Biostar TA970XE Setup Manual

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    Ta970xe setup manual 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 installati...

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    Table of contents chapter 1: introduction.......................................... 1 1.1 before you start ................................................................................1 1.2 package checklist.............................................................................1 1.3 motherb...

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    Ta970xe 1 chapter 1: introduction 1.1 b efore y ou s tart thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below: prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting. Always disconnect the computer from po...

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    Motherboard manual 2 1.3 m otherboard f eatures spec cpu socket am3+ amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx processors amd 64 architecture enables 32 and 64 bit computing supports hyper transport 3.0 fsb support hypertransport 3.0 supports up to 4.8 gt/s bandwidth chipset amd 970 amd sb950 super i...

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    Ta970xe 3 spec ieee 1394 connector x1 connects to ieee 1394 device printer port connector x1 each connector supports 1 printer port serial port connector x1 connects to rs-232 port power connector (24-pin) x1 connects to power supply power connector (4-pin) x1 connects to power supply back panel i/o...

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    Motherboard manual 4 1.5 m otherboard l ayout usb_ kbms1 spdif1 usb_1394_ esata1 rj45usb1 audio1 usb1 atxpwr2 lan codec super i/o f_audio1 jspdifout1 j_com1 j_print1 cir1 f_usb1 f_usb2 f_1394a1 panel1 sata2 sata1 sata3 bios sys_fan2 sw_pwr1 sw_rst1 jcmos1 sa ta 5 sa ta 4 atxpwr1 dd r3 _ a 1 dd r3 _ ...

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    Ta970xe 5 chapter 2: hardware installation 2.1 i nstalling c entral p rocessing u nit (cpu) step 1: pull the lever toward direction a from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on cpu should point towards thi...

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    Motherboard manual 6 step 3: hold the cpu down firmly, and then close the lever toward direct b to complete the installation. Step 4: put the cpu fan on the cpu and buckle it. Connect the cpu fan power cable to the cpu_fan1. This completes the installation..

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    Ta970xe 7 2.2 fan h eaders these fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. Cpu_fan1: cpu fan header pin assignment 1 ground 2 +...

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    Motherboard manual 8 2.3 i nstalling s ystem m emory a. Ddr3 modules ddr 3 _a 1 ddr 3 _a 2 ddr 3 _b 1 db 2 dr 3 _ 1. Unlock a dimm slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a dimm on the slot such that the notch on the dimm matches the break on the slot..

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    Ta970xe 9 2. Insert the dimm vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the dimm is properly seated. Note: if the dimm does not go in smoothly, do not force it. Pull it all the way out and try again. B. Memory capacity dimm socket location ddr3 module total m...

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    Motherboard manual 10 2.4 c onnectors and s lots sata1~sata5: serial ata connectors the motherboard has a pci to sata controller with 5 channels sata interface, it satisfies the sata 3.0 spec and with transfer rate of 6.0gb/s. Pin assignment 1 ground 2 tx+ 3 tx- 4 ground 5 rx- 6 rx+ 1 4 7 sata1 sata...

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    Ta970xe 11 atxpwr1: atx power source connector this connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the atx power supply. 1 12 13 24 pin assignment pin assignment 13 +3.3v 1 +3.3v 14 -12v 2 +3.3v 15 ground 3 ground 16 ps_on 4 +5v 17 ground 5 ground 18 ground 6 +5v 19 ground 7 ground 20 nc...

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    Motherboard manual 12 pex16_1: pci-express gen2 x16 slot - pci-express 2.0 compliant. - maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8gb/s simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 16gb/s totally. - pci-express gen2 supports a raw bit-rate of 5.0gb/s on the data pins. Pex16_2: pci-express gen2 ...

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    Ta970xe 13 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 panel1: front panel...

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    Motherboard manual 14 jcmos1: clear cmos header placing the jumper on pin2-3 allows user to restore the bios safe setting and the cmos data. Please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard. 1 3 pin 1-2 close: normal operation (default). 1 3 1 3 pin 2-3 close: clear cmos data...

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    Ta970xe 15 f_audio1: front panel audio header this header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the pc front panel. This header allows only hd audio front panel connector; ac’97 connector is not acceptable. Pin assignment 1 mic left in 2 ground 3 mic right in 4 gpio 5 right line i...

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    Motherboard manual 16 f_1394a1: ieee 1394 header this header allows user to connect ieee 1394 device. Pin assignment 1 tpa1+ 2 tpa1- 3 gnd 4 gnd 5 tpb1+ 6 tpb1- 7 vcc 8 vcc 9 n/a 1 2 9 10 10 key j_print1: printer port connector this header allows you to connector printer on the pc. 1 2 2 5 2 6 pin a...

