Jetway HA03-Ultra User Manual

USER'S MANUAL

Of

AMD 790X & AMD SB750

Based

M/B For Socket AM2+ 64-bit Quad Core

AMD Processor

NO. G03-HA03ULTRA -F

：

4.0

Rev

Release date: October, 2009

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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TABLE OF CONTENT

USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii

COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 790X CROSSFIREX MOTHERBOARDS

1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................................................... 1

1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................... 2

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

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

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM ........................................................................................................... 6

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

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

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

2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8

2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 8

2-3-2

ABOUT AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU

..................................................... 9

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10

2-5 EXPANSION CARDS........................................................................................................... 11

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 11

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD....................................................11

2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT............................................................................................. 12

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS................................................................................................12

2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 12

2-6-2 HEADERS............................................................................................................... 16

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER................................................................................. 19

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 20

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 20

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 21

3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES........................................................................................... 22

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 23

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 24

3-6-1 PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION .................................................................. 25

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 25

3-7-1 ONBOARD SATA DEVICE ............................................................................... 26

3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE CONTROL........................................................................ 27

3-7-3 SUPER IO CONFIGURATION........................................................................... 27

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT FEATURES............................................................................. 29

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL........................................................................................ 30

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 31

3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATION……………………………………………..31

3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING FUNCTION ......................................................................... 32

3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS ..................................................................... 32

3-12-1 CPU CONFIGURATION ................................................................................... 33

3-12-2 MEMORY CONFIGURATION......................................................................... 34

3-13 BIOS SECURITY FEATURES........................................................................................... 35

3-14 LOAD OPTIMAL DEFAULTS/LOAD STANDARD DEFAULTS................................. 36

3-15 SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT/DISCARD CHANGES AND EXIT ............................. 36

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/ XP....................................... 37

4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK........................................................................... 38

4-2 SOUND INSTALL AL888 HD CODEC AUDIO DRIVER .......................................... 38

4-3 LAN INSTALL TEALTEK LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER .................................. 39

4-4 RAID INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY ...............................................40

4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2007 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ......................... 40

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 41

4-7 OVERCLOCK INSTALL OVERCLOCK UTILITY........................................................ 42

4-8 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 43

4-9 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION............................................... 43

4-10 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION........................................................ 47

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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 THIS MOTHERBOARD
AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL 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
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THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S
BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.

Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

4.0 Fourth Edition October, 2009

Item Checklist

5

AMD 790X Chipset based motherboard

5

AMD 790X Chipset motherboard User’s Manual

5

CD for Motherboard Utilities

5

I/O Back Panel Shield

5

8 in 1 Cable Package

AMD K10 Processor Family

Cooling Solutions

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation
clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining
the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24
hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case
temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increasing surface area
and concentrated airflow from attached active cooling 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.

Please refer to the AMD official website for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for
Socket AM2+ processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive
listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2+ processors.

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Chapter 1

Introduction of AMD 790X CrossFire Motherboards
1-1 Features of motherboard

The AMD 790X CrossFire chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD 790X
CrossFire Chipset and the SB750 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Socket
AM2+ dual core multi-tasking Socket AM2+ AMD Phenom™ processors. With an integrated
low-latency high-bandwidth DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport
technology-based system bus up to 2 GHZ. AMD 790X CrossFire Platform Processor Chipset
motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop
platform solution with the advantages of 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ and Socket AM2 AMD
Phenom™ FX, AMD Phenom™, Athlon64 FX ， Athlon64 X2，Athlon64 & Sempron
processors.

The AMD 790X CrossFire Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2+
processors with an integrated DDRII memory controller for Dual channel DDRII533
/DDRII667 /DDRII800/DDRII1066(AM2 Sempron processors only support up to DDRII667
memory) DDRII Module up to 8 GB. The motherboard is embedded with SB750 chipset of
providing ULTRA ATA 133 connector and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0 ,1 , 10, 5 and JBOD
functions which support up to two IDE and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk
drives and guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.

The AMD 790X CrossFire motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with PCI-E
Gigabit LAN chip which supports optional 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the
embedded Azalia 8-channel ALC888 Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster
Pro standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software
compatibility.

The AMD 790X CrossFire Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance
for gamers, with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth
architecture in the AMD 790X chipset is combined with the flexibility for single or dual card
configurations. The AMD 790X chipset provide two x16@8 lane PCI Express 2.0 slots to
support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing performance with brilliant
and intense 3D graphics.

AMD 790X CrossFire Series motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0 x16@ 8 lane
graphics slots. Each PCI-Express2.0 x16 slots deliver up to 4 Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at
each relative direction and up 8 Gbyte/sec concurrently. When activated in 8 lane + 8 lane
CrossFire mode, the speed of these two graphics cards can be as high as 16 Gbyte/sec. Two
PCI Express2.0 x1 I/O slot offers 1 Gbyte/sec concurrently, over 7 times more bandwidth
than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays .The
AMD 790X CrossFire motherboards also carry two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich
connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices.

Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional
ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future

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USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor
and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.

Some special features---

Port OC-CON/CMOS Button/Power On Button/Reset Button

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore X-shift / CPU Smart Fan / DeBug

in this motherboard are designed
for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution
that the over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard
provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation
computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the
components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of
these value added product features, please get them in the coming section.

1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard

CPU Thermal Throttling Technology--- (The CPU Overheat Protection
Technology)

To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high
workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle
mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 40
℃ to 90℃). When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset

value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool
down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to
indicate it is in working. (For detail operating please read Section 3-11 Bi-turbo
Configuration)

CPU Smart Fan---( The Noise Management System )

It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics.
CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for
now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the
fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition,
the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can
provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and
business requirements.

CPU Vcore X-Shift--- (Shift to Higher Performance)

The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 31 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra
demanding computing performance.

Debug Port --- ( The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System )

Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no more, the
embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system healthy for the
demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system failure and no more
time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business computing, the embedded
Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware professional with the seeing system
situation. (The Post Code please refer to appendix)

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OC-CON ---（High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors）

The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees
Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while
reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time, intact extension
10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees Centigrade of working
temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.

CMOS2 Button

The CMOS Button is to facilitate the clear COMS process for power user overclocking
function. The user can easily clear or restore COMS settings by pressing down the
button,without taking trouble to remove the case and locate the jumper for clear CMOS.

Power on Button

You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without
troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper.

Reset Button

You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without
troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.

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1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design
Chipset

CPU Socket AM2+

Memory Socket

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA2 RAID

Gigabit LAN

8 CH-Audio

BIOS

Multi I/O

∗ ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5cm x24.5cm

* AMD 790X North Bridge Chipset
* AMD SB750 South Bridge Chipset

∗ Support 64bit AMD Socket AM2+ processor utilizing Flip-Chip Pin Grid

Array package

∗ Support for AMD Athlon64 Dual –Core Athlon 64x2 processor, Athlon

64 & Sempron Processors with HTT Frequency 1GHz and the latest
AMD Phenom™ FX, AMD Phenom™ processors with HTT Frequency
up to 2GHz.

