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XFX GeForce 8100 (MI-A78V-8109) User Manual
Summary of GeForce 8100 (MI-A78V-8109)
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Xfx motherboard series geforce 8300 (mi-a78u-8309) geforce 8200 (mi-a78s-8209) geforce 8100 (mi-a78v-8109) amd socket am2+ processor motherboards user guide.
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Table of contents chapter 1 introduction ........................................................................................... 3 1.1 package checklist ............................................................................................................... 3 1.2 specifi cations ............
Page 3: Chapter 1 Introduction
- 3 - xfx motherboard series user guide chapter 1 introduction 1.1 package checklist • hdd cable x 1 • rear i/o panel x 1 • quick installation guide x 1 • driver/utility cd x 1 • serial ata power cable x 1 • sata single cable x 1 • fdd cable x 1 the items listed above are for reference only, and are...
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- 4 - xfx motherboard series user guide 1.2 specifi cations cpu - supports amd® socket am2+/ am2 processors: - amd phenom™fx / phenom™ / athlon™ 64 fx / athlon™ 64 x2 dual- core/ athlon™ 64 / sempron™ /cool 'n' quiet technology - supports hyper transport bus 5200/2000 mt/s (ht 3.0/1.0) chipset/vga -...
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- 5 - xfx motherboard series user guide 1.3 mainboard layout (this picture is only for reference).
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- 6 - xfx motherboard series user guide 1.4 connecting rear panel i/o devices the rear i/o part of these mainboard provides the following i/o ports: (this picture is only for reference) • ps/2 keyboard: connects to ps/2 keyboard. • ps/2 mouse: connects to ps/2 mouse. • debug led: display error code....
Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
- 7 - xfx motherboard series user guide chapter 2 hardware setup 2.1 choosing a computer chassis • choose a chassis big enough to install this mainboard. • as some features for this mainboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the mainboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis,...
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- 8 - xfx motherboard series user guide 2.3 installation of the cpu and cpu cooler before installing the cpu, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the mainboard supports the cpu. 2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the cpu. If you install the cpu in the...
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- 9 - xfx motherboard series user guide 2.3.2 installation of the cpu cooler for proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your cpu cooler. 2.4 installation of memory modules this mainboard provides four 240-pin ddrii (double data rate) dimm slots, and supports dual chan...
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- 10 - xfx motherboard series user guide 2.5 connecting peripheral devices 2.5.1 floppy and ide disk drive connectors the fdd connector connects up to two fl oppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector fl oppy cable.Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to the fdd on the board, the...
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- 11 - xfx motherboard series user guide chapter 3 jumpers & headers setup 3.1 checking jumper settings • for a 2-pin jumper, plug the jumper cap on both pins will make it close (short). Remove the jumper cap, or plug it on either pin (reserved for future use) will leave it at open position. • for 3...
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- 12 - xfx motherboard series user guide 3.4 fan power connectors these connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in your system. Cfan or cfan1: cpu fan power connector sysfan1/2: system fan power connector 3.5 front panel switches & indicators headers 1 speaker hdd_led (hard drive...
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- 13 - xfx motherboard series user guide pin pin assignment pin pin assignment 1 vcc 2 vcc 3 data 0- 4 data 0- 5 data 0+ 6 data 0+ 7 ground 8 ground 9 no pin 10 nc hd audio: pin no. Defi nition 1 port1l 2 agnd 3 port1r 4 nc 5 port2r 6 sense1 7 sense 8 no pin 9 port2l 10 sense2 3.6 additional usb por...
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- 14 - xfx motherboard series user guide 3.8 serial port header (optional) 3.9 jdvi_hdmi jumper setting this jdvi_hdmi jumper has the function for dvi or hdmi setting: • if the pin1-2 be shorted, dvi has function of display, onboard vga also can dispaly at the same time. • if the pin2-3 be shorted, ...
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- 15 - xfx motherboard series user guide 3.10 s/pdif output connection header (optional) s/pdif (sony/philips digital interface) is a standard audio transfer fi le format. It is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a dat (digital audio tape) machine or audio processing device. It allows ...
Page 16: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Utility
- 16 - xfx motherboard series user guide chapter 4 bios setup utility bios stands for basic input and output system. It was once called rom bios when it was stored in a read-only memory (rom) chip. Now manufacturers would like to store bios in eeprom which means electrically erasable programmable me...
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- 17 - xfx motherboard series user guide 4.5 bios setup — cmos setup utility 4.5.1 cmos setup utility after powering up the system, the bios message appears on the screen,when the fi rst time or when cmos setting wrong, there is following message appears on the screen , but if the fi rst bios be set...
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- 18 - xfx motherboard series user guide 4.5.2 control keys press f1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. Please check the following table for the function description of each control key. Control key(s) functi...
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- 19 - xfx motherboard series user guide 4.5.3 advanced setting this submenu including these confi gurations, such as cpu, northbridge, southbridge, onboard device, only cpu confi guration submenu dispay diallog box as follwoing. This is cpu related parameter and cpu setting. ► cpu confi guration cl...
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- 20 - xfx motherboard series user guide ► pcipnp clear nvram this item for clearing nvram during system boot. Optional:yes,no plug & play o/s this item lets the bios confi gure all the devices in the system or lets the operating system confi gure plug and play (pnp) devices not required for boot if...
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- 21 - xfx motherboard series user guide 4.5.4 boot setting ► boot settings confi guration click key to enter its submenu, it will be display boot setting confi guration,and the all functions allow bios to skip certain tests while booting, whether displays normal post messages or oem logo instead of...
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- 22 - xfx motherboard series user guide 4.5.5 security settings this item allows you to chage supervisor/user password, type the password, up to eight characters, and press . The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from cmos memory. You will be asked toconfi rm the passwor...
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- 23 - xfx motherboard series user guide 4.5.7 justw00t! Setting(overclock settings) ► acpi confi guration these options allow you to manage general/advanced/chipset acpi confi guration, for the gerneral acpi advanced confi guration, suspend mode there are three mode for selection, s1(pos), s3(str),...
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- 24 - xfx motherboard series user guide 4.5.8 exit options save changes and exit highlight this item and select ,then press to save the changes that you have made in the setup utility and exit the setup utility. Or press to return to the main menu. Bios setup utility main advanced boot security pow...
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- 25 - xfx motherboard series user guide discard changes sleect and press to discard changes and exit, or press to return to the main menu. Load optimized defaults this option opens a dialog box that let you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the setup utility. Select and then t...
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- 26 - xfx motherboard series user guide load failsafe defaults this option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all appropriate items in the setup utility: select and the to install the defaults. Select and then to not install the defaults. The fail-safe defaults place no...