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Page 1: Fcc Compliance Statement
KI690-AM2 Copyright All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the company. - Page 2 KI690-AM2 690G & SB600 ® Supports Socket AM2 Athlon 64 x2 Dual-Core/ ® Athlon x2 Dual-Core/ Athlon Sempron Processors (The power consumption for the aforementioned processors must be rated at 65W or less.) User Manual Dimensions (Mini-ITX Form-Factor): 170mm x 170mm ( W x L ) Operating System: ®...
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Page 3: Packing List
Do not touch any IC chip, lead, connector or other components. Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches. Packing List KI690-AM2 mainboard I/O Shield Setup Driver & Mainboard User Manual CD Mainboard Quick Installation Guide... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ............ 1 ....................... 1 NTRODUCTION ....................... 2 PECIFICATION ....................5 ONFIGURATION Layout of KI690-AM2..................5 ................... 6 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CPU Processor Installation................6 Memory Installation: DDRII1/2 ..............7 Back Panel Configuration................9 Connectors..................... 12 Front Panel Headers: FPSWLED1, FRONT AUDIO, SPK1 ...... -
Page 5: Chapter 1. Getting Started
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction ® Congratulations on the choosing the KI690-AM2 Mainboard. It is based on the AMD 690G ® ® Northbridge chipset and the SB600 Southbridge chipset with ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 ® integrated graphics feature. The mainboard supports the AMD... -
Page 6: Specification
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Specification CPU: Supports Socket AM2 ® Supports AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual-Core/ Athlon x2 Dual-Core/ Athlon Sempron Processor (The power consumption for the aforementioned processors must be rated at 65W or less.) Supports Hyper-Transport Link Technology Supports 1000 MHz (2000MT/s) FSB (Front Side Bus) Frequencies Chipset: ®... -
Page 7: Universal Serial Bus
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Supports high capacity hard disk drives Serial ATA II Connector: Four SATA II connectors that support up to four SATA II HDD Supports SATA 2.0 specification which provides up to 3 Gbps transmit rates Supports RAID 0/1/ 0+1/ JBOD mode... -
Page 8: Flash Memory
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Supports ACPI 2.0 power management Green Function: Supports Phoenix-Award™ BIOS power management function Supports system-wake-from-power-saving-mode by keyboard or mouse touching Shadow RAM: Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory: Supports flash memory functionality... -
Page 9: Configuration
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Configuration Layout of KI690-AM2... -
Page 10: Hardware Installation
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Hardware Installation This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage your system components. CPU Processor Installation This mainboard supports AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual-Core/ Athlon... -
Page 11: Memory Installation: Ddrii1/2
Memory Installation: DDRII1/2 The KI690-AM2 provides two DDRII SO-DIMM sockets with Dual Channel Technology supported. These two sockets allow you to install 200-pin, non-ECC & unbuffered DDR II 667/ 533/ 400 SO-DIMMs, supporting to install a total memory capacity of 2 GB. -
Page 12: Memory Installation Steps
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Attention It is recommended that to install memories which are identical specifications (same timing specifications and same DDR II speed) to achieve the best effects. It may cause the failure of power-on or lower memory speed if installing different type, SPD (series presence detects) memories. -
Page 13: Back Panel Configuration
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Press the DIMM module backward firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place. Do not use excessive force. Repeat steps 1, 2 & 3 for the remaining DIMM modules. ＊ The pictures above are for reference only. Your actual installation may vary slightly from the pictures. - Page 14 Mainboard KI690-AM2 DVI & VGA Connectors: DVI, VGA The mainboard provides one DVI connector and one VGA connector (= D-Sub connector) on the case back panel. DVI connector delivers the digital signals, and is able to connect with LCD display, plasma display, or other display device which with the DVI interface compatible.
- Page 15 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Audio Ports: Sound This mainboard provides five HD Audio ports for 8/6/4/2 channel playback capability. With jack sensing, auto detecting and adjusting, the device will make it easier to Plug and Play for you. Line-In (blue) This port is for audio input and connects to external audio devices such as CD player, tape player or other audio devices when the 8/6/4/2 channel audio effects driver is enabled.
