumper from “1-2” to “2-3” position for a few seconds.

3. Replace the jumper on to the “1-2” position.

4. Turn on the system and hold down the <Del> key to enter BIOS setup.

Installation

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NOTES:

• DIMM#2 & #3 shared same memory bus and DIMM#1 is dedicated for 2

channel memory bus.

We recommend you to use DIMM socket of the same color to obtain the best memory performance.

- For one DIMM memory configuration, the DIMM can be located on any of DIMM#1 to DIMM#3 in 64-bit mode

- For two DIMMs memory configuration, the DIMMs can be located on DIMM#2/#3 and DIMM#1 in 128-bit mode. It is preferable to use DRAM DIMM of the same type and size.

- For three DIMMs memory configuration, the DIMMs can be located on all DIMM sockets in 128-bit mode.

• Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds (overclocking) may severely compromise the integrity of the system.

DDR DIMM 2

DDR DIMM 1

DDR DIMM 3

Bank 0

Bank 1

3-3 System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The mainboard accommodates three PC1600/2100/2700/3200 184-pin DIMMs (Dual In-

line Memory Modules):

• Supports up to 3.0GB of 200/266/333/400MHz DDR SDRAM

• Supports up to 3 DDR DIMMs (refer to Table 1)

• Supports 64/128/256/512Mb, 1Gb x8 & x16 DRAMs

• Supports 128-bit dual channel memory architecture

• Supports unbuffered and non-ECC DIMMs

• Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification

Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations.

1 DIMM

(64-bit)

2 DIMMs

(64-bit)

2 DIMMs

(128-bit)

DIMM#1 SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS

DIMM#2 SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS

DIMM#3 SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS

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DIMM Module Installation

Figure 7 displays the notch on the DDR DIMM memory module.

DIMMs have 184 pins and one notch that matches with the DDR DIMM socket.

DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket and

pressing straight down as shown in figure 8 until the white clips close and the

module fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 9).

<Figure 7> DIMM notch

<Figure 9> DIMM module clip after installation

To remove the DIMM module press down the white clips and the module is ejected from the socket.

<Figure 8> DIMM module clips before installation

CENTER KEY ZONE (2.5 V DRAM)

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3-4 Expansion Slots

Installing an Expansion Card

The steps below assume that the mainboard is already installed in the system chassis.

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to its has been

powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Remove the system unit cover.

4. Remove the bracket of the slot that you intend to use. (You need to remove the

screw in order to remove the bracket.)

5. Align the card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely

seated in the slot.

6. Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed in step 4.

7. Replace the system unit cover.

8. Power on the PC.

9. Enter the BIOS step program to make the necessary settings.

10. Save the settings and restart the PC.

11. Install the software drivers of the expansion cards, if necessary.

AGP Slot

The mainboard is equipped with an AGP

slot. Make sure you install a card that

supports the 1.5V specification.

PCI Slots

The mainboard is equipped with 5 PCI

slots.

PCI Slots

AGP Slot

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AGP Card Installation Caution

1. AGP card component is blocked

by DIMM socket lock.

2. AGP slot clicker is not locked.

3. AGP card edge connector is not

inserted properly.

1. AGP card component is not

blocked by DIMM socket lock.

2. AGP slot clicker is locked.

3. AGP card edge connector is

inserted properly.

1. AGP slot clicker is not locked.

2. AGP card edge connector is not

inserted properly.

1. AGP slot clicker is locked.

2. AGP card edge connector is

inserted properly.

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3-5 Device Connectors

JCPU_FAN / JPWR_FAN / JSYS_FAN:

CPU/Power/Chassis Fan Power Connectors

JCPU_FAN: The CPU must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink.

JPWR_FAN: If you are installing an additional fan in the unit, connect to the fan connector.

JSYS_FAN: The chassis fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU.

Figure 10 - I/O Ports

JPWR_FAN

Ground

+12V

Sence

JCPU_FAN

Ground

+12V

JPWR_FAN

Ground +12V Sence

JSYS_FAN

JCPU_FAN

JSYS_FAN

SPDIF: Sony/Philips Digital InterFace connector

This connector links digital audio between the

mainboard and your audio devices, such as CD

player, sampler or DAT recorder. It allows the

digital transmission of audio data in SPDIF format.

VCC

GND

SPDIF_IN

SPDIF_OUT

USB2.0 x 4 ports

Parallel Port

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

RJ45 LAN

(Optional)

Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink)

Line-out/Front out (Lime)

Line-in/Rear out (Light Blue)

COM1S/PDIF-out

Coaxial Jack

S/PDIF-out Optical (Optional)

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