Sapphire Pure PE-A7RS482M 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 reasonable
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 interference
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 RECEIVINGANTENNA
- 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 EXPERIENCEDAUDIO/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.
Copyright
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copied or reproduced by any means.
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, no responsibility
for errors or omissions is assumed. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting
from the use of the information contained herein.
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Table of Contents
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ....................................................... 4
Key Features .................................................................................................. 4
MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT (PE-A7RS482M) ...................................... 7
MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT (PE-A9RS482M) ...................................... 8
REAR PANEL .................................................................................... 9
AUDIO CONFIGURATION ................................................................ 11
SPEAKER CONFIGURATION ............................................................ 11
Method 1: 2/4/6 Channel audio output on back panel only ................... 11
Method 2: Using S-Bracket connectors ................................................. 13
CONNECTORS ................................................................................. 15
Floppy Disk Drive Connector -CN3 ....................................................... 15
IDE Connectors - CN1&CN2 ................................................................. 15
Six Channel Audio Output Header - J19 ............................................... 16
TV Out Header - J5 ................................................................................. 17
Chassis Alarm Lead - JP12 (Optional) ................................................. 18
Fan Power Connectors - CPUFAN1,SYSFAN1................................. ........ 19
CD-IN Header - J18 ............................................................................... 20
AUX-IN Header - J20 .............................................................................. 20
Front Panel Audio Header - FP-S1 ........................................................ 21
USB Headers - FP-U1, FP-U2 ............................................................... 22
Front Panel Header -FP1 ....................................................................... 23
Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors - SATA1,SATA2 .................................. 24
JUMPER SETTING ............................................................................ 26
CMOS Clear - JP9 .................................................................................. 26
On Board AC97 Sound Select - JP2 ...................................................... 26
On Board LAN Select - JP13 .................................................................. 26

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SLOTS .............................................................................................. 27
CPU INSTALLATION ........................................................................ 28
INSTALL DDR DIMMs ...................................................................... 30
BIOS SETUP ..................................................................................... 31
About the Setup Utility ............................................................................ 31
Standard CMOS Features ...................................................................... 33
Advanced BIOS Features ....................................................................... 35
Advanced Chipset Features .................................................................. 38
Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................... 41
Power Management Setup .................................................................... 44
PnP/PCI Configurations ........................................................................ 46
PC Health Status.................................................................................... 47
Set Supervisor/User Password ............................................................. 49
BIOS Update Procedure ........................................................................ 50
SATA RAID SETUP .......................................................................... 51
Creating RAID Sets ................................................................................ 51
Deleting RAID Sets ................................................................................ 51
Resolving Conflict .................................................................................. 52
DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................ 53
APPENDIX ....................................................................................... 54

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HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
Key Features :
Chipset
• ATI® RS482+SB400 Chipset.
Processor
• PE-A7RS482M: Support for AMDTM K8 Processor Socket754.
• PE-A9RS482M: Support for AMDTM K8 Processor Socket939.
• 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
• Supports two 184-pin DDR RAM sockets.
• DIMM size support from 64MB to 2GB.
• Support of 266/333/400 DDR RAM memory type.
• Support of dual channel 128-bit wide memory interface (PE-
A9RS482M only)
System BIOS
•PnP, APM, ATAPI and 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.
TV Out
•Integrated TV encoder.
•10-bit DAC with 4-tap filter.
•PAL/NTSC TV Out with Composite and S-Video Outputs via header.
•ATI’s exclusive “Composite Dot Crawl” freeze option for PAL and NTSC
to improve the picture quality.
•TV Out power management support.

