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Manual Revision 1.0
September 28, 2006
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:
THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE
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HANDLING PROCEDURES:
Static electricity can severely damage your equipment. Handle the mainboard and
any other device in your system with extreme care and avoid unnecessary contact
with system components on the mainboard. Always work on an antistatic surface
to avoid possible damage to the mainboard from static discharge. Always have
the power supply unplugged and powered off when inserting and removing
devices within the computer chassis. The Manufacturer assumes no responsibility
for any damage to the mainboard that results from failure to follow instruction or
failure to observe safety precautions.
CAUTION
The mainboard is subject to damage by static electricity.
Always observe the handling procedures.
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Post Port Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed
information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix in this manual.
Post Code Problem Solution
FFh or CFh
C1h - C5h
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07h - 12h
1. BIOS ch ip inserted incorr ectly
2. Incorrect BIOS update version
3. Mainboard problem
4. Add-on card inserted incorrectly
1. Memo ry modu le inserted incorrectly
2. Memo ry compatibility pro blem
3. Memory module damaged
1. Error occured in VGA BIOS
2. VGA card inserted incorrectly
Overclock error Clear CMOS or press the insert key to
1. In it ial Keyboard con troller error
2. RTC error
1. Rein s ert the BIOS chip
2. Download the correct BIOS version
update from the manufacturer's
Web site
3. Replace mainboard
4. Remove and replace th e add-on card
1. Reinsert memroy module
2. Replace memory with correct type
3. Replace memory module
1. Replace VGA card
2. Reinsert the VGA card
power on the system
1. Ensure the Keyboard and mouse are
connected correctly
2. Replace the RTC battery
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IntroductionIntroduction
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1-1 Package Contents ................................................................................1
1-2 Mainboard Features .............................................................................. 2
1-3 Mainboard Specification .........................................................................4
1-4 System Block Diagram ........................................................................... 6
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InstallationInstallation
Installation
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2-1 CPU Installation ....................................................................................7
2-2 Jumper Settings ...................................................................................8
2-3 System Memory Configuration ............................................................... 9
2-4 Rear I/O Port........................................................................................10
2-5 Internal Connectors ..............................................................................10
BIOS SetupBIOS Setup
BIOS Setup
BIOS SetupBIOS Setup
3-1 Main Menu............................................................................................13
3-2 Standard CMOS Setup ..........................................................................14
3-3 Advanced BIOS Features ...................................................................... 14
3-4 Power BIOS Features............................................................................16
Driver & UtilityDriver & Utility
Driver & Utility
Driver & UtilityDriver & Utility
Ghost BIOSGhost BIOS
Ghost BIOS
Ghost BIOSGhost BIOS
AppendixAppendix
Appendix
AppendixAppendix
6-1 Post Codes........................................................................................... 21
6-2 Hot Key................................................................................................25
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1-1 Package Contents
Introduction
Section 1 -- Introduction
Contents
A. Mainboard
B. User’s manual
C. Floppy drive cable
D. HDD drive cable
E. CD (drivers and utilities)
F. I/O Shield
G. SATA II data cable
If you intend to setup RAID:
Optional items
H. Extra USB2.0 port cable
I. Thermo Stick cable
J. SLI bridge card
If you need the optional item, please contact
your dealer for assistance.
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When installing Windows XP/2000 into any RAID drive, the O/S setup will require a floppy disk containing the RAID
driver. This step will show you how to prepare this driver floppy.
1. Locate a PC and insert the bundled CD into its CD-ROM drive.
2. A main menu screen will appear (Autorun feature)
3. Select the page “RAID floppy”
4. Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive
5. Click on the required RAID controller driver to begin copy into the floppy
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Introduction
1-2 Mainboard Features
Socket AM2
Socket AM2 (940-pin) based motherboards are designed to provide performance enhancements for AMD Athlon
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AM2 processor-based systems, and it also expected to be the next-generation of platform innovations.
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Chipset
This board is designed with nVIDIA SPP 190 + MCP590 SLI chipset, otherwise known as nForce 590 SLI,
offering gaming and hardware enthusiasts an immediate upgrade path, packed with the newest features:
1) NVIDIA LinkBoost
- automatic performance boost delivering additional GPU and MCP bandwidth.
2) Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) Memory technology
- Exposes advanced performance memory settings hidden in NVIDIA certified SLI-Ready DDR2 memory
3) NVIDIA FirstPacket
- Be the "King of Ping" for faster online gaming and clear VoIP calls. Play games or mak e V oIP calls without fear
of disruption when you browse the net and download files.
4) NVIDIA DualNet
- Combine your dual GigE for blazing file transfers giving you higher system performance with lower CPU utilization.
For more details about the nVidia chipset, please visit the nVidia website: http://www.nvidia.com.
PCI-Express (PCI-E)
Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next decade. With smaller slot size
and 250MB/sec (PCI-E*1) or 4GB/sec (PCI-E*16) maximum transfer, PCI-Express overcomes PCI bus bottleneck.
NVIDIA SLI
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technology revolutionizes PC performance by combining multiple PCI Express GPUs in a single
and scalable system! Gamers and hardcore enthusiasts know that dual GPUs mean increased, supercharged
3D graphics and performance.
DDR2
DDR2 ushers in the new era of DDR memory technology. DDR2 memory offers faster speed, higher data
bandwidth and lower power consumption over DDR.
Dual Channel
Supports dual channel of DDR2 memory to give you twice the memory bandwidth for greater system
performance.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status. This
includes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs.
Dual GbE LAN
Onboard two Gigabit-LAN controllers. This twin set of Gigabit-LAN breaks traditional bandwidth barrier,
delivering maximum 1000Mbps between internal and external network.
Serial ATA II
S-ATA II is the second generation SATA interface with double the transferring speed up to 300MB/sec. It
supports NCQ to provide faster reading speed for your storage devices.
SATA RAID
RAID function available on chipset’s SATA II ports, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 by NV driver support.
More S-ATA II (Optional)
An extra S-ATA II controller is added to allow for more S-ATA II ports expansion in the form of JMicron’s
JMB363 complete with RAID function.
e-SATA (Optional)
With this new standard, you can now hot-plug external SATA drives to your system similar to USB devices.
With transfer speed up to 6 times faster than USB2.0, RAID capabillity and Port Multiplier function, e-SATA
brings unseen before performance to storage out of the box. This function is available only on S-ATA II ports
from JMicron’s JMB363 controller.
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USB2.0
A popular USB standard for plugging in peripherals with up to 480Mbps transfer speed while maintaining
backward compatibility with older USB1.1 device.
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Delivers 8 channel audio to bring you the latest in audio realism from DVD movies and games. Perfect for your
home theatre system.
AMD Cool'n'QuietTM Technology
AMD's Cool'n'Quiet
reduce heat dissipation and in effect lowers the fan speed to noise from your PC.
NVIDIA Firewall (Optional)
An unprecedented addition design for nForce product, provide high performance & enhanced reliability of PC
security solution to the users. The features would be more advanced than many stand-alone firewalls can provide!
TM
Technology lowers CPU operating voltage when the system is in idle mode. This helps to
Special Features
BIOS Features:
Ghost BIOS
No more worries if BIOS gets corrupted causing your system unable to boot. The onboard backup BIOS will
rescue & recover main BIOS in just a few easy steps.
Thunder Probe
A hardware diagnostic software to monitor voltage, temperature and speed of a variety of hardware. It also
includes an ingenious built in fan control feature called Smart Fan.
Thunder Flash
A Windows based innovation tool to provide safe and easy BIOS rescue function, BIOS flash function and
personal start up screen.
Magic Health
Reports your system hardware status for every boot-up to help detect faults early. Monitor hardware status
including CPU temperature, CPU/Memory/Chipset voltage, fan RPM speed for chassis fan, CPU fan & Power
supply fan.
EZ-Boot
Simply press “ESC” to select your bootable device. No more hassle to search the BIOS menu, change and
re-start.
PowerBIOS
Supporting a full range of overclocking setting via BIOS. Various adjustable feature include CPU/Memory/
Chipset voltage tweaking.
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H/W Features:
Post Port
An onboard LED-display trouble-shooting device, facilitating user to detect boot-up problems.
