Biostar NF325-A9 Owner's Manual

NF325-A9 i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to

NF325-A9 8 Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct B to complete the installation. B Step 5: Put the CPU Fan on the C

NF325-A9 9 2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY DIMM2DIMM4DIMM1DIMM3 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot

NF325-A9 10 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1

NF325-A9 11 PCI1~PCI5: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Compo

NF325-A9 12 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUM PE RS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is pl

NF325-A9 13 JUSBV3: Power Source Headers for USB Ports 13 Pin 1-2 Close +5V for U SB ports at fr ont panel (JUSB1/JU SB2). 13 13 Pin 2-3 clos

NF325-A9 14 JATXPWR1: ATX Power Connector This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. Pin Assignment 1 +3.3V

NF325-A9 15 JSATA1/JSATA2: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interf ace, it satisfies the SATA 1

NF325-A9 16 JAUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC front panel. It will disabl

NF325-A9 17 J1394A1 (optional): Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel Pin Assignment 1 A+ 2 A- 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B+ 6 B- 7 +12V 8 +12V 9 Ke

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

NF325-A9 18 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e setting and the CMOS data, please care

NF325-A9 19 JPANEL1: Front Panel Header This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection.

NF325-A9 20 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card not found or v id

NF325-A9 21 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been

NF325-A9 22 4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power supply does not tu

NF325-A9 23 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions includi

NF325-A9 24 5.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow th

NF325-A9 25 5.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little

NF325-A9 26 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s fir

NF325-A9 27 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the

NF325-A9 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 939. Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX/ Athlon 64 processor.

NF325-A9 28 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to lef

NF325-A9 29 c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automati

NF325-A9 30 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the fol

NF325-A9 31 Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide

NF325-A9 BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup ...1 1 Main Menu...

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 1 BIOS Setup Introduction T his manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. T he Setup program

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 2 PCI Bus S uppo rt This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Me

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 4 Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 5 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as

NF325-A9 2 On Board IDE Supports 4 IDE disk drives. Supports PIO mode 0~4, Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 bus master mode. Slots Five 32

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 6 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category i

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 7 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Descripti

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key S

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3. Adva nced BIOS Setup

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 10 Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selecte

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 11 Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 12 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64M

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 13 Boot Seq & Floppy Setup  Figure 3.3 Boo t Se q& Floppy Setup  First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Oth

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 14 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 15 DRAM Configuration  Figure 4.1 DRAM Configuration  Timing Mode DDR Timing Setting by SPD or ITEM.

NF325-A9 3 On Board AC’97 Sound Codec Chip: ALC655. Compliant with AC’97 version 2.3 specification. Supports 6 channels. Serial ATA Supports 2

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 16  Ro w precharge Time (Trp) This field specifies the Row precharge Time. Precharge to Active or Auto-Refresh

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 17 AGP Fast Write When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states. T

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 18 5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 19 IDE Function Setup If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “IDE Function Setup” label and then p

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 20 O n boa rd De vice If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Onboard Device” label and then press

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 21  MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 22 Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I/O Device.  Figure 5. 3 Super IO Device  Onboard FDC

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 23  UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permit

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 24 IDE Prefetch Mode The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If the

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 25 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy

NF325-A9 4 1 Floppy connector supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard disk devices. 2 Serial

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 26 Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly relate

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 27 HDD Power Down When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity. All

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 28 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Inter

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 29 Resources Controlled By By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources an

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 30 8 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CP U

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 31 Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST

NF325-A9 BIOS SETUP 32 9 Voltage Control  Figure 9. Voltage Control CPU Voltage T his item allows you to select CP U Volt

NF325-A9 5 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 U

NF325-A9 6 1.3 LAYOUT AND COM P ONE N TS JATXPWR1Co de cJCDIN1JSPDIF_OUTJPANEL1JCFAN1DIMM2DIMM1Socket 939DIMM3DIMM4FDD1IDE2IDE1BAT1BI OSAGP1I EEE 1394

NF325-A9 7 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) CPU1 Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap. Step 2: Pull