VIA K8T800, K8M800-VT8237 User Guide

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Electronic Emission NoticesElectronic Emission Notices

Electronic Emission Notices

Electronic Emission NoticesElectronic Emission Notices

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) StatementFederal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) StatementFederal 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.

CopyrightCopyright

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copied or reproduced by any means.

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, no responsibility
for errors or omissions is assumed. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting
from the use of the information contained herein.

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HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONHARDWARE CONFIGURATION

HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONHARDWARE CONFIGURATION

Key Features ............................................................................................... 24

MOTHERBOARD LAYOUTMOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

MOTHERBOARD LAYOUTMOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

REAR PREAR P

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AUDIO CONFIGURATIONAUDIO CONFIGURATION

AUDIO CONFIGURATION

AUDIO CONFIGURATIONAUDIO CONFIGURATION

SPEAKER CONFIGURATIONSPEAKER CONFIGURATION

SPEAKER CONFIGURATION

SPEAKER CONFIGURATIONSPEAKER CONFIGURATION

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JUMPER SETTING ............................................................................ 38

CPU Speed Selection ................................................................................. 38

JBAT1 - CMOS Clear ................................................................................... 38

JP6-IEEE1394 Function Selection .............................................................. 38

CONNECTORSCONNECTORS

CONNECTORS

CONNECTORSCONNECTORS

Floppy Disk Drive Connector:CN3 .............................................................. 39

Hard Disk Connectors:CN1&CN2 .............................................................. 39

Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors:SATA1&SATA2........................................ 40

USB Connectors :USB1/USB2/USB3 ......................................................... 42

Fan Power Connectors:FAN1/FAN2/WOL ................................................... 43

AUX-IN Connector:AUX1 ............................................................................. 44

CD-IN Connector:CDS1 .............................................................................. 44

S-Bracket (SPDIF)/LEN/LFE/Surround Output Connector:

CN9(optional) .............................................................................................. 45

Front Panel Audio Header:CN21 ................................................................ 47

IEEE1394 Connectors:IEEE1&IEEE2 ......................................................... 48

Front Panel Header:FP1 ............................................................................. 50

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Method 1: 4/6 Surround audio output of back panel only ...................... 30

Method 2: Using S-Bracket connectors ................................................. 32

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CPU INSTALLATIONCPU INSTALLATION

CPU INSTALLATION

CPU INSTALLATIONCPU INSTALLATION

HARDWARE SETUPHARDWARE SETUP

HARDWARE SETUP

HARDWARE SETUPHARDWARE SETUP

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BIOS SETUP

BIOS SETUPBIOS SETUP

Starting Setup .............................................................................................. 55

Main Menu ................................................................................................... 56

Standard CMOS Features ........................................................................... 57

Advanced BIOS Features ............................................................................ 58

Advanced Chipset Features ........................................................................ 58

Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................ 58

Power Management Setup .......................................................................... 58

PNP/PCI Configurations ............................................................................. 58

PC Health Status ......................................................................................... 58

Frequency/Voltage Control .......................................................................... 59

Set Supervisor/User Password .................................................................. 59

Flash Update Procedure ............................................................................. 60

VT8237 SATA RAID USER MANUALVT8237 SATA RAID USER MANUAL

VT8237 SATA RAID USER MANUAL

VT8237 SATA RAID USER MANUALVT8237 SATA RAID USER MANUAL

Enter BIOS Configuration Utility ............................................................. 61

Create Disk Array ................................................................................... 62

Delete Disk Array ................................................................................... 64

Select Boot Array .................................................................................... 64

Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array .............................................................. 65

Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array ................................................................. 66

DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONDRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONDRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

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INSTALL OPERATING SYSTEM INTO SATA HDD OF VT8237INSTALL OPERATING SYSTEM INTO SATA HDD OF VT8237

INSTALL OPERATING SYSTEM INTO SATA HDD OF VT8237

INSTALL OPERATING SYSTEM INTO SATA HDD OF VT8237INSTALL OPERATING SYSTEM INTO SATA HDD OF VT8237

Install Windows 98SE or Me .................................................................. 70

Install Windows NT4.0,2000,XP ............................................................ 70

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Key Key

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ChipsetChipset

Chipset

ChipsetChipset

ProcessorProcessor

Processor

ProcessorProcessor

VRM 9.0(VVRM 9.0(V

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System MemorySystem Memory

System Memory

System MemorySystem Memory

System BIOSSystem BIOS

System BIOS

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FeaturesFeatures

Features

FeaturesFeatures

• VIA K8T800/K8M800+VT8237 chipset.

• Support for AMDTM K8/ClawHammerTM Processor.

• Supports AMD AthlonTM 64 processor.

• Processor interface via HypertransportTM bus.

