JETWAY 866AS ULTRA RAID User Manual

866AS ULTRA/866AS ULTRA RAID

USER'S MANUAL

M/B For Socket-A Athlon/Duron Processor

NO. G03-866ASUR2A

Release date: November 2001

Trademark:

* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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USER’S NOTICE................................................................................1

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION..............................................2

COOLING SOLUTIONS ...................................................................2

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF 866AS ULTRA/ 866AS ULTRA RAID
MOTHERBOARD

1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD ...............................................3

1-2 SPECIFICATION .................................................................... 4

1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST.............................................................5

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING ................................6

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS........................................ 8

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBAORD'S JUMPER SETTING....................8

2-3 INSTALL CPU........................................................................10

2-3-1 GLOSSARY...........................................................................10

2-3-2 ABOUT AMD ATHLON & DURON 462-PIN CPU.........................

11

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY................................................................12

2-5 EXPANSION CARD.................................................................13

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION .............13

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD.................................

13

2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD.......

14

2-5-4 AGP SLOT ............................................................................

14

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS.......................................................15

2-6-1 CONNECTORS ......................................................................

15

2-6-2 HEADERS.............................................................................18

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ........................................... 21

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP..................................................................22

3-2 GETTING HELP ..................................................................... 23

3-3 THE MAIN MENU...................................................................23

3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES.................................................24

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES..................................................26

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES............................................ 28

3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS.............................................29

3-6-2 AGP TIMING SETTINGS................................................ 29

3-6-3 PCI TIMING SETTINGS.................................................30

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.................................................. 30

3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION ...............................................31

3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION ......................................... 32

3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION ......................................32

TABLE OF CONTENT

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3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...............................................34

3-8-1 WAKE UP EVENTS.......................................................35

3-8-1.1 IRQS ACTIVITIES...................................................36

3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP ..........................................36

3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES .........................................................37

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.............................................................38

3-11 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL.................................................39

3-12 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ............................. 40

3-13 SET SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD ......................................40

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 95/98/98SE/NT4.0/2000......... 41

4-1 VIA 4 IN 1

INSTALL VIA SERVICE PACK 4 IN 1 DRIVER

................42

4-2 SOUND

AC97 SOUND DRIVER AND THE PROGRAM INSTALL

FOR EDITING/PLAYBACK

.......................................44

4-3 ATA100

INSTALL PROMISE ATA100/RAID DRIVER

(ONLY FOR 866AS ULTRA RAID)

..............................45

4-3-1 INSTALL PROMISE ATA100 IDE CONTROLLER DRIVER.45

4-3-2 INSTALL PROMISE IDE RAID CONTROLLER DRIVER....46

4-3-3 INSTALL PROMISE IDE RAID CONTROLLER UTILITY... 47
4-4 PC-HEALTH

WINBOND HARDWARE DOCTOR MONITORING SOFTWARE

........................................................................48

4-4-1

HOW TO UTILIZE PC-HEALTH

.......................................49

4-5 MAGIC BIOS

INSTALL BIOS LIVE UPDATE UTILITY

........................50

4-6 PC-CILLIN

INSTALL PC-CILLIN2000 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM

..........51

4-7 HOW TO DISABLE ON-BOARD SOUND .................................... 53

4-8 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..........................................................53

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USER’S NOTICE

COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF
THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT
MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN
ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE

MANUFACTURER.

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE 866AS ULTRA/
866AS ULTRA RAID MOTHER-BOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS
USE R’ S RE QU IR EM EN T BU T W IL L CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY

KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF
BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).

PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY
NOT BE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
COMPANIES, AND THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION
AND TO THE OWNER’S BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.

