Soltek Sl-k890-754g User manual

Contents

Con en s

Chap er 1 Specifica ion ............................................. 8

1-1 K890-754G Mainboard Layou ..............................................9

1-2 Mainboard Specifica ion Table ........................................... 10

1-3 Chipse Sys em Block Diagram............................................11

1-4 Mainboard Specifica ions and Fea ures ............................ 12

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

1-4.2 Sys em Chipse s ........................................................................... 12

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

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

1-4.5 PCI Express In erface................................................................. 13

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

1-4.7 Advanced Sys em Power Managemen .................................... 13

1-4.8 SATA RAID In erface ................................................................. 13

1-4.9 Mul i-I/O Func ions .................................................................... 14

1-4.10 Gigabi E herne on board ....................................................... 14

1-4.11 Hardware Moni or in egra ed ................................................. 14

1-4.12 Form Fac or................................................................................ 14

Chap er 2 Hardware Se up ..................................... 16

2-1 CPU Ins alla ion wi h Socke 754 ....................................... 17

2-2 Memory Ins alla ion ............................................................. 18

2-2.1 To Ins all DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 18

2-2.2 DIMM Powered on ...................................................................... 18

2-3 PCI Express Slo Ins alla ion .............................................. 19

2-4 IDE Connec or Ins alla ion ................................................. 20

2-5 SATA / RAID Connec ors..................................................... 21

2-6 Floppy Drive Ins alla ion ..................................................... 22

2-7 ATX Power Supply Ins alla ion .......................................... 23

2-8 Jumper Se ing ....................................................................... 24

2-8.0 How o ackle he Jumpers: ....................................................... 25

2-8.1 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 25

2-8.2 JKB1: Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up ............................................ 26

2-8.3 LJP1: On-board LAN Con roller Selec ................................. 26

Contents

2-9 O her Connec ors Configura ion ........................................ 27

2-9.1 On-board FAN Connec ors ........................................................ 27

2-9.2 USB Por s and USB Pin-headers .............................................. 28

2-9.3 Chassis Back Panel Connec ors ................................................ 29

2-9.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard, SPDIF In/Ou connec or ....... 29

2-9.5 RJ45 Connec or ........................................................................... 30

2-9.6 CD-ROM Audio Connec ors (CD_In1).................................... 30

2-9.7 Thermal De ec ors ....................................................................... 31

2-9.8 JAUD1: Ex ernal Audio Connec or ......................................... 31

2-9.9 Complex Pin-header (Fron Panel Connec ors)..................... 32

2-9.10 Prin er Por : LPT1 .................................................................... 33

Chap er 3 Sof ware Se up ....................................... 34

3-1 To Open Up Suppor CD:..................................................... 35

3-2 VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Ins alla ion .......................................... 36

3-3 USB 2.0 Driver ins alla ion .................................................. 38

3-4 AC’97 Audio Driver Ins alla ion......................................... 40

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

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

3-5 LAN Driver Ins alla ion ....................................................... 43

3-6 Ins all Hardware Moni or U ili y ....................................... 44

3-6.1 Ins alla ion ................................................................................... 44

3-6.2 Verifica ion .................................................................................. 45

3-7 RAID Driver Ins alla ion ..................................................... 45

Chap er 4 BIOS Se up............................................. 46

4-1 Abou BIOS Se up ................................................................. 47

4-2 To Run BIOS Se up ............................................................... 47

4-3 Abou CMOS .......................................................................... 47

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Tes ) ....................................... 47

4-5 To Upda e BIOS ..................................................................... 48

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Se up U ili y................................ 51

4-6.1 CMOS Se up U ili y .................................................................... 51

4-6.2 S andard CMOS Se up ............................................................... 53

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Fea ures ........................................................... 56

4-6.4 Advanced Chipse Fea ures ....................................................... 59

4-6.5 In egra ed Peripherals................................................................ 61

4-6.5.1. VIA OnChip IDE Device .......................................................... 61

Contents

4-6.5.2. VIA OnChip PCI Device: ......................................................... 63

