Biostar NF550 AM2 Owner's Manual

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B d

Motherboard Manual 8 Step 4: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct B to complete the installation. Step 5: Put the CPU Fan

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 9 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different

Motherboard Manual 10 2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY DD R2 A 1DD R2 B 1DD R2 B 2DD R2 A 2 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outwar

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 11 C. Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channel f unction of the motherboard, the memory module must meet

Motherboard Manual 12 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard prov ides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 3

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 13 PEX16-1: PCI-Express x16 Slot - PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneo

Motherboard Manual 14 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 15 JATXPWR1: ATX Powe r S ource C onne ctor This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power su

Motherboard Manual 16 JUSB1/JUSB2: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC f ront

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 17 JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC f ront pane

Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ...1 1.1 Before You Start...

Motherboard Manual 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, p

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 19 JSPDIF_O UT: Digital Audio out Connectors This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.

Motherboard Manual 20 CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM Supports Windows XP Home/Prof essional Edition, and Windows 2000 Profess

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 21 RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirro

Motherboard Manual 22 RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 23 RAID 5: RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It writes dat a an d p arit y b lo

Motherboard Manual 24 CHAPTER 5: USEFUL HELP 5.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION NOTE After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Dr

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 25 5.2 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card not found or v ideo card

Motherboard Manual 26 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 27 5.4 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power su

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BEFORE YOU START Tha nk you for choosing our product. Before you sta rt installing the mo the

Motherboard Manual 28 CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™ 6.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functio

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 29 6.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” butt

Motherboard Manual 30 6.4 WARPSPEEDER™ 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a li ttle tray icon on the right s

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 31 2. Main Panel If you cli ck the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure;

Motherboard Manual 32 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Mai n Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 33 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will

Motherboard Manual 34 c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequenc

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 35 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out

Motherboard Manual 36 APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE GERMAN NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 CPU Sockel AM2 AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 37 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Audio-Codec ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) 5.1-Kanal-Audioausgabe (VER 6.X) 7.1-Kanal-Audioa

Motherboard Manual 2 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 CPU Socket AM2 AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 / Sempron processors

Motherboard Manual 38 FRANCE NF550 AM2 NF570U AA2 UC Socket AM2 Process eurs AMD At hlon 64 / At hlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/ Sempron L'archi

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 39 NF550 AM2 NF570U AA2 Codec audio ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) Sortie audio à 5.1 voies (VER 6.X) Sortie audio à

Motherboard Manual 40 ITALIAN NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 CPU Socket AM2 Processori AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/ Sempron L’architettura A

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 41 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Codec audio ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) Uscita audio 5. 1 ca nali (VER 6.X) Uscita audio

Motherboard Manual 42 SPANISH NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 CPU Conector AM2 Procesadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/ Sempron La arquitect

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 43 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Códecs de sonido ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) Salida de sonido de 5.1 canales (VER 6.X) Sal

Motherboard Manual 44 PORTUGUESE NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 CPU Socket AM2 Processadores AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/ Sempron A arquit

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 45 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Codec de som ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) Saída de áudio de 5.1 canais (VER 6. X) Saída de

Motherboard Manual 46 POLISH NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Procesor Socket AM2 AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/ Sempron Procesory Architektur

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 47 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Kodek dźwiękowy ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) 5.1 kanałow e wy j ście audio (V ER 6.X) 7.1

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 3 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Sound ALC861VD(Ver 6. x) / ALC888(Ver 5.x) 5.1 c hannels audio out (Ver 6.x) 7.1 c hannels audio ou

Motherboard Manual 48 RUSSIAN NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 CPU (центральный процессор) Гнездо AM2 Процессоры AM D At hlon 64 / At hlon 64 F X / Althlon 6

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 49 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 Звуковой кодек ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) 5.1канальный звуковой выход (V ER 6. X) 7.1к

Motherboard Manual 50 ARABIC NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 ﺔ ﺠ ﻟﺎ ﻌﻤ ﻟا ةﺪﺣوﺔﻳﺰآ ﺮﻤﻟا ﺲﺒﻘﻡAM2 تﺎ ﺠﻟﺎ ﻌﻡ AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/ Semp

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 51 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 تﻮﺼ ﻟا ﻚﻳ دﻮ آ ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) 5.1 تاﻮﻨﻗ جﺮﺨﻟ تﻮﺼ ﻟا (VER 6.X) 7.1 تاﻮﻨﻗ جﺮﺨﻟ

