Nvidia NFORCE 410 MCP, GEFORCE6100 User Manual

USER'S MANUAL

GeForce6100 GPU

nForce 410 MCP

M/B For Socket AM2 64-bit Dual Core

AMD Processor

NO. G03-M2GT3-FR111

Rev:1.0

Release date: June 2006

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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 GEFORCE 6100 GPU MOTHERBOARDS

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

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

1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3

1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING................................................................... 5

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ............................................................................ 7

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 7

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

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

2-3-2

ABOUT AMD Athlon64 940-PIN CPU

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

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

2-5 EXPANSION CARD............................................................................................................. 11

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

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

2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD ...................... 12

2-5-4 PCI-Express SLOT .................................................................................................... 12

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS................................................................................................ 13

2-6-1 CONNECTORS ......................................................................................................... 13

2-6-2 HEADERS .................................................................................................................. 17

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER.................................................................................20

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP..............................................................................................................21

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 21

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 22

3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES........................................................................................ 23

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 24

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 26

3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS.................................................................................... 27

3-6-2 VGA SETTINGS (OPTION)....................................................................................27

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.........................................................................................28

3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION....................................................................................... 28

3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION............................................................................... 29

3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION ........................................................................... 30

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 31

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL........................................................................................ 32

3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES..................................................................................................... 32

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.......................................................................................................... 33

3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATIONS (OPTION) .................................................... 33

3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS............................................................................ 34

3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS..................................................................... 35

3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 37

3-14 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS............................................................... 37

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP....................................... 38

4-1 NFORCE INSTALL NFORCE INTEGRATED DRIVER.......................................... 39

4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC655 6-CHANNEL AUDIO DRIVER.................................. 41

4-3 LAN INSTALL Marvell88E3016 10/100M LAN DRIVER................................. 42

4-4 USB2.0 INSTALL INTEL USB2.0 DRIVER ............................................................ 42

4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2006 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM........................... 43

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY............... 44

4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS .................................................................................................... 45

4-8 NFORCE4 PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION...................................... 45

4-9 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION ....................................................... 47

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 GEFORCE 6100 GPU 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 REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.

Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

1.0 First Edition June 2006

Item Checklist

GeForce 6100 GPU motherboard With or Without Certain Optional Function

Cable for IDE

CD for motherboard utilities

Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port

□

SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor

GeForce 6100 GPU motherboard User’s Manual

AMD K8 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 website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for SocketAM2 processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2 processors.

For vendor list of heatsinks and Active cooling fans, please visit：

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_869_9460^9515,00.html

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Chapter 1

Introduction of GeForce 6100 GPU Motherboards 1-1 Features of motherboard

The GeForce 6100 GPU motherboa rd serie s are based on t he lates t NVI DIA GeForc e 6100 GPU (C51G) chipset and NVIDIA nForce 410 MCP (MCP51G ) chipset which supports the innovative and supercharged new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2 Athlon64 and Sempron processors with HyperTransport Technology up to 1000MHz. GeForce 6100 GPU motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2 Athlon64 & Sempron processors With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable HyperTransport technology-based system bus up to 1.0GHZ. By implementing the new generation NVIDIA GeForce 6100 GPU (C51G) integrated graphic processor chipset which adopts the innovative 90nm process technology, the GeForce 6100 GPU (C51G) chipset integrated video graphics array brings more compatibility, stability and reliability with the widest range of games and applications to the desktop platform system. The motherboards support NVIDIA purevideo™ technology delivering stunning HD(high definition) video in all formats and with superb picture clarity that brings the best visual experience and ultra-realistic effects to the users. With utilizing the 64-bit socket-AM2 processor and the dual channel DDRII memory which size is expandable to 8.0GB, moreover, GeForce 6100 GPU motherboard series are embedded with optional TV-Out function and optional DVI connector for the Digital Display devices delivering more flexibility and expandability. GeForce 6100 GPU mot her bo ard se ri es a re the r eal c ost- effec tive and p ower ful integrated multimedia platform solutions and meet the demanding usage of computing now and future.

The motherboards incorporate the integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6100 GPU (C51G) which is fully compatible with Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0C and Shader Model 3.0. And it also supports 1000 MHz HyperTransport speed of data transfer rate, the motherboards support new generation innovative Socket AM2 processors with an integrated DDRII memory controller whic h provides with 200MHz / 266MHz / 333MHz/ 400MHz memory clock frequency for Du a l channel DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800(AM2 Sempron processor only supports up to DDRII667 memory) DDRII Module up to 8.0GB. And NVIDIA nForce 410 MCP (MCP51G) chipset accommodates ULTRA ATA 133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0 and RAID1 functions which support up to four IDE and two Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.

The motherboards provide optional 10/100 LAN function with Realtek RT8201CL 10/100 LAN PHY which supports 10/100Mbps data transfer rate. Embedded 6-channel AC’97 CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro® standard that provides you with the home cinema quality and absolutely software compatibility.