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Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

2.0 Second Edition November 2001

Item Checklist



866AS ULTRA/ 866AS ULTRA RAID



Cable for IDE/Floppy



CD for motherboard utilities

□

Cable for USB Port 3/4 (Option)

□

Cable for IDE RAID (only for 866AS ULTRA RAID)

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866AS ULTRA/ 866AS ULTRA RAID User’s Manual

AMD Athlon™ / Duron™ Processor Family

Cooling Solutions

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal
management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems.
Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable, long-term system
operation. The overall goal in providing the proper thermal environment is keeping
the processor below its specified maximum case temperature. Heatsinks induce
improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated
airflow from attached fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers
of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD
recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to
the processor.
When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the website below
for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended by AMD for use with AMD
processors. Note, those heatsinks are recommended for maintaining the specified
Maximum T case requirement. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a
comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support AMD processors.

For vendor list of heatsink and fan, please visit

：

http://www1.amd.com/products/duron/thermals
http://www1.amd.com/products/athlon/thermals

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Chapter 1

Introduction of 866AS ULTRA /866AS ULTRA RAID
Motherboard

1-1 Feature of motherboard

The 866AS ULTRA /866AS ULTRA RAID motherboard is design for use AMD
Athlon/Duron 200MHZ /266MHz (Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus Frequency
CPU, which utilize the Socket-A design and the memory size expandable to 3.0GB.

This motherboard use the newest VIA KT266A chipset which provides better
performance than KT266 chipset, whose 133MHz/266MHz (Double Data Rate)
Front Side Bus frequency and 266MHz memory interface delivers a clear upgrade
path to the future generation of 266MHz processors and PC-1600/PC-2100 DDR
DRAM. The 866AS ULTRA /866AS ULTRA RAID motherboard offers ULTRA
ATA 100 to provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system
performance.

866AS ULTRA RAID including IDE RAID chipset and added extra 2 channel IDE
interface supports either ATA100, or RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring) function.
Use RAID0 function it can increasing data storage performance, use RAID1 function
it can protect data which save in hard disk drive.

These motherboards also has an integrated AC’97 2.1 CODEC on board which is
fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro



that gives you the best sound quality and

compatibility.
For those wanting even greater graphic perf orman ce, an A GP 4X s lot is i nclud ed on

the board.
With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 6 USB function ports, the

866AS ULTRA /866AS ULTRA RAID meet future USB demand also this
motherboard has built-in hardware monitor function. This will monitor and protect
your computer. 866AS ULTRA integrated Recovery Genius in BIOS protected your
hard disk from virus crash hard disk data.

In 866AS ULTRA /866AS ULTRA RAID we design in CPU Vcore Voltage, System

3.3V Voltage, DDR memory 2.5V Voltage, AGP 1.5V/3.3V Voltage those can
minor adjustable in BIOS setup. This design can let users approach over clock
demand and also can make system more stable. The 866AS ULTRA /866AS

ULTRA RAID motherboard provides special function in BIOS Setup to setting CPU
Host clock step by step increasing let users to approach over clocking, and special
design in hardware to protect BIOS from virus crash BIOS data.

866AS ULTRA /866AS ULTRA RAID provides high performance & meets future
specification demand. It is really wise choice for your computer.

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1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design

∗

ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x24.4cm

Chipset

∗

VIA KT266A/VT8233 Chipset

∗

PROMISE PDC20265R IDE RAID chip for 866AS
ULTRA RAID only

CPU Socket

∗

Support AMD Athlon 700MHz∼1.533GHz processor

∗

Support AMD Duron 600MHz∼1.1GHz processor

∗

Support 200MHz/266MHz (Double Data Rate) Front

Side Bus frequency processors

∗

Reserves support for future AMD Athlon/Duron

processors

Memory Socket

∗

184-pin DDR module socket x3

∗

Support PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM

∗

Expandable to 3.0GB

Expansion Slot &
Headers

∗

AGP slot x1 support AGP 2.0 & 4X mode

∗

32-bit PCI slot x5

∗

CNR slot x1

Integrate IDE

∗

Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering,
ATA PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100
functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 100
MB/s

IDE RAID
(Only for 866AS
ULTRA RAID)

