Sapphire Audio PE-AM2RS690V2 User Manual

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with instructions contained in this manual, may cause harmful interference
to radio and television communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- REORIENT OR RELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA

- INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER

- CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM
THAT OF THE RECEIVER

- CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO/TELEVISION TECHNICIAN

NOTE: Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B

requirements, or using an unshielded peripheral data cable, could also result in
harmful interference to radio or television reception.

The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could void the user‟s authority to operate
this equipment.

To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is
necessary to use shielded I/O cables.

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INTRODUCTION

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

SPECIAL DESIGN OF MOTHERBOARD ........................................................................ 2

SPECIFICATION ................................................................................................................... 3

MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT ............................................................................................... 4

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

INSTALL SOCKET AM2 SUPPORTED AMD PROCESSOR ........................................ 5

INSTALL MEMORY ............................................................................................................ 5

EXPANSION CARDS............................................................................................................ 7

CONNCTORS, HEADERS & JUMPERS SETTING

CONNECTORS ...................................................................................................................... 8

HEADERS .............................................................................................................................. 11

BIOS & SETUP

BIOS Setup Utility .................................................................................................................. 13

Setup SATA RAID ............................................................................................................... 14

BIOS/FLASH Update Procedure .......................................................................................... 20

TROUBLE SHOOTING ...................................................................................................... 20

Box Included Checklist

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Sapphire PE-AM2RS690V2 Motherboard

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Cable for ATA 133 IDE

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Sapphire Driver CD for Motherboard



Cable for Serial ATA II



Rear External I/O Shield

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Sapphire PE-AM2RS690V2 Motherboard User‟s Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENT

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SAPPHIRE PURE ELEMENT 690V

Features of motherboard

The AMD 690V Series motherboards are based on the latest AMD 690V Chipset and
SB600 chipset which supports the new generation innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM2 dual
core multi-tasking Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors and dual core AMD Phenom™
processors. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDR2 memory controller and the
highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system bus which is up to 1000 MHZ,
AMD 690V Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the outstanding system
performance and professional desktop platform solution with the advantages of new
generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors, AMD Phenom™ processors
and the fully compatibility of the next generation operation system.

The AMD 690V Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2 processors with an
integrated DDR2 memory controller which provides with 266MHz / 333MHz/ 400MHz
memory clock frequency for Dual channel DDR2 533 / DDR2 667 / DDR2 800 (Sempron
processor of AM2 socket only supports up DDR2 667) DDR2 Module up to 8.0GB. The
whole motherboard series are embedded with SB600 chipset that provides ULTRA ATA 133
connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1 and RAID 10 functions which support up to two
IDE devices and four Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the
data security without failure in advanced computing performance.

The AMD 690V Chipset incorporates ATI Radeon X1200 Graphics with a core frequency of 400
MHz and 2 shader pipeline featured with DirectX 9.0 compliant 2D/3D graphics processor ,
Maximum DAC frequency of 400 MHz Resolution up to 2560x1600 (Under condition), refresh
rate up to 85MHz delivering incredible graphics and blistering performance. AMD 690V give
you the best performance in game experience. AMD™ 690V chipset provides incredible
flexibility and unlimited upgrade potential as it supports all Radeon® PCI – E graphics cards
on a system configured for either single GPU or next generation multimedia operation.
Designed with ATI‟s unique architecture to optimize speed and stability, this solution is
perfect for overclocking – without the need of additional cooling systems.

The 690V series motherboards provide optional 10/100 LAN functions with Realtek
RTL8101E-GR PCI-E 10/100 LAN or RTL8111B-GR PCI-E Gigabit LAN which supports
10/100Mbps or 10/100/1000 Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded optional Azalia

6-channel and 8-channel HD Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro

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standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.

The motherboards offer one PCI-Express x16 graphics slot of 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at
each relative direction which gets 3.5 times of bandwidth more than AGP 8X and it‟s up to a
peak concurrent bandwidth of 8Gbyte/sec at full speed to guarantee the ultimate GPU
computing performance. Two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of
peripherals; the motherboards are designed of tackling the profuse multimedia requirements
nowadays.

