SOLTEK B7A-F Manuale utente

B7A-F

Contents

ITEM CHECKUP ....................................................................8

Chapter 1 Specification ............................................. 9

1-1 B7A-F Layout ......................................................................... 10

1-2 Mainboard Specifications ..................................................... 11

1-2.1 CPU Socket ................................................................................... 11

1-2.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 11

1-2.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 11

1-2.4 BIOS............................................................................................... 11

1-2.5 Integrated GeForce4 MX GPU ................................................. 12

1-2.6 AGP Interface ............................................................................... 12

1-2.7 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 12

1-2.8 Multi-I/O Functions .................................................................... 12

1-2.9 Expansion Slots ............................................................................ 13

1-2.10 Integrated APU and AC’97 Audio Codec on board ............ 13

1-2.11 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 13

1-2.12 IEEE 1394A OHCI Controller on board ............................... 13

1-2.13 LAN Controller on board......................................................... 13

1-2.14 Front Panel Audio-out Connector .......................................... 13

1-2.15 Form Factor................................................................................ 13

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table ........................................... 14

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram........................................... 15

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ..................................... 16

2-1 CPU Identification and Installation ................................... 17

2-1.1 CPU Identification Legends....................................................... 17

2-1.2 CPU Installation with Socket 462 ............................................. 18

2-2 Memory Installation ............................................................. 19

2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 19

Contents

2-2.2 Dual-channel DDR DIMM configuration................................ 20

2-2.3 To Remove a DIMM .................................................................... 20

2-3 VGA / AGP Slot Installation ................................................ 21

2-4 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 22

2-5 Floppy Drive Connector Installation ................................. 23

2-6 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 24

2-7 Jumper Settings ..................................................................... 25

2-7.1 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 26

2-7.2 JCLK2: CPU Clock Boot Select................................................ 26

2-7.3 JCLK1: CPU & STR(S3) support ............................................ 27

2-7.4 JBAT1: nVIDIA Clear CMOS................................................... 28

2-7.5 Jp3: Anti-burn Shield (ABSII) .................................................. 29

2-7.6 JKB1: PS/2 KB/Mouse Power On/Wake Up ........................... 29

2-7.7 JUSB1: USB KB/Mouse Wake Up ............................................ 30

2-7.8 Jp2: 2nd VGA/TV-Out Select .................................................... 30

2-8 Other Connectors Configuration........................................ 31

2-8.1 Onboard FAN Connectors ......................................................... 31

2-8.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers .............................................. 32

2-8.3 Chassis Panel Connectors .......................................................... 33

2-8.4 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard ............................................... 33

2-8.5 CD-ROM Audio Connectors ...................................................... 34

2-8.6 Thermal Resistors........................................................................ 34

2-8.7 JAUD1: Front Panel Audio-Out Connector .......................... 35

2-8.8 LAN Connector ............................................................................ 35

2-8.9 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors) ..................... 36

2-8.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header ................................................... 38

2-8.11 Printer Port: PNT1 (optional) ................................................. 39

2-8.12 COM2 Header for one Serial Port (optional) ....................... 40

2-8.13 S-Video Connector Set-up........................................................ 41

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Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 42

3-1 To Open up the Support CD ................................................ 43

3-2 To Install “nVIDIA nForce2 All-in-1 Driver” .................. 44

3-3 To Verify 6-channel Audio Configuration ......................... 46

3-3.1 To verify 6-channel Audio on Volume Control ....................... 46

3-3.2 To verify 6-channel Audio on nForce Control Panel............. 48

3-4 DirectX Installation............................................................... 50

3-5 Graphics Driver Installation ............................................... 51

3-6 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 52

3-6.1 Installation ................................................................................... 52

3-6.2 Verification .................................................................................. 53

3-7 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000/XP............. 54

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 55

4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 56

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 56

4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 56

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 56

4-5 To Upgrade BIOS .................................................................. 57

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS ............................................................. 57

4-5.2 Upgrade Process........................................................................... 57

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 60

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility .................................................................... 60

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................... 61

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 64

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 68

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 71

4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 76

4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 79

4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 81

Contents

4-6.9 CPU Ratio/Voltage Control........................................................ 83

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults ......................................................... 85

4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD............................. 86

4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.............................................................. 87

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ...................................................... 87

