Biostar U8668 Grand manual

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          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[...]

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

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       4-10. ATX 1 2V Power Conne ctor: JATXPWR2   4-11. 5V / 5VSB Select ion for USB: J USBV3 ?[...]

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

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                                           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.  [...]

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                                          Managem ent protocols. 3.I 2 C Serial Bus fo r DDC Monitor Co mmu nicatio n s. /, /' [...]

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                                          Master M odes. 5.Supports IDE interface with CD-RO M. 6.Supports high capacity hard disk drives. 7.Supports LBA mode.  234?[...]

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

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                                          2. Mainboard Configurat ion  2-1. Layout of U8668 Grand             ?[...]

  • 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[...]

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                                          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[...]

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                                          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 Gr[...]

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

  • 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[...]

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                                          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: JUSBV3  JUSBV3  Assignment[...]

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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[...]

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                                          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 DIMM Mo dule (168 pin) Total Memor y Size with unbu[...]

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

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               )    "                   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 [...]

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               )    "         6. Peripheral Port F eatures 6-1. PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1 The motherboard prov ides a stan dard 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 onnect or (Optional) 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 n set up t he c onnect ion b y e[...]

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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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               )    "       6-3-2Video Graphics Adapter Port : JVGA1         This motherboard h as built in v ideo facilities. Your monitor wil l attach dir ec tly to JVGA 1 connec tor[...]

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               )    "       6-3-3. 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 Header: JAU DIO1 [...]

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

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