Albatron KX18DS PRO II User Manual

Albatron KX18DS PRO II User Manual

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable 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 the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area
is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his own expense. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
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  • Page 1: Fcc Compliance Statement

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II 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: Package Contents

    You have to know !!! The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and may vary slightly from actual product installation depending on specific hardware models, third party components and software versions. Unplug your computer when installing components and configuring switches and pins.
  • Page 3 KX18DS PRO/ K18DS PRO II ® NVIDIA nForce 2 SPP & MCP RAID ® Supports Socket 462 AMD hlon XP/ A thlon / Duron / Barton Processors User Manual Dimensions (ATX form -factor): 230 mm x 305 mm (WxL) Operating System: ®...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ............1 ......................1 NTRODUCTION ......................2 PECIFICATION ....................... 6 ONFIGURATION Layout of KX18DS PRO II .................. 6 Layout of KX18DS PRO ..................7 ..................8 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CPU Processor Installation ................... 8 Memory Installation ..................... 9 Back Panel Configuration...................
  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Getting Started

    6 channel audio (super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect). It also supports Sony/ Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF). The KX18DS series also comes with eight USB 2.0 ports and the KX18DS PRO II comes with two IEEE 1394 ports. The KX18DS series also includes an infrared header.
  • Page 6: Specification

    I/O Controller – Winbond W83627HF AC’97 Codec – ALC650 LAN PHY Chip – Realtek RTL8201CL GB LAN Controller – Marvell MV8001 (only for KX18DS PRO II) 1394 Controller – VIA VT6307 (only for KX18DS PRO II) DRAM Memory: Supports DDR400 (PC3200)/ DDR333 (PC2700)/ DDR266 (PC2100)/ DDR200 (PC1600) SDRAM Supports 64 MB/128 MB/256 MB/512 MB/1 GB unbuffered &...
  • Page 7: Flash Memory

    Host Controller Interface (OHC1) Supports up to eight USB ports for USB interface devices IEEE 1394 Serial Bus (for KX18DS PRO II only): Supports two IEEE 1394 ports for 1394 interface devices Supports 400/ 200/ 100 Mbps serial date rates BIOS: Phoenix-Award™...
  • Page 8 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Hyper Transport Interface: Supports up to 800 MBps transfer rates Supports operates at 200 MHz dual edge clock mode I/O facilities: One multi-mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications: 1. Standard & Bi-direction Parallel Port 2.
  • Page 9: Power Management

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Power Management: Power On Suspend (POS) or ACPI S1 support Suspend to DRAM (STR) or ACPI S3 support Suspend to Disk (STD) or ACPI S4/ S5 support Supports C0, C1, and C2 states ACPI 2.0 compliant...
  • Page 10: Configuration

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Configuration Layout of KX18DS PRO II KB/MS Socket 462 USB/LAN CPUFAN PRT/COM ATX_PWR nVIDIA nForce 2 USB/GBLAN SOUND AUXFAN Marvell MV8001 BAT1 PCI1 nVIDIA Winbond SATA1 nFORCE 2 W83627HF RAID PCI2 SATA2 IDE2 IDE1 SPDIF...
  • Page 11: Layout Of Kx18Ds Pro

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Layout of KX18DS PRO KB/MS Socket 462 USB/LAN CPUFAN PRT/COM ATX_PWR nVIDIA nForce 2 SOUND AUXFAN BAT1 PCI1 nVIDIA Winbond SATA1 nFORCE 2 W83627HF RAID PCI2 SATA2 IDE2 IDE1 SPDIF PCI3 Codec PCI4 BIOS CHASFAN...
  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II 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 processors using a Socket A.
  • Page 13: Memory Installation

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II AN Headers Three power headers are available for cooling fans, which play an important role in maintaining the ambient temperature in yo ur system. KB /MS Socke t 462 US B/LA N CP UFA N...
  • Page 14 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Enabling Dual-Channel DDR To enable Dual-Channel DDR functionality, your sys tem must meet certain configuration conditions. First, you can only use two of the three DIMM slots. You can use DIMM1 and DIMM3 together, or you can use DIMM2 and DIMM3 together.
  • Page 15: Back Panel Configuration

    USB devices. You can plug the USB devices directly int this connector. The KX18DS series provides a 10/ 100 Mb/sec LAN port and the KX18DS PRO II also provides secondary LAN port that supports 10/ 100/ 1000 Mb/sec connectivity. You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector.
  • Page 16: Audio Port Connectors

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Serial and Parallel In terf ce Ports he mainboard comes equipped with one serial port and one pa allel port on the back panel . These terface ports will be explained below. Printer Port COM1...
  • Page 17: Front Panel Indicator: Sw/Led、Pwrled、Speaker

