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...18 SPANISH...19 PORTUGUESE ...20 POLAND...21 RUSSIAN ...22 ARABIC ...23 JAPANESE ...24 ii User's Manual Card and I CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...1 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES ...1 1.2 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS ...2 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS ...3 2.1 CPU ASSEMBLY ...3 A. Connectors and Headers:...6 CHAPTER 3: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS ...... ...4 B. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...3 B. DDR Installation Notice...4 D. Know your CPU version ...4 2.3 PERIPHERALS ...5 A. Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U PACKAGE CHECKLIST ...I /O Slots:...5 B. Memory Space...4 C.
...18 SPANISH...19 PORTUGUESE ...20 POLAND...21 RUSSIAN ...22 ARABIC ...23 JAPANESE ...24 ii User's Manual Card and I CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...1 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES ...1 1.2 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS ...2 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS ...3 2.1 CPU ASSEMBLY ...3 A. Connectors and Headers:...6 CHAPTER 3: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS ...... ...4 B. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...3 B. DDR Installation Notice...4 D. Know your CPU version ...4 2.3 PERIPHERALS ...5 A. Biostar T-Series TForce4/ TForce4 U PACKAGE CHECKLIST ...I /O Slots:...5 B. Memory Space...4 C.
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Biostar T-Series Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES CPU Supports Socket 939. Supports HyperTransport and AMD Cool'n'Quiet Technology. NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra for both fast and secure. IEEE 1394A Chip Chip: VIA VT6307, supports 2 ports with data transfer rates up to 3Gb/s. RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support for TForce4...fault tolerance. Supports PIO mode 0~4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master mode. 1 TForce4/ TForce4 U AC'97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC850, supports 8 channels audio output. NVIDIA Active Armor (Only ...
Biostar T-Series Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES CPU Supports Socket 939. Supports HyperTransport and AMD Cool'n'Quiet Technology. NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra for both fast and secure. IEEE 1394A Chip Chip: VIA VT6307, supports 2 ports with data transfer rates up to 3Gb/s. RAID 1 disk mirroring support for fault tolerance Support for TForce4...fault tolerance. Supports PIO mode 0~4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master mode. 1 TForce4/ TForce4 U AC'97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC850, supports 8 channels audio output. NVIDIA Active Armor (Only ...
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PCI stands for expansion cards. PEX1-1/PEX1-2: - Biostar T-Series 2.3 PERIPHERALS A. The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to 250MB/s per direction. This ... two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). PCI Express 1.0a compliant. - TForce4/ TForce4 U Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI3 This motherboard is up to four hard disk drives. Card and I/O Slots: Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that provide PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA...
PCI stands for expansion cards. PEX1-1/PEX1-2: - Biostar T-Series 2.3 PERIPHERALS A. The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to 250MB/s per direction. This ... two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). PCI Express 1.0a compliant. - TForce4/ TForce4 U Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI3 This motherboard is up to four hard disk drives. Card and I/O Slots: Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that provide PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA...
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... on next boot-up. Remove AC power line. 2. Biostar T-Series Case Open Header: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open signal 2 Ground JCI1 12 Codec BIOS Serial ATA Connectors: JSATA1~JSATA4 The motherboard has an SATA Controller in nForce4 CK8-04 and CK8-... JSATA4 7 41 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX4 Ground 5 RX6 RX+ 7 Ground Codec BIOS TForce4/ TForce4 U Clear CMOS Header: JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin 2-3, it will record to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 Pin 1-2 Close: Normal Operation (default). 13 JCMOS1 Pin 2-3 Close: Clear CMOS data. 1 3...
... on next boot-up. Remove AC power line. 2. Biostar T-Series Case Open Header: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open signal 2 Ground JCI1 12 Codec BIOS Serial ATA Connectors: JSATA1~JSATA4 The motherboard has an SATA Controller in nForce4 CK8-04 and CK8-... JSATA4 7 41 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX4 Ground 5 RX6 RX+ 7 Ground Codec BIOS TForce4/ TForce4 U Clear CMOS Header: JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin 2-3, it will record to avoid damaging the motherboard. 13 Pin 1-2 Close: Normal Operation (default). 13 JCMOS1 Pin 2-3 Close: Clear CMOS data. 1 3...
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TForce4/ TForce4 U LED Indicators and Buttons There are 4 LED indicators on diagnostics. Please refer to show system status. It allows user to connect the PC case's front panel switch functions. RSTSW: This is ready for Power-on -board Power Switch button. Biostar T-Series JPANEL1: Header for Front... Connector 24 IRRX LED_D1 LED_D2 LED_DIMM LED_5SB PWRSW RSTSW Codec BIOS LED_D1 and LED_D2: These 2 LED indicate system power on the motherboard to the table below for different messages: LED_D1 LED_D2 Message ON ON Normal ON OFF Memory Error OFF ON VGA Error OFF ...
TForce4/ TForce4 U LED Indicators and Buttons There are 4 LED indicators on diagnostics. Please refer to show system status. It allows user to connect the PC case's front panel switch functions. RSTSW: This is ready for Power-on -board Power Switch button. Biostar T-Series JPANEL1: Header for Front... Connector 24 IRRX LED_D1 LED_D2 LED_DIMM LED_5SB PWRSW RSTSW Codec BIOS LED_D1 and LED_D2: These 2 LED indicate system power on the motherboard to the table below for different messages: LED_D1 LED_D2 Message ON ON Normal ON OFF Memory Error OFF ON VGA Error OFF ...
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...case, please follow the steps below to update BIOS or BIOS is fulfilling the CPU speed. Wait for a few seconds. 3. TForce4/ TForce4 U B. CPU Overheated If the system shuts down automatically One Short beep when system boots-up No error found or video card ... other second No DRAM detected or installed 4.2 EXTRA INFORMATION A. Remove the power cord from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respective BIOS from Biostar website. 4. In this case, please double check: 1. System will shut down automatically after boot...
...case, please follow the steps below to update BIOS or BIOS is fulfilling the CPU speed. Wait for a few seconds. 3. TForce4/ TForce4 U B. CPU Overheated If the system shuts down automatically One Short beep when system boots-up No error found or video card ... other second No DRAM detected or installed 4.2 EXTRA INFORMATION A. Remove the power cord from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respective BIOS from Biostar website. 4. In this case, please double check: 1. System will shut down automatically after boot...