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771AS
USER'S MANUAL
4X AGP Slot / AC 97 Audio M/B
FOR AMD K7 Athlon Processor
The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which
may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information
contained herein.
NO. G03-771ASR1A
Release date: FEB 2000
** Year 2000 compliant **
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- Page 1 771AS USER'S MANUAL 4X AGP Slot / AC 97 Audio M/B FOR AMD K7 Athlon Processor The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
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. TABLE OF CONTENT Chapter 1 1-1 Preface.....................1 1-2 Key Feature....................1 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation... -
Page 3: Preface
Chapter 1 1-1 Preface Thank you for purchasing this multifunction motherboard. It has the most flexibility you can find in today’s computer motherboard based on the AMD® newest microprocessor - AMD® Athlon™ processor with 3DNOW™. Moreover, this motherboard using next generation of 4X AGP specification, Ultra DMA 66, PCI 3D Audio, and many other new feature that meets future specification. - Page 4 ACPI supporting for OS Directed Power Management Ring-in Wake up: When Ring-In the system can wake up from SMI Mode. Ring-in Power On: When Ring-In the system can power on automatic by this function. Wake on LAN: When Wake on LAN the system can power on automatic by this function. RTC Power On: Enabled RTC Power On function, you can setting RTC alarm to power on the system at the time length you setting .
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Page 5: Hardware Installation
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Unpacking This mainboard package should contain the following: mainboard USER’S MANUAL for mainboard Cable set for Ultra DMA 66 IDE x1, Floppy x1 CD for Drivers PACK The mainboard contains sensitive electronic components which can be easily damaged by electron-static, so the mainboard should be left in its original packing until it is installed. -
Page 6: The Diagram Of Motherboard
2-2 Diagram of Motherboard Figure 2-1 2.3 Quick Reference for Jumpers, Connectors &... - Page 7 Expansion Socket Jumpers Jumper Name Description Page CMOS RAM Clear JBAT 1-2 Normal ,2-3 Clear CMOS p. 6 Connectors Connector Name Description Page ATX Power Connector 20-Pin Block p.10 K/B CONN PS/2 Keyboard/PS/2 Mouse 6-Pin Female p.10 p.10 USB Port Connector 5-Pin Connector p.10 USB_B1...
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Page 8: Installation Steps
2-4 Installation Steps Before using your computer, you must follow the steps as follows: 1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2. Install the CPU 3. Install DRAM Modules 4. Install Expansion card 5. Connect Cables, Wires, and Power Supply 2-5 Jumper Settings 1. -
Page 9: Expansion Cards
2-7-1 The motherboard provides a Slot A for AMD® Athlon™ processor. The CPU on board must have a fan or heat sink attached to prevent overheating. WARNING: Without a fan or heat sink, the CPU will overheat and cause damage to both the CPU and the motherboard. - Page 10 ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 20-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. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on, the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed.
- Page 11 5. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female): PRINT Parallel Port connector is a 25-pin D-Subminiature Receptacle connector. The On-board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP” section for more detail information. 6.
- Page 12 This connector support the provided serial port ribbon cable with mounting bracket. Connect the ribbon cable to this connector and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot. 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.
- Page 13 12. IDE activity LED: IDELED This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case. 13. Turbo LED switch: TBLED The motherboard‘s turbo function is always on. The turbo LED will remain constantly lit while the system power is on. You may wish to connect the Power LED from the system case to this lead.
- Page 14 18. FAN connector: FAN1 and FAN2 19. Power-On button connector: PWRBTN1 20. CD Audio in connector : CD_IN1, CD_IN2 These are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal, please connect it to CD-ROM CD- Audio output connector 21. Wake On LAN connector: WOL1...
- Page 15 ※ Wake On LAN Function worked only when power supply support 5VSB more than 750mA current. Chapter 3...