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Page 16: Connectors
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Connectors Hard Disk Drive Connector: IDE1 The mainboard provides one IDE connector that supports Ultra ATA 133/ 100/ 66/ 33 IDE devices. You can attach a maximum of two IDE devices, such as hard disk drive (HDD), CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. using IDE ribbon cables. -
Page 17: Front Panel Headers: Fpswled1, Front Audio, Spk1
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Front Panel Headers: FPSWLED1, FRONT AUDIO, SPK1 FPSWED1/ FRONT AUDIO Function Function Assignment Assignment HDD LED (+) Power LED (+) Hard Drive LED Power LED (HD_LED) (ACPI_LED) HDD LED (-) Power LED (-) Reset Control (+) Power Switch (+) -
Page 18: Headers & Jumpers
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Assignment Assignment PC_BEEP SPK1 Ground Headers & Jumpers Front USB Headers: USB1/2 This mainboard provides four onboard USB 1.1/2.0 ports on the back panel of your case that attach to USB devices. There are two additional USB headers that can be connected by cables to four more USB ports on your case front panel giving you eight USB ports possible. - Page 19 Mainboard KI690-AM2 IrDA Header: IrDA The infrared sensing device attached to this header can support to provide wireless infrared. You can transfer data connectionless to or from the portable device (i.e., laptop, PDA, etc.) which with this header attached. Assignment Pin...
- Page 20 Mainboard KI690-AM2 XPC Connector: XPC（Optional） There is one XPC header available on this mainboard for connecting compliant devices. Assignment Assignment Ground ACCLK Ground ACSINC Ground ACSDO ACSDI Ground ACRST- USB Power Selection Header: JP2 USB devices attached to the back panel USB ports can awaken the system from sleep mode.
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Page 21: Slot
Mainboard KI690-AM2 The following steps explain how to reset your CMOS configurations when you forgot a system password. 1. Turn off your system and disconnect the AC power cable. 2. Set JP1 header to OFF (2-3 Closed). 3. Wait several seconds. -
Page 22: Power Supply Attachments
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector: ATX_PWR, ATX_12V This mainboard provides two ATX power connectors, a 24-pin ATX_PWR connector and a 4-pin ATX_12V connector. You must use a power supply that has both of these connectors and both connectors must be attached before the system is powered on. These power connectors support several power management functions such as the instant power-on function. -
Page 23: Chapter 2. Bios Setup
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the BIOS firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The configuration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after power-down. -
Page 24: Main Menu
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Main Menu When you enter the PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options. Use the left/right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the... - Page 25 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Main Menu Setup Configuration Options Item Options Description Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically Date mm dd yyyy changes when you set the date. Time Hh: mm: ss Set the current time of the system.
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Page 26: Advanced Bios Features
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select hard disk drive boot priority. CD-ROM Boot Priority Select CD-ROM boot priority when you plug a CD-ROM drive onto your system. First /Second/Third Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device. - Page 27 Mainboard KI690-AM2 CPU Internal Cache Make CPU internal cache active or inactive. System performance may degrade if you disable this item. Options: Enabled (Default), Disable. External Cache This option allows you to enable or disable “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU to enhance performance.
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Page 28: Advanced Chipset Features
Mainboard KI690-AM2 The 1.1 version is the older version that supports 8 more IRQs in the Windows NT environment. Choose the new 1.4 version for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Options: 1.4 (Default), 1.1. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Select “OS2”... - Page 29 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Options: Auto (Default), CRT Only, LCD Only, DFP Only, TV Only, CRT Force Other Auto, TV Force Other Auto, CRT Force TV Force. TV Standard This option allows you to set the TV mode regarding your country. Options: NTSC (Default), PAL, PAL-M, PAL-60, NTSC-JAP, PAL-CN, PAL-N, SCART_RGB.
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Page 30: Integrated Peripherals
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Integrated Peripherals Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI slot or a PCI-E slot. Options: PCI Slot (Default), Onboard. South OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the “South OnChip IDE Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take... - Page 31 Mainboard KI690-AM2 third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100, select “Auto” to enable BIOS support. Options: Auto (Default), Disabled. ATI SATA Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA device.