∗ 240-pin DDRII Module socket x 4
∗ Support 4pcs DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800/DDRII1066 Modul e s

Expandable to 8 GB

∗ Dual channel supported

∗ PCI-Express2.0 x16 slot 2pcs deliver up to 4GB/s concurrent bandwidth

in Non-CrossFire mode and 16GB/s concurrent bandwidth while
CrossFire mode being activated( With a switch card installed on PE4,
PE1 will have function equal to
speed of PE1 will double).

∗ 2pc PCI-Express2.0 x1 slot each delivers up to 1GB/s concurrent

bandwidth

∗ 32-bit PCI slot x 2pcs

∗ One IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA and

the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer
rate up to 133 MB/s for 2 IDE Devices and for 6 Serial ATA2 ports
providing 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 10,5 and JBOD
functions

∗ Integrated PCI-E 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN.
∗ Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing 10Mb/100Mb/1000

Mb/s data transfer rate

∗ Realtek ALC888 Azalia 8-channel Audio Codec integrated
∗ Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio

∗ Audio driver and utility included
∗ AMI 8MB SPI Flash ROM BIOS

∗ PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
∗ Floppy disk drive connector x1/ Hard disk drive connector x1

∗ SPDIF In/Out Connector x1
∗ ESATA Connector x1
∗ USB2.0 port x 6 and headers x 3
∗ RJ45 LAN Connector x1

∗ Audio connector x1 (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/ 8CH Audio)

∗ Parallel port header x1 / Serial port header x1
∗ HDMI-SPDIF header x1 / IR headerx1

PCI-Express2.0x16@16

lane and the

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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 K8 Sempron2800+
DRAM:
VGA Card :

Corsair

GeForce6600GTEI 128C

Hard Disk Driver:

DDR2-800 512MB Memory

Maxtor IDE 80GB

BIOS: Toc

Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)

OS:

AMD 790X

3D Mark 2001SE
3D Mark 2003
3D Mark 2005
AQUAMRK3 (GFX / CPU)
PCMark2004
System / CPU / Memory
Graph / HDD
Content Creation Winstone 2004
Business Winstone 2004
Winbench 99 V2.0:
Business/Hi-end GraphicWinmark99
Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark

SISMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

SISMark 2007
3D Creation
Web publication E-learning
Productivity
Video Creation
SISOFT Sandra 2004 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU

Multi-Media Benchmar

1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point IT/S
UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch)
Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS

14485

7786

3420

45990

3116/2961/4007

4511/4017

22.8

20.7

N/A

18600

54

52

51
65
48

5456
4870

4307/4256

14954/16256

180.9/59

250.9/244.6

DOOM 3 FPS
Super Pi (1M) Second
CPUZ System / CPU Clock

N/A

55

200x8

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1-4 Layout Diagram

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

(KB)

SPDIF OUT1

SPDIF IN1

CMOS2

USB Port

(CN1)

E-SATA Over

USB Connector

USB Connector

(CN2)

RJ45 Ove

(UL1)

Audio Connector

CN3, CN4)

Gigabit LAN Chip

PCI Express2.0 x16

by 8-lane

PCI Express2.0 x1

HDMI-SPDIF

PCI Express2.0 x16

by 8-lane

CDIN

Realtek ALC888

Audio Decode

PCI Slot

Audio

SPDIF OUT

KBMB/USB Power on (JP1)

ATX 12V Power Connecto

CMOS2

SPDIF IN

Serial-ATAII

Connector

(E-SATA1)

4-pin PWR Connector

CHA FAN

Parallel

Header

USB

CPU Socket AM2+

AMD 790X Chipset

COM1

(USB1, USB2，USB3)

IR

CPUFAN

USB Port

RJ45 LAN

USB

AMD 750 SB chipset

Reset
Button

ESATA

USB

8MBit Flash ROM BIOS

Power

Line-IN

Surrback

Line-OUT

CEN/LFE

Surround

MIC-IN

DDR2 Socket x 4

ATX Power Conn.

Floppy Connector

ATA 133 IDE
Conn.

(IDE1)

SYSFAN2

Serial-ATAII Connectors
(D-SATA1, D-SATA2 ，
D-SATA3)

Power LED Connector
Speaker Connector

Front Panel Connector

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Jumpers

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7

Jumper Name Description Page

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.11
ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.12
KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.12
USB from CN1,CN2,UL1 USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.12
ESATA from CN2 External Serial ATA2 Connector 7-pin Connector P.14

RJ45LAN from UL1 Gigabit LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.12
J2 CrossFire Power Connector 4-Pin Block P.12
AUDIO：CN3, CN4

FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.13
IDE1 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.13

D-SATA1,
D-SATA2,D-SATA3,
E-SATA1

SPDIF_OUT1
SPDIF_IN1

8-CH HD Audio Connector 6- phone jack Conn. P.13

Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 7-pin Connector P.14

SPDIF Out coaxial Connectors
SPDIF In coaxial Connectors

1- phone jack Conn. P.15
1- phone jack Conn. P.15

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO1 SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.15
USB1, USB2 ,USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.15
SPEAK1 PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.15
PWR LED1/ PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.16

JW_FP1
(Reset/HDLED/Power

Button/PWR LED)

SYSFAN1/2, CHAFAN FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.16
CPUFAN FAN Header 4-pin Block P.16
CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.16
IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.17
PARALLEL Parallel Port Header 25-pin Block P.17
COM1 Serial Port COM1 Header 9-pin Block P.17
HDMI-SPDIF SPDIF Out header 2-pin Block P.18

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

ZIF Socket AM2+ CPU Socket 940-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket P.8
DIMM1~4 DDRII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket P.9
PCI1∼ PCI2

PE2,PE3 PCI-Express2.0 x1Slot PCI-Express2.0 x1 Expansion Slots P.11

PE1，PE4

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

PCI-Express2.0 x16 Slot PCI-Express2.0 x16 Expansion Slots P.11

Front Panel Header
(including IDE activity LED/Reset switch /

Power On Button lead)

9-pin Block P.16

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Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

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.

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

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

1. Check motherboard jumper setting

2. Install CPU and Fan

3. Install System Memory (DIMM)

4. Install Expansion cards

5. Connect IDE and Front Panel /Back Panel cable

6. Connect ATX Power cable

7. Power-On and Load Standard Default

8. Reboot

9. Install Operating System

10. Install Driver and Utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

(1) Keyboard/USB function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

JP1

1-2 Closed KB/USB Power ON Disable (Default)

Keyboard/Mouse & USB Power On Setting

JP1

2-3 Closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled

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 (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound

cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
PCI Express- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express- a high speed interface for video
cards, sound cards, network interface cards, and modems.
PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003, the

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speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5Gbps to 5 Gbps.

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, 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 (Basic 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, normal it depend on CPU type.

