JETWAY POLARIS400 User manual

Polaris 400
USER'S MANUAL
M/B For Socket-A Athlon/Duron Processor
NO. G03-V400MAX1A
Release date: October 2002
Trademark:
* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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USER’S NOTICE...........................................................................................................................1
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION..........................................................................................1
COOLING SOLUTIONS ..............................................................................................................1
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF Polaris 400 MOTHERBOARD
1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD ...................................................................................... 2
1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING ................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ............................................................................. 7
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................... 7
2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8
2-3-1 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................ 8
2-3-2 ABOUT AMD ATHLON & DURON 462-PIN CPU............................................... 9
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10
2-5 EXPANSION CARD.............................................................................................................. 11
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION ............................... 11
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD......................................................... 11
2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD....................... 12
2-5-4 AGP SLOT.................................................................................................................. 12
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS ................................................................................................ 12
2-6-1 CONNECTORS.......................................................................................................... 12
2-6-2 HEADERS .................................................................................................................. 15
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER.................................................................................. 18
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP............................................................................................................... 19
3-2 GETTING HELP ................................................................................................................... 19
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 20
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ........................................................................................ 21
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .......................................................................................... 22
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES .................................................................................. 24
3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS.................................................................................... 25
3-6-2 AGP TIMING SETTINGS........................................................................................ 26
3-6-3 PCI TIMING SETTINGS ......................................................................................... 26
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.......................................................................................... 27
3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION ....................................................................................... 27
3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION ............................................................................... 28
3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION............................................................................ 29
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...................................................................................... 30
3-8-1 WAKE UP EVENTS ................................................................................................. 31
3-8-1.1 IRQS ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 31
3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP ................................................................................ 32
3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES .................................................................................................... 33
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ........................................................................................................ 33
3-11 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL ........................................................................................ 34
3-12 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ............................................................... 35
3-13 SET SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD........................................................................... 35
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/NT/2K/XP....................................................... 36
4-1 VIA 4 IN 1 INSTALL VIA SERVICE PACK 4 IN 1 DRIVER .............................. 37
4-2 SOUND INSTALL CMI/C3DX PCI AUDIO CODEC DRIVER....................... 38
4-3 LAN INSTALL RTL8100 LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER ........................ 40
4-4 SATA INSTALL PROMISE ATA IDE CONTROLLER DRIVER ............... 41
4-5 PC-HEALTH WINBOND HARDWARE DOCTOR MONITORING SOFTWARE ........... 41
4-6 MAGIC BIOS INSTALL BIOS LIVE UPDATE UTILITY.......................................... 42
4-7 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN2002 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ..................... 44
4-8 USB 2.0 INSTALL VIA USB 2.0 DEVICE DRIVER ....................................... 45
4-9 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 46
TABLE OF CONTENT

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USER’S NOTICE
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DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME
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INTENT TO INFRINGE.
Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
1.0 First Release October 2002
Item Checklist
5Polaris 400 Motherboard
5Cable for IDE/Floppy
5CD for motherboard utilities
□Cable for USB Port 3/4 (Option)
5Cable for 1394 Ports
5Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port
5SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor
5Polaris 400 User’s Manual
AMD Athlon™ / Duron™ Processor Family
Cooling Solutions
As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management becomes
increasingly crucial when building computer systems. Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to
reliable, long-term system operation. The overall goal in providing the proper thermal environment is keeping the
processor below its specified maximum case temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation
through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans. In addition, interface materials allow
effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the
use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.
When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks
evaluated and recommended by AMD for use with AMD processors. Note, those heatsinks are recommended for
maintaining the specified Maximum T case requirement. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a
comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support AMD processors.
For vendor list of heatsink and fan, please visit：http://www1.amd.com/products/duron/thermals
http://www1.amd.com/products/athlon/thermals

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Chapter 1
Introduction of Polaris 400 Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
The Polaris 400 motherboard is design for use AMD Athlon/Duron/Athlon XP 200MHz
/266MHz/333MHz (Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus Frequency CPU, which utilize the
Socket-A design and the memory size expandable to 3.0GB.
This motherboard use the newest VIA KT400 chipset, whose 133MHz/266MHz /333MHz
(Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus frequency and 400MHz memory interface delivers a clear
upgrade path to the future generation of 266MHz/333MHz processors and DDR266
/DDR333/DDR400 DDR SDRAM. The Polaris 400 motherboard offers ULTRA ATA 133 to
provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance.
For those wanting even greater graphic performance, an AGP 4X/8X slot is included on the
board.
The motherboard also has an integrated PCI 6-channel Audio chip on board support 6-
channel 3D surround positioning Audio which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro
that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility. The motherboard provided SPDIF-In/
SPDIF-Out optical function support SPDIF device.
The motherboard including PCI LAN Controller chip support 10/100 Mb/sec Base transfer
rate for network. The Polaris 400 including the 1394 PCI controller provided 100M/200M
/400Mb bandwidth support two 1394 device port, which compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000
standard.
The motherboard integrated Promise PDC20375 Serial-ATA IDE controller provided two
Serial-ATA port and one Parallel ATA port (Master mode only), support serial ATA HDD
meet future IDE demand increase the data transfer rate.
With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 6 USB function ports support
USB2.0/USB1.1 Devices, the Polaris 400 meet future USB demand also this motherboard has
built-in hardware monitor function. This will monitor and protect your computer.
A special design in hardware for protecting Athlon XP CPU from burned, the system will auto
shutdown power supply when CPU is overheat or the CPU FAN is stop.
In Polaris 400 we design in CPU Vcore Voltage, DDR memory 2.5V Voltage, AGP 1.5V
Voltage those can minor adjustable in BIOS setup. This design can let users approach over
clock demand and also can make system more stable. The Polaris 400 motherboard provides
special function in BIOS Setup to setting CPU Host clock step by step increasing let users to
approach over clocking, and special design in hardware to protect BIOS from virus crash
BIOS data.
Polaris 400 provides high performance & meets future specification demand. It is really wise
choice for your computer.

