EPOX EP-8RDA User Manual

An amd socket a processor based agp (8x) mainboard (200/266/333mhz)

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October 28, 2002

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Page 1 User’ User’ s s s s s User’ User’ User’ Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual An AMD Soc AMD Soc AMD Soc AMD Sock k k k k et et et et et A Pr A Pr A Processor based A Pr ocessor based ocessor based...
Page 2 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
Page 3 POST Port Frequently Asked Questions P O ST C O D E P r o bl e m So l uti o n FFh o r CFh 1 .B IO S c hip inse rte d 1 . Re inse rt the B IO S inc o rre c tly c hip 2 .
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Overview Section 2 Features Section 3 Installatio Easy Installation Procedure...
Page 5 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup Section 5 Driver Installation Appendix Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D...
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Page 7 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Package Contents Contents Optional Item USER’S MANUAL Page 1-1...
Page 8: Introduction
Introduction AMD Duron & Athlon Processors !" !" !" !" !" !" !" !" Page 1-2...
Page 9 Introduction Chipset Overview ® ® Page 1-3...
Page 10 Introduction Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.) 1.5 volt AGP Card supports only Ultra ATA/66/100/133 Hardware Monitoring Page 1-4...
Page 11 Introduction IEEE1394 (Optional) Page 1-5...
Page 12 Introduction Mainboard Form-Factor Expandable I/O AT X Single chassis fan Power Supply for system PCI slots AGP slot ATX power connector 5 1/4" Floppy / IDE 3 1/2" connectors Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1-6...
Page 13 Introduction I/O Shield Connector RJ45 LAN Parallel Port (Optional) Mic-in (pink) PS/2 Mouse Line-in (Blue) Line-out (Green) PS/2 Keyboard COM2 COM1 USB2.0 ports USB2.0 Ports Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) Remote On/Off ® Note: For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is strongly recommend to use ATX power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>=) 1A (1000mA).
Page 14 Introduction System Block Diagram Model: Model: 8RDA+ Model: Model: Socket 462 for K7 Dual DDR Architecture DIMM#2 AGP-8x CR18D DIMM#3 DIMM#1 SPDIF-Out ATA-133 IDE x 2 AC-Link CD-In Aux-In Front R/L or Lin-out ALC-650E Rear R/L or Line-In Cntr/ Sub-woofer or Mic-In#1 Mic #2 BIOS USB20 x 6...
Page 15: Features
.A=JKHAI Section 2 FEATURES Mainboard Features Processor Chipset Main Memory BIOS Page 2-1...
Page 16 .A=JKHAI Onboard PCI Decices Legacy IO Controller Audio Peripheral Interfaces Page 2-2...
Page 17 .A=JKHAI Front Panel Controller Expansion Slots Other Features Form Factor Page 2-3...
Page 18 .A=JKHAI Page Left Blank Page 2-4...
Page 19: Installation
Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3-1...
Page 20 Installation Mainboard Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2...
Page 21: Easy Installation Procedure
Installation Easy Installation Procedure 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory Configuration 3-4. Device Connectors 3-5. STR Function 3-6. CPU Overheating Protection Section 3-1 CPU Installation Step 1 Figure 2 Step 2 Figure 3 Page 3-3...
Page 22 Installation Step 3 Figure 4 Step 4 Figure 5 Page 3-4...
Page 23 Installation Section 3-2 Jumper Settings JCMOS JCLK ) t l Page 3-5...
Page 24 Installation Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout <Figure 6> DDR DIMM 2 Bank 1 DDR DIMM 3 Synchronous DRAM Bank 0 DDR DIMM 1 <Table 1> 1 DIMM (64-bit) 2 DIMMs (128-bit) 3 DIMMs (128-bit) DIMM#1 SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS DIMM#2 SS/DS...
Page 25 Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 - DIMM notch Figure 8 - DIMM module clips before installation Figure 9 - DIMM module clip after installation Page 3-7...
Page 26 Installation Section 3-4 Device Connectors RJ45 LAN Parallel Port (Optional) Mic-in (Pink) PS/2 Mouse Line-in (Blue) Line-out (Green) PS/2 Keyboard COM2 COM1 USB2.0 ports USB2.0 Ports Figure 10 - I/O Ports FAN2 FAN1 FAN1 / FAN2 / FAN3: FAN3: FAN1: FAN2: Chassis Fan CPU Fan...
Page 27 Installation IDE1: IDE2: FDD1: JATXPWR1: JATXPWR1 GAME1: GAME1 CD_IN: CD_IN_Right CD_Reference CD_IN_Left AUX_IN: AUX_IN AUX_IN_Right CD_IN AUX_IN_Left Page 3-9...
Page 28 Installation AUD2 Settings Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Short (default): Only the Onboard Rear Audio Speaker can be used. Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Open: Only Front Panel Audio Speaker can be used. In 2-Channel audio mode, Mic-In is shared for both front panel and rear panel. In 6-Channel audio mode, the Mic-In is dedicated for front panel used, and rear panel Mic-In function will switch to Center and subwoofer support.
Page 29 Installation USB3: CAUTION ! Please make sure the USB cable has the same pin assignment. The different pin assignment may be caused damage of system. If you need the USB cable, please contact our retailer. 1394-1 / 1394-2: 1394-1 1394-2 Page 3-11...
Page 30 Installation " " " " " Power On/Off " " " " " Turbo LED indicator " " " " " IDE LED indicator " " " " " IR Connector " " " " " Power LED " " " " " Speaker "...
Page 31 Installation LED1: Page 3-13...
Page 32 Installation 3-5 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ® Page 3-14...
