Biostar A57A manual

A57A Setup Ma nua l F C C Inf or ma t i on a nd C o pyr i ght Th is equ ip m en t h as been tes ted and foun d to comp ly with th e limits of a Clas s B digit al de vi ce, pursuant to Pa rt 15 of the FCC R ules. These lim it s are de s i gned to provide rea s onable protec tion again st h ar mfu l interference in a r esid ential instal la tion. Thi[...]

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A57A 1 CH A PT ER 1 : I N T RO DUCT ION 1.1 B EFO RE Y OU S TA RT T hank yo u fo r cho os ing our p rod uc t. Befo re you s tart ins tal li ng the m o the rb oa rd , p leas e m ak e s ure yo u f ollo w the ins tru ct io ns b elo w :  Prepare a dry an d stable worki ng en vironment with su ff i ci en t li gh ti ng.  A l way s di scon n e ct t [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 2 1.3 M OTH E RB OAR D F EAT U RES SPEC CP U Soc ke t FM 1 AM D A-Ser ie s / E 2-Se r ie s proc e s sors AM D 64 A r ch i t e ctur e ena b les 32 a nd 64 b i t co mpu t i n g C h i p s e t AM D A55 Supe r I /O I TE 8728 Pro v ides t he mo s t co m mon ly us ed l eg ac y Super I / O funct i o nali t y Low Pi n Co unt I nte rfa[...]

A57A 3 SPEC USB2.0 Connector x 2 Eac h conn ec t or s uppo rts 2 front pane l USB2.0 port s Pr i n ter P o rt C onnecto r x 1 Each c o nne cto r sup port s 1 P ri n te r po rt Powe r Co nn ec t or (24-P i n ) x 1 Co nnects to P o w er s upp ly Powe r Co nn ec t or (4-P i n ) x 1 Co nnects to P o w er s upp ly Ba c k P a n el I/O PS /2 Ke yb o ar d [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 4 1.5 M OTHE RB OAR D L AYO U T A TXPWR2 AUDIO1 RJ 45 USB 1 KBMS1 COM 1 USB2 USB1 PC I 2 PC I 3 PC I 1 P E X 16_1 PE X1 _1 PE X1 _2 DD R 3_A 1 DD R 3_B 1 CPU_ FA N1 A TXPWR1 F_ U SB1 F_ U SB2 J_ P RI NT 1 F _ A UDI O1 J SPDIFOU T 1 JC MO S1 BIOS LAN Supe r I/ O Co d e c PA N E L1 SYS_ F A N 1 SA TA2 SA TA1 SA T A4 SA T A3 SA [...]

A57A 5 CH A PT ER 2 : HA RDW ARE I NST A LLA T ION 2. 1 I NST AL LING C ENT RA L P ROC E SSI NG U NIT (CPU) Step 1: Pul l t h e l e v er t ow ard dir ection A f r om t he socket a n d the n raise t h e le v er u p t o a 90-degr ee an gle. Step 2: Look f or t h e w h ite t r i an g le o n sock et, an d th e gold t ria n gle o n CP U s h o uld poi n [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 6 Step 3: H ol d th e CPU d ow n fi rm l y , an d th e n cl ose th e lev er to wa rd d i rec t B to c om pl ete th e in sta l l ati o n . Step 4: P u t th e C PU Fan o n th e CPU an d b u ckl e i t. C onn ec t th e C P U F A N pow er c abl e t o t h e CP U _F A N1. Th is co m plet es the in sta l l ati on .[...]

A57A 7 2. 2 F AN H EAD ER S Th es e f an h eaders support cooli n g- fa n s b uil t i n t h e co mp u t er . Th e f an cable a n d co nn ect or may be diff eren t accor di n g t o t h e f an ma nu f act u r er . Co nn ec t t h e fan c able t o t h e c onn ect or wh i le m at c h i n g t h e black wir e to pi n #1. CPU_F A N1: CPU F an H eader Pin A[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 8 2. 3 I NST ALL ING S YS TEM M EM O RY A. DDR3 Modules DD R 3_ A1 DD R 3_ B1 1. Unl ock a D I MM slot by p r essin g the r et ai n i ng clips o u t w ard. Al ign a D IMM o n th e sl o t su c h th at th e n o tc h o n th e D IMM m a tch e s th e break on t h e S lot. 2. I n ser t th e DI MM v er t i cally and f i r m ly i n t[...]

