Biostar TForce4U-775 manual

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested a nd found to comply with the lim its of a Class B digital device, pur suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rul es. These limits are design ed to p rovid e rea sona ble p rote ct ion aga ins t har mfu l int erfe ren ce in a re side ntia l in stal l[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual ii P ACKAGE C HECKL IST .................................................................................... I CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ......................................................1 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EA TURES ........................................................... 1 1.2 L AYOUT AND C OMP[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 M OTHERB OARD F EA TURES CPU Supports LGA 775. Supports Intel P entium 4 processor an d Celeron D. Supports Dual Core CPU - Supports Pentium D - Supports Pentium EE Front Side B us at the f ollowing fr equency rang es: ! 533MT/s (13 3MHzCore Cloc k) ! 800MT/s (20 0MHzCore[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 2 1.2 L AYOUT AND C OMPONE NTS SA T A4 LGA77 5 CPU1 J AUDIO1 JK BM S1 JUSB3 JU S BL AN1 DDR 2_A1 DDR2_A 2 DDR 2_B1 DDR2_B 2 JC F AN1 JA TXP WR1 PCI2 PC I3 PCI4 PC I- E x1_1 PC I- E x1_2 PC I-Ex 16-1 IDE2 IDE1 JA TXPWR2 FDD1 BA T1 Su per I/ O Codec LAN BI OS NForc e 4 SPP Ult r a nForce 430 / nForce 41[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 3 Chapter 2: Hard w are In stallations 2.1 CPU A SSEMBLY A. Central Processing Unit ( CP U ) Special Not ice : Remove Pin Cap before install ation, and make go od preservation f or future use. When the CPU is r e move d, cover the Pi n Cap on the empt y s oc ke t t o ensure pin legs won’t be dam age[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 4 2.2 S YSTEM M EMORY DDR2 _A1 DDR2_ A2 DDR2_ B1 DDR2 _B2 A. DDR 2 M o dules 1. Unlock a DIM M slot by pressi ng the retainin g clips outwar d. A lign a DIMM on the slot such th at the notch on the DIMM m atches the break on th e slot. 2. Insert the DIMM vertic ally and firml y into the sl ot until th[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 5 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI4 This moth erboard is e quipped with 4 standard PC I slots. PCI stands for Peripheral C omponent Interconnect, and it is a bus s tandard for e xpansion cards. This PCI slo t is designated as 32 bits. PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 PC I4 PCI-Express Slots: PCI-Ex1[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 6 A TX Power Source Connector: JA TXPWR2 By connecting JAT X PW R2, it will provide +12V to CPU power circ uit. Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 2 1 4 3 4 Ground Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse: JKBV1 Pin 1- 2 Close: +5V fo r PS/2 ke yboard and m ouse. Pin 2- 3 Close: PS/2 key board [...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 7 CD-ROM Audio- in Con nector: JCDIN1 This conne ctor allows user to connect t he audio sou rce from a v ariety of devic es, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI so und card, PCI TV tuner car d etc.. Pin Assi gnme nt 1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 1 4 Right channel input Headers for U SB Por ts at Fr o[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 8 JPANEL 1: Header for Front Pan el Facili ties This 16-pi n connector i ncludes Powe r-on, Reset, HD D LED, Po wer LED, Slee p button, sp eaker and IrDA Connecti on. It allo ws user to c onnect the PC case’s front panel swit ch functions. 1 11 22 SL P PW R _ LED On / Of f IR ( O pt i o na l) RS T H[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 9 Clear CMO S Header: JC MOS1 By placing the jumper on pin 2-3, it allows user t o restore th e BIOS safe s etting and the C MOS data, please c arefull y follow the proc edures to av oid damagin g the motherboar d. 1 3 Pin 1-2 close: Normal Operation (Default). 1 3 1 3 Pin 2-3 close: Clear CMOS dat a.[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 10 On-Boar d LED Indicat ors There are 4 LED indic ators on th e motherboard t o show s ystem status. LED_D1 LED_D2 LED_D 1 and LE D_D2: These 2 LED indicate s ystem power o n diagnostics. Please refe r to the table below for di fferent messa ges: LED_D2 LED_D1 Message ON ON Normal OFF ON Memory Error[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 11 Chapter 3: NVIDIA RAID Functions 3.1 O PERATION S YSTEM Supports W indows XP Home/P rofessional E dition, and W indows 20 00 Professional. 