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED、PWRLED、SPEAKER PC_BEEP Ground SPEAKER DIM M1 DIM M2 PWRLED DIM M3 2 3 4 Hard Driver HD LED (+) Power LED (+) Power HD LED (-) Power LED (-) Reset Control (-)
  • Page 18: Connectors

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II onnectors Floppy Disk Con nector: FDC This mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connec tor (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskettes. This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cables provided in the packaging.
  • Page 19: Headers & Jumpers & Switch

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Headers & Jumpers & Switch ront USB Headers: USB2/ USB3 You can connect the USB Bracket (optional) to the USB2/ USB3 header. There will be USB ports on the USB Bracket which means you can connect USB device to the USB port. The mainboard supports up to 8 USB devices including 4 on the back panel.
  • Page 20 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Infrared Header: IrDA his IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared and is used to attach to an frared sensing device. After the IrDA interface is configured, you can use this connector for nnectionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops and PDAs.
  • Page 21: Case Open

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Case Open Warning Jumper: CASE OPEN This connector is used to notify the user when the computer case has been previously opened. To configure this functionality, your computer case must be equipped with a “ case open” cable which you need to attach to the CASE OPEN jumper.
  • Page 22 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II CPU Clock Select Jumper: JP3 se the jumper “JP3” to select the CPU Clock. If you are installing a CPU that has a 133 MHz CPU ock, you also have to set the “FSB Frequency” to 133 MHz in the BIOS Setup Utility.
  • Page 23 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Voice Genie / BIOS Mirror Function switch: SW1 (only for KX18DS PRO II) his switch is used to configure the Voice Genie and BIOS Mirror functions. With SW1-1 and W1-2, you can se lect the appropriate language for audio diagnostics. With the SW1-3...
  • Page 24: Audio Connectors

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II udio Connectors This mainboard provides three conne ctors as part of its audio Subsystem. Right In Ground SPD_OUT Ground Ground Left In SPD_IN CD-IN SPDIF Ground MIC_VREF Front out_R Rear out_R Front out_L Rear out_L...
  • Page 25 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II S/PDIF Header: SPDIF S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is an audio transfer file format, w hich provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals. This mainboard is capable of delivering audio output and ceiving audio input through the SPDIF header. One way you would use this header is by using an PDIF bracket (optional) attached to your computer.
  • Page 26: Slots

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II lots The slots in this mainboard are designed for expansion cards used to complement and enhance the functionality of the mainboard. PCI1-5 DIM M1 DIM M2 DIM M3 2 3 4 GP Slot: AGP he KX18DS series is equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) that supports 4X/ 8X .8V or 1.5V) AGP cards only.
  • Page 27: Chapter 2. Bios Setup

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Chapter 2. BIOS Setup troduction his section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the BIOS rmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The nfiguration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after ower-down.
  • Page 28: Key Function

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Key Function In general, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change en tries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program.
  • Page 29: Main Menu

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II 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 select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access d configure the information below.
  • Page 30 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II 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.
  • Page 31: Advanced Bios Features

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Advanc ed BIOS Features Rem vable Device iority Select removable dev ice priority. Ju st like floppy, LS120, ZIP-100, USB-FDD and USB-ZIP. Hard Disk Boot Priority Sele ct hard disk boot p riority. CD-ROM Boot Priority Select CD-ROM boot priority.
  • Page 32: Boot Up Floppy Seek

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Boot Up Floppy Seek When “Enabled” the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. nly 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks. Drives with 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB capacity all ave 80 tracks.
  • Page 33: Typematic Rate Setting

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Typematic Rate Setting When “Enabled”, the “typematic rate” and “typematic delay” can be configured. Typematic Rate determines the keystroke repeat rate used by the keyboard controller.. Options: Disabled (default)、Enabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) The rate at which a cha racter repeats when you h old down a key.
  • Page 34: Advanced Chipset Features

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Advanced Chipset Features System Performance This item allows you select the system performance which you want. Options: Optimal (default) Use the m ost stable settings Aggressive/Turbo Use over clocked settings for higher performance but with higher risk...
  • Page 35: Cas Latency Time

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II T (RAS) When the “Memory Timings” set to “Expert” then the item allows you to select DRAM active to Precharges Delay. Row-active delay => set system performance to “ Optimal” to use the delay recommend by the DIMM’s manufacturer. Options: 1~15 T (RCD) When the “Memo...
  • Page 36: System Bios Cacheable

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.
  • Page 37: Cpu Clock Ratio

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Some graphic controllers that are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility.
  • Page 38: Integrated Peripherals

    PCI slot or an AGP slot. Options: AGP、 PCI Slot (default) oice Genie (only for KX18DS PRO II) Voice Genie supplies verbal and diagnostics during the boot up process. This item allows you to enable or disable the Voice Ge nie function.
  • Page 39: Ide Hdd Block Mode

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let yo u set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance incrementally.
  • Page 40: Onboard Device