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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design ∗ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x24.5cm
Chipset ∗VIA KT400/VT8235 Chipset
CPU Socket ∗Support AMD Athlon 1.1GHz∼1.4GHz processor
∗Support AMD Duron 900MHz∼1.3GHz processor
∗Support AMD Athlon XP1500+~XP2700+ processor
∗Support 200MHz/266MHz/333MHz (Double Data Rate) Front
Side Bus frequency processors
∗Reserves support for future AMD Athlon XP processors
Memory Socket ∗184-pin DDR module socket x3
∗Support DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR SDRAM
∗Expandable to 3.0GB
Expansion Slot &
Headers
∗AGP slot x1 support AGP 2.0 & 4X/8X mode
∗32-bit PCI slot x6
Integrate IDE ∗Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA
PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that
deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s
Serial-ATA IDE
∗Promise PDC20375 Serial-ATA Controller provide two Serial
ATA ports support 150Mb/s data transfer rate and one Parallel
ATA133 port support 133Mb/s data transfer rate
1394 Port
∗VIA VT6307 1394 Controller chip provided two 1394 device
ports support 100/200/400Mb bandwidth
∗Compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000 standard
6 channel Audio ∗CMI8738-6CH PCI Audio controller integrated
∗Support 6-channel 3D surround Positioning Audio
∗SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-Out Optical support
∗Audio driver and utility included
BIOS ∗Award 2MBit Flash ROM
Multi I/O ∗PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
∗Floppy disk drive connector x1
∗Parallel port x1, Serial port x2
∗USB2.0 connector x2, headers x2 (connecting cable option)
∗Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC & Game Port)

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1-3 Performance List
The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark
testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility
for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
Performance Test Report
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
DRAM: 256MB DDR266 X1 (SAMSUNG DDR K4H280838B-TCB0)
256MB DDR333 X1 (MICRON DDR MT46V16M8-6)
VGA Expansion Card: NVDIA Geforce 2 MX400 (1024x768 Hi-color)
Hard Disk Driver: IBM DTLA-305040 (ATA-100)
BIOS: Award Optimal default
OS: Win 98SE
DDR266 DDR333
3D Mark 2000 5678 5687
3D Mark 2001 2554 2550
3D Winbench 2000 105 105
Final Reality 10.34 10.39
Content Creation Winstone 2000 50 50.3
Content Creation Winstone 2001 63.6 64.5
Content Creation Winstone 2002 23.6 23.9
Business Winstone2001 53.9 53.7
Winbench 99:
CPU Mark 99 152 151
FPU Winmark 99 9140 9140
Business Disk Winmark99 7440 7690
Hi-end Disk Winmark99 19600 19400
Business Graphic Winmark 794 790
Hi-end Graphic Winmark 2390 2400
SYS Mark 2000/2001 : SISMark 2000/2001 Rating (Internet Content
Creation / Office Productivity)
SISMark 2000 282 (298/270) 285 (302/272)
SISMark 2001 166 (178/154) 171 (180/163)
SISOFT Sandra 2001 :
Dhrystone ALU MIPS 4640 4657
Whetstone FPU MFLOPS 2280 2303
Int ALU/RAM MB/S 761 827
Float FPU/RAM MB/S 804 892
Integer SSE2 IT/S 9320 9302
Floating- Point SSE2 MB/S 10706 10780
QUAKE3 DEMO1 FPS 178.9 185.2
DEMO2 FPS 186.5 191.9
WCPUID System/CPU Clock 133.79/1672.32 133.79/1672.32

