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KTAPRO
(VIA VT8363A (KT133A) Chipset)
ATX Form Factor
Main Board
User's
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  • Page 1 KTAPRO (VIA VT8363A (KT133A) Chipset) ATX Form Factor Main Board User's Manual (Ver.:1.0)
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright© 2001 by this company. No part of this document 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 without prior written permission. This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright.
  • Page 3 Warning and Disclaimer ® This manual is designed to provide information about the AMD Athlon™ processor main board. Every effort has been made to make this manual as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. All the information is provided on an 'as is' basis. The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ……… Chapter 1 Introduction……………………………………… ..….…………3 Main Specifications…………………………………………………………………………4 Other Features………………………………………………………………………..……6 Package Contents……………………………………………..……………………..……7 I n s t a l l a t i o n … … … … … … … … … … . … … … … … … … … … . … 8 Mainboard Overview…………………………………..…………………………..………..8 2-1-1 Short Description of Main Sockets and Connectors………………………………………9...
  • Page 5 Chapter 4 The BIOS…………………………………………………………………43 Updating the BIOS………………………………………………………………………44 M e m o r y … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 4 5 The BIOS Setup Pages……………………………………………………………………47 4-3-1 Standard CMOS Setup…………………………………………………………………50...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this high quality Motherboard, we are confident that you will be able to use this motherboard to your full satisfaction. This manual is divided into 6 main sections, as described below: Introduction The introduction contains information on the main specifications for this motherboard, the package contents and cautionary notes.

  • Page 7: Main Specifications

    Front Side Bus (FSB); up to 1.5GB of PC133/PC100 SDRAM / VC 133 Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) SDRAM; The KTAPRO complies with AGP 2.0 specifications for 4X, 2X, and 1X AGP modes and PCI 2.2. bus interface with support for 5 PCI masters. It was designed especially to deliver enhanced AMD Athlon™...
  • Page 8 AGP Slot This motherboard comes with an AGP Pro Slot with Support for AGP/AGP Pro cards for high performance. The AGP 133MHz 4X mode is supported as well, further increasing system performance. AMR Slot An Audio Modem Riser (AMR) slot also is supported, a very affordable audio and/or modem riser card can be used in combination with this slot.

  • Page 9: Other Features

    1-2 Other Features Wake-On-LAN and Wake-On-Modem These 3 pin connectors allow the motherboard to wake up on network (WOL) or Modem (WOM) activity. PC Status Monitoring This functionality provides a reliable way to examine and manage system status information, such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan speed. This information is available in the BIOS or through the VIA Hardware Monitor Software.

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    1-3 Package Contents This Motherboard 1 Manual 1 Driver Installation CD-ROM 1 IDE ATA 66/100 Flat-Cable 1 Floppy Disk Drive Flat-Cable Please verify that all items listed above are included in your motherboard package. If one of the items is missing, please contact the dealer where you bought your motherboard.

  • Page 11: I N S T A L L A T I O N

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Mainboard overview K/B & FAN3 MOUSE Socket462 USB1 RT 1 ATX Power COM1 FDC1 COM2 FAN2 LINE-OUT SW 1 VT8363A JP 1 LINE-IN 1 2 3 4 IDE1 IDE2 MIC-IN JP 5 AMR1 SOUND CODEC AGP PRO1 PCI1 FAN1...

  • Page 12: Short Description Of Main Sockets And Connectors

    2-1-1 Short description of main sockets and connectors Socket 462 (CPU Socket) Insert your Athlon or Duron CPU into this socket. See the description is the CPU Installation section below for more information. DIMM 1,2,3 These are the memory module slots. Please refer to the Memory Installation section. IDE 1,2 Insert the IDE cable from your HDD/CD-ROM devices to these connectors.