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II IDE Channel 0 Master RAID This allows you to enable or disable the RAID function for the IDE Channel 0 Master device. Options: Enabled、Disabled (default) IDE Channel 0 Slave RAID This allows you to enable or disable the RAID function for the IDE Channe l 0 Slave device.
  • Page 41: Ac97 Audio

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC’97 audio. Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled MAC Lan (nVIDIA) This option allows you to control the onboard LAN device. Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled OnChip 1394 (only for KX18D S PRO II) This item allows you to enable or disabled the 1394 Device.
  • Page 42: Uart Mode Select

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Onboard Serial Port 1/ Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first/ seco nd serial port. Options: Disabled、3F8/IRQ4 (defau lt for port1)、2F8/IRQ3(default for port2)、3E8/IRQ4、 、 E8/IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to select the Infra R ed (IR) standard to be used.
  • Page 43: Parallel Port Mode

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Parallel Port Mode This option allows you to select a parallel port mode for the onboard parallel po Options: ECP(default) Extended Capabilities Port. Enhanced Parallel Port. Standard Printer Port. ECP+EPP CP & EPP mode. Normal PP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1.7 or...
  • Page 44: Power Management

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Power Management The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to c onfigure your system to utilize energy conservation features as well as power-up/ power-down optio ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system.
  • Page 45: Video Off Method

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor goes blank. Options: V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.
  • Page 46: Hardware Monitor

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II RTC Wake Up When “Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. Options: Enabled、Disabled (default Date (of Mo nth) You can choose which date of the month the system will boot up.
  • Page 47: Load Defaults

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Load Defaults Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings. Load System turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings.
  • Page 48: Exit Menu

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II 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 du ring the current session and exit setup. A confirmation message will be...
  • Page 49: Chapter 3: Software Setup

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List The following list is the software and drivers supplied with the bundled Driver CD Category Platform Microsoft DirectX 9.0b Windows 9X /ME /2000 /XP nForce Chipset Driver Windows 9X /ME /2000 /XP USB 2.0 Driver...
  • Page 50 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II nForce Chipset Driver – Provides all the drivers needed for the N orthbridge/Southbridge. It also includes the audio driver. ® Note: When you install “nForce Chipset Driver” with Windows , always use your original ®...
  • Page 51: Chapter 4: Troubleshooting

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Prob lem 1: No po wer to the system. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indica tor lights on keyboard are not lit. auses: 1. P er cable is unplugged.
  • Page 52 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applic ations can be used but booting from the hard d isk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted.
  • Page 53 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard i f you continue to experience problems. Problem 11: No color on scre Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly set up.
  • Page 54: Appendix I: 5.1 Channel Setup

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Appendix I: 5.1 Channel Setup 1. On your desktop, double-click the “NVIDIA NVMixer” icon that is located on the desk b 2. When th e “NVIDIA NVMixer” screen displays, select the second one button on the screen below left.
  • Page 55 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II 4. Next, on your desktop, double click the volume icon that is on the desk bar. . On the “Maste r Volume” screen, select “Options Advanced Controls”. . Next, click the “Advanced” button.
  • Page 56: Appendix Ii: Raid Setup

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Appendix II: RAID Setup Introduction to RAID AID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology is a sophisticated disk management stem that manages multiple disk drives. It enhances I/O performance and provides redundancy in rder to prevent the loss of data in case of individual disk failure. The RAID facility on this board rovides RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID SPAN.
  • Page 57 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II NVIDIA RAID Utility Configuration The NVIDIA RAID Utility is used to configure RAID disk management into your hard disks. This section will explain how to setup and mai ntain your RAID disk drives. Starting up the NVIDIA BIOS RAID Utility...
  • Page 58 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Creating New RAID Array The first screen you will see upon initial configuration is the “Define New Array” screen. First, tab over to the “RAIDMode” text box and press <Enter>. The pop up menu will display as shown below.
  • Page 59 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Next, in the “Free Disks” section, you can use the up/down arrow keys to select disks to be used in your RAID array. After highlighting a disk, use the right-arrow key to activate the disk as part of the RAID Array.
  • Page 60: Deleting An Array

    KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Deleting an Array You can delete an existing array on the “Array Detail” screen. Press the <D> key. A warning/confirmation message will display (as shown below). Press <Y> to confirm. Arr ay 1 : NV IDI A ST RI PE 223.58G...
  • Page 61 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array This section applies to Mirrored or Striped/Mirrored RAID configurations and describes how to reesta blish the integrity of a mirrored environment after replacing one of the drives (typically because of a sing le disk failure).
  • Page 62 KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II Installing RAID Drivers during Windows Installation Installation of RAID drivers is done during the Windows installation. These steps assume that the hard disks have already been connected to either the PATA or SATA connectors. It is also assumed that the BIOS RAID Utility has already been configured (see NVIDIA BIOS RAID Utility Configuration section) and you have begun the Windows operating system installation.

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