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MOTHERBOARD
K7Upgrade-600

User Manual

Version 1.1
Published August 2004
Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    MOTHERBOARD K7Upgrade-600 User Manual Version 1.1 Published August 2004 Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Jumpers Setup ..............15 Onboard Headers and Connectors ........17 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ......20 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ..20 Making An SATA Driver Diskette ........21 3. BIOS Setup (K7Upgrade-600) ......22 3.1 BIOS Setup Utility ..............
  • Page 4 4.3.6 Floppy Configuration ..........44 4.3.7 Super IO Configuration .......... 44 4.3.8 USB Configuration ..........45 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ...... 46 Boot Screen ..............46 4.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........47 4.5.2 Boot Device Priority ..........47 Security Screen ..............48 Exit Screen ................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    ASRock’s commit- ment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by- step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    1.2 Specifications Platform: ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm CPU: 462-Pin Socket Supporting AMD Athlon / Athlon XP / Duron / 32-bit Sempron Processor Chipsets: North Bridge: VIA KT600, FSB @ 400 MHz South Bridge: VIA VT8237, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s...
  • Page 7 To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system. Do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card on the AGP slot of this motherboard! It may cause permanent damage! ®...

  • Page 8: Motherboard Layout

    4 x PCI Slots ( PCI1- 4 ) Future CPU Bridge ( K8BRIDGE_2 ) Flash Memory J7/ J8/ J9/ J12 Jumpers ( 4 sets of 4 x 3-Pin ) AGP Slot ( AGP2 ) FSB Select Jumpers Future CPU Bridge ( K8BRIDGE_1 )

  • Page 9: Asrock I/O

    1.4 ASRock I/O Parallel Port Line Out (Lime) RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Ports Game Port Serial Port (COM1) Microphone (Pink) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Line In (Light Blue) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green)

  • Page 10: Installation

    2. Installation K7Upgrade-600 is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings.

  • Page 11: Cpu Installation

    CPU into the socket to avoid bending of the pins. Step 4. When the CPU is in place, press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked.

  • Page 12: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Step 2. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot. notch break...

  • Page 13: Expansion Slots (K8 Bridge, Pci, And Agp Slots)

    2.4 Expansion Slots (K8 Bridge, PCI Slots, and AGP Slots) There are 1 set of K8 Bridge, 4 PCI slots, and 2 AGP slots (the slot 1.5V_AGP1 supports for K7 AGP Interface, and the slot AGP2 supports for K8 AGP Interface) on K7Upgrade-600 motherboard.

  • Page 14: Installing An Expansion Card

    NOTE When adjusting the jumper settings, you may use the tool, Jumper Cap Remover, to help you removing the jumper caps more easily. This Jumper Cap Remover is bundled in your motherboard package, and please follow the “Jumper Cap Remover Instruction” to use it properly.

  • Page 15: Jumpers Setup

    FSB 333MHz FSB 266MHz Note: The setting of the CPU front side bus frequency of this motherboard is by means of the adjustment of jumper-setting. To perform over clocking, you must set the FSB jumper according to your AMD CPU before you use the “Manual” option as the FSB setting in...
  • Page 16 8.5x 9.5x 10.5x 11.5x 12.5x 13.5x 16.5x For example, “Athlon XP 2000+” is an 1666MHz CPU: 12.5 (Multiplier) X 133MHz (External frequency) = 1666MHz FID jumpers setting: FID4 FID3 FID2 FID1 FID0 The jumper caps are not provided by ASRock. Please understand that ASRock does not guarantee and support the adjustment of multiplier.

  • Page 17: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.8, No. 24) the red-striped side to Pin1 Note: Make sure the red-striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector. Primary IDE Connector (Blue) Secondary IDE Connector (Black) (39-pin IDE1, see p.8, No. 7) (39-pin IDE2, see p.8, No.
  • Page 18 USB 2.0 Header ASRock I/O provides you 4 ready-to-use USB 2.0 ports on (9-pin USB67) DUMMY the rear panel. If the rear USB (see p.8, No. 22) ports are not sufficient, this USB 2.0 header is available to USB_PWR support 4 extra USB 2.0 ports.
  • Page 19 Chassis Fan Connector Please connect the chassis fan cable to this connector and (3-pin CHA_FAN1) CHA_FAN_SPEED +12V match the black wire to the (see p.8, No. 19) ground pin. CPU Fan Connector Please connect the CPU fan cable to this connector and...

  • Page 20: Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation

    STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk. 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs K7Upgrade-600 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA Devices.

  • Page 21: Making An Sata Driver Diskette

    2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configura- tion on your system, or you may start to use “VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS” to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you install the OS. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration.

  • Page 22: Bios Setup (K7Upgrade-600)

    To access the menu bar items, press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted. 3.1.2 Legend Bar At the bottom of the Setup Screen is a legend bar. The following table lists the keys in the legend bar with their corresponding functions.

