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  • Page 2: Electronic Emission Notices

    Electronic Emission Notices WARNING! 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 reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Table of Contents Box Included Checklist ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Motherboard Specifications ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Motherboard Layout------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Hardware Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Safety Instructions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Preparing The Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Installing the CPU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Installing the CPU Fan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 Installing Memory DIMMs -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Installing the Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Installing the I/O Shield ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Jumper Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Configuring the BIOS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 About the Setup Utility ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 Main Menu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Flash Update Procedure ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Installing Drivers And Software -------------------------------------------------------------- 30 HDMI Setup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup -------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Getting Started ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Sound Effect ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Environment Simulation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 33...

  • Page 5: Box Included Checklist

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Box Included Checklist Sapphire PI-AM2RS780V Motherboard Cable for ATA 133 IDE Sapphire Driver CD for Motherboard Cable for Serial ATA II Rear External I/O Shield Sapphire PI-AM2RS780V Motherboard User’s Manual Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.

  • Page 6: Motherboard Specifications

    Motherboard Specifications q Chipset AMD RS780+SB700 Chipset. q Size Micro ATX form factor of 9.6 inch x 9.6 inch q Microprocessor support Phenom/Athlon/Sempron with socket AM2/AM2+ q Operating systems: Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit and Windows Vista 32bit/64bit q System Memory support Supports DDRII533/667/800/1066.
  • Page 7 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Before You Begin v AC power failure recovery q Onboard Graphics Support v Integrated ATI Radean HD3100/3200 graphic core. v Supports CRT or DVI Out display. v Integrated DAC and CRT controllers. v Full screen/full speed video playback. v Up to 2048x1536, non-interlaced screen resolution for CRT.

  • Page 8: Motherboard Layout

    Motherboard Layout CASE OPEN CPU_FAN North Bridge PCIEX1 PCIEX16 South Bridge PCI1 PCI2 SPEAKER CD IN SPDIF Figure 1. Board Layout 1. Floppy Disk Drive Connector 11. SYS Fan connector 21. 4-pin ATX_12V power connector 2. COM header(optional) 12. USB headers 22.
  • Page 9 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Rear Panel Figure 2: Backpanel connectors With 6-Channel audio output With 8-Channel audio output 1. PS/2 Mouse Port 3. VGA Port 5. USB Port 2. PS/2 Keyboard Port 4. DVI Out Port(Optional) 6 . Lan Port with LEDs to indicate status. ·...

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are: q Preparing the motherboard v Installing the CPU v Installing the CPU fan v Installing the memory q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and injury, always follow basic safety precations.
  • Page 11 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Hardware Installation 1. Please turn off the power and unplug the power cord before installing the CPU. Pull the lever up and away from the socket until it is at a 90 degree angle to the motherboard. 2.

  • Page 12: Installing The Cpu Fan

    Installing the CPU Fan There are many different fan types that can be used with this motherboard. Follow the instruction that came with your fan assembly. Be sure that the fan orientation is correct for your chassis type and your fan assembly. Installing Memory DIMMs Your new motherboard has four 1.8V 240-pin slots for DDR2 memory DDRII 1 and DDRII 2 are optional.

  • Page 13: Installing The Motherboard

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Hardware Installation Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs into the slots on the motherboard. Note that there is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot. This slot matches the slot on the memory DIMM to ensure the component is installed properly.

  • Page 14: Connecting Cables And Setting Switches

    Connecting Cables and Setting Switches This section takes you through all the connections and switch settings necessary on the motherboard. See Figure 1 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in the following procedure.

  • Page 15: 24-Pin Atx Power (Pw1)

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Hardware Installation 24-pin ATX Power (PW1) PW is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to the DIMM slots. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard.

  • Page 16: 4-Pin Atx 12V Power (Pw2)

    4-pin ATX 12V Power (PW2) PW, the 4-pin ATX 12V power connection, is used to provide power to the CPU. Align the pins to the connector and press firmly until seated. PW2 - Pin Definition Assignment +12V +12V Serial Port Connector - COM COM - Pin Definition Assignment Speaker Header - SPK...

  • Page 17: Connecting Serial Ata Cables

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Connecting Serial ATA Cables(SATA-1~SATA-6 Optional) The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 3Gb/s data transfer rate.