A57A 9 B. Mem o ry C apacit y DIMM Socke t Location DDR3 Module To ta l M e m o ry Size DDR3_A 1 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB DDR3_B1 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB Max is 16GB. C. Du al Channel Mem o ry in st allatio n Please refer to the following requirem ents to activate Dual Channel function: I nstall m e m ory m odule of the sa m e density in pairs, shown in[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 10 2. 4 C O NNECT O R S AND S LO TS SA T A 1~S A T A 6: Serial A T A Connector s T he m otherboard has a PCI to S A TA Controller with 6 channels SA TA interface, it satisfies the SA TA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s. Pin A ssign m ent 1 Ground 2 TX + 3 TX - 4 Ground 5 RX - 6 RX + 14 7 SAT A2 4 6 1 3 5 SA T A S AT[...]

A57A 11 AT XP W R1 : AT X P o w e r S o ur c e C o n n e c t o r T his connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the A T X power supply . 1 12 13 24 P in A ssignm ent P in A ssi gnm ent 13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V 14 -12V 2 +3.3V 15 Ground 3 Ground 16 P S_ON 4 +5V 17 Ground 5 Ground 18 Ground 6 +5V 19 Ground 7 Ground 20 N C 8 P W_OK 21 +5V 9 [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 12 P EX 16_1: PCI -Expr es s Gen2 x16 Slot - PCI -E x press 2.0 co m pliant. - Max i mu m theoretical reali z ed bandwidth of 8GB/s si multaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 16GB/s totally . - PCI -E xpress Gen2 supports a raw bit-rate of 5.0Gb/s on the data pins. - 2X bandwidth over the PC I -E x press 1.1 architect[...]

A57A 13 C H A P T ER 3: HEA DER S & J UM P ERS SE T U P 3.1 H OW TO S ET U P J UMP ERS T h e il lu stra ti o n s h ows h ow to se t u p j u m pe rs. W h e n th e jum pe r ca p i s placed o n pi n s, t h e j umper is “c l ose” , i f n ot , t h at mea n s t h e j umper is “open ” . Pin ope n ed Pin closed Pin 1- 2 closed 3.2 D ETA IL S E [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 14 JCM OS1: Clear C MO S Header Placing the jum per on pin2-3 allows user to restore the B I OS safe setting and the CMOS data. Please carefully follow the procedures to avoid dam aging the m otherboard. 13 P in 1-2 C l o s e : N ormal Operation (default ). 1 3 13 P in 2-3 C l o s e : Cl ear CM OS dat a. ※ Clea r CM OS P r [...]

A57A 15 F _A U DIO1: Fron t P an e l A udio Header T his header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel. T his header supports HD and A C’97 audio front panel connector . H D A udio A C’ 97 P in A ssignm ent P in A ssi gnm ent 1 M ic Lef t in 1 M ic I n 2 Ground 2 Ground 3 M ic R ight i n 3 M ic P o w er 4 GP[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 16 J_P R I NT1: P r int e r Port Connector T his header allows you to connector printer on the PC. 1 2 25 26 P in A ssignm ent P in A ssi gnm ent 1 -St r obe 14 Ground 2 -ALF 15 Data 6 3 Data 0 16 Ground 4 -E rror 17 D ata 7 5 Data 1 18 Ground 6 -I nit 19 -AC K 7 Data 2 20 Ground 8 -Sc ltin 21 B usy 9 Data 3 22 Ground 10 Grou[...]

A57A 17 CH A PT ER 4 : RA ID FUNCT I O NS 4. 1 O PERAT I NG S YSTE M Supports Windows V ista and Windows 7. 4. 2 R AID A RRAYS RAI D supports the following types of R AI D arrays: RAID 0: RA ID 0 defi nes a di sk stri p i n g scheme that i mproves di sk read and wri te ti mes for many appl i cat i ons. RAID 1: RA ID 1 defi nes techni ques for mi rr[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 18 RA ID 1: Every read and wri te i s actua ll y carr i ed out i n para ll e l across 2 d i sk dri ves i n a R A ID 1 array system. T he mi rrored (backup) copy of the data can resi de on the same d i sk or on a second redundant dri ve i n the array. RA ID 1 provi des a hot-standby copy of data i f the acti ve vol ume or dri [...]

A57A 19 RA ID 10 : RA ID 1 dr i ves can be str i pped us i n g R A ID 0 techni ques. Resu l t i n g i n a R A ID 10 sol ut i on for i mproved resili ency, performance and rebui l d performance. Features and Ben ef its  Driv es: Mini m u m 4, and m a x i m u m is 6 or 8, depending on the platfor m .  Benefits: Optim i z es for both fault toler[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 20 CH A PT ER 5 : US E FUL HE LP 5.1 D RI VER I N STA L LA TI ON N OTE Aft er you in stalled yo u r operat i n g syst em , please in ser t t h e Ful ly Set u p Dri v er CD i n t o you r optical dri v e a n d i n st all t h e dr i v er f or bett er system perf or m an ce. Y ou w ill se e t h e f ollow i ng w in do w af t e r y[...]