  • Page 23: Main Menu

    :Select Menu Enter:Select Sub-Menu System Date [Month/Day/Year] Set the system date that you specify. Valid values for month, day, and year are Month: (Jan to Dec), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2099). Use ¡ô keys to move ¡ô...
  • Page 24 If the auto- detection fails, it may due to that the hard disk is too old or too new. If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system, the BIOS Setup may detect incorrect parameters.
  • Page 25 LBA Mode This allows user to select the LBA mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Off] to disable the LBA mode.

  • Page 26: Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, And Exit Menus

    This field should always be [Disabled] for better system stability. CPU Host Frequency [Auto] It is recommended to select this option, which will let the CPU host frequency of this motherboard determined by the jumper-setting. [Manual] This allows user to set CPU host frequency manually. However, because the...
  • Page 27 USB Controller Use this to enable or disable the use of USB controller. USB Device Legacy Support Use this to enable or disable the support to emulate legacy I/O devices such as mouse, keyboard,... etc. DRAM CAS# Latency This is used to adjust the means of memory accessing. Configuration options: [Auto], [2T], [2.5T], [3T].
  • Page 28 The default is 32. It is recommended to keep the default value unless the in- stalled PCI expansion cards’ specifications require other settings. Primary Graphics Adapter Select PCI or AGP as the primary graphics adapter if both PCI VGA and AGP card are installed.
  • Page 29 Use this to set addresses for the onboard serial ports or disable serial ports. Configuration options: [Auto], [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4 / COM1], [2F8 / IRQ3 / COM2], [3E8 / IRQ4 / COM3], [2E8 / IRQ3 / COM4]. OnBoard Infrared Port: You may select [Auto] or [Disabled] for this onboard infrared port feature.

  • Page 30: Onboard Lan

    Select [Disabled], [Auto] or [Enabled] for the onboard AC’97 Audio feature. System Hardware Monitor You may check the status of the hardware on your system. It allows you to monitor the parameters for CPU temperature, Motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, and critical voltage.

  • Page 31: Security Setup Menu

    Set Supervisor Password: Press <Enter> to set the Supervisor Password. Valid password can be a 1 to 6 alphanumeric characters combination. If you already have a password, you need to enter your current password first in order to create a new password.

  • Page 32: Power Setup Menu

    Use this to enable or disable Ring-in signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power- soft-off mode. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Use this to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode.

  • Page 33: Boot Setup Menu

    Use this to enable or disable “boot from network” feature. VIA SATA Raid Utility Use this to enable or disable VIA VT8237 SATA Raid BIOS Utility during POST. Boot Device Priority This allows you to set the boot device priority.

  • Page 34: Exit Menu

    Sub-Menu Exit Saving Changes After you enter the sub-menu, the message “Save current settings and exit” will appear. If you press <ENTER>, it will save the current settings and exit the BIOS SETUP Utility. Exit Discarding Changes After you enter the submenu, the message “Quit without saving changes” will appear.

  • Page 35: Bios Setup Utility (754Bridge)

    Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY after POST, restart the system by pressing <Ctl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis.

  • Page 36: Navigation Keys

    To save changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY <ESC> To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 4.2 Main Screen When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced...

  • Page 37: Advanced Screen

    4.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, IDE Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit...
  • Page 38 [0.800V]. However, for safety and system stability, it is not recommended to adjust the value of this item. Memory Clock This item can be set by the code using [Auto]. You can set one of the standard values as listed: [133 MHz (DDR266)], [166 MHz (DDR333)], [200 MHz (DDR400)].

  • Page 39: Chipset Configuration

    The default value of this feature is set to [Auto]. If you install an 8X-AGP card on this motherboard, you may select [Auto], [8X] or [4X] as the AGP mode. If the installed AGP card is a 4X-AGP card, then you may set the AGP mode as [Auto], [4X], [2X], or [1X].

  • Page 40: Acpi Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable Ring-In signals to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCI Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. PS/2 Keyboard Power On...

  • Page 41: Ide Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC (Real Time Clock) to power on the system. 4.3.4 IDE Configuration...
  • Page 42 [ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device), such as MO. LBA/Large Mode Use this item to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to disable the LBA/Large mode.

  • Page 43: Pcipnp Configuration

    Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. PCI Latency Timer The default value is 32. It is recommended to keep the default value unless the installed PCI expansion cards’ specifications require other settings. PCI IDE BusMaster Use this item to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature.

  • Page 44: Floppy Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3].

  • Page 45: Usb Configuration

    Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [2F8 / IRQ3], and [2E8 / IRQ3]. Parallel Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port or disable it.

  • Page 46: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    “Auto” option will disable the legacy USB support. 4.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage.

  • Page 47: Boot Settings Configuration

    Use this item to enable or disable VIA VT8237 SATA Raid BIOS Utility during post. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 4.5.2 Boot Device Priority In this section, you may specify the boot sequence from the available devices in your system.

  • Page 48: Security Screen

    CD/DVD drives. 4.6 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
  • Page 49 BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis- card changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Dis-...

  • Page 50: Software Support

    This motherboard supports various Microsoft Windows operating systems: 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only. Refer to your OS documentation for more information.

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