APPENDICES.......................................................... 88

Appendix-1 Identify BIOS Version & BIOS Part Number ... 89

Appendix-2 Identify Mainboard Model Number ................... 90

Appendix-3 Technical Terms ...................................................... 91

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ITEM CHECKUP

• Mainboard

• User Manual (Mainboard)

• Multi-lingual Quick Installation Guide

• Support CD

• Bundled Bonus Pack CD

• Bundled Bonus Pack Manual

• Cables

ATA 100 IDE Cable (one connector at each end)

ATA 66 IDE Cable (two connectors at one end)

FDD Cable

USB Cable

Audio Cable

IEEE 1394 Cable

Printer Port Cable (optional)

RS232 Cable (optional)

S-Video Adapter (optional)

Chapter 1 Specification

Topics included in this chapter are:

1-1 Mainboard Layout

1-2 Mainboard Specifications**

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram

Introduction

Chapter 1 Specification

This mainboard features an integration of the powerful AMD proces-

sors Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron and the North Bridge nVIDIA nFORCE2

IGP plus South Bridge nFORCE2 MCP-T, with which the whole system

performance supports 400/333/266/200MHz system bus.

nVIDIA nFORCE2 IGP plus nFORCE2 MCP-T supports on-board AMD

processors to implement the 400/333/266/200 MHz Front Side Bus, the

AGP 8X/4X interface, the integrated GeForce4 MX Graphics port, the

LPC Super I/O, the Dual Channel DDR 333/266 MHz SDRAM, the au-

dio processing unit (APU) with Dolby Digital Interactive Content Encoder,

the 6-channel AC’97 Audio interface, the USB 2.0 interface, the IEEE

1394 interface and ATA 133/100/66 data transfer rate. This chapter is

to introduce to users every advanced function of this high performance

integration.

** If any difference is found between this manual and the Main-

board you are using, please look up the ERRATA/UPDATE Slip

enclosed inside for the correction or updated information, or

else contact the Mainboard Dealer or visit our Web Site for the

latest manual update.

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PCI 1

DIMM1

IDE1

IDE2

ICS 1893

AGP1 8X/4X

PW1

PW2

Main Power

BIOS

RTL

ALC650

USB3

Fan2

PS/2

Mouse

(ontop)

DIMM2

nVIDIA

DDR 333/266 MHz

Codec

AC'97

Battery

FDC1

FW803

1394A

W83627HF

LPC I/O

PS/2 K/B

(underside)

USB1

Fan1

RJ45

(on top)

Linein

(ontop)

COM1

VGA1

(on top)

Mic

(underside)

LineOut

(middle)

IEEE3

JAUD1

CD_IN1

PNT1

Fan3

HDD IR PWR

SPK RST +

PWLED

LED

USB2

JBAT1

JUSB1

JCLK2

JP2

JKB1

JP3

MCP-T

nVIDIA

nFORCE2

USB1

TV1

VGA2

(on top)

IEEE1

IEEE2

JCLK1

COM2

IGP

nFORCE2

RT1

RT2

+12V Power

SOCKET462

RT2

1-1 B7A-F Layout

Printer Port (optional)

COM2 Port (optional)

Chapter 1 Specification

1-2 Mainboard Specifications

1-2.1 CPU Socket

CPU Socket 462 (Socket A) on board, supporting AMD Athlon, Athlon

XP and Duron processors and implementing 400/333/266/200MHz sys-

tem bus

1-2.2 System Chipsets

North Bridge nVIDIA nFORCE2 IGP:

• Managing and supporting 400/333/266/200MHz system Bus, AGP

8X/4X interface, integrated GeForce4 MX graphics accelerator and

DDR 333/266MHz Memory Interface

South Bridge nVIDIA nFORCE2 MCP-T

• Working with North Bridge nFORCE2 IGP supporting the

HyperTransport, LPC Super I/O, PCI interface, ATA133 interface, LAN

interface, USB V2.0 interface, IEEE 1394 interface, Audio Processing

Unit(APU) as well as AC’97 Audio 6-channel interface

1-2.3 Memory

2 DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board :

• Supporting unregistered, non-ECC Dual-channel DDR 333/266/200

SDRAM up to 2GB with 2 DDR DIMM slot, and 1GB single-channel

DDR SDRAM with 1 DDR DIMM slot

• Dual Channel supporting only same volumes and same types of

DDR SDRAM modules

1-2.4 BIOS

Flash Memory for easy upgrade, supporting BIOS Writing Protection,

Year 2000 compliant, and supporting various hardware configuration

during booting system (See Chapter 4 BIOS Setup):

• Standard CMOS Features (Times, Date, Hard Disk Type etc,)

• Advanced BIOS Features (Virus Protection, Boot Sequence etc.)

