Sapphire Audio PI-A9RX480 User manual

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Electronic Emission Notices
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason-
able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with instructions contained in this manual, may cause harmful interference
to radio and television communications. However, there is no guarantee that interfer-
ence will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
- REORIENT OR RELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA
- INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER
- CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM
THAT OF THE RECEIVER
- CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO/TELEVISION TECHNICIAN
NOTE: Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B
requirements, or using an unshielded peripheral data cable, could also result in
harmful interference to radio or television reception.
The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate
this equipment.
To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is
necessary to use shielded I/O cables.
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Table ofContents
HARDWARECONFIGURATION .................................................................... 5
Key Features ......................................................................................... 5
MOTHERBOARDLAYOUT ............................................................................ 8
REARPANEL ................................................................................................ 9
CONNECTORSANDHEADERS .................................................................... 11
Floppy Disk Drive Connector - J1801.................................................... 11
IDE Connectors - J1700 & J1701.......................................................... 11
J1700 (Primary IDE Connector) ............................................................ 11
J1701 (Secondary IDE Connector)........................................................ 11
IEEE 1394 Header - JP1600 ................................................................. 12
Fan Power Header - J2801, J2805, J2806 ........................................... 13
CD-IN Header - J2101 ........................................................................... 13
Front Panel Audio Header - J2101 ........................................................ 14
USB Headers - J1502, J1503 ............................................................... 15
Speaker Header - JU2800 ..................................................................... 15
Front Panel Header - JU2801 ............................................................... 16
SPDIF Out Header - J2103 .................................................................... 17
SPDIF In Header - J2104....................................................................... 17
Serial ATA-I Hard Disk Connectors - J600, J601, J602, J603 ............... 17
Serial ATA-II Hard Disk Connectors - J1402, J1403 .............................. 18
JUMPERSETTING ....................................................................................... 19
CMOS Clear - JU600 ............................................................................. 19
SLOTS ......................................................................................................... 20
CPUINSTALLATION .................................................................................... 21
MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS ...................................................................... 23
DDR DIMM Sockets Location ................................................................ 23
Install DDR DIMMs................................................................................. 24
Memory Configurations ......................................................................... 24
SATA RAID Setup......................................................................................... 25
Driver and RAID Software Installation ................................................... 25

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BIOSSETUP ................................................................................................ 27
About the Setup Utility ............................................................................ 27
The Standard Configuration .................................................................. 27
Entering the Setup Utility........................................................................ 27
Press DEL to enter SETUP ................................................................... 28
BIOS Navigation Keys............................................................................ 28
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................. 28
Using BIOS ............................................................................................ 29
Standard CMOS Features...................................................................... 29
IDE Devices ........................................................................................... 30
Advanced BIOS Features....................................................................... 31
Hard Disk Boot Priority........................................................................... 32
Advanced Chipset Features .................................................................. 34
LDT & PCI Bus Control .......................................................................... 34
Integrated Peripherals........................................................................... 36
South OnChip IDE Device ..................................................................... 36
South OnChip PCI Device ..................................................................... 37
Onboard Devices ................................................................................... 37
Power Management Setup .................................................................... 39
PnP/PCI Configurations ........................................................................ 42
Overclocking Features ........................................................................... 43
PC Health Status.................................................................................... 47
Load Fail-Safe Defaults......................................................................... 48
Load Optimized Defaults ....................................................................... 48
Set Supervisor/User Password............................................................. 49
Save & Exit Setup ................................................................................... 49
Exit Without Saving................................................................................. 49
REALTEK HDAUDIODRIVER SETUP........................................................... 50
Getting Started ....................................................................................... 50
Sound Effect........................................................................................... 50
Environment Simulation ........................................................................ 50
Equalizer Selection ................................................................................ 51
Frequently Used Equalizer Setting ........................................................ 51
Karaoke Mode........................................................................................ 51
Mixer ....................................................................................................... 52
Playback control ............................................................................... 52
Recording control............................................................................. 53
AudioI/O................................................................................................. 54
Speaker Configuration ..................................................................... 55
Global Connector Settings............................................................... 56

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S/PDIF .............................................................................................. 57
Speaker Calibration ......................................................................... 57
Microphone ............................................................................................ 58
Noise Suppression.......................................................................... 58
Beam Forming ................................................................................. 58
Acoustic Echo Cancellation ............................................................. 58
Audio Demo ........................................................................................... 59
Information............................................................................................. 59
FLASHUPDATEPROCEDURE ..................................................................... 60