  • Page 18: Connecting Internal Headers

    Hardware Installation Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables (see Table 2 for pin definitions): q PWRLED Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector.

  • Page 19: Usb Headers

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard USB Headers This motherboard contains four USB 2.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis(Figure 2). The motherboard also contains four 10-pin internal header con- nectors onboard. 1. Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis (not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option).

  • Page 20: Fp Audio Header

    Hardware Installation FP Audio Header The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re-tasking function. FP - SOUND Pin Definition Assignment MIC2(L) MIC(R) -ACZ-DET Front Audio(R) Reserved...

  • Page 21: Fan Connections

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Fan Connections There are three fan connections on the motherboard. The fan speed can be detected and viewed in the PC Health Status section of the CMOS Setup. CPU FAN Connector CASE OPEN CPU_FAN North Bridge PCIEX1 PCIEX16 South Bridge...

  • Page 22: Floppy Disk Drive Connector-Fdd

    Floppy Disk Drive Connector - FDD The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. LPT Connector - Pin Definition 1 STROBE 10 GND 19 ACK* 2 ALF* 11 PD4 20 GND 3 PD0 12 GND 21 BUSY 4 ERR* 13 PD5 22 GND...

  • Page 23: Expansion Slots

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Hardware Installation Expansion Slots The motherboard contains four expansion slots, two PCI Express slots and two PCI slots. For a full list of PCI Express x16 graphics card supported by this motherboard. PCI slot PCI slot PCI Express 16 slot PCI Express x1 slot PCI Slots...

  • Page 24: Jumper Settings

    When installing a PCI Express x16 card, be sure the retention clip snaps and locks the card into place. If the card is not seated properly, it could cause a short across the pins. Secure the card’s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover.

  • Page 25: Configuring The Bios

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Configuring the BIOS Configuring the BIOS About the Setup Utility The motherboard 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.

  • Page 26: Main Menu

    Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features  Frequency/Voltage Control   Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults  Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults  Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password  Power Management Setup Set User Password ...
  • Page 27 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Configuring the BIOS Frequency/ CPU speed setting are settings of CPU speed. You should Voltage Control refer to your CPU marking. Load Fail-Safe The BIOS defaults have been set by the manufacturer and Defaults represent settings which provide the minimum requirements for your system to operate Load Optimized The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum Defaults...

  • Page 28: Integrated Peripherals

    Date The date format is <day-of-the-week>. <month> <day> <year>. Time The time format is <hour> <Minute> <second> displayed in 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p. m. is displayed as 13:00:00. Primary These categories identify the types of the two channels that Master/Primary have been installed in the computer.
  • Page 29 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Configuring the BIOS 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>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory.

  • Page 30: Flash Update Procedure

    FLASH Update Procedure The program AWDFLASH.EXE is included on the driver CD (D:\Utility\ AWDFLASH.EXE). Please follow the recommended procedure to update the flash BIOS, as listed below. 1. Create a DOS-bootable floppy diskette. Copy the new BIOS file (just obtained or downloaded) and the utility program AWDFLASH.EXE to the diskette.

  • Page 31: Installing Drivers And Software

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Installing Drivers and Software Note: It is important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in the kit, you need to load your operating system. The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista-capable. The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional software.

  • Page 32: Hdmi Setup

    HDMI SETUP 1. You can connect HDMI device to the HDMI port directly, or connect to DVI port by a DVI - HDMI dongle. 2. Enter Control Panel, double click “Sounds and Audio Devices”, select “Realtek HDA HDMI Out” as default play back device, then click ok.
  • Page 33 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software...

  • Page 34: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup

    Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup Getting Started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on- screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: Sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”...

  • Page 35: Equalizer Selection

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are available: Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have.

  • Page 36: Mixer

    Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions into the Mixer page. This gives you the advantage to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool. Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output.

  • Page 37: Recording Control

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software 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 maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously.

  • Page 38: Audio I/O

    Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i.e. playback) function or input (i.e.

  • Page 39: Speaker Configuration

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Speaker Configuration Step : Plug in the device in any available jack. Step : Dialogue “connected device” 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 40: Global Connector Settings

    Connector Settings Click to access connector settings Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in √ Once this option is checked, whenever front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. Disable front panel jack detection (optional) √...