2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU

This motherboard provides a surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as
the mPGA940 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin
Grid Array package technology.

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!

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 90-degree
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.

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.

Colden Arrow

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CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

Socket AM2

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

2-4 Install Memory

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of
128MB to maximum memory volume of 8 GB DDR SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/ DDR2 1066 * X1

Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/ DDR2 1066* X1

Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/ DDR2 1066* X1

Bank 6,7 (DIMM4) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/ DDR2 1066* X1

Total System Memory (Max 8 GB) 4

*DDR2 1066 could only be reached in the case of overclocking.

128MB∼2 GB
128MB∼2 GB
128MB∼2 GB
128MB∼2 GB
128MB∼8 GB

Recommend DIMM Module Combination

1. One DIMM Module ----Plug in DIMM1

2. Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 and DIMM2 or DIMM3 and DIMM4 for Dual

channel function

3. Four DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1/DIMM2/DIMM3/DIMM4.

Dual channel Limited!

1. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 &

DIMM2or DIMM3 &DIMM4, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.

2. Memory modules plugged in DIMM1 & DIMM2, or DIMM3& DIMM4 must be of the same

type, same size, and same frequency for dual channel function.

Install DDR II modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure below to
see how to install a 240-Pin DDRII 667/DDR2 800/DDRII1066 module.

IMM3 & DIMM4: Dual Channel 2

DIMM4 (BANK0+BANK1)

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.

DIMM1 & DIMM2: Dual Channel 1

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DIMM3 (BANK2+BANK3)

DIMM1 (BANK6+BANK7)

DIMM2 (BANK4+BANK5)

2-5 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 PCI Express Slot

AMD 790X CrossFire Series motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0 x16@ 8 lane
graphics slots. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 2.0, support
PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device. Each PCI-Express2.0 x16 slots
deliver up to 4 Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up 8 Gbyte/sec
concurrently. When activated in 8 lane + 8 lane CrossFire mode, the speed of these two
graphics cards can be as high as 16 Gbyte/sec. Two PCI Express2.0 x1 I/O slot offers 1
Gbyte/sec concurrently, over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the
most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays.

PCI-E2.0 x1 Slot

PCI-E 2.0x16 Slot@8-lane

­PCI-E 2.0x16 Slot@8-lane

2-6 Connectors, Headers

2-6-1 Connectors

(1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR1

ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually

comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary
switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the
motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on,
the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is
momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system
board.

** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power supply

unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin and 4-pin
power plugs.

** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the 20-pin

power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit has a minimum
power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the
power is inadequate.

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ROW1 ROW2

ROW1 ROW2

PIN ROW1 ROW2

1 3.3V 3.3V
2 3.3V -12V
3 GND GND
4 5V Soft Power On
5 GND GND
6 5V GND
7 GND GND
8 Power OK -5V
9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5V
10 +12V +5V
11 +12V +5V
12 +3V GND

Pin 1

20-Pin

Pin 1

24-Pin

(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V1

This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply.
The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM2+ processor must including
this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.
Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not
provide sufficient current for system.

Pin 1

(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB

The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.

(4) USB Port connector: CN1/CN2/UL1 for USB

The connectors are 4-pin connector that connects USB devices to the system board.

(5) LAN Port connector: UL1 for RJ45 LAN

This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network. It supports 10M/100Mb/1000Mb s
data transfer rate

(6) Large 4-Pin Power Connector: J2 Power Connector

The connectors are 4-pin connector that supports extra 12V / 5V power to your system

Audio Line-In, Lin-Out, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out，SS-Out connector: AUDIO1

(7)

These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out
SS-Out audio connections.

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，

Line-in : (BLUE)
Line-out : (GREEN)
MIC : (PINK)
RS-OUT : (BLACK)

Audio output to speaker

Microphone Connector

Rear-Surround audio output

CS-OUT : (ORANGE)
SS-OUT: (GRAY)

Side-Surround audio output

Audio input to sound chip

Center/ Subwoofer audio output

PS/2

Mouse

RJ45 LAN

ESATA

SPDIF Out

Line-IN

PS/2

Keyboard

SPDIF In

USB

USB

USB

(8) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.

FDD

Pin 1

Floppy Drive Connector

(9) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1

This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the

single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s).
If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by
setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for
the jumper settings.

IDE1

MIC-IN

RS-OUT

Line-OUT
CS-OUT

SS-OUT

Pin 1

Primary IDE Connector

• Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the

“Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.

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• For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system performance on this
channel may drop.

(10) Serial-ATAII Port connector: D-

SATA 1, D-SATA 2, D-SATA 3, E-SATA1

These connectors support the provided Serial ATA2 hard disk cables to connecting the
motherboard with serial ATAII hard disks. E-SATA1 is not for SATA hard drive, it is
only for connecting to a SATA connector of the D-SATA1, D-SATA2 or D-SATA3 to
let the ESATA port work.

E-SATA1

D-SATA1

D-SATA2

D-SATA

Serial-ATA2 Port Connector

(11) ESATA Port:

CN2 for ESATA

This connector supports the External Serial ATA2 (ESATA) enable the full SATA
interface speed outside the chassis, up to 3Gb/s. The ESATA port can be enabled only
when the E-SATA 1 is connected to one connector of D-SATA1, D-SATA2 or
D-SATA3.

ESATA

SPDIF OUT

SPDIF IN

(12) SPDIF In/Out header:

SPDIF_ IN1/SPDIF_ OUT1

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or
compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only when
your stereo system has digital input function. Use SPDIF IN feature only when your
device has digital output function.

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2-6-2 Headers

(1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO1

These headers connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable.

Audio-GND

KEY

Audio-JD

MIC2-JD

LINE2-JD

AUDIO

Pin 1

2

MIC2-L

MIC2-R

10

9

Sense-FB

Lineout2-L

Lineout2-R

Line-Out, MIC Hea ders

(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB1/USB2 /USB3

These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug. By attaching an
option USB cable, your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the
back panel.

USB1

Pin 1

USB2

VCC

VCC

OC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

Pin 1

GND

-DATA

+DATA

VCC

-DATA

VCC

-DATA

USB Port Headers

GND

+DATA

GND

+DATA

OC

USB3

Pin 1

-DATA

-DATA

GND

+DATA

GND

+DATA

OC

VCC

VCC

(3) Speaker connector: SPEAK1

This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. See the figure below.

(4) Power LED: PWR LED1

The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED
from the system case to this pin.

(5) IDE Activity LED: HD LED

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case.

(6) Reset switch lead: RESET1

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your
computer without having to turn off your power switch. This is a preferred method of
rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system’s power supply. See the figure
below.

(7) Power switch: PWR BTN

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the
system.

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PWRBTN

PWR LED

PWRLED

Pin 1

Pin 1

SPEAK

SPKR

System Case Connections

JW FP

Pin 1

NC

GND

VCC5

VCC5

VCC5

HDLED

PWRLED

HDDLE

PWRBTN

GND

GND

NC

RSTSW

RESET

(8) FAN Power Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2, CHAFAN (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin)

These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the
fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive,
while the black should be ground. Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into
consideration the polarity of connector.

