ASRock K8S8X User Manual

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  • ASRock K8S8X | User Manual - Page 1
    K8S8X User Manual Version 1.02 Published May 2004 Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
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    any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for
  • ASRock K8S8X | User Manual - Page 3
    1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9 2 Installation 10 Pre-installation Precautions Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 18 2.8 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 19 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 20 3.1 Introduction 20 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 20
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    4 Software Support 37 4.1 Install Operating System 37 4.2 Support CD Information 37 4.2.1 Running Support CD 37 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 37 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 37 4.2.4 ASRock "PC-DIY Live Demo" Program 37 4.2.5 Contact Information 37 4
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    guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock
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    : CPU: ATX Form Factor (12.0-in x 8.5-in, 30.5 cm x 21.6 cm) 754-Pin Socket supporting AMD AthlonTM 64 processor Chipsets: North Bridge: SiS 755 chipset, FSB @ 800 MHz / 1.6 GT/s South Bridge: SiS 964 chipset, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Memory: 2 DDR DIMM slots: DDR1 and DDR2
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    motherboard! It may cause permanent damage! 3. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 / 2000 SP4. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows Operating System and drivers are not formally released yet, the 64 bit drivers included in the ASRock support CD-ROM
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    JL1 1 AUDIO1 PCI LAN AUDIO CODEC Super I/O 2MB BIOS 1 GAME1 SOCKET 754 SiS 755 Chipset U74 IDE2 IDE1 1.5V_AGP1 PCI 1 PCI 2 CMOS Battery SiS 964 Chipset CLRCMOS2 1 SATA2 PCI 3 PCI 4 5.1 CH PCI 5 K8S8X USB 2.0 DDR400 AGP8X ATA133 FSB800+ SATA SATA1 FLOPPY1 CHA_FAN1 USB67 1 IR1 1 PANEL
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    1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 1 11 10 9 1 Parallel Port 2 RJ-45 Port 3 Line In (Light Blue) 4 Line Out (Lime) 5 Microphone In (Pink) 6 Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) 2 3 4 5 8 7 6 7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 9 Serial Port: COM1 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) 11 PS/2 Mouse Port (
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    Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. 2. To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity, NEVER place your
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    Push Down And Lock To The Socket Corner The Socket Lever 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard adopts 754-pin CPU socket to support AMD AthlonTM 64 CPU. It requires For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan and the heatsink. 11
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    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) K8S8X motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) break The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation. Step 3. Firmly
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    Slots) There are 5 PCI slots and 1 AGP slot on K8S8X motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that AGP card. Please do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card on the AGP slot of this motherboard! It may cause permanent damage! For the voltage information of your AGP card, please check
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    pin3 to enable (see p.8, No. 2) +5V +5VSB +5VSB (standby) for PS/2 or USB wake up events. Note: To select +5VSB, it requires 2 Amp and higher standby current you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system first, and then shut it down before
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    ATA (SATA) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATA interface allows up to 1.5 Gb/s data transfer rate. Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to the SATA hard disk or the SATA connector on the motherboard. 15
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    p.8, No. 29) USB_PWR P-6 P+6 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+7 P-7 USB_PWR ASRock I/O PlusTM accommodates 6 default USB 2.0 ports. If those USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel are not sufficient, this USB 2.0 header is available to support 2 additional USB 2.0 ports. 1 USB_PWR P-4 P+4 GND USB_PWR P-5 P+5 GND DUMMY
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    System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p.8, No. 15) Chassis Speaker Header (4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p.8, No. 17) PLED+ PLEDPWRBTN# GND 1 DUMMY RESET# GND HDLEDHDLED+ 1 SPEAKER DUMMY DUMMY +5V This header accommodates several system front panel functions. Please connect the chassis speaker to this
  • ASRock K8S8X | User Manual - Page 18
    HDDs K8S8X motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA Devices. Usually, each power wire will provide 2 power connectors for HDDs. We suggest you to connect SATA HDDs to different power wires to prevent intervention. As to Hot Swap support, please refer to the updates of later version driver
  • ASRock K8S8X | User Manual - Page 19
    Diskette If you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your SATA HDDs, you will need to make an SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy
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    the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP off and then back on. Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose
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    UTILITY Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Tue 11/25/2003] BIOS Version : K8S8X BIOS P1.0 Processor Type : AMD Athlon(tm)64 Processor 3200+ Processor Speed : 2000 MHz L1 Cache Size : 128KB L2 Cache Size : 1024KB Total Memory
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    Hardware Health Configuration, ACPI Configuration, and USB Configuration. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security CPU Host Frequency This item shows current CPU host frequency of the installed motherboard. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Disabled] for better system
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    instruction, which can be applied to the configurations of "Primary IDE Slave", "Secondary IDE Master", and "Secondary IDE Slave" as well. BIOS Transfer :Not Detected :MAXTOR 6L080J4 :80.0 GB :Supported :16Sectors :4 :MultiWord DMA-2 :Ultra DMA-6 :Supported [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto]
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    automatically detect the hard disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to disable the LBA/Large
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    Channel Parallel Port IRQ OnBoard Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [370] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and
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    the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardware Health Event Monitoring CPU Temperature M / B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan
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    3.3.6 ACPI Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Restore on AC / auto-detect or disable the Suspend-toRAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Restore on AC/Power Loss Use this item to set the power state after an unexpected AC/
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    3.3.7 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled : None USB Controller USB 2.0 Support Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General
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    this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD
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    may specify the boot sequence from the available devices in your system. Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [HDD: PM-MAXTOR 6L08] [CD / DVD] Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. A device enclosed in
  • ASRock K8S8X | User Manual - Page 31
    set or change the supervisor/user password for the system in this section. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor
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    of memory clock, CAS Latency, TRCD, TRAS, and TRP. You may also set the memory configuration in the sub-screen under this section. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Memory Controller Configuration Memory Configuration Memory CLK CAS Latency TRCD TRAS TRP : 166 MHz : 3.0 : 4 CLK : 7 CLK : 4 CLK Chipset Select
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    Use this to adjust TRP values. Configuration options: [Auto], [2CLK], [3CLK], [4CLK], [5CLK], and [6CLK]. 3.7.2 South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Onboard Ac97 Audio Onboard LAN [Auto] [Enabled] Chipset Enable / Disable onboard Audio device. +F1 F9
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    BIOS SETUP UTILITY AGP Chipset Configuration AGP Aperture Size AGP Data Rate AGP Fast Write Primary Graphics Adapter [64 MB] [8X] [Disabled] [PCI] Chipset Aperture size defines a Window or disable the feature of AGP fast write protocol support. Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the
  • ASRock K8S8X | User Manual - Page 35
    3.7.4 HyperTransport Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY HyperTransport Configuration HT Width HT Speed HT Tristate Enable CRC Flood Enable [Auto] [800 Mhz] [Disabled] [Disabled] Chipset Options 8 BIT 16 BIT Auto +
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    and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it message, "Discard changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option
  • ASRock K8S8X | User Manual - Page 37
    installed devices. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 ASRock PC-DIY Live Demo Program
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K8S8X
User Manual
Version 1.02
Published May 2004
Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.