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Odin K8F8/K8F8P/K8F8G
USER'S MANUAL
M/B For Socket 754 64-bit AMD Athlon64 Processor
Rev:1.0
Release date: October 2005
Trademark:
* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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  • Page 1 Odin K8F8/K8F8P/K8F8G USER'S MANUAL M/B For Socket 754 64-bit AMD Athlon64 Processor Rev:1.0 Release date: October 2005 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENT USER’S NOTICE........................ii MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ................ii COOLING SOLUTIONS ......................ii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF MOTHERBOARD FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD ..................1 1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ............2 SPECIFICATION........................3 PERFORMANCE LIST......................4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING..............5 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ................

  • Page 3: User's Notice

    USER’S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER. THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE 939TURBO MOTHER- BOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

  • Page 4: Features Of Motherboard

    Introduction of Motherboards 1-1 Features of motherboard Odin K8F8 /K8F8P /K8F8G motherboard is based on NVIDIA nForce4 SLI single chip technology which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Athlon64 FX with HyperTransport Technology. These motherboards series deliver the leading-edge performance with NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface Technology with the latest Dual PCI Express for NVIDIA Dual Graphic Processing Unit ready platform.

  • Page 5: 1-1.1 Special Features Of Motherboard

    Some special features---CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift/ CPU Smart Fan/ Debug Port(Option) in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking maybe cause the fails in system reliabilities.

  • Page 6: Specification

    1-2 Specification Spec Description ∗ ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x24.4cm Design ∗ NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Single Chip Technology Chipset ∗ Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 754-Pin package utilizes Flip- CPU Socket 939 Chip Pin Grid Array package processor ∗...

  • Page 7: Performance List

    1-3 Performance List The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.) Performance Test Report CPU:...

  • Page 8: Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting

    1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting Giga LAN Surrback PRINTER Line-IN CEN/LFE PS/2 Mouse Line-OUT MIC-IN PS/2 Keyboard Surround COM2 SPDIF OUT USB1 ATX 12V Power Connector CPU FAN PS2 KB/Mouse Port CPU Socket FINTEK F71805F I/O chip PC99 Back Panel ATX Power Connector KBMS/USB Power On Jumper (JP1) DDR Socket X3...

  • Page 9: Expansion Sockets

    Jumpers Jumper Name Description JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block Keyboard Power On 3-pin Block Enabled/Disabled USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block Connectors Connector Name Description ATXPWR24P ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 4-pin Block PS2KBMS PS/2 Mouse &...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps: 1. Check motherboard jumper setting 2. Install CPU and Fan 3. Install System Memory (DIMM) 4. Install Expansion cards 5. Connect IDE and Floppy cables, Front Panel /Back Panel cable 6.

  • Page 11: Install Cpu

    (2) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1 1-2 closed KB/USB Power ON Disable (Default) 2-3 closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled Keyboard/Mouse & USB Power On Setting (3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP3 1-2 closed USB Power On Disable 2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled (Default) USB2/USB3 Power On Setting 2-3 Install CPU...

  • Page 12: About Amd Athlon64 754-Pin Cpu

    Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices. LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and establish the relationship between the various components.

  • Page 13: Install Memory

    2-4 Install Memory This motherboard provides four 184-pin DDR DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) sites for DDR memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 64MB to maximum memory size of 3.0GB DDR SDRAM. Valid Memory Configurations Bank 184-Pin DIMM Total Memory Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDRDDR266/DDR333/DDR400...

  • Page 14: Expansion Card

    2-5 Expansion Cards WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

  • Page 15: Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard

    2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below: INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H √ Slot 1 √ Slot 2 √ Slot 3 √...

  • Page 16: Connectors, Headers

    2-6 Connectors, Headers 2-6-1 Connectors (1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR24P ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard.
  • Page 17 Pin 1 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: PS2KBMS The connectors for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse. USB Port connector: USB0/USB1 The connectors are 4-pin connector that connect USB devices to the system board. LAN Port connector: UL1/USBLAN This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network The UL1 support 10M/100Mb/s data transfer rate (only for Odin K8F8P) The USBLAN support 10M/100M/1G b/s data transfer rate (only for K8F8G) Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female): PARALLEL...
  • Page 18 PS/2 Surrback Giga LAN Mouse PRINTER Line-IN CEN/LFE Line-OUT MIC-IN Surround SPDIF OUT COM2 PS/2 USB1 Keyboard (9) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives. Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector (10) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1...
  • Page 19 (11) Secondary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE2 This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks. Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector. You may also configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector.

