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Electronic Emission Notices 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 FC...
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Table of Contents HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Key Features MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT REAR PANEL AUDIO CONFIGURATION SPEAKER CONFIGURATION Method 1: 4/6 Surround audio output of back panel only Method 2: Using S-B...
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SLOTS CPU INSTALLATION INSTALL DDR DIMMs BIOS SETUP Starting Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PNP/P...
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HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Key Features : Chipset ATI® RS480/RX480+SB400 Chipset. Processor Support for AMDTM K8 Processor in a Socket754 package. Support Hypertransport interface bus. VRM (Voltage Regula...
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On-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. One 16550 C...
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PCI Express X1 Ports Full PCI Express 1.0a compliant. Two virtual channel support for full isochronous data transfers. Supports for full 2.5Gb/s bandwidth in each direction per X1 lane. Power Manageme...
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Motherboard Layout The following diagrams show the relative positions of the jumpers, connectors, major components and memory banks on the motherboard. J5-TV Out Connector the LAN is optional. The ALC...
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Rear Panel The back panel provides the following connectors: Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2® mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2® mouse.You can plug a PS/2® mouse dir...
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VIA VT6307 IEEE 1394 Connector (Optional) The mainboard provides a IEEE 1394 Connector and allows you to connect a IEEE 1394 device directly to the connector. Video Out Connector (Optional) The mainbo...
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Audio 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...
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In utility, double click “AC97 Audio configuration” icon from the window tray on the right bottom. Then the “AC97 Audio Configuration” will appear. Click on the Speaker Configuration tab to select the...
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Method 2: Using S-BRACKET connectors: S-Bracket (The S-Bracket is showed in page 15) is an optional accessory. To use the S-Bracket, you should select correct setting in the software utility. For info...
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6-Channel Analog Audio Output Back Panel S-Bracket (Front channels) Description: Connect two speakers to back panel’s Line Out connector and four speakers to both Line Out connectors of S-Bracket, or ...
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Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD, USB Ports and CPU/System FAN etc. Floppy Disk Drive Connector:CN3 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector...
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Back Panel Bracket-Six Channel Audio Output Connector: J19 (Optional) The motherboard provides six channel output(FL/FR,RL/RR,CEN/LEF) connector,that allows you to use the 6 channel audio output featu...
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TV Out Connector The mainboard provides TV Out connectors. J5 : TV Out PIN Assignment GND COMP/B TV Out cable Technical Reference Booklet
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IEEE 1394 Connectors: J23 (optional) The mainboard provides two 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports. PIN SIGNAL TPA+ TPA- Ground Ground TPB+ TPB- Cable power Cable power Key (no...
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Chassis Alarm Lead:JP12(optional) This lead is for a chassis designed with intrusion detection feature.this requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion sensor or microswitch.W...
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Fan Power Connectors:CPUFAN1/SYSFAN1 The CPUFAN1 (processor fan), SYSFAN1 (system fan) support system cool-ing fan with +12V.It supports three-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the conne...
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CD-IN Connector:J18 The connector is for CD-ROM Drive. AUX-IN Connector:J20 The connector is for Audio Device. CDS1 : J18 PIN Assignment CD-L GND GND CD-R AUX1 : J20 PIN Assignment AUX-L GND GND AUX-R...
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Front Panel Audio Header: FP-S1 This mainboard supports front panel microphone and speaker out ports. If your computer case has these ports,connect them to FP-S1. FP-S1 FP-S1 PIN Assignment MIC GND RE...
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USB Connector: FP-U1/FP-U2 This mainboard has USB ports. Some computer cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB conn...
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Front Panel Header: FP1 The mainboard provides one front panel connector for electrical connecti -on to the front panel switches and LEDs. GND VCC KEYLOCK GND KEY NC KEY SPEAKER IRRX IRTX GND VCC KEY ...
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Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors: SATA1/SATA2/SATA3/SATA4 (optional) The mainboard has four SATA connectors. The mainboard provides optional dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports, SATA1,2,3,4. Eac...
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Serial ATA Cable Connect one end of the SATA cable to the mainboard, and connect another end to the SATA Hard Disk. Please do not fold the serial ATA cable in a 90-degree angle, which will cause the l...
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Jumper Setting This chapter explains how to configure the motherboard’s hardware. Before using your computer, make sure all jumpers and DRAM modules are set correctly. Refer to this chapter whenever i...
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Slots The motherboard provides one PCIEX16 slot,one PCIEX1 slot and two 32- bit PCI bus slots. PCIEX16 Slot PCIEX1 Slot PCI Slots PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots The PCI slots allow you ...
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CPU Installation Please refer to the following steps to install the CPU. 1. Please turn off the power and unplug the power cord before installing the CPU. Pull the lever sideways away from the socket....
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4. Press the CPU down firmly into the socket and close the lever. As the CPU is likely to move while the lever is being closed, always close the lever with your fingers pressing tightly on top of the ...
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Step3. Fasten down the lever. Step4. Make sure the safety hook completely clasps the fixed bolt of the retention mechanism. Install DDR DIMMs Please follow the following step to install DDR DIMMs. 1. ...
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BIOS Setup This chapter discusses Award’s Setup Program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup Program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in bat...
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Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow...
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Load Fail-Safe The BIOS defaults have been set by the manufacturer and represent Defaults settings which provide the minimum requirements for your system to operate. Load Optimized The chipset default...
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Date The date format is <day-of-the-week>. <month> <day> <year>. Time The time format is <hour> <Minute> <second> displayed in 24-hour military-time clock. Fo...
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Set Supervisor/User Password You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The difference between them are: Supervisor Password : You can enter the Setup Program and change the opti...
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Flash Update Procedure A program AWDFLASH.EXE is included in the utility diskette or CD (X:\Utility\ AWDFLASH.EXE). The user is recommended to follow the procedure below to update the flash BIOS. (X: ...
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SATA RAID User Manual Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During bootup, the following message will appear, pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to d...
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DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Microsoft Windows Driver Installation 1. After Windows has finished booting up, the system will automatically find the newly installed adapter and prompt the Foun...
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APPENDIX Note to User: The bundled driver CD attached an Auto-Run feature for all the drivers that the motherboard need. Please select the drivers that you want to install and click the button on the ...
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