• Flexible motherboard design with on board VRM 9.0, easy to upgrade

• A total of two 184-pin DDR SDRAM sockets.

• Supports DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 SDRAM.

• DIMM sizes from 64 Mbytes to 2Gbyte.

• 2.5V DRAM interface for DDR SDRAM.

• PnP, APM, ATAPI and Windows® 98/2000/XP.

• Full support of ACPI & DMI.

• Auto detects and supports LBA harddisks with capacities over 160GB.

• Easy to upgrade BIOS by end-user.

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On-board VGA On-board VGA

On-board VGA

On-board VGA On-board VGA

• 8/16/32/64 MB frame buffers using system memory.

• Internal AGP 8x equivalent performance.

• Graphics engine clock up to 200 MHz decoupled from memory clock.

• High quality DVD video playback.

• 128-bit 2D graphics engine.

• 128-bit 3D graphics engine.

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(only for K8M800)(only for K8M800)

On-board I/OOn-board I/O

On-board I/O

On-board I/OOn-board I/O

• On board two PCI fast IDE ports supporting up to 4 ATA, ATA2 , Ultra
ATA33/ 66/100/133 IDE HDDs, CD-ROMs, ZIP drives and LS-120
drives as boot drive.

• One ECP/EPP parallel port.

• Two 16550 Compatible UART serial ports.(One port via a header)

• One floppy port supports two FDD of 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB , 1.44MB

and 2.88MB capacity.

• Eight USB2.0 ports.

• PS/2 keyboard connector.

• PS/2 mouse is supported.

• One Front Panel Sound Connector.

• Infrared (IrDA) is supported via a header.

Expanded USB SupportExpanded USB Support

Expanded USB Support

Expanded USB SupportExpanded USB Support

• Includes 4 UHCI host controllers,increasing the number of external
ports to eight.

• Includes 1 EHCI USB2.0 Host Controller that supports eight ports
(Bandwidth shared between eight ports).

Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

• Supports AGP3.0 including 4X/8X AGP card.

• AGP 1.5V connector support only.

• High priority access support.

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Plug-and-PlayPlug-and-Play

Plug-and-Play

Plug-and-PlayPlug-and-Play

• Supports Plug and Play specification 1.1.

• Plug and Play for Windows® 98, Windows® 2000 as well
as Windows® XP.

• Fully steerable PCI interrupts.

On-board AC97 Sound(optional)On-board AC97 Sound(optional)

On-board AC97 Sound(optional)

On-board AC97 Sound(optional)On-board AC97 Sound(optional)

• Integrated AC97 controller with standard AC97 Codec.

• Direct Sound and Sound Blaster compatible.

• Full-Duplex 16-bit record and play back.

• PnP and APM 1.2 support.

• Windows® 98/2000/XP drivers ready.

• Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in and MIDI/Game port.

• Supports ALC650/655 AC97 Code for six sound channel
output (optional).

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Integrated serial ATA/RAID ControllerIntegrated serial ATA/RAID Controller

Integrated serial ATA/RAID Controller

Integrated serial ATA/RAID ControllerIntegrated serial ATA/RAID Controller

• Independent DMA operation on two ports.

• Data transfer rate 150Mb/s.

• SATA devices can be configured in multiple RAID configurations­supports RAID Level0,RAID Level1 and JBOD.

On-board VT6103 LAN (optional)On-board VT6103 LAN (optional)

On-board VT6103 LAN (optional)

On-board VT6103 LAN (optional)On-board VT6103 LAN (optional)

• High performance PCI master interface with scatter / gather and
bursting capability.

• Standard MII interface to external PHYceiver.

• 10/100MHz full and half duplex operation.

Power ManagementPower Management

Power Management

Power ManagementPower Management

• Supports SMM, APM and ACPI.

• Break switch for instant suspend/resume on system operations.

• Energy star “Green PC” compliant.

• Hardware monitoring circuit is supported, provide voltage,
temperature, fan speed, etc. monitoring (optional).

• WOL (Wake-On-Lan) header support.

• Supports suspend-to-RAM(STR)(optional).

On-board IEEE1394(optional)On-board IEEE1394(optional)

On-board IEEE1394(optional)

On-board IEEE1394(optional)On-board IEEE1394(optional)

• Compliant with 1394 open HCI specifications v1.0 and v1.1.

• Integrated 400Mbit 2 port PHY.

Expansion SlotsExpansion Slots

Expansion Slots

Expansion SlotsExpansion Slots

• 1 AGP slot (support AGP 3.0-8X).

• 5 PCI bus master slots - ver. 2.1 compliant.

Static electricity can harm delicate components of the motherboard.
To prevent damage caused by static electricity, discharge the static
electricity from your body before you touch any of the computers
electronic components.

