Microsoft mainboard manual

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ii Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the follo w- ing conditions: − This device may not cause harmful interference, and − This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Canadian Dep artment of Communications This cl[...]

iii T T A A B B L L E E O O F F C C O O N N T T E E N N T T S S Preface i Features and Packing List Translations 錯誤 ! 尚未定義書籤。 CHAPTER 1 1 Introducing the Mainboard 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 Checklist ................................[...]

iv PCI / Plug and Play Setup ............................................................................... 27 Load Optimal Settings ..................................................................................... 28 Load Best Performance Settings ..................................................................... 28 Features Setup Page ...[...]

C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 1 1 Introducing the Mainboard I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Congratulations on purchasing the K7S5A mainbo ard. This mainboard has a Socket - A processor socket for the type of AMD K7 processors. You can i n- stall any one of these processors on the mainboard. The mainboard supports front - side bus spe[...]

2 F F e e a a t t u u r r e e s s Processor • Supports AMD Athl on XP/Athlon/Duron pro c essors • Supports 200/266 MHz Front - Side Bus Note: Processors are automatically configured using firmware and a synchronous Host/DRAM Clock Scheme. Memory • Two 168 - pin DIMM slots for SDRAM memory modules • Two 184 - pin DIMM slots for DD R memory m[...]

3 Onboard Flash ROM Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion cards Dimensions ATX form factor (30.5cm x 24.4cm) C C h h o o o o s s i i n n g g a a C C o o m m p p u u t t e e r r C C a a s s e e There are many types of computer cases on the market. The mai nboard co m- plies with the specifications for the ATX sy s [...]

4 M M a a i i n n b b o o a a r r d d C C o o m m p p o o n n e e n n t t s s[...]

C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 2 2 Installing the Mainboard S S a a f f e e t t y y P P r r e e c c a a u u t t i i o o n n s s Follow these safety precautions when installing the mai n board: • Wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid damage from static electricity. • Discharge static electricity by touching the metal case of[...]

6 I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g t t h h e e M M a a i i n n b b o o a a r r d d i i n n a a C C a a s s e e Refer to the following illustration and instructions for installing t he mainboard in a case: This illustration shows an e x- ample of a mainboard being installed in a tower - type case: Note: Do not overtighten the screws as this c[...]

7 Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the mainboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper Type Descri p tio n Setting ( default ) JP1 3 - pin Keyboard Power On Selector 1 - 2: Disable Ke y- board Power On 2 - 3: Enable Ke y- board Power On JP1 1 JP4 3 - pin Clear CMOS jumper 1 - 2: Clear CMOS 2 - 3:[...]

8 nect all the powe r cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds. C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g C C a a s s e e C C o o m m p p o o n n e e n n t t s s After you have installed the mainboard into a case, you can begin connecting the mainboard components. Refer to the following: 1. Con n[...]

9 Pin Signal Name 1 2 3 4 Link LED VCC Ground 10/100 Mbps mode LED The FPI Connector This panel connector provides a set of switch and LED conne c tors found on ATX case. Refer to th e table below for information. Device Pins HD_LED_P 1 FP PWR/SLP 2, 4 HD_LED_N 3 RST_SW_N 5, 8 RST_SW_P 6, 7 KEY 9, 10 9 10 1 2 Note: The plus sign (+) indicates a pin[...]

10 I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g H H a a r r d d w w a a r r e e Installing the Processor Caution: When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the mainboard or any of the surface - mount resistors with the clip of the cooling fan. If the clip of the cooling fan scrapes across the mainboard, you may cau[...]

11 Note: The pin - 1 corner is marked with an arrow Follow these instructions to in stall the CPU: 1. Pull the CPU socket locking lever away from the socket to unhook it and raise the locking lever to the upright position. 2. Identify the pin Pin - 1 corner on the CPU socket and the pin Pin - 1 corner on the processor. 3. Match the Pin - 1 corners [...]

12 DDR SDRAM provides 800 MBps or 1 GBps data transfer depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz. It doubles the rate to 1.6 GBps and 2.1 GBps by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock. DDR SDRA M uses additional power and ground lines and requires 184 - pin 2.5V unbuffered DIMM module rather than the 168 - pin[...]

13 Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD - ROM This section describes how to install IDE devic es such as a hard disk drive and a CD - ROM drive. About IDE Devices Your mainboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface (IDE1 and IDE2). An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the mai n- board. If you want to install more t[...]

14 Installing a CD - ROM/DVD Drive 1. Install the CD - ROM/DVD drive into the drive cage in your system case. 2. Plug t he IDE cable into IDE1 ( A ). If you have already installed an HDD, use the other conne c- tor on the IDE cable. Note: Ribbon cable connectors are usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the device connector.[...]

15 configure the floppy diskette drives that you have installed. Installing Add - on Car ds This mainboard has five 32 - bit PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) expansion slots, one 4xAGP slot, and one AMR slot. 4xAGP Slot The 4xAGP slot is used to install a graphics adapter that su p ports the 4xAGP specific a tions and has a 4xAGP edge conn [...]

16 2. Install the edge connector of the add - on card into the expansion slot. Ensure that the edge co n- nector is correctly seated in the slot. 3. Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case with a screw. Note: For some add - on cards, for exam ple graphics adapters and network adapters, you have to install drivers and software before[...]

17 Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard’s optional device s: FP_AUD1O: Front panel MIC/Speaker Out header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front - oriented microphone and line - out ports for easier a c cess. Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 5 7 9 AUD_MIC AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R HP_ON AUD_FPOUT_ L[...]