∗

2 channel IDE RAID interface supports either ATA100
or RAID0, RAID1 function

Audio

∗

AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated

∗

AC’97 Audio CODEC on board

∗

Audio driver and utility included

BIOS

∗

Award 2MBit Flash ROM

Multi I/O

∗

PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors

∗

Floppy disk drive connector x1

∗

Parallel port x1

∗

Serial port x2

∗

USB connector x2

∗

USB headers x4 (connecting cable option)

∗

Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out , MIC & Game Port)

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1-3 Performance List

The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark
testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility
for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

Performance Test Report

CPU: AMD Athlon 1.2GHz
DRAM: 128M SDRAM x2 (SAMSUNG DDR K4H280838B-TCB0)
VGA Expansion Card: Geforce 2 MX400 (1024x768 Hi-color)
Hard Disk Driver: IBM DTLA-305040 (ATA-100)
BIOS: Award Optimal default
OS: Win 98SE

Performance Test Report

866AS ULTRA

(KT266A)

866AS

(KT266)

3D Mark 2000

5514 5440

3D Mark 2001

2385 2333

3D Winbench 2000

104 104

Final Reality

7.18 6.59

Content Creation Winstone 2000

44.3 42.6

Content Creation Winstone 2001

53.6 50.6

Business Winstone2001

46.2 45.2

Winbench 99 :
CPU Mark 99 114 108
FPU Winmark 99 6570 6560
Business Disk Winmark99 6940 7880
Hi-end Disk Winmark99 20100 19500
Business Graphic Winmark 554 529
Hi-end Graphic Winmark 1580 1520
SYS Mark 2000 : SISMark 2000 Rating (Internet Content Creation/Office Productivity)
Suites 222 (228/218) 209 (215/204)
SISOFT Sandra 2001 :

Dhrystone ALU MIPS

3338 3347

Whetstone FPU MFLOPS

1628 1643

Int ALU/RAM MB/S

722 532

Float FPU/RAM MB/S

879 687

QUAKE3 DEMO1 FPS

151.3 133.2

DEMO2 FPS

150.5 132.0

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1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting

COM1 COM2

PS/2 MOUSE

PS/2 Keyboard

USB

LINE-OUT

LINE-IN

MIC

PRINT GAME/MIDI PORT

Winbond 83697HF

Chip

IR Connector

CNR Slot

Front Panel Audio

PC99 Back Panel

CD Audio

PCI Slo

t

AGP Slot

K/B Power ON
Jumper (JP1)

FAN2

CPU F.S.B. Clock
Jumper (JP4)

Floppy Connector

VIA KT266A Chip

Front Panel Connector

ATA 100 IDE
Connector

Clear CMOS (JBAT)

ATX Power
Connector

USB Port

CPU FAN

2MBit Flash ROM BIOS

(SW1)

CPU Ratio Selector

CPU Socket

PC1600/PC2100
DDRX2

IDE RAID Connector

(for 866AS ULTRA
RAID)

VIA VT8233 Chip

PDC20265R

Wake On Modem Wake On LAN

FAN1

(J6)

ATA100/RAID Mode Selector

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Jumpers

Jumper Name Description Page

SW1 CPU Ratio Selector 10-pin Block P.8
JP4 CPU Front Side Bus Frequency OFF : 133MHz /266MHz

ON : 100MHz /200MHz

P.9

JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.9
JP1 Keyboard Power On Enable/Disabled 3-pin Block P.9

J6 ATA 100/RAID Mode Selector

3-pin Block ( for 866AS ULTRA RAID)

P.10

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPOWER ATX Power Connector 20-pin Block P.15
J2 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

6-pin Female P.15

J3 USB Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.15
PARALLEL Parallel Port Connector 25-pin Female P.15
AUD_GAME Audio/Game Connector 3 phone jack + 15-pin Connector P.15
COM1/COM2 Serial Port COM1/2 Connector 9-pin Connector P.15
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.16
IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.16
IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.17

IDE3/IDE4 IDE RAID Connectors 40-pin Block(

for 866AS ULTRA RAID)

