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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason-
able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with instructions contained in this manual, may cause harmful interference
to radio and television communications. However, there is no guarantee that interfer-
ence will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
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REORIENT OR RELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA
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INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER
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CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM
THAT OF THE RECEIVER
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CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO/TELEVISION TECHNICIAN
NOTE: Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B
requirements, or using an unshielded peripheral data cable, could also result in
harmful interference to radio or television reception.
The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate
this equipment.
To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is
necessary to use shielded I/O cables.
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reproduced by any means.
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, no responsibility for errors
or omissions is assumed. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the
information contained herein.
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SAPPHIRE PURE CROSSFIRE II
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- Page 1 Electronic Emission Notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason- able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ..............5 Key Features ..................5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT ................8 REAR PANEL ....................9 CONNECTORS AND HEADERS ..............11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector - CN3 ............11 IDE Connectors - CN1&CN2 ..............11 CN1 (Primary IDE Connector) ............... 11 CN2 (Secondary IDE Connector) ............ - Page 3 CrossFire Setup ..................25 Enter CMOS Setup Utility to Set CrossFire ..........25 Installing Driver ..................25 SATA RAID Setup ..................27 Driver and RAID Software Installation ........... 28 BIOS SETUP ....................29 About the Setup Utility ................29 The Standard Configuration ..............29 Entering the Setup Utility ................
- Page 4 " Mixer ....................... 47 Playback control ................47 Recording control ................48 Audio I/O ................... 49 Speaker Configuration ..............50 Global Connector Settings ............... 51 S/PDIF ....................52 Speaker Calibration ................. 52 Microphone ..................53 Noise Suppression ................53 Beam Forming ................. 53 Acoustic Echo Cancellation .............
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Page 5: Hardware Configuration
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Key Features : Chipset • ATI® RD400 +SB450 Chipset. Processor • Supports Intel® Celeron® , Pentium® 4, Pentium® D processors in the LGA775 -pin package (with 0.8V~1.6V voltage). • Supports 64-bit PSB (Processor System Bus) frequency of 533MHz /800MHz/1066MHz (133MHz/200MHz/266MHz bus clock). - Page 6 Extended USB Support • Includes 4 OHCI host controllers, increasing the number of external ports to eight. • Includes 2 OHCI USB2.0 host controllers that support all eight ports (Bandwidth is shared between the eight ports). ® • This motherboard supports USB 2.0 only on Windows 2000 (with ®...
- Page 7 Onboard ALC880 7.1 Audio • Integrated Realtek ALC880 controller. • Full Direct Sound and Sound Blaster compatible. • Full-Duplex 4 24-bit two-channel DACs and 3 stereo 20-bit ADCs. • PnP and APM 1.2 support. • Windows® 2000/XP ready. • Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, SPDIF-in, SPDIF-out. •...
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Page 8: Motherboard Layout
& MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT The following diagram shows the relative positions of the jumpers, connec- tors, major components and memory banks on the Sapphire motherboard. PKE;;9$Wsgoix WEXE80$WEXE70$WEXE60$WEXE5 H:19ZWFcPIH H91ZGGcPIH NOTE :1) Be sure to check the HDD cable orientation in order to match the colored strip to the pin 1 end of the connector. -
Page 9: Rear Panel
REAR PANEL The back panel provides the following connectors: PS/2 Mouse Connector The Sapphire motherboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse mini DIN con- nector for attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse directly into this connector. PS/2 Keyboard Connector The Sapphire motherboard provides a standard PS/2 keyboard mini DIN con- nector for attaching a PS/2 keyboard. - Page 10 LAN Connector The Sapphire motherboard provides one standard RJ-45 jack for connecting to a LocalArea Network (LAN). You can connect the network cable to the LAN jack. Gigabit LAN The onboard Marvell 88E8052 PCI-E X1 controller supports 10/100/1000 Mb/s operations. 8 Channel HD Audio Option select of 2, 6, or 8 channel audio from onboard ALC880 High Definition audio compliant CODEC with 20-bit ADC and 24-bit DAC resolution.
