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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.
Copyright
This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be copied or
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.
Trademarks
All brand names, logos and registered trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners.
Electronic Emission Notices
SAPPHIRE PURE INNOVATION
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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
SLOTS ......................20 CPU INSTALLATION ..................21 MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS ..............23 DDR DIMM Sockets Location ..............23 Install DDR DIMMs ................. 24 Memory Configurations ................. 24 SATA RAID Setup ..................25 Driver and RAID Software Installation ........... 25 PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... - Page 3 BIOS SETUP ....................27 About the Setup Utility ................27 The Standard Configuration ..............27 Entering the Setup Utility ................ 27 Press DEL to enter SETUP ..............28 BIOS Navigation Keys ................28 Updating the BIOS ................. 28 Using BIOS .................... 29 Standard CMOS Features ..............
- Page 4 " S/PDIF ....................57 Speaker Calibration ................. 57 Microphone .................... 58 Noise Suppression ................58 Beam Forming ................. 58 Acoustic Echo Cancellation ............. 58 Audio Demo ................... 59 Information ..................... 59 FLASH UPDATE PROCEDURE ..............60 PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
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Page 5: Hardware Configuration
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Key Features : Chipset • ATI® RX480 + SB450 Chipset. Processor • Support for AMD K8 Processor in a Socket 939 package. • Support Hypertransport interface bus. VRM (Voltage Regulator Modules) on Board • Flexible motherboard design with on board VRM, easy to upgrade with future AMD K8 processors. - Page 6 Supports SMM, APM and ACPI. • Break switch for instant suspend/resume on system operations. • Energy star “Green PC” compliant. • Hardware monitoring circuit is supported, provide voltage, fan speed, etc. monitoring. • Wake-On-LAN (WOL) support. • Supports Suspend-To-RAM (STR). PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
- Page 7 Onboard ALC880 7.1 Audio • Integrated Realtek ALC880 controller. • Fully 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 drivers ready. • Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, SPDIF-in, SPDIF-out. •...
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Page 8: Motherboard Layout
2) When you start up the system, please wait for 5 seconds after you power on AC. 3) It is not recommended to add a metal spacer plate on the back of the Socket 939. Otherwise, some components will be short and damaged. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
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 Audio Jack Color 2 Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel Blue Line-In Line-In Line-In Lime Line-Out Front Stereo-Out Front Stereo-Out Pink Mic-In Mic-In Mic-In Gray Side Stereo-Out Black Rear Stereo-Out Rear Stereo-Out Orange Centre & Subwoofer Centre & Subwoofer PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
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Page 11: Connectors And Headers
CONNECTORS AND HEADERS The Sapphire motherboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD, USB Ports and CPU/System FAN etc. Floppy Disk Drive Connector - J1801 The Sapphire motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. IDE Connectors - J1700 &... -
Page 12: Ieee 1394 Header - Jp1600
The Sapphire motherboard provides two 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE1394 ports. JP1600 - Pin Definition SIGNAL TPA+ TPA- Ground Ground TPB+ TPB- Cable power Cable power Key (no pin) Ground JP1600 IEEE 1394 Cable PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 13: Fan Power Header - J2801, J2805, J2806
Fan Power Header - J2801, J2805, J2806 The J2801 (processor fan), J2805 / J2806 (system fan) support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports three-pin head connector. J2801 - CPU FAN J2805 - FAN J2806 - FAN CD-IN Header - J2102 This header allows for connection of audio from CD-ROM drive. -
Page 14: Front Panel Audio Header - J2101
Also please make sure the pin assignment on the cable is the same as the pin assignment on the motherboard header. To find out if the chassis you are buying supports front audio connection, please contact your dealer. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 15: Usb Headers - J1502, J1503
USB Headers - J1502, J1503 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 auxiliary USB connector J1502 / J1503 to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard. -
Page 16: Front Panel Header - Ju2801