4-6.5.3. Super IO Device:....................................................................... 63

4-6.6 Power Managemen Se up ......................................................... 64

4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configura ion ............................................................ 67

4-6.8 Smar Doc An i-Burn Shield....................................................... 69

4-6.9 CPU Ra io/Vol age Con rol........................................................ 70

4-6.10 Load Op imized Defaul s ......................................................... 71

4-6.11 Se Supervisor / User Password .............................................. 71

4-6.12 Save & Exi Se up...................................................................... 72

4-6.13 Exi Wi hou Saving .................................................................. 72

Chap er 5 VT8237R SATA RAID........................... 74

5-0 Abou Disk Array................................................................... 75

5-0-1 Disk Array In erpre a ion.......................................................... 75

5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 75

5-0-3 Disk Array Types Suppor ed by VT8237R ............................. 75

5-1 Firs S ep o Se Up SATA RAID Sys em .......................... 76

5-2 Enable SATA-RAID In erface wi h Sys em BIOS ........... 77

5-3 To En er VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Se up .............................. 78

5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Se up o Crea e Disk Array ....... 79

5-5 Using VIA RAID BIOS Se up o change Array mode ..... 83

5-6 To Ins all SATA RAID Driver.............................................. 85

5-6-1 To Ins all SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP ............ 85

5-6-2 To Ins all SATA RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/ME .......... 86

Contents

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SL-K890-754G

Topics included in this chapter are:

1-1 Mainboard Layout

1-2 Specification Table

1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram

1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features

Introduction

Chap er 1 Specifica ion

** If any difference is found between this manual and the Main-

board you are using, please look up the ERRATA/U DATE 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 processors

AMD Athlon 64 754 and the North Bridge VIA K8T890 plus South Bridge

VT8237R, with which the whole system performance supports

HyperTransport Bus up to 800MHz.

VIA K8T890 supports on-board AMD processor to implement

HyperTransport link running at up to 8GB/s and provides the P I Ex-

press interface up to x16 for various P I Express cards (including the

P I Express-x16 Graphics card).

South Bridge VIA VT8237R supports the LP Super I/O, P I inter-

face (including 8-channel A ’97 Audio interface, and LAN interface),

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 performance integration.

Chapter 1 Specification

8110SB

RTL

BIOS

AL 850

Battery

+12V Power

NJ1

HDD IR PWR

SPK RST + -

PLED

LED

IDE1

P I1

DDR 400/333MHz

PW1

D-IN1

FAN1

PW2

Main Power

ATA2

FDD1

USB3

LPT1

PS/2 Mouse

Line in

(on top)

Line Out / Front

Side Speaker Out

RJ45

SPDIF

Out

SPDIF

Line In

(on top)

enter / Subwoofer Out

Rear

PS/2 KB

OM1

P IE2

(on top)

Speaker

USB Port

Mic In

Speaker Out

P IE1

JBAT1

P IE3

P IE4

P I2

IDE2

DIMM1

USB2

850

IT8705

ITE

ATA1

JAUD1

FAN3

FAN2

JKB1

VIA

K8T890

VIA

VT8237R

LJP1

DIMM2

LED2

RT3

Socket 754

FAN4

1-1 K890-754G Mainboard Layout

SL-K890-754G

1-2 Mainboard Specification Table

K890-754G Specifications and Features

VIA VT8237R

Supported by Athlon 64 PU for DDR 400/333

SDRAM, up to 2GB in 2 DIMM slots

ITE IT8705F

1 P I Express-x16 slot; 3 P I Express-x1 slots

A ’97 Audio 2.3 compliant, 8-channel audio;

1xS/PDIF-in and 1xS/PDIF-out;

2 ATA 133/100/66 IDE onnector

2 P I Master slots on board

8 USB V2.0, 1 FDD port, 1 OM port, 1 LPT,1

IrDA, 1 PS/2 K/B, 1 PS/2 Mouse, 1 SPDIF-in, 1

SPDIF-out

PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse Wake up;

