Foxconn K8S755A series User manual

Brand: Foxconn

Model: K8S755A series

Category: Motherboards

Type: User manual

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vK8S755A series motherboard (x1)

vWinFast Utility CD (x1)

vUser’ s Manual (x1)

vSATA RAID user’ s Manual (x1)

vIDE Ribbon cable (x1)

vFDD Ribbon cable (x1)

vI/O Shield (x1)

vSPDIF Cable (x1) (optional)

vUSB 2.0 Cable (x1) (optional)

vS-ATA Signal Cable (x2)

vS-ATA Power Cable (x1)

vSiS964 RAID Installation Support Disk (x1)

vSilicon 3112A RAID Installation Support Disk (x1)

Declaration of conformity

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD

66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT,

TAIPEI HSIEN, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

declares that the product

Motherboard

K8S755A

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in

accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)

þ EN 55022/A1: 2000 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance

characteristics of information technology equipment

þ EN 61000-3-2/A14:2000 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits

Section 2: Limits for harmonic current emissions

(equipment input current <= 16A per phase)

þ EN 61000-3-3/A1:2001 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits

Section 2: Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low-voltage

supply systems for equipment with rated current <= 16A

þ EN 55024/A1:2001 Information technology equipment-Immunity characteristics limits

and methods of measurement

Signature : Place / Date : TAIPEI/2004

Printed Name : James Liang Position/ Title : Assistant President

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: WinFast

Model Name: K8S755A

Responsible Party: PCE Industry Inc.

Address: 458 E. Lambert Rd.

Fullerton, CA 92835

Telephone: 714-738-8868

Facsimile: 714-738-8838

Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly

Type of Product: Motherboard

Manufacturer: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY

COMPANY LTD

Address: 66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, TAIPEI HSIEN,

TAIWAN, R.O.C.

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)

this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

Tested to comply with FCC standards.

Signature : Date : 2004

Main Features ............................................................................................ 2

Motherboard Layout ................................................................................... 4

Installation Instructions

CPU............................................................................................................ 9

Memory .................................................................................................... 11

Power Supply .......................................................................................... 15

Rear Panel Connectors............................................................................. 16

Other Connectors..................................................................................... 18

Expansion Slots........................................................................................ 26

Jumpers ................................................................................................... 28

BIOS Description

Enter BIOS Setup...................................................................................... 33

Main menu ................................................................................................ 33

Standard CMOS Features ......................................................................... 35

BIOS Features .......................................................................................... 38

Advanced BIOS Features ......................................................................... 39

Advanced Chipset Features ..................................................................... 42

Integrated Peripherals............................................................................... 44

Power Management Setup........................................................................ 49

PnP/PCI Configurations ............................................................................. 53

PC Health Status....................................................................................... 54

Frequency/Voltage Control ....................................................................... 55

Load Fail-Safe Defaults ............................................................................ 56

Load Optimized Defaults........................................................................... 56

Set Supervisor/User Password................................................................ 56

Save & Exit Setup..................................................................................... 57

Exit Without Saving................................................................................... 57

Table of Contents

Chapter

Product Introduction

Driver CD Introduction

Utility CD content ...................................................................................... 59

Start to install drivers................................................................................ 60

Install IDE Driver.................................................................................................... 60

Install SiS SATA RAID ........................................................................................... 61

Install AGP Driver.................................................................................................. 61

Install DirectX 9.0b ............................................................................................... 62

Install USB 2.0 Driver................................................................................ 62

Using 4-/6-Channel Audio ......................................................................... 63

Install Audio Driver.................................................................................... 63

Install LAN Driver ..................................................................................... 69

Install SiI3112 SATA RAID Driver................................................................ 70

Install SuperUtility ..................................................................................... 70

Install Adobe Reader ............................................................................................ 71

Install Norton Internet Security 2004 ......................................................... 71

Directions for Bundled Software

SuperStep................................................................................................ 73

SuperUpdate ............................................................................................ 76

SuperLogo ............................................................................................... 81

Special BIOS Functions

SuperBoot................................................................................................ 84

SuperBIOS-Protect ................................................................................... 85

SuperSpeed ............................................................................................. 86

SuperRecovery ........................................................................................ 87

Table of Contents

Chapter

1. Attach the CPU and heatsink using silica gel to ensure full contact.

2. It is suggested to select high-quality, certified fans in order to avoid

damage to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature.

3. Never turn on the machine if the CPU fan is not properly installed.

4. Ensure that the DC power supply is turned off before inserting or

removing expansion cards or other peripherals, especially when

you insert or remove a memory module. Failure to switch off the DC

power supply may result in serious damage to your system or

memory module.

Warning:

We cannot guarantee that your system will operate normally while

over-clocked. Normal operation depends on the over-clock capacity of

your device.

Warning:

Attention:

Since BIOS programs are upgraded from time to time, the BIOS

description in this manual is just for reference. We do not guarantee

that the content of this manual will remain consistent with the actual

BIOS version at any given time in the future.

Attention:

The pictures of objects used in this manual are just for your reference.

Please refer to the physical motherboard.

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Chapter

Thank you for buying WinFast K8S755A series motherboard.

This series of motherboard is one of our new products, and

offers superior performance, reliability and quality, at a rea-

sonable price. This motherboard adopts the advanced SiS

755 + SiS

964 chipset, providing users a computer platform

with a high integration-compatibility-performance price ratio.

This chapter includes the following information:

 Main Features

 Motherboard Layout

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Main Features

Size:

 ATX form factor of 12” x 8.8”

Microprocessor:

 Supports AMD

Athlon64 Processor Hyper Transport

Technology with

8/16 links

 Supports AMD

Athlon64 Processor Hyper Transport

Technology up to

1600 MT/s bandwidth

Chipset:

 SiS Chipset: SiS 755 (North Bridge) +SiS 964 (South Bridge)

System Memory

 Three 184-pin DDR DIMM slots

 Supports PC3200/2700/2100 memory

 Supports 128/256/512 Mb technology up to 3GB

USB 2.0 Port

 Supports hot-plug

 Eight USB 2.0 ports (four rear panel ports, two onboard USB headers

providing four extra ports)

 Supports wake-up from S1 and S3 mode

 Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480Mbps transmission rate

Onboard Serial ATA

 150MBps transfer rate

 Supports four S-ATA devices, such as HDD, etc

 Supports Raid0, Raid1 and JBOD

Onboard 1394(optional)

 Supports hot-plug

 With rate of transmission at 400Mbps

 Self-configured addressing

 Supports two independent 1394 units synchronously at most, such as HDD,

CD-ROM

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Onboard LAN (optional)

 Supports10/100/1000 (optional) Mbps Ethernet

 LAN interface built-in on board

Onboard Audio

 AC’ 97 2.3 Specification Compliant

 Supports S/PDIF output

 Onboard Line-in jack, Microphone-in jack, Line-out jack

 Supports 5.1 channels audio (setting via software)

BIOS

 Licensed advanced AWARD (Phoenix) BIOS, supports flash ROM, Plug-and-

Play

 Supports IDE, CD-ROM, SCSI HDD or USB device boot up

Green Function

 Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

 Supports S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4

(suspend to disk-depends on OS), and S5 (soft-off)

Expansion Slots

 5 PCI slots

 1 AGP slot

AGP 8X support

 Supports AGP 8X graphics cards

Advanced Features

 PCI 2.2 Specification Compliant

 Supports Windows98/2000/ME/XP soft-off

 Supports Wake-up On LAