Soltek Sl-b9d-fgr User manual

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Contents

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

1-1 B9D-FGR Mainboard Layout ................................................9

1-2 Mainboard Specification Table ........................................... 10

1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram............................................11

1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features ............................ 12

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

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

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

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

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

1-4.6 AC’97 Audio Codec on board .................................................... 13

1-4.7 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 13

1-4.8 IEEE 1394 Interface.................................................................... 13

1-4.9 Multi-I/O Functions .................................................................... 14

1-4.10 SATA / SATA RAID Interface ................................................. 14

1-4.11 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 14

1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet on board....................................................... 14

1-4.13 Form Factor................................................................................ 14

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ..................................... 15

2-1 CPU/CPU cooling Fan Installation on Socket 939........... 16

2-2 Memory Installation ............................................................. 18

2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 18

2-2.2 Dual Channel Memory Features............................................... 18

2-2.3 DIMM Powered on ...................................................................... 19

2-3 AGP Slot Installation ............................................................ 19

2-4 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 20

2-5 SATA / RAID Connectors..................................................... 21

2-6 Floppy Drive Installation ..................................................... 22

2-7 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 23

2-8 Jumper Setting ....................................................................... 24

2-8.1 How to tackle the Jumpers ....................................................... 24

2-8.2 JKB1 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up............................................ 25

2-8.3 JBAT1 Clear CMOS .................................................................. 25

2-9 Other Connectors Configuration........................................ 26

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2-9.1 On-board FAN Connectors ........................................................ 26

2-9.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers .............................................. 27

2-9.3 Back Panel Connectors ............................................................... 28

2-9.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard ..................................................... 28

2-9.5 RJ45 Connector ........................................................................... 29

2-9.6 CD-ROM Audio Connectors (CD_In1).................................... 29

2-9.7 Thermal Detector......................................................................... 30

2-9.8 JAUD1 External Audio Connector ......................................... 30

2-9.9 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors)..................... 31

2-9.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header ................................................... 32

2-9.11 Printer Port LPT1 .................................................................... 33

Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 34

3-1 To Open Up Support CD ..................................................... 35

3-2 VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation .......................................... 36

3-3 DirectX 9 Installation ........................................................... 38

3-4 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation......................................... 40

3-4.1 Installing AC’97 8-channel Audio Driver ............................... 40

3-4.2 Verifying 8-channel Audio ........................................................ 41

3-5 To Install RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet Drivers ............... 43

3-6 USB 2.0 Driver installation .................................................. 44

3-7 Install Hardware Monitor Utility ....................................... 46

3-7.1 Installation ................................................................................... 46

3-7.2 Verification .................................................................................. 47

3-8 RAID Driver Installation ..................................................... 47

3-9 Install AMD 64 CPU Quiet Driver ..................................... 48

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 50

4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 51

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 51

4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 51

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 51

4-5 To Upgrade BIOS .................................................................. 52

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS ............................................................. 52

4-5.2 Upgrade Process........................................................................... 52

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 56

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility .................................................................... 56

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................... 58

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 61

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 64

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4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 67

4-6.5.1. VIA OnChip IDE Device .......................................................... 67

4-6.5.2. VIA OnChip PCI Device ......................................................... 69

4-6.5.3. Super IO Device ....................................................................... 69

4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 71

4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 74

4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 76

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................ 77

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults ......................................................... 78

4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD............................. 78

4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.............................................................. 79

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ...................................................... 79

Chapter 5 VT8237 SATA RAID ............................. 80

5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 81

5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 81

5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 81

5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by VT8237 ................................ 81

5-1 First Step to Set Up SATA RAID System .......................... 82

5-2 Enable SATA-RAID Interface with System BIOS ........... 83

5-3 To Enter VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup.............................. 84

5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array ....... 85

5-5 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to change Array mode ..... 89

5-6 To Install SATA RAID Driver.............................................. 91

5-6-1 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP ............ 91

5-6-2 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/ME .......... 92

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SL-B9D-FGR Chapter 1 Specification

Topics included in this chapter are:

- Mainboard Layout

-2 Specification Table

-3 Chipset System Block Diagram

-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features

Introduction

Chapter 1 Specification

** 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.

This mainboard features an integration of the powerful AMD Athlon

64 939 processors and the North Bridge VIA K8T800Pro plus South

Bridge VT8237, with which the whole system performance supports

HyperTransport Bus up to 1GHz.