CPUFAN IN

GND

CPUFAN OUT

+12V

CPUFAN

4

CHAFAN

3

1

1

SYSFAN2

SYSFAN1

3

1

3

1

FAN Power Headers

(9) CD Audio-In Headers (4-pin): CDIN1

CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD-ROM
CD-Audio output connector.

CDI N

4 1

CD Audio-In Headers

(10) IR infrared module Headers (5-pin): IR

This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared
module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function.

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5 6

IR

Pin 1

IRRX

GND

2

NC

IRTX

VCC5

IR infrared module Headers

(11) Parallel Port header (25-pin female): PARALLEL

This On-board parallel header is 25-pin header to connect printer.

Pin 1

PARALLEL Connector

(12)

Serial COM Port header:

COM1

COM2 is a 9-pin RS232 D-Subminiature serial port connector.

Pin1

Serial COM Port 9-pin Block

(13) HDMI-SPDIF Out header: SPDIF Out

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed
AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system

has digital input function.

SPDIF

HDMI_SPDIF_OUT GND

2

1

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2-7 Starting Up Your Computer

1. After all connection are made, close your computer case cover.

2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to

proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your
country’s voltage used.

3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system

case according to your system user’s manual.

4. Turn on your peripheral as following order:
a. Your monitor.
b. Other external peripheral (Printer, Scanner, External Modem etc…)
c. Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to turn on the power supply

and press the ATX power switch on the front side of the case.

5. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. The LED on the
monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on. If it
complies with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature. The system will
then run power-on test.

6. If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power. The
system may have failed on power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections
or call your retailer for assistance.

7. During power-on, press <Delete> key to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in
BIOS SETUP.

8.

Power off your computer:

before switch off the power switch. For ATX power supply, you can press ATX power
switching after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 9X,
click

“Start”

The power supply should turn off after windows shut down.

button, click

You must first exit or shut down your operating system

“Shut down”

and then click

“Shut down the computer?”

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Chapter 3

Introducing BIOS

The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a
bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS
program will gain control. The BIOS first operates an aut o - d ia gnostic test called POST (power
on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and
configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization. Only when these tasks are
completed done it gives up control of the computer to operating system (OS). Since the
BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate, it is the key factor for
system stability, and in ensuring that your system performance as its best.

In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain
these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short
description of the function keys you may use here:

• Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.

• Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to

confirm or to modify.

• Press <F10> when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these

parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.

• Press <+>/<–> keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option.

• Press Home to go to the top of screen; press End to go to the bottom of screen.

• Press Enter to go to sub screen.

3-1 Entering Setup

Power on the computer and by pressing <Del> immediately allows you to enter Setup.
If the message disappears before your respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the
system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system
case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. If
you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message
will be displayed and you will again be asked to

Press <Del> to enter Setup

3-2 Getting Help

Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the
screen.

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the
possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press <Esc>.

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3-3 The Main Menu

Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the
screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from 12 setup functions and 2 exit choices.
Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

Figure 3-1

Standard CMOS Features

Use this Menu for basic system configurations.

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s
performance.

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.

Power Management Features

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.

Miscellaneous Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for

Miscellaneous Control

.

PC Health Status

This entry shows your PC health status.

Thermal Throttling Function

The selection is set for activating the active CPU Thermal Protection by flexible CPU loading
adjustment in the range of temperature you define.

Power User OverClock Settings

Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand.

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BIOS Security Features

Use this menu to set supervisor password and user password.

Load Optimal Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for opt i m a l p e r f o r m a n c e s s y s t em
operations for performance use.

Load Standard Defaults

This menu uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable
way.

Save Changes and Exit

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Discard Changes and Exit

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

3-4 Standard BIOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each
category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the
item and then use the <+> or <-> and numerical keyboard keys to select the value you want in
each item.

Language

Use this item to select the current default language used in BIOS. The Optional settings are:
Chinese (GB): English.

System Date

The date format is <day><month><date><year>.

Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.

Day
Month
Date
Year

The month from Jan. through Dec.

The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.

The year depends on the year of the BIOS.

System Time

The time format is <hour><minute><second>.

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IDE Channel 0 Master / Slave
SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

While entering setup, BIOS auto detest the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status
of auto detection of IDE devices.

Type:
LBA/Large Mode:

The optional settings are: Not Installed; Auto; CD/DVD and ARMD

The optional settings are Auto; Disabled.
Disabled: Disables LBA Mode.
Auto: Enables LBA Mode if the device supports it and the device is not already formatted
with LBA Mode disabled.

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer):

The optional settings are: Disabled and Auto.
Disabled: The Data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time.
Auto: The Data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device
supports it.

PIO Mode: the optional settings are:
DMA MODE:
S.M.A.R.T.:

the optional settings are Auto, SWDMAn, MWDMAn , UDMAn.

This option allows you to enable the HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability

Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

(Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). The optional settings are Auto;
Disabled; and Enabled.

32 Bit Data Transfer:

the optional settings are: Disabled and Enabled.

Floppy A

This item is for specific floppy disk drive settings. Select according to the specification of the
floppy disk you use.

System Memory

This item will show information about the memory modules(s) installed.

3-5 Advanced BIOS Features

Removable Drives

Use this item to specify the boot device priority sequence from available drives.

Quick Boot

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Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the needed to boot the
system.

1st Boot Device

Specify the boot sequence from the available devices. A device enclosed in parenthesis has
been disabled in corresponding type menu.

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

(default)

On
Off

Keypad is numeric keys.

Keypad is arrow keys.

ACPI APIC Support

Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list.

MPS Revision

This option is only valid for multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies the version of the
Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the motherboard will use.

3-6 Advanced Chipset Features

The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset
registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.

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3-6-1 PCI Express Configuration

Port #02 Features ~ Port #03 Features

Press Enter and set values in the sub-items as Gen2 High Speed Mode, Link ASPM, Link
width

Port #04 Features~ Port #09 Features

Press Enter and set values in the sub-items as Gen2 High Speed Mode, and Link ASPM.

NB-SB Port Features

Press Enter and set values in the sub-items as NB-SB Link ASPM; NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic
Support

3-7 Integrated Peripherals

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3-7-1 Onboard SATA Device

OnChip SATA Channel

Press Enter to enable or disable OnChip SATA Channel.

0n Chip SATA Type

Press Enter to select the SATA type. The optional settings are: Native IDE; RAID; AHCI;
Legacy IDE; IDE->AHCI.

SATA IDE Combined Mode

The optional settings are : Enabled; Disabled.

Hard Disk Write Protect

Disables /Enables device write protection. This will be effective only if device is accessed
through BIOS

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

Select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI device(s).

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3-7-2 Onboard Device Control

Onboard PCI E Lan Device

Use this item to enable or disable Onboard PCI E Lan

Onboard Lan Boot ROM

This enables or disables PXE Function

HD Audio Azalia Device

This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support HD Audio.The
optional settings ar: Auto; Enabled and Disabled.

