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NF500 754
FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the limits of a Class
B digital devic e, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . T hese limits are designed
to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference in a residential
installation. T his equipment generates , uses and can radiate radio frequency
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  • Page 1 NF500 754 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital devic e, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ............1 Motherboard Features ..........1 Package Checklist ............4 Layout & Components ..........5 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ..........6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)........6 Fan Headers ..............8 Memory Modules Installation......... 9 Connectors & Slots............. 10 Chapter 3: Headers &...
  • Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction

    NF500 754 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OTHERBOARD EATURES A. Hardware Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron processors. Supports Front Side Bus up to 1.6G HT. AMD 64 architecture enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing. Supports HyperTransport Technology and AMD Cool’n’Quiet Technology.
  • Page 4 NF500 754 Main Memory Supports Single Channel DDR. Supports DDR 266/333/400. Maximum memory size is 2GB. DIMM Socket Location DDR Module Total Memor y Size DIMM1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB * 1 Max is 2 GB. DIMM2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB * 1 Serial ATA 4 on-board Serial ATA connectors support 4 serial ATA (SATA) ports.
  • Page 5 NF500 754 On-board AC’97 Audio Sound Codec Chip: ALC655: Compliant with AC’97 v ersion2.3 specif ication. Supports 6 channels audio output. 10/100 LAN Chip: RTL8201BL / RTL8201CL. Supports 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s and 1Gb/s auto-negotiation. Prov ides the most commonly used legacy super I/O f unctionality.
  • Page 6: Package Checklist

    NF500 754 Rear (Back Panel) Side Connectors 1 PS/2 Mouse port and Keyboard port. 1 Printer Port. 1 Serial Port. (JCOM2 is optional.) 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. 4 USB 2.0 Ports. 3 audio ports support 6 channels audio-out facilities. Connector...
  • Page 7: Layout & Components

    NF500 754 & C AYOUT OMPONENTS JKBM S V 1 JCF AN1 JKBMS1 JATXPWR1 JATXPWR2 CPU1 JUSB1 JUSBV1 JUSBLAN1 LA N JFAUDIO1 JAU DIO1 BAT1 PE X16 JNBFAN1 P EX1_1 Codec NForce500 PE X1_2 JCDIN1 PCI 1 JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSB4...
  • Page 8: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    NF500 754 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION (CPU) ENTRAL ROCESSING Step 1: Pull the lev er sideway s away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look f or the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point f orwards this black cut edge.
  • Page 9 NF500 754 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. FAN power Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.
  • Page 10: Fan Headers

    NF500 754 EADERS CPU FAN Power Header: JCFAN1 System Fan Power Header: JSFAN1 Northbridge Fan Power Header: JNBFAN1 JCFAN1 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense (Only for JCFAN1 and JSFAN1.) JNBFAN1 JSFA N1 Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support s ystem c ooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility. It supports 3 pin head c onnec tor.
  • Page 11: Memory Modules Installation

    NF500 754 EMORY ODULES NSTALLATION DDR M odule installation Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. Insert the DIMM v ertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap...
  • Page 12: Connectors & Slots

    NF500 754 & S ONNECTORS LOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk ty pes. This connector supports the provided floppy driv e ribbon cables.
  • Page 13 NF500 754 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI4 This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits. PCI1...
  • Page 14: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup

    NF500 754 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP OW TO SETUP 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”.
  • Page 15 NF500 754 ATX Power Source Connector: JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector, it will prov ide +12V to CPU power circuit. Assignment +12V +12V Ground Ground Power Source Headers for USB Ports: JUSBV1/JUSBV2 Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1.
  • Page 16 NF500 754 Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse: JKBMSV1 Pin 1-2 Close: +5V for PS/2 key board and mouse. Pin 2-3 Close: PS/2 keyboard and mouse are powered with +5V standby v oltage. Pin 1-2 close Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to s upport this functi on “Power-on s ys tem via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBMSV1”...
  • Page 17 NF500 754 CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JCDIN1 This connector allows user to connect the audio source f rom the v ariety dev ices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.. Assignment Left channel input Ground Ground Right channel input Case Open Headers: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status.
  • Page 18 NF500 754 Digital Audio-out Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1 These connectors allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output or input header. Assignment SPDIF OUT Ground Headers for USB Ports at Front Panel: JUSB2~JUSB4 This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables at PC front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader.
  • Page 19 NF500 754 Serial ATA Connectors: JSATA1~JSATA4 The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce500 with 4 channels SATA interf ace, it satisf ies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transf er rate of 1.5Gb/s. Assignment Ground T X+ T X-...
  • Page 20 NF500 754 JPANEL1: Header for Front Panel Facilities This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. opti o nal Assignment...
  • Page 21: Chapter 4: Nvidia Raid Functions

    NF500 754 CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS PERATION YSTEM Supports Windows XP Home/Prof essional Edition, and Windows 2000 Prof essional. RRAYS NVRAID supports the f ollowing ty pes of RAID arrays: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for many applications.
  • Page 22 NF500 754 RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware failure.
  • Page 23 NF500 754 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform.
  • Page 24: Chapter 5: Useful Help

    BIOS contents are corrupted. In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: Make a bootable floppy disk. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website.
  • Page 25 NF500 754 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has 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.
  • Page 26: Troubleshooting

