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- Page 1 K8S8X User Manual Version 1.02 Published May 2004 Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
2 Installation ............10 Pre-installation Precautions ..............10 2.1 CPU Installation ................. 11 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ........11 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ........12 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and AGP Slots) ........13 2.5 Jumpers Setup ................14 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors .......... - Page 4 4.1 Install Operating System ............37 4.2 Support CD Information ............. 37 4.2.1 Running Support CD ............37 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ..............37 4.2.3 Utilities Menu ..............37 4.2.4 ASRock “PC-DIY Live Demo” Program ......37 4.2.5 Contact Information ............37...
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Page 5: Introduction
ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by- step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD. -
Page 6: Specifications
1.2 Specifications Platform: ATX Form Factor (12.0-in x 8.5-in, 30.5 cm x 21.6 cm) CPU: 754-Pin Socket supporting AMD Athlon 64 processor Chipsets: North Bridge: SiS 755 chipset, FSB @ 800 MHz / 1.6 GT/s South Bridge: SiS 964 chipset, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s... - Page 7 To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system. Do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card on the AGP slot of this motherboard! It may cause permanent damage! ®...
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Page 8: Motherboard Layout
GAME1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) Power LED Header (PWRLED1) PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1) 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1- 2) Infrared Module Header (IR1) CPU Socket USB 2.0 Header (USB67, Blue) ATX 12V Connector (U74) Game Port Header (GAME1) -
Page 9: Asrock I/O Plus
1.4 ASRock I/O Plus Parallel Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) Line In (Light Blue) Serial Port: COM1 Line Out (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Microphone In (Pink) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) -
Page 10: Installation
Chapter 2 Installation K8S8X is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 8.5-in, 30.5 cm x 21.6 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to en- sure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. -
Page 11: Cpu Installation
Step 4. When the CPU is in place, press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked. -
Page 12: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)
DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Step 2. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot. notch break... -
Page 13: Expansion Slots (Pci And Agp Slots)
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and AGP Slots) There are 5 PCI slots and 1 AGP slot on K8S8X motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. AGP slot: The AGP slot is used to install an AGP card. -
Page 14: Jumpers Setup
Note: To select +5VSB, it requires 2 Amp and higher standby current provided by power supply. JR1 / JL1 Jumper (see p.8, No. 26) Note: If the jumpers JL1 and JR1 are short, both the front panel and the rear panel audio connectors can work. Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS2) (see p.8, No. -
Page 15: Onboard Headers And Connectors
FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.8, No. 13) the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector. Primary IDE Connector (Blue) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE1, see p.8, No. 7) (39-pin IDE2, see p.8, No. - Page 16 USB 2.0 Header ASRock I/O Plus accommo- USB_PWR dates 6 default USB 2.0 ports. If (9-pin USB67) DUMMY those USB 2.0 ports on the I/O (see p.8, No. 19) panel are not sufficient, this USB 2.0 header is available to...
- Page 17 Chassis Fan Connector Please connect the chassis fan cable to this connector and (3-pin CHA_FAN1) +12V CHA_FAN_SPEED match the black wire to the (see p.8, No. 14) ground pin. CPU Fan Connector Please connect the CPU fan +12V cable to this connector and...
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Page 18: Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation
STEP 3: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the primary SATA hard disk. STEP 4: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk. If you just want to install only one SATA HDD, the installation process is complete at this step. -
Page 19: Making An Sata Driver Diskette
2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configura- tion on your system, or you may start to use “SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility” to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you install the OS. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. -
Page 20: Bios Setup Utility
Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis. -
Page 21: Navigation Keys
To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY <ESC> To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced... -
Page 22: Advanced Screen
3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, IDE Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, Hard- ware Health Configuration, ACPI Configuration, and USB Configuration. BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset... -
Page 23: Ide Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable the “OnBoard SATA Controller” feature. IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the “Primary IDE Master” as the example in the following instruction, which can be applied to the configurations of “Primary IDE Slave”, “Sec-... - Page 24 [ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as MO. LBA/Large Mode Use this item to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to disable the LBA/Large mode.
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Page 25: Floppy Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3]. -
Page 26: Hardware Health Configuration
Parallel Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [378], and [278]. Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default value is [ECP+EPP]. -
Page 27: Acpi Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable Ring-In signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. -
Page 28: Usb Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2.0 support. Legacy USB Support Use this item to enable or disable the support to emulate legacy I/O devices such as mouse, keyboard,... etc. Or you may select [Auto] so that the system will start to auto-detect; if there is no USB device... -
Page 29: Pcipnp Screen
3.4 PCIPnP Screen In this section, you may configure the PCI Latency Timer and the PCI IDE Bus Master. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Value in units of PCI Advanced PCI / PnP Settings clocks for PCI device... -
Page 30: Boot Setting Configuration
Boot From Network Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Network feature. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3.5.2 Boot Device Priority In this section, you may specify the boot sequence from the available devices in your system. -
Page 31: Security Screen
3.6 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system in this section. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Security Chipset Exit Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Settings Install or Change the password. -
Page 32: North Bridge Configuration
(C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Memory Clock This item can be set by the code using [Auto]. You can set one of the standard values as listed: [100 MHz (DDR200)], [133 MHz (DDR266)], [166 MHz (DDR333)], [200 MHz (DDR400)]. -
Page 33: South Bridge Configuration
Burst Length Burst length can be set to 8 or 4 beats. 64 Bit Dq must use the 4 beats. CAS Latency (CL) Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing. Configuration options: [Auto], [2.0], [3.0], and [2.5]. -
Page 34: Agp Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable the feature of AGP fast write protocol support. Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the PCI Bus scanning order while searching for video card. It allows you to select the type of Primary VGA in case of multiple video controllers. -
Page 35: Hypertransport Configuration
(C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. HT Width Use this item to set the HT width as [8 BIT], [16 BIT], or [Auto]. HT Speed Use this item to set the HT speed as [200 MHz], [400 MHz], [600 MHz],or [800 MHz]. -
Page 36: Exit Screen
When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes?” Select [OK] to discard all changes. Load Optimal Defaults When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Load optimal defaults?” Select [OK] to load the default values for all the setup configurations. -
Page 37: Software Support
This motherboard supports various Microsoft Windows operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only. Refer to your OS documentation for more information.