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Page 16: Award Bios Setup
AWARD BIOS SETUP This mainboard has previously set to its best stable status. If you are not an experienced user, please do not change the default setting. When you are encounter any problem, please choice “LOAD STANDARD DEFAULTS” to restore best setting. Award’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. -
Page 17: Standard Cmos Features
PC Health Status: Use this menu to show the temperature, FAN Speed, Voltage of the PC Health. 3-7 for the details. Frequency/Voltage Control: Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. See section 3-8 for the details. ... -
Page 18: Advanced Bios Features
IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level Access Mode Auto Capacity To auto-detect the HDD’s size, head... Cylinder on this channel Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults... - Page 19 Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. ...
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Page 20: Advanced Chipset Features
Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Note: To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. -
Page 21: Integrated Peripherals
The Choice: 1X, 2X, 4X AGP mode. Delay Transaction: The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS The “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS”... -
Page 22: Power Mangement Setup
first. The choice: PCI Slot, AGP. 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 you install and-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. -
Page 23: Pnp/Pci Configurations
Max. Power Saving Maximum power management -- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’s. Doze Mode = 1 min., Standby Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode = 1 min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. - Page 24 PNP OS Installed Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto(ESCD) Menu Level IRQ Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are using DMA Resources Press Enter A Plug and Play capable PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled operating system Select Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled No if you need the BIOS to...
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Page 25: Pc Health Status
Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Leave this field at Disabled. Choices are Enabled, Disabled. 3-7 PC HEALTH STATUS This category shows your system’s current status such as CPU temperature, System temperature, and the current speed of Fan(s). CMOS Setup Utility –... -
Page 26: Supervisor/User Password Setting
When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimal Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the Optimal default values for the most stable, optimal performance system operations. 3-10 LOAD STANDARD DEFAULTS ... -
Page 27: Post Messages
Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again. - Page 28 DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed. You must configure the system for the new display type. EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non-volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot. This can indicate either the EISA non-volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly.
- Page 29 Indicates a memory address error at a specific location. You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips. Memory parity Error at ... Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location. You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips.
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Page 30: Post Codes
Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually contains a board. NOTE: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility. SYSTEM HALTED, (CTRL-ALT-DEL) TO REBOOT ... Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted. - Page 31 POST (hex) Description -Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) -Program basic chipset registers Detect memory -Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. -Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM. Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000:0 Reserved Initial Superio_Early_Init switch.
- Page 32 POST (hex) Description Reserved Load keyboard matrix (notebook platform) Reserved HPM initialization (notebook platform) Reserved 1. Check validity of RTC value: e.g. a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute. 2. Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS checksum fails, use default value instead.
- Page 33 POST (hex) Description Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1.Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2.Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU.
- Page 34 POST (hex) Description Initialize PS/2 Mouse Reserved Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h Reserved Turn on L2 cache Reserved Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup & Auto-configuration table. Reserved 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2.
- Page 35 POST (hex) Description 6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7. Initialize APM 8. Clear noise of IRQs. Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code 1. Enable L2 cache 2. Program boot up speed 3.
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Page 36: Driver Installation
Chapter 4 Driver Installation 4-1 Software Installation 4in 1 IDE / VXD/AGP/ACPI Windows 95 Run X :\KX133\IDE\SETUP.EXE Windows 98 Run X :\KX133\IDE\SETUP.EXE Windows NT4.0 Run X :\KX133\IDE\SETUP.EXE PC Health Software Windows 95：Run X：\KX133\HEALTH\SETUP.EXE Windows 98：Run X：\KX133\HEALTH\SETUP.EXE Sound Driver For Windows 95/98 user, before you install Sound Driver, please remove PCI Multimedia Audio Device under “OTHER DEVICE”... - Page 37 Mother Board Configuration CPU core speed Ratio CPU Installation Pg.8-9 CPU Clock 100MHz Core / Bus ratio Then CPU core speed = 500MHz Dram Installation Pg. 8-9 Pg.9 Install Expansion Card Please follow manufacturer instruction for any expansion card installed. Connect cable, wires &...
- Page 38 Quick Installation Guide Driver Installation 4 in 1 IDE/VXD/AGP/ACPI 1. From Windows 95/98. Start Insert Driver CD Browse Setup KX133 Health Monitor 2. From Windows 95/98. Start Insert Driver CD Browse Setup KX133 Health 3. From Windows 95/98. Sound Start Insert Driver CD Browse Setup...