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1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting
Jumpers
Front Panel Audio
PC99 Back Panel
CD Audio
K/B Power ON Jumper (JP1)
USB Port
/LAN Connector
PS2 KB/Mouse Port
LINE-OUT
LINE-IN
COM1 COM2USB
MIC
GAME/MIDI PORT
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
PRINTLAN
USB Port (USB1, USB2)
1394 Port
(1394A, 1394B)
AGP 4X 1.5V Slot
Floppy Connector
VIA KT400 Chip
Front Panel Connector
ATA 100 IDE Conn.
Clear CMOS (JBAT)
ATX Power Conn.
CPU FAN
2MBit Flash ROM BIOS
CPU Socket
DDR DIMM X3
SFAN1
VIA VT8235 Chip
Speak Connector
VIA VT6307 1394 Controller
Promise PDC20375
Serial ATA Controller
ATA 133 IDE Conn.
Winbond 83697HF Chip
IR Connector
PCI Slot
Wake On LAN
SFAN2
SPDIF In/Out Modules
Connector (JP8)
CMI8738-6CH Audio
Controller
CPU Ratio Selector (JP6)
CPU Front Side Bus
Frequency Jumper (JP4)
Serial-ATA Connector (SATA1)
Serial-ATA Connector (SATA2)

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Jumper Name Description Page
JP1 Keyboard Power On Enable/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7
JP2 USB Wake-Up Enable/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7
JP5 CPU Front Side Bus Frequency 4-pin Block P.7
JP8 Keyboard Password Clear jumper 3-pin Block P.8
JBAT CMOS RAM Clear jumper 3-pin Block P.8
Connectors
Connector Name Description Page
ATXPOW ATX Power Connector 20-pin Block P.12
J1 (KB/MS) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard
Connector
6-pin Female P.13
USB/LA USB/LAN Port Connector 4-pin/RJ45 Connector P.13
PARALL Parallel Port Connector 25-pin Female P.13
LINE_O/LINE_I
/MIC/GAME
Audio/Game Connector 3 phone jack+15-pin Connector P.13
COM1/COM2 Serial Port COM1/2 Connector 9-pin Connector P.13
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.13
IDE1/IDE2
/IDE3
Primary/Secondary
/Third IDE Connector
40-pin Block P.14
ATAT1/2 Serial ATA IDE Connector 7-pin Block P.15
Headers
Header Name Description Page
AUDIO Line-Out, MIC header 9-pin Block P.15
USB1/USB2 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.15
1394A/1394B 1394 Port Headers 9-pin Block P.16
HD LED IDE activity LED 2-pin Block P.16
RESET Reset switch lead 2-pin Block P.16
SPEAK Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.16
PWR LED Power LED 2-pin Block P.16
PWR_BTN Power switch 2-pin Block P.16
WOL Wake On-LAN Headers 3-pin Block P.16
FAN1,FAN2,CPUFAN FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17
IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.17
CDIN1 CD Audio-In Headers 4-pin Block P.17
Expansion Sockets
Socket/Slot Name Description Page
ZIF Socket 462 CPU Socket 462-pin PPGA CPU Socket P.9
DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 DDR SDRAM Module
Socket
184-pin DDR SDRAM Module
Expansion Socket
P.10
PCI1, PCI2, PCI3, PCI4,
PCI5, PCI6
PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.11
AGP AGP 4X Mode Slot AGP Expansion Slot P.12
Chapter 2

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Hardware installation
2-1 Hardware installation Steps
Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:
1. Check motherboard setting
2. Install CPU
3. Install Memory
4. Install Expansion cards
5. Connect Ribbon cables, Panel wires, and power supply
6. Setup BIOS
7. Install software driver & utility
2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting
(1) Keyboard Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP1
USB Wake-Up function Enabled/Disabled :JP2
When setting Enabled you can using keyboard by key in password or use USB device to
power on system.
JP2
JP2 2-3 closed USB Wake-Up Enabled
JP1 2-3 closed K/B Power ON Enabled
JP2
JP1
1
3
JP1
1
3JP2 1-2 closed USB Wake-Up Disabled (Default)
JP1 1-2 closed K/B Power ON Disabled (Default)
(2) CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Setting (4-pin) : JP5
CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Setting
1-2 : 100MHz
(Default)
JP5
14
2-3 : 133MHz
JP5
14
3-4 : 166MHz
JP5
1 4
Note: CPU Front Side Bus Frequency also can setting step by step in BIOS SETUP,
please refer page 34 Miscellaneous Control in Host Clock at Next.
(3) Keyboard Password Clear jumper (3-pin) : JP8

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Keyboard Password Clear Jumper Setting
2-3 closed Keyboard Password Clear
JP8
13
JP8
13
1-2 closed Normal
(4) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin) : JBAT
A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short
1-2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.
To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:
1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power
2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector
3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds
4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2
5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector
Note: When should clear CMOS
1. Troubleshooting
2. Forget password
3. After over clocking system boot fail
CMOS RAM Clear Setting
2-3 closed Clear CMOS
JBAT
13
JBAT
13
1-2 closed Normal
2-3 Install CPU
2-3-1 Glossary
Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the
system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.
Processor slot/socket - the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard.
Slot (AGP, PCI, ISA, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port - a high speed interface for video cards; runs at 1X (66MHz), 2X
(133MHz), or 4X (266MHz).
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound cards,
network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture - a relatively low speed interface primarily used for sound cards
and modems; runs at approx. 8MHz.