QuickSPDIF
On board SPDIF-out connector for quick connection to multi-channel speakers. Not only removes cable
cluttering but also delivers loss-free digital audio to let you enjoy DVD movies and games with crystal clear
sound.
EZ-Button
A handy power-on button located onboard to turn on/off the system easily, especially while debugging or
testing the system.
LEDION
Onboard LED indicators to show the power status CPU, Chipset and DRAM. You know immediately where to
look if the system fails to start.
Thermo Stick (Optional)
Flexible thermometer to let you measure any temperature by software. Ideal for monitoring VGA card,
chipset or even disk drives temperatures.
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1-3 Mainboard Specification
Processor
Support Socket-AM2 (940 pin) based AMD Athlon-X2/Athlon-64/Sempron processors
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Support 2.0GTs 16X16 wide Hyper Transport bus
Support VMM (Virtualization-Machine-Monitoring)
Chipset
nVidia nF590 SLI MCP (nF SPP 190 + MCP590 SLI)
Main Memory
Four 240-pin unbuffered non-ECC DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets
Support single-sided or double-sided 1.8v DDR2-533/667/800 DIMMs with dual channel architecture in
256Mb/512Mb/1Gb technologies
Supports up to 16GB memory size
Expansion Slots
Two PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.3
Two PCI-E (x1) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
Two PCI-E (x16) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a to support SLi technology
USB
Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel)
Dual LAN
Two Gigabit Ethernet from onboard Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit Ethernet PHY
P-ATA IDE
One IDE interface (up to 2 IDE devices) with UDMA-33/66/100/133 support from embedded IDE controller
S-ATA RAID
Six S-ATA II ports with up to 300MB/s from chipset with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
More S-ATA (Optional)
Two S-ATA II ports and One P-ATA port from JMicron's JMB363 PCI-Express to 2S1P controller and e-SATA
support.
I/O
Onboard EPoX EP1308 LPC bus I/O controller
Legacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard & mouse, FDD, Parallel, Serial, and IrDA (v1.0 compliant)
Support Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring and CPU temperature sensing
Intelligent fan speed control for CPU-fan (PWM) and Chassis-fan for quiet operation
Audio
8 channel audio from onboard Realtek ALC8xx High Definition audio compliant CODEC
- Support CD-In
- Support Jack detection for fool-proof audio device installation
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BIOS
Flash EEPROM with Award Plug&Play BIOS
Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection
Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot-up
Support Ghost BIOS for BIOS Recovery
Peripheral Interfaces
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PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
One Parallel (printer) port
One S/PDIF-Out Coaxial jack
One S/PDIF-Out Optical
One Serial port
Two RJ45 LAN connectors
Four USB2.0 ports
Six Audio jacks
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One floppy drive connector
One ATA-100/133 IDE connector from nVidia MCP590 SLI
One ATA-100/133 IDE connector from JMicron’s JMB363 (Optional)
Six extra USB2.0 ports
One CD-IN connector
One IR connector
Six S-ATA II connectors from nVidia nForce MCP590 SLI
Two S-ATA II connectors from JMicron’s JMB363 (Optional)
Three Fan connectors
Front Panel Controller
Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches
Supports HDD & Power LEDs
Supports PC speaker
Supports Front Panel Audio connector
Special Features
Support KBPO function – Keyboard power on, turn on the computer from keyboard
Support Wake-On-LAN by PME
Onboard Post Port LED display for system debugging
PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking features:
- Programmable FSB and PCI-E Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning
- Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier, FSB clock, PCI-E x16 clock, DIMM frequency
- Support BIOS adjustable CPU Core voltage, Chipset voltage and DIMM voltage
Support EZ-Button – A handy power-on button onboard to turn on/off the system easily
Support LEDION – onboard LED power indicator for CPU, DDR and chipset
Support Thermo Stick temperature (Optional)
Support Ghost BIOS - Rescue, recover BIOS in an easy step and no more worry of BIOS being corrupted.
Powerful utilities for Windows
Support Thunder Probe - A hardware diagnostic software to monitor voltage, temperature and speed of
a variety of hardware. It also includes an ingenious built in fan control feature called Smart Fan.
Support Thunder Flash - A Windows based innovation tool to provide safe and easy BIOS rescue
function, BIOS flash function and personal start up screen.
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