JETWAY XBLUE-78VA2 User manual

USER'S MANUAL
Of
AMD 780V & AMD SB700
Based
M/B For Socket AM2+ 64-bit Quad Core
AMD Processor
NO. G03-XBLUE78VA2 -F
Rev
： 1.0
Release date: Aug, 2008
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.....................................................................................................................iii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii
COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTIONOFAMD 790X CROSSFIREX MOTHERBOARDS
1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................................................... 1
1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................... 2
1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 4
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 5
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 8
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 8
2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 9
2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 9
2-3-2
ABOUT AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU..................................................... 10
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10
2-5 EXPANSION CARDS........................................................................................................... 11
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 11
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD.................................................... 11
2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD.................... 11
2-5-4 PCI-EXPRESS2.0 SLOT........................................................................................ 12
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS................................................................................................ 13
2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 13
2-6-2 HEADERS ............................................................................................................... 16
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ................................................................................. 20
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 21
3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 21
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 22
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES........................................................................................ 23
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 24
3-5-1 CPU FEATURE…………………………………………………………………..…24
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 26
3-6-1 PCIE CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................. 26
3-6-2 DRAM CONFIGURATION………………………………………………………27
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 27
3-7-1 SUPER IO DEVICE .............................................................................................. 28
3-7-2 ONCHIP IDE FUNTION...................................................................................... 29
3-7-3 ONCHIP PCI DEVICE......................................................................................... 30
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 30
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION ......................................................................... 32
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 33
3-11 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING........................................................................ 34
3-12 CPU THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS.................................................................... 36
3-13 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS........................................................................................ 36
3-14 LOAD OPTIMISED DEFAULTS ...................................................................................... 36
3-15 SET PASSWORD SETTINGS .......................................................................................... 37
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP ....................................... 38
4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK........................................................................... 39
4-2 SOUND INSTALL AL662HD CODEC AUDIO DRIVER ........................................... 40
4-3 LAN INSTALL TEALTEK LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER.................................. 41
4-4 RAID INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY............................................... 41
4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2007 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ......................... 42
4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 43
4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 43
4-8 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION ............................................... 44
4-9 G.P.I FUNCTION……………….......................................................................................... 47
TABLE OF CONTENT

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USER’S NOTICE
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MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE
REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR
BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.
THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE NF6100-400/ 405 PPC
MOTHERBOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT
WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS
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Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
1.0 First Edition Aug, 2008
Item Checklist
5AMD 780V Chipset based motherboard
5AMD 780V Chipset motherboard User’s Manual
5CD for Motherboard Utilities
5I/O Back Panel Shield
5SATA Cable
5HDD Cable
AMD K10 Processor Family
Cooling Solutions
As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation
clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining
the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24
hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case
temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increasing surface area
and concentrated airflow from attached active cooling 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.
Please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for Socket
AM2+ processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of
all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2+ processors.
For vendor list of heatsinks and Active cooling fans, please visit
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_869_9460^9515,00.html