A57A 21 5.2 S OFTWA R E In sta llin g Soft ware 1. In ser t t h e Setu p C D to t h e opt i c al dr ive. Th e dr i v er s i n st allat i o n progr am w ou ld appear i f t h e A u t orun f un ct io n h as bee n e n abl ed. 2. Sel ect So ftwa r e In s tal la t io n , an d th e n c l i ck o n th e re sp e ctiv e s oftwa re ti tl e. 3 . Fo l l ow th e [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 22 Af t er f illi ng u p t his i n f or mat io n , c lick “ Send ” t o sen d t h e ma i l o u t . A w arn i n g dia l og w ould appear as kin g f or you r con f irmatio n ; cl ick “ Se nd ” to co n fi rm or “ Do Not Send ” to ca n ce l . If yo u wan t to s av e th is i n form ati o n to a . tx t fi l e, cl i ck ?[...]

A57A 23 BIOS Up da t e Ut ilit y BIO S U pdat e U t ilit y i s a conv e n i e n t u t ilit y w h ic h al lows you t o u pdat e yo u r m ot herboar d BIO S un der Windows syst em . Please ref er t o t h e det ai led i n s tr u ctio n s i n t h e sect io n 6.1 BI OS U pdate U t ility of Ch apter 6. 5.3 E XTRA I N F ORM ATI ON CP U Ov er he at ed If t[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 24 5.4 AMI BI O S B EEP C ODE Boo t Bl o ck Bee p Co d es Num b e r of B ee ps De scription 1 No m edia present. ( I nsert diskette in floppy drive A :) 2 “ A MI BOOT .ROM” file not found in root directory of diskette in A: 3 I nsert ne x t diskette if m ultiple diskettes are used for recovery 4 Flash Programm ing success[...]

A57A 25 5.5 T ROUBLESH O O TIN G Probable Solution 1. T here is no power in the system . Power LED does not shine; the fan of the power supply does not work 2. I ndicator light on keyboard does not shine. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical support. System is inoperative. Keyboard lights are on, p[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 26 CH A PT ER 6 : B I O S UP D A T E Th ere ar e t h r ee w ays t o u pdat e t h e BI OS: BI O S U pdat e U t ilit y , BI O S O n li n e Update U t ility a n d BIO ST AR BIO S Fl as h er. Note: T he program ing procedure m ay take m inutes, please do not make any operation during the program ing process. 6.1 BIOS U PD ATE U T[...]

A57A 27 6. A fter the B I OS Update process is finished, click on OK to reboot the system . 7. While the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up, please press the < Delete> key to enter BI OS setup. A fter entering the B I OS setup, please go to the S a ve & E xi t , using the R e stor e De fault s function to load Optim i z ed [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 28 6.2 O NLIN E U PD AT E U TI L I TY 1. In st all i ng BIO S U pdat e U t ilit y fr om t h e CD Dr iv er. 2. Pl ease m ake sur e the syst em is con nected t o the in t ernet befor e using this funct i on. 3. Open BI OS Update Utility and click the Online Up date button on the m ain screen. 4. A n open dialog will show up to [...]

A57A 29 7. A fter the updating process is finished, you will be asked you to reboot the system . Click OK to reboot. 8. While the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up, press <D elete> key to enter BI OS setup. A fter entering the B I OS setup, please go to the S a ve & E xi t , using the R e stor e De fault s function to load[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 30 6.3 BIOS TA R BI OS F LASHE R BI OSTA R B I OS Flasher is a B I OS flashing utility providing you an easy and sim ple way to update your B I OS via USB pen drive. T he BI OSTA R BI OS Flasher is built in the B I OS ROM. T o enter the utility , pre ss < F12 > during th e Po we r-On S e lf T e st s (POST) procedure whi[...]

