VIA Technologies KT400A User manual

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Manual Revision 1.1
October 09, 2003
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Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction
Package Contents ................................................1-1
Overview
AthlonTM Processors............................................1-2
Accelerated Graphics Port ................................... 1-3
UltraATA66/100/133 ............................................1-3
Hardware Monitoring ...........................................1-3
LAN(Optional)..................................................... 1-3
Serial ATA ............................................................ 1-3
Mainboard Form-Factor .......................................1-4
I/O Shield Connector ............................................1-5
Power-On/Off(Remote) ........................................ 1-5
SystemBlockDiagram.......................................... 1-6
Section 2 Features
Mainboard Features ............................................. 2-1
Section 3 Installation
Mainboard Layout ............................................... 3-2
Easy Installation Procedure
CPU Insertion ......................................................3-3
Jumper Settings ................................................... 3-5
System Memory Configuration ............................3-6
Expansion Slots .................................................... 3-8
Device Connectors...............................................3-10
STR (Suspend To RAM) Function.......................3-16
CPU Overheating Protection ................................3-17
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Section 4 BIOS Setup
Main Menu...........................................................4-1
Standard CMOS Setup .........................................4-2
Advanced BIOS Features..................................... 4-3
Advanced Chipset Features ................................4-7
Integrated Peripherals ..........................................4-12
Power Management Setup ...................................4-17
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .............................. 4-21
PC Health Status ..................................................4-23
Power BIOS Features............................................ 4-25
Defaults Menu .....................................................4-27
Supervisor/User Password Setting ...................... 4-28
ExitSelecting ........................................................ 4-29
Section 5 S-ATA RAID Configuration
Introduction .........................................................5-1
Key Features ........................................................5-3
BIOS Configuration Utility ...................................5-4
Section 6 Driver Installation
Easy Driver Installation ........................................6-1
Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide ..........6-2
Appendix Appendix A
Realtek Media Player User’s Guide ...................... A-1
Appendix B
Update Your System BIOS ................................... B-1
Appendix C
EEPROM BIOSRemover ..................................... C-1

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INTRODUCTION
Package Contents
Contents
A.Mainboard
B. User’s manual
C. Floppy drive cable
D. HDD ribbon cable
E. CD (drivers and utilities)
F. I/O Shield
Optional Items
G. Game port cable
H. S-ATA data and power cables
I. Extra USB2.0 port cable
J. S/PDIF Module
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If you need the optional item, please
contact your dealer for assistance.

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AthlonTM Processors
The AMD AthlonTM is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated
L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a
large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. These
processors implement advanced design techniques such as:
 Socket A (PGA 462)
200/266/333MHz system interface based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol.
 Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.
 Three out-of-order, superscaler, pipelined Integer Units.
 Fixed-sized internal instruction formats (MacroOPs).
 72-entry Instruction Control Units.
 AMD enhanced 3DNow!™ technology
 L1 and L2 caches.
 Dynamic branch prediction.
Socket A is the name for AMD’s new socketed interface designed to support AMD
AthlonTM processors. This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache
memory on chip with the processor. Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures,
and ultimately result in a wider variety of solutions in the market.
The AthlonTM processors in the Socket A format continue to deliver the ultimate
performance for cutting-edge applications. They bring to desktop systems running
industry-standard x86 software superscalar RISC performance. Being provided in
the Socket A format they are the world’s most powerful x86 processors. They easily
deliver the highest integer, floating-point, and 3D multimedia performance for
applications running on x86 platforms around.
It features full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 200/266/333MHz front side system
bus, and enhanced 3DNow!™ technology. The AMD AthlonTM processor is
targeted at the performance segment, and as such will have more cache memory and
higher clock speeds.