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HARDWARECONFIGURATION
Key Features :
Chipset
• ATI® RX480 + SB450 Chipset.
Processor
• Support for AMDTM K8 Processor in a Socket 939 package.
• Support Hypertransport interface bus.
VRM (Voltage Regulator Modules) on Board
• Flexible motherboard design with on board VRM, easy to upgrade
with future AMDTM K8 processors.
• 0.800V to 1.55V in 25mV steps.
System Memory
• A total of four 184-pin DDR RAM sockets.
• DIMM size support from 64MB to 4GB.
• Support of dual channel 128-bit wide memory interface.
• Support of 266/333/400 DDR RAM memory type.
System BIOS
•PnP,APM, ATAPIand Windows® 2000/XP.
• Full support of ACPI & DMI.
• Auto detects and supports LBA harddisks with capacities over 160GB.
• Easy to upgrade BIOS.
Plug and Play
• Supports Plug and Play specification 1.1.
• Plug and play for Windows® 2000 and XP.
• Fully assignable PCI interrupts.
Onboard I/O
• Onboard two PCI fast IDE ports supporting up to four ATA, ATA2 , Ultra
ATA33/66/100/133 IDE HDDs, CD-ROMs, ZIP drives and LS-120
drives as boot drive.
• One floppy port supports two FDD of 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB
and 2.88MB capacity.
• Eight USB ports (four ports via two headers)
• PS/2 keyboard connector
• PS/2 mouse connector
• One front panel sound connector

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ExtendedUSB Support
• Includes 2 OHCI host controllers, increasing the number of external
ports to eight.
• Includes 1 OHCI USB2.0 host controller that supports all eight
ports (Bandwidth shared between eight ports).
• This motherboard support USB 2.0 feature only on Windows ®
2000 (with SP4 or above) and XP (with SP1 or above) OS.
Onboard Marvell 88E8052 PCI Express Gigabit LAN
• Full compliance with IEEE 802.3u 100 Base-T specifications
and IEEE 802.3X Full Duplex Flow Control.
• Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1000 Mb/s operation.
• Supports Wake-On-LAN function and remote wake-up.
PCI Express x16 Graphics Interface
• One 16-lane (x16 port) PCI Express port intended for external
graphics.
• Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
• The base PCI Express frequency of this interface is 4GB/s.
• PCI Express supports an enhanced addressing mechanism.
• An optional ADD2 card can utilize PCI Express Graphics x16
connection.
PCI Express x1 Ports
• Two 1-lane (x1 port) PCI Express port.
• Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
• Two virtual channel support for full unsynchronized data transfers.
• Supports full 2.5Gb/s bandwidth in each direction per x1 lane.
Power Management
• SupportsSMM, APM and ACPI.
• Break switch for instant suspend/resume on system operations.
• Energy star “Green PC” compliant.
• Hardware monitoring circuit is supported, provide voltage, fan speed,
etc. monitoring.
• Wake-On-LAN (WOL) support.
• Supports Suspend-To-RAM (STR).

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Onboard ALC880 7.1 Audio
• Integrated Realtek ALC880 controller.
• Fully Sound and Sound Blaster compatible.
• Full-Duplex 4 24-bit two-channel DACs and 3 stereo 20-bit ADCs.
• PnP and APM 1.2 support.
• Windows® 2000/XP drivers ready.
• Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, SPDIF-in, SPDIF-out.
• Supports ALC880 codec for eight channel sound output.
OnboardIEEE1394
• Compliant with IEEE 1394 OHCI specifications v1.0 and v1.1.
• Integrated 400Mb 2-port PHY.
Onboard Serial ATA Host Controller
• Independent DMA operation on four ports.
• Data transfer rates of 150MB/s.
• RAID 0/1 feature support .
Onboard Serial ATA-II Host Controller
• Independent DMA operation on two ports.
• Data transfer rates of 300MB/s.
• RAID 0/1 feature support .
Expansion Slots
• 1 PCI Express X16 slot
• 2 PCI Express X1 slots
•2 PCI bus master slots - ver. 2.2 compliant
Static electricity can harm delicate components of the motherboard.
To prevent damage caused by static electricity, discharge the static
electricity from your body before you touch any of the computer’s
electronic components.