VIA K8T800Pro plus VT8237 supports on-board AMD processors to

implement HyperTransport link, running at up to 8GB/s, the AGP 8X/4X

interface, the LP Super I/O, Dual hannel DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM,

the 8-channel A ’97 Audio interface, the USB 2.0 interface,ATA 133/

100/66 data transfer rate, and Serial ATA RAID interface. This chapter

is to introduce to users every advanced function of this high perfor-

mance integration.

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- B9D-FGR Mainboard Layout

P I1

IDE2

DIMM2

Dual- hannel DDR 400/333/266/200 MHz

Fan3

8110S

RTL

A '97

+12V Power

PW1

W83687THF

Winbond

PW2

Main Power

Mouse

OM2

RJ45

IEEE

PS/2 KB (underside)

OM1

(underside)

(on top)

(on top) (on top) (on top)

USB Port

NJ1

HDD IR PWR

SPK RST

+ -

PLED

LED

DIN1

JBAT1

850

SATA 1

VT6307

PS/2

1394

USB Port

Line In

(on top)

enter/

Subwoofer

(on top)

Rear speaker

Side Surround Out

Line Out

IEEE1

Fan2

Fan1

Battery

DIMM1

JKB1

BIOS

IDE1

FD 1

LPT1

USB2

USB3

JAUD1

SATA 2

VIA

VT8237

VIA

K8T800

Pro

AGP1 8X/4X

Socket 939

RT2

LED1

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-2 Mainboard Specification Table

B9D-FGR Specifications and Features

VIA VT8237

Supporting Dual hannel DDR 400/333/266

SDRAM, up to 2GB in 2 DDR SDIMM slots

hip W83687THF with Hardware Monitor

AGP 8X/4X mode only

A ’97 Audio 2.3 compliant, 8 channel audio

2 ATA 133/100/66 IDE onnector

1 P I Master slot on board

8 USB V2.0, 1 FDD port, 2 serial OM ports,

1 LPT,1 IrDA, 1 PS/2 K/B, 1 PS/2 Mouse,

5 Audio In/Out ports

Keyboard/ Mouse Wake up;

Not integrated on board

North Bridge

South Bridge

Memory

I/O hip

AGP interface

Audio

IDE Interface

VGA

P I Slots

I/O onnectors

Other ommon

Feature

Serial ATA RAID

Interface

RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet ontroller, supporting

1 RJ45 port on board

Network

VIA VT6307 IEEE1394 ontroller on board

supporting 2 IEEE1394 ports.

IEEE 1394

Interface

2 Serial ATA connectors supported by VT8237

Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64 939-pin PUs

VIA K8T800Pro, supporting up to 1GHz Hyper

Transport

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-3 Chipset System Block Diagram

Socket 939 + VIA K8T800 Pro + VIA VT8237 Diagram

Socket 939

AMD Athlon 64

System

Memory

Dual Channel

DDR 400/333/

266 SDRAM

AGP Slot AGP 8X/4X

PCI Bus

AC’97 2.3

ATA 33/ 00/66

4 IDE

Devices

USB Bus V2.0

8 USB

Ports

1 P I Slot

Audio odec

(8-channel)

FDD

Serial Port

Printer Port

H/Monitor

BIOS

LPC I/O

W83687THF

North Bridge

VT8237

VIA K8T800

South Bridge

8x V-Link

533MB/Sec

RJ45

RTL8 0S

Keyboard & Mouse

2 SATA ports Serial ATA RAID

Gigabit

Ethernet

2 IEEE1394 ports

VIA

VT6307

HyperTransport Link

Pro

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-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features

-4. CPU Socket

PU Socket 939 on board, supporting AMD Athlon 64 processors, imple-

menting up to 1GHz Hyper Transport Speed (System Bus) designed to

be capable of operating up to 2000MT/s with a resulting bandwidth of

up to 8 Gbytes/s and direct Memory ontroller

-4.2 System Chipsets

North Bridge K8T800Pro:

