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User’ s s s s s User’ User’ User’ Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual VIA K8T800 K8T800 K8T800 mainboard for AMD K8T800 mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD K8T800 mainboard for AMD Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor...
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Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Overview Section 2 Features Section 3 Installatio Easy Installation Procedure...
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Section 4 BIOS Setup Section 5 S-ATA RAID Configuration Section 6 Driver Installation Appendix Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D...
Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Package Contents Contents Deluxe Pack Items (for SATA3 ~ SATA6 connector only) Other Optional Items If you need the other optional item, please contact your dealer for assistance. USERS MANUAL Page 1-1...
Introduction Athlon 64 Processor For more information about all the new features Athlon 64 Processor deliver, check out the AMD website at http://www.amd.com Chipset Overview Page 1-2...
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Introduction Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Ultra ATA/66/100/133 Hardware Monitoring LAN (Optional) Serial ATA Page 1-3...
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Introduction Mainboard Form-Factor AT X Power Supply 5 1/4-inch 3 1/2-inch Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1-4...
Introduction I/O Shield Connector RJ-45 LAN RAC Jack (Optional) Parallel Port Line-in/Rear out (Light Blue) PS/2 Line-out/Front out (Lime) Mouse PS/2 Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink) Keyboard COM1 COM2 USB2.0 ports Optical connector Figure 3: I/O ports Power-On/Off (Remote) Remote On/Off ® Note: For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is strongly recommended to use power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>=) 2A.
Features For more detailed information about S-ATA, refer to users manual in the attached CD. Legacy IO Controller Audio Peripheral Interfaces At Rear Panel Page 2-2...
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Features Onboard connector and pin-header Front Panel Controller Expansion Slots Special Features Page 2-3...
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Features Power BIOS Form Factor Page 2-4...
Installation 3-2 Jumper Settings JCMOS: Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS To CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below. 1. Turn off the system. 2. Change the jumper from 1-2 to 2-3 position for a few seconds. 3. Replace the jumper on to the 1-2 position. 4.
Installation 3-5 Device Connectors RJ-45 LAN RAC Jack (Optional) Parallel Port Line-in/Rear out (Light Blue) PS/2 Line-out/Front out (Lime) Mouse PS/2 Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink) Keyboard COM1 COM2 USB2.0 ports Optical connector Figure 14 - I/O Ports JPWR_FAN JCPU_FAN JPWR_FAN JSYS_FAN JCPU_FAN JSYS_FAN Ground +12V...
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Installation IDE1 IDE2 When use two IDE drives, one must be set to Master mode and the other one to Slave mode. Refer to your disk drive users manual for information about select- ing the proper drive switch settings. IDE1/IDE2 Caution: The PW1 and PW2 Power Connector must be used simultaneously +12V...
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Installation MIC_In Front Line-out-R Rear Line-out-FR Rear Line-out-FL Front Line-out-L Settings Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Short (default): Only the onboard rear panel audio jack can be used. Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Open: Only front panel audio jack can be used. In 2-Channel audio mode, Mic-In is shared for both front panel and rear panel.
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Installation SATA2 SATA1 SATA6 SATA5 SATA3 SATA4 There is an optional S-ATA with Game port bracket for external storage connection. This bracket connects to SATA3/SATA4/STAT5/SATA6 connector only. Page 3-14...
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Installation CUSB3CUSB4 CAUTION ! Please make sure the USB cable has the same pin assignment. A different pin assignment may cause damage to the system. If you need the USB cable, please contact our retailer. Page 3-15...
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Installation CFP: Front Panel Connector CIR/CSPK Page 3-16...
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Installation 3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ® Page 3-17...
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Installation 3-7 CPU Overheating Protection Note: Page 3-18...
BIOS 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration WARNING: Conflicting IRQs may cause system unable to locate certain devices. Figure 7: PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Disabled Enabled Manual Auto...
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BIOS Interrupt requests are shared as shown below: t o l IMPORTANT! When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots, make sure its drivers support Shared IRQ, or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. IRQ conflicts between the two PCI groups will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.
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BIOS 4-8 Power BIOS Features Warning Figure 9: Frequency/Voltage Control...
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BIOS Key in the DEC (decimalism) number for the CPU clock. Note: Overclocking failure will cause no display on monitor. At this instant, press <Insert> key to revert back to the initial or default setting to boot up your system.
S-ATA RAID Configuration Create Disk Array Create Array Array Mode Create only Create and duplicate Create only Create and duplicate Page 5-5...
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S-ATA RAID Configuration Auto Setup Select Disk Drives Auto Setup Create and duplicate Select Disk Drives Select Disk Drives Block Size Page 5-6...
S-ATA RAID Configuration View Serial Number of Hard Drive Serial Number View View Array Status Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array Continue to boot, Page 5-8...
S-ATA RAID Configuration Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array Continue to boot 1. Power off and Check the Failed Drive: Choose replacement drive and rebuild 2. Destroy the Mirroring Relationship: Page 5-9...
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S-ATA RAID Configuration 3. Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild: 4. Continue to boot: Page 5-10...
Drivers Installation Section 6 DRIVER INSTALLATION Easy Driver Installation VIA K8 SERIES VIA SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER AC97 AUDIO DRIVER VIA 6103 LAN DRIVER (Optional) 3COM LAN DRIVER USB 2.0 DRIVER SILICON IMAGE DRIVER (README) (FOLLOW THE README ABOVE AND INSTALL THE DRIVER FIRST) (Optional) SATA RAID INSTALLATION UTILITY VIA SATA RAID DRIVER...
Appendix Appendix A Realtek Media Player User’s Guide Realtek Media Player Platform " 06 - Reo Speedwagon " & 06-Reo Speedwagon - K 03:31 Functional Descriptions A. Playback Windows Display...
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Appendix B. Playback Function Controls e l l y t i t i d t o l C. Playback Controls...
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Appendix D. Seeking bar E. Title/Play List Windows F. Title/Play List Edit Controls G. Title/Play List Scroll bar H. Recording Function Controls I. REC/Playback Time Display...
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Appendix J. Platform Display Panel Controls K. Equalizer Control Panel...
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Appendix Appendix B Update Your System BIOS XXXX XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin...
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Appendix Appendix C EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip, unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool. The BIOS socket is fragile may be damaged if an improper method to replace the BIOS chip is applied.