  • Page 13: Cpu Installation

    CPU Installation The first step in the installation of your CPU is the insertion of the CPU into the 462-pin CPU socket. Please follow the steps as outlined below carefully to avoid damage to the CPU. Avoid Static Electricity The AMD Athlon and AMD Duron processors and your motherboard contain sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity.
  • Page 14 It should take no force to install the processor, this is a zero insertion force (ZIF) socket. If it takes any force you are doing something wrong. Check the pin alignment and also make sure the release lever is raised up completely. After placing the CPU lower the release lever to lock the processor in place.
  • Page 15 The next picture shows the removal of the plastic film from the thermally conductive compound. The thermal compound is a thin layer of material that increases the efficiency of the heatsink by filling microscopic surface voids in the processor or heatsink surface with a thermally conductive material.

  • Page 16: Cpu Frequency Setting

    BIOS section. Multiplier The KTAPRO motherboard allows you use the default CPU multiplier. This can be selected through JP1. If JP1 is open, the default CPU multiplier (recommended) is used by the motherboard, if JP1 is closed, the multiplier set by SW1 is used.
  • Page 17 SW2:External Frequency Selection 100MHz 133MHz This potion tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU, DRAM and the PCI bus. This allows the selection of the CPU’s External Frequency(or Bus Clock). The Bus Clock multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU’s Intemal frequency (the advertifed cpu speed).
  • Page 18 CPU Technical Background The CPU socket on your KTAPRO motherboard is known as Socket A. This name was given to it by AMD, it supports both the Duron™ and the AMD Athlon™ processors. Athlon CPU There are several types of Athlon CPUs, Model 1, 2 and 4. The principal difference between the earlier Athlon Model 1 and Model 2 processors and the model 4 is the use of 256kB on-die cache, rather than 512kB of off-die cache.
  • Page 19 Cache Architecture: The AMD Athlon processor boasts a 384K total full-speed on-chip system cache including 128K L1 cache--four times that of Intel's Pentium® III processor--and 256K on-chip full-speed L2 cache.

  • Page 20: Cpu And System Cooling

    2-2-2 CPU and System Cooling Any attempt to operate the AMD Athlon™ Processor without a suitable cooling solution will result in permanent damage to the processor and potentially other components within the system. Fan Headers This motherboard allows the use of in all 4 FANS. Of these 4 FANS, 2 can be used by the CPU Heatsink assembly (Some heatsink assembly come with 2 FANs).
  • Page 21 The lay-out of all FAN Headers is the same, please refer to the picture below: (Note: RPM sens only for FAN3 & FAN4) RPM Sens Cooling Technical Background As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems. Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable, long-term system operation.

  • Page 22: Memory

    2-3 Memory This motherboard supports only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Three sockets are available for 3.3Volt unbuffered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). The sizes that are supported are: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512MB, memory sizes between 8MB to 1.5GB can be formed this way. This motherboard also supports NEC s Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAMs.

  • Page 23: Memory Installation

    WARNING: DIMM modules that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this STOP motherboard. (Due to signal integrity) If the system CPU bus operates at 100MHz/133MHz, use only PC100-/PC133-compliant DIMMs. (System won’t boot otherwise) DO NOT attempt to mix PC133 SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs. 2-3-1 Memory Installation The DIMM modules can be inserted in DIMM slots 1 to 3.
  • Page 24 Memory Technical Background Memory Facts All new motherboards support SPD (Serial Presence Detect) DIMMs. These DIMMs have a little EEPROM (memory IC) on the module that allows the BIOS to read the specifications for the DIMM module. The BIOS shows the amount and type of SDRAM memory on the bootup screen. Single-sided DIMMs come in 16, 32, 64,128, 256MB;...

  • Page 25: Pci And Isa

    2-4 PCI and ISA The PCI slots allow for expansion cards to be added to the system. Expansion cards come in a great variety, Video cards, SCSI cards, Sound cards to name but a few. Refer to the picture below for the location of the PCI and ISA slots: PCI and ISA PCI1 PCI2...

  • Page 26: Wake On Lan Header

    2-4-1 Wake On LAN Header The Wake On LAN Header is described under the PCI section because the WOL Header can accept a cable from a PCI LAN Card that supports Wake On LAN. For the pin lay-out of the WOL header, please refer to the picture below. 5V-Stand by Wake-Up WOL Technical Background...

