Biostar NF44X-A7 manual

NF44X-A7 i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti al installation. Thi s equi pment generates, uses and can radiate radi [...]

Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................... 1 1.1 Motherboard Features ...................................................... 1 1.2 Package Checklist ............................................................ 4 1.3 Layout & Components ...................................................... [...]

NF44X-A7 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron processors. Supports Front Side Bus up to 1.6G HT . AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 an d 64 b it computing. Supports HyperTransport T echnology and AMD Cool’n’Quiet T echnology . Chipset NVIDIA nF orc[...]

NF44X-A7 2 Main Memory Supports Single Channel DDR. Supports DDR 266/333/400. Maximum memory size is 2GB. DIMM Socket Location DDR Module T otal Memory Size DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 Max is 2 GB. Serial ATA 4 on-board Serial A T A connectors support 4 serial A T A (SA T A) ports. Compliant with SA T A1.0 specific[...]

NF44X-A7 3 On-board AC’97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC655: - Compliant with AC’97 version2.3 specification. - Supports 6 channels audio output. 10/100 LAN Chip: RTL8201BL / RTL8201CL. Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation. Provides the most commonly used legacy super I/O functionality . Environment Control initiatives: - H/W Moni[...]

NF44X-A7 4 Rear (Back Panel) Side Co nnectors 1 PS/2 Mouse port and Keyboard port. 1 Printer Port. 1 Serial Port. (JCOM2 is optional.) 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. 4 USB 2.0 Ports. 3 audio ports support 6 channels audio-out faciliti es. PS / 2 Mo u s e PS / 2 Ke yb oa r d Pr inte r Port COM1 COM2 ( o pti o nal ) USB * 2 LA N Con ne c tor US B * 2 Li ne-i n/ R[...]

NF44X-A7 5 1.3 L AYOUT & C OMPONENTS JKBMS1 JUSBLAN1 JC OM1 JCO M2 (o pt io nal ) JPRNT1 JUSB1 JAUDIO1 JF AUDI O1 JK BM SV 1 JU SBV1 JATXPWR2 JATXP WR1 PE X1 6 PEX 1_1 P EX1_ 2 PC I 1 PC I 3 PC I 2 PC I 4 JS PDI F_O UT1 JC DIN1 BI OS DIM M1 DIM M2 JS A TA 1 JS A TA 2 JS A TA3 JS A TA 4 JU SB3 JU SB4 JU SB2 IDE2 IDE1 FDD1 JC FAN1 JS FA N1 BA T1 [...]

NF44X-A7 6 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 C ENTRAL P ROCESS ING U NIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.[...]

NF44X-A7 7 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly , and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU F AN power cable to the JCF AN1. This compl etes th e installation.[...]

NF44X-A7 8 2.2 F AN H EADERS CPU FAN Power Header: JCFAN1 System Fan Power Header: JSFAN1 Northbridge Fan Power Header: JNBF A N1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V JCF A N1 JS F A N1 J N BF AN 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 F AN RPM rate sense (Only for JCF AN1 and JSF AN1.) Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support s ystem cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility. It s[...]

NF44X-A7 9 2.3 M EMORY M ODULES I NSTALLATION DI MM1 DI MM2 2.3.1 DDR Module installation 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the re taining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on t he DIMM matches the break on the Slot. 2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly in to the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the[...]

NF44X-A7 10 2.4 C ONNECTORS & S LOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard fl oppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk t ypes. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 1 2 33 34 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2 The motherboard has t wo 32-bit Enhanced P CI I[...]

NF44X-A7 11 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI4 This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconn ect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits. PCI1 PCI3 PCI2 PCI4 PCI-Express Slots: PEX16/ PEX1_1/PEX1_2 PEX16: - PCI Express 1.0a compliant[...]

NF44X-A7 12 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 H OW TO SETUP J UMPERS The illustration shows ho w to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed 3.2 D ETAIL S ET TINGS ATX Power Source Connector: JATXPWR1 This connector all[...]

