Biostar NF4-A9A Owner's Manual

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital devi

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 8 2.2 FAN HEADERS CPU FAN Power Header: JCFAN1 System Fan Power Header: JSFAN1 Northbridge Fan Power Header: JNBFAN1 Pin Assi

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 9 2.3 MEMORY MODULES INSTALLATION DIMM1DIMM3DIMM2DIMM4 2.3.1 DDR Module installation 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 10 2.3.2 DDR Installation Notice: For AMD K8 939 CPU launched before Rev. E, please follow the table below to install DDR

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 11 2.4 CONNECTORS & SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supp

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 12 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI1~PCI4 This motherboard is equipped with 4 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 13 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jum

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 14 Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse: JKBMSV1 Pin 1-2 Close: +5V for PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Pin 2-3 Close: PS/2 k

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 15 Front Panel Audio-out Header: JAUDIO1 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put headers on th

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 16 Case Open Header: JCI1 This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it w

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 17 Power Source Headers for USB Ports: JUSBV1/JUSBV2 Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1. JUSBV2:

Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: Introduction...1 1.1 Motherboard Features...

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 18 Clear CMOS Header: JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS da

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 19 Header for Front Panel Facilities: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep butto

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 20 Serial ATA Connectors: JSATA1~JSATA4 The motherboard has a SATA Controller in nForce4 and nForce4 Ultra with 4 channels SA

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 21 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card n

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 22 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection fu

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 23 4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power sup

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 24 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly f

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 25 5.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” butt

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 26 5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will di

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 27 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; t

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 939. Supports AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 6

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 28 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 29 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 30 c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and fr

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 31 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 32 Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [Warp

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup... 1 1

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 1BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users t

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 2PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus spe

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows y

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 4Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This subm

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 2 On-board IDE 2 on-board connectors support 4 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 0~4. Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 5Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervi

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 62 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no,

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 7Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Select the si

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 93 Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup These BIOS attempt to load the operating system f

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 10Boot Seq & Floppy Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating syste

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 11Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks. Disabling

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 12MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 134 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your sys

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 14 DRAM Configuration Timing Mode DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM. The Choices: Auto (default), Manual. Max Memclock (

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 3 Security NVIDIA Firewall technology - Native firewall solution Advanced features - Remote access, configuration, mon

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 15 CPU Spread Spectrum The Choices: Center Spread (default), Disabled. SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disabl

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 165 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup If you highlight the litera

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 17Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for eac

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 18SATA A/B Secondary RAID The choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Onboard Device OnChip USB This option should be ena

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 19Onboard IO/Address Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 20IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read / write. If your ID

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 216 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 22Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the fol

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 23WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. USB Resume from S3 The Choices: Disabled (default), Enab

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 247 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 4 B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function. Bundled Software

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 25IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 268 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health Status Chassis Open Warning This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Op

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 279 Frequency/Voltage Control  Figure 9. Frequency/Voltage Control Hammer Fid Control This item allows you to select Ha

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 5 1.3 LAYOUT & COMPONENTS JKBMS1JUSBLAN1JCOM1JCOM2(optional)JPRNT1JUSB1JAUDIO2JAUDIO1JKBMSV1JUSBV1JATXPWR2JATXPWR1PEX16PE

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 6 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap. Step 2: Pul

NF4-A9A / NF4 Ultra-A9A 7 Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwards this white triangle. The