A57A 31 6. Select the proper BI OS file, and a m essage asking if you are sure to flash the BI OS file. Click Y es to start updating BI OS. 7. A dialog pops out after BI OS flash is co m pleted, asking you to restart the system . Press the [Y] key to restart system . 8. While the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up, press <D elete&[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 32 AP P E NDIX : SPEC I N O T HER LA NG U A GE S G ERM AN S p e z if i ka t io n e n CP U Soc kel F M 1 AM D A-Ser ie s / E 2-Se r ie s Pr ozessore n Die AM D 64- Archi t ek t ur unte rst ütz t ei ne 32-B i t - und 64- Bi t- Da t e nverarbeitung Chi psatz AM D A55 Supe r E/ A I TE 8728 B i et et d ie h äu f ig v er wen d et[...]

A57A 33 S p e z if i ka t io n e n Sy ste m -L üf te r -Soc k el x1 Sy ste m -L üf te r -Str om v e rso rg un gsa nsc h l uss "C MOS lö s ch en "- S o cke l x 1 U SB 2. 0 -Ansc hl uss x2 J e de r An sc hl u ss un te r stü tzt 2 F r o n t t af e l- U S B 2 . 0 - A n s c h lü s s e Dr u c ke r a nsc h l uss A nsc hl uss x1 J e d e r An[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 34 F REN C H SPEC UC Soc ke t FM 1 P r oce sse u rs A M D A-Se ri e s / E2 -Se r i e s L 'arc h i t ectur e A M D 64 p er m et l e c al cu l 32 et 64 b i t s Chi pset AM D A55 Supe r E/ S I TE 8728 Fourni t l a fo nc t i o nnali t é de Supe r E/ S patrim on ia l e s la p l us ut ili sé e . In t e r f a c e à f a ib le[...]

A57A 35 SPEC Em ba s e d'ef f aceme nt C M OS x1 Connecte ur USB2.0 x 2 Cha que conn e cte u r pr e nd en c h a rge 2 po r t s USB2. 0 de p ann e au a van t Conne cte ur de P o rt d' im pr im a nte x1 Chaqu e c onne c to r pren d en c harge 1 Port d' im pr i mante C on n ecteu r d ' a l iment at io n x 1 (24 broch e s ) C on n e[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 36 I TA LI AN SP ECIF ICA CP U So ck e t F M 1 P roc e ss o ri AM D A - Ser i e s / E 2 -Se r i e s L’ a r ch it e t t u r a A MD 6 4 a b il it a la c o m p u t a z io n e 3 2 e 64 bi t Chi pset AM D A55 Supe r I /O I TE 8728 F o r n is c e le f u n z io n a l it à leg a cy S u p e r I / O us a t e pi ù comunem ente. I nt[...]

A57A 37 SP ECIF ICA C o llet t o r e c an ce l laz io n e C MO S x 1 Connet t ore U SB2. 0 x 2 Ci ascun c o nne t tore su p p or ta 2 por t e USB2.0 pa nn e ll o fr onta l e Connet t ore P or t a sta mpa nt e x 1 Ci ascun connetto re s up por t a 1 Porta s tam pante C o nn etto r e al i ment az io ne x 1 (24 pi n) C o nn etto r e al i ment az io ne[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 38 S PA NIS H Es pe ci f i c aci ón CP U Conec to r FM 1 Pro c es ad o res A MD A - S er i es / E 2- S er i es La a rqui tec t ura AM D 64 pe r m i t e e l pr o c esa do d e 32 y 64 bi t s Conjunt o de ch i p s AM D A55 Súpe r E/ S I TE 8728 Le of rec e l a s fu n ci on ali d a de s her e da da s de u s o más co mú n S ú[...]

A57A 39 Es pe ci f i c aci ón Ca be c era de ve nt ila dor de C P U X 1 Fue nte d e a lime ntac i ón de ve nt ila do r de C P U ( con func i ó n Smart Fa n ) Ca be c era de ve nt ila dor de s i st e ma X 1 Fue nte d e a lime ntac i ón de ve nt ila do r de s i s te m a Ca be c era de borr a do de C M OS X 1 C on ect o r US B2 .0 X 2 Cad a co ne [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 40 P OR TUGU ES E E SPECI FICA ÇÕES CP U Soc ke t FM 1 P r oce ssa d ore s AM D A -Se r ie s / E2 -Se rie s A arq u it e ct u ra A MD 6 4 p e r m it e u ma co mp ut aç ão d e 3 2 e 64 b i ts Chi pset AM D A55 E spe ci fi ca çã o Sup e r I /O I TE 8728 P rop orci ona a s fun ci on ali da d e s m a i s utili z a d as em t[...]

