VIA Technologies KT600 User manual

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Manual Revision 1.0
June 18, 2003
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80 Port Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of some basic POST Codes possible problems and solutions. For
more detailed information about POST Codes refer to Appendix E in this manual.
POST CODE Pro blem Sol uti on
FFh or CFh 1.BIOS chip inserted
incorrectly
2. Incorrect BIOS update
version
3. Mainboard problem
4. dd-on card inserted
incorrectly.
1. Reinsert the BIOS
chip
2. Download the correct
BIOS version update
from the manufacturer's
Web site.
3. Replace mainboard
4. Remove and replace the
add-on card
C1h - C5h 1. Memory module
inserted incorrectly
2. Memory compatibility
problem
3. Memory module
damaged
1. Reinsert memory
module
2. Replace memory
with correct type
3. Replace memory
module
2Dh 1. Error occured in VG
BIOS
2. VG card inserted
incorrectly
1. Replace VG card
2. Reinsert the VG
card
26h Overclock error Clear CMOS or press the insert
key to power on the system
07h - 12h 1. Init keyboard
controller error
2. RTC error
1. Ensure that the keyboard and
mouse are connected
correctly.
2. Replace the RTC battery.
Initial Keyboard
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Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction
Package Contents ................................................ 1-1
Overview
AthlonTM Processors ............................................ 1- 2
Accelerated Graphics Port ................................... 1- 3
Ultra ATA66/100/133 ............................................ 1- 3
Hardware Monitoring ........................................... 1- 3
LAN (Optional)..................................................... 1- 3
Serial ATA ............................................................ 1- 3
IEEE 1394 (Optional) ............................................. 1- 4
Mainboard Form-Factor ....................................... 1- 5
I/O Shield Connector ............................................ 1- 6
Power-On/Off (Remote) ........................................ 1- 6
System Block Diagram .......................................... 1- 7
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 Award 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............................................ 4-24
Defaults Menu ..................................................... 4-26
Supervisor/User Password Setting ...................... 4-27
Exit Selecting ........................................................ 4-28
Section 5 Driver Installation
Easy Driver Installation ........................................ 5-1
Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide .......... 5-2
Appendi Appendi A
Realtek Media Player Users Guide ...................... A-1
Appendi B
Update Your System BIOS ................................... B-1
Appendi C
EEPROM BIOS Remover ..................................... C-1
Appendi D
GHOST 7 Quick Users Guide (Optional).............. D-1
Appendi E
POST Codes ........................................................ E-1
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Introduction
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Section 1
INTRODUCTION
Package Contents
Contents
A. Mainboard
B. Users manual
C. Floppy drive cable
D. HDD ribbon cable
E. CD and diskette (drivers and
utilities
F. I/O Shield
G. Game port cable
H. S-ATA data and power cables
Deluxe Pack Items
I. IEEE 1394 two port cable
Other Optional Items
J. Extra USB2.0 port cable
K. S/PDIF Module
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If you need the other 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
200/266/333/400MHz 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 200/266/333/400MHz 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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IEEE1394 (Optional)
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus developed by Apple that allows users to
connect up to 63 devices to the serial bus on a PC. IEEE is sometimes called the
IEEE 1394 standard, the i.Link connector, FireWire, and the High Performance Serial
Bus (HPSB .
IEEE 1394 provides transfer rates up to 400Mbits/sec. IEEE 1394 provides enhanced
PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio/video (A/V appliances, storage
peripherals, portable devices such as digital cameras, and inter-PC communications.
IEEE 1394 supports hot swapping, multiple speeds on the same bus, and isochro-
nous data transfer providing much needed bandwidth for multimedia operations.
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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
Expandable I/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 (ACP 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) Po er ON/OFF button (PW-ON)
Figure 4: Simple ATX po er ON/OFF controller
20-pin
POWER SUPPLY
COM1
Parallel Port
COM2
RJ-45 LAN
(Optional)
USB2.0
port
USB2.0
port
PS/2
Mou e
PS/2
Keyboard Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink)
Line-out/Front out (Green)
Line-in/Rear out (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/
333/400MHz ront Side Bus
- Athlon XP (1500+ to 3000+) with 266/333MHz ront Side Bus,
- Barton (2500+ to 3200+) with 333/400MHz ront Side Bus
Chipset
VIA KT600 AGPset : VIA KT600 + 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,
PME#, 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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1394 --> Onboard 1394 controller from VIA VT6307 for 2 port solution
- IEEE-1394a compliant with up to 400Mbps bandwidth
IDE --> Embedded IDE controller with 2 ordinary IDE ports up to 4 IDE
devices, supports ATA-133 with up to 133MB/sec bandwidth
2 extra IDE Port by HPT372 with Ultra DMA-133 & IDE RAID
up to 4 devices (Optional)
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 (Blue), Line-Out (Green) and Mic-In
(Pink) at rear panel
- In 6-CH mode, supports Rear speaker out (Blue), ront speaker out
(Green) 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
(Optional)
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)Onboard connector and pin-header
One floppy drive connector
Two IDE connectors
Two extra IDE connectors with RAID function (Optional)
our extra USB2.0 ports
One CD-IN and One AuX-IN connector
One S/PDI in/out connector
One IR connector
One ront Panel Audio connector
One Game port connector
Two S-ATA connectors
Two IEEE 1394 connectors
Three 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
Six 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
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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 244 mm ATX size
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Installation
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Section 3
INSTALLATION
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Installation
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Mainboard Layout
Figure 1
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