Soltek B9a-fgr User manual

Contents

Chapter 1 Specification ............................................. 8

1-1 B9A-FGR Layout......................................................................9

1-2 Chipset System Block iagram........................................... 10

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table ............................................11

1-4 Mainboard Specifications .................................................... 12

1-4.1 CPU ................................................................................................ 12

1-4.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 12

1-4.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 12

1-4.4 BIOS............................................................................................... 12

1-4.5 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface .......................... 13

1-4.6 Multi-I/O Functions .................................................................... 13

1-4.7 SATA and SATA RAI Interface .............................................. 13

1-4.8 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 14

1-4.9 CMI8768 8-channel Audio controller on board .................... 14

1-4.10 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 14

1-4.11 IEEE 1394 Interface .................................................................. 14

1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board ................................... 15

1-4.13 Front Panel Connector ............................................................. 15

1-4.14 Form Factor................................................................................ 15

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ..................................... 16

2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 754 ....................................... 17

2-2 Socket 754 Athlon 64 Fan Installation ............................... 18

2-3 Memory Installation ............................................................. 20

2-3.1 How to tackle the memory Modules: ....................................... 20

2-3.2 To Install R S RAM Module .............................................. 20

2-4 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 21

2-5 AGP Slot Installation ............................................................ 21

2-6 I E Connector Installation ................................................. 22

2-7 Floppy rive Connector Installation ................................. 23

Contents

2-8 Serial ATA Connectors Installation .................................... 24

2-9 Jumper Setting ....................................................................... 25

2.9.0 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 26

2-9.1 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 27

2-9.2 JKB1 + J2 : USB Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up ...................... 27

2-10 Other Connectors Configuration...................................... 28

2-10.1 Onboard FAN Connectors ....................................................... 28

2-10.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers ............................................ 29

2-10.3 Chassis Panel Connectors ........................................................ 30

2-10.4 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard ............................................. 30

2-10.5 C -ROM Audio Connectors.................................................... 31

2-10.6 JAU 1: External Audio Out Connector .............................. 31

2-10.7 LAN Connector .......................................................................... 32

2-10.8 System Buzzer: J19 ................................................................... 32

2-10.9 Front Panel Connectors............................................................ 33

2-10.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header ................................................. 34

2-10.11 Printer Port: LPT1 .................................................................. 35

Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 36

3-1 To Open up the Support C ................................................ 37

3-2 To Install “nVI IA nForce3 All-in-1 river” .................. 38

3-3 irectX 9 Installation ........................................................... 40

3-4 To Install CMI8768 Audio river ....................................... 41

3-4.1 Installation ................................................................................... 41

3-4.2 To verify 6/8-channel Audio on Volume Control.................... 43

3-5 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 45

3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45

3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 46

3-6 To Install USB 2.0 river for Windows 2000/XP ............. 47

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 48

4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 49

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 49

4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 49

Contents

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 49

4-5 To Upgrade BIOS .................................................................. 50

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS ............................................................. 50

4-5.2 Upgrade Process........................................................................... 50

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 54

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility .................................................................... 54

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................... 56

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 58

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 61

4-6.4.1 RAM Configuration .............................................................. 61

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 63

4-6.5.1 I E Function Setup .................................................................. 64

4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 68

4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 70

4-6.8 Smart oc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 72

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................ 73

4-6.10 Load Optimized efaults ......................................................... 74

4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWOR ............................. 74

4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.............................................................. 75

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ...................................................... 75

Chapter 5 nVI IA RAI Setup ............................. 76

5-0 About isk Array................................................................... 77

5-0-1 isk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 77

5-0-2 isk Array Member .................................................................... 77

5-0-3 isk Array Types Supported by nForce3 250Gb................... 77

5-1. SATA / I E connectors on B9A-FGR ............................... 78

5-2. Enable RAI function in the BIOS................................... 78

5-3. About the NVRAI BIOS ................................................... 79

5-4. Configure the RAI Setup.................................................. 80

5-5. Finish the RAI Setup ........................................................ 81

5-6 Install nVI IA RAI river for Windows 2000/XP ....... 83

SL-B9A-FGR

Introd ction

Chapter 1 Specification

** If any difference is fo nd between this man al and the Main-

board yo are sing, please look p the ERRATA/UPDATE Slip

enclosed inside for the correction or pdated information, or

else contact the Mainboard Dealer or visit o r Web Site for the

latest man al pdate.