Page 33 Installation 3-6 CPU Overheating Protection Step1 Step2 Note: The CPU Overheating Protection will function only when CPU has thermal diode design. Page 3-15...
Page 34 Installation Page Left Blank Page 3-16...
Page 35 BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Figure 1: CMOS Setup Utility...
Page 36 BIOS 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup...
Page 37 BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup...
Page 38 BIOS...
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Page 41 BIOS 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup...
Page 42 BIOS...
Page 43 BIOS Frame Buffer Size...
Page 44 BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals...
Page 45 BIOS...
Page 46 BIOS...
Page 47 BIOS [Auto]...
Page 48 BIOS...
Page 49 BIOS...
Page 50 BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Figure 6: Power Management...
Page 51 BIOS...
Page 52 BIOS 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration Figure 7: PNP/PCI Configuration Setup...
Page 53 BIOS IMPORTANT! If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support “Shared IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ assignments. Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.
Page 54 BIOS 4-7 PC Health Status C/91 C/138 0 RPM 0 RPM 0 RPM 1.50V 1.75V 2.50V 4.97V 12.12V -12.28V -5.09V 3.48V 4.89V Figure 8: PC Health Status...
Page 55 BIOS...
Page 56 BIOS 4-8 Power BIOS Features Figure 9: Frequency/Voltage Control...
Page 57 BIOS 4-9 Defaults Menu...
Page 58 BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting...
Page 59 BIOS 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ...
Page 60 BIOS Page Left Blank...
Page 61 Drivers Installation Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation nVIDIA nForce Series nVIDIA Windows XP/2000/9X nForce Drivers NVIDIA USB2.0 Driver (Readme) ACROBAT READER CD EXPLORER EXIT Insert the bundled CD-disk. Click to install nForce driver. Click to refer to installation introduction to install USB driver.
Page 62 Drivers Installation nFor orce ce A A A A A udio Contr udio Contr udio Contr udio Contr udio Control P ol P ol P ol Panel User’ ol P anel User’ anel User’ anel User’ anel User’s Guide s Guide s Guide s Guide s Guide...
Page 63 Drivers Installation The controls on this panel setup the output formats of the audio device. There is also a speaker setup wizard to aid in this task. These controls specify the speaker configuration . To increase the amount of resources available for audio effects, select configuration with fewer speaker.
Page 64 Drivers Installation In six speaker mode, enabling this option will create center channel content from a stereo or mono sample, Stereo content provides left and right channels, and mono only provide one channel for all speaker. Enable this option if you find that your rear speaker are playing sounds in mono or sound tinny.
Page 65 Drivers Installation ! ! ! ! ! The controls on this panel provide the ability to customize the listening environment by adding and removing standard effect, changing the routing of the audio signal through the effects, and Adjusting the relative volume levels between the effects.
Page 66 Drivers Installation The controls on this panel provide the ability to quickly launch audio related applications and shortcuts to other file types. This panel provide detailed information about your audio device. This control shows balloon help for all controls in the control panel. This control enables advanced information to be show about the audio device.
Page 67 Appendix Appendix A A-1 Update Your System BIOS XXXX XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin...
Page 68 Appendix XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin F10 : Exit F1 : Reset...
Page 69 Appendix Appendix B B-1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip, unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool. The BIOS socket may be damaged if using an improper method to replace the BIOS chip.
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Page 71 Appendix Appendix C C-1 GHOST 7 Quick User’s Guide (Optional) Ghost7 Ghost.exe Main Menu Description of Menu Ghost Disk Partition. Disk Partition Check...
Page 72 Appendix Disk There are 3 hard disk functions: Important! Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning) Source drive Destination drive...
Page 73 Appendix Disk To Image (Disk Backup)
Page 74 Appendix Disk From Image(Restore Backup)
Page 75 Appendix Destination drive...
Page 76 Appendix Partition 1. Partition To Partition 2. Partition To Image 3. Partition From Image Partition To Partition (Partition Cloning) Partition To Image (Partition Backup)
Page 77 Appendix...
Page 78 Appendix Partition From Image (Restore Partition)
Page 79 Appendix Check...
Page 80 Appendix How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes This chapter guides you how to setup your computer properly and, if necessary, reinstall Windows Ghost Recover Floppy Recover CD Emergency Recover Floppy Windows Office Windows, Ghost Original.gho !" !" !" !" Windows Autoexec.
Page 81 Appendix Autoexec.bat B a c k u p B a c k u p B a c k u p B a c k u p B a c k u p Restore Restore Restore Restore Restore [General Windows] [Windows and Application Programs].
Page 82 Appendix Recover CD [Introducing Ghosts Functions] C-12...
Page 83 Appendix Appendix D D-1 POST CODES (Optional) POST (hex) DESCRIPTION...
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