A57A 41 E SPECI FICA ÇÕES Conec tor pa r a lim peza do C M OS x 1 Conec to r U SB2.0 x2 Ca da c one c to r s uporta 2 portas USB2. 0 no pa i n e l fron tal Cone c tor d a pa r a im presso ra x 1 Ca da c one c to r s uporta 1 Porta pa r a im pr esso ra Con ec tor de ali m e ntaçã o x1 (24 p i nos ) Con ec tor de ali m e ntaçã o x1 (4 p ino s )[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 42 P OL I SH SPEC P roce sor Soc ke t FM 1 AM D A-Ser ie s / E 2-Se r ie s Pr ocesory Arc h i te k tur a AM D 64 um o ż liwi a przetw a rz a n ie 32 i 64 bi tow e Chi pset AM D A55 Pa m i ęć g ł ówna Gnia z da DDR3 D IMM x 2 Maks . w i e l ko ść pami ę c i 16GB Ka ż de gnia z do DIMM obs ł uguje m od u ł y 512M B /[...]

A57A 43 SPEC Z łą cz e g ł ó wko w e ka s o wa n ia CM OS x 1 Z łą cz e US B 2.0 x 2 Ka ż de z łą cz e o b s ł uguje 2 port y USB 2. 0 n a pa ne l u prze dnim Z łą c ze P or t dr u k arki x1 K a ż de z łą cz e o b s ł uguje 1 Port druk a rk i Z łą cze zas ilan i a (24 p i no w e ) x 1 Z łą cz e z as i lan ia (4 p ino we ) x 1 Ba[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 44 R USSIAN СП Е Ц CP U ( це н т р а л ь н ый пр оц е ссо р ) Гнез до FM 1 П роце ссоры AM D A-Ser i e s / E2 -Seri e s А рх и тект ур а A M D 64 ра з реш а т ь обра ботка данных на 32 и 64 би т Наб о р мик ро схем AM D A55 Ос н?[...]

A57A 45 СП Е Ц Конта кт ир ующе е приспо с обл е ние вент ил ято р а це нт р а л ь н ог о п роц е ссора x1 Источ ни к пита ния дл я ве нт ил ят о р а ц ентральног о пр оц е ссо ра ( с фун к ц и ей инт е ллектуа л?[...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 46 A RA BIC تﺎ ﻔ ﺻ ا ﻮ ﻤ ﻟ ا ﺔﺠﻟ ﺎﻌﻤﻟ ا ةﺪﺣ و ﺔ ﻳ ﺰآﺮﻤ ﻟا ﺲﺒ ﻘﻡ FM 1 تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻡ AM D A-Se rie s / E2-Se r ie s ﺔﻴﻨ ﻘ ﺗ ﻦ ﻜﻤﺗ AM D 64 ﺔﻋ ﺮ ﺴﺏ ﺔﻴ ﺏ ﻮ ﺳﺎ ﺤﻟ ا تﺎ ﻴ ﻠﻤﻌﻟ ا ءاﺮﺝإ 32 و 64 ﺖﺏ ﺢ[...]

A57A 47 تﺎ ﻔ ﺻ ا ﻮ ﻤ ﻟ ا ﺔ ﻳ ﺰآ ﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎ ﻌ ﻤ ﻟا ةﺪ ﺣو ﺔﺣ و ﺮﻡ ﺔﻠﺹو دﺪ ﻋ 1 ﺔﻔ ﻴﻇو ﻊﻡ ﺔﺠ ﻟ ﺎ ﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺣ وﺮ ﻤ ﻟ ﺔﻗﺎﻄ ﻟ ا ﻞﻴ ﺹ ﻮﺘﻟ Sm a r t Fa n مﺎ ﻈ ﻨ ﻟ ا ﺔﺣ و ﺮ ﻡ ﺔﻠﺹ و ﺪﻋ 1 مﺎ [...]

Mot herb o ard Man ual 48 J APA NES E 仕様 CP U Soc ke t FM 1 AM D A-Ser ie s / E 2-Se r ie s プロ セッ サ AM D 64 ア ーキ テクチ ャで は、 32 ビッ トと 64 ビ ット計 算が 可能で す チップ セット AM D A55 メイン メモリ DDR3 DIMM スロッ ト x 2 最大メ モリ容 量 16GB 各 DIMM は 51 2M B/ 1GB/2GB/ 4[...]

A57A 49 仕様 US B2 .0 コネ クタ x2 各コネ クタは 2 つの フロ ントパ ネル US B2 .0 ポー トを サポ ートし ます プリン タポー トコ ネクタ x1 各コネ クタは 1 つの プリ ンタポ ート をサポ ート します 電源コ ネクタ (2 4 ピン ) x 1 電源コ ネクタ (4 ピン ) x1 背面パ ネル[...]