USB Configuration

Press Enter to set values for sub-items as: Legacy USB Support, USB 2.0 Controller Mode
BIOS EHCI Hand-off etc.

3-7-3 Super IO Configuration

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Onboard Floppy Controller

Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system
board and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive,
select Disabled in this field. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Serial Port1/Port2 Address

Use this item to allow BIOS to select serial port Base Address

Serial Port2 Mode

Use this item to allow BIOS to select Mode for Base Address.

IR Duplex Mode

This item allows BIOS to select full or half duplex for serial port 2(IR Mode).The optional
settings are: Full Duplex; Half Duplex.

IRTX Pin Select

The optional settings are: Normal and Inverse.
This item allows BIOS to select transmit pin in a normal condition or inverse the IRTX(IR
Mode).

IrRX Pin Select

The optional settings are: Normal and Inverse.
This item allows BIOS to select receiver pin in normal condition or inverse the IRRX(IR
mode).

IR Tx to Rx Delay Select

The optional settings are: No Delay and Reception Delay.
This item allows BIOS to select IR from Tx to RX 4 characters time delay for serial port2(IR
mode)

IR Rx to Tx Delay Select

The optional settings are: No Delay and Transmission Delay.

Parallel Port Address

This item allows BIOS to select Parallel Port Base Address.

Parallel Port Mode

This item allows BIOS to select Parallel Port Mode.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

The optional settings are: Former; Always On; Always Off.

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3-8 Power Management Features

The Power Management Features allows you to configure your system to most effectively
save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer
use.

Suspend Mode

Use this item to select the ACPI state used for System Suspend.

Power Management/APM

Use this item to enable or disable SMI based power management and APM support.

Suspend Time Out

If it is set Enabled and no activity during this time period, the BIOS will place the system into
suspend low power state. The optional settings are: Disabled; 1~64 minutes.

Power Button Mode

The optional settings are: On/Off; Suspend.

Video Power Down Mode

The optional settings are: Disabled; Standby and Suspend.

Hard Disk Power Down Mode

The optional settings are: Disabled; Standby and Suspend.

Hard Disk Time Out

The optional settings are: Disabled; 1~15 minutes.

PowerOn by PCI Card

Use this item to enable or disable PCI card to generate a wake event.

Wake-up by PCIE

Use this item to enable or disable LAN GPI to generate a wake event.

RTC Resume

Use this item to enable or disable RTC to generate a wake event.

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3-9 Miscellaneous Control

Plug &Play O/S

The optional settings are: No; Yes
No: Let the BIOS configure all the devices in the system.
Yes: Let the operating system configure Plug and Play devices, not required for boot if your
system has a Plug and Play system.

PCI Latency Timer

Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register.

Allocate IRQ for PCI VGA

The optional settings are: No; Yes.
Yes: Assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ.
No: Does not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even card requests an IRQ.

Palette Snooping

The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.
Enable: inform the PCI device that an ISA graphics devices is installed in the system so the
card will function correctly.

PCI IDE Bus Master

The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.
Enable: BIOS uses PCI busmastering for reading/writing IDE devices.

Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card

Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding the card.

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3-10 PC Health Status

This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, and Warning for overall system status. This
is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.

H/W Health Function,

It displays information list below when set as below. The choice is either Enabled or
Disabled.

CPU Temperature/ System Temperature/ CPUFAN1 Speed /SYSFAN1
Speed/SYSFAN2 Speed/VCORE /5V/12V/5VSB/VDIMM

This will show the CPU/ /System voltage chart and FAN Speed, etc.

3-10-1 Smart FAN Configuration

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Smart FAN Configuration FAN1 Mode Setting

The optional settings are: Auto Fan by RPM; Auto Fan by Dutycycle; Manual Mode by RPM
and Manual Mode by DutyCycle.

3-11 Thermal Throttling Function

CPU Thermal Throttling

Use this item to enable or disable CPU thermal Throttling. The optional settings are: Enable;
Disabled.

3-12 Power User OverClock Settings

CPU/HT Reference Clock

Use this item to set CPU/HT Reference Clock...

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PCI E Reference Clock

Use this item to set PCI E Reference Clock

SB Reference Clock

Use this item to set SB Reference Clock

Processor Voltage

The optional settings are: Auto; 0.800V~1.350V.

AOD Compatibility

Choose Enabled means only AMD over drive can adjust voltage
Choose Disabled means only BIOS can adjust voltage

CPU Vcore 7-Shift

Use this item to set value in CPU Vcore 7-Shift function. The optional settings are: Defaults
and a range from 50mV to 350mV

NBCore Voltage Setting

The optional settings are from 1.20v to 1.35v.

NBPCIE Voltage Setting

The optional settings are from 1.10v to 1.25v.

HT Link Speed

The HyperTransport link will run at this speed if it slower than or equal to system clock and
this board is capable

HT Link Width

The HyperTransport link will run at this width.

DRAM Command Rate

The optional settings are: Auto;1T;2T.

Memory Clock Mode

The optional settings are: Auto; Limit and Manual.

3-12-1 CPU Configuration

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GART Error Reporting

This option should remain disabled for the normal operation. The driver developer may
enable it for testing purpose.

3-12-2 Memory Configuration

Bank Interleaving

Use this item to enable bank memory interleaving.

Enable Clock to ALL DIMMs

Enable unused clocks to DIMMS when memory slots are not populated.

Mem CLK Tristate during C3 and Alt VID.

Enable and disable Mem CLK Tri-stating during C3 and Alt VID

Memory Hole Remapping

Enable Memory Remapping around Memory Hole.

DCT Unganged Mode

This allows selection of unganged DRAM MODE (64- bit width).
Auto=Ganged Mode; Always= Unganged Mode.

Power Down Enable

Enable or DisableDDR power down mode.

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3-13 BIOS Security Features

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are:

Supervisor password: Can enter and change the options of the setup menus.

User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the

setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the
center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password
typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will
be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You
may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password.
A message will confirm that the password will be disabled. Once the password is
disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to
enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system
configuration.
Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a
password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of
your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and
its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be
required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs
when trying to enter Setup.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

The selection Allow you to choose the VIRUS Warning
feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and
someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on
screen and alarm beep.

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Disabled (default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access
the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to
appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of hard disk partition table.

3-14 Load Optimal Defaults /Load Standard Defaults

Load Optimal Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message
similar to:
Load Optimal Defaults?

【OK】 【Cancel】
Pressing <OK> loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance
system operations.

Load Standard Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message
similar to:
Load Standard Defaults?

【OK】 【Cancel】
Pressing <OK> loads the default values that are factory settings for stable performance
system operations.

3-15 Save Changes and Exit / Discard Changes and Exit

Save Changes and Exit

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message
similar to:
Save configuration changes and exit setup?

【OK】 【Cancel】

Pressing <OK> save the values you made previously and exit BIOS setup.