  • Page 41: Speaker Calibration

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software 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.

  • Page 42: Microphone

    Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” are both enabled. Noise Suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC, is too loud? Try “Noise Suppression”, which allows you to cut off and sup- press disturbing noise.

  • Page 43: Audio Demo

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Audio Demo The section “3D 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.

  • Page 44: Sata Raid Configuration

    SATA RAID Configuration The system board supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 (depends on how many SATA disks are connected) for SATA1, 2, 3, 4 ports. Setting up the BIOS Setting your computer, then press Delete to enter the Bios setup. The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window appears.
  • Page 45 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Use the arrow keys to select the “OnChip SATA Device“, press Enter. Select RAID for” OnChip SATA Type”...

  • Page 46: Entering The Raid Bios Setup

    Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software promptint you to press Ctrl-F as shown below.“Ctrl-F“ means pressing Ctrl and F key together. After pressing “Ctrl-F“ ,the RAID Utility Main Menu appears.
  • Page 47 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard View Drive Assignment. Press 1 to view disk drive assignment information. Define LD Press 2 to enter Logical Disk definition window. Delete LD Press 3 to enter Logical Disk deletion window. Controller Configuration Press 4 to view information of the RAID Controller...

  • Page 48: Define Logical Disk And Create Arrays

    Define Logical Disk and Create Arrays Press 2 to enter the “Define LD” windows, where allow manually defining the drive elements, RAID mode and disk arrays. 2. Use the up or down arrow key to move to a logical disk set and press Enter to enter the RAID configuration window...
  • Page 49 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software 3. Take creating RAID 0 as an example. Use arrow key to move to different item. i) Under the RAID Mode item, press the SPACE key to select “RAID 0”. ii) Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default. iii) Under the Drives Assignments item, press the up or down arrow key to highlight a drive. iv) Press the SPACE key or Y to change the Assignment item to Y. This action adds the drive to the disk array. v) Under the Total Drv item, the number of disks assigned is shown.
  • Page 50 4. Press “Ctrl - Y” keys to save the information. The message below will appear. 5. Press “Ctrl - Y” to erase the MBR data or press other keys to ignore this option. Then, the message below will appear. 6. Press “Ctrl - Y” to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other keys to use the maxi- mum capacity. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to “Define LD” window and you will see the created array.
  • Page 51 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard 8. Press Esc to return to Main Menu.

  • Page 52: Delete The Define Logical Disks And Arrays

    Delete the define logical disks and array Deleting an existing logical disk or disk array could lead to loss of data. DO NOT attempt to perform any deletion before backing up all the data in the disks. 1. To delete an array, press 3 in the Main Menu to enter the “Delete LD” window. Then select the array you wish to delete and press the Delete key or the “Alt + D“ keys. The “View LD Definition Menu” will show up and display which disks are assigned to the selected array. Press “Ctrl - Y” to confirm deleting the array or press other keys to abort. 3. After deleting the array of disks, it will return to “Delete LD” windows. Press Esc to return to Main Menu.

  • Page 53: Installing The Raid Drives

    AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Installing the RAID Drivers Installing Windows XP Restart the computer and boot from the Windows XP setup disk. Press F6 when you see the message “Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver”.
  • Page 54 When Windows Setup correctly recognizes the RAID driver in the floppy disk, a menu similar to below will show. Select “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform” for Windows XP 32-bit version while Select “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller- x64 platform” for Windows XP 64-bit version. Then, press Enter. Press Enter to continue the RAID driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver instal- lation will be finished in a few moments and then the below screen will be shown. After the RAID driver installation is finish, press Enter to continue the other steps of Windows XP installation.
  • Page 55 AMD 780 Series Chipset Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Installing Windows Vista Assuming only one RAID array exists in the computer Restart the computer and boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and follow standard OS installation steps. When a screen similar to below is shown (RAID hard drive has not be detected at this stage), insert floppy disk or removable drive with RAID driver.
  • Page 56 3. Below screen will show up if correct driver is found. Select “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller” and click “Next”. 4. After the driver is successfully loaded, the RAID drive will be recognized. Select the RAID drive and then press Next to continue the OS installation.
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