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- Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 1
NF325-A7 FCC Information and and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is approval in writing. The content of this user's manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 2
How to setup Jumpers 13 3.2 Detail Settings 13 Chapter 4: Useful Help 18 4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code 18 4.2 Extra Information 18 4.3 Troubleshooting 20 Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder 21 5.1 Introduction 21 5.2 System Requirement 21 5.3 Installation 22 5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 3
NF325-A7 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MAINBOARD FEATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 754. Supports AMD Athlon 64 / Sempron processor. Chipset NVIDIA nForce3 250. - HyperTransport link to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU. - Supports AGP 3.0 8x interface. - Supports system and power management. - Supports PIO - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 4
-A7 Main Memory Supports up to 2 DDR devices. Supports 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR devices. Certified DDR400 List - Please check the website: http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3? name=NF325-A7 Maximum memory size is 2GB. DIMM Socket Location DDR Module Total Memory Size (MB - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 5
NF325-A7 Front Side On-board Peripherals 1 audio out header supports 1 line-in, 1 line-out, and 1MIC ports. 1 serial header supports 1 serial COM port. (JCOM2, optional) 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM device. (One extra CD-in connector is optional for v1.1 only.) 1 S/PDIF-out connector supports - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 6
NF325-A7 B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. Offers the highest performance for Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc. 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 7
NF325-A7 1.3 LAYOUT OF VERSION 1.0 JKBMSV1 1 JUSBV1 1 1 JCFAN1 JCOM1 DDR1 DDR2 JCOM3* 1 JCOM2* JATXPWR1 LAN 1 JAUDIO1 1 Codec JCDIN1 Super I/O 1 JSPDIF_OUT JSATA5 JSATA4 7 17 1 AGP1 BIOS 1 JUSBV3 JUSB2 JUSB1 1 1 BAT1 JCI1 1 JCMOS1 1 1 JSFAN1 JPANEL1 2 24 1 23 - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 8
NF325-A7 1.4 COMPONENTS OF VERSION 1.0 A B C T D LAN E F AGP1 G Super I/O Codec H I BIOS DDR1 DDR2 S R Q P O BAT1 N M K A. Audio out header. O. F AGP1: Accelerated Graphics Port slot. P. G. JCDIN1: CD-ROM audio-in header Q. H. JSPDIF_OUT: Digital audio JCFAN1: CPU fan connector 6 - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 9
NF325-A7 1.5 LAYOUT OF VERSION 1.1 JKBMSV1 1 JUSBV1 1 1 JCFAN1 JCOM1 DDR1 DDR2 JCOM3* 1 JCOM2* JATXPWR1 LAN 1 JSPDIF_IN (optional) JCDIN2 1 (optional) 1 1 JAUDIO1 JCDIN1 Super I/O JSATA5 JSATA4 7 17 1 AGP1 BIOS Codec 1 JUSBV3 JUSB2 JUSB1 1 1 BAT1 JCI1 1 JCMOS1 1 1 - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 10
NF325-A7 1.6 COMPONENTS OF VERSION 1.1 A B C V DDR1 DDR2 U LAN E F AGP1 G Super I/O BIOS H Codec I T S R Q BAT1 P O N M K Peripheral Component T. Interconnect slots. J. JSPDIF_OUT: Digital audio out header U. (optional). K. CNR1: Communication Network . JCFAN1: CPU fan connector 8 - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 11
NF325-A7 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge. The - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 12
NF325-A7 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation. 10 - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 13
NF325-A7 2.2 FAN HEADERS CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1 Pin 1 1 JCFAN1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense System Fan Header: JSFAN1 Pin 1 1 JSFAN1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 14
NF325-A7 2.4 CONNECTORS, & SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1~2 The motherboard - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 15
NF325-A7 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The 20-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit. 10 20 1 11 JATXPWR1 Pin Assignment 1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 Ground 4 +5V 5 Ground - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 16
NF325-A7 Power Source Selection Headers for USB: JUSBV1/JUSBV3 Assignment Description 3 +5V 1 Pin 1-2 close 5V standby voltage. JUSBV3: JUSB1/2 are powered +5V standby voltage. Note: In order to support this function "Power-on system via USB device," "JUSBV3" jumper cap should be placed on - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 17
NF325-A7 Front Panel Audio-out Header: JAUDIO1 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC case. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors. 2 14 1 13 JAUDIO1 Pin Assignment 1 Mic in/center 3 Mic power/Bass Pin Assignment 2 - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 18
NF325-A7 Digital Audio-in Connector: JSPDIF_IN (optional) This connector will allow user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Pin Assignment 1 +5V 1 JSPDIF_OUT 2 SPDIF OUT 3 Ground Front - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 19
NF325-A7 Front USB Headers: JUSB1~2 This connector allows user to connect the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard. JCMOS1 Assignment 3 1 Pin 1-2 close Normal Operation ( - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 20
follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: 1. Make a bootable floppy disk. 2. Download the Flash Utility "AWDFLASH.exe" from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website. 4. Copy "AWDFLASH.exe" and respectively - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 21
NF325-A7 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again. - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 22
NF325-A7 4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all 1. Make sure power cable is Power light don't illuminate, fan securely plugged in. inside power supply does not 2. Replace cable. turn on. 3. Contact technical support "CMOS Failure." Review system's equipment. - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 23
NF325-A7 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 24
NF325-A7 5.3 1. INSTALLATION Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click "Next" Finish" button. Usage: The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand. 22 - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 25
NF325-A7 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 tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. You can use the mouse by - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 26
NF325-A7 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility's first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 27
NF325-A7 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 following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not. The default setting is "No". If you want to - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 28
NF325-A7 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. "-3MHz button", "-1MHz button", "+1MHz button", and "+3MHz button": provide - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 29
NF325-A7 c. "Auto-overclock button": User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the according to the Recovery Dialog's setting. Note: Because the testing programs, invoked in Auto-overclock and Verify, include DirectDraw, Direct3D and DirectShow tests, the DirectX 8.1 or newer runtime - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 30
NF325-A7 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 following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also - Biostar NF325-A7 | Nf325-A7 user's manual - Page 31
NF325-A7 Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board,
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