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.

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SAPPHIRE PURE ELEMENT 690V

Special Features of Motherboard

CPU Smart Fan---( The Noise Management System（Only support 4-pin CPU cooler）)
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 13 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding
computing performance.

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.

Above Sapphire Feature Functions 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.

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SAPPHIRE PURE ELEMENT 690V

Specification

Spec

Description

Design

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Micro ATX form factor 4 layers PCB

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size: 24.4 cm*21.0cm or 24.4*19.3cm

Chipset

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AMD 690V Chipset and AMD SB600 Chipset

CPU Socket AM2

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Support 64bit AMD AM2 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid

Array package compatible processor

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Support for HTT 1GHz dual core AMD Phenom processors

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Support HTT 1GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor and Athlon 64, and
HTT 800MHz Sempron Processors

Memory Socket

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240-pin DDR2 Module socket x 4/2

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Support 4 / 2 pcs DDR2 533 / DDR2 667 / DDR2 800 Modules
Expandable to 8.0 / 4.0 GB

Expansion Slot

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PCI-Express x16 slot 1pcs delivers up to 8 GB/s of concurrent
bandwidth.

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32-bit PCI slot x 2 pcs

Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA2 RAID



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.

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

RAID 0, 1, 10 functions.

Integrated VGA

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Integrated with ATI Radeon X1200 / X1250 Graphic

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a core frequency of 400 MHz and 4 shader pipeline

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DirectX 9.0 compliant 2D/3D graphics processor

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supported ATI innovated AVIVO Technology and Multiple Display

configurations (only for 690G series)

LAN (Option)

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Integrated Realtek RTL8101E-GR PCI-E 10/100 LAN chip or

RTL8111B-GR PCI-E gigabit LAN chip

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Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10/100 or 10/100/1000

Mb /s data transfer rate

Optional Audio



Optional 6-channel Realtek ALC662 or 8-channelALC883 Azalia HD

Audio Codec integrated

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Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio (optional)

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Audio driver and utility included

BIOS

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Award 4MB Flash ROM / Award 4MB SPI Flash ROM

Multi I/O

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PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors



Floppy disk drive connector x1



1* Parallel port of 25-pin Block / 1 * Serial port of 9-pin Block

 1 * VGA port / 1 * TV-OUT header
 1 * HDMI port（optional） /1 * DVI port（optional）
 1* SPDIF header（optional）
 1 * HDTV-OUT header (optional）
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USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4 (connecting optional cable)



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

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SAPPHIRE PURE ELEMENT 690V

Motherboard Layout

Floppy Connector

Front Panel Connector

ATA 133 IDE
Conn.(IDE1)

Clear CMOS (JBAT)

CPU Socket AM2

AMD Phenom™ Ready

ATX Power Conn.

Serial-ATAII Connector
(SATA II 1, 2,3,4)

USB Power On Jumper (JP2)

PCI Slot

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

CPU FAN

Audio Connector

USB Port

RJ45 Over

USB Connector

Audio

DDR2 Socket x 2

SFAN1

ATX 12V Power Connector

Realtek ALC880E

Audio Decode

CDIN

Optional Realtek
RTL8111B-GR/RTL8111C-GR
Gigabit LAN chip

Speaker Connector

USB Port

(USB3, USB4)

PCI Express x16

Power LED Connector

Parallel
Connector

COM1

AMD 690G/690V Chipset

AMD SB600
Chipset

I/O Controller Chip

TV-OUT

Keyboard/USB Power

(JP1)

Optional VGA

Optional DVI

Audio Connector

SFAN2

HDTV-OUT

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SAPPHIRE PURE ELEMENT 690V

Hardware Installation

Install Socket AM2 / AM2+ Supported AMD Processor

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.

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

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.

Install Memory

The motherboards provide two 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 / 4.0GB DDRII SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations of 2-DIMM Design Motherboard

Bank

240-Pin DIMM

PCS

Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1)

DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800

X1

128MB4.0GB

Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2)

DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800

X1

128MB4.0GB

Total

System Memory (Max. 8.0GB)

2

128MB8.0GB