SOLTEK 75FRN Series User manual

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Contents
Chapter 1 Specification ........................................... 10
1-1 75FRN / 75FRN-R / 7FRN-L / 75FRN-RL Layout ...........11
1-2 Mainboard Specifications .................................................... 12
1-2.1 CPU Socket ................................................................................... 12
1-2.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 12
1-2.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 12
1-2.4 BIOS............................................................................................... 12
1-2.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface........................... 13
1-2.6 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 13
1-2.7 Multi-I/O Functions .................................................................... 13
1-2.8 Expansion Slots ............................................................................ 13
1-2.9 AC’97 Audio Codec on board .................................................... 14
1-2.10 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 14
1-2.11 Serial ATA RAID Controller (75FRN-R / RL only) ............. 14
1-2.12 LAN on board (75FRN-L / 75FRN-RL only) ........................ 14
1-2.13 Form Factor................................................................................ 14
1-3 Mainboard Specification Table ........................................... 15
1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram........................................... 16
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ..................................... 18
2-1 CPU Identification and Installation ................................... 19
2-1.1 CPU Identification Legends....................................................... 19
2-1.2 CPU Installation with Socket 462 ............................................. 20
2-2 Memory Installation ............................................................. 21
2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 21
2-2.2 To Remove a DIMM .................................................................... 22
2-3 AGP Slot Installation ............................................................ 23
2-4 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 24

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2-5 Floppy Drive Connector Installation ................................. 25
2-6 Serial ATA Connectors (75FRN-R / 75FRN-RL Only).... 26
2-7 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 27
2-8 Jumper Settings ..................................................................... 28
2-8.1 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 29
2-8.2 Jp2: CPU Clock/Overclock Select ............................................ 29
2-8.3 J5: Clear CMOS........................................................................... 30
2-8.4 Jp5: Anti-burn Shield (ABSII) .................................................. 31
2-8.5 Jp1: USB & PS/2 KB/Mouse Wake-up .................................... 32
2-8.6 Jp4: SATA Raid Controller Select(75FRN-R/RL Only) ....... 32
2-9 Other Connectors Configuration........................................ 33
2-9.1 Onboard FAN Connectors ......................................................... 33
2-9.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers .............................................. 34
2-9.3 Chassis Panel Connectors .......................................................... 35
2-9.4 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard ............................................... 35
2-9.5 CD-ROM Audio Connectors...................................................... 36
2-9.6 Thermal Resistors........................................................................ 36
2-9.7 Wake On LAN Connector:......................................................... 37
2-9.8 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors) ..................... 38
2-9.9 6-channel Sound Output Connector(Optional)...................... 40
2-9.10 LAN Connector (75FRN-L / 75FRN-RL Only) .................... 40
2-10 IRQ Description................................................................... 41
Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 42
3-1 To Open up the Support CD ................................................ 43
3-2 To Install “nVIDIA nForce2 All in 1 Driver” ................... 44
3-3 To Verify 6-channel Audio.................................................... 45
3-4 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 47
3-4.1 Installation ................................................................................... 47
3-4.2 Verification .................................................................................. 48

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3-5 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Win2000 or WinXP........... 49
3-6 RAID Controller Drivers (75FRN-R / RL Only).............. 50
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 52
4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 53
4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 53
4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 53
4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 53
4-5 To Upgrade BIOS .................................................................. 54
4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS ............................................................. 54
4-5.2 Upgrade Process........................................................................... 54
4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 57
4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility .................................................................... 57
4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................... 58
4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 61
4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 65
4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 68
4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 73
4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 76
4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 78
4-6.9 CPU Ratio/Voltage Control........................................................ 80
4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................ 82
4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD............................. 83
4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.............................................................. 84
4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ...................................................... 84
Chapter 5 RAID Controller ................................... 85
5-0 Before Creating Disk Array: ............................................... 86
5-1 Creating Your Disk Array .................................................... 87
5-1.1 Creating An Array For Performance/Security....................... 87
5-1.2 Creating Security Array With Existing Data Drive .............. 89
5-2 Installing Drivers................................................................... 91

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5-2.1 For Windows 2000/XP ................................................................ 91
5-2.2 Windows 95/98 ............................................................................. 93
5-2.3 DOS/Windows 3.1x ...................................................................... 96
5-2.4 Windows NT4.0 ............................................................................ 97
APPENDICES.......................................................... 99
Appendix-1 Identify BIOS Version & BIOS Part Number . 100
Appendix-2 Identify Mainboard Model Number ................. 101
Appendix-3 Technical Terms .................................................... 102

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Series 75FRN: 75FRN, 75FRN-L, 75FRN-R, 75FRN-RL
ITEM CHECKUP
• Mainboard
• Mainboard User Manual
• Multi-lingual Quick Installation Guide
• Support CD
• Bundled Bonus Pack CD
• Bundled Bonus Pack Manual
• Promise SATA RAID Driver Diskette (Optional)
• Cables :
ATA66/100/133 IDE Cable
FDD Cable
USB Cable (Optional)
2 x Serial ATA Cable (Optional)

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Memo

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Topics included in this chapter are:
1-1 Mainboard Layout
1-2 Mainboard Specifications**
1-3 Mainboard Specification Table
1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram
Introduction
Chapter 1 Specification
This series features an integration of the powerful AMD processors
Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron and the North Bridge nVIDIA nFORCE2 SPP
plus South Bridge nFORCE2 MCP, with which the whole system per-
formance supports 333/266/200 MHz system bus.
nVIDIA nFORCE2 SPP plus nFORCE2 MCP supports on-board AMD
processors to implement the 333/266/200 MHz Front Side Bus, the AGP
8X/4X interface, the LPC Super I/O, the Dual-channel DDR 400/333/
266 MHz SDRAM, the 6-channel AC’97 Audio interface, the USB 2.0
interface and ATA 133/100/66 data transfer rate. This chapter is to in-
troduce to users every advanced function of this high performance
integration.
** If any difference is found between this manual and the Main-
board you are using, please look up the ERRATA/UPDATE Slip
enclosed inside for the correction or updated information, or
else contact the Mainboard Dealer or visit our Web Site for the
latest manual update.

