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  • Page 1

    K8VGA-M i FCC Information and Copy right This equ ipment h as been tested and f oun d to comply w ith th e limits of a Class B digital device, pursuan t to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residen tial insta llati on. This equi pment g enera tes, us es and can ra [...]

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    Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................... 1 1.1 K8VGA-M Features ..........................................................................1 A. Ha rdware..........................................................................................................1 B. BIOS & Soft war[...]

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    K8VGA-M 1 CHA PTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 K8VGA-M F EATURES A A . . H H a a r r d d w w a a r r e e CPU Supports Sock et 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64/Sem pron proc essor. 200/400/600/800 clock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 400/800/1200/1600 MT /s in both dir ections sim ultaneously for Hy per T ransport link . Chipset North bridge: VI[...]

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    K8VGA-M 2 10/100 LAN PHY Chip: VT6103L Supports 10/100 Mb/s auto- negotiation operation. Half/Full duplex capability . Supports ACPI, PCI power m anagem ent. Serial ATA Supports 2 ser ial ATA (SAT A) ports . Complaints with SATA 1.0 spec ification. Data transfer rates up to 150 MB/s IEEE 1394A Chip (optional) Chip: VIA VT6307. Support 2 ports with [...]

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    K8VGA-M 3 Rear (Back) Side Connector s 1 VGA port. 1 serial port. 1 parallel port. 1RJ-45 LAN jac k. 1 audio port in vertical. 1 IEEE1394 port (optional). 1 PS/2 keyboard & mous e port. 4 USB 2.0 ports. PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mou se COM Parallel LAN 1394 (optional ) USB x2 Lin e In/ Sur roun d Lin e Out Mic I n 1/ B as e /C en te r USB x2 VGA1 B B [...]

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    K8VGA-M 4 1.3 L AYOUT OF K8VGA- M K8M800 JKB MS1 J1394_ USB1 COM JVGA1 JPRN T1 JKBV 1 JUSBV2 JA TX PWR2 JA TX PWR1 JNF AN1 (optio nal) JUSBLAN1 JAU DIO JUSBV1 JCOM S1 JCDI N1 JAUDIO1 J1394B1 (optio nal) JWOL 1 (optio nal) SPD IF_ OUT AGP1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 CNR BIOS JUSBV4 JUSB V3 JUSB 3 JUSB 4 VT8237CD JP A NEL 1 JSFAN1 JSA TA 1 JSA TA 2 BA T1 JDJ1(op[...]

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    K8VGA-M 5 1.4 C OMPONENTS OF K8VGA- M K8M80 0 BIOS VT8237CD BA T1 LAN PHY Codec IEEE1394 Chip Super I/ O A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A. JNFAN1 (optional): North bridge fan header. N. JSPDIF_O UT: Digital audio out connector. B. JATXPWR1~2: ATX power connectors. O. JCI1: Chassis open header. C. JKBV1: Power source header for [...]

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    K8VGA-M 6 CHA PTER 2: HA RDWA RE INSTA LLA TION 2.1 C ENTRAL P ROCESSING U NIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever s ideway s away from the s ock et and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the b lack cut edge on soc ket, an d the whit e dot on CPU should point for wards this black cut edge. T he CPU will fit only in the correc t[...]

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    K8VGA-M 7 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firm ly, and then close the lever to com plete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buc kle it. Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. T his com pletes the installation.[...]

  • Page 10

    K8VGA-M 8 2.2 F AN H EADERS CPU FAN Header : JCFAN1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 1 JCF A N1 3 F AN R PM rate sense System Fan Header: J SFAN1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 1 JSF A N1 3 F AN RPM rate sense North-br idge Fan Header: JN FAN1 (optional) Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 1 JNFAN 1 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note: The JCFAN1 , JSFA N1 , and JN[...]

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    K8VGA-M 9 2.3 M EMORY M ODULES I NSTALLATION 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pres sing the ret ainin g clips out war d. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM m atches the break on the Slot. 2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firm ly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated. Note: To assure[...]

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    K8VGA-M 10 2.4 C ONNECTORS , & S LOTS F F l l o o p p p p y y D D i i s s k k C C o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r : : F F D D D D 1 1 The m otherboard pr ovides a standard f loppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M f loppy disk ty pes. This connector s upports the provided f loppy drive ribbon cables. H H a a r r d d[...]

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    K8VGA-M 11 CHA PTER 3: HEA DERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 H OW TO SETUP J UMPERS The illust ration shows how to set up jum pers . W hen the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jum per is “clos e”, if not, that m eans the j um per is “open”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 clos ed 3.2 D ETAIL S ETTINGS Power Connector s: JATXPWR1/PATX PWR2 JA TXPWR[...]

