Biostar K8T890-A9 manual

K8T890-A9 i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti al installation. Thi s equi pment generates, uses and can radiate radi[...]

Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: In troduction ............................................................... 1 1.1 Motherboard Featur es ...................................................................... 1 1.2 Package List ....................................................................................... 4 1.3 Layout an d Co mponen ts ...[...]

K8T890-A9 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports AMD Socket 939. Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX/ Athlon 64/ Athlon 64 X2 proce ssor . AMD 64 architecture enables sim ultaneous 3 2 and 64 bit computing. Supports Hyp erT ransport T echnology up to 2000MT/s Full duplex. Supports AMD Cool’n’Quiet T echnology . Chip[...]

K8T890-A9 2 System Memory Supports dua l channel DDR up to 8 banks. Supports 266 /333/400MHz DDR devices. Maximum memory size is up to 4GB. (Following t able is only for reference.) DIMM Socket Location DDR Module T otal Memory Size (MB) DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM3 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 DIMM4 128MB/256MB/5[...]

K8T890-A9 3 Internal On-board I/O Connectors and Headers 1 front panel header suppo rts front pan el facilities. 1 CD-in connector support s 1 CD-ROM audio-in device. 1 front audio header support s front panel audio fun ctio n. 1 S/PDIF-Out connector support s digit al audio-out function. 1 S/PDIF-In connector support s digital audio-i n function ([...]

K8T890-A9 4 B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function. Software Supports 9 th T ouch TM , Flasher TM , WinFlasher TM , and W arp speeder TM . 1.2 P ACKAGE L IST FDD cable x1 HDD cable x1 User ’s Manual x1 Fully Setup Driver CD x1 Rear I/O panel for A TX case x1 USB 2.0 cable x1 (optional) [...]

K8T890-A9 5 1.3 L AYOUT AND C OMPONENTS JKBMS1 JUSB3 JAUDI O1 JUSBLAN1 JKBV1 JUSBV1 JAUDIO2 PCI1 PCI3 PCI2 JCDIN1 JSPDIF_OUT1 Codec K8T890 JA TXPW R2 JUSBV2 JUSB2 JUSB1 JCF AN1 V T8237R JSA T A2 JSA T A1 BA T1 JCMOS 1 JCI1 JSF AN1 JPAN EL1 JWOL1 (optional) JATXPW R1 PCI-EX16 PCI-EX1_2 PCI-EX1_1 XGP1 JSPDIF_IN1 (optio nal) JDJ1(optional) J1(optional[...]

K8T890-A9 6 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 I NSTALLING C ENTRAL P ROCESS ING U NIT (CPU) Step 1: Remove the so cket protection cap. Ste p 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and th en raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. A 90 Step 3: Look for the white t riangl e on socket, and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwar[...]

K8T890-A9 7 Step 4: Hold the CPU do wn firmly , and then close the lever toward dire ct B to complete the installation. B Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU a nd buckle it. Connect the CPU F AN power cable to the JCF AN1. This completes the inst allation. 2.2 FAN H EADERS These fan headers support cooling-fan s built in the computer . The fan cable[...]

K8T890-A9 8 2.3 I NSTALLING S YSTEM M EMORY DIMM2 DIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM3 2.2.1 DDR Module installation 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clip s outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. 2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip sn ap back in place [...]

K8T890-A9 9 2.4 C ONNECTORS AND S LOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a st andard floppy disk connector that supports 36 0 K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector su ppo rts the provide d floppy drive rib bon cables. 34 33 12 IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connector The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhan ce d PCI ID[...]

K8T890-A9 10 PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 st andard PCI slo t s. PCI st ands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bu s st andard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is desig nated as 32 bit s. PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 PCI-EX16: PCI-Express x16 Slot - PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. - Maximum [...]

K8T890-A9 11 XGP1: Xtreme Graphics Port Slot This XGP (Extreme Graphics Po rt) sl ot is a special design that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards. To install the system with an add-on AGP VGA card, please ma ke sure to install the driver of add-on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA driver installation. If the onboard VGA driver has already been ins[...]