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MOTHERBOARDLAYOUT
The following diagram shows the relative positions of the jumpers,
connectors, major components and memory banks on the motherboard.
NOTE :1) Be sure to check the HDD cable orientation in order to match the colored strip to the
pin1 end of the connector.
2) When you start up the system, please wait for 5 seconds after you power on AC.
3) It is not recommended to add a metal spacer plate on the back of the Socket 939.
Otherwise, some components will be short and damaged.

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PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION
1 VCC +5V/5VSB (optional)
2 -Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0
3 +Data0 Positive Data Channel 0
4 GND Ground
5 VCC +5V/5VSB (optional)
6 -Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1
7 +Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1
8 GND Ground
REARPANEL
The back panel provides the following connectors:
PS/2 Mouse Connector
The Sapphire motherboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse mini DIN con-
nector for attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse directly into
this connector.
PS/2 Keyboard Connector
The Sapphire motherboard provides a standard PS/2 keyboard mini DIN con-
nectorfor attachinga PS/2 keyboard.You can plug aPS/2 keyboard directly into
this connector.
USB 2.0 Connector
The Sapphire motherboard provides an OHCI (Open Host Controller Inter-
face) Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard,
mouse or other USB-compatible devices. You can plug the USB device directly
into the connector.
USB 2.0 Connector USB 2.0 - Pin Definition

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VIA VT6307 IEEE 1394 Connector
The Sapphire motherboard provides a IEEE 1394 Connector and allows you
to connect a IEEE 1394 device directly to the connector.
GigabitLAN
The onboard Marvell 88E8052 PCI-E x1 controller supports
10/100/1000 Mb/s operations.
8Channel HD Audio
Option select of 2, 6, or 8 channel audio from onboard ALC880 High
Definition audio compliant CODEC with 20-bit ADC and 24-bit DAC resolution.
- Support CD-In, SPDIF-in and SPDIF-out.
- Optical & Coaxial SPDIF-out available on rear panel.
- Support jack detection for easy audio device installation.
Rear panel audio jacks configuration:
Audio Jack Color 2 Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel
Blue Line-In Line-In Line-In
Lime Line-Out Front Stereo-Out Front Stereo-Out
Pink Mic-In Mic-In Mic-In
Gray -- -- Side Stereo-Out
Black -- Rear Stereo-Out Rear Stereo-Out
Orange -- Centre & Subwoofer Centre & Subwoofer

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CONNECTORSANDHEADERS
The Sapphire motherboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD,
USB Ports and CPU/System FAN etc.
Floppy Disk Drive Connector - J1801
The Sapphire motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector
that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types.
IDE Connectors - J1700 & J1701
The Sapphire motherboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device con-
nectors (IDE1/IDE2) providing support for up to four devices, such as CD-ROM
and hard disk drives.
Primary IDE Connector - J1700
The first hard drive should always be connected to J1700. J1700 can
connect a Master and a Slave drive.
Secondary IDE Connector - J1701
J1701 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive.
J1801
J1 00
J1 01
1 11

IEEE 1394 Header - JP1600
The Sapphire motherboard provides two 1394 pin headers that allow you to
connect IEEE1394 ports.
JP1600
PIN SIGNAL
1TPA+
2TPA-
3 Ground
4 Ground
5 TPB+
6 TPB-
7 Cable power
8 Cable power
9 Key (no pin)
10 Ground
IEEE1394 Cable
JP1600 - Pin Definition
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10
1
2

Fan Power Header - J2801, J2805, J2806
The J2801 (processor fan), J2805 / J2806 (system fan) support system
cooling fan with +12V. It supports three-pin head connector.
J2805 - FAN
J2801 - CPU FAN
1
1
J2806 - FAN
1
CD-IN Header - J2102
This header allows for connection of audio from CD-ROM drive.
PIN SIGNAL
1 CD-L
2 GND
3 GND
4 CD-R
J2102
1
J2102 - Pin Definition
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Front Panel Audio Header - J2101
Note: In order to utilize the front audio header, your chassis must have a
front audio connector. Also please make sure the pin assignment on the
cable is the same as the pin assignment on the motherboard header. To
find out if the chassis you are buying supports front audio connection,
please contact your dealer.
10
9
2
1
J2101
J2101 - Pin Definition
Pin Signal Description
1 PORT 1L Analog Port 1 - Left channel
2 GND Ground
3 PORT 1R Analog Port 1 - Right channel
4 PRESENCE Active low signal - signals BIOS that a
High Definition Audio dongle is connected to
the analog header. PRESENCE=0 when
a High Definition Audio dongle is connected.
5 PORT 2R Analog Port 2 - Right channel
6 SENSE1_RETIRN Jack detection return from front panel JACK 1
7 SENSE_SEND Jack detection sense line from the High
Definition Audio Codec jack detection
resistor network
8 KEY Connector Key
9 PORT 2L Analog Port 2 - Left channel
10 SENSE2_RETIRN Jack detection return from front panel JACK 2