P.17

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO Line-In/Out, MIC header 9-pin Block P.18
USB1/USB2 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.18
IDE LED IDE activity LED 2-pin Block P.18
TB LED Turbo LED switch 2-pin Block P.18
RESET Reset switch lead 2-pin Block P.18
SPEAKER Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.19
PWR LED

Power LED 2-pin Block P.19
PW BN Power switch 2-pin Block P.19
WOL/WOM Wake On-LAN/Modem Headers 3-pin Block P.19
FAN1,FAN2,CPUFAN FAN Speed Headers 3-pin Block P.19
IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.20
CDIN1,CDIN2 CD Audio-In Headers 4-pin Block P.20

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

ZIF Socket 462 CPU Socket 462-pin PPGA CPU Socket P.11
D D R 1 , D D R 2 , D D R 3 DDR SDRAM Module

Socket

184-pin DDR SDRAM Module
Expansion Socket

P.12

PCI1, PCI2, PCI3,
PCI4, PCI5

PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.14

AGP AGP 4X Mode Slot AGP Expansion Slot P.14

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Chapter 2

Hardware installation

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:

1. Check motherboard setting

2. Install CPU

3. Install Memory

4. Install Expansion cards

5. Connect Ribbon cables, Panel wires, and power supply

6. Setup BIOS

7. Install software driver & utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

1. CPU Ratio Selector (10-pin) : SW1

Ratio

1 2 3 4 5 Ratio 1 2 3 4 5

5.0x ON ON ON OFF ON 9.0x ON ON ON OFF OFF

5.5x ON OFF ON OFF ON 9.5x ON OFF ON OFF OFF

6.0x ON ON OFF OFF ON 10.0x ON ON OFF OFF OFF

6.5x ON OFF OFF OFF ON 10.5x ON OFF OFF OFF OFF

7.0X ON ON ON ON OFF 11.0x ON ON ON ON ON

7.5x ON OFF ON ON OFF 11.5x ON OFF ON ON ON

8.0x ON ON OFF ON OFF 12.0x ON ON OFF ON ON

8.5x ON OFF OFF ON OFF 12.5x ON OFF OFF ON ON

CPU Ratio Selector

SW1

1 2 3 4 5

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2. CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Setting (2-pin) : JP4

CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Setting

JP4

1

2

ON : 100MHz

(Default)

OFF : 133MHz

JP4

1

2

Note: CPU Front Side Bus Frequency also can setting step by step in BIOS

SETUP, please refer page 39 Miscellaneous Control in Host Clock at
Next.

3. CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin) : JBAT

A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM
short 1-2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds

4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

2-3 closed Clear CMOS

JBAT

1 3

JBAT

1 3

1-2 closed Normal

4. Keyboard Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

When setting Enabled you can using keyboard by key in password to power on
system.

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Keyboard Power On Setting

2-3 closed K/B Power ON Enabled

JP1

1 3

JP1

1 3

1-2 closed K/B Power ON Disable

(

Default)

5. ATA100/RAID Mode Selector: J6 (Only for 866AS ULTRA RAID)

When J6 1-2 closed the IDE3 & IDE4 are setting in ATA100 Mode supports Ultra
DMA 100MB/sec transfer rate.
When J6 2-3 closed the IDE3 & IDE4 are setting in RAID Mode supports RAID 0
(striping) to increase hard drive performance or RAID 1 (mirroring) to protect hard
drive data for more detail information please refer CD-PACK in
X:\MANUAL\PROMISE.DOC

ATA 100/RAID Mode Selector

2-3 closed RAID Mode

(

Default)

J6

1

3

J6

1

3

1-2 closed ATA100 Mode

2-3 Install CPU

2-3-1 Glossary

Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces
between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.

Processor slot/socket - the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the
motherboard.

Slot (AGP, PCI, ISA, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port - a high speed interface for video cards; runs at 1X

(66MHz), 2X (133MHz), or 4X (266MHz).
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound

cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture - a relatively low speed interface primarily used for

sound cards and modems; runs at approx. 8MHz.