18 connect the front - mounted ports to the mai n board. Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 5 7 9 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 USB_FP_P0 - USB_FP_P0+ GROUND KEY 2 4 6 8 10 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 USB_FP_P1 - USB_FP_P1+ GROUND USB_FP_OC0 WOL 1: Wake On LAN If you have installed a LAN card, use the cable provided with the card to plug into the mainboard WOL1 connector. [...]

19 PS/2 mouse PS/2 keyboard USB ports Parallel port (LPT1) Serial port COM 1 Serial port COM 2 Line-in Game port Microphone Line-out LAN port PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 poin t- ing device. PS/2 Ke y board Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 ke y- board. LAN Port (optional) Use the LAN port to connect to the ne t work[...]

20 Audio line - in Light blue Audio line - out Lime Digital mo nitor/flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI/game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS/2 - compatible keyboard Purple PS/2 - compatible mouse Green Serial Teal or Turquoise Speaker out/subwoofer Orange Right - to - left speaker Brown USB Black Video out Yellow SCSI, network, telephon[...]

C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 3 3 Using BIOS A A b b o o u u t t t t h h e e S S e e t t u u p p U U t t i i l l i i t t y y The computer uses the latest AMI BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the mainboard contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the mai n board BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Set[...]

22 Running the Setup Utility Each time your computer starts, before the operating system loads, a me s- sage appears on the screen that prompts you to “ Hit <DEL> if you want to run SETUP ”. When you see this message, press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY –[...]

23 to change the values for the option. Use the cursor arrow keys to scroll through the items in the submenu. In this manual, default values are enclosed in parenthesis. Submenu items are denoted by a triangl e . Standard CMOS Features Use this page to set basic information such as the date, the time, the IDE d e- vices, and the diskette drives. If[...]

24 Advanced S etup Page Use this page to set more advanced information about your system. Take some care with this page. Making changes can affect the operation of your computer. AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Qui ck Boot Enabled 1 st Boot Device IDE - 0 2 nd Boot Device Floppy 3 rd Boot Devi[...]

25 Floppy Drive Seek If you enab le this item, your system will check all floppy disk drives at start up. Disable this item unless you are using an old 360KB drive. Password Check If you have entered a password for the system, use this item to dete r mine if the password is required to ente r the Setup Utility ( Setup ) or required both at start - [...]

26 Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for system power management oper a- tion. AMIBIOS SETUP – POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ACPI Aware O/S Yes Power Management Enabled Suspend Time Out Disabled Hard Disk Time Out Disabled Ring On Power On Disabled RTC Alarm Power On [...]

27 KeyBoard Power On Function If you enable this item, you can turn the system on and off by pressing hot keys on the keyboard. You must enable the Keyboard Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature. Power On by LAN Your system can enter a software power down. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resu[...]

28 Load Optimal Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears. If you press Y , and then Enter , the Setup Utility loads a set of fail - safe default values. These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips. Note: It is highly recommended t[...]

29 Onboard Parallel Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard LPT1 parallel port, and to a s- sign a port address. The Auto setting will detect and available address. Parallel Port M ode Use this item to set the parallel port mode. You can select SPP (Standard Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port),[...]

30 CPU PnP Setup Page This page lets you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU. The sy s- tem will automatically detect the kind of CPU that you have installed and make the appropriate adjustm ents to the items on this page. AMIBIOS SETUP – CPU PnP Setup Page (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved CPU Brand AMD K7 CPU Type [...]

31 Hardware Monitor Page This page sets some of the parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard. AMIBIOS SETUP – Hardware Monitor Page (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved --- System Hardware --- Vcore 2.000 V Vcc2.5V 2.500 V Vcc3.3V 3.300 V Vcc5V 5.000 V +12V 12.000 V SB3V 3.300 V - 12V - 12.000 V SB5V 5.0[...]

32 Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter , a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password. You can enter no more than six letters or nu m- bers. Press Enter after you have typed in the password. A second dialog box asks you to retype the password for confirmation. Press Enter after y ou have retyped it correctl[...]

33 C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 4 4 Using the Mainboard Software A A b b o o u u t t t t h h e e S S o o f f t t w w a a r r e e C C D D - - R R O O M M The support software CD - ROM that is included in the mainboard package contains all the drivers and utility programs needed to properly run the bu n- dled products. Below you can find a brief descr[...]

34 Note: If the opening screen doesn't appear, doubl e - click the file "setup.exe" in the root directory. Setup Tab Setup Click the Setup button to run the software installation program. Select from the menu which software you want to install. Browse CD The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command th at allows you to open Wi[...]

35 Running Setup Follow these instructions to install device drivers and software for the mai n- board: 1. Click Setup . The insta l lation program begins: Mainboard ID Note: The follo wing screens are examples only. The screens and driver lists will be different according to the mainboard you are installing. The mainboard identification is located[...]

36 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items. Drivers and software are automatically in stalled in sequence. Follow the o n- screen instructions, confirm commands and a l low the computer to restart a few times to complete the installation. M M a a n n u u a a l l I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n Insert the CD in [...]

37 U U t t i i l l i i t t y y S S o o f f t t w w a a r r e e R R e e f f e e r r e e n n c c e e All the utility software available from this page is Windows compliant. They are provided only for the conve n ience of the customer. The following software is furnished u n der license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of th[...]

38 CD Ghost The CD Ghost software enables you to create a virtual cabinet of CD - ROM drives on your system t o help you categorize and organize your CD collection. A user - friendly interface assists you in quickly creating images of both CDs and DVDs onto your system. To install the software, run SETUP.EXE from the following dire c tory: UTILIT[...]