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Chapter 1
Introduction of AMD 780V Motherboards
1-1 Features of motherboard
The AMD 780V chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD 780V Chipset and
the SB700 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit dual core and quad core multi-tasking
Socket AM2+ AMD Phenom™ processors. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth
DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system
bus up to HT3.0. AMD 780V Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the
outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution with the
advantages of 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ AMD Phenom™, and Socket AM2 Athlon64 FX,
Athlon64 X2，Athlon64 & Sempron processors.
The AMD 780V Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2+ processors with
an integrated DDRII memory controller for Dual channel DDRII533 /DDRII667
/DDRII800/DDRII1066(AM2 Sempron processors only support up to DDRII667 memory)
DDRII Module up to 4 GB. The motherboard is embedded with SB700 chipset of providing
ULTRA ATA 133 connector and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0 ,1 , 10 and JBOD functions
which support up to one IDE and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and
guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.
The AMD 780V motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with RealTek
RTL8111CVC PCI-E Gigabit LAN which supports optional 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer
rate. And the embedded HD 6-channel ALC662 HD Audio CODEC is fully compatible with
Sound Blaster Pro standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying
software compatibility.
The AMD 780V Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for gamers,
with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth architecture
in the AMD 780V chipset is combined with the flexibility for single or dual card
configurations. The AMD 780V chipset provide one x16@16 lane PCI Express 2.0 slots to
support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing performance with brilliant
and intense 3D graphics.
AMD 780V Series motherboard series offer one PCI-Express2.0 x16@ 16 lane graphics slots
deliver up to 8 Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up 16 Gbyte/sec
concurrently. The AMD 780V motherboards also carry two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich
connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. Besides AMD 780V Series motherboard series
offer one PCI-Express2.0 x16@ 4 lane graphics slots deliver up to2 Gbyte/sec data transfer
rate at each relative direction and up 4 Gbyte/sec concurrently and one PCI-Express2.0 x1
graphics slots deliver up to 1Gb/sec data transfer rate concurrently.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 8 of USB2.0 functional ports
delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB

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demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and
protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.
Some special features--- CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore X-shift / CPU Smart Fan / DeBug
Port/ OC-CON /Power On Button/Reset Button/G.P.I Function in this motherboard are designed
for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution
that the over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard
provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation
computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the
components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of
these value added product features, please get them in the coming section.
1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard
CPU Thermal Throttling Technology--- (The CPU Overheat Protection
Technology)
To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high
workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle
mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 40
to 90). When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset
value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool
down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to
indicate it is in working. (For detail operating please read Section 3-11 Bi-turbo
Configuration)
CPU Smart Fan---( The Noise Management System )
It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics.
CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for
now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the
fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition,
the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can
provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and
business requirements.
CPU Vcore X-Shift--- (Shift to Higher Performance)
The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 31 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra
demanding computing performance.
Debug Port --- ( The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System )
Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no more, the
embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system healthy for the
demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system failure and no more
time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business computing, the embedded
Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware professional with the seeing system
situation. (The Post Code please refer to appendix)

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OC-CON ---High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors
The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees
Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while
reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time, intact extension
10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees Centigrade of working
temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.
Power on Button
You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without
troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper.
Reset Button
You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without
troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.
G.P.I Function—(Green power indicator function)
The full name of G.P.I technology is Green Power Indicator technology, obviously
technology utilized to low power consumption. G.P.I is a technology with remarkable power
saving function:
WI-FI Technology
WIFI--Full name is wireless Fidelity. It has been used in notebook, mobile phone, PDA,
digital cameras and Mobile Terminals widely. With WIFI. We do not need to worry about the
speed and high spending when we are dialing long-distance calls, browsing web pages,
receiving and sending E-mails, loading music, delivering digital photos.

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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design ∗ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 29.5cm x20cm
Chipset * AMD 780V North Bridge Chipset
* AMD SB700 South Bridge Chipset
CPU Socket AM2+
∗Support 64bit AMD Socket AM2+ processor utilizing Flip-Chip Pin Grid
Array package
∗Support AMD Athlon64 Athlon 64x2 processor, Athlon 64 & Sempron
Processors
∗Support AMD Phenom™ processors
∗Support HT3.0
Memory Socket
∗240-pin DDRII Module socket x 2
∗Support 2pcs DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800/DDRII1066 Modules
Expandable to 4 GB
∗Dual channel supported
Expansion Slot
∗PCI-Express2.0 x16 by16 slot 1pcs deliver up to 16GB/s concurrent
bandwidth.
∗32-bit PCI slot x 2pcs
∗PCI-Express2.0 x16 by4 slot 1pcs deliver up to4GB/s concurrent
bandwidth.
∗PCI-Express2.0 x1 slot 1pcs deliver up to1GB/s concurrent bandwidth.
Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA2 RAID
∗One 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 for 2 IDE Devices and for 6 Serial ATA2 ports
providing 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 10 and JBOD
functions
Gigabit LAN
∗Integrated RealTek RTL8111CVC PCI-E 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN.
∗Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing 10Mb/100Mb/1000
Mb/s data transfer rate
6 CH-Audio
∗Realtek ALC662 HD 6-channel Audio Codec integrated
∗Support 6-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio
∗Audio driver and utility included
BIOS ∗Award 8MB Flash ROM BIOS
Multi I/O
∗PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
∗Floppy disk drive connector x1/ Hard disk drive connector x1
∗IR Connector x1
∗USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 2
∗RJ45 LAN Connector x1
∗Audio connector x1 (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/6CH Audio)
∗Parallel port header x1
∗Serial port header x1
∗HDMI-SPDIF header x1

