Albatron K8X890 Series User Manual

Albatron K8X890 Series User Manual

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FCC Compliance Statement

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
particular installation.
K8X890 Series
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  • Page 1: Fcc Compliance Statement

    K8X890 Series 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

    USB Bracket (optional) 1394 Bracket (optional) mPOWER card (optional) Game Port Bracket (optional) SPDIF & FRONT AUDIO Port Bracket (optional) I/O Shield Installation and Setup Driver CD K8X890 series User Manual Symbols Attention … Following the procedures… Troubleshooting… Please refer to…...
  • Page 3: Operating System

    K8X890 Series ® K8T890 & VT8237R ® Supports Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 Processor ® Athlon 64 FX Processor USER Manual Dimensions (ATX form-factor): 244mm x 305mm (WxL) Operating System: ® Supports most popular operating systems: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP etc.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ............1 ......................1 NTRODUCTION ......................2 PECIFICATION ....................... 5 ONFIGURATION Layout of K8X890 PRO ....................5 Layout of K8X890 PROⅡ ....................6 ..................7 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CPU Processor Installation ....................7 Memory Installation ......................8 Back Panel Configuration....................
  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Getting Started

    (VT1720) which supports high quality 8 channel audio (7.1 channel audio effect) audio. Both of them support Sony/ Philips Digital Interface. The K8X890 series also comes with a LAN Chip which supports a back panel LAN port capable of 1 Gbit/s transmission speeds.
  • Page 6: Specification

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Specification CPU: Supports Socket 939 ® ® Supports AMD Athlon 64 / AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor HyperTransport Link - supports 16-bit to be capable of operating up to 1GHz (2000 MT/s) with a bandwidth of up to 4 Gbytes/s in each direction Chipset: ®...
  • Page 7: Universal Serial Bus

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ PCI Multi Channels Audio Controller Onboard (for K8X890 PROⅡ): Supports sample rates up to 96 KHz Multi-channel AC-link supported alternatively Integrated S/ PDIF transmitter 8-channel playback capability (7.1 Channel Audio Effect) AC’97 Sound Codec Onboard (for K8X890 PRO): High performance CODEC with high S/N ratio (>90 dB) Compliant with AC’97 2.2 specification Integrated S/ PDIF transmitter...
  • Page 8: Flash Memory

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ I/O facilities: One multi-mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications: 1. Standard & Bi-direction Parallel Port 2. Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) 3. Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) Supports two serial ports 16550 UART Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard Supports 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB floppy disk drives Game port and midi port compatible BIOS:...
  • Page 9: Configuration

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Configuration Layout of K8X890 PRO...
  • Page 10: Layout Of K8X890 Proⅱ

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Layout of K8X890 PROⅡ...
  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ 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/ 64FX processor using a Socket 939.
  • Page 12: Memory Installation

    You can attach the CPU fan to the CPUFAN header. Memory Installation The K8X890 series contain 4 sockets, which use 184- pin DDR SDRAM with a total memory capacity of up to 4 GB. You can install unbuffered DDR400/ 333/ 266(PC3200/ 2700/ 2100) SDRAM.
  • Page 13 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ To Enable Dual-Channel DDR, the following conditions must be met: 1.You must use either DIMM1 & DIMM2 together or DIMM3 & DIMM4 together or all four DIMM slots together. 2.You must use matching DIMM configurations between DIMM1 & DIMM2. You must use matching DIMM configurations between DIMM3 &...
  • Page 14: Ram Module Installation

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ RAM Module Installation: The following instructions explains memory module installation for these mainboards: 1. Pull the white pla stic tabs at both ends of the slot away from the slot. 2. Match the notch on the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot. This will ensure that the module will be inserted with the proper orientation.
  • Page 15: Back Panel Configuration

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: KB/MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 Keyboard connector. The pin assignments are described below: PS/2 Mouse Assignment Assignment Data +5 V (fused) No connect Clock Ground...
  • Page 16: Pin Assignment

    There are four USB connectors on the back panel. These USB connectors are used to attach to USB devices such as: keyboards, mice and other USB dev ices. You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector. The K8X890 series also provides a L AN port. You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector.
  • Page 17 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Audio Port Connectors: Sound1/ Sound2 The K8X890 PROⅡ comes equipped with six Audio Ports, and the K8X890 PRO comes equipped with three Audio Ports. The three ports, Mic-in, Line-in and Front Speaker-out are standard audio ports that provides basic audio functionality. After you install the 5.1 Channel drivers for K8X890 PRO and setup 5.1 channel Audio effect, the three audio ports are enabled for 5.1 channel and supporting two speakers each.The other three surround sound ports are disabl...
  • Page 18: Front Panel Indicator: Sw/Led、Pwrled、Speaker

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED、PWRLED、SPEAKER HD LED (Hard Drive LED Connector) This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case. The LED will flicker dur ing disk activity. This disk activity only applies to those IDE drives directly attached to the system board RST SW (Reset Switch Connector)
  • Page 19: Connectors

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ onnectors Floppy Disk Connector: FDC The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (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. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ ID E2、SATA1/ SATA2 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA...
  • Page 20: Headers & Jumpers

