Sapphire Pure CrossFire ELEMENT PC-AM2RD580 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
J1700 (Primary IDE Connector) ............................................................ 11
IEEE 1394 Header - JP1600 ................................................................. 12
Fan Power Header - J2801, J2805, J2806,J2807 ................................ 13
CD-IN Header - J2102 ........................................................................... 13
Front Panel Audio Header - J2101 ........................................................ 14
USB Headers - J1502, J1503,J1504 .................................................... 15
Front Panel Header - JU2801 ............................................................... 15
Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors - J600, J601, J602, J603 ................. 16
Serial ATA-II Hard Disk Connectors - J1400, J1401, J1402, J1403...... 17
SPDIF Out Header - J2103 .................................................................... 18
SPDIF In Header - J2104....................................................................... 18
Speaker Header - JU2800..................................................................... 18
JUMPERSETTING ....................................................................................... 19
SLOTS ......................................................................................................... 20
CPUINSTALLATION .................................................................................... 21
MEMORYCONFIGURATIONS ...................................................................... 23
DDRII DIMM Sockets Location............................................................... 24
Install DDRII DIMMs............................................................................... 24
Memory Configurations ......................................................................... 24
CrossFire Setup .......................................................................................... 25
SATA RAID User Manual (for SB600) ......................................................... 27
Driver and RAID Software Installation (for SB600)................................... 32
SATA RAID User Manual (for SIL3132) ..............................................33

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SATA-II Driver and RAID Software Installation (for SIL3132) .......................35
BIOSSETUP ................................................................................................ 36
About the Setup Utility ............................................................................ 36
The Standard Configuration .................................................................. 36
Entering the Setup Utility........................................................................ 36
Press DEL to enter SETUP ................................................................... 37
BIOS Navigation Keys............................................................................ 37
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................. 38
Using BIOS ............................................................................................ 38
Standard CMOS Features ..................................................................... 38
IDE Devices ........................................................................................... 39
Advanced BIOS Features....................................................................... 40
Hard Disk Boot Priority........................................................................... 41
Advanced Chipset Features .................................................................. 43
DRAMConfiguration........................................................................................ 44
LDT & PCI Bus Control .......................................................................... 47
PCIE Configuration ................................................................................ 48
Integrated Peripherals........................................................................... 48
South OnChip IDE Device ..................................................................... 49
South OnChip PCI Device ..................................................................... 50
Onboard Devices ................................................................................... 51
Overclocking Features (Expert only) ...................................................... 52
Power Management Setup .................................................................... 54
PNP/PCI Configurations ........................................................................ 56
PC Health Status ................................................................................... 58
Load Fail-Safe Defaults......................................................................... 59
Load Optimized Defaults ....................................................................... 59
Set Supervisor/User Password............................................................. 60
Save & Exit Setup ................................................................................... 60
Exit Without Saving................................................................................. 60
BIOSUPDATEPROCEDURE ........................................................................ 61
REALTEK HDAUDIODRIVERSETUP........................................................... 62
Getting Started ....................................................................................... 62
Sound Effect........................................................................................... 62
Environment Simulation ........................................................................ 62
Equalizer Selection ................................................................................ 63
Frequently Used Equalizer Setting ........................................................ 63
Karaoke Mode........................................................................................ 63
Mixer ....................................................................................................... 64

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Playback control ............................................................................... 64
Recording control............................................................................. 65
AudioI/O ........................................................................................... 66
Speaker Configuration..................................................................... 67
Global Connector Settings............................................................... 68
S/PDIF .............................................................................................. 68
Speaker Calibration ......................................................................... 69
Microphone....................................................................................... 70
Noise Suppression.......................................................................... 70
Beam Forming ................................................................................. 70
Acoustic Echo Cancellation ............................................................. 70
Audio Demo ..................................................................................... 71
Information ....................................................................................... 71