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Chapter 1 Specification
nVIDIA
nFORCE2
DIM1
IDE2
IDE1
Li
Battery
Fan3
nVIDIA
nFORCE2
AC'97
Codec
WOL1
1
Clock
Generator
SPKRSTKeylock
HDD/LEDIRTX/IRRXPWRSMI
++
--
1
PCI1
PCI5
PCI4
PCI3
PCI2
Audio1
14
1
10
USB1
USB2
1
10
FDC1
1
DIM2
ATX Main Power
PS/2 K/B
Mouse
(on top)
(underside)
SOCKET 462
RT2
DIM3
1
1
CDIN1
DDR 400/333/266MHz
USB1
USB0
(middle)
(underside)
RJ45
(on top)

LPT1
COM2 COM1
Line
Game/MIDI Port
Line
Mic
RTL
ALC650
Fan2
1
Jp1
AGP 4X/8X
IDE3
BIOS
PDC
20376
+12V Power
1
3
1
Jp2
RT1
J5
1
1
Jp4
ATA2
ATA1
1
Jp5
SPP
In Out
MCP
Fan1


LPC I/O
W83627HF
1-1 75FRN / 75FRN-R / 7FRN-L / 75FRN-RL Layout
RAID Controller and connectors
(75FRN-R / RL Only)
RJ45 (75FRN-L / RL Only)

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1-2 Mainboard Specifications
1-2.1 CPU Socket
CPU Socket 462 (Socket A) on board, supporting AMD Athlon, Athlon
XP and Duron processors and implementing 333/266/200MHz system
bus
1-2.2 System Chipsets
• North Bridge nVIDIA nFORCE2 SPP for managing and supporting
333/266/200MHz system Bus, AGP 8X/4X interface and DDR 333/
266MHz Memory Interface with an enhanced support of DDR 400MHz
Memory Module.
• South Bridge nVIDIA nFORCE2 MCP working with North Bridge
nFORCE2 SPP supporting the HyperTransport, LPC Super I/O, PCI
interface, ATA133 interface, LAN interface, USB V2.0 interface, as
well as AC’97 Audio 6-channel interface.
1-2.3 Memory
3 DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board :
• Supporting unregistered, non-ECC Dual-channel DDR 400/333/266/
200 SDRAM up to 3 GBs
• Supporting installation of mixed volumes yet same type of DDR
SDRAM modules
1-2.4 BIOS
Flash Memory for easy upgrade, supporting BIOS Writing Protection,
Year 2000 compliant, and supporting various hardware configuration
during booting system (See Chapter 4 BIOS Setup):
• Standard CMOS Features (Times, Date, Hard Disk Type etc,)
• Advanced BIOS Features (Virus Protection, Boot Sequence etc.)
• Advanced Chipset Features (AT Clock, DRAM Timing etc.)
• Power Management Features (Sleep timer, Suspend Timer etc.)
• PNP/PCI Configurations (IRQ Settings, Latency Timers etc.)
• Integrated Peripherals (Onboard I/O, IRQ, DMA Assign. etc.)
• SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield (CPU/System Temp., Fan speed etc.)
• Voltage Control (Voltage of CPU, DIMM, AGP etc.)

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Chapter 1 Specification
1-2.7 Multi-I/O Functions
• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:
-- 2 ATA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices
• Dedicated IR Functions:
-- 1x5 IR connector dedicated to IR function with Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR)
and ASK (Amplitude Shift Keyed) IR
• Multi-mode parallel data transfer:
-- Standard mode, high speed mode ECP and enhanced mode EPP
• Floppy Drive Connector:
-- 1 FDD connector supporting 2 floppy drives with drive swap support
• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:
-- USB V2.0 compliant, 480 MB/s USB Bus, supporting Win2000 / XP.
-- 2 built-in USB connectors and 2 more USB pin-headers which require 2
optional USB cables to provide 4 more USB ports
• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse
• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):
-- 2 complete serial ports (COM1 & COM2) on board
1-2.8 Expansion Slots
• 5 PCI Bus Master slots
• 1 AGP 8X/4X slot
• 3 DDR DIMM slots
1-2.6 Advanced System Power Management
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for
reducing power consumption :
• ACPI 1.0B compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface),
including ACPI Suspend mode support (See Power management of
BIOS Setup)
• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy Power Management)
• PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Wake up
• Real Time Clock (RTC) with date alarm, month alarm, and century
field
1-2.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface
AGP Controller embedded on board, supporting:
• 1.5V(8X/4X) power mode only, 1 AGP Slot supported
• 8X 66MHz AD and SBA signaling; AGP pipelined split-transaction
long burst transfers up to 2GB/sec.
• AGP 8X/4X supported, AGP V3.0 compliant