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USB Headers - J1502, J1503
This Sapphire motherboard has up to eight USB ports. Some computer cases
have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case. If you
have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB connector J1502 / J1503 to connect
the front mounted ports to the motherboard.
10
9
2
1
J1502
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9
2
1
J1503
PIN SIGNAL
1 VCC
2 VCC
3 USBP0-
4 USBP1-
5 USBP0+
6 USBP1+
7 GND
8 GND
9 KEY
10 OC#
J1502, J1503 - Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL
1 VCC
2 GND
3 GND
4 SPEAKER
Speaker Header - JU2800
This Sapphire motherboard provides a speaker connection to the external PC
speaker.
JU2800
1
JU2800 - Pin Definition

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Front Panel Header - JU2801
The Sapphire motherboard provides a front panel connection to the front panel
switches and LEDs. JU2801 is compliant with the Front Panel I/O Connectivity
Design Guide.
JU2801 - Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION
1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull-up
2 FP PWER/SLP MSG LED +
3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED
4 FP PWER/SLP MSG LED -
5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull-down to GND
6 PWR_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull-up
7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull-up
8 PWR_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull-down to GND
9 RSVD_DNU Reserved. Do not use.
10
9
2
1
Power
LED
Reset
Switch
HDD
LED
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SPDIF Out Header - J2103
SPDIF In Header - J2104
This header provides a SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) output to digital
multimedia device through fiber or coaxial connector.
1
J2104
J2103
1
Serial ATA-I Hard Disk Connectors - J600, J601, J602, J603
The Sapphire motherboard has four SATA connectors: J600, J601, J602, J603.
Each supports 1st generation SATA data rates of 150 MB/s. All connectors are
fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each SATA connector can
connect to one hard disk device. Please refer to SATA Raid Setup (P.25) for
details on software installation procedure.
PIN SIGNAL
1 SPDIF
2 +5VA
3 Key
4 GND
J2103, J2104 - Pin Definition
J600, J601, J602,
J603 - Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
J600
J601
J602
J603

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Serial ATA Cable
This cable is compatible for use with SATA and SATA-II devices.
Please do not fold the serial ATA cable, which may lead to loss of
data during transmission.
SerialATADevices
Power Cable (optional)
Serial ATA-II Hard Disk Connectors - J1402, J1403
The Sapphire motherboard has two SATA-II connectors: J1402, J1403. Each
supports 2nd generation serial ATA data rates of 300 MB/s. All connectors are
fully compliant with Serial ATA 2.0 specification. Each SATA -II connector can
connect to 1 hard disk device. Please refer to SATA Raid Setup (P.25) for details
on software installation procedure.
J1402 J1403
PIN SIGNAL
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
J1402, J1403 - Pin Definition
SerialATA Cable

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JUMPERSETTING
The Sapphire motherboard provides jumpers enabling configuration of the
motherboard’s hardware.
Clear CMOS Jumper - JU600
If you want to clear the system configuration, use the JU600 (Clear CMOS
Jumper) to clear data.
JU600 Selection
1-2* Normal*
2-3 ClearCMOS
Close Open * = Default setting.
JU600
1
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SLOTS
The Sapphire motherboard provides one PCI-E x16 slot, two PCIE x1 slot and
two 32-bit PCI bus slots.
PCI Express x16 Graphics Interface
• One 16-lane (x16 port) PCI Express port intended for external
graphics.
• Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
• The base PCI Express frequency of this interface is 4GB/s.
• PCI Express supports an enhanced addressing mechanism.
• An optional ADD2 card can utilize PCI Express Graphics x16
connection.
PCI Express x1 Ports
• Two 1-lane (x1 port) PCI Express ports intended for external graphics.
• Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
• Two virtual channel support for full unsynchronized data transfers.
• Supports full 2.5Gb/s bandwidth in each direction per x1 lane.
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots
• Two 32-bit PCI ports for add-in card connections.
PCIEX16 Slot
PCI Slots
PCIEX1 Slots