    NF500 754 ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is securely Power light don’t illuminate, f an plugged in. inside power supply does not Replace cable. turn on. Contact technical support. Indicator light on key board does not turn on.
  • Page 27: Chapter 6: Warpspeeder

    NF500 754 CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™ NTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including 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 performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage.
  • Page 28: Installation

    NF500 754 NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed.
  • Page 29: Warpspeederâ„¢] Includes 1 Tray Icon And 5 Panels

    NF500 754 ™] PEEDER INCLUDES TRAY ICON AND PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility.
  • Page 30 NF500 754 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains fe ature s as follows: Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
  • Page 31 NF500 754 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not.
  • Page 32 NF500 754 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. O ve rclock Panel contains the these features: “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock...
  • Page 33 NF500 754 “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default...
  • Page 34 NF500 754 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
  • Page 35 NF500 754 Note : Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’...
  • Page 36 NF500 754 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup..................1 1 Main Menu..........................3 2 Standard CMOS Features......................6 3 Advanced BIOS Features......................9 4 Advanced Chipset Features....................13 5 Integrated P eripherals......................16 6 Power Management Setup....................21 7 PnP /P CI Configurations......................24 8 P C Health Status........................27 9 Frequency/Voltage Control....................29...
  • Page 37: Bios Setup

    NF500 754 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Phoenix-Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
  • Page 38 NF500 754 PCI Bus Support This P HOENIX-AWARD BIOS also supports Version 3.0 of the Intel P CI (P eripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This P HOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the AMD CPU.
  • Page 39: Main Menu

    NF500 754 1 Main Menu Once you enter P hoenix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 40 NF500 754 Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and P rogrammed Input/ Output features. Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “ Plug and P lay” and P CI options.
  • Page 41 NF500 754 Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. confir mation message will be displayed before proceeding.
  • Page 42: Standard Cmos Features

    NF500 754 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the<P gUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
  • Page 43 NF500 754 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day ’ automatically changes when you set the date.
  • Page 44 NF500 754 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors y ou want the BIOS to stop All, but Key board the POST process and All, but Diskette notify y ou. All, but Disk/ Key...
  • Page 45: Advanced Bios Features

    NF500 754 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system fro m the device in the sequence selected in these items. CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option.
  • Page 46 NF500 754 External Cache This option enables or disables “ Level 2” secondary cache on the CP U, which may improve performance. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 47 NF500 754 First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system fro m the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP 100, LAN, Disabled.
  • Page 48 NF500 754 TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. TYPEMATIC RATE (CHARS/SEC) Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the keydown.
  • Page 49: Advanced Chipset Features

    NF500 754 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system me mory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the P CI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.
  • Page 50 NF500 754 DRAM Conf iguration Timing Mode The Choices: Manual (default), Auto. Memclock index value(Mhz) The Choices: 100Mhz, 133Mhz, 166Mhz, 200Mhz (default) , 216Mhz, 233Mhz, 250Mhz. CAS# Latency This field specify the cas# latency, i.e. cas# to read data valid.
  • Page 51 NF500 754 CPU Spread Spectrum The Choices: Center Spread (default),Disabled. SATA Spread Spectrum SA TA This item allows you to disable \ enable the spread spectrum function. The Choices: Disabled (default), Down Spread. PCIE Spread Spectrum SA TA This item allows you to disable \ enable the spread spectrum function.
  • Page 52: Integrated Peripherals

    NF500 754 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal “ P ress Enter” next to the “ IDE Function Setup” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:...
  • Page 53 NF500 754 Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE P IO (P rogrammed Input / Output) fields let you set a P IO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increased performance progressively.
  • Page 54 NF500 754 RAID Enable The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. ONBOARD DEVICE OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller.
  • Page 55 NF500 754 Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. ONBOARD IO/Address Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
  • Page 56 NF500 754 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address. The Choices: 378/IRQ 7 (def ault), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled. Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP . The Choices: SPP(def ault) Using P arallel port as Standard P rinter Port.
  • Page 57: Power Management Setup

    NF500 754 6 Power Management Setup The P ower Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and P ower Management (ACPI).
  • Page 58 NF500 754 Max. Power Saving Maximu m power management only available for sl CPU’ s. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Define (default) Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges are fro m 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD P ower Down which ranges from 1 min.
  • Page 59 NF500 754 Power-On by Alarm When you select Enabled, an alarm returns the system to Full ON state. The Choices: Disabled (def ault), Enabled. Power on Function This option allows you to choose the different function to power on the computer.
  • Page 60: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    NF500 754 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the P CI bus system. P CI, or P ersonal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CP U itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 61 NF500 754 Resources Controlled By By Choosing “ Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral.By Choosing “ Manual”, the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts.
  • Page 62 NF500 754 Maximum Payload Size Set the maximu m payload size for Transaction packets (TLP ). The Choice: 4096 (default),128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048.
  • Page 63: C Health Status

    NF500 754 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warning beep. The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled. Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACP I mode.
  • Page 64 NF500 754 CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of the CPU. Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CP U fan. Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.
  • Page 65: Frequency/Voltage Control

    NF500 754 9 Frequency/Voltage Control Figure 9. Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Spec Voltage The Choices: 1.300V(default) Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to set different CPU voltage. The Choices: StartUp (default), and other choices from X4 800Mhz to X25 5000Mhz.

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