NF44X-A7 13 ATX Power Source Connector: JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU p ower circuit. Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 12 3 4 4 Ground Power Source Headers for USB Ports: JUSBV1/JUSBV2 Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1. JUSBV2: +5V for front USB headers (JUSB2/JUSB3/JUSB4). Pin [...]

NF44X-A7 14 Power Source He ader for PS/2 Keyboard/Mous e: JKBMSV1 Pin 1-2 Close: +5V for PS/2 keyboard and m ouse. Pin 2-3 Close: PS/2 keyboard and mouse a r e po wered with +5V standby voltage. 1 3 Pin 1-2 close 1 3 1 3 Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to support this function “Pow er-on s ystem via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBMSV1” jumper cap s[...]

NF44X-A7 15 CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JC DIN1 This connector allows user to conn ect the audio source from the variet y devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.. Pin Assignment 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 1 4 4 Right channel input Case Op en Header s: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case op [...]

NF44X-A7 16 Digital Audio-ou t Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1 These connectors allo w user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input header. Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground 1 3 Headers for USB Port s at Front Pa nel: JUSB2 ~JUSB4 This connector allows user to connect add itional USB ca bles at PC front panel, and also can be connected with[...]

NF44X-A7 17 Serial ATA Connec tors: JSATA1~JSATA4 The motherboard has a SA T A Controller i n n Force4 4X SLI with 4 channels SA T A interface, it satisfies the SA T A 1.0 spec and with transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s. Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX- 4 Ground 5 RX- 6 RX+ 4 1 7 JSA TA 1 JSA TA 2 JSA TA 3 JSA TA 4 7 Ground JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Head er By [...]

NF44X-A7 18 JPANEL1: Header for Front Pan el Facilities This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LE D, Po wer LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. 1 2 23 24 op t i on al Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function 1 +5V 2 Sleep control 3 N/A 4 Ground S[...]

NF44X-A7 19 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 A WARD BIOS B EEP C ODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by t wo short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High-low siren soun d CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST Long beeps every other seco nd No DRAM detec[...]

NF44X-A7 20 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdo wn aut omatically after po wer on system for seconds, that means the CPU prot ection function ha s been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again. In this case, please double che ck: 1. The[...]

NF44X-A7 21 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical support. System inoperative. Keyboard lig hts are on, p[...]

NF44X-A7 22 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 I NTRODUCTION [W arpS peeder™], a new powerful co ntrol utility , featur es three user-friendly functions inclu ding Overclock Manager , Overvoltage Manager , and Hardware Monitor . With the Overclock Manager , users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU perf ormance wit[...]

NF44X-A7 23 5.3 I NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialo g will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default proce dure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in se tup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “Launch the W arpS peeder T ray Utility” checkbox is checked, th[...]

NF44X-A7 24 5.4 [W ARP S PEEDER ™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the T ray Icon utility is l aunched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows T askbar . This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [W arpS peeder™] Utility . Y ou can use the mo use by clicking the left button in order [...]

NF44X-A7 25 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [W ar pS peeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’ s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: a. Display the CPU S peed, CPU ex ternal clock, Memory clock, AGP cloc k, and PCI clock i n f ormat ion. b. Contai[...]

NF44X-A7 26 3. Voltage Panel Click the V oltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the V oltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increa se CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not. The default setti ng is “No ”. If you want to get the best performance of overclockin g, [...]

NF44X-A7 27 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to lef t as the following figure. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz butt on”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3 MHz button”: provide user the abilit y to do real-[...]

NF44X-A7 28 c. “Auto-overclock b utton”: Us er can click this button and [W arpS peeder™] will set the best and stable pe rform ance and frequency automatically . [WarpS peeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using W atchdog function. After reboot, the [W arpS peeder™] [...]

NF44X-A7 29 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlig hted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and det ail information in hint s of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. Y ou can also get the mainboard’s BIOS mo del and the [...]

NF44X-A7 30 Note: Because the overclock, overvolt ag e, and hardware monitor featu res are controlled by several separate chip set, [W arpS peeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chip set is not on board, the correlative button in Main p anel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions. This pro pe rty ca[...]