Discard Changes and Exit Setup?

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message
similar to:
Discard Changes and Exit Setup?

【OK】 【Cancel】

Pressing <OK> to leave BIOS setting without saving previously set values.

Notice! The BIOS options in this manual are for reference only. Different

configurations may lead to difference in BIOS screen and BIOS
screens in manuals are usually the first BIOS version when the board is
released and may be different from your purchased motherboard .
Users are welcome to download the latest BIOS version form our
official website.

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Chapter 4

DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all
DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this CD
also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which
DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly. We call this auto detect software
MAGIC INSTALL.

MAGIC INSTALL supports WINDOWS 9X/NT/2K/XP

Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below.
If the menu does not appear, double-click MY COMPUTER / double-click CD-ROM drive or

click START / click RUN / type X:\SETUP.EXE (assuming X is your CD-ROM drive).

From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may take 9 selections:

1. ATI install ATI driver pack

2. SOUND install ALC 888 HD Audio driver

3. LAN install RealTek LAN Controller Driver

4. RaidDisk install SATA RAID Driver and Utility

5. PC-CILLIN install PC-CILLIN 2008 anti-virus program

6. PC-HEALTH install My Guard hardware monitor utility

7. OVERCLOCK install overclocking utilities

8. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD

9. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu

4-1 ATI Install ATI Driver Pack

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1. Click ATI appears on the MAGIC INSTALL

MENU.

2. Click NEXT when ATI software driver pack

appears.

3. Click “Yes” to accept the license agreement

and start installation.

4. Choose whether you would like to restart and

click Finish to restart your computer.

NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4
Or later before you install the HD Audio CODEC driver

4-2 SOUND Install ALC888 HD Audio Driver

1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click NEXT When Realtek High Definition

Audio driver windows appear

3. Click FINISH and restart your computer 4. Manual Sound Effect Setting

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5. Devices and mixer setting 6. Audio input and output setting.

7. Microphone effect setting. 8. 3D demo setting.

NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4
or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver.

4-3 LAN Install RealTek LAN Controller Driver

1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appears. 2. Click Next to install RealTek LAN Driver.

3. Click Install to begin the installation. 4.After driver installation completed, Click Finish.

4-4 RAID Install SATA RAID Driver and Utility

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1 Click RAIDDisk when MAGIC INSTALL

2. Install RAID Disk.

MENU appears

3. The installation process. 4. Click FINISH to complete the installation

4-5 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2008 Anti-virus Program

1 Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Please select Next when the "Trend Micro
internet security" install shield wizard
windows appears

3. This is license agreement, select "I accept the
terms in the license agreement" and Click
NEXT.

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4. The preinstallation checkup process

5. Click Next after you select the features you
want to install and the folder to install it.

6. Click Install after you select to install the
optional online services.

4-6 PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware Monitor Utility

1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click Next on Install shield wizard Window

appears。

3. Click Install to begin the installation. 4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

4-7 OVERCLOCK Install Overclocking Utility

1. Click OVER CLOCK on the MAGIC 2. Click Next.

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INSTALL MENU appears

3. Select “I agree the terms in the license
agreement” and then click Next.

4. Click Next after you read the Readme
Information.

5. Click Next after you type in the customer
information.

6. Click Next after you select the destination
folder.

7.Click after you decide wether you would like to
have a shortcut of the program on your
desktop.

8. Click Install.

9. Installation process. 10. Click Finish to complete the installation

process.

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NOTICE!

The above driver screen and operation steps are for reference only because
we might update the drivers or make modifications due to technological
need and user’s benefits. We reserve these changes or upgrade without
advanced notification. Please visit our website for possible driver upgrade.

4-8 How to Update BIOS

Step 1. Prepare a bootable disk. (You may make one by click START click RUN type SYS

A: click OK)

Step 2. Download upgrade tools and the latest BIOS files of the motherboard from official

website and then make a copy of it to your bootable disk after decompressing these
files

Step 3. Insert the disk into A: ,start your computer and enter BIOS setup to set the bootable

disk as the first boot device, save the settings before you exit BISO setup, restart the
computer, then type in “A:\xxxxxx.BAT”(xxxxxxx being the file name of the latest
BIOS )

Step 4. Type Enter to update and flash the BIOS. The system will restart automatically

when BIOS is upgraded.

4-9 AMD Platform RAID Function Installation

Please set these choice in the BIOS as RAID：BIOS setup \Integrated Peripherals \Onchip
SATA Device \ Onchip SATA Type. When the below figures appeared, please press [Ctrl-F]

into figure 2

[figure1]

Function: press[1] key, showing the RAID; press [2] key，building RAID; press [3] key,
delete the RAID; press[4] key, showing the information of controller.

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[figure2]

press[1] key，showing the RAID，as the below figure

[figure3]

Press [2] key, the interface of RAID, as figure 4.
RAID function:

1.RAID 1 2. RAID 0 3. RAID 10 4. RAID 5 5. RAID JBOD

[figure4]

Choose LD 1 then press Enter.
Take Raid0 for example, use [↑] [↓] to shift the cursor, press space key to change the choice,

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press [Ctrl-Y] to keep.

Set Assignment mode as [Y], press [Ctrl-Y] to keep , then figure 5 appeared, erase the MBR.

choose [Ctrl-Y],figure 6 appeared. Press any key, finished the RAID.

[figure5]

[figure6]

Press [3], delete the RAID mode, as figure 7.press [Delete] will delete the array. As figure 7 .

[figure7]

Press [4], showing the information of controller, as figure 8.

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[figure8]

Making RAID driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/2000

Before you install the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you will need to make a RAID driver
diskette before you start to install the Operating System.

How to make a RAID driver diskette?

1: Insert the diskette which is being formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS.
2: After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD-ROM
3: Copy all the files from \NF-orce4\RAIDDisk to floppy diskette
Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows XP or
Windows 2000 on your System.

Installation of Windows XP/ Windows 2000

For installation of Windows XP or Windows 2000, please insert Windows XP or Windows
2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and boot the system. At
the very beginning, you will see the message at the bottom of screen, “Press F6 if you need to
install a third party SCSI or RAID driver….”
At this moment, please press <F6> key and follow the instructions of Windows XP or
Windows 2000 for the proper installation.

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4-10 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction

What’s Pro Magic Plus?

Tired with reinstall OS each time when it doesn’t work? Does your computer often crash
down or unable to work after installed new software? Have you had great loses and troubles
because of computer problems? Still using time-consuming backup software that occupies
lots of HD space?

Pro Magic Plus- an instant system recovery software tailored to solve these problems for you.
It combines various application tools (e.g. anti-virus, backup software, uninstall software,
multi-boot software) to satisfy your needs of all sorts of system protections.

What functions does Pro Magic Plus have?

1. Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install Pro
Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by simply
reboot your computer.

2. Easy-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse

3. System Uninstall – Pro Magic provides a protection mode, which allows user to freely
test any software. If user does not want to keep the software, just reboot the computer
to restore back to the previous state, and Pro Magic will remove it completely from you
computer.