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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The AGP slot on the board is compliant with the new AGP 3.0 specification. This
new specification enhances the functionality of the original AGP specification by
allowing 8X data transfers ( 8 data samples per clock) resulting in maximum band-
width of 2.1GB/s. In addition, it defines 1.5 volt power supply operation. Complying
with this specification, this board supports external AGP-8X/4X cards with Fast
Write Transactions. Only 1.5V AGP cards are supported.
Ultra ATA/66/100/133
This mainboard provides two independent ATA133 IDE controllers, supporting
standard programmable input/output (PIO) and Direct Memory Access (DMA)
mode operations, as well as UltraDMA-133/100/66/33 standards for a maximum data
transfer rate of 133MB/sec per channel.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation
and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs.
LAN (Optional)
This mainboard is optionally mounted with a LAN chipset. It allows the mainboard to
connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.
Serial ATA
The evolutionary serial ATA interface replaces the standard parallel ATA physical
storage interface. The serial ATA specification provides scalability and allows
future enhancements to the computing platform. Serial technology overcomes
performance limits of parallel interface architecture, meeting the escalating need for
faster data throughput in servers and storage devices.
Serial ATA is completely software compatible with parallel ATA, requiring no
modification to your operating system. The serial ATA interface cable requires lower
voltages and uses smaller cable connectors, providing ease of installation. You can
easily upgrade storage devices that are compatible with the serial ATA interface
specification.

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Mainboard Form-Factor
This board is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard for
chassis design. The ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated
90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for
the power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the
expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards. ATX defines a
double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a
wide range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is defined,
allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV output,
joystick, modem, LAN, audio, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integrators
differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs.
• By integrating more I/O down onto the board and better positioning the hard
drive and floppy connectors, material cost of cables and add-in cards are
reduced.
• By reducing the number of cables and components in the system, manufac-
turing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will
increase.
• By using an optimized power supply, it's possible to reduce cooling costs
and lower acoustical noise. An ATX power supply, which has a side-
mounted fan, allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards making
a secondary fan or active heatsink unnecessary in most system applications.
PCI slots
ExpandableI/O
Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features
CPU socket
Single chassis
fan for system
ATX
Power
Supply ATX power connector
IDE connectors
AGP slot
3 1/2-inch
Bay
5 1/4-inch
Bay
Floppy
connector

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Power-On/Off (Remote)
This board has a 20-pin ATX power supply connector (Figure 4). For power
supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected to the
mainboard front panel PW_ON connector for the computer power On/Off button.
This board has been designed with “Soft Off" function. You can turn off the system
in two ways: by pressing the front panel power On/Off button or using the "Soft
Off" function that can be controlled by an operating system such as Windows®XP/
ME/2000/98.
Note: For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is
strongly recommended to use power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>
=) 2A. Please check the 5VSB’s specification printed on the power supply’s
outer case.
Note: The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate. Your
system configuration (amount of memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may
exceed this minimum power requirement. To ensure that adequate power is
provided, use a 300 Watt (or higher) power supply.
I/O Shield Connector
The board is equipped with an I/O back panel (Figure 3). Ensure that your computer
case has the appropriate I/O cutout.
Figure 3: I/O ports
PW-ON
Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button (PW-ON)
Figure 4: Simple ATX power ON/OFF controller
20-pin POWER SUPPLY
COM1
Parallel Port
COM2
RJ-45 LAN
(Optional)
USB2.0
ports USB2.0 ports
PS/2
Mouse
PS/2
Keyboard Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink)
Line-out/Front out (Lime)
Line-in/Rear out (Light blue)

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram
System Block Diagram

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Section 2
FEATURES
Mainboard Features
Processor
Supports 462-pin Socket A for AMD Athlon XP processors with 200/266/
333MHz ront Side Bus
- Athlon XP (1500+ to 2700+) with 266/333MHz ront Side Bus,
- Barton (2500+ to 3000+) with 333MHz ront Side Bus
Chipset
VIA KT400A AGPset : VIA KT400A + VT8237
Main Memory
Three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for 64-bit, Unbuffered, Single/Double-
side and Non-ECC DDR-266/333/400 DIMMs
Supports up to 3GB memory size
BIOS
lash EEPROM with Award BIOS
- ACPI v2.0 compliant
- S3 (Suspend to DRAM) sleep-state support
- SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) v2.2 compliant
- Supports Power failure recovery
- Able to wake the computer from specific states by LAN, Power switch,
RTC alarm, USB, PS2 KB&Mouse, Modem ring on COM#1
Onboard PCI Devices
LAN --> Embedded 10/100Mbps ast Ethernet controller with onboard
VIA 6103 PHY
(Optional)