  • Page 20: Headers

    2-6-2 Headers Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO This header connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable. Without install the cable, this header default setting is 5-6 short, 9-10 short. When you install the cable you have take off these jumpers. AUDIO Pin 1 Line-Out, MIC Headers...
  • Page 21 Power switch: PWR BTN This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system. PWRLED Pin 1 JW FP SPEAK Pin 1 Pin 1 System Case Connections (8) FAN Headers (3-pin) : CHAFAN, SFAN1, SFAN2, CPUFAN These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different.

  • Page 22: Starting Up Your Computer

    2-7 Starting Up Your Computer 1. After all connection are made, close your computer case cover. 2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your country’s voltage used.

  • Page 23: Chapter 3 Introducing Bios

    Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization.

  • Page 24: The Main Menu

    3-3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

  • Page 25: Standard Cmos Features

    Power User Overclock Settings Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand Password Settings This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system operations for performance use.

  • Page 26: Advanced Bios Features

    Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS. Time The time format is <hour><minute><second>. IDE Channel 0 Master / Channel 0 Slave / Channel 1 Master / Channel 0 Slave SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4 Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table.
  • Page 27 Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep. Disabled (default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

  • Page 28: Advanced Chipset Features

    Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before is begins to repeat the keystroke. The settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000. Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

  • Page 29: Dram Timing Settings

    3-6-1 DRAM Timing Settings Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Timing Settings Timing Mode Auto Item Help DRAM CAS Latency 2.5T SDRAM Cycle Time SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay Menu Level >> SDRAM Precharge Time MTRR Mapping Mode Continuous ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults...

  • Page 30: Ldt & Pci Timing Settings

    3-6-2 LDT & PCI Timing Settings Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility LDT & PCI Timing Settings Item Help Upstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit LDT Bus Frequency Auto Menu Level >> PCI1 Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI2 Master 0 WS Write Enabled...

  • Page 31: Onchip Ide Function

    3-7-1 OnChip IDE Function Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Function SATA Function Enabled Item Help OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Primary Master Auto Menu Level >> Primary Slave Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave Auto Primary Master UDMA...

  • Page 32: Onchip Device Function

    3-7-2 OnChip Device Function Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip Device Function VIA SATA Function Enabled Item Help RealTek LAN BootROM Disabled VIA LAN Function Enabled VIA LAN BootROM Disabled Menu Level >> VIA LAN BootROM Boot Option Hook INT19 VIA LAN BootROM PXERPL Option Current VIA MAC Address is 003018-xxxxxx...

  • Page 33: Onchip Super Io Function

    3-7-3 Onboard Super IO Function Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Super IO Function Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Item Help Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal Menu Level >> IR Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7...

  • Page 34: Power Management Setup

    3-8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help...

  • Page 35: Wake Up Events

    3-8-1 Wake up Events Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Wake Up Events Item Help LPT & COM LPT/COM HDD & FDD PCI Master Menu Level >> Wake-Up on Ring Disabled Wake-Up on PCI PME Disabled PS2 KB Wake up Selection Hot Key Wake-Up on Hot Key (PS2 KB) Disabled...

  • Page 36: 3-8-1.1 Irqs Activities

    3-8-1.1 IRQs Activities Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activities Primary INTR Item Help IRQ3 (COM 2) Disabled IRQ4 (COM 1) Enabled IRQ5 (LPT 2) Enabled Menu Level >>> IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) Enabled IRQ7 (LPT 1) Enabled IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) Disabled IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)

  • Page 37: Irq Resources

    3-9-1 IRQ Resources Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device Item Help IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device Menu Level >> IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device...

  • Page 38: Smart Fan Configurations

    Please refer to section 3-10-1 Current CPU Temperature/Current System Temp/Current FAN1, FAN2 Speed/Vcore/ Vdd/3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V/VBAT(V)/5VSB(V) This will show the CPU/FAN/System voltage chart and FAN Speed. 3-10-1 Smart FAN Configurations Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Smart FAN Configurations CPUFAN Smart Mode Enabled Item Help CPU SmartFAN Full-Speed...

  • Page 39: Thermal Throttling Options

    3-11 Thermal Throttling Options Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility BiTurbo Configurations BiTurbo Technology Mode Disabled Item Help BiTurbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage) CPU Thermal-Throttling BiTurbo Activated Time 0.50s Later BiTurbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz Disabled ．．．．．[ CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled Menu Level >...