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    Ta970xe 17 f_usb1/f_usb2: headers for usb 2.0 ports at front panel these headers allow user to connect additional usb cable on the pc front panel, and also can be connected with internal usb devices, like usb card reader. Pin assignment 1 +5v (fused) 2 +5v (fused) 3 usb- 4 usb- 5 usb+ 6 usb+ 7 groun...

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    Motherboard manual 18 on-board led indicators there are 2 led indicators showing system status. Led_d1 led_d2 led_d1 & led_d2: debug indicators.

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    Ta970xe 19 chapter 4: raid functions 4.1 o perating s ystem supports windows vista and windows 7. 4.2 r aid a rrays raid supports the following types of raid arrays: raid 0: raid 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for many applications. Raid 1: raid 1 defines te...

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    Motherboard manual 20 raid 1: every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a raid 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array. Raid 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the acti...

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    Ta970xe 21 raid 10: raid 1 drives can be stripped using raid 0 techniques. Resulting in a raid 10 solution for improved resiliency, performance and rebuild performance. Features and benefits drives: minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform. Benefits: optimizes for both fault toler...

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    Motherboard manual 22 raid 5: raid 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It writes data and parity blocks across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained by ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a different d...

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    Ta970xe 23 chapter 5: t-series bios & software 5.1 t-s eries bios t-series uefi bios features overclocking navigator engine (o.N.E.) self recovery system (s.R.S) smart fan function bio-flasher: update uefi bios file from usb flash drive a. Overclocking navigator engine (o.N.E.) o.N.E provides severa...

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    Motherboard manual 24 b. Self recovery system (s.R.S.) this function can’t be seen under uefi bios setup, and is always on whenever the system starts up. However, it can prevent system hang-up due to inappropriate overclock actions. When the system hangs up, s.R.S. Will automatically log in the defa...

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    Ta970xe 25 cpu smart fan this item allows you to control the cpu smart fan function. Cpu fan calibrate press [enter] to calibrate cpu fan. Control mode this item provides several operation modes of the fan. Fan ctrl off(℃) when cpu temperature is lower than this value, the cpu fan will keep lowest r...

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    Motherboard manual 26 5.2 t-s eries s oftware installing t-series software 1. Insert the setup cd to the optical drive. The drivers installation program would appear if the auto-run function has been enabled. 2. Select software installation, and then click on the respective software title. 3. Follow...

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    Ta970xe 27 the cpu tab provides information on the cpu and motherboard. The memory tab provides information on the memory module(s). You can select memory module on a specific slot to see its information. The oc tweaker tab allows you to change system clock settings and voltages settings. It also pr...

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    Motherboard manual 28 six pre-set modes: v3, v6, v9, v12, v15, auto for different overclocking experience. The hw monitor tab allows you to monitor hardware voltage, fan speed, and temperature. Besides, you also can set related values for cpu smart fan..

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    Ta970xe 29 pressing toverclocker logo will display information about manufacturer and software version. You can update currnet version by clicking the button “live update.” green power ii utility biostar g.P.U ii (green power utility) is a new function. The utility enhances energy efficiency by disa...

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    Motherboard manual 30 g.P.U mode setting this utility provides five modes, upon your requirements, to improve system performance or to save power consumption. Note: even if the modes saving more power consumption are chosen, the system still can keep excellent performance. Auto phase mode system swi...

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    Ta970xe 31 ehot-line (optional) ehot-line is a convenient utility that helps you to contact with our tech-support system. This utility will collect the system information which is useful for analyzing the problem you may have encountered, and then send these information to our tech-support departmen...

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    Motherboard manual 32 enter the file name and then click “save”. Your system information will be saved to a .Txt file. Open the saved .Txt file, you will see your system information including motherboard/bios/cpu/video/ device/os information. This information is also concluded in the sent mail. We w...

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    Ta970xe 33 bios update bios update is a convenient utility which allows you to update your motherboard bios under windows system. Update bios with a bios file clear cmos function (only for award bios) show current bios information save current bios to a .Bin file award bios ami bios online update fu...

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    Motherboard manual 34 before doing this, please download the proper bios file from the website. For award bios, update bios procedure should be run with clear cmos function, so please check on clear cmos first. Then click update bios button, a dialog will show for asking you backup current bios. Cli...

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    Ta970xe 35 (for ami bios only) automatically download and update the latest bios via internet; make sure that the computer is connected to the internet before using this function. After clicking on the onlinr update button, the utility will search for the latest bios from internet. If there is a new...