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IDE --> Embedded IDE controller with 2 ordinary IDE ports up to 4 IDE
devices, supports ATA-133 with up to 133MB/sec bandwidth
Legacy IO Controller
Winbond W83697H LPC IO controller for floppy, printer, serial and CIR/
SIR interface
udio
Six channel audio with analog and digital output using Realtek ALC655
AC97 CODEC
- AC97 v2.3 compliant
- In 2-CH mode, supports Line-In (Light blue), Line-Out (Lime) and Mic-In
(Pink) at rear panel
- In 6-CH mode, supports Rear speaker out (Light blue), ront speaker out
(Lime) and Center&Subwoofer speaker out (Pink) at rear panel
- Supports CD-In, Aux-In and S/PDI -in/out interface
- Supports Line-out and Mic-In for front panel
- Supports automatic jack-sensing
Peripheral Interfaces
)At Rear Panel
PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
One Parallel (printer) port
Two Serial port
One RJ45 LAN connector (Optional)
our USB2.0 ports
Three Audio jacks
)Onboard connector and pin-header
One floppy drive connector
Two IDE connectors
our extra USB2.0 ports
One CD-IN and One AUX-IN connector

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One S/PDI in/out connector
One IR connector
One ront Panel Audio connector
One Game port connector
Two S-ATA connectors
Two an connectors
Front Panel Controller
Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches
Supports HDD & Power LEDs
Supports PC speaker
Expansion Slots
One AGP slot supporting 1.5v 4X/8X AGP cards
- AGP v3.0 compliant
ive PCI slots with Bus Master support
- PCI v2.2 compliant
Other Features
Magic Health  a BIOS H/W monitoring utility for voltage, temperature and
fan-speed sensing displayed during POST
EZ Boot  A simple shortcut to select the boot device, e.g. hard drive, CD-
ROM or floppy without entering CMOS setup
Supports exclusive KBPO (Keyboard Power On) function
Excellent Over clocking capabilities through
- subtle voltage tuning for CPU, Memory
- subtle frequency tuning on SB
- supports complete Asynchronous SB/Memory for overclocking
CPU Overheating Protection
Form Factor
305mm x 210 mm ATX size

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Installation
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Section 3
INSTALLATION

Installation
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Mainboard Layout
Figure 1

Installation
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Easy Installation Procedure
The following must be completed before powering on your new system:
3-1. CPU Installation
3-2. Jumper Settings
3-3. System Memory Configuration
3-4. Expansion Slots
3-5. Device Connectors
3-1 CPU Installation
CPU Insertion: (use AMD AthlonTM as reference)
Step 1
Open the socket by raising the actuation
lever.
Step 2
Insert the processor.
Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning
the FC-PGA corner marking with the
socket corner closest to the actuation arm
tip. The pin field is keyed to prevent mis-
oriented insertion.
Don’t force processor into socket. If it does
not go in easily, check for mis-orientation
and debris.
Make sure the processor is fully inserted
into the socket on all sides.
Figure 2
Figure 3

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Step 3
Close the socket by lowering and
locking the actuation lever.
Figure 4
Figure 5
Step 4
Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to
avoid CPU overheat damage. For more information about installing your CPU,
please refer to the AMD website article “Socket A AMD processor and Heatsink
Installation Guide” http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/23986.pdf.

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3-2 Jumper Settings
1
JCMOS:
Settings:
1-2: Normal (Default)
2-3: Clear CMOS
Clear CMOS data Jumper
If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or
you forgot the supervisor or user
password, clear the CMOS data to
reconfigure the system back to the
default values stored in the ROM BIOS.
To CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below.
1. Turn off the system.
2. Change the jumper from “1-2” to “2-3” position for
a few seconds.
3. Replace the jumper on to the “1-2” position.
4. Turn on the system and hold down the <Del> key
to enter BIOS setup.

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NOTES:
• For DDR400, only up to two slots are guaranteed. Stability and
performance with three slots are not guaranteed.
• When FSB is 200MHz, only DDR266/333 is supported.
• When FSB is 266/333MHz, DDR266/333/400 are supported.
•Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds
(overclocking) may severely compromise the integrity of the
system.
<Figure 6>
<Table 1>
3-3 System Memory Configuration
Memory Layout
The mainboard accommodates three PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 184-pin DIMMs (Dual
In-line Memory Modules):
• Supports up to 3.0GB of 266/333MHz DDR SDRAM
• Supports up to 2.0GB of 400MHz DDR SDRAM (see note below)
• Supports unbuffered and non-ECC DIMMs
• Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification
Figure 6 and Table 1 show two possible memory configurations.
DDR DIMM 1
DDR DIMM 2
DDR DIMM 3
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