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Headers & Jumpers ront USB Headers (Yellow): USB3/ USB4 hese mainboards provide 2 USB headers on the board allowing for 4 additional USB ports. To make use f these headers, you must attach a USB bracket/cable with USB ports (some models will come packaged with a USB 4-p ort bracket-cable).
  • Page 21 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Infrared Header: IrDA This IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared and is used to attach to an infrared sensing device. After the IrDA interface is configured, you can use this connector for connectionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops and PDAs. Game Port Header: GA ME PORT There is a game port header on these m...
  • Page 22 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Clear CMOS Jumper: JP1 he “Clear CMOS” jumper is used when you cannot boot your system due to some CMOS configuration such as a password that is forgotten. This jumper allows you to reset the CMOS configurations, and then reconfigure.
  • Page 23: Audio Connectors

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Audio Connectors CD-ROM Audio-In Header: CD-IN This header is used to connect to a CD-ROM / DVD audio cable. ront Panel Audio Header (Orange): FRONT AUDIO ou can use the Front Panel Audio header (FRONT AUDIO) to connect to a separate audio bracket r to connect to case embedded audio equipment.
  • Page 24: Slots

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ lots The slots in this mainboard are designed for expansion cards use d to complement and enhance the functionality of the mainboard. PCI-Express slots: PCIEX16 & PCIEX4 PCI-E x 16 slots are for installing PCI-Express graphics cards. The PCI-E x 4 slot is for expansion cards which fit the PCI-E x 4 slot.
  • Page 25: Power Supply Attachments

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Power Supply Attachments TX Power Connector: ATX_PWR、ATX_12V This mainboard requires two ATX power connections. The first is a 24-pin connector and the second is a 4-pin connector. Attach the 4-pin connector first and then attach the 24-pin connector. Make sure the connectors are secure before applying power.
  • Page 26: Chapter 2. Bios Setup

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the ROM 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 Li-battery after power-down.
  • Page 27: Key Function

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Supported CPUs ® his PHOENIX-AW ARD™ BIOS supports the AMD Athlon 64 / 64 FX CPU. Key Function In general, you can use the arrow key s to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> d <PgDn>...
  • Page 28: Main Menu

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ 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 29 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ 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. IDE Primary Options contained in Press <Enter>...
  • Page 30: Advanced Bios Features

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ 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 Sele ct CD-R OM bo...
  • Page 31: Boot Up Floppy Seek

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ 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 720KB, 1.2MB, and 1.44MB capacity all ave 80 tracks.
  • Page 32: Apic Mode

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) The rate at which a character repeats when you hold down a key. Options: 6 (default)、8、10、12、15、20、24、30 Typematic Delay (M sec) The delay before keystrokes begin to re peat. Options: 250 (default)、500、750、1000 APIC Mode By enabling this option, “...
  • Page 33 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Min RAS# active time (Tras) This item allows you to select DRAM Active to Precharge Delay. Options: Auto、5T、6T、7T、8T (default)、9T、10T、11T、12T 、13T、14T、15T RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) Select the DRAM delay time when bein g read. Options: Auto、2T、3T、4T (default)、5T、6T、7T Row prech arge T ime (Trp)
  • Page 34: Pnp Os Installed

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed When set to “YES”, BIOS will only ini tialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence (VGA, IDE, ® SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 95.
  • Page 35: Maximum Payload Size

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ PCI 1-3 IRQ Assignmen This item allows you to select an IRQ address for your PCI slot 1-5. Options: Auto (default)、3、4、5、7、9、10、11、12、14、15 Maximum Payload Size This item allows you to set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices. The uinit is byte.
  • Page 36 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ CPU Host Frequency (MHz) This item displays the CPU Host frequency. You can set it from 200 to 250 for overclock. The default depends on your CPU frequency. Default: depends on CPU Default CPU Voltage (Vol This item displays the CPU Voltage information which is detected by the system.
  • Page 37: Integrated Peripherals

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Integr ted Peripherals OnChip IDE Device OnChip SATA This item allows you to enabled or disabled on-chip SATA function. Options: Enabled (default)、Dis abled SATA Mode his item allows you to select the SATA Mode. ptions: RAID (default)、IDE IDE DMA tran sfer access This item allows you...
  • Page 38: Onboard Lan Boot Rom

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ IDE Prefetch Mode he “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled” if the interface does not support prefetching. Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled Primar y/Secondary/Master/Slave PIO he IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE...
  • Page 39: Usb Controller

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB port installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. Options: All Enabled (default)、All Disabled USB 2.0 Support This option should be enabled if your system has a USB 2.0 device installed on the system board.
  • Page 40: Ir Transmission Delay

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ RxD,TxD Active This item determines the RxD and TxD frequencies. This field only configurable if “UART Mode” is set to “ASKIR” or “IrDA”. Options: Hi/Lo (default)、Hi/Hi、Lo/Hi、Lo/Lo IR Transmission Delay This item allows you to enable/ disable IR transmission delay. This field only configurable if “UART Mode”...
  • Page 41: Power Management

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Power Management The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation features as well power-up/ power-down optio ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI ope rating system.
  • Page 42: Video Off Method