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    K8VGA-M 12 Power Sour ce Selection for Key board & Mouse: JKB V1 JKBV1 A ssignment Description 1 3 Pin 1-2 close +5V +5V for keyboard and mouse 1 3 Pin 2-3 close +5V Standby Voltage PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard are powered w ith +5V standby voltage. Note: In order to suppor t this func tion “Power-on system via k eyboard and mous e”, “JKB[...]

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    K8VGA-M 13 Front Panel Audio Out Header: JAUD IO1 This c onnector will allow user to connec t with the front audio out put headers on the PC cas e. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors . 13 14 1 2 J A U D I O 1 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Mic in/center 2 Ground 3 M ic power/Bass 4 Audio power 5 Right line out/Speaker out Ri[...]

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    K8VGA-M 14 Digital Audio Out Co nnector: JSPDI F_OUT This c onnector will allow user to connec t the PCI brack et SPDIF output header. Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 SPDIF OUT 1 JSPDIF_OUT 3 Ground Chassis Open Header: J CI1 This c onnector allows system to monitor PC case open status . If the signal has been triggered, it will rec ord to the CMOS and show[...]

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    K8VGA-M 15 Front Panel Connecto r: JPANEL1 This 24-pin c onnector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speak er and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC cas e’s fr ont panel switch func tions. 1 2 23 24 JPANEL1 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function 1 +5V 2 Sleep control 3 N/A 4 Ground Sleep button 5 N[...]

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    K8VGA-M 16 CHA PTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 A WARD BIOS B EEP C ODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High-low siren sound CPU overheated System w ill shut down automatically One Short beep when sy stem boot-up No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detect[...]

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    K8VGA-M 17 B B . . C C P P U U O O v v e e r r h h e e a a t t e e d d If the system shutdown automatic ally after power on s y stem for seconds, t hat m eans the CPU protection functio n has been ac tivated . W hen the CPU is over heated, the mother board will shutdown automatic ally to a void a da mage of the CPU, and the s ystem ma y not power o[...]

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    K8VGA-M 18 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the sy stem at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Make sure pow er cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical support. System inoperative. Key board lights are on, [...]

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    K8VGA-M 19 CHA PTER 5: WA RPSPEEDER™ 5.1 I NTRODUCTION [War pSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility , features three user-f riendly functions including Overc lock Manager , Overvoltage Manager , and Hardware Monitor . W ith the Overclock Manager , users can easily adjust the frequenc y they prefer or they can get the best CPU perform ance wi[...]

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    K8VGA-M 20 5.3 I NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup exec ution file, and then the f ollowing dialog will pop up. Pleas e click “Next” button and f ollow t he defaul t procedur e to install. 2. W hen you see the following dialog in setup procedur e, it means setup is com pleted. If the “Launch the W arpSpeeder Tray Utility ” check box is c hec[...]

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    K8VGA-M 21 5.4 [W ARP S PEEDER ™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1 1 . . T T r r a a y y I I c c o o n n : : W henever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of W indows T ask bar . This utilit y is res ponsib le for conven ientl y invok ing [WarpSpeed er™] Utility . Y ou can us e the mous e b[...]

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    K8VGA-M 22 c. W ith a user-friendly Status Animation, it c an represent 3 overclock percentage s tages: Man walking → overc lock per centage fr om 100% ~ 1 10 % Panther running → overcloc k per centage from 1 10% ~ 120% Car racing → overclock perc entage from 120% ~ above[...]

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    K8VGA-M 23 3 3 . . V V o o l l t t a a g g e e P P a a n n e e l l Click the V oltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the V oltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU cor e voltage and Memor y voltage or not. The default setting is “ No”. If you want to get t[...]

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    K8VGA-M 24 4 4 . . O O v v e e r r c c l l o o c c k k P P a a n n e e l l Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to lef t as the following figure. Overcloc k Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz butto[...]

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    K8VGA-M 25 c. “Auto-overcloc k button”: Us er can c lick this button and [War pSpeeder™] will set the best and stable per form ance and frequenc y autom atically . [WarpSpeeder ™] utility will execute a series of testing until s y stem fail. T hen system will do fail-saf e reboot by using Watchdog f unction. After r eboot, the [War pSpeeder[...]

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    K8VGA-M 26 6 6 . . A A b b o o u u t t P P a a n n e e l l Click the “about” button in Main Pan el, the button will be high lighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figur e. In this panel, you can get model nam e and detail infor mation in hints of all t he chipse t that are r elated to o verclock ing. Y ou can also get[...]

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    K8VGA-M 27 Note: Because the overc lock, overvoltage, and hardware m onitor featur es are controlled by several separate c hipset, [W arpSpeeder™] divide these featur es to separate panels . If one chips et is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interf ere other panels’ func tions. T his property ca[...]