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Onboard I/O
• On board 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 ECP/EPP parallel port.
• One 16550 compatible UART serial ports via header.
• 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.
• Infrared (IrDA) is supported via header.
Extended USB Support
• Includes two OHCI host controllers,increasing the number of external
ports to eight.
• Includes two OHCI USB2.0 Host Controller s that support all eight
ports (Bandwidth shared between eight ports).
• This Sapphire motherboard support s USB 2.0 feature only on Windows
® 2000(with SP4 or above) and XP(with SP1 or above) OS.
Onboard VGA
• Integrated ATI PCI-E X300 graphics core.
• Supports display (CRT or TV out).
• Integrated DAC and CRT controller.
• High resolution video playback.
• Up to 2048x1536, non-interlaced screen resolution for CRT.
Onboard Realtek RTL8100C PCI LAN
•Provides 32-bit performance,PCI bus master capability.
•Full compliance with IEEE 802.3u 100 Base-T specifications and
IEEE 802.3X Full Duplex Flow Control.
•Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s operation.
•Supports Wake-On-LAN function and remote wake-up.
•Supports ACPI,PCI Power management and PCI VPD.
PCI Express 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 frequency of this interface is 4GB/s.
•PCI Express supports an enhanced addressing mechanism.
•Optional ADD2 card utilizes PCI Express Graphics x16 connector.

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Power Management
• Supports SMM, 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.
• External Modem Ring-in Wake-up support.
• Supports suspend-to-RAM(STR).
Onboard AC97 6 Channel Sound
•Integrated AC97 controller with standard AC97 Codec.
• Direct Sound and Sound Blaster compatible.
•Full-Duplex 16-bit record and playback.
•PnP and APM 1.2 support.
•Windows® 2000/XP drivers ready.
•Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in.
• Supports ALC650/ALC655 AC97 codes for six sound channel output.
Onboard Serial ATA Host Controller
•Independent DMA operation on four ports.
• Data transfer rates of 150Mb/s.
• RAID 0/1 feature support .
Expansion Slots
• 1 PCI Express x16 slot.
•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 computers
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MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT (PE-A7RS482M)
The following diagram shows the relative positions of the jumpers,
connectors, major components and memory banks on the Sapphire
motherboard.
NOTE
1) Be sure to check the 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
CPU Socket. Otherwise, some components will be shorted and damaged.
J5-TV Out Connector

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MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT (PE-A9RS482M)
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 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
CPU Socket. Otherwise, some components will be shorted and damaged.
J5-TV Out Connector
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REAR PANEL
The back panel provides the following connectors:
PS/2 Mouse Connector
The Sapphire 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 Sapphire 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 Sapphire motherboard provides an OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface)
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.
Line-in
(Surround)
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
USB 2.0 Connector DescriptionUSB 2.0 Connector

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Serial Port Connector: COM1
The Port is 16550A high speed communication ports that send/receive 16bytes
FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the
connectors.
TV Out Connector
The Sapphire motherboard provides a Video out port to connect a 15-pin
analog video monitor.
SPDIF Connector
The Sapphire motherboard provides a S-Bracket (SPDIF) Connector that
allows you to connect a S-Bracket (coaxial) for a Digital Interface (SPDIF).
LAN Jack
The Sapphire motherboard provides one standard RJ-45 jack for connection
to LocalArea Network(LAN).You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack.
Parallel Port Connector (LPT1)
The Sapphire motherboard provides a 25-pin female centronic connector as
LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel
Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.
Audio Port Connectors
Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones. Line In is used for
external CD player, Tape player, or other audio devices. Mic In is a connector
for microphones.
The ALC650 embeds an internal analog switch (by driver software)
to select LINE input or Surround output, and select Mic input or CENTER/
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AUDIO CONFIGURATION
After installing the audio driver, you can select 2/4/6 channel surround
audio output in software utility and then connect surround speakers to
appropriate audio ports.
There are two ways to obtain 2/4/6 channel surround audio output:
1. 2/4/6 channel audio output on back panel only. All surround
speaker connect to audio connector.
2. S-Bracket (optional cable). You have installed S-Bracket into the
computer, and then connect two front speakers to back panel’s
“Line Out” port, and the rest of speakers to S-Bracket. Please refer to
page 16 for connection details.
SPEAKER CONFIGURATION
Method 1: 2/4/6 Channel audio output on back panel only.
After installing the audio drivers, you can attach the speakers for 2-/4-/6-
channel audio output. Please connect the speakers to the LINE OUT
connectors. Different connector configurations for 2-/4-/6-channel
options are listed below:
2-Channel 4-Channel 6-Channel
In 2-channel configuration,
Line Out, Line In and Mic
functions exist.
When set to 4-channel
configuration, Line In
is replaced by Rear
Speaker Out. Line In
function does not exist.
When set to 6-channel
configuration, Line In
is replaced by Rear
Speaker Out. Mic is
replaced by Center/
Subwoofer Speaker Out.
Line in and Mic do not exist.