This mainboard features an integration of the powerful AMD Athlon

64 CPU and the single chip nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb, with which the

whole system performance supports HyperTransport Bus up to 800MHz.

nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb supports on-board AMD Athlon 64 processor

to implement HyperTransport 800MHz, the AGP 8X/4X interface, PCI

interface, IEEE 802.3 nVIDIA MAC, the LPC Super I/O, the USB 2.0

interface, ATA 133/100/66 data transfer rate, and Serial ATA AID

interface. This chapter is to introduce to users every advanced func-

tion of this high performance integration.

Topics incl ded in this chapter are:

1-1 Mainboard Layo t

1-2 Mainboard Specifications**

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram

Chapter 1 Specification

PCI 1

DIMM2

IDE1

IDE2

VT6307S

AGP 8X/4X

Main Power



CMI 8768

USB4

PS/2 

Mose

(on top)

DIMM1

DDR 400/333/266/200 MHz

FD1



PS/2 K/B



( nderside)

Fan2

Line in

(on top)

Side Speaker

Front Speaker

LPT1

Fan1

HDD IR PWR

SPK RST +

PWLED

LED

USB3

JKB1

USB

+12V Power

COM1

(on top)

BIOS

VIA

SATA1

JAUD1

Winbond

SATA2

NJ1

Fan3

nVIDIA

nFORCE3

250 Gb



Battery

JBAT1

CDIN1

W83627HF

COM2

USB

RJ45

(on top)

USB

IEEE

1394

(on top)

CICADA

C-Media

SimpliPHY

CIS8201

Center/

Sbwoofer

Rear Speaker

Socket 754

J19

1-1 B9A-FGR Layo t

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1-2 Chipset System Block Diagram

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Socket 754

AMD Athlon64

System

Memory

DDR 400/333/266

nVIDIA

nForce3 250Gb

AGP Slot

AGP 8X/4X

ATA 133/100/66

4 IDE

Devices

2 SATA ports SATA RAID

USB B s V2.0

8 USB

Ports

PCI B s

nVIDIA MAC

8-channel

Audio output

CICADA

CIS8201 LPC S per I/O

Gigabit Ethernet

C-MEDIA

CMI 8768

1 PCI Slot

Keyboard

Mouse

Serial / I

Parallel

Floppy Disk

BIOS

PATA RAID

J45 10/100/1000 base-T LAN

Hyper Transport 800MHz

Chapter 1 Specification

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table

SL-B9A-FGR Specifications and Feat res

nVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb

Award BIOS

DD 400/333/266 SD AM, up to 2GB in 2 DD

DIMM slots

Winbond W83627HF

Not integrated

Single Chip C-Media CMI8768 on board supporting

8 channel output

2 ATA 133/100/66 IDE/IDE AID Connector

1 PCI Master slot on board

VIA VT6307 IEEE1394 Controller on board

supporting 2 IEEE1394 ports.

Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T LAN;

1x J45 on board

CPU

System chipset

BIOS

Memory

I/O Chip

VGA

Audio

IDE Interface

PCI Slots

I/O Connectors

IEEE 1394

Interface

Networking

8 USB V2.0, 1 FDD port, 2 COM port, 1 LPT

(optional), 1 IrDA, 1 PS/2 K/B, 1 PS/2 Mouse, 2

1394a ports

SATA AID

Interface

AGP 8X/4X mode only; 1 AGP Slot on board

AGP interface

Socket 754 for AMD Athlon 64 CPUs

Other Common

Features

2 Serial ATA connectors supporting 2 SATA Hard

Disks for SATA/SATA AID setup

USB Keyboard/ Mouse Wake up; ST supported

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1-4 Mainboard Specifications

1-4.1 CPU

CPU Socket 754 on board, supporting AMD Athlon 64 processors, imple-

menting up to 800MHz Hyper Transport Speed (System Bus) designed

to be capable of operating up to 1600MT/s with a resulting bandwidth

of up to 6.4 Gbytes/s and integrated Memory Controller which supports

up to DD SD AM at 200MHz

1-4.2 System Chipsets

Media and Communication Processor nVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb:

• HyperTranspot 800MHz to the AMD Athlon 64 processor

• AGP 3.0 8X interface at 533 MT/s (million transfers per second)

• PCI 2.3 interface

• Integrated SATA controllers supporting SATA and SATA AID interface

• IEEE 802.3 nVIDIA MAC for Gigabit Ethernet through CICADA

CIS8201 controller

• USB 2.0 interface supporting up to eight ports

• Dual Fast ATA-133 IDE controllers

1-4.3 Memory

2 DD DIMM 184-pin slots on board :

• Supporting unregistered, non-ECC DD 400/333/266 SD AM up to

2GB

• Supporting installation of mixed volumes yet same type of DD

SD AM modules

• SPD (Serial Presence Detect) Scheme for DIMM Detection supported

1-4.4 BIOS

Flash Memory for easy upgrade, 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, D AM Timing etc.)