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Page 32: Power Management
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Power Management The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation features as well as power-up/ power-down options. ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system. -
Page 33: Hdd Power Down
Mainboard KI690-AM2 User Defined (Default) This option allows you to set each mode individually. When this option is enabled, each of the ranges is from 1 minute to 1 hour except for HDD Power Down, which ranges from 1 minute to 15 minute and includes a “disable” option. -
Page 34: Hpet Support
Mainboard KI690-AM2 ACPI XSDT Table The item is for 64 Bits using. Please don’t use it when the operating system is 32 Bits Mode such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Options: Disabled (Default), Enabled. HPET Support HPET is capable of improving system performance that meets the timing requirements of multimedia and time-sensitive applications. -
Page 35: Hardware Monitor
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Hardware Monitor Smart FAN Control This item allows you to select the “Smart Fan Control” that monitors the CPU temperature and intelligently adjusts the CPUFAN speed to maintain safe temperature for your CPU. In addition, the Smart Fan Control can reduce noise levels by lowering fan speeds during low activity to... -
Page 36: Load Defaults
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Load Defaults Load Defaults Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings. Load System Turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings. Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries. Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries. -
Page 37: Exit Menu
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Exit Menu Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. A confirmation message... -
Page 38: Chapter 3: Software Setup
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List Category Platform ® Windows Vista /XP Chipset Driver ® Windows Vista /XP Realtek Audio Driver RAID Utility Windows Vista /XP ® Windows XP Marvell Lan Driver HDMI Audio Driver Windows XP ®... - Page 39 Mainboard KI690-AM2 ® Windows Vista Driver AMD Chipset Driver – provides all the drivers needed for the chipset. Realtek Audio Driver – provides the driver for being able to input/output audio. RAID Utility – provides the software of RAID installation under operating system.
- Page 40 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Attention Make sure that you have installed the “.NET Framework” on the ® Windows XP operating system, or else you will see the alert box shown above. You will not be able to continue the AMD Chipset Driver installation without it. Please follow the directions in the alert box as shown above.
- Page 41 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Click on the “User Manual” button, you can choose the manual to read. Attention Before you read manuals, you must install the driver of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to browse PDF files. If you click the “Browse CD” button from the screen in step 1, you can browse all the files in...
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Page 42: Chapter 4: Troubleshooting
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the system. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1. Power cable is unplugged. 2. Defective power cable. - Page 43 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from the hard disk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted. Solutions: Back up data and applications files. Reformat the hard drive. Re-install applications and data using backup disks.
- Page 44 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard if you continue to experience problems. Problem 11: No color on screen. Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly set up. Solutions: 1. If possible, connect monitor to another system. If no color appears, replace monitor.
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Page 45: Appendix I: 8/6/4/2 Channel Audio Effect Setup
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Appendix I: 8/6/4/2 Channel Audio Effect Setup Channels Setup for Windows Vista After entering the system, click the audio icon from the Windows Vista screen. When your audio device is plugged, the system will detect it and show the “Speakers” tab automatically. - Page 46 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Channels Setup for Windows XP After into the system, click the audio icon from the Windows XP screen. Click “Audio I/O” button, you can see the screen like the picture below. You can choose 2, 4, 6 or 8 channels by your speakers.
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Page 47: Appendix Ii: Raid Setup
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Appendix II: RAID Setup Introduction to RAID RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology is a sophisticated disk management system that manages multiple disk drives. It enhances I/O performance and provides redundancy in order to prevent the loss of data in case of individual disk failure. The RAID facility on this board provides RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID JBOD. - Page 48 Mainboard KI690-AM2 The option for enabling RAID will be found on the “Peripherals” screen. On this screen, arrow down to the “South OnChip IDE Device” as shown below. Press <Enter> which will take you to a submenu. Arrow down to the “ATI SATA Type” item. Then press <Enter>...
- Page 49 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Starting up the ATI RAID Utility: When the system boots up during the POST (Power-On Self Test), you will be given an opportunity to enter the ATI RAID Utility when the screen prompts you with the following message.