• 8-bit / 200 MHz operation with speed up to 16-bit, 1GHz operation (8

GB/s total bandwidth)

˚ AGP V3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode

South Bridge VIA VT8237

• Working with North Bridge, VIA VT8237 supporting the 8X V-Link,

LP Super I/O, P I interface, ATA133 interface, USB V2.0 interface,

Audio interface as well as Serial ATA RAID interface

-4.3 Memory

2 DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board for non-E Dual hannel DDR

400/333/266 SDRAMs:

• DIMMs to be populated in identical pairs for Dual hannel operation

• Installation of mixed volumes yet same type of DDR SDRAM mod-

ules supported .

-4.4 BIOS

Flash Memory for easy upgrade, and supporting various hardware con-

figuration during booting system (See hapter 4 BIOS Setup):

• Standard MOS Features (Times, Date, Hard Disk Type etc.)

• Advanced BIOS Features (Virus Protection, Boot Sequence etc.

• Advanced hipset Features (AT lock, DRAM Timing etc.)

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

• PNP/P I onfigurations (IRQ Settings, Latency Timers etc.)

• Integrated Peripherals (Onboard IO,IRQ, DMA Assign. etc.)

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

• Frequency/Voltage ( PU clock, Voltage of PU, DIMM, AGP etc.)

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-4.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface

AGP ontroller 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

longburst transfers up to 2GB/sec.

• AGP 8X/4X supported, AGP V3.0 compliant

-4.6 AC’97 Audio Codec on board

A ’97 Audio odec Realtek AL 850 on board

• Supporting 8-channel display of P M audio output

• 8 channel audio consists of Front-Out, Side Surround-Out, enter-

Out, Surround-Back-Out, MI -In, Line-In, and Front-MI -In for

complete surround sound effect

• SPDIF Out connector integrated in Front Panel supported by

AL 850 for digital interface format output

• A ’97 Audio Driver enclosed in Support D for user’s installation

-4.7 Advanced System Power Management

Advanced onfiguration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for

reducing power consumption :

• A PI 1.0 compliant (Advanced onfiguration and Power Interface)

• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy Power Management)

• A PI Suspend function supported

• PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Wake-up

• Real Time lock (RT ) with date alarm, month alarm, and century

field

-4.8 IEEE 394 Interface

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

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

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

• P I-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.

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-4. Hardware Monitor on board

• Hardware Monitor integrated in LP I/O W83687THF, providing moni-

toring functions on hardware voltage, temperatures and fan speeds.

• Utility Software Soltek Hardware Monitor for displaying monitor sta-

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

-4. 3 Form Factor

• ATX Power Supply

• Mainboard size: 180mm x 270mm

-4. 2 Gigabit Ethernet on board

P I local bus single-chip Gigabit Ethernet ontroller RTL8110S on

board:

• Supporting 10/100/1000Mb data transfer

• Supporting Wake On LAN function through the on-board RJ45 LAN

onnector

-4. 0 SATA / SATA RAID Interface

Serial ATA / RAID Interface supported by VT8237:

• Supporting 2 Serial ATA / SATA RAID connectors for 2 SATA Hard

Disks with 150Mb/s transfer rate

• Serial ATA RAID Drivers enclosed in Support D/Floppy Diskette for

user’s installation

• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse

• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):

-- 2 complete serial ports ( OM1 & OM2) on board.

-4.9 Multi-I/O Functions

• P I EIDE ontroller, 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 E P and enhanced mode EPP

• Floppy Drive onnector:

-- 1 FDD connector supporting 1 floppy drive for barebone system

• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:

-- USB V2.0 compliant, 480 Mb/s USB Bus, supporting Windows 98 and

later operating systems; USB drivers provided in Support D for installation

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

optional USB cables to provide 4 more USB ports

SL-B9D-FGR Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

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

For detailed installation instructions of processor, you can also refer

to the pamphlet enclosed in your PU package.

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

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

for proper installation. Improper fan and installation will damage your

PU.

3. In case PU Vcore, PU clock or Frequency Ratio is adjustable on

board, please follow the instructions described in the User Manual

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

The following topics are included in this chapter:

To Get Things Ready for Hardware Setup !