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    Motherboard manual 36 chapter 6: useful help 6.1 d river i nstallation n ote after you installed your operating system, please insert the fully setup driver cd into your optical drive and install the driver for better system performance. You will see the following window after you insert the cd the ...

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    Ta970xe 37 6.2 e xtra i nformation 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 m...

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    Motherboard manual 38 6.3 ami bios b eep c ode boot block beep codes number of beeps description 1 no media present. (insert diskette in floppy drive a:) 2 “amiboot.Rom” file not found in root directory of diskette in a: 3 insert next diskette if multiple diskettes are used for recovery 4 flash prog...

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    Ta970xe 39 6.4 ami bios p ost c ode checkpoint description 03 disable nmi, parity, video for ega, and dma controllers. Initialize bios, post, runtime data area. Also initialize bios modules on post entry and gpnv area. Initialized cmos as mentioned in the kernel variable "wcmosflags." 04 check cmos ...

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    Motherboard manual 40 checkpoint description 37 displaying sign-on message, cpu information, setup key message, and any oem specific information. 38 initializes different devices through dim. See dim code checkpoints section of document for more information. Usb controllers are initialized at this p...

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    Ta970xe 41 6.5 t roubleshooting probable solution 1. There is no power in the system. Power led does not shine; the fan of the power supply does not work 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not shine. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact technical support. Sy...

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    Motherboard manual 42 appendix: spec in other languages g erman spezifikationen cpu sockel am3+ amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx prozessoren die amd 64-architektur unterstützt eine 32-bit- und 64-bit-datenverarbeitung unterstützt hyper transport 3.0 fsb unterstützt hypertransport 3.0 mit ein...

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    Ta970xe 43 spezifikationen s/pdif ausgangsanschluss x1 unterstützt die digitale audioausgabefunktion verbraucher-ir anschluss x1 cpu-lüfter-sockel x1 cpu-lüfterstromversorgungsanschluss (mit smart fan-funktion) system-lüfter-sockel x2 system-lüfter-stromversorgungsanschluss "cmos löschen"-sockel x1 ...

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    Motherboard manual 44 f rench spec uc socket am3+ processeurs amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx l'architecture amd 64 permet le calcul 32 et 64 bits prend en charge hyper transport 3.0 bus frontal prend en charge hyper transport 3.0 jusqu'à une bande passante de 4.8 gt/s chipset amd 970 amd s...

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    Ta970xe 45 spec connecteur de ir du consommateur x1 embase de ventilateur uc x1 alimentation électrique du ventilateur uc (avec fonction de ventilateur intelligent) embase de ventilateur système x2 alimentation électrique du ventilateur système embase d'effacement cmos x1 connecteur usb2.0 x2 chaque...

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    Motherboard manual 46 i talian specifica cpu socket am3+ processori amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx l’architettura amd 64 abilita la computazione 32 e 64 bit supporto di hyper transport 3.0 fsb supporto di hypertransport 3.0 fino a 4.8 gt/s di larghezza di banda chipset amd 970 amd sb950 su...

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    Ta970xe 47 specifica collettore ventolina cpu x1 alimentazione ventolina cpu (con funzione smart fan) collettore ventolina sistema x2 alimentazione ventolina di sistema collettore cancellazione cmos x1 connettore usb2.0 x2 ciascun connettore supporta 2 porte usb2.0 pannello frontale connettore ieee ...

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    Motherboard manual 48 s panish especificación cpu conector am3+ procesadores amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx la arquitectura amd 64 permite el procesado de 32 y 64 bits soporta las tecnologías hyper transport 3.0 fsb admite hypertransport 3.0 con un ancho de banda de hasta 4.8 gt/s conjunto...

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    Ta970xe 49 especificación cabecera de ventilador de cpu x1 fuente de alimentación de ventilador de cpu (con función smart fan) cabecera de ventilador de sistema x2 fuente de alimentación de ventilador de sistema cabecera de borrado de cmos x1 conector usb2.0 x2 cada conector soporta 2 puertos usb2.0...

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    Motherboard manual 50 p ortuguese especificaÇÕes cpu socket am3+ processadores amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx a arquitectura amd 64 permite uma computação de 32 e 64 bits suporta as tecnologias hyper transport 3.0 fsb suporta a tecnologia hypertransport 3.0 com uma largura de banda até 4.8...

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    Ta970xe 51 especificaÇÕes conector de saída s/pdif x1 suporta a saída de áudio digital conector de ir do consumidor x1 conector da ventoinha da cpu x1 alimentação da ventoinha da cpu (com a função smart fan) conector da ventoinha do sistema x2 alimentação da ventoinha do sistema conector para limpez...