• Advanced Chipset Features (AT Clock, DRAM Timing etc.)

• Power Management Features (Sleep timer, Suspend Timer etc.)

• PNP/PCI Configurations (IRQ Settings, Latency Timers etc.)

• Integrated Peripherals (Onboard I/O, IRQ, DMA Assign. etc.)

• SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield (CPU/System Temp., Fan speed etc.)

• CPU Ratio/Voltage Control (Voltage of CPU, DIMM, AGP etc.)

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1-2.8 Multi-I/O Functions

• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:

-- 2 ATA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices

• Dedicated IR Functions:

-- 1x5 IR connector dedicated to IR function with Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR)

and ASK (Amplitude Shift Keyed) IR

• Multi-mode parallel data transfer:

-- Standard mode, high speed mode ECP and enhanced mode EPP

• Floppy Drive Connector:

-- 1 FDD connector supporting 2 floppy drives with drive swap support

• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:

-- USB V2.0 compliant, 480 MB/s USB Bus, supporting Win2000 / XP.

-- 2 built-in USB connectors and 2 more USB pin-headers which require 2

additional USB cables to provide 4 more USB ports

• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse

• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):

-- 2 complete serial ports (COM1 & COM2) on board

1-2.7 Advanced System Power Management

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for

reducing power consumption :

• ACPI 1.0B compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface),

including ACPI Suspend mode support (See Power management of

BIOS Setup)

• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy Power Management)

• Keyboard/Mouse Power On / Wake Up

• Real Time Clock with date alarm, month alarm, and century field

1-2.5 Integrated GeForce4 MX GPU

GeForce4 MX GPU is embedded on board, supporting:

• 256-bit 3D and 2D graphics accelerator

• nView Dual-Display architecture supporting any combination of desk-

top VGA monitors and TV sets

• Integrated NTSC/PAL TV Encoder supporting resolutions up to

1024x768

• Two VGA connectors on board for analog display, supported by DDR

SDRAM up to 333MHz

• 1.5V(8X/4X) power mode only, 1 AGP Slot supported, supported by

DDR SDRAM up to 333MHz

• 8X 66MHz AD and SBA signaling; AGP pipelined split-transaction

long burst transfers up to 2GB/sec.

• AGP 8X/4X supported, AGP V3.0 compliant

1-2.6 AGP Interface

Chapter 1 Specification

1-2.10 Integrated APU and AC’97 Audio Codec on board

Integrated Audio Processing unit and AC’97 Audio Codec on board

1-2.11 Hardware Monitor on board

• Hardware Monitor supported by LPC I/O W83627HF, providing moni-

toring functions on hardware voltage, temperatures and fan speeds.

• Utility Software Soltek Hardware Monitor for displaying monitor sta-

tus is enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

1-2.15 Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor, ATX Power Supply

• Mainboard size: 180mm x 255mm

1-2.13 LAN Controller on board

Fast Ethernet Controller integrated in nFORCE2 MCP-T and nFORCE2

Ethernet MAC:

• Supporting 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Base T LAN

• LAN Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation

1-2.12 IEEE 1394A OHCI Controller on board

IEEE 1394A OHCI Controller integrated in nFORCE2 MCP-T

• Fully compliant with 1394 specification release 1.1 OHCI

• Interoperable with FireWire and iLink Implementations of IEEE 1394

• Supports asynchronous and isochronous transfers

• Independent DMA controllers for asynchronous and isochronous

operations.

• Supporting up to 6 channels of PCM audio output

• Dolby Digital Interactive Content Encoder in real time

• 6-channel audio consisting of Front Left, Front Right, Back Left,

Back Right, Center and Sub-woofer for complete surround sound

effect

• Audio Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation

1-2.9 Expansion Slots

• 1 PCI Bus Master slot

• 1 AGP 8X/4X slot

• 2 DDR DIMM slots

1-2.14 Front Panel Audio-out Connector

• 1 Front Panel Audio-out connector supporting Front Panel S/PDIF

Output, Front Panel Mic-In and Front Panel Line-In

• This Front Panel Audio-out requiring an S/PDIF Audio Cable to con-

nect itself to Front Panel Audio Connectors

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