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  • Page 1

          This equ ipment ha s been tested and f ound to comply w ith the limits of a Class B digital device, pursu ant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are de signed to prov ide reason able protec tion agains t harmf ul interf erence[...]

  • Page 2

       Notice  [...]

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       4-10. ATX 1 2V Power Conne ctor: JATXPWR2   4-11. 5V / 5VSB Select ion for USB: J USBV1 ?[...]

  • Page 4

                                          Notice Introduction of syst em This ma in board is design ed to ta k e advan tage of the la tes t in dustry techn ology to provide you with th e u ltimate solu tion in data p[...]

  • Page 5

                                           Mainboard Features 1. Features Introduction 1-1. Hardware  1.Provides Socket-478. 2.Supports the Intel Penti um ®  pro cessor pro viding the new gene r[...]

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                                            Motherboard is equ ipped with a memory con troller providi ng shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS.  [...]

  • Page 7

                                          4.Supports Ultra D MA 33, Ultra DM A 66, Ultra DM A 100, Ultra DM A 133 Bus Master M odes. 5.Supports IDE interface with CD-RO M. 6.Supports high capacity hard disk drives. 7[...]

  • Page 8

                                          Extended Capabilities Port (ECP). Normal 2.Supports one serial port, 16550 UART. 3.Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA. 4.Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard. 5.[...]

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                                          1-2. BIOS & Software  1.Award legal BIOS. 2.Supports APM1.2. 3.Supports USB Func tion. 4.Supports ACPI. 9  Offers th[...]

  • Page 10

                                          2. Mainboard Configurat ion  2-1. Layout of U8568 Pro            ?[...]

  • Page 11

                                           2-2. Component Index           [...]

  • Page 12

                                           3. CPU Configuration 3-1. CPU Socket 478 Configuration Steps: 1. Pull the lev er sidewa ys away f rom the sock et then raise th e lever up to a 90-degree an gle. 2. Locat[...]

  • Page 13

                                          CPU Configurat ion Layout [...]

  • Page 14

                                          3-2. CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 3-3. System Fan Header: JSFAN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense[...]

  • Page 15

                                          4. Jumpers, Headers & Connectors               [...]

  • Page 16

                                          4-1. Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function No. No. 1 +5V 2 Sleep Control Sleep 3 NA Speaker 4 Ground But ton 5 NA Connect or 6 NA [...]

  • Page 17

                                          POW-LED (Power LED Connector) This c onnector can be attac hed to an LE D on the front pan el of a computer ca se. The LED w ill illumin ate while th e computer is powered[...]

  • Page 18

                                          4-2. ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JATXPW R1 PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 12 -12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 +5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 +5V 16 Gro[...]

  • Page 19

                                          4-4. Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard prov ides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1. 2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. Th is[...]

  • Page 20

                                          3. Wait for fi ve seco nds. 4. Make JCMOS1 (1-2) cl osed. 5 . L e t A C p o w e r o n . 6. Reset your desired passw ord or clear th e CMOS data. 4-7. Front USB Header: JUS[...]

  • Page 21

                                          4-10. ATX 12V Power Connector: JATXPWR2  PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 +12V 3 Groun d 2 +12V 4 Groun d 4-11. 5V / 5VSB Selection for USB: JUSBV1  JUSBV1  Assign[...]

  • Page 22

                                          4-14. Front 1394 Header: J1394A1(Optional) Pin  Assignment  Pin  Assignment  1 A+ 2 A- 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B+ 6 B- 7 +12V 8 +12V 9 KEY 10 Ground   4-15. [...]

  • Page 23

                                          4-17. CNR Codec Primary/Secondary Selection: JCODECSEL Pin No. Assignment 1-2 On-board Pri mary Codec 2-3 CNR Primary Code c  [...]

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                                          5. RAM Module Configu ration 5-1. DDR SDRAM  DRAM Access Time: 2. 5V Unbuffered DDR SDRAM PC1600/ PC2100 Type re quired. DRAM T ype: 128M B/ 256MB/ 512M B/ 1GB D IMM Mo[...]

