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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface i CHAPTER 1 1 Introducing the Mainboard 1 Introduction .................................................................................................1 Checklist .....................................................................................................1 Standard Items ................................................................................................. 1 Features .........................................................................................
Integrated Peripherals Option ........................................................................ 34 Power Management Setup Option ................................................................. 38 PNP/PCI Configuration Option ..................................................................... 42 PC Health Status Option................................................................................ 43 Frequency/Voltage Control.........................................................................
Chapter 1 Introducing the Mainboard Introduction Congratulations on purchasing the KOB KT266A FSX mainboard. The KOB KT266A FSX mainboard is an ATX mainboard that uses a 4-layer printed circuit board and measures 222 mm x 304 mm. The mainboard features a Socket 462 that accommodates AMD Athlon processors supporting frontside bus (FSB) speeds up to 133 MHz.
Features Processor Chipset The KOB KT266A FSX mainboard uses an AMD 462-pin Socket A that has the following features: • Supports 100/133 MHz frontside bus (FSB) • Accommodates AMD Athlon/Duron processors The VIA KT266A Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets are based on an innovative and scaleable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
BIOS Firmware • One parallel port • One MIDI/game port • Two USB ports • Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out This mainboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following: • Power management • Wake-up alarms • CPU parameters • CPU and memory timing The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds. Choosing a Computer Case There are many types of computer cases on the market.
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Table of Mainboard Components Label AGP1 ATX1 AUDIO1 BAT1 CASFAN1 CD1 CD2 CNR1 CPU SOCKET CPUFAN1 DIMM ~ DIMM3 FDD1 IDE 1 IDE 2 J1 JP1 JP3 JP4 JP5 JP6 JP7 LAUDIO1 LPANEL1 LSJ1 LUSB1 LUSB2 PANEL1 PCI1 ~ PCI5 SCR1 SIR1 SJI SPEAKER1 USB2 USB3 WOL1 WOM1 Component Accelerated Graphics Port Power connector Mic/speaker-out header Three volt realtime clock battery Case fan connector 1 Primary CD-in connector Secondary CD-in connector Communications Network Riser (CNR) slot Socket 462 for AMD Athlon processor Cooli
Chapter 2 Installing the Mainboard Safety Precautions Follow these safety precautions when installing the mainboard: • • • • Wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid damage from static electricity. Discharge static electricity by touching the metal case of a safely grounded object before working on the mainboard. Leave components in the static-proof bags they came in. Hold all circuit boards by the edges. Do not bend circuit boards.
Installing the Mainboard in a Case Refer to the following illustration and instructions for installing the mainboard in a case: This illustration shows an example of a mainboard being installed in a tower-type case: Note: 2. Secure the mainboard with screws where appropriate. Do not overtighten the screws as this can stress the mainboard. Most system cases have mounting brackets installed in the case, which correspond to the holes in the mainboard.
Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the mainboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description JP1 3 pin KB/USB power on 1-2: Disable CPU frequency select 1-2: 100 MHz BIOS voltage select 1-2: 5V BIOS protection 1-2: Disable JP3 JP4 JP5 3 pin 3 pin 3 pin Setting (default) 2-3: Enable 2-3: 133 MHz 2-3: 3.
JP6 3 pin JP7 3 pin USB2/3 power on 1-2: Disable Clear CMOS 1-2: Normal 2-3: Enable 2-3: Clear 1 1 JP6 JP7 Jumper 1 – Enable this jumper if you want keyboard or USB activity to awaken the system from power saving mode. Jumper 3 – Use this jumper to select the CPU frequency. Jumper 4 – Selects the BIOS voltage parameters. DO NOT make any adjustments to this jumper. Jumper 5 – Enables you to prevent the BIOS from being updated (flashed).
Connecting Case Components After you have installed the mainboard into a case, you can begin connecting the mainboard components. Refer to the following: 1. 2. 3. Connect the case power supply connector to ATX1. Connect the CPU cooling fan cable to CPUFAN1. Connect the case cooling fan connector to CASFAN1. The Panel Connectors The panel connector (PANEL1 and LPANEL1) provides a standard set of switch and LED connectors commonly found on ATX or micro-ATX cases.
LPANEL1 Device Pins Empty 13 Reset Switch +12, -14 Power Switch +9, -11 Speaker +4, -6, -8, 10 Power LED -3 (Y), -5 (G), +7 HDD LED +1, -2 14 13 Empty (Pin 13) Reset Switch (Pins +12, -14) Power Switch (Pin +9, -11) Speaker (Pins +4, -6, -8, 10) Power LED (Pin -3, -5, +7) HDD LED (Pins +1, -2) 2 1 Note: The plus sign (+) indicates a pin which must be connected to a positive voltage.
speed. Warning: Overclocking components can adversely affect the reliability of the system and introduce errors into your system. Overclocking can permanently damage the mainboard by generating excess heat in components that are run beyond the rated limits. This mainboard has a Socket 462 processor socket. When choosing a processor, consider the performance requirements of the system.
5. Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU cooling fan power supply on the mainboard (CPUFAN1). Note: After you have assembled the system, you must set the correct clock speed and frontside bus (FSB) speed. Check the jumper section in Appendix A and refer to Chapter 3 “Frequency Voltage Control” for more information. Installing Memory Modules This mainboard accommodates 184-pin 2.5V unbuffered Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM memory modules.
Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive. About IDE Devices Your mainboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface (IDE1 and IDE2). An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the mainboard. If you want to install more than two IDE devices, get a second IDE cable and you can add two more devices to the secondary IDE channel.
Installing a CD-ROM/DVD Drive 1. 2. Install the CD-ROM/DVD drive into the drive cage in your system case. Plug the IDE cable into IDE1 (A). If you have already installed an HDD, use the other connector on the IDE cable. Note: Ribbon cable connectors are usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the device connector. If the connector is not keyed, make sure that you match the pin-1 side of the cable connector with the pin-1 side of the device connector.
When you first start up your system, go immediately to the Setup Utility to configure the floppy diskette drives that you have installed. See Standard CMOS Features on page 26 for more information. Installing Add-on Cards This mainboard has five 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) expansion slots, one 4xAGP slot, and one Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) slot. PCI Slots PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface.
Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard’s optional devices: LAUDIO1: Front panel audio header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access.
AUDIO1: Front panel MIC/speaker-out header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access. Pin 1 3 5 7 9 Signal Name Pin Signal Name MICIN MICBIAS SPKOUTR KEY SPKOUTL 2 4 6 8 10 AGND 5V XSPKOUTR EMPTY XSPKOUTL USB2/USB3: Front panel USB headers The mainboard has two USB ports installed on the rear edge I/O port array. Some computer cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case.
Pin 1 2 3 Signal Name 5VSB GROUND SENSE If you have installed a modem, use the cable provided with the modem to plug into the mainboard WOM1 connector. This enables the Wake On Modem (WOM) feature. When your system is in a powersaving mode, any modem signal automatically resumes the system. You must enable this item using the Power Management page of the Setup Utility. See Chapter 3 for more information. SIR1: Serial infrared port The mainboard supports a Serial Infrared (SIR) data port.
LSJ1: Single color LED header This header which is specially designed for OEM customers allows the user to install a LED indicator to indicate when the computer is in Suspend to RAM (STR) mode or normal mode. Pin 1 2 Signal Name 5 VSB SUSLED-Y ACPI LED function: LSJ1 S0 S1 S3 S4/S5 Dark Dark Light Dark J1: Case open This jumper prevents unauthorized access to your computer by enabling an alarm that alerts you when your computer case has been opened.
Connecting I/O Devices The backplane of the mainboard has the following I/O ports: Parallel port (LPT1) Game port PS/2 mouse PS/2 keyboard USB ports Serial port Serial port COM 1 COM 2 Microphone Line-in Line-out PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device. PS/2 Keyboard Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard. USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices. LPT1 Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications devices.
External Connector Color Coding Many connectors now use standard colors as shown in the table below. Color Blue Light blue Lime White Grey Pink Gold Burgundy Purple Green Teal or Turquoise Orange Brown Black Yellow None Connector Analog VGA Audio line-in Audio line-out Digital monitor/flat panel IEEE 1394 Microphone MIDI/game Parallel PS/2-compatible keyboard PS/2-compatible mouse Serial Speaker out/subwoofer Right-to-left speaker USB Video out SCSI, network, telephone, modem This concludes Chapter 2.
Chapter 3 Using BIOS About the Setup Utility The computer uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the mainboard contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the mainboard BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup Utility displays the system's configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters. The parameters are stored in battery-backed-up CMOS RAM that saves this information when the power is turned off.
Entering the Setup Utility When you power on the system, BIOS enters the Power-On Self Test (POST) routines. POST is a series of built-in diagnostics performed by the BIOS.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. If your mainboard has an item called Firmware Write Protect in Advanced BIOS features, disable it. (Firmware Write Protect prevents BIOS from being overwritten.) Create a bootable system disk. (Refer to Windows online help for information on creating a bootable system disk.) Download the Flash Utility and new BIOS file from the manufacturer's Web site. Copy these files to the system diskette you created in Step 3.
Standard CMOS Features This option displays basic information about your system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) Tue, July 11 2001 12 : 8 : 59 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Menu Level Change the day, month, year and century. Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support [1.44M, 3.5 in.
IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press while this item is highlighted to prompt the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure an IDE device on the IDE channel. Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box. Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave (Auto) Leave this item at Auto to enable the system to automatically detect and configure IDE devices on the channel.
Advanced BIOS Setup Option This option defines advanced information about your system.
the CPU cache memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled) Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your system start up faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly. 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device (Floppy/HDD-0/LS120) Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start-up time.