  • Page 27: Io Voltage Selection

    2-4-3 IO Voltage Selection This motherboard allows modifying of the 3.3V IO Voltage. The following lists all the devices on the motherboard that use this voltage: PCI Slots Memory Southbridge (to which the IDE and FDD connectors are also connected) As can be seen, many devices are fed from this 3.3V IO Voltage.

  • Page 28: Agp Slot

    2-5 AGP Slot Your Motherboard supports AGP cards up to 4X mode, yielding high graphics performance. To use 4X mode AGP cards, make sure to enable the 4X mode in the BIOS, on the Advanced Chipset Features page. AGP slot 1 2 3 4 AGP slot The following picture shows the position of the AGP port:...
  • Page 29 AGP Technical Background Speed of data transfers The PCI Bus runs at 33MHz, the AGP at double that frequency, 66MHz. This is independent of the mode that is used. AGP cards currently are available in 3 modes, 1X, 2X and 4X. These are explained in more detail below: 1X mode: The data is clocked only at the rising edge of the clock.

  • Page 30: Interrupts

    2-6 Interrupts Because Interrupts are an important part of the motherboard, and many customers run into trouble when adding expansion cards that need interrupts, we have added this section on interrupts. First of all, what are interrupts? When a device (like the Harddisk Controller) is told to provide some information it may not be able to provide it right away.
  • Page 31 Plug and Play Interrupts Because of the interrupts under the ISA specification being fixed by hardware, many conflict situations occurred. To solve this problem the PnP (Plug and Play) specification was developed. PnP devices tell the BIOS what system resources they require, and the BIOS assigns system resources in a way that avoids conflict situations.

  • Page 32: Pci Interrupts

    PCI Interrupts The PCI interrupts (INT A ~ D) are routed to free interrupts in the PnP interrupt pool by the BIOS. PCI cards all support PnP, so the BIOS knows what system resources they require. The A,B,C,D Interrupt Request lines are mapped to physical devices in the following way: PCI slot 1 PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 PCI slot 4 PCI slot 5 AGP port USB INT A INT B...
  • Page 33 Assignment Sequence The interrupts are assigned to the devices in the following sequence: The fixed interrupts are hardwired and are left out of the assignment process (IRQs 0,1,2,6,8 and 13) The BIOS determines what legacy ISA devices have been disabled in the BIOS setup and releases these IRQs into the PnP interrupt pool The PnP interrupt pool now contains the free interrupts that can be assigned to PnP devices.

  • Page 34: On Board Audio

    2-7 On board Audio This motherboard southbridge supports AC’97, a standard that allows low cost Audio and Modem Codecs to be added to the motherboard. Your motherboard comes with a VIA VT1611 Audio codec. The AC’97 standard defines primary and secondary codecs, the onboard VIA codec is configured as the primary codec.

  • Page 35: Amr (Audio Modem Riser)

    2-8 AMR (Audio Modem Riser) As explained in the audio section the AMR slot allows a expansion card to make use of the AC’97 functionality. If you want to use a primary codec on the AMR Card then you must set jumper 5 accordingly, see the following table JP5: Primary Codec Select Onboard Audio Codec is...

  • Page 36: Back Panel Connectors

    2-9 back panel connectors The back-panel contains most standard IO connectors. Please refer to the picture below: PS/2 M ouse Connector PS/2 KB Connector USB 1 COM1 COM2 2.-9-1 PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard These connectors allow for a PS/2 style mouse and keyboard to be connected. PS/2 Keyboard The keyboard can be plugged in in only one way.

  • Page 37: Usb

    2-9-2 USB This motherboard supports 4 USB connectors in all. Two of those USB connectors are available through the back-panel. The lay-out of the USB connector is as follows: If you want to make use of the other onboard USB ports you will need to purchase a USB extension cable / bracket.

