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K8T89-A7
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 limits are designed
to provide reasonable 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 the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
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- Page 1 K8T89-A7 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 limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ...............1 Features ....................1 Hardware......................1 BIOS & Software.....................3 Package List ..................4 Layout....................5 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ..........6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)............6 FAN Headers..................8 Memory Module Installation ............8 Connectors and Slots ................9 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup........11 How to Setup Jumpers ..............11 Detail Settings..................11 Chapter 4: Useful Help............16... -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
K8T89-A7 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION EATURES Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64 processor up to 3700+. Supports AMD Sempron processor. Supports 200/400/600/800 clock rates with Double Data Rate style operation for 400/800/1200/1600MT/s in both directions simultaneously for Hyper Transport link. - Page 4 K8T89-A7 Super I/O Chip: ITE IT8705AF GX. Low Pin Count Interface. Integrate hardware monitor functions. Onboard Serial ATA Integrated in VT8237R. Two serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices. Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions. Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports.
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Page 5: Bios & Software
K8T89-A7 Back Panel I/O Connectors 4 USB 2.0 ports. 1 Serial port (COM2 is optional). 1 Parallel port. 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. 1 PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard port. 1 Vertical audio port including 1 line-in connector, 1 Line out connector, and 1 MIC in connector. -
Page 6: Package List
K8T89-A7 ACKAGE FDD cable x1 HDD cable x1 User’s Manual x1 Fully Setup Driver CD x1 Rear I/O panel for ATX case x1 USB 2.0 cable x1 (optional) Serial ATA cable x2 (optional) S/PDIF out cable x1 (optional) -
Page 7: Layout
K8T89-A7 AYOUT JCFAN1 JKBMS1 JKBV1 J1(optional) JATXPWR1 CPU1 JATXPWR2 J1394_USB1 JUSBV1 JUSBLAN1 K8T890 JAUDIO1 JAUDIO2 PCI-EX1_2 JUSBV2 BAT1 PCI-EX1_1 JUSB1 JSATA1 PCI-EX16 VT8237R JSATA2 JUSB2 XGP1 JCMOS1 JCI1 JDJ1(optional) PCI1 JWOL1 JSFAN1 (optional) JCDIN1 JSPDIF_OUT1 Super I/O PCI2 JSPDIF_IN1 (optional) -
Page 8: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation
K8T89-A7 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION (CPU) ENTRAL ROCESSING Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge. - Page 9 K8T89-A7 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the...
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Page 10: Fan Headers
K8T89-A7 FAN H EADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. -
Page 11: Connectors And Slots
K8T89-A7 ONNECTORS AND LOTS The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 66/ 100/ 133 functionality. - Page 12 PC. After PC restarts, the system will automatically set the AGP VGA card as the graphics adapter. 2. Or, re-install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card function can be used. Note: Please go to “http://www.biostar.com.tw” for more detailed information about XGP compatible AGP cards.
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Page 13: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup
K8T89-A7 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP OW TO ETUP 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... - Page 14 K8T89-A7 JKBV1: Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Assignment Description +5V for PS/2 keyboard and mouse Pin 1-2 close +5V Standby PS/2 mouse and keyboard are Voltage powered with +5V standby voltage. Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBV1”...
- Page 15 K8T89-A7 JAUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors. 1 2 1 3 14 Assignment Assignment...
- Page 16 K8T89-A7 JSPDIF_IN1: Digital Audio-in Connector (optional) This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header. Assignment SPDIF_IN Ground JCI1: Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up.
- Page 17 K8T89-A7 JWOL1: Wake on LAN Header (optional) The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network. This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power.
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Page 18: Chapter 4: Useful Help
BIOS contents are corrupted. In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: 1. Make a bootable floppy disk. 2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website. -
Page 19: Cpu Overheated
K8T89-A7 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 20: Troubleshooting
K8T89-A7 ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don’t illuminate, fan securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn Replace cable. Contact technical support. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. -
Page 21: Warpspeeder
K8T89-A7 WARPSPEEDER™ CHAPTER 5: 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 22: Installation
K8T89-A7 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 23: Warpspeeder™] Includes 1 Tray Icon And 5 Panels
K8T89-A7 ™] PEEDER INCLUDES TRAY ICON AND PANELS 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. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can... - Page 24 K8T89-A7 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 features as follows: a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
- Page 25 K8T89-A7 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. The default setting is “No”. If you want to get the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the option “Yes”.
- Page 26 K8T89-A7 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. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.
- Page 27 K8T89-A7 “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 28 K8T89-A7 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. You can also get the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Version number of...
- Page 29 K8T89-A7 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’...