GeForce 6100 GPU motherboard series offer on e PCI -E xp re ss x16 graphics slot of 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which get 3.5 times of bandwidth more than AGP8X and it’s up to a peak concurrent bandwidth of 8Gbyte/sec at full speed to guarantee the fully operational GPU graphics power. Two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. One PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers 512Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec. Embedded USB controller as well as capability of expanding to 8 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth and rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future 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---

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift/ CPU Smart Fan

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 cause 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

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 7-Shift--- ( Shift to Higher Performance )

The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 7 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.

---(The CPU Overheat Protection Technology)

1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design Chipset

CPU Socket AM2

Memory Socket

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and Serial ATA2 RAID

Optional LAN

6CH-Audio

∗ ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.4*22.3cm

∗ NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Graphic Processing Unit Chipset (C51G)

∗

NVIDIA nForce 410 Media and Communication Processor

Chipset(MCP51G)

∗ Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-

Chip Pin Grid Array package processor

∗ Support for future AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2 processors up

to 3800+ & Sempron 3600+ with HTT Frequency up to 1GHz & DDR2 Memory controller integrated

∗ 240-pin DDRII Module socket x 4 ∗ Support 4pcs DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800

DDRII Modules Expandable to 8.0GB

∗ Support Dual channel function

∗ PCI-Express x16 slot 1pcs deliver up to 8GB/s concurrent bandwidth ∗ PCI-Express x1 slot 1pcs delivers up to 512MB/s concurrent

bandwidth

∗

32-bit PCI slot x 2pcs

∗ Two 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.

∗

Two Serial ATA2 ports provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with

RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions.

∗ Integrated Realtek RTL8201CL 10/100 LAN. ∗ Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10/100Mb /s data

transfer rate

∗ AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated ∗ 6-channel AC’97 Audio CODEC on board ∗ SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-Out Optical support

∗ Audio driver and utility included

DVI Connector(Option)

TV-Out(Option) BIOS

Multi I/O

∗ DVI connector supports Digital Video Interface Display LCD

monitor

∗ Embedded TV-Out functions

meet HDTV standard

∗ Award 4MB Flash ROM ∗ PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors ∗ Floppy disk drive connector x1 ∗ Parallel port x1 ∗ Serial port x1(

Option

)

∗ VGA port x1 ∗ DVI port x1(O

ption

)

∗ USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4 (connecting cable option) ∗ Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/ 6CH Audio)

)

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 Athlon 64 3200+ ( 939 / 512K L2 cache) DRAM: VGA Card : Hard Disk Driver: BIOS:

Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)

OS:

Award Optimal default

KingMax MPTC220D-38HT DDR-500 512M X 2 (1Gbyte) Memory Onboard VGA share 64M (1024X768X32BIT Color)

Seagate Barracude 7200.7 SATA150

200/200 Single channel (C51G) 200/200 Single channel (GeForce6600GT)

3D Mark 2001SE 3D Mark 2003 3D Mark 2005 AQUAMRK3 PCMark2004 System / CPU / Memory Graph / HDD Content Creation Winstone 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Winbench 99 V2.0: Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99 Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark

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

SISMark 2004 3D Creation / 2D Creation / Web publication Communication / Document / Data Analysis SISOFT Sandra 2004 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU Multi-

Media Benchmark

1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point IT/S UT2003 Benchmark Quake3 DEMO1 / FPS DOOM3 FPS Super Pi (1M) Second CPUZ System / CPU Clock 200.9 / 200.9 / 2009.2 200.9 / 200.9 / 2009.2

12962 (1440 / 6431

3552 / 3822 / 4298 3558 / 3818 / 4307

5179 4961 1392 1304

704 624

11512 (1260 / 6635

1542 / 4573 1427 / 4594

31.2 31.1

22.3 22.4

10400 / 25600 10900 / 22600

849 / 1890 839 / 1900

167 (179 / 155

165 (176 / 155)

173 / 209 166 / 208

158 157

145 / 173 146 / 171

149 149

9294 9294 3173 / 4107 3173 / 4108 4495 / 4490 4489 / 4485

19162 / 20609 19163 / 20611

59.26 / 36.66 56.55 / 34.76

13.0 12.5

13.0 12.5 44s 44s

1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting

Rear I / O for GeForce 6100 GPU Motherboard Type 1

PRINTER

COM1

VGA

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

10/100 Mbps LAN

Line-IN Line-OUT

MIC-IN

10/100 Mb

UL1

s LAN

Line-IN

USB1

Rear I / O for GeForce 6100 GPU Motherboard Type 2

VGA

PRINTER

DVI

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

Line-OUT

MIC-IN

KBMS/USB Power On

ATX 12V Power Connector

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

PC99 Back Panel

USB Port

Connector

USB Port/ 10/100M

Optional HDTV TV-OUT

6100 GPU Chip

PCI EXPRESS x16

Jumper (JP1)