4. Passw ord Security – Pro Magic provides double password protection, including user
password for entering each OS and manager password for managing ‘Pro Magic’, which
can effectively prevent others from using your computer without permission or data from
being stolen. (disable item for OEM version)

5. Complete Protection – Pro Magic not only protects the system disk, but also can
protect your data disk, and does not require to reboot when backup or restore data disk.

6. Multipoint Save/Restore – You can backup your system whenever you need and
restore them back to anytime you wish, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 month ago. Restore points
are unlimited. (disable item for OEM version)

7. Data Disk Protection – Pro Magic Plus now comes with data disk protection, provides
complete protection for your computer! (disable item for OEM version)

8. You can choose to change the default path of ‘My Document’, ‘My Favorite’ and
‘Outlook Express’, so that when you are restoring the system, data in these folders will
not be restored as well. (This is optional, you can leave it as it is).

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NOTE: Functions of each version will differ from each other, and will be based on the function

descriptions of each version.

System Requirements

◇ First OS must be Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP
◇ Support Only Windows OS (No Linux)
◇ Windows server OS and Windows NT not supported
◇ Minimum of Intel 486 or above, 16MB of memory or above
◇ Minimum of 500MB free/usable space or above
◇ Support for SCSI & SATA Hard disk

Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows 2000 or OS above

Notice Before Installation

1. Before install Pro Magic Plus, turn off all anti-virus software. (Include BIOS anti-virus
function)

2. Pro Magic Plus does not support multiple PRI partitions. If you have multiple PRI
partitions, please repartition your HD before installation.

3. If your HDD is not fully partitioned (with un-partitioned/unused space at end of HDD),

please repartition the HDD before install Pro Magic Plus.

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APPENDIX

Debug Port Post Code

Normal POST Codes

NOTE: EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h.

ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h.

Code(hex) Name Description

C0 Turn Off Chipset

And CPU test

C1 Memory Presence First block memory detect

C2 Early Memory

Initialization

C3 Extend Memory DRAM

select

C4 Special Display

Handling

C5 Early Shadow OEM specific- Early shadow enable for

C6 Cache presence test External cache size detection
CF CMOS Check CMOS checkup
B0 Spurious If interrupt occurs in protected

B1 Unclaimed NMI If unmasked NMI occurs, display

BF Program Chip Set To program chipset from defaults values
E1-EF Setup Pages E1- Page 1, E2 - Page 2, etc.
1 Force load Default

to chipset

2 Reserved

OEM Specific-Cache control cache
Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification.
Tests the following processor status
flags: Carry, zero, sign, overflow,
The BIOS sets each flag, verifies
They are set, then turns each flag
off and verifies it is off.
Read/Write/Verify all CPU registers
except SS, SP, and BP with data
pattern FF and 00.
RAM must be periodically refreshed to
keep the memory from decaying. This
function ensures that the memory
refresh function is working properly.

OEM Specific-Test to size on-board
memory. Early chip set initialization
Memory presence test
OEM chip set routines
Clear low 64K of memory
Test first 64K memory.
OEM Specific- Board Initialization

OEM Specific- Turn on extended memory
Initialization
Cyrix CPU initialization
Cache initialization
OEM Specific- Display/Video Switch
Handling so that Switch Handling display
switch errors never occurs

fast boot

mode.

Press F1 to disable NMI, F2 reboot.

Chipset defaults program

3 Early Superio Init Early Initialized the super IO

Code(hex) Name Description

4 Reserved
5 Blank video Reset Video controller
6 Reserved
7 Init KBC Keyboard controller init
8 KB test Test the Keyboard
9 Reserved
A Mouse Init Initialized the mouse

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B Onboard Audio init Onboard audio controller initialize if

exist
C Reserved
D Reserved
E CheckSum Check Check the intergraty of the ROM,BIOS and

message
F Reserved
10 Auto detec EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash

write/erase routines to 0F000h segments
11 Reserved
12 Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS
13 Reserved
14 Chipset Default

load

Program the chipset registers with CMOS

values
15 Reserved
16 Clock Init Init onboard clock generator
17 Reserved
18 Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache
19 Reserved
1A Reserved
1B Setup Interrupt

Vector Table

Initialize first 120 interrupt

vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and

initialize

INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL
1C Reserved
1D Early PM Init First step initialize if single CPU onboard
1E Reserved
1F Re-initial KB Re-init KB
20 Reserved
21 HPM init If support HPM, HPM get initialized here
22 Reserved
23 Test CMOS Interface

and Battery Status

Verifies CMOS is working correctly,

detects bad battery. If failed, load CMOS

defaults and load into chipset
24 Reserved
25 Reserved
26 Reserved
27 KBC final Init Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data area
28 Reserved
29 Initialize Video

Interface

Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of

video in use.

Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.
2A Reserved
2B Reserved
2C Reserved
2D Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on

message to screen.
2E Reserved Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow

according to Setup.
2F Reserved
30 Reserved
31 Reserved
32 Reserved
33 PS2 Mouse setup Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB
34 Reserved
35 Test DMA Controller 0 Test DMA channel 0

36 Reserved
37 Test DMA Controller 1 Test DMA channel 1

38 Reserved
39 Test DMA Page

Registers

Test DMA Page Registers.

3A Reserved
3B Reserved

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3C Test Timer Counter 2 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2.

3D Reserved
3E Test 8259-1 Mask

Bits

Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by

alternately turning off

and on the interrupt lines.
3F Reserved
40 Test 8259-2 Mask

Bits

Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by

alternately turning off

and on the interrupt lines.
41 Reserved
42 Reserved
43 Test Stuck8259's

Interrupt Bits
Test 8259 Interrupt
Functionality

Turn off interrupts then verify no

interrupt mask register is on.

Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt

occurred.
44 Reserved
45 Reserved
46 Reserved
47 Set EISA Mode If EISA non-volatile memory checksum is

good, execute EISA initialization.

If not, execute ISA tests an clear

EISA mode flag.
48 Reserved
49 Size Base and

Extended Memory

Size base memory from 256K to 640K and

extended memory above 1MB.
4A Reserved
4B Reserved
4C Reserved
4D Reserved
4E Test Base and

Extended Memory

Test base memory from 256K to 640K and

extended memory above 1MB using

various patterns.

NOTE: This test is skipped in EISA

mode and can be skipped with ESC key

in ISA mode.
4F Reserved
50 USB init Initialize USB controller
51 Reserved
52 Memory Test Test all memory of memory above 1MB

using Virtual 8086 mode,

page mode and clear the memory
53 Reserved
54 Reserved
55 CPU display Detect CPU speed and display

CPU vendor specific version string

and turn on all necessary CPU features
56 Reserved

57 PnP Init Display PnP logo and PnP early init
58 Reserved
59 Setup Virus Protect Setup virus protect according to Setup
5A Reserved
5B Awdflash Load If required, will auto load

Awdflash.exe in POST
5C Reserved
5D Onboard I/O Init Initializing onboard superIO
5E Reserved
5F Reserved
60 Setup enable Display setup message and enable setup

functions
61 Reserved
62 Reserved
63 Initialize & Install

Mouse

Detect if mouse is present, initialize

mouse, install interrupt

vectors.