  • Page 38: Parallel Port

    2-9-4 Parallel Port The parallel or printer port is used, as its name suggests, primarily to connect printers. But devices like cameras and scanners do also come with parallel port interfaces. The pin lay-out of the parallel port is as follows: Pin 1 Strobe Pin 10 ACK# Pin 2 Data 0...

  • Page 39: Ide1 And Ide2

    2-11 IDE 1 and IDE 2 The IDE connectors are used to connect IDE devices such as Harddisks and CD-ROM drives to the motherboard. Each connector constitutes an IDE channel, each channel accepts 2 IDE devices, one Master and one Slave. The IDE 1 connector is also known as the primary channel, IDE 2 is the secondary channel.

  • Page 40: Fdd1(Floppy Disk)

    2-12 FDD1 (Floppy Disk) The floppy disk connector allows connection of a floppy drive. In all two floppy drives can be connected to the motherboard, known as floppy A and B. The BIOS allows you to disable the floppy controller if you do not use any floppy drives, that will free an Interrupt. The BIOS also allows swapping of floppy A and B although this will not be useful to most users.

  • Page 41: Pwr1(Atx Power Supply)

    2-13 PWR1 (ATX power supply) The ATX power supply connector is where your power supply plug must be inserted. Note that this motherboard only supports ATX style power supplies, AT style power supplies are not supported. Note the following: We recommend use of at least a 250W power supply, if you use a very fast CPU (> 900MHz) and have many peripheral devices we recommend use of a 300W power supply.

  • Page 42: Front Panel Connectors

    2-14 Front panel connectors The front panel connector strip is located near the battery and the BIOS IC. It will allow you to connect LEDs and Switches in your case to the motherboard. Please refer to the following picture for the lay-out of the front panel connector strip: Descriptions of each individual connector follow: PW-LED The Power LED connector allows you to connect a three pin LED from the case.
  • Page 43 HDD LED This LED will light up whenever one of your IDE devices is being accessed. Usually this will be a harddisk, as such the name HDD LED. TB-LED This is the Turbo LED, this LED is always on and is similar in function to the Power LED. Ext-SMI This is the External System Management Interrupt Button connector.

  • Page 44: Chapter 3 Software Installation

    Chapter 3 Software Installation It is recommended to do a clean installation of Windows when you first install your motherboard. Immediately after installing Windows 98 or Windows 2000 you should install the latest VIA drivers for the motherboard. The original VIA drivers are included on the driver CD which accompanied this motherboard, but the latest drivers can be found at http://www.via.com.tw/drivers/index.htm www.viatech.com/drivers/index.htm.

  • Page 45: Registry Error When Installing The Via 4In1 Drivers

    3-2 Registry error when installing the VIA 4in1 drivers Some users have the onboard IDE controllers disabled, because SCSI disks are used. Installation of the VIA 4in1 drivers under Windows98 then gives a "Registry error! Please reboot computer" error message while the setup file unpacks. Enabling the IDE controllers during the installation will solve this issue.

  • Page 46: Chapter4 The Bios

    Chapter4 The BIOS The BIOS is a piece of software (Basic Input Output System) that performs most low level tasks. When you start up your system, the BIOS is the first code that gets to run. The BIOS resides in a FLASH ROM, and the code in the FLASH ROM can be updated through a special utility called AWDFLASH.

  • Page 47: Updating The Bios

    Updating the BIOS As said, this procedure is complicated, ONLY update your BIOS when you experience problems with your system. Because each BIOS release completely overwrites the previous version and there is no need to update to intermediate BIOS releases when updating the BIOS.

  • Page 48: T H E C M O S M E M O R

    The CMOS memory The BIOS uses the CMOS memory to store all the settings that have been made through the BIOS Setup pages. Battery The CMOS memory remembers all settings, even when the system is switched off, by use of a 3V Lithium battery. If this battery runs low CMOS is unable to keep its settings and you will need to replace the battery.
  • Page 49 Take the following steps to clear CMOS memory: Take the power cord from the power supply. Temporarily set JBAT1 to 2 – 3, and set it back to 1 – 2. Put the power cord back and restart the system, the default values will be loaded.