SFAN1

LAN Connector

Audio Connector

VIDIA GeForce

PCI EXPRESSx1

Marvell88E3016 10/100 LAN

CD Audio In

PCI Slot

6-CH AC’97

Audio Codec

Front Panel Audio

COM2 Connector

SFAN2

(USB3, USB2)

USB1

USB Port

UL1

CPU Socket

CPU FAN

FINTEK F71872F

I/O chip

4MBit Flash ROM BIOS

DDR2 Socket X4

ATX Power Connector

ATA 133 IDE Connector

(IDE1,2)

Floppy Connector

Clear CMOS (JBAT)

Serial-ATAII Connector (SATAII1, 2)

VIDIA nForce 410

MCP Chip

USB Power On Jumper (JP3)

Power LED Connector

Speaker Connector

Front Panel Connector

Jumpers

JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.7

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8 JP3 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8

Jumper Name Description Page

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR

ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13 KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.14 USB1 USB Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.14 UL1 Optional 10 / 100 LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.14 PARALLEL Parallel Port Connector 25-pin Female P.14 AUDIO1 6-CH Audio Connector 3 phone jack Connector P.14 COM1(Option) Optional Serial Port COM1 Connector 9-pin Connector P.15 FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.15 IDE1/IDE2 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.15 SATA1~2 Serial ATAII IDE Connector 7-pin Connector P.16

DVI1(Option) Optional Digital Visual Interface Connector 24-pin Female P.14 VGA Video Graphic Attach Connector 15-pin Female P.14

ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.17 USB2, USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.17 SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.17 PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.17

JW_FP (Reset/IDE LED/Power Button)

SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 CPUFAN FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.18 CDIN CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.19 COM2 COM2 Header 9-pin Block P.19

TV-OUT(Option) Optional TV-OUT Header

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

ZIF Socket AM2 CPU Socket 940-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket DIMM1~4 DDRII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket PCI1∼ PCI2 PE1 PCI-Express x1 Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot PE2 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot

PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots

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

Power On Button lead)

9-pin Block P.17

9-pin Block P.19

P.9 P.10 P.12 P.12 P.12

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

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 Floppy cables, 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) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin) : JBAT

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

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

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

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

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

JBATJBAT

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

2-3 Closed Clear CMOS

(2) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

(3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP3

JP3JP3

1-2 closed USB Power On Disable

(Default)

USB Power O n Setting

2-3 closed 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. AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port - a high speed interface for video cards; runs at 1X

(66MHz), 2X (133MHz), or 4X (266MHz), PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz. PCI Express- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express- a high speed interface for video cards, sound cards, network interface cards, and modems.

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

or 8X (533MHz).

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 940-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the 940 Pin 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!

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.

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.

Colden Arrow

Socket AM2

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

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

2-4 Install Memory

The motherboards provide four 240-pin DDRII DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) sites for DDRII memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 128MB to maximum memory size of 8.0GB DDRII SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1 Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1 Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1

Bank 6,7 (DIMM4) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1

Total System Memory (Max. 8.0GB) 4

Recommend DIMM Module Combination

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

2. Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 and DIMM2(The red) for Dual channel function

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

128MB∼2.0GB 128MB∼2.0GB 128MB∼2.0GB 128MB∼2.0GB 128MB∼8.0GB

For Dual channel Limited!

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

DIMM2(the red color) or DIMM3 &DIMM4(the yellow color), or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.

5. DIMM1 & DIMM2, or DIMM3 & DIMM4 must be the same type, same size, same frequency

for dual channel function.

Generally, installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy, you can refer to figure 2-4 to see what a 240-Pin DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 DDRII SDRAM module looks like.

DIMM4 (BANK0+BANK1)

DIMM3 (BANK2+BANK3)

DIMM1 & DIMM2: Dual Channel 1

DIMM1 (BANK6+BANK7)

DIMM2 (BANK4+B AN K5 )

Figure 2-4

NOTE!

DIMM3 & DIMM4: Dual Channel 2

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.

2-5 Expansion Cards

WARNING!

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

2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation

1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or

software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

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

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

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

5. Replace the computer system’s cover.

6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.

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

2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card

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

Standard Interrupt Assignments

IRQ Priority Standard function

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

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

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

2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard

Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:

INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H Slot 1 √

Slot 2 √

Onboard USB 2 Onboard USB 3

AC97/MC97 √

√

IMPORTANT!

If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support “Sh a r e d IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ a s s i gn m en t s . C o nf l i c ts w ill arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.

2-5-4 PCI Express Slot

One PCI-Express x16 graphics slot offers 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction.), and one x1 PCI Express Slot. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a , support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device.

PCI-E x1 Slot

PCI-E x16 Slot

32-bit PCI Slot

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