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64 Reserved
65 PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port
66 Reserved
67 ACPI init ACPI sub-system initializing
68 Reserved
69 Setup Cache

Controller

Initialize cache controller.

6A Reserved
6B Setup Entering Enter setup check and auto-

configuration check up
6C Reserved
6D Initialize Floppy

Drive & Controller

Initialize floppy disk drive controller

and any drives.
6E Reserved
6F FDD install Install FDD and setup BIOS data area

parameters
70 Reserved
71 Reserved
72 Reserved
73 Initialize Hard

Drive & Controller

Initialize hard drive controller and any

drives.
74 Reserved
75 Install HDD IDE device detection and install
76 Reserved
77 Detect & Initialize

Serial/Parallel
Ports

Initialize any serial and parallel

ports (also game port).

78 Reserved
79 Reserved
7A Detect & Initialize

Math Coprocessor

Initialize math coprocessor.

7B Reserved
7C HDD Check for Write

protection

HDD check out

7D Reserved
7E Reserved
7F POST error check Check POST error and display them

and ask for user intervention
80 Reserved
81 Reserved
82 Security Check Ask password security (optional).
83 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and

clear screen.
84 Pre-boot Enable Enable parity checker

Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot.
85 Initialize Initialize any option ROMs present

Option ROMs from C8000h to EFFFFh.

NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,

ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh.
86 Reserved
87 Reserved
88 Reserved
89 Reserved
8A Reserved
8B Reserved
8C Reserved
8D Reserved
8E Reserved
8F Reserved
90 Reserved
91 Reserved
92 Reserved
93 Boot Medium

detection

Read and store boot partition head and

cylinders values in RAM
94 Final Init Final init for last micro details

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before boot
95 Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot

Setup NumLock status according to

Setup
96 Boot Attempt Set low stack

Boot via INT 19h.
FF Boot

Quick POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

65 Init onboard device Early Initialized the super IO

Reset Video controller

Keyboard controller init

Test the Keyboard Initialized the

mouse Onboard audio controller

initialize if exist. Check the

intergraty of the ROM, BIOS and

message Check Flash type and copy

flash write/erase routines to 0F000h

segments Check Cmos Circuitry and

reset CMOS Program the chipset

registers with CMOS values

Init onboard clock generator
66 Early System setup Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache

Initialize first 120 interrupt

vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and

initialize INT 00h-1Fh according to

INT_TBL First step initialize if single CPU

onboard. Re-init KB

If support HPM, HPM get initialized

here
67 KBC and CMOS Init Verifies CMOS is working correctly,

detects bad battery. If failed, load

CMOS defaults and load into chipset

Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data

area.
68 Video Init Read CMOS location 14h to find out

69 8259 Init Init 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9
6A Memory test Quick Memory Test

6B CPU Detect and IO

init

6C Reserved
6D Reserved
6E Reserved
6F Reserved
70 Setup Init Display setup message and enable setup

71 Setup Cache

Controller

type of video in use.

Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.

Test video memory, write sign-on

message to screen.

Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow

according to Setup.

Detect CPU speed and display

CPU vendor specific version string

and turn on all necessary CPU features

Display PnP logo and PnP early init

Setup virus protect according to

Setup. If required, will auto load

Awdflash.exe in POST

Initializing onboard superIO

functions Detect if mouse is present,

initialize mouse, install interrupt

vectors. Special treatment to PS2

Mouse port

ACPI sub-system initializing

Initialize cache controller.

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72 Install FDD Enter setup check and auto-

configuration check up

Initialize floppy disk drive

controller and any drives.

Install FDD and setup BIOS data area

parameters
73 Install HDD Initialize hard drive controller and

any drives.

IDE device detection and install

Initialize any serial and parallel

ports (also game port).
74 Detect & Initialize

Math Coprocessor

75 HDD Check for Write

protection

Initialize math coprocessor.

HDD check out

76 Reserved
77 Display POST error Check POST error and display them

and ask for user intervention

Ask password security (optional).
78 CMOS and Option ROM

Init

Write all CMOS values back to RAM and

clear screen.

Enable parity checker

Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot.

Initialize any option ROMs present

from C8000h to EFFFFh.

NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,

ROMs initialize from C8000h to

F7FFFh.
79 Reserved
7A Reserved
7B Reserved
7C Reserved
7D Boot Medium

detection

Read and store boot partition head and

cylinders values in RAM

7E Final Init Final init for last micro details

before boot

7F Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot

Setup NumLock status according to Setup

80 Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h.
FF Boot

S4 POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

5A Early Chipset Init Early Initialized the super IO

Reset Video controller

Keyboard controller init

Test the Keyboard

Initilized the mouse
5B Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS
5C Chipset default

Prog

5D Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache
5E Setup Interrupt

Vector Table

5F Test CMOS

Interface and

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Program the chipset registers with

CMOS values. Init onboard clock

generator

Initialize first 120 interrupt

vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and

INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL

First step initialize if single CPU

Onboard. Re-init KB

If support HPM, HPM get initialized

Here.

Verifies CMOS is working correctly,

detects bad battery. If failed, load

S

Battery status CMOS defaults and load into chipset

60 KBC final Init Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data

61 Initialize Video

Interface

62 Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on

63 Setup PS2 mouse and

test DMA
64 Test 8259 Test 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9
65 Init Boot Device Detect if mouse is present,

66 Install Boot

Devices

67 Cache Init Cache init and USB init
68 PM init PM initialization
69 PM final Init and

issue SMI
FF Full on

area
Read CMOS location 14h to find out
type of video in use.
Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.

message to screen.
Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow
according to Setup.
Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB
Test DMA channel 0

initialize mouse, install interrupt
vectors.
Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port
ACPI sub-system initializing
Initialize cache controller.
Enter setup check and auto­configuration check up
Initialize floppy disk drive
controller and any drives.
Install FDD and setup BIOS data area
Parameters Initialize hard drive
controller and any drives.
IDE device detection and install

Final init Before resume

BootBlock POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

1 Base memory test Clear base memory area

(0000:0000--9000:ffffh)

5 KB init Initialized KBC
12 Install interrupt

vectors

0D Init Video Video initializing
41 Init FDD

FF Boot Load boot sector

How to use the sticky label

Accompanied with your motherboard there is a sticky label for the back panel. It servers the

Install int. vector (0-77), and
initialized 00-1fh to their
proper place

can floppy and media capacity for onboard

superIO

dustproof function and could also enhance the looks of your motherboard.

1. Tear out the sticker and dispose the paper without stickiness.

2. Tear out the semi blow holes of the sticky paper if your motherboard has corresponding

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connectors.

3. Apply the label with stickiness to the back panel of the motherboard; strike lightly with
your hand to secure the firmness.

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