  • Page 50: The Bios Setup

    The BIOS Setup Pages To enter the BIOS Setup pages, take the following steps: Start up the system. After memory counting has finished, press [DEL] to enter the BIOS Setup pages. Now the following menu will appear: CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features PC Health Status Advanced BIOS Features...

  • Page 51: Hot Keys

    Modifying selected items The [Up]/[Down] keys can be used to modify values within the selected fields. Note that some fields also let you enter values directly. Hot Keys Throughout the BIOS Setup Pages the hot keys will give you access to a group of commands.
  • Page 52 Exit Without Saving Selecting ‘Exit Without Saving’ will exit Setup without saving changes to CMOS. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password Advanced Chipset Features Set User Password Integrated Peripherals xit Setup...

  • Page 53: Standard Cmos Setup

    4-3-1 Standard CMOS Setup Select the [STANDARD CMOS SETUP] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Sat, Nov 18, 2000 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 11 : 51 : 58 Menu Level IDE Primary Master...

  • Page 54: Ide Devices

    IDE Devices When you select one of the IDE devices, a submenu will pop up. Refer to the picture below. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software IDE xxxx IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level...
  • Page 55 Drive A and Drive B The Drive A / B items allow you select the type of device that you have attached to the Floppy (FDD1) connector on the motherboard. You can select between different floppy disk drive types by using the Page-Up and Page-Down keys. If you press [enter] while Drive A or B is selected the following menu will pop up that will allow to choose a device as well: Drive X...
  • Page 56 Values Meaning All Errors Stop booting on all errors. No Errors Always Boot, no matter what error is detected. All, but Stop booting on all errors, but not on a keyboard error. keyboard Halt On All, but Stop booting on all errors, but a diskette error. diskette All, but Stop booting on all errors, but keyboard and diskette errors.

  • Page 57: Advanced Bios Features

    4-3-2 Advanced BIOS Features Select the [Advanced BIOS Features] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level...
  • Page 58 Virus protection Values Meaning Virus Enabled The BIOS will give a beep and a warning whenever an attempt Warning is made to write to the boot sector of the HDD. Disabled The BIOS will allow write attempts to the boot sector CPU Cache settings Values Meaning...
  • Page 59 Values Meaning Floppy The system attempt to boot from diskette. (first boot device default) LS 120 The system will attempt to boot from an attached LS 120 drive. (Third boot device default) HDD 0 The system will attempt to boot from the first HDD. (Second boot device default) SCSI The system will attempt to boot from the first device attached...

  • Page 60: Security Option

    Values Meaning Typematic 6 ~ 30 This value sets the amount of time a character is repeated per Rate second if it is kept down on the keyboard. Choose from the following values: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30. 250 ~ 1000 This value sets the amount of time in ms before a character Typematic Delay...
  • Page 61 The individual memory ranges refer to BIOS code that may be present on expansion cards. Normally you will not need to enable shadowing for these ranges. Refer to the table below for details: Values Meaning Video BIOS Enabled This will allow the BIOS to write the video BIOS to RAM. Shadow This will speed up execution and is the default setting.

  • Page 62: Advanced Chipset Features

    4-3-3 Advanced Chipset Features Select the [Advanced BIOS Features] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features DRAM timing by SPD Enabled Item Help DRAM Clock 100MHz SDRAM Cycle Length Menu Level...
  • Page 63 DRAM timing If the DRAM Timing by SPD item is set to Enabled, the three items below will automatically be set be the BIOS. To do this the BIOS will read information out of the SPD EPROM that is located on the DIMM module, this information will tell the BIOS how to best access the memory.
  • Page 64 PCI Bus Timing Settings The following settings are all related to PCI timing, there is no need to change them from their default setting unless you are an experienced user. Values Meaning PCI Master Enabled A PCI Master can request a pipeline. Pipeline Req.
  • Page 65 AGP Settings Values Meaning This item allows setting of the portion of the main memory that is assigned to the AGP card. Normally about half or less of the AGP Aperture 4 – 128MB Size total memory should be assigned. Choose from 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128MB, default is 128MB.