OS Select For DRAM > 64 MB (Non-OS2) This item is only required if you have installed more than 64 MB of memory and you are running the OS/2 operating system. Otherwise, leave this item at the default. HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability (Disabled) The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance. S.M.A.R.T. software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer.
DRAM Clock/Drive Control Scroll to this item and press to view the following screen: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock/Drive Control Current FSB Frequency Current DRAM Frequency DRAM Clock DRAM Timing x SDRAM Cycle Length x Bank Interleave DRAM Command Rate ↑ ↓ → ← : Move Enter : Select F5:Previous Values Item Help [By SPD] [By Manual] 3 Disabled [2T Command] Menu Level +/-/PU/PD:Value: F10: Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized
command after issuing the command to the DDR memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. Press to return to the Advanced Chipset Features page.
wait states are used by the system, providing greater stability. AGP Master 1 WS Read (Disabled) This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus. By default, twowait states are used by the system, allowing for greater stability. Press to return to the Advanced Chipset Features page.
Video RAM Cacheable (Enabled) Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory (RAM) at A0000h to AFFFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a memory access error may result. Integrated Peripherals Option These options display items that define the operation of peripheral components on the system's input/output ports.
on the mainboard. IDE Prefetch Mode (Enabled) The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching, for faster drive access. If you install a primary and secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO (Auto) Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. These four items let you assign which kind of PIO (Programmed Input/Output) is used by IDE devices.
Press to return to the Integrated Peripherals screen.
UR2 Duplex Mode (Half) This field is available when UART 2 Mode is set to either ASKIR or IrDA. This item enables you to determine the infrared (IR) function of the onboard infrared chip. The options are Full and Half (default). Full-duplex means that you can transmit and send information simultaneously. Half-duplex is the transmission of data in both directions, but only one direction at a time.
writes per sector that the drive can support and improves the speed of access to IDE devices. Power Management Setup Option This option lets you control system power management. The system has various power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the system to be automatically resumed by certain events. Power Management Timeouts The power-saving modes can be controlled by timeouts.
ACPI Suspend Type (S1 (POS)) Use this item to define how your system suspends. In the default, S1(POS), the suspend mode is equivalent to a software power down. If you select S3 (STR), the suspend mode is a suspend to RAM - the system shuts down with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory. Power Management Option (User Define) This item acts like a master switch for the power-saving modes and hard disk timeouts.
IRQ/Event Activity Detect Scroll to this item and press to view the following screen: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2000 Award Software IRQ/Event Activity Detect x x USB Resume from S3/S4/S5 VGA LPT & COM HDD & FDD PCI Master PowerOn by PCI Card Wake Up On LAN/Ring RTC Alarm Resume Date (of Month) Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) IRQs Activity Monitoring ↑ ↓ → ← : Move Enter : Select F5:Previous Values [Disabled] [OFF] [LPT/COM] [ON] [OFF] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] 0 0 0 0 [Press Enter]
RTC Alarm Resume (Disabled) When set to Enabled, the following two fields become available and you can set the date (day of the month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system. When set to 0 (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time.
PNP/PCI Configuration Option These options configure how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards operate in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Mainboard use system IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup utility for the mainboard to work properly.
expansion card. Use the second item Reserved Memory Length to set the amount of reserved memory. Press to close the Memory Resources sub-menu. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop (Disabled) This item is designed to overcome some problems that can be caused by some non-standard VGA cards. This board includes a built-in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled.
Frequency/Voltage Control This item enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system.
Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option This option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility: Press and then to install the defaults. Press and then to not install the defaults. The fail-safe defaults place no great demands on the system and are generally stable. If your system is not functioning correctly, try installing the fail-safe defaults as a first step in getting your system working properly again.
Save & Exit Setup Option Highlight this item and press to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility. When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, press to save and exit, or press to return to the main menu: Exit Without Saving Highlight this item and press to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility.
Chapter 4 Using the Mainboard Software About the Software CD-ROM The support software CD-ROM that is included in the mainboard package contains all the drivers and utility programs needed to properly run the bundled products. Below you can find a brief description of each software program, and the location for your mainboard version. More information on some programs is available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software.
IDE Software This folder has software and drivers for the IDE that is integrated on this mainboard. Drivers are provided for Windows 2000/98 and Windows NT. Installation for Windows NT4.0 Browse to the \IDE\VIA folder and run SETUP.EXE to install the IDE driver for your operating system. Utility Software Reference All the utility software available on the CD-ROM is Windows compliant. It is provided only for the convenience of customers.
MediaRing Talk – Telephony Software To install the MediaRing Talk voice modem software for the built-in modem, run MRTALK-SETUP72.EXE from the following directory: \UTILITY\MEDIARING TALK Super Voice – Fax/Modem Software To install the Super Voice voice, fax, data communication application for use with the built-in fax/modem, run PICSHELL.