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In the audio software, please double click the “AC97 Audio configuration” icon
from the window tray on the bottom right to launch the Audio Wizard.
The “AC97 Audio Configuration” will appear. Click on the Speaker
Configuration tab to select the audio mode.
A. If you choose 4-channel mode for 4 speaker output, the selected item is
shown as below (Figure1).
B. If you choose 6-channel mode for 5.1 speaker output, the selected
item is shown as below (Figure2).
(Figure1)
(Figure2)

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Description:
Connect two speakers to back panel’s Line Out connector and two
speakers to one Line Out connector on S-Bracket, or four speaker to
connector of S-Bracket. If you want to use Line In function, please activate
the Rear Speaker Out button (shown below).
Method 2: Using S-BRACKET connectors:
S-Bracket (The S-Bracket is shown on page 16) is an optional accessory.
To use the S-Bracket, please select the correct setting in the audio configuration.
For further information on the audio configuration, please refer to 4- or 6-
channel settings found later in this section.
Connector configurations for 4- and 6- channel using S-Bracket are
described below:
4-Channel Analog Output
Back Panel S-Bracket
(Front channels)
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Description:
Connect two speakers to the back panel Line Out connector and four
speakers to both Line Out connectors on the S-Bracket, or six speakers
to the connector s on the S-Bracket. If you want to use Line In and MIic
function at the same time, please click the Rear Speaker Out and
Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out buttons. (shown below)
Back Panel
S-Bracket
(Front channels)
6-Channel Audio Output
+

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CONNECTORS
The Sapphire motherboard provides connectors to attach to FDD, IDE HDD,
USB Ports and CPU/System FAN etc.
Floppy Disk Drive Connector - CN3
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 - CN1&CN2
The Sapphire motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33/
66/100/133 controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA
33/66/100/133 function. You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM,
120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices.
Primary IDE Connector - CN1
The first hard drive should always be connected to CN1.CN1 can connect
a Master and a Slave drive.You must configure the second hard drive to Slave
mode by setting the jumper accordingly.
Secondary IDE Connector - CN2
CN2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive.
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CN3
1
CN3
1
CN1
CN2
1
1
CN1
CN2
1
1

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Six Channel Audio Output Header - J19
The Sapphire motherboard provides a six channel output header (FL/FR,RL/
RR,CEN/LEF).
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J19
2
1
10
9
PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION
1 SOUT-L Audio left surrounding output
2 SOUT-R Audio right surrounding output
3 GND Ground
4 GND Ground
5 CET-OUT Audio center output
6 LFE-OUT Audio bass output
7 GND Ground
8 SPDIF S/PDIF input
9 KEY NC
10 SPDFO S/PDIF output
Back Panel Cable (optional)
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TV Out Header - J5
The Sapphire motherboard provides a TV Out header.
J5 : Pin Definition
PIN Assignment
1C
2 GND
3 COMP/B
4Y
TV Out Cable
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1

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Chassis Alarm Lead - JP12 (optional)
This lead is for a chassis designed with an intrusion detection feature. This
requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion sensor
or microswitch. When you remove any chassis component, the sensor is
triggered and will send a high-level signal to this lead to record a chassis
intrusion event.
PIN Assignment
1 +5VSB
2 KEY
3 Chassis Signal
4 GND
JP12 - Pin Definition
Note:
If you want to use a Chassis Alarm Lead, please remove the jumper position
3-4.
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Fan Power Headers - CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1
The CPUFAN1 (processor fan) and SYSFAN1 (system fan) support system
cooling fan with +12V. It supports three-pin head connector.
CPUFAN1
1
SYSFAN1
1
CPUFAN1
1
SYSFAN1
1
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CD-IN Header - J18
This header allows for connection from the CD-ROM Drive.
AUX-IN Header - J20
This header allows for connection from the Audio Device.
PIN Assignment
1 CD-L
2 GND
3 GND
4 CD-R
J18 - Pin Definition
J20 - Pin Definition
PIN Assignment
1 AUX-L
2 GND
3 GND
4 AUX-R
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J18 1
J20
1