Motherboard Manual 52 JAPANESE NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 CPU Socket AM2 AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2/ Sempron プロセッ サ AMD 64アーキテクチャでは、 3

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 53 NF550 AM2 NF570U AM2 サウ ンドCodec ALC861VD(VER 6.X) / ALC888(VER 5.X) 5.1チ ャンネルオ ーディオアウト (V ER 6.X ) 7.1チ ャンネルオ ーディオアウト

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 BIOS Setup i BIOS Setup...1 1 M

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 1 BIOS Setup Introduction The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Award™ BIOS Setup program on this moth

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 2 PCI Bus S upport This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus sp

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 3 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you

Motherboard Manual 4 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (FOR VER 6.X) PS/2 Mouse PS/2 KeyboardUSBX2USBX2LANCO M1 U SB X2Li ne In/SurroundLine OutMic

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features. Integrated Peripherals This submenu

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 5 Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes usi

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 6 Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 7 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each cat egory include

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 8 Item Options Description 720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in None Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Key board All,

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 9 3Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3: Advanced BIOS Setup Cache Setup

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 10 CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. En

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 11 Remov able Device Priority Select Removable Boot Device Priority. The Ch oices: Floppy Disks, Zip100, USB-FDD0, USB-FDD1, U

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 12 CD-ROM Boot Priority The Choices: Pri. Master, Pri. Slave, Sec. Master, Sec. Slave, USB CDROM0, USB CDROM 1. Network B

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 13 First/Second/Third Boot Dev ice The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The Choices: Removable,

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 5 1.6 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT (VER 6.X) JKBMS1JU S B4JU S B3JA U DI O 2JU S BL A N1BIOSPEX1-1PCI 1FDD1BAT1JC O M 1JUSBV2J CDIN1Co

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 14 Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controlle

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 15 MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor speci fication. Select version

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 16 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the speci fic features of the chipset installed on your sy

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 17 HT Spread Spectrum This item allows you to select HT Spread Spectrum function. The Ch oices: Center (default), Disabled, Do

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 18 5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Highlight the “Press Enter” label next to

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 19 RAID Config RAID Enable Thi s op tion allo ws yo u to en ab le or d isabl e RAID fu n ct io n . The Choices: Disab

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 20 Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA function can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in you

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 21 OnChip USB This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You may need to disable th

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 22 Onboard I/O Address Press Enter to configure the Onboard I/O Address. Onboard FDC Controller Select enabled if your system

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 23 Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to determine how the parallel port should function. The default value is SPP. The C

Motherboard Manual 6 1.7 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT (VER 5.X) JKBMS1JU S B4JU S B3JA U DI O 1JU S BL A N1BIOSPEX1-1PCI 1FDD1BAT1JC O M 1JUSBV2J CDIN1CodecLAN

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 24 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 25 Power Management This category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly related to the following modes:

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 26 Soft-Off by PBTN This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off the power immediately, and

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 27 POWER ON Function This item allows you to choose the power on method. The Ch oices: Button Only(default), Password, Hot Key

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 28 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 29 the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the “ Disabled” mode. The above settings will be show

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 30 Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for T ransaction packets (T LP). The Choice: 4096 (default.), 128, 256,

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 31 8 PC Health Status  Figure 8: PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temp

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 32 SYS FAN Control by Choose “ smart” to reduce the noise caused by the System FAN. T he Choices: SMART, Always On(default). C

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 33 CPU Temp T his field displays the current temperatur e o f CPU. Current CP U FAN Speed This field displays the current spee

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 7 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap.

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 34 9 Performance Booster Zone Memory Voltage The Choices: 1.900V (default), 2.000V, 2.100V, 2.200V, 2.300V, 2.400V, 2.500V, 2

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 35 NPT Fid control The Ch oices: AUTO (default), x4 800Mhz~x25 5000Mhz. NPT Vid control The Ch oices: AUTO (default), 0.3875v~

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 36 Memory Timings tCL(CAS Latency) The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock ~ 6 clock. tRCD The Choices: Auto (default), 3 clock

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 37 tRWT The Choices: Auto (default), 2 clock ~ 9 clock. tWTR The Choices: Auto (default), 1 clock ~ 3 clock. tREF The Choices:

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 38 MCLK drive strength The Choices: Auto (default), 0.75x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.50x. MD drive strength The Choices: Auto (default),

NF550 AM2 / NF570U AM2 39 Bottom of [31:24] IO space The Choices: C0 (default), Min=0000, Max=00FF, Key in a HEX number.. DDRII Timing Item The C