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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 5000+
DRAM: PNY
DDR2-800 1G Memory x2
VGA Card : X2600XT
Hard Disk Driver: Seagate 250 GB
BIOS: A01
OS: Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)
AMD 780V Chipset Based Motherboard
3D Mark 2001SE 20993
3D Mark 2003 11820
3D Mark 2005 8490
PCMark2005
System / CPU / Memory 1017/4069/2867
Graph / HDD 4884/NG
Content Creation Winstone 2004 33.7
Business Winstone 2004 22.5
Winbench 99 V2.0:
Business/Hi-end GraphicWinmark99 243002.3
Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark N/A
SISMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )
SISMark 2007 269/165
3D Creation 238
/
331
Web publication E-learning 248
Communication/Document Creation 133/203
Data Analysis 166
SISOFT Sandra 2004 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU
Multi-Media Benchmar
k
1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS 14506
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS 12245
2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S 7102/6837
3.Integer/Floating-Point IT/S 33475/41391
UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) 175.667618/58.704014
Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS 376.6/365.8
DOOM 3 FPS N/A
Super Pi (1M) Second 43.6211
CPUZ System / CPU Clock 2.0GHz/200

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1-4 Layout Diagram
8MBit Flash ROM BIOS
Floppy Connector
Front Panel Connector
ATA 133 IDE
Conn.(IDE1)
CPU Socket AM2+
ATX Power Conn.
Serial-ATAII Connecto
r
s
(D-SATA1, D-SATA2 ，
D-SATA3)
PCI Slot
PS2 KB/Mouse Port
(KB)
Audio Connector
(
CN3, CN4
)
USB Port
(CN1)
RJ45 Ove
r
USB Connector
(UL1)
DDR2 Socket x 2
ATX 12V Power Connecto
r
Realtek ALC662
HD Audio Decode
CDIN
RTL 8111CVC
Gigabit LAN
Speaker Connector
USB Port
(USB1, USB23)
Power LED Connector
AMD 780V Chipset
SYSFAN2
Front Audio
KBMB/USB Power on (JP1)
IR Connector
Reset
Button
Power
PCI Express2.0 x16
by 4-lane
SYSFAN1
HDMI-SPDIF
CPUFAN
PCI Express2.0 x1
4-pin PWR Connector
AMD 700 SB chipset
USB
RJ45 LAN
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
Line-IN
Line-OUT
MIC-IN
VGA
Connector
HDMI
Connector
HDMI Connector
VGA Connector
PCI Express2.0 x16
by 16-lane
WI-FI Connector