FP PWER/SLP MSG LED - RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull-down to GND PWR_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull-up RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull-up PWR_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull-down to GND RSVD_DNU Reserved. Do not use. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 17: Spdif Out Header - J2103
SPDIF Out Header - J2103 SPDIF In Header - J2104 This header provides a SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) output to digital multimedia device through fiber or coaxial connector. J2104 J2103 J2103, J2104 - Pin Definition SIGNAL SPDIF +5VA Serial ATA-I Hard Disk Connectors - J600, J601, J602, J603 The Sapphire motherboard has four SATA connectors: J600, J601, J602, J603. -
Page 18: Serial Ata-Ii Hard Disk Connectors - J1402, J1403
This cable is compatible for use with SATA and SATA-II devices. Serial ATA Devices Power Cable (optional) Serial ATA Cable Please do not fold the serial ATA cable, which may lead to loss of data during transmission. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 19: Jumper Setting
JUMPER SETTING The Sapphire motherboard provides jumpers enabling configuration of the motherboard’s hardware. Clear CMOS Jumper - JU600 If you want to clear the system configuration, use the JU600 (Clear CMOS Jumper) to clear data. JU600 JU600 Selection 1-2* Normal* Clear CMOS Close Open... -
Page 20: Slots
Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a. • Two virtual channel support for full unsynchronized data transfers. • Supports full 2.5Gb/s bandwidth in each direction per x1 lane. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots • Two 32-bit PCI ports for add-in card connections. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 21: Cpu Installation
CPU INSTALLATION Please refer to the following steps to install the CPU. 1. Please turn off the power and unplug the power cord before installing the CPU. Pull the lever slightly sideways away from the socket to unlock the lever, and then raise the lever up to a full 90 degree angle. 2. - Page 22 Step 2. Locate the Fixed Lever on the side of the cooler and lift the lever upwards. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
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Page 23: Memory Configurations
Step 3. Fasten down the lever. Step 4. Make sure the safety hook completely clasps the fixed bolt of the retention module. MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS DDR DIMM Sockets Location Please refer to the following figure for the location of the DDR DIMM Sockets. SAPPHIRE PURE INNOVATION... -
Page 24: Install Ddr Dimms
DDR DIMM pair in sockets. • It is not recommended to use a three DIMM configuration. • Memory channel speed is determined by slowest DIMM populated in system. * Please visit Sapphire’s web site for approved memory compatibility list. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 25: 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 26: Driver And Raid Software Installation
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...” 4. Insert floppy disk. 5. Choose the OS device driver wanted for loading. 6. Install OS. 7. Install driver after OS is installed. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 27: Bios Setup
BIOS SETUP About the Setup Utility The computer uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the motherboard contains the ROM setup instructions 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 28: Press Del To Enter Setup
4. At the A:\ prompt, type the Flash Utility program name and press <Enter>. 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. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 29: Using Bios
6. When the installation is complete, remove the floppy diskette from the diskette 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. Using BIOS When you start the Setup Utility, the main menu appears. -
Page 30: Ide Devices
NOTE: Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, ensure that you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of your hard drive. Incorrect settings can result in your system not recognizing the installed hard disk. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 31: 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 32: Hard Disk Boot Priority
First, Second, and Third boot devices. Boot Up Floppy Seek (Enabled) When this option is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... - Page 33 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.
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Page 34: Advanced Chipset Features
[16 bit] Menu Level TT Downstream LDT Bus Width [16 bit] LDT Bus Frequency [Auto] \[: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... - Page 35 LDT Configuration (Enabled) This option enables or disables the LDT configuration. Upstream LDT Bus Width (16 bit) This option allows users to manually adjust the upstream LDT bus width to be 8 bit or 16 bit. Downstream LDT Bus Width (16 bit) This option allows users to manually adjust the downstream LDT bus width to be 8 bit or 16 bit.