Not integrated on board

North Bridge

South Bridge

Memory

I/O hip

P I Express

Audio

IDE Interface

VGA

P I Slots

I/O onnectors

Other ommon

Feature

Serial ATA RAID

Interface

RTL8110SB Gigabit Ethernet ontrollerNetwork

2 SATA / SATA RAID connectors supported by

VT8237R

Socket 754 for AMD Athlon 64 PUs

VIA K8T890, supporting up to 800MHz Hyper

Transport

Chapter 1 Specification

1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram

Socket 754 + VIA K8T890 + VIA VT8237R Diagram

Socket 754

AMD Athlon 64

System

Memory

DDR 400/333

SDRAM

CI Bus

AC’97 2.3

ATA 133/100/66

4 IDE

Devices

USB Bus V2.0

8 USB

Ports

2 P I Slots

Audio odec

(8-channel)

FDD

Serial Port

Printer Port

H/Monitor

BIOS

L C I/O

IT8705F

North Bridge

VT8237R

VIA K8T890

South Bridge

8x V-Link

533MB/Sec

RJ45

RTL8110SB

Keyboard & Mouse

2 SATA ports Serial ATA RAID

Gigabit

Ethernet

HyperTransport Link

(Graphics)

CI E-x16

CI E-x1

3 P I Express-x1

cards

1 P I Express-x16

card

(including LAN)

S/PDIF-in

S/PDIF-out

SL-K890-754G

1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features

1-4.1 C U Socket

PU 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 2000MT/s with a resulting bandwidth

of up to 8 Gbytes/s and integrated Memory ontroller which supports

DDR 400/333MHz SDRAM.

1-4.2 System Chipsets

North Bridge K8T890:

• 8-bit / 200 MHz operation with speed up to 16-bit, 800MHz operation

(8 GB/s total bandwidth)

• supporting P I Express up to x16 interface for P I Express device

card

South Bridge VIA VT8237R

• Working with North Bridge, VIA VT8237R supporting the 8X V-Link,

LP Super I/O, P I interface (including 8-channel Audio interface,

and LAN interface), ATA133 interface, as well as USB V2.0 interface

1-4.3 Memory

2DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board for non-E DDR 400/333

SDRAMs:

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

ules supported .

1-4.4 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.)

Chapter 1 Specification

1-4.6 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, Surround-Out, enter-Out,

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

surround sound effect

• SPDIF In/Out connector integrated in Back Panel supported by

AL 850 for digital format input/output.

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

installation.

1-4.7 Advanced System ower 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

1-4.5 CI Express Interface

1P I Express-x16 slot integrated, supporting:

• a raw bit-rate of 2.5 Gb.s on the data pins, resulting in a real band-

width per pair of 250MB/s.

• Enhanced Addressing Machanism

• P IE Graphics / LAN card etc. (not supporting AGP card)

3 P I Express-x1 slots integrated supporting P IE LAN card etc.

1-4.8 SATA RAID Interface

Serial ATA RAID Interface supported by VT8237R:

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

150Mb/s transfer rate

• VT8237R Serial ATA RAID Drivers enclosed in Support D for user’s

installation

• Supporting RAID 0 and 1 configuration

SL-K890-754G

1-4.11 Hardware Monitor integrated

• Hardware Monitor integrated, providing monitoring functions on hard-

ware voltage, temperatures and fan speeds.

• Utility Software Soltek Hardware Monitor for displaying monitor sta-

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

1-4.12 Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor, ATX Power Supply

• Mainboard size: 305mm x 245mm

• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse

• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):

-- 1 serial port ( OM1) on board.

1-4.9 Multi-I/O Functions

• IDE 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 2 floppy drives with drive swap support

• 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

1-4.10 Gigabit Ethernet on board

Gigabit Ethernet ontroller RTL8110SB on board:

• Supporting 10/100/1000Mb data transfer

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

onnector

Chapter 1 Specification

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Chap er 2 Hardware Se up

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 !