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A7F129 Mainboard Manual

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Preface

Using This Manual

This manual is designed to help you build a reliable Personal Com-

puter based on the A7F129 platform.

Chapter 1—Quick Reference

This chapter is for advanced users who want to quickly assemble a

system. The mainboard layout along with jumper and switch settings,

and memory configuration are provided.

Chapter 2—Introduction

This chapter includes an introduction, a checklist of the items that

ship with this mainboard, and a summary of the principal features

and components.

Chapter 3—Hardware Installation

This chapter explains how to prepare your mainboard for use and

how to make the various connections to other computer components

and peripheral items.

Chapter 4—BIOS Configuration

This chapter explains how to use the system setup utility that is

stored in the mainboard’s firmware.

Chapter 5—Driver and Utility

This chapter briefly describes the drivers and utility programs that

are packaged with the mainboard.

Preface

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Table of Contents

1. A7F129 QUICK REFERENCE.................................................................1

1.1. MAINBOARD LAYOUT..............................................................................1

1.2. I/O PORTS..................................................................................................2

1.3. PANEL CONNECTOR.................................................................................3

1.4. JUMPERS....................................................................................................4

1.5. FRONTSIDE BUS SPEED SWITCH.............................................................5

1.6. PCI AND AGP FREQUENCY SETTINGS..................................................6

1.7. MEMORY INSTALLATION........................................................................6

1.8. CONNECTORS............................................................................................6

2. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................7

2.1. OVERVIEW.................................................................................................7

2.2. MAINBOARD SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES....................................8

2.3. MAINBOARD LAYOUT............................................................................10

2.4. MICROPROCESSOR..................................................................................11

2.5. CPU PACKAGING...................................................................................12

2.6. CHIPSET ...................................................................................................12

3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION............................................................13

3.1. UNPACKING.............................................................................................13

3.2. INSTALLATION........................................................................................14

3.3. SAFETY MEASURES................................................................................15

3.4. CONNECTOR/JUMPER LOCATION.........................................................16

3.5. ATTACHING CONNECTORS....................................................................17

3.6. INSTALLINGTHE CPU............................................................................25

4. KT MAINBOARD BIOS ..........................................................................33

4.1. ENTERING SETUP....................................................................................34

4.2. STANDARD CMOS FEATURES.............................................................36

4.3. ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES...............................................................39

4.4. ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES..........................................................42

4.5. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................45

4.6. POWERMANAGEMENT SETUP..............................................................49

4.7. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS..................................................................54

4.8. PC HEALTH STATUS OPTION................................................................56

4.9. FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL........................................................57

4.10. LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS OPTION............................................59

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4.11. SET SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD................................................59

4.12. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..........................................................................60

4.13. EXITWITHOUT SAVING....................................................................60

5. KM/KL MAINBOARD BIOS .................................................................61

5.1. ENTERING SETUP....................................................................................62

5.2. STANDARD CMOS FEATURES.............................................................64

5.3.ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES...............................................................67

5.4. ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES..........................................................70

5.5. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................74

5.6. POWERMANAGEMENT SETUP..............................................................78

5.7. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS..................................................................83

5.8. PC HEALTH STATUS OPTION................................................................85

5.9. FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL........................................................86

5.10. LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS OPTION.............................................87

5.11. LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS OPTION............................................87

5.12. SET SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD................................................88

5.13. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..........................................................................88

5.14. EXITWITHOUT SAVING....................................................................88

6. DRIVER AND UTILITY..........................................................................89

6.1. FLASH UTILITY.......................................................................................89

6.2. VIA 4-IN-1 DRIVER...............................................................................89

6.3. SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT MONITOR......................................................90

6.4. ATA66/100 CONTROLLER OPTIONS...................................................92

6.5. VIA AC 97 AUDIO CODEC...................................................................92

6.6. ONLINE SERVICES..................................................................................93

1. A7F129 Quick Reference

1.1.Mainboard Layout

LOCK

FREE

COM2

CD1

CD2

WOLWOM

PCI5

ISA

PCI4PCI3PCI2PCI1

J2J8

JP2

JP1

JP3

JP5

JP4

BAT

DIMM3

DIMM2

DIMM1

IDE1

IDE2

FDD

AGP

SW3 JP6

SW1

5 7

6 8

1 2

USB

ports

PS/2

mouse/keyboard

ports

Game

and

audio

ports

1919

1920

Parallel

and

serial

ports

VGA

port

(KT133)

1. Auxiliary COM port connector (COM2)

2. ATX power connector (POWER)

3. Socket-462 CPU socket (Socket-462)

4. DIMM module sockets (DIMM1~3)

5. CPU clock speed switch (SW3)

6. Floppy drive connector (FDD)

7. CPU clock speed switch (SW1)

8. IDE connector (IDE2)

9. IDE connector (IDE1)

10. CPU fan connector (J2)

11. Northbridge fan connector (J8)

12. CD-ROM audio connectors (CD1/2)

13. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot

(KT/KM)

14. Infrared connector (IR)

15. PCI expansion slots (PCI1~5)

16. Wake on Modem connector (WOM)

17. Wake on LAN connector (WOL)

18. ISA expansion slot (ISA)

19. BIOS controller

20. RTC battery (BAT)

21. USB connector (USB2)

22. Front panel connectors (JP2)

23. Secondary fan connector (J7)

Mainboard User’s Manual

2I/OPorts

1.2.I/O Ports

1.2.1. KT133/133A

PS/2

mouse

PS/2

keyboard

USB

ports

Parallel port (LPT1)

Serial port

COM 1

Line-out

Microphone

Game port

Line-in

1.2.2. KM133/KM133A/KL133/KL133A

PS/2

mouse

PS/2

keyboard

USB

ports

Parallel port (LPT1)

Serial port

COM 1

Line-out

Microphone

Game port

Line-in

VGA

port

A7F129 Quick Reference

Panel Connector 3

1.3.Panel Connector

The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin as-

signments:

HDD

LED

STANDBY

LED

SPEAKER

Ground

LED cathode

LED anode

Keylock

Non

Ground

Power on/off

Reset Single

+5V

Speaker-out

POWER LED

& KEYLOCK

RESET

BUTTON

POWER

SWITCH

Pin 1

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4Jumpers

1.4.Jumpers

1-2:Normal ModeJP1 2-3:Clear CMOS RAM

1-2:Enables the Suspend to RAM (STR) functionJP3 2-3:Disables the STR function

JP4 JP5 DIMM Voltage

OFF OFF +3.3V

ON OFF +3.4V

OFF ON +3.5V

JP4 & JP5

ON ON +3.6V

7-85-63-41-2CPU clock ratio

ON ON ON ON 11

ON ON ON OFF 11.5

ON ON OFF ON 12

ON ON OFF OFF 12.5

ON OFF ON ON 5

ON OFF ON OFF 5.5

ON OFF OFF ON 6

ON OFF OFF OFF 6.5

OFF ON ON ON 7

OFF ON ON OFF 7.5

OFF ON OFF ON 8

OFF ON OFF OFF 8.5

OFF OFF ON ON 9

OFF OFF ON OFF 9.5

OFF OFF OFF ON 10

JP6

OFF OFF OFF OFF 10.5

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