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Jumpers
Jumper Name Description Page
JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7
JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.7
Connectors
Connector Name Description Page
ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.14
ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.14
KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.14
USB from CN1 USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.14
RJ45LAN from UL1 Gigabit LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.14
J2 CrossFire Power Connector 4-Pin Block P.14
AUDIOCN2 6-CH HD Audio Connector 3- phone jack Conn. P.14
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.15
IDE1 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.153
D-SATA1,
D-SATA2,D-SATA3,
Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 7-pin Connector P.16
Headers Header Name Description Page
AUDIO1 SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.17
USB1, USB2 ,USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.17
SPEAK1 PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.17
PWR LED1/ PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.17
JW_FP1
(Reset/HDLED/Power
Button/PWR LED)
Front Panel Header
(including IDE activity LED/Reset switch /
Power On Button lead)
9-pin Block P.17
SYSFAN1/2 FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.18
CPUFAN FAN Header 4-pin Block P.18
CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.18
IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.18
HDMI-SPDIF SPDIF Out header 2-pin Block 9
Expansion Sockets
Socket/Slot Name Description Page
ZIF Socket AM2+ CPU Socket 940-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket P.10
DIMM1~2 DDRII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket P.10
PCI1∼PCI2 PCI Slots 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.12
PE2 PCI-Express2.0 x1Slot PCI-Express2.0 x1 Expansion Slots P.12
PE1，PE4 PCI-Express2.0 x16 Slot PCI-Express2.0 x16 Expansion Slots P.12

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Chapter 2
Hardware Installation
WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other
system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both
your motherboard and expansion cards.
2-1 Hardware installation Steps
Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:
1. Check motherboard jumper setting
2. Install CPU and Fan
3. Install System Memory (DIMM)
4. Install Expansion cards
5. Connect IDE and Front Panel /Back Panel cable
6. Connect ATX Power cable
7. Power-On and Load Standard Default
8. Reboot
9. Install Operating System
10. Install Driver and Utility
2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting
(1) Keyboard/USB function Enabled/Disabled: JP1
(2) 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
Keyboard/Mouse & USB Power On Setting
2-3 Closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled
JP1
JP1
1-2 Closed KB/USB Power ON Disable (Default)

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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
JBATJBAT
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 (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound
cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
PCI Express- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express- a high speed interface for video
cards, sound cards, network interface cards, and modems.
PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003, the
speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5Gbps to 5 Gbps.
Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems.
Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers.
PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards.
USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards,
scanners, and some digital cameras.
Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and
speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.
LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network.
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and
establish the relationship between the various components.
Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or
other software.
Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for
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Front Side Bus Frequency - the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated
by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.
CPU L2 Cache - the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.
2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU
This motherboard provides a surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as
the mPGA940 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin
Grid Array package technology.
The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent
overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on
your system.
WARNING! Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s
heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may
cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install
an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.
To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket and
open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90-degree
angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner
should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the
four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.
CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket
Colden Arrow
Socket AM2+
When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket, No force required to insert of the CPU, and then
press the level to locate position slightly without any extra force.
2-4 Install Memory
This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of
128MB to maximum memory volume of 4 GB DDR SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory
Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/ DDR2 1066 * X1 128MB∼2 GB
Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/ DDR2 1066* X1 128MB∼2 GB
Total System Memory (Max 4 GB) 2 128MB∼4 GB

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*DDR2 1066 could only be reached in the case of overclocking.
Recommend DIMM Module Combination
1. One DIMM Module ----Plug in DIMM1
2. Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 and DIMM2 or DIMM3 and DIMM4 for Dual
channel function
Dual channel Limited!
1. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 &
DIMM2or DIMM3 &DIMM4, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.
2. Memory modules plugged in DIMM1 & DIMM2, or DIMM3& DIMM4 must be of the same
type, same size, and same frequency for dual channel function.
Install DDR II modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure below
to see how to install a 240-Pin DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDRII1066 module.
DIMM2 (BANK2+BANK3) DIMM1 (BANK0+BANK1)
DIMM1 & DIMM2: Dual Channel 1
NOTE! When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked
into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides.
2-5 Expansion Cards
2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation
1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or
software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.
2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.
3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.
4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.
5. Replace the computer system’s cover.
6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.
7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.
2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card
Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must exclusively assign
to one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in
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Standard Interrupt Assignments
IRQ Priority Standard function
0 N/A System Timer
1 N/A Keyboard Controller
2 N/A Programmable Interrupt
3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2)
4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1)
5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2)
6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller
7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1)
8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock
9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled
10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 N/A Numeric Data Processor
14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel
15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel
* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.
2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard
Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:
INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H
Slot 1 √
Slot 2 √
Slot 3 √
Onboard USB 3 √
HD Audio/MC97 √
IMPORTANT! If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support “Shared IRQ” or
that the cards don’t need IRQ assignments. Conflicts will arise between the two PCI
groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.
2-5-4 PCI Express Slot
AMD 780V Series motherboard series offer one PCI-Express2.0 x16@ 16 lane graphics slots
and one PCI-Express2.0 x16 by 4lane. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Specification revision 2.0, support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device.
Each PCI-Express2.0 x16by 16 slots deliver up to 8Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each
relative direction and up 16 Gbyte/sec concurrently. One PCI Express2.0 x1 I/O slot offers 1
Gbyte/sec concurrently, over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the
most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays. The AMD 780V motherboards also carry two
32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices.