• Power Management Features (Sleep timer, Suspend Timer etc.)

• PNP/PCI Configurations (I Q Settings, Latency Timers etc.)

• Integrated Peripherals (Onboard I/O, I Q, DMA Assign. etc.)

• SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield (CPU/System Temp., Fan speed etc.)

• CPU atio/Voltage Control (Voltage of CPU, DIMM, AGP etc.)

Chapter 1 Specification

1-4.6 M lti-I/O F nctions

• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:

-- 2 ATA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices

• Dedicated I Functions:

-- 1x5 I connector dedicated to I function with Infrared-IrDA (HPSI )

and ASK (Amplitude Shift Keyed) I

• 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, in Windows 2000 / XP.

-- 4 built-in USB connectors and 2 more USB pin-headers which require 2

additional USB cables to provide 4 more USB ports

• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse

• UA Ts (Universal Asynchronous eceiver / Transmitter):

-- 2 complete serial ports on board

1-4.5 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface

AGP Controller is embedded on board, supporting:

• 1.5V (8x/4x) power mode

• 8X 66MHz AD and SBA signaling; AGP pipelined split-transaction

longburst transfers up to 2GB/sec.

• One AGP Slot on board, AGP v3.0 compliant

1-4.7 SATA and SATA RAID Interface

SATA and SATA AID Interface supported by nVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb:

• Supporting 2 Serial ATA connectors for 2 Serial ATA Hard Disks with

150Mb/s transfer rate

• Supporting AID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD configuration

• Serial ATA / Serial ATA AID Drivers enclosed in Support CD/Floppy

Diskette for user’s installation

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1-4.10 Hardware Monitor on board

• Hardware Monitor supported by LPC I/O Winbond W83627HF, pro-

viding monitoring functions on hardware voltage, temperatures and

fan speeds.

• Utility Software Soltek Hardware Monitor for displaying monitor sta-

tus is enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

1-4.9 CMI8768 8-channel A dio controller on board

Single chip C-Media CMI8768 audio controller on board:

• Supporting 8-channel output capability with the newest Dolby

Digital EX and DTS ES DVD audio format

• Full-duplex 8CH DAC & 2CH ADC with high quility

• Sensaura C L3D H TF 3D positional sound enhancement

• Support most industry standards of PC 3D sound for gaming, includ-

ing EAX 2.0, DirectSound 3D HW/SW and A3D 1.0

• C-Media Xear 3D 7.1 Virtual Speaker SHIFTE technology

1-4.11 IEEE 1394 Interface

The IEEE 1394 Controller, VIA VT6307 chipset on board, providing en-

hanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices, including consumer

audio/video components, storage periperals, and other portable devices.

• PCI-bus based open host controller, compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000

standard for high performance serial bus

• Supporting two fully compliant ports with Plug and Play-compatible

expansion interface. The IEEE 1394 controller provides up to 400MB/

sec transfer rate to fulfill various requirments of any multimedia

devices.

1-4.8 Advanced System Power Management

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for

reducing power consumption :

• PowerNow! compliant

• ACPI V2.0 compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

• PCI PM 1.1 specifications

• Thermal event detection (alarm)

• Power On Suspend (POS) or ACPI S1 support

• Suspend to AM (ST ) or ACPI S3 support

• Suspend to Disk (STD) or ACPI S4/S5 support

Chapter 1 Specification

1-4.14 Form Factor

• Micro-ATX Form Factor, ATX Power Supply

• Mainboard size: 180mm x 270mm

1-4.13 Front Panel Connector

• 1 S/PDIF out Port

• 1 Earphone & 1 MIC IN Port

• 2 USB 2.0/1.1 Ports

• 1 IEEE1394a Ports

1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board

Gigabit Ethernet Controller CICADA CIS8201 on board:

• Supporting 10/100/1000Mb data transfer

• Supporting Wake On LAN function through the on-board J45 LAN

Connector

• LAN Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

SL-B9A-FGR

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

1. We recommend to install your CPU before any other components.

For detailed installation instructions of processor, you can also refer

to the pamphlet enclosed in your CPU package.

2. Installing a cooling fan with a good heatsink is a must for proper heat

dissipation for your CPU. Get ready an appropriate fan with heatsink

for proper installation. Improper fan and installation will damage your

CPU.

3. In case CPU Vcore, CPU clock or Frequency atio is adjustable on

board, please follow the instructions described in the User Manual

for proper setup. Incorrect setting will cause damage to your CPU.

The following topics are incl ded in this chapter:

To Get Things Ready for Hardware Set p !