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HARDWARECONFIGURATION
Key Features :
Chipset
• ATI® Express 3200+SB600 Chipset.
Processor
• Support for AMDTM K8 Processor in a Socket AM2 package.
• Supports 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 240-pin DDRII RAM sockets.
• DIMM size support from 64MB to 4GB.
• Supports dual channel 128-bit wide memory interface.
• Supports 533/667/800 DDRII SDRAM memory types.
System BIOS
•PnP,APM,ATAPIand Windows® 2000/XP.
• Full support of ACPI & DMI.
• Auto detects and supports LBA hard disk 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.
On-board I/O
• One on board PCI fast IDE ports supporting up to two ATA, ATA2 ,
Ultra ATA33/66/100/133 IDE HDDs, CD-ROMs, ZIP drives and LS-120
drives as boot drive.
• One floppy port which supports two FDD of 1.44MB, 2.88MB capacity.
• Ten USB ports (six ports via three headers).
• PS/2 keyboard support.
• PS/2 mouse support.
• One front panel sound connector.

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Expanded USB Support
• Includes 2 OHCI host controllers.
• Includes 1 EHCI USB2.0 Host Controller that supports all ports
(Bandwidth is shared between the all ports).
• This motherboard supports USB 2.0 only on Windows® 2000
(with SP4 or above) and Windows® XP (with SP1 or above) operation
systems.
• SB600 support ten ports.
On-board Marvell 88E8052 PCI Express Gigabit LAN(optional)
• 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(optional)
• Two 16-lane (x16) PCI Express port intended for external graphics.
• Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
• A base PCI Express frequency of 4GB/s.
• PCI Express supported enhanced addressing mechanism.
• Supports ATI CrossFire.
PCI Express x1 Port
• Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
• One virtual channel support for full unsynchronized data transfers.
• Supports full 2.5Gb/s bandwidth in each direction per x1 lane.
Power Management
• SupportsSMM, APMandACPI.
• Break switch for instant suspend/resume on system operations.
• Energy star “Green PC” compliant.
• Hardware monitoring circuit provides voltage, fan speed,
etc. monitoring.
• Wake-On-LAN (WOL) support.
• Supports Suspend-To-RAM (STR).
On-boardIEEE1394 (optional)
•Compliant with 1394 OHCI specifications v1.0 and v1.1.
• Integrated 400Mbit 2 port PHY.

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On-board ALC882 7.1 Audio
• Integrated Realtek ALC882 controller.
• Full Direct Sound and Sound Blaster compatibility.
• Full-Duplex 4 24-bit two-channel DACs and 3 stereo 20-bit ADCs.
• PnP and APM 1.2 support.
• Windows® 2000/XP ready.
• Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, SPDIF-in, SPDIF-out.
• Supports ALC882 codec for eight channel sound output.
n-board Serial ATAII Host Controller (for Sil3132&SB600)
• Independent DMA operation on four ports.
• Data transfer rates of 300Mb/s.
• RAID feature support .
Expansion Slots
• 2 PCI Express X16 slots.
• 1 PCI Express X1 slot.
•1 PCI slot - ver. 2.2 compliant.
When installing CrossFire graphics cards onto the motherboard, we rec-
ommend using a 500 watt or higher power supply.
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
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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 cable orientation in order to match the coloured strip to the pin
1 end of the connector.
2) When you start up the system, please wait for 5 seconds after you power on AC.
3) Adding a metal spaced plate to the back of the Socket AM2 is not recommended
as this will short motherboard components and damage the system.