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    Motherboard manual 52 p olish spec procesor socket am3+ amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx procesory architektura amd 64 umożliwia przetwarzanie 32 i 64 bitowe obsługa hyper transport 3.0 fsb obsługa hypertransport 3.0 o szerokości pasma do 4.8 gt/s chipset amd 970 amd sb950 pamięć główna gnia...

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    Ta970xe 53 spec złącze konsument ir x1 złącze główkowe wentylatora procesora x1 zasilanie wentylatora procesora (z funkcją smart fan) złącze główkowe wentylatora systemowego x2 zasilanie wentylatora systemowego złącze główkowe kasowania cmos x1 złącze usb2.0 x2 każde złącze obsługuje 2 porty usb2.0 ...

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    Motherboard manual 54 r ussian СПЕЦ cpu (центральн ый процессор) Гнездо am3+ Процессоры amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx Архитектура amd 64 разрешать обработка данных на 32 и 64 бит Поддержка hyper transport 3.0 fsb Поддержка hypertransport 3.0 с пропускной способностью до 4.8 gt/s Набор мик...

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    Ta970xe 55 СПЕЦ Разъём едока ИКЫЙ x1 Контактирующее приспособление вентилятора центрального процессора x1 Источник питания для вентилятора центрального процессора (с функцией интеллектуального вентилятора) Контактирующее приспособление вентилятора системы x2 Источник питания для вентилятора системы ...

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    Motherboard manual 56 a rabic تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺲﺒﻘﻣam3+ تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻣamd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻦﻜﻤﺗamd 64 ﺔﻋﺮﺴﺑ ﺔﻴﺑﻮﺳﺎﺤﻟا تﺎﻴﻠﻤﻌﻟا ءاﺮﺟإ 32 و 64 ﺖﺑ ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗhyper transport و 3.0 ﻲﺒﻧﺎﺠﻟا ﻲﻣﺎﻣﻷا ﻞﻗﺎﻨﻟا ﺔﻴﻨﻘﺗ ﻢﻋﺪﺗhypertransport ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼﻳ ددﺮﺘﺑ 3.0 4.8 gt/s ﺢﺋاﺮﺸﻟا ﺔﻋﻮﻤﺠﻣ ...

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    Ta970xe 57 تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮﻣ ﺔﻠﺻو ﺪﻋ 2 مﺎﻈﻨﻟا ﺔﺣوﺮﻤﻟ ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺻﻮﺘﻟ ﺢﺴﻣ ﺔﻠﺻو cmos دﺪﻋ 1 ﺬﻔﻨﻣ usb2.0 دﺪﻋ 2 ﻲﺘﺤﺘﻓ ﺬﻔﻨﻣ ﻞآ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ usb2.0 ﺔﻴﻣﺎﻣﻷا ﺔﺣﻮﻠﻟﺎﺑ ﺬﻔﻨﻣ ieee 1394 دﺪﻋ 1 ﺔﻌﺑﺎﻃ ﺬﻔﻨﻣ دﺪﻋ 1 ﻲﻠﺴﻠﺴﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻣ دﺪﻋ 1 ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺻﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻣ ) 24 سﻮﺑد ( دﺪﻋ 1 ﺔﻗﺎﻄﻟا ﻞﻴﺻﻮﺗ ﺬﻔﻨﻣ ) 4 ﺲﻴﺑﺎﺑد ( دﺪﻋ 1 ﻞﺧد ﺬﻓﺎﻨﻣ / جﺮﺧ ﺔﻴﻔ...

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    Motherboard manual 58 j apanese 仕様 cpu socket am3+ amd sempron / phenom ii / athlon ii / fx プ ロセッサ amd 64アーキテクチャでは、32ビットと64ビット計算が 可能です ハイパートランスポート 3.0サポートします fsb 4.8 gt/sのバンド幅までハイパートランスポート 3.0をサポートします チップセット amd 970 amd sb950 メインメモリ ddr3 dimmスロット x 4 最大メモリ容量 32gb 各 dimmは 512mb/1gb/2gb/4gb/8gb ddr3 を...

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    Ta970xe 59 仕様 cpuファンヘッダ x1 cpuファン電源装置(スマートファン機能を搭載) システムファンヘッダ x2 システムファン電源装置 cmosクリアヘッダ x1 usb2.0コネクタ x2 各コネクタは 2つのフロントパネルusb2.0ポートをサポ ートします ieee 1394コネクタ x1 プリンタポートコネクタ x1 各コネクタは 1つのプリンタポートをサポートします シリアルポート x1 電源コネクタ (24ピン) x1 電源コネクタ (4ピン) x1 背面パネル i/o ps/2キーボード / マウス x1 光学 +coaxial s/pdifアウト x1 13...