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Page 11: Connectors And Headers
CONNECTORS AND HEADERS The Sapphire motherboard provides connectors to connect to the FDD, IDE HDD, USB Ports and to the CPU/System FAN etc. Floppy Disk Drive Connector - CN3 The Sapphire motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 1.44M, 2.88M floppy disk types. IDE Connectors - CN1&CN2 The Sapphire motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/100/133 controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA... -
Page 12: Ieee 1394 Header - J23, J24
IEEE 1394 Header - J23,J24 The Sapphire motherboard provides four 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports. J24/J23 - Pin Definition SIGNAL TPA+ TPA- Ground Ground TPB+ TPB- Cable power Cable power Key (no pin) Ground IEEE 1394 Cable PC-I7RD400 User’s Manual... -
Page 13: Fan Power Header - Cpufan, Sysfan
Fan Power Header - CPUFAN, SYSFAN The CPUFAN1 (processor fan) and SYSFAN1 (system fan) support system cooling fans using +12V via a four/three-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. -
Page 14: Front Panel Audio Header - Fp-S1
" Front Panel Audio Header - FP-S1 FP-S1 FP-S1 - Pin Definition Signal Description PORT 1L Analog Port1 - Left channel Ground PORT 1R Analog Port 1 - Right channel PRESENCE Active low signal - signals BIOS that a High Definition Audio dongle is connected to the analog header. -
Page 15: Usb Header - Fp-U1, Fp-U2
USB Header - FP-U1, FP-U2 This Sapphire motherboard has up to eight USB ports. Some computer cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use the auxiliary USB connector FP-U1/FP-U2 to con- nect the front mounted ports to the motherboard. -
Page 16: Serial Atai Hard Disk Connectors - Sata1, Sata2, Sata3, Sata4
Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors - SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4 The Sapphire motherboard has four SATA connectors: SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4. Each supports 1 generation SATA data rates of 150 MB/s. All connec- tors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications. Each SATA connector can connect to one hard disk device. -
Page 17: Chassis Alarm Lead - Jp12
Chassis Alarm Lead - JP12 (optional) This lead is for a chassis designed with an intrusion detection feature. This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion sen- sor or microswitch. When you remove any chassis component, the sensor triggers and sends a high-level signal to this lead to record a chassis intrusion event. -
Page 18: Power Led: D5/D6
& Power LED: D5/D6 (optional) The green LED lights when the system is in the power-on state. The red LED lights whenever AC power is attached, irrespective of whether the system is powered-on, powered-off or in standby mode. D5-VCC_LED (Green) D6-5VSB_LED (Red) PC-I7RD400 User’s Manual... -
Page 19: Jumper Setting
JUMPER SETTING The Sapphire motherboard provides jumpers for enabling the configuration of the motherboard’s hardware. JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper - JP9 If you want to clear the system configuration, use the JP9 (Clear CMOS Jumper) to clear data. Selection 1-2* Normal* CMOS Clear JP14-Onboard AC97 Sound Select... -
Page 20: Slots
SLOTS The Sapphire motherboard provides two PCI-E x16 slots, two PCI-E x1 slot and three 32-bit PCI slots. Master PCI-E X16 Slot PCI-E X1 Slot Slave PCI-E X16 Slot PCI-E X1 Slot PCI Slots PCI Express x16 Graphics Interface • Two 16-lane (x16 port) PCI Express graphics ports, fully compliant with the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a. -
Page 21: Cpu Installation
CPU INSTALLATION Please follow the steps below to install the CPU. 1.Please turn off the power and un- plug the power cord before install- ing the CPU. Use index finger and thumb to raise the metal lever so it is separated from the bottom steel shell grip hook. - Page 22 4.Use index finger and thumb to press down the metal lever.The cap will be pushed up by the CPU. This may also be done by removing the lid beforehand. 5. Press the metal lever so it is se- cured in the bottom steel shell grip hook.
- Page 23 7. Align the fastener tips with the motherboard hole pattern, insert the fastener tips into the holes, guiding the wires to avoid pinching. the fas- teners will slide through the Sap- phire motherboard holes without applying too much force. 8. Engage the fasteners caps. Ap- ply thumb pressure to the top of each of the 4 fastener caps, there is no specific order of engagement,...
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Page 24: Memory Configurations
" MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS Install DDR DIMMs Please follow steps below to install DDR DIMMs. 1. Hold the DDR DIMM module by the edges and remove it from its antistatic package. 2. Make sure the clips at either end of the DIMM socket are pushed away from the socket. -
Page 25: Crossfire Setup
CrossFire SETUP If you want to set up the CrossFire, the Master card should be inserted into the Master slot and the Slave card should be inserted into the Slave slot properly. Make sure that the card is inserted in correct slot. Enter CMOS Setup Utility to set CrossFire 1. - Page 26 In the CCC advanced mode, you need to click the check box to enable the CrossFire. Step 2 Step3 Step4 After CrossFire is enabled successfully, you will be able to see that CrossFire has started. PC-I7RD400 User’s Manual...