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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 motherboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse mini DIN connector for
attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse directly into this
connector.
PS/2 Keyboard Connector
The motherboard provides a standard PS/2 keyboard mini DIN connector
for attaching a PS/2 keyboard. You can plug a PS/2 keyboard directly into
this connector.
USB 2.0 Connector
The motherboard provides an OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) Univer-
sal 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 (Optional)
The mainboard provides an IEEE 1394 Connector and allows you to
connect an IEEE 1394 device directly to the connector.
GigabitLAN
The onboard Marvell 88E8052 PCI-E X1 controller supports 10/100/
1000 Mb/s operations.
8ChannelHD Audio
Option select of 2, 6, or 8 channel audio from onboard ALC882 High
Definition audio compliant CODEC with 20-bit ADC and 24-bit DAC resolution.
- Supports CD-In, SPDIF-in and SPDIF-out.
- Optical & Coaxial SPDIF-out available on rear panel.
- Supports 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 motherboard provides connectors to connect to the FDD, IDE HDD, USB
Ports and to the CPU/System FAN etc.
Floppy Disk Drive Connector - J1801
The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that
supports 1.44M, 2.88M floppy disk types.
Primary IDE Connector - J1700
The hard drive should always be connected to J1700. J1700 can connect a
Master and a Slave drive. You must configure the second hard drive to Slave
mode by setting the jumper accordingly.
J1700
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IEEE 1394 Header - JP1600
This motherboard provides one 1394 pin header that allow you to connect
IEEE1394 port.
PIN SIGNAL
1TPA+
2TPA-
3 Ground
4 Ground
5 TPB+
6 TPB-
7 Cable power
8 Cable power
9 Key (no pin)
10 Ground
IEEE1394Cable
JP1600 - Pin Definition
JP1600
9
10
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Fan Power Header - J2801, J2805, J2806,J2807
The CPUFAN (processor fan) and SYSFAN (system fan) support system cool-
ing fans using +12V via three-pin head connectors.
J2801 - CPU FAN
1
1
CD-IN Header - J2102
This header allows for the connection of audio from CD-ROM drive.
PIN SIGNAL
1 CD-L
2 GND
3 GND
4 CD-R
J2102
1
J2102 - Pin Definition
1
J2805 - SYS FAN
J2806 - SB FAN
J2807 - SYS FAN

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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.
J2101
J2101 - Pin Definition
Pin Signal Description
1 PORT 1L Analog Port1 - 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 JACK1
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 Port2 - Left channel
10 SENSE2_RETIRN Jack detection return from front panel JACK2
10
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USB Headers - J1502, J1503,J1504
This motherboard has up to ten 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 the auxiliary USB connector J1502/J1503/J1504 to connect
the front mounted ports to the motherboard.
Front Panel Header - JU2801
The motherboard provides a front panel connection to the front panel switches
and LEDs. FP1 is compliant with the Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide.
10
9
2
1
J1502
10
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,J1504 - Pin Definition
JU2801
NC
GND
PWR_SW RESET
KEY
GND
PW_LED-
PW_LED+ HDD_LED- HDD_LED+
7
9
5
3
1
6
8
10
2
4
2
1
J1504
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Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors - J600, J601, J602, J603
The motherboard has four SATA connectors: J600, J601, J602, J603. Each
supports 1st generation SATA data rates of 300MB/s. All connectors are fully
compliant with Serial ATA 2.0 specifications. Each SATA connector can connect
to one hard disk device. Please refer to SATA Raid Setup for details on soft-
ware installation procedure.
J600, J601, J602, J603 Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
J601
J600
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.
Serial ATA Devices
Power Cable (optional)
Serial ATA-II Hard Disk Connectors - J1400, J1401, J1402, J1403
The motherboard has four SATA-II connectors: J1400, J1401, 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.
PIN SIGNAL
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
J1400, J1401, J1402, J1403
- Pin Definition
Serial ATA Cable
J1402 J1403
J1400 J1401

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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.
PIN SIGNAL
1 SPDIF
2 +5VA
3 Key
4 GND
J2103, J2104 - Pin Definition
PIN SIGNAL
1 VCC
2 GND
3 GND
4 SPEAKER
Speaker Header - JU2800
This motherboard provides a speaker connection to the external PC speaker.
JU2800
1
JU2800 - Pin Definition
1
J2104
J2103
1
SPDIF-in
SPDIF-out

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JUMPER SETTING
This chapter explains how to configure the motherboard’s hardware. Before
using your computer, make sure all jumpers and DRAM modules are set
correctly. Refer to this chapter whenever in doubt.
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JU600
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 CMOSClear

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SLOTS
The motherboard provides two PCI-E x16 slots, one PCI-E x1 slot and one 32-
bit PCI slot.
PCI Express x16 Graphics Interface
• Two 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 supported enhanced addressing mechanism.
• Support ATI CrossFire.
PCI Express x1 Port
• Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
• One 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
• One 32-bit PCI port for add-in card connections.
Master PCI-E X16 Slot
PCI Slot
Slave PCI-E X16 Slot
PCI-E X1 Slot