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ When this option is enabled, the “suspend mode” tim e is configurable from 1 minute to 1 hour. The HDD Power Down, which ranges from 1 min. to 15 m in. and includes a “disable” option. ote: If you select Min.
  • Page 43 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ K8 Cool’n’Quiet Control When set to “Auto”, the system will auto control the CPU voltage and frequency depends the loading of system. Options: Auto、Disabled (default) Wake Up Control PWRON After PWR-Fail This option determines whether you want to restart the system after a power failure. Select “On”, to boot the system whether or not the system was on before power failure.
  • Page 44 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ PCI Master When set to “On”, you need a LAN add-on card which supports the power on function. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jumper. Options: OFF (default)、ON PCI PME Wake Up When you select “Enabled”, a PME s ignal from any PCI card will awaken the system from suspend mode.
  • Page 45: Hardware Monitor

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Hardware Monitor CPU Shutdown Temperat When the CPU temperature is higher than this setting, the shutting down mechanism will be activated. Options: 85℃/185℉(default)、75℃/167℉ 、65℃/149℉、55℃/131℉...
  • Page 46: Load Defaults

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Load Defaults Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings. oad 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 47: Exit Menu

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ 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 isplayed before proceeding.
  • Page 48: Chapter 3: Software Setup

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List Category Platform VIA 4 IN 1 Driver Windows 9X /ME /2000 /XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows 98 /ME /2000 /XP (for K8X890 PRO only) VIA 7.1 Channel Audio Driver Windows 98 /ME /2000 /XP (for K8X890 PROⅡ...
  • Page 49 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ provides all the drivers of the functions that built in the Northbr idge/ Southbridge Realtek Audio Driver (for K8X890 PRO) – provides the driver of Re altek AC’97 Audio Codec VIA 7.1 Channel Audio Driver (for K8X890 PROⅡ) – Provides the driver of VIA 7.1Channel Audio VIA Serial ATA Driver –...
  • Page 50 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the s ystem. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1. P owe able is unplugged. 2.
  • Page 51 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ 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. Solutions: Back up data and applications files.
  • Page 52 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. f you continue to experience problems. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard i Problem 11: No color on scre Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly set up. Solutions: 1.
  • Page 53 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ ® Installing SATA RAID Driver during Windows 2000/XP Installation. ® Follow the instruct ions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows 2000/XP and you wish to boot from a drive at tached to the SATA connector.
  • Page 54: Appendix I: 5.1 Channel Setup

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Appendix I: 5.1 Channel Setup 1. After get into the system, click the audio icon from the Windows screen. 2. Click Speaker Configuration button, you can see the screen like the picture below. 3. Y ou can choose 2, 4 or 6 channels by your speakers. 2 Channels 4 Channels 6 Channels...
  • Page 55: Appendix Ii: 7.1 Channel Setup

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Appendix II: 7.1 Channel Setup 1. After you have installed the “VIA Audio Driver”, reboot the system. The Audio Icon will be displayed in the lower-right corner of the Windows desktop. Click on the Audio Icon to display the audio configuration screen.
  • Page 56: Appendix Iii:sata Raid 0/1 Setup

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Appendix III:SATA RAID 0/1 Setup troduction to RAID dundant Array of Inde pendent Disks) RAID techno logy is a sophisticated disk management system that manages multiple disk drives, enhancing I/O performance and providing redundancy in order to prevent the loss of data in case any of the indiv idual disks fail.
  • Page 57: Create Array

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Create Array The “Create Array” option will allow you to initialize a RAID array. Choose the “C reate Array” on the main screen and press <Enter >. The screen below will display. According to your needs, select “RAID 0 for performance”...
  • Page 58 K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ After the array has been successfully created, one of the screens will display as shown below according t the type of array you created. RAID 1 mode RAID 0 mode RAID SPAN mode The RAID 0 screen (above) contains the option, “Block Size 64K”. With this option you can manually select the block size for your array.
  • Page 59: Delete Array

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Delete Array You can delete an existing array with the “Delete Array ” option on the main screen. Choose the “Delete Arra y” option and press <Enter>. Then press the <Enter> key once again and the system will m ark all the exi sting SATA devices with an asterisk (as shown below in the...
  • Page 60: Serial Number View

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Serial Number View You can choose the “Serial Number View” to view the serial number of the serial ATA device. The serial number is assigned to the device by the manufacturer. RAID T ool (VIA Raid Tool icon The VIA RAID Tool allows th e user to configure and monitor RAID arrays from the Windows environment.
  • Page 61: Appendix Ⅳ: Qualified Vendors List

    K8X890 PRO/ K8X890 PROⅡ Appendix Ⅳ: Qualified Vendors List Fr quency Size Vendor Part No. Chip Number DDR500 256M Adata MDOADBF3G374B1GZH ADD8608A8A-4B H0340 DDR500 512M Kingston KHX4000/ 512 DDR400 512M Micron PC3200U-30330-B1 MT 46V32M8 TG-5B C 0314 1-1 DDR400 256M Micron PC-3200-30330-A1 MT 46V32M8 TG-5B C 0322 1-1...

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