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Page 36: Integrated Peripherals
This option allows you to enable the transfer access of the IDE DMA. If you disable this function you will only have PIO modes 1-4 available. OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 (Enabled) Use this option to enable or disable the PCI IDE channels that are integrated on the motherboard. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 37: South Onchip Pci Device
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO (Auto) Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. These four items let you assign the kind of PIO (Programmed Input/Output) was used by the IDE devices. Choose Auto to let the system auto detect which PIO mode is best, or select a PIO mode from 0 to 4. -
Page 38: Onboard Devices
PCI Express or PCI slots. OnChip USB OHCI Controller (Enabled) This option allows you to enable or disable the onboard USB OHCI controller. OnChip USB EHCI Controller (Enabled) This option allows you to enable or disable the onboard USB EHCI controller. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 39: Power Management Setup
OnChip USB KBC Controller (Enabled) This option allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard support. IDE HDD Block Mode (Enabled) Block mode is also called block transfer or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode, select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/write per sector the drive can support. - Page 40 Delay 4 Sec. then holding the power button down for four seconds is required to cause a software power down. PowerOn by PCI Card (Disabled) This options allows the system to be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of the PCI Card is detected. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
- Page 41 " AMD K8 Cool’n’Quite control (Auto) This option helps the system to lower the frequency when CPU idles. When the frequency decreases, the temperature will drop automatically as well. RTC Alarm Resume (Disabled) When set to Enabled, you can set the date (day of the month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system.
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Page 42: Pnp/Pci Configurations
Base to set the start address of the memory you want to re serve for the ISA expansion card. Use the second item Reserved Memory Length to set the amount of reserved memory. Press <Esc> to close the Memory Resources submenu. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 43: Overclocking Features
"! 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 44 Row cycle time (Trc) (9T) This option determines the minimum number of clock cycles a memory row takes to complete a full cycle, from row activation up to the precharging of the active row. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
- Page 45 "# Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) (24T) Auto-refresh active to RAS#-active or RAS# auto-refresh. Read-to-Write time (Trwt) (4T) This option specifies the Read-to-Write cycle time. Refresh Rate (Tref) (200MHz 7.8ps) This option specifies the Refresh Rate. Write to Read Delay (Twtr) (2 bus clocks) This option specifies the time measured from the rising edge following the last non-masked data strobe to the rising edge of the next read command.
- Page 46 This field allows you to manually adjust the North Bridge, Radeon Xpress 200, voltage. HT Link Voltage (1.22V) This field allows you to manually adjust the Hypertransport Link voltage. PCI-E 1.2 Voltage (1.22V) This field allows you to manually adjust the PCI Express 1.2V supply voltage. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
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Page 47: Pc Health Status
"% PCI-E 1.8 Voltage (1.8V) This field allows you to manually adjust the PCI Express 1.8V supply voltage. NB HT PLL CONTROL (AUTO) This field allows you to manually adjust the Northbridge HT PLL (Phase Lode Loop). But it is highly recommended to leave this field set “Auto” for setting a stable platform. -
Page 48: Load Fail-Safe Defaults
If you only want to install setup defaults for a specific option, select and display that option, and then press <F7>. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 49: Set Supervisor/User Password
"' Note: Users please remain the factory BIOS default setting of “Load optimized Defaults” when install Operation System onto your system. 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>. -
Page 50: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup
You will be able to enjoy a total of 23 kinds of different sound experiences by selection from the dropdown menu. Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager also provides five popular settings “Stone Corridor”, “Bathroom”, “Sewer Pipe”, “Arena” and “Audio Corridor” for quick enjoyment. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 51: Equalizer Selection
Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. A standard of 10 equalizer bands 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 easy access enjoyment. -
Page 52: Mixer
You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output. Tool Show the following volume control This allows you to freely decide which volume control items to be displayed. A total of 13 items can be selected. Advanced controls Enable playback multi-streaming PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 53: 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 a maximum of 2 streams operating simultaneously. -
Page 54: Audio I/O
Audio I/O aims to help you set the jacks as you wish. Moreover, other than blue to blue, pink to pink, the way that you are used to doing, Audio I/O can guide you to other correct jacks that can also serve as microphone / speaker / head- phone. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 55: Speaker Configuration
Speaker Configuration Step 1: Plug in the device in any available jack. Step 2: “Connected device” window 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 56: Global Connector Settings
Maintaining the viability of a digital signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 57: 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 58: Microphone
Internet. In that case, your friend will hear his/her own voice again. With AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancella- tion) enabled at your side, your friend can hear you with less echo. PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual... -
Page 59: Audio Demo
Audio Demo The section “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. SAPPHIRE PURE INNOVATION... -
Page 60: Flash Update Procedure
Note to User: The bundled driver CD includes an automated software feature for all drivers that the motherboard need. Please select the drivers that you want to install and click the button on the installation panel. F6108ED7 PI-A9RX480 User’s Manual...
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