Note: If you only install hard drive in IDE3 an

d

IDE4 and the J6 setting 2-3 closed then this drive

r

must install IDE RAID 0 or IDE RAID 1 Mode by
Fast Build Utility, please press <Ctrl-F> to ente

r

setup Main Menu and choose “Auto Setup” to
setup your hard drive.

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Serial Port

- a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems.

Parallel Port

- a low speed interface typically used for printers.

PS/2

- a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards.

USB

- Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards,

scanners, scanners, and some digital cameras.

Sound

(interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and

speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.

LAN

(interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network.

BIOS (B

asic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and

establish the relationship between the various components.

Driver

- software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or

other software.

Processor

- the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for

doing the "computing" in "personal computer"

Front Side Bus Frequency -

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated

by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.

CPU L2 Cache -

the flash memory inside the CPU, normally Athlon CPU has 256K or

above, while Duron will have 64K.

2-3-2 About AMD Athlon & Duron 462-pin CPU

This motherboard supports Socket-A (Socket-462) AMD Athlon/Duron processors.
This motherboard Provides a ZIF Socket-A. The CPU that comes with the motherboard

should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then
purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system.

WARNING! Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s heatsink

and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may cause the
processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install an
auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.

WARNING! Due to this motherboard provides new function of protecting CPU；you

must connect the CPU FAN connector on FAN1 location in order to obtain
this feature. Without connection on FAN1 (or you have connect CPU FAN
on FAN2), the system will shut down immediately to protect both your CPU
and motherboard.

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket
and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90­degree angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched
corner should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two
of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.

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CPU ZIF Socket-A

Colden Arrow

Socket-A

AMD

When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket. No force require to insert of the CPU, then
press the level to Locate position slightly without any extra force.

2-4 Install Memory

This motherboard provides three 184-pin DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM)
sites for memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 64MB to maximum
memory size of 3.0GB DDR SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 184-Pin DIMM Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DDR1) PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM X1 64MB∼1.0GB
Bank 2, 3 (DDR2) PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM X1 64MB∼1.0GB
Bank 4, 5 (DDR3) PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM X1 64MB∼1.0GB

Total System Memory (Max. 3.0GB) 3 64MB∼3.0GB

NOTE! Make sure the total installed memory does not exceeds 3.0GB, otherwise the

system may hang during startup.

Generally, installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy, you can
refer to figure 2-4 to see what a 184-Pin PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM module looks like.

DDR2 (BANK2+BANK3)

DDR1 (BANK0+BANK1)

DDR3 (BANK4+BANK5)

NOTE! When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be

locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides.

Figure 2-4

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WARNING! For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 133MHz, use only PC2100-compliant

DDR Modules. When this motherboard operate at 133Mhz, most system
will not even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict
timing issues, if your DDR Modules are not PC266-compliant, set the DDR
SDRAM clock to 100MHz to ensure system stability.

2-5 Expansion Cards

WARNING!

Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other
system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both
your motherboard and expansion cards.

2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation

1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or
software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.

3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.

4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.

5. Replace the computer system’s cover.

6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.

7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.

2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card

Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must exclusively assign
to one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already
in use.

Standard Interrupt Assignments

IRQ Priority Standard function

0 N/A System Timer
1 N/A Keyboard Controller
2 N/A Programmable Interrupt
3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2)
4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1)
5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2)
6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller
7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1)
8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock

9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled
10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 N/A Numeric Data Processor
14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel
15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel

* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.

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2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard

Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:

INT A INT B INT C INT D
PCI slot 1 Shared







PCI slot 2



Shared





PCI slot 3





Not Shared



PCI slot 4







Shared

PCI slot 5 Shared







AGP slot Shared







AC97/MC97





Shared



Onboard USB







Shared

Onboard USB 1







Shared

Onboard USB 2 Shared

IMPORTANT!

If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support
“Sh ared IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ assi gnme nts. Conf lict s
will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system
unstable or cards inoperable.

2-5-4 AGP Slot

This motherboard provides an AGP Slot, support the 1X/2X/4X AGP VGA card.

AGP SLOT