  • Page 25

                                          5-2 SDRAM  DRAM A ccess T ime: 3.3V Unbu ffered SD RAM PC100/ PC133 Type required. DRAM T ype: 128M B/ 256MB/ 512M B/ 1GB D IMM Module (168 pin) Total Memor y Size with[...]

  • Page 26

               )    "       5-3. How to install DDR/SDRA M DIMM Module             1. The DDR DIMM socke t has a “ Plastic Safety T ab”, a[...]

  • Page 27

               )    "                   1. The S DRAM DIMM socket h as a “ Pla stic Saf ety Tab”, and the SDRAM DIMM memory module has an Asymme tri cal [...]

  • Page 28

               )    "         6. Peripheral Port F eatures 6-1. PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1 The motherboard prov ides a standard PS/2 mouse / Keyboard mini D IN connec tor fo r attac hing a [...]

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               )    "       6-2. USB & LAN Port Connectors: JUSBLAN1 6-2-1. USB Conn ectors: USB Connector (the below one) Pin Assignment 1 +5 V (f u sed) 2 USBP1- 3 USBP1+ 4 Ground USB Connector (the a b[...]

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               )    "        6-2-2. LAN Port C onnector (Optional) (only f or South Br idge VT8235) This co nnect or al lows you to conne ct to the Inte rnet thro ugh a Local Area Ne twork ( LAN). Yo u ca [...]

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               )    "       6-3. Serial and Parallel In terface Ports This system comes equ ipped with one serial port and on e parallel port. Both types of in terf ace ports will be ex plain ed in this chapt[...]

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               )    "       6-3-2. Paral l el Interface Port: JPRNT1 Unlike th e serial ports , parallel in terface port h as been standardized and sh ould not present an y difficulty interf acing peripherals[...]

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               )    "       6-4. Game (Joystick/MIDI) Port Connector: JAUD_GAME This connecto r allows yo u to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games. Also, you may play or edit prof ession[...]

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               )    "        6-6. Audio Subsystem                    [...]

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               )    "            6-6-1. CD-ROM Audio-In Header : JCDIN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Left Channel Inp ut 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Ch annel I nput   6-6-2. Front Panel Audio Heade[...]

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               )    "       WarpSpeeder  Introduction  [ WarpSpeeder™ ], a new powerful control utili ty, featu res three user-frien dly fun ctions inclu ding Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager[...]

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               )    "       System Requirem ent  OS Support: W indows 98 S E , Windows Me, W in dows 2000, W in dows XP DirectX: DirectX 8. 1 or above. (The Window s XP operating system includ es Direct X [...]

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               )    "       2. When y o u see the follow ing dialog in setup proc edu re, it means setup is c ompleted. I f the “Launch the WarpSpeede r Tray Utility” check box is ch ecked, the Tray Icon [...]

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               )    "       Usage  The followin g figures are just only f or reference, the screen prin ted in this user manu al will cha nge accor ding to your motherboard on hand.  [ WarpSpeeder™ ] [...]

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               )    "       2. Main Panel If you click th e tray icon , [ War pSpeeder™ ] u tility w ill be inv oked. Please refer do the follow ing figu re; the utility’ s first win dow you will see is M[...]

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               )    "       3. Voltage Pan el Click th e Voltage button in M a in P anel, the button w ill be highlighted and the Voltage P anel w ill s lide ou t to up as th e following figur e. In this pane[...]

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               )    "       4. Overclock Panel Click th e Overclock button in Main P anel, th e button w ill be high lighted and th e O v erclock P anel will s lide out to left as th e followin g f igure. Ove[...]

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               )    "       stable freq uency according to t he Recovery Dial og’s set ting.  d. “Verify button” : User can click this button and [ WarpSpeeder™ ] will proce ed a testin g for curre[...]

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               )    "       5. Hardware Monito r Panel Click the Hardwa re Monitor button in Main Pa nel, the button will be highligh ted and the H ardwar e Monitor pan el will sli de out to left as the foll [...]

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               )    "                                 [...]

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               )    "       Note : Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor feature s are controlled by several separate chipse t, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] divide these features to separate panels. [...]

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               )    "                                        [...]

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