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Motherboard Layout (35-Motherboard Layout (35-

Motherboard Layout (35-

Motherboard Layout (35-Motherboard Layout (35-

The following diagrams show the relative positions of the jumpers, connectors, major
components and memory banks on the motherboard.

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FAN1

# The LAN ,Video Out, IEEE1394, CN9 and JP6 Connectors are optional.
# The ALC650/655 embeds an internal analog switch (by driver software) to
share LINE input with Surround output, and share MIC input with CENTER/LFE
output.

NOTE

1) Be sure to check the cable orientation in order to match the colored strip to the pin
1 end of the connector.

2) When you start up the system, please wait for 5 seconds after you power on AC.

3) It is not recommended to add a metal spacer plate on the back of the Socket754.
Otherwise, some components will be short and damaged.

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Rear PanelRear Panel

Rear Panel

Rear PanelRear Panel

The back panel provides the following connectors:

Mouse ConnectorMouse Connector

Mouse Connector

Mouse ConnectorMouse Connector

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2

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mouse mini DIN connector for

connector.

Keyboard ConnectorKeyboard Connector

Keyboard Connector

Keyboard ConnectorKeyboard Connector

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2

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keyboard mini DIN connector

this connector.

USB 2.0 ConnectorUSB 2.0 Connector

USB 2.0 Connector

USB 2.0 ConnectorUSB 2.0 Connector

The mainboard provides a UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface)

Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse
or other USB-compatible devices.You can plug the USB device directly into
the connector.

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USB 2.0 Connector DescriptionUSB 2.0 Connector

PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION

1 VCC +5V/5VSB (optional)
2 -Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0
3 +Data0 Positive Data Channel 0
4 GND Ground
5 VCC +5V/5VSB (optional)
6 -Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1
7 +Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1
8 GND Ground

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Serial Port Connectors: COM1Serial Port Connectors: COM1

Serial Port Connectors: COM1

Serial Port Connectors: COM1Serial Port Connectors: COM1

The Port is 16550A high speed communication ports that send/receive

16bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly
to the connectors.

Video Out Connector (Optional)Video Out Connector (Optional)

Video Out Connector (Optional)

Video Out Connector (Optional)Video Out Connector (Optional)

The mainboard provides a Video out port to connect a 15-pin analog

video monitor.

LAN Jack (Optional)LAN Jack (Optional)

LAN Jack (Optional)

LAN Jack (Optional)LAN Jack (Optional)

The mainboard provides one standard RJ-45 jack for connection to Local

Area Network(LAN).You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack.

Parallel Port Connector:LPT1Parallel Port Connector:LPT1

Parallel Port Connector:LPT1

Parallel Port Connector:LPT1Parallel Port Connector:LPT1

The mainboard provides a 25-pin female centronic connector as LPT. A

parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port
(EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.

MIDI/Game Port (optional)MIDI/Game Port (optional)

MIDI/Game Port (optional)

MIDI/Game Port (optional)MIDI/Game Port (optional)

The mainboard provides the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI

device.

Audio Port ConnectorAudio Port Connector

Audio Port Connector

Audio Port ConnectorAudio Port Connector

Line-Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones. Line In is used for

external CD player, Tape player, or other audio devices. Mic In is a connector
for microphones. The ALC650/655 embeds an internal analog switch (by driver
software) to share LINE input with Surround output, and share MIC input with
CENTER/LFE output.

The ALC655 embeds the jack sensing function.When you plug an audio
device into the corresponding connector, the system will show you what you
pluged into the motherboard.

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Audio ConfigurationAudio Configuration

Audio Configuration

Audio ConfigurationAudio Configuration

After installing the audio driver, you can select 4/6 channel surround
audio output in software utility and then connect surround speakers to
appropriate audio ports.

There are two ways to obtain 4/6 channel surround audio output:

1. 4/6 surround audio output of back panel only. All surround speaker

connect to audio connector.

2. S-Bracket (optional cable). You have installed S-Bracket into the

computer, and then connect two front speakers to back panel’s

“Line-out” port, and the rest of speakers to S-Bracket. Detail connection

is refer to Page 46.

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Method 1: 4/6 Surround audio output of back panel only.

After installing the audio drivers, you can attach the speakers for 2-/4-/6­channel audio output. Always connect the speakers to the LINE OUT
connectors. Different connector configurations for 2-/4-/6-channel
operations are listed below:

2-Channel

In 2-channel configuration,
Line Out, Line In and MIC
functions all exist.

4-Channel 6-Channel

When set to 4-channel
configuration, Line In
is replaced by Rear
Speaker Out. Line in
function does not exist.

When set to 6-channel
configuration, Line In
is replaced by Rear
Speaker Out. Mic is
replaced by Center/
Subwoofer Speaker Out.
Line in and Mic do not
exist function.

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