Biostar K8T80-A7 User Manual

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    K8t80-a7 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 part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This e...

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    Table of contents ii chapter 1: introduction ............................................................1 1.1 features ..............................................................................................1 1.2 package list ......................................................................

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    K8t80-a7 1 chapter 1: introduction 1.1 f eatures a a . . H h a a r r d d w w a a r r e e cpu supports socket 754. Supports amd athlon 64/sempron processor. Supports 200/400/600/800 clock rates with double data rate style operation for 400/800/1200/1600mt/s in both directions simultaneously for hyper...

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    K8t80-a7 2 slot 5 x pci bus master slots. 1 x agp 4x/8x compatible slot. 1 x cnr slot. Serial ata integrated in sb vt8237r. Supports raid 0 and raid 1 functions. Supports 2 serial ata (sata) ports. - data transfer rates up to 150 mb/s. - complaints with sata version 1.0 specification. Onboard ide su...

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    K8t80-a7 3 back panel i/o connectors 4 usb 2.0 ports. 1 serial port. 1 parallel port. 1 rj-45 lan jack. 1 ps/2 mouse & keyboard port. 1 vertical audio port including 1 line-in connector, 1 line out connector, and 1 mic in connector. Ps/2 keyboard ps/2 mouse parallel lan usb x2 line in/ surround line...

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    K8t80-a7 4 1.3 l ayout jkbms1 jusb1 jaudio1 jusblan1 jp r n t 1 jc o m 2 pci1 agp1 pci5 pci4 pci3 pci2 cnr1 cpu1 bios d imm1 d imm2 bat1 id e 1 fd d 1 id e 2 k8t800 pro vt8237r jkbv1 1 jatxpwr2 jatxpwr1 jusbv1 1 jaudio2 2 1 14 13 jcdin1 1 1 jspdif_out1 jusb4 2 1 10 2 1 10 jusb3 1 jusbv2 jsata2 7 1 7...

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    K8t80-a7 5 1.4 c omponents cpu 1 bios ba t1 k8t800 pro vt8237r codec lan super i/o a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u a. Jatxpwr1/jatxpwr2: atx power source headers. L. Jsfan1: system fan power source header. B. Jkbv1: power source header for jkbms1. M. Jcmos1: clear cmos header. C. Rear side...

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    K8t80-a7 6 chapter 2: hardware installation 2.1 c entral p rocessing u nit (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. T...

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    K8t80-a7 7 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..

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    K8t80-a7 8 2.2 fan h eaders these fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. Cpu fan header: jcfan1 pin assignment 1 ground 2 +12v 1...

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    K8t80-a7 9 2.4 c onnectors and s lots f f d d d d 1 1 : : f f l l o o p p p p y y d d i i s s k k c c o o n n n n e e c c t t o o r r 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 flop...

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    K8t80-a7 10 chapter 3: headers & jumpers setup 3.1 h ow to s etup j umpers the illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened pin closed pin1-2 closed 3.2 d etail s ettings jatxpwr1/patxpwr2:...

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    K8t80-a7 11 jkbv1/jusbv1/jusbv2: power source headers for usb ports assignment description 1 pin 1-2 close +5v jkbv1: +5v for jkbms1. Jusbv1: +5v for jusb1 and jusblan1. Jusbv2: +5v for jusb3/jusb4. 1 pin 2-3 close +5v standby voltage jkbv1: jkbms is powered with +5v standby voltage. Jusbv1: jusb1 a...

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    K8t80-a7 12 jspdif_out1: digital audio-out connector this connector allows user to connect the pci bracket spdif output header. Pin assignment 1 +5v 2 spdif_out 1 3 ground jpanel1: front panel header this 24-pin connector includes power-on, reset, hdd led, power led, sleep button, speaker and irda c...

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    K8t80-a7 13 jcmos1: clear cmos header by placing 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 pin 1-2 close normal operation (default). Pin 2-3 close clear cmos dat...

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    K8t80-a7 14 chapter 4: useful help 4.1 a ward bios b eep c ode beep sound meaning one long beep followed by two short beeps video card not found or video card memory bad high-low siren sound cpu overheated system will shut down automatically one short beep when system boot-up no error found during p...

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    K8t80-a7 15 b b . . C c p p u u o o v v e e r r h h e e a a t t e e d d 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...

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    K8t80-a7 16 4.3 t roubleshooting probable solution 1. No power to the system at all power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical support...

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    K8t80-a7 17 chapter 5: warpspeeder™ 5.1 i ntroduction [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 c...

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    K8t80-a7 18 5.3 i nstallation 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “launch the warpspeeder t...

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    K8t80-a7 19 5.4 [w arp s peeder ™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 1 1 . . T t r r a a y y i i c c o o n n : : 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™] u...

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    K8t80-a7 20 2 2 . . M m a a i i n n p p a a n n e e l l 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 clo...

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    K8t80-a7 21 3 3 . . V v o o l l t t a a g g e e p p a a n n e e l l 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 def...

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    K8t80-a7 22 4 4 . . O o v v e e r r c c l l o o c c k k p p a a n n e e l l 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”,...

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    K8t80-a7 23 c. “auto-overclock button”: user can click this button and [warpspeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [warpspeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using watchdog function. Afte...

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    K8t80-a7 24 6 6 . . A a b b o o u u t t p p a a n n e e l l 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 relat...

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    K8t80-a7 25 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, the correlative button in main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other...