K8T890-A9 12 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 H OW TO S ETUP J UMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed 3.2 D ETAIL S ET TINGS JUSBV1/JUSBV2: Power Source Head ers for USB Ports Pin[...]

K8T890-A9 13 JKBV1: Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard and Mous e 1 3 Pin 1-2 Close +5V for PS/2 key board and mouse. 3 1 1 3 Pin 2-3 close PS/2 keyboard and mouse are powered by +5V st andby voltage. Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBV1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3. JATXPWR1[...]

K8T890-A9 14 JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector , it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit. Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 1 4 2 3 4 Ground JUSB1/JUSB2: Head ers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Pa nel This header allo ws user to connect additi ona l USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connected with in[...]

K8T890-A9 15 JPANEL1: Front Pan el Head er This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LE D, Po wer LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. 1 23 24 SL P PWR _L ED On/Off IR IR RST HLED SPK ++ + 2 - - Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Functi on 1 +5V 2 Sleep[...]

K8T890-A9 16 JSPDIF_OUT1: Digital A udio-out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output hea der. Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 1 3 3 Ground JSPDIF_IN1 (optiona l): Digital Audio-in Conn ector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input hea der . Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 SPDIF_IN 1 3 3 Ground [...]

K8T890-A9 17 JAUDIO1: Front Pan el Audio Head er This header allo ws user to connect the front aud io output cable with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors. Pin Assignment 1 Mic in/center 2 Ground 3 Mic pow er/Bass 4 Audio power 5 Right line out/S peaker out Right 6 Right line out/S peaker out Right 7 Reser[...]

K8T890-A9 18 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Head er By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allo ws user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the proced ures to avoid damaging the motherboard. 3 1 Pin 1-2 Close: Normal Operation (default). 13 3 1 Pin 2-3 Close: Clear CMOS data. ※ Clear CM OS Procedures: 1. Remove AC power l[...]

K8T890-A9 19 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 A WARD BIOS B EEP C ODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by t wo short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High-low siren soun d CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system boot-up No error found during POST Long beeps every other seco nd No DRAM dete[...]

K8T890-A9 20 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown aut omatically aft er po wer on system for seconds, that means the CPU prot e ction function ha s been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again. In this case, please double che ck: 1. T[...]

K8T890-A9 21 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system 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 power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical support. System inoperative. Keyboard lig hts are on, [...]

K8T890-A9 22 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 I NTRODUCTION [W arpS peeder™], a new powerful co ntrol utility , featur es three user-friendly functions inclu ding Overclock Manager , Overvoltage Manager , and Hardware Monitor . With the Overclock Manager , users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU perf ormance wi[...]

K8T890-A9 23 5.3 I NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default proce dure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “Launch the W arpS peeder T ray Utility” checkbox is checked, the[...]

K8T890-A9 24 5.4 [W ARP S PEEDER ™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the T ray Icon utility is l aunched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows T askbar . This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [W arpS peeder™] Utility . Y ou can use the mo use by clicking the left button in order[...]

K8T890-A9 25 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [W ar pS peeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’ s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel cont ains features as follows: a. Display the CPU S peed, CPU external cloc k, Memory clock, AGP cloc k, and PCI clock information. b. Contains[...]

K8T890-A9 26 3. Voltage Panel 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 increa se CPU core voltage a nd Memory voltage or not. The default setting is “No”. If you want to get the best performance of overclockin g, [...]

K8T890-A9 27 4. Overclock Panel 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. Overclock Panel contains the th ese features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-t[...]

K8T890-A9 28 c. “Auto-overclock button”: Us er can click this button and [W arpS peeder™] will set the best and stable pe rform ance and frequency automatically . [W arpS peeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using W atchdog function. After reboot, the [W arpS peeder™][...]

K8T890-A9 29 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlig hted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and det ail information in hint s of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. Y ou can also get the mainboard’s BIOS mo del and the[...]

K8T890-A9 30 Note: Because the overclock, overvolt ag e, and hardware monitor featu re s are controlled by several separate chip set, [W arpS peeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chip set is not on board, the correlative button in Main p anel will be di sabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions. This prope rty [...]