3.2 R AID A RRAYS NVRAID supports th e following t ypes of RAID arra ys: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and wri te times [...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 12 RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk driv es in a RAID 1 array system . The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same di sk or on a second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the active volume or driv [...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 13 RAID 5: RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It writ es data and parity blocks across all t he driv es in the array. Fault tolerance i s maintained by ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a diff erent drive from those [...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 14 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 A WARD BIOS B EEP C ODE Beep So und Meanin g One long beep follow ed by two shor t beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High-lo w siren sound CPU overh eated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when s ystem boots-u p No err or found du ring P[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 15 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTING Problem Solution 1. No pow er to t he sy stem at a ll Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside po wer suppl y does not tur n on. 2. Indic ator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Mak e sure power cable is secur ely plugged in. 2. Replac e cabl e. 3. Cont act technic al sup[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 16 German CPU Unterstützt LGA 7 75. Unterstützt Intel Pentium 4 -Prozessoren und Celeron D. Unterstützt Dual-Core-CPU - Unterstützt Penti um D - Unterstützt Penti um EE Unterstüt zt die folgende n Front Si de Bus-Freque nzen: ! 533MT/s (13 3MHz Kerntakt) ! 800MT/s (20 0MHz Kerntakt) ! 1066MT/s ([...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 1 7 French Processeur Pris e en char ge de LGA 775. Prise en charge des process eurs Intel Pentium 4 et Celeron D. Prise en c harge CPU D ual Core. - Prise en charg e de Pentium D - Prise en charg e de Pentium E E Bus front-sid e aux fréqu ences suivant es : ! 533M T/s (H orloge cœur 133M H z) ! 800[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 18 Italian CPU Supporto L GA 775. Supporto p rocessore Intel Pentium 4 ed Cel eron D. CPU Dual Core. - Supporto Penti um D - Supporto Penti um EE FSB (Front S ide Bus) al le seguenti portate di freq uenza: ! 533MT/s (133MHz Core Clock) ! 800MT/s (200MHz Core Clock) ! 1066MT/s (266MHz Cor e Clock) Supp[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 19 Spanish Procesador Compatible co n LGA 775. Compatible con el proces ador Intel Pen tium 4 y Celeron D. Admite proc esador de núcle o dual. - Compatible con Pentium D - Compatible con Pentium E E FSB (Front S ide Bus) en los siguientes intervalos d e frecuencia: ! 533 MT/s (reloj pri ncipal a 133 [...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 20 Portuguese CPU Suporta o socket LGA 775. Suporta um p rocessador Intel Penti um 4 e Cele ron D. Suporta uma CPU dual c ore. - Suporta um Penti um D - Suporta um Penti um EE FSB (Front Si de Bus) com as seguinte s frequências: ! 533 MT/s (133 MH z) ! 800 MT/s (200 MH z) ! 1066 MT/s (266 MH z) Supor[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 21 Poland PROCESOR Obs ł uga LGA 775. Obs ł uga procesorów Intel Pe ntium 4 i Celeron D. Procesor d wurdzenio wy (Dual Cor e). - Obs ł uga Pen tium D - Obs ł uga Pen tium EE Magistrala Front Side Bus o nast ę puj ą cych zakr esa ch cz ę stotliwo ś ci: ! 533M T/s (z egar j ą dra 13 3MHz) ! 80[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 22 Russian Процессор Поддерживает LGA 77 5. Поддерживает про цессоры Int el Pentium 4 и Ce lero n D. Поддержка двуя дерных процессо ров - Поддерживает Pentium D - Поддерживает Pentium EE Поддержи?[...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 23 Ar ab ic ﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠ ) CPU ( ﻢﻋﺪﺗ LGA 775 . ﺞﻟﺎﻌﻣ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ Intel Pentium 4 . & Celeron D دﺰﻤﻟا ﺐﻠﻟا تاذ ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا تاﺪﺣ و ﻢﻋد جو . - ﻢﻋﺪﺗ Pentium D - [...]

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    Biostar T-Se ries TForce4 U 775 User’s Manual 24 Japanese CPU LGA 775 をサポート。 Intel Pentium 4 プロセ ッサをサポート。 デュアコア CPU をサポート。 - Pentium D をサポート。 - Pentium EE をサポート。 次の周波数範囲でフロントサイドバス : ! 533MT/s (133MHz コアクロック ) ! 800MT/s (20[...]