  • Page 40: Power User Overclock Settings

    CPU Thermal Throttling Temp This item allows you to activate the CPU Thermal Throttling function when the CPU temperature is over the value which you set to low down the CPU temperature when at high workload to protect processor from damage or accidental shutdown. Phoenix –...
  • Page 41 CPU Vcore 7-Shift This item allows you select the CPU Vcore Voltage xx% more than the standard value, by this function for the precise over-clocking for extra demanding of performance. VDIMM Select This item allows you to select 2.5V of the DDR Module. The choice are: 2.55V, 2.6V, 2.65V, 2.7V.
  • Page 42 Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power User Overclock Settings Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock 66.0/33.0 MHz Item Help Linear PCIExpress Clock CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal ．．．．．[ ** Current CPU Clock 200MHZ ** ．．．．．[ CPU Clock at Next Boot is Menu Level > ．．．．．[ + 10% *** Current DRAM Clock...

  • Page 43: Password Settings

    3-13 Password Settings Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Password Settings Item Help Set Supervisor Password Press Enter Set User Password Press Enter Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them.

  • Page 44: Chapter 4 Driver & Free Program Installation

    Chapter 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly.

  • Page 45: Install Nforce Integrated Driver

    Install nForce Integrated Driver nForce * nForce Integrated driver pack include following device driver: NVIDIA GART driver : If you are using an AGP VGA Card, please install NVIDIA AGP GART driver which provides service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to the hardware for speedy graphic access.
  • Page 46 5. Please choose to install the NVIDIA firewall 6. If you want to install NVIDIA firewall and and Forceware Network Access Manager Forceware Network Access Manager utility Utility Driver for demanding on you own. 7. Select install complete software and Click 8.

  • Page 47: Sound

    4-2 SOUND install ALC850 8-Channel Audio Driver 1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click NEXT When Realtek AC97Audio driver MENU appears windows appears 3. Click FINISH and restart your computer 4. Manual Sound Effect Setting 5. Speaker configuration setting 6.

  • Page 48: Lan Marvell Yukon Gigabitetnemet Nic Driver

    4-3 LAN Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver 1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2. Click Next to install Marvell LAN driver 3. Please Accept the license agreement and read 4. Click Install to install driver and Click Finish the “Readme”...

  • Page 49: Pc-Cillin Install Pc-Cillin2005 Anti-Virus Program

    4-5 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2005 Anti-virus program Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL Please select “Install program” when the MENU appears "Trend Micro internet security" installshield wizard windows appears Click NEXT and Enter your Customer Please select install “FULL” function or Information, Click NEXT or choose Change install “Antivirus software”...

  • Page 50: Pc-Health Install Myguard Hardware Monitor Utility

    PC-HEALTH Install Myguard Hardware monitor Utility 1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click Next when Install shield wizard Window MENU appears appears, Choose destination location and click Next, when the start copy file windows appear, click next 3. Select Finish after setup complete 4.

  • Page 51: How To Update Bios

    4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS Before updating the BIOS, users have to “Disable” the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection in “Miscellaneous Control” of BIOS SETUP. Otherwise the system the will not allow you to upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility. STEP 1.
  • Page 52 APPENDIX Debug Port Post Code Normal POST Codes NOTE: EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h. ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h. Code(hex) Name Description Turn Off Chipset OEM Specific-Cache control cache And CPU test Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification.
  • Page 53 Code(hex) Name Description Reserved Blank video Reset Video controller Reserved Init KBC Keyboard controller init KB test Test the Keyboard Reserved Mouse Init Initialized the mouse Onboard Audio init Onboard audio controller initialize if exist Reserved Reserved CheckSum Check Check the intergraty of the ROM,BIOS and message Reserved Auto detec EEPROM...
  • Page 54 Code(hex) Name Description Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved PS2 Mouse setup Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB Reserved Test DMA Test DMA channel 0 Controller 0 Reserved Test DMA Test DMA channel 1 Controller 1 Reserved Test DMA Page Test DMA Page Registers. Registers Reserved Reserved...
  • Page 55 Code(hex) Name Description Memory Test Test all memory of memory above 1MB using Virtual 8086 mode, page mode and clear the memory Reserved Reserved CPU display Detect CPU speed and display CPU vendor specific version string and turn on all necessary CPU features Reserved PnP Init Display PnP logo and PnP early init...
  • Page 56 Code(hex) Name Description HDD Check for HDD check out Write protection Reserved Reserved POST error check Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention Reserved Reserved Security Check Ask password security (optional). Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen.
  • Page 57 Code(hex) Name Description Early System setup Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and initialize INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL First step initialize if single CPU onboard. Re-init KB If support HPM, HPM get initialized here KBC and CMOS Init Verifies CMOS is working correctly,...
  • Page 58 Code(hex) Name Description Display POST error Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention Ask password security (optional). CMOS and Option Write all CMOS values back to RAM and ROM Init clear screen. Enable parity checker Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot. Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh.
  • Page 59 Code(hex) Name Description Initialize Video Read CMOS location 14h to find out Interface type of video in use. Detect and Initialize Video Adapter. Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on message to screen. Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow according to Setup.

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