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2-6 Connectors, Headers
2-6-1 Connectors
(1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR1
ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually
comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary
switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the
motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on,
the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is
momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system
board.
** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power supply
unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin and 4-pin
power plugs.
** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the 20-pin
power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit has a minimum
power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the
power is inadequate.
Pin 1
ROW1 ROW2
24-Pin
ROW1 ROW2
Pin 1
20-Pin
PIN ROW1 ROW2
1 3.3V 3.3V
2 3.3V -12V
3 GND GND
4 5V Soft Power On
5 GND GND
6 5V GND
7 GND GND
8 Power OK -5V
9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5V
10 +12V +5V
11 +12V +5V
12 +3V GND
PCI-E2.0 x1 Slot
PCI-E 2.0x16 Slot@16-lane
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(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V1
This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply.
The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM2+ processor must including
this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.
Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not
provide sufficient current for system.
(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB
The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.
(4) USB Port connector: CN1
The connectors are 4-pin connector that connects USB devices to the system board.
(5) LAN Port connector: UL1 for RJ45 LAN
This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network. It supports 10M/100Mb/1000Mb s
data transfer rate
(6) Large 4-Pin Power Connector: J2 Power Connector
The connectors are 4-pin connector that supports extra 12V / 5V power to your system
(7) Audio Line-In,
Lin-Out, MIC Connector : CN2 for Audio
These Connectors are 3 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC audio connections.
Line-in : (BLUE) Audio input to sound chip
Line-out : (GREEN) Audio output to speaker
MIC : (PINK) Microphone Connector
Pin 1

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(8) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD
This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.
(9)Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1
This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s).
If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by
setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for
the jumper settings.
Primary IDE Connector
Pin 1
IDE1
USB
RJ45 LAN
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
Line-IN
Line-OU
MIC-IN
VGA
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HDMI
Connector
Floppy Drive Connector
Pin 1
FDD

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•Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the
“Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.
•For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system performance on this
channel may drop.
(10) Serial-ATAII Port connector: D-SATA 1, D-SATA 2, D-SATA 3
These connectors support the provided Serial ATA2 hard disk cables to connecting the
motherboard with serial ATAII hard disks. E-SATA1 is not for SATA hard drive, it is
only for connecting to a SATA connector of the D-SATA1, D-SATA2 or D-SATA3 to
let the ESATA port work.
Serial-ATA2 Port Connector
SATA4
SATA6
SATA2
SATA1
SATA3
SATA5
2-6-2 Headers
(1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO1
These headers connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable.
Line-Out, MIC Headers
AUDIO
Pin 1
AUD-Lineout2-L
AUD-MIC-R
AUD-Lineout2-R
SENSE-SEND
GND
SENSE2-RETUR
PRESENCE
2
9
10
KEY
AUD-MIC-L
SENSE1-RETURN
(2)USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB1/USB2
These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug. By attaching an
option USB cable, your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the
back panel.