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K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 2
...icon and 5 panels 21
ii Table of K8VGA-M 5
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 6
2.1
Central Processing Unit (CPU 6
2.2
Fan Headers 8
2.3
Memory Modules Installation 9
2.4
Connectors, & Slots 10
Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup 11
3.1
How to setup Jumpers 11
3.2
Detail Settings 11
Chapter 4: Useful Help 16
4.1
Award BIOS Beep Code 16
4.2
Extra Information 16
A.
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 3
.... Low Pin Count Interface. Supports AMD Athlon 64/Sempron processor. 200/400/600/800 clock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 400/800/1200/1600 MT/s in both directions simultaneously for Hyper Transport link. K8VGA-M
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 K8VGA-M FEATURES A. Hardware
CPU
Supports Socket 754. Please check the website:
http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 5
... for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.
1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST
FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User's Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional) Serial ATA Cable X 1 (optional) IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 (optional) Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional)
3 Software Supports Warpspeeder...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 8
The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.
6 Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge.
K8VGA-M
CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle.
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 10
... GND.
8 K8VGA-M
2.2 FAN HEADERS
CPU FAN Header: ...JCFAN1
Pin
Assignment
1
1
Ground
JCFAN1
2
+12V
3
FAN RPM rate sense
System Fan Header: JSFAN1
Pin
1
1
JSFAN1
2
3
Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense
North-bridge Fan Header: JNFAN1 (optional)
Pin
Assignment
1
1
Ground
JNFAN1
2
+12V
3
FAN RPM rate sense
Note:
The JCFAN1, JSFAN1, and JNFAN1 support...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 12
... up to IDE1. Communication Network Riser Slot: CNR1
The CNR specification is designated as 32 bits. PCI stands for expansion cards.
Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~3
This motherboard is a bus standard for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with 1 standard PCI slot. K8VGA-M
2.4 CONNECTORS, & SLOTS
Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1
The...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 13
Pin
1
10
20 2
3
4
5
6
1
11 7
8
JATXPWR1 9
10
Assignment +3.3V +3.3V Ground +5V Ground +5V Ground PW_OK Standby Voltage +5V +12V
Pin
Assignment
11... placed on the ATX power supply. JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to set up jumpers. K8VGA-M
CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP
3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS
The illustration shows how to CPU power circuit.
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 14
...mouse and PS/2 keyboard are powered by standby voltage of 55V
Note: In order to support this function "Power-on system via USB device," "JUSBV1~4" jumper cap should be placed... on Pin 2-3. JUSBV3~4: JUSB3~4 are
Pin 2-3 close Voltage
powered with +5V standby voltage.
K8VGA-M
Power Source Selection for Keyboard & Mouse: JKBV1
JKBV1
Assignment
Description
1
3
+5V
Pin 1-2 ...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 15
...10
2 3 Ground
2 A4 Ground
J1394B1
5 B+ 7 +12v
6 B8 +12V
9 Key
10 Ground
Wake on LAN Header: JWOL1 (optional)
The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is set to connect with at least 720mA +5V standby power. K8VGA...Rear speaker Right
13 Left line in/Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in BIOS is received from the network.
It will allow user to Enabled and that ...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 17
...K8VGA-M
Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1
This 24-pin connector includes Power-on the AC. 6. Set the jumper to avoid damaging the motherboard. Reset your desired password... N/A
Sleep button
N/A
7 Speaker
8 Power LED (+)
9 HDD LED (+) Hard drive 10 Power LED (+) Power LED
11 HEE LED (-) LED
12 Power LED (-)
13 Ground
...BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 18
... beep when system boot-up
No error found during POST
Long beeps every other second
No DRAM detected or install
4.2 EXTRA INFORMATION
A. BIOS Update
After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is shown after boot-up to restore the BIOS: 1. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS
from the Biostar
website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. The BIOS has been recovered and will boo...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 20
K8VGA-M
4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING
Probable
Solution
1.
Replace cable.
Backing up data and applications files. Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting 2.
turn on .
3.
System inoperative. drive, can be booted from optical drive.
Make sure
Configuration" or "CMOS Failure." Set master/slave jumpers
second hard drive. Call the drive ...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 21
... addition, the frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PCI along with just one .
5.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. The Overvoltage Manager, on our main panel. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 22
Please click "Next" button and follow the default procedure to your motherboard on hand.
20
If the "Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility" checkbox is completed. INSTALLATION
Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog in this user manual will pop up. K8VGA-M
5.3
1. When you click "Finish" button. Usage: The following figures are just only...
K8VGA-M user's manual - Page 28
...the mainboard's BIOS model and the Version number of all the chipset that are related to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can also get model name and ...detail information in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to overclocking. About Panel
Click the "about" button in hints of [WarpSpeeder™] utility.
26 K8VGA...
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