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Page 27: Sata Raid Setup
SATA RAID SETUP Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the RAID utility. During bootup, the following message will appear, pausing for a few seconds to allow the user to enter the RAID utility: Press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter RAID utility An easy-to-use screen will appear with the following choices: Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Rebuild RAID Set Resolve Conflicts Below this will be a list of drives currently installed on the system. -
Page 28: Driver And Raid Software Installation
& Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information (Primary Channel, Secondary Channel). If, after a disk failure, the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection information. -
Page 29: Bios Setup
BIOS SETUP About the Setup Utility The mainboard uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the motherboard contains the ROM setup instruc- tions for configuring the motherboard BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup Utility displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters. -
Page 30: Press Del To Enter Setup
Press DEL to enter SETUP Pressing the delete key accesses the BIOS Setup Utility: Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility T Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control T Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults T Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults T Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password T Power Management Setup... -
Page 31: Using Bios
5. Type the file name of the new BIOS in the “File Name to Program” text box. Follow the onscreen directions to update the motherboard BIOS. 6. When the installation is complete, remove the floppy diskette from the dis kette drive and restart your computer. If your motherboard has a Flash BIOS jumper, reset the jumper to protect the newly installed BIOS from being overwritten. -
Page 32: Ide Devices
Date and Time The Date and Time shows the current date and time on the computer. If you are running Windows, it is automatically updated whenever you make changes to the Windows Date and Time Properties utility. IDE Devices (None) Your computer has two IDE channels (Primary and Secondary) and each channel can be installed with one or two devices (Master and Slave). -
Page 33: Advanced Bios Features
Access Mode (Auto) This option defines ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA (Large Block Addressing). Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive. Press <Esc>... -
Page 34: Hard Disk Boot Priority
!" Hard Disk Boot Priority Navigate to this section and press <Enter> to view the following screen: Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1. Ch0 M. ST380021A Item Help 2. Bootable Add-in Cards Menu Level TT Use <... -
Page 35: Advanced Chipset Features
Boot Up Num Lock Status (On) This option defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started, default is on. Gate A20 Option (Fast) This option defines how the system handles legacy software that was written for an earlier generation of processors. -
Page 36: Integrated Peripherals
Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Current MRC Version Item Help Memory Frequency For [AUTO] Menu Level T UMA Frame Buffer Size [64MB] T Adjust DRAM Timing [Press Enter] T Adjust PCIE Confg. [Press Enter] Video Display Devices [Auto] Tv Standard [NTSC]... -
Page 37: South Onchip Ide Device
South OnChip IDE Device Navigate to this option and press <Enter> to view the following screen: Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility South OnChip IDE Device IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] Item Help OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] Menu Level TT OnChip IDE Channel1 [Enabled] IDE Prefetch Mode... -
Page 38: South Onchip Pci Device
!& IDE HDD Block Mode (Enabled) Enable this option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode. Block mode enables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can support. It also improves the speed of access to IDE devices. -
Page 39: Power Management Setup
Onboard FDC Controller (Enabled) Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive controller (FDC) installed in the system board and you want to use it. If you install add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8/IRQ4) Select a logical COM port name and matching address for the first and second serial ports. - Page 40 " Power Management Option (User Define) This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes. User Define – Select time-out period in the section for each mode stated below. Max Saving – Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.
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Page 41: Pnp/Pci Configurations
" PNP/PCI Configurations This section configures how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards operate in your system. The PCI bus on the motherboard uses system IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup utility for the motherboard to work properly. -
Page 42: Pc Health Status
" PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] This option is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards. Assign IRQ For VGA [Enabled] This option assigns an interrupt request (IRQ) to the VGA on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. Assign IRQ For USB [Enabled] This option assigns an interrupt request (IRQ) to the USB on your system. -
Page 43: Load Fail-Safe Defaults
"! System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the system’s current operat- ing status. You cannot make changes to these fields. +1.8V Voltage CPU Voltage +3.3V Voltage +5V Voltage +12V Voltage DDR Voltage Chipset Voltage Battery Voltage CPU Temperature CPU Fan System Fan... -
Page 44: Set Supervisor/User Password
"" Set Supervisor/User Password When this function is selected, the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. ENTER PASSWORD Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. -
Page 45: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup
"# Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup Getting Started After installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver (insert the driver CD and follow the onscreen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: Sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”... -
Page 46: Equalizer Selection
"$ Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are available: Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience in the audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equalizer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment. -
Page 47: Mixer
"% Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions into the Mixer page. This gives you the ability to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool. Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output. -
Page 48: Recording Control
"& With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing. At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously. -
Page 49: Audio I/O
"' Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Jacks are no longer limited to a specific function. Instead, each jack can now be as- signed either an output (i.e.playback) function or input (i.e. Recording) function. We call this “Retasking”. Audio I/O helps you to setup the jacks as you wish. -
Page 50: Speaker Configuration
Speaker Configuration Step 1: Plug in the device in any available jack. Step 2: Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the device you are trying to plug in. * If the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device. -
Page 51: Global Connector Settings
Global Connector Settings Click to access global connector settings Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in Once this option is checked, whenever front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. Disable front panel jack detection (option) Did not find any function on front panel jacks? Please check if front jacks on your system are so-called AC’97 jacks. -
Page 52: S/Pdif
Output Sampling Rate 44.1KHz: This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby. 96KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD-Audio. Output Source Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3,.midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out. S/PDIF-in to S/PDIF -out pass though mode: The data from S/PDIF-In can be real-time played from S/PDIF-Out. -
Page 53: Microphone
Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” are both enabled. Noise Suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC is too loud, try “Noise Suppression”. -
Page 54: Audio Demo
#" Audio Demo The section “3D Audio Demo” grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound. The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way. Information This section provides information about your current system audio device. PC-I7RD400 User’s Manual... -
Page 55: Bios Update Procedure
BIOS Update Procedure The program AWDFLASH.EXE is included on the driver CD (D:\Utility\ AWDFLASH.EXE). Please follow the recommended procedure to update the flash BIOS, as listed below: 1. Create a DOS-bootable floppy diskette. Copy the new BIOS file (just obtained or downloaded) and the utility program AWDFLASH.EXE to the diskette. - Page 56 2237A8 PC-I7RD400 User’s Manual PC-I7RD400 User’s Manual...
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