- Page 50 Mainboard KI690-AM2 View Drive Assignments This item displays physical information about the disk drives attached to the computer. ￭ Channel: ID This represents the motherboard channel ID to which a particular disk drive is attached. ￭ Drive Model This identifies the manufacturer, model, and model number (if applicable) of each disk drive.
- Page 51 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Creating a Logical Drive In the Main Menu, press 2 to access the “Define LD Menu” screen. Please use the up/down arrow keys to select an “LD No” (Logical Drive Number) to define a logical drive. Hit Enter.
- Page 52 Mainboard KI690-AM2 ￭ RAID Mode Choose the RAID Level you wish to configure. Your choice will depend on the RAID Level that best fits your needs for either performance, redundancy or both. • RAID 0 (Striping) • RAID 1 (Mirroring) •...
- Page 53 Mainboard KI690-AM2 ￭ Fast Init Fast Init is an almost instantaneous way of initiating a disk (clearing all data from the disk). When Fast Init is turned off, initialization takes a long time because it changes every bit on the disk to zero. When Fast Init is turned on, only the data bits in the drive’s MBR (Master...
- Page 54 Mainboard KI690-AM2 After all of the options are properly configured, press <Ctrl-Y>. An alert box will appear as shown below. Follow the directions as shown on the instructions below to configure the size of your new array. ￭ If you want to configure a specific array capacity, press <Ctrl-Y> and enter the...
- Page 55 Mainboard KI690-AM2 ￭ If you don’t want to configure a specific array capacity, press any other key to default to the maximum capacity available on the drive. Then you will see…...
- Page 56 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Attention The “LD No” and “Drive Model”, shown on these screens represent the disk drives installed on the PATA or SATA connectors and are sample data only. The actual data that displays on your screen will likely vary.
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Page 57: Controller Configuration
Mainboard KI690-AM2 Select the logical drive with the up/down arrow keys (the selected drive will be highlighted). Then press <Del> or <Alt+D> to go to the next page. The screen below will appear and a flashing alert box will prompt you for your confirmation to delete the array - press <Ctrl-Y>... - Page 58 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Rebuilding a Logical Drive on a Mirrored Array This section explains the process of replacing a failed drive that was part of a Mirrored array. The replacement drive will be rebuilt by reconstructing the data from an existing Mirrored drive.
- Page 59 Mainboard KI690-AM2 Complete all of the setup questions asked during the startup according to your preferences and environment. When the screen shows as below, please enter the “Login ID” and ”Password” to sign in. Login ID：admin Password：admin When you enter into the “ATI Array manager”, the main screen displays as below.
- Page 60 Mainboard KI690-AM2 When a disk drive fails, a yellow warning icon with an exclamation point will appear to alert you of a problem (as shown below on the left panel). Click on the “Logical Drive View” (located on the left panel below) and you will see all the information pertaining to the disk drives attached onto the computer, such as Assigned Name, RAID Level, Status, Background Activity and Capacity.
- Page 61 Mainboard KI690-AM2 After installing the replacement disk drive, the drive will be detected and appear under the “Physical Drive View” in the left panel as shown below. The rebuilding process will begin on the new drive. You can see the progress of the rebuild percentage displayed for the item “Background Activity”...
- Page 62 Mainboard KI690-AM2 You can also monitor the rebuild progress from the “Rebuild” tab as shown below. When the process is finished, an alert box will notify you.
- Page 63 Mainboard KI690-AM2 ® ® Install Windows Vista/ Windows XP OS onto your RAID HDDs ® ® This section will explain how to install Windows Vista/ Windows XP operating system onto your RAID drives. The installation steps below will assume that your HDDs have already been attached to the SATA connectors, and your RAID arrays have already been configured using the ATI RAID Utility (ATI RAID Utility Configuration section).
- Page 64 Mainboard KI690-AM2 ® Install Windows ® During Windows XP installation, the “Windows Setup” screen will prompt you with “Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver”. Press <F6>. Press “s” when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device. Insert the media which includes the “RAID Driver”...
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