  • Page 66: Integrated Peripherals

    Values Meaning Enabled This will enable caching of the system BIOS memory section. This means that BIOS code can run faster when called often. System BIOS Cacheable Disabled This will not cache any BIOS code, meaning that BIOS code will have to be read from memory each time. Enabled This will enable caching of Video memory, which speeds up video operations.

  • Page 67: Integrated Peripherals

    Select the [Integrated Peripherals] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Onchip IDE channel 0 Enabled Item Help Onchip IDE channel 1 Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level Primary Master PIO...

  • Page 68: Floppy Drive

    IDE Channel Settings The following table explains IDE channel settings and what they mean: Values Meaning Onchip IDE Enabled Enables the use of the first (primary) IDE channel. Channel 0 Disabled This will disable the use of the first (primary) IDE channel. Onchip IDE Enabled Enables the use of the secondary IDE channel.
  • Page 69 Onboard Enabled This will allow use of a floppy drive. Disabled If you do not need a floppy drive, set this item to disabled. Controller COM ports (Serial Ports) Values Meaning Onboard Auto The bios will automatically use serial ports. serial port 1 / Disabled If you do not need the serial port in question, set this item to...
  • Page 70 On board Disable Disables use of the parallel port. Parallel Port 3BC / IRQ7 Select an IO Address and an IRQ to be used by the parallel port. 378 / IRQ7 278 / IRQ5 On board Normal This is the standard printer port configuration. Parallel Mode Enables use of EPP devices.

  • Page 71: Power Management Setup

    MPU-401 Enabled Allows of use of MIDI. Disabled No need for MIDI. MPU-401 IO 300 – 303 Select the IO address for the MIDI functionality. Choose from address 330 – 333 300 – 303, 310 – 313, 320 – 323 and 330 – 333. Game Port Values Meaning...

  • Page 72: Power Management Setup

    Select the [Power Management Setup] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help Press Enter Power Management ACPI Suspend type S1(POS) Menu Level PM controlled by APM Video Off Option...
  • Page 73 Power Management User Define Item Help HDD Power Down Disabled Doze Mode Disabled Menu Level Suspend Mode Disabled Refer to the following table for an explanation of the items above: Values Meaning Power User Define The three items below can be set by the user Management Min Saving The three items below are set to: disabled, 1 hour, 1hour respectively.
  • Page 74 Video Off Always On The monitor will always be on, no matter what the state of the Option system Suspend-> Off The monitor will be turned of in suspend mode. The item below will specify what off method to use. All modes ->...
  • Page 75 Item Help LPT & COM LPT / COM HDD & FDD Menu Level PCI Master Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm resume Disabled Date (of Month) Resume time (hh:mm:ss) 0 : 0 : 0 Primary INTR Press Enter IRQs Activity Monitoring Refer to the following table for more details: Will not allow the system to wake up on the VGA IRQ When a VGA IRQ occurs the system will wake up.
  • Page 76 The IRQ Activity Monitoring item is disabled IRQ Activity Monitoring If you select ON for the Primary INTR item, pressing [Enter] on the IRQ Activity Monitoring item will show the following sub menu. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Wake Up Events IRQ3 (COM 2) Enabled...

  • Page 77: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    Select the [PnP / PCI Configurations] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software PnP / PCI Configurations PnP OS Installed Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled by Auto (ESCD) IRQ Resources...

  • Page 78: Pc Health Status

    PCI / VGA Disabled Default setting. Palette Snoop Enabled This will allow the system to look at the palette the VGA uses to display. Some applications speed up with this setting but it is mostly obsolete. Assign IRQs Values Meaning Assign IRQ Enabled This will assign an interrupt to your VGA card.

  • Page 79: Pc Health Status

    Select the [PC Health Status] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software PC Health Status Current CPU Temp. Item Help Current System Temp. Current CPU FAN 1 Speed 4000 Menu Level Current CPU FAN 2 Speed...

  • Page 80: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Select the [Frequency / Voltage Control] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Frequency / Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM / PCI Clock Disabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled CPU Host / PCI Clock Default...
  • Page 81 CPU Core Default This item allows setting of the CPU core voltage. If set to Voltage default, the BIOS will select the value automatically. If 1.5 – 1.85 you set it manually yourself, be sure not to increase the voltage too much, since this may lead to CPU damage. The possible voltages are: 1.5V, 1.55V, 1.6V, 1.65V, 1.70V, 1.75V, 1.80V, 1.85V...

  • Page 82: Passwords

    4-3-9 Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu. The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup. The passwords are not case sensitive. In other words, it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters.
  • Page 83 Disabling the password To disable the password, simply press [enter] without entering any other letters or numbers. This will disable the password, the BIOS will tell you by displaying the following dialog: CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright © 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults...

  • Page 84: Frequently Asked Questions

    Chapter 5 Frequently Asked Questions 5-1 Boot Issues AWARD BIOS Beep Codes In case of errors the AWARD BIOS will send beeps to the system speaker. Although the spoken error messages replace the beep codes, it may still be convenient to know what the beep codes mean.
  • Page 85 Proper insertion of the CPU and other parts If the board does not boot up at all but the FANs are working it may be that the CPU is incorrectly seated in the motherboard. Also, if using an AGP graphics card, verify that it is seated correctly.

  • Page 86: System Cooling

    5-2 System Cooling In older computer systems cooling was not a big issue. But with CPU speed constantly increasing improper cooling of the system as a whole can lead to hard to trace problems. This motherboard comes with 4 FAN Headers, make use of them! The following is an excerpt from a warning AMD released on this issue: The new PGA (Pin Grid Array) AMD Athlon(tm) and AMD Duron(tm) processors have very different thermal specifications from any preceding AMD...

  • Page 87: Suitable Socket A Cpu Coolers

    5-2-1 Suitable Socket A CPU coolers AMD maintains a list of approved thermal solutions for the Athlon processor. Please do NOT use Pentium heatsinks, Duron processors may crack when trying to force Pentium heatsinks and fans onto them. The processors have slightly different sizes so this is not a good idea.
  • Page 88 The maximum current that the FAN headers on the KTAPRO board can provide is 0.5A. Because Wattage = Voltage x Current ( I ), this means that at 12V the wattage the KTAPRO can support on each header is 6W.

  • Page 89: Video Issues

    5-3 Video Issues Setting AGP speed In the BIOS setup on the Advanced Chipset Features page you can set the AGP 4X mode item to either enabled or disabled. It is not possible to select between AGPx1 and AGPx2 using the BIOS, this is selected automatically depending on the AGP card you use. If you use a Creative graphics card the AGP speed can be selected using Creative's agpwizard which is available for download at www.creative.com.

  • Page 90: Memory Issues

    5-4 Memory Issues Memory related BIOS settings Depending on the type and speed of your SDRAM memory settings will be different. Below two types of settings will be given, one optimized for speed, and one optimized for stability. If your system is unstable with the speed optimized settings, try increasing the IO voltage one step.
  • Page 91 Support of DDR SDRAM The KTAPRO motherboard is unable to support DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM due to limitations of the VIA Apollo KT133A chipset. Support of ECC SDRAM The KTAPRO motherboard is unable to support ECC (Error Correcting) SDRAM due to limitations of the VIA Apollo KT133A chipset.

  • Page 92: Chapter 6 Appendix

    Chapter 6 Appendix standard ISA IO map IO Address Range IO Device 000 – 01F DMA Controller 1 020 – 03F Interrupt Controller 1 040 – 05F System Timer 060 – 06F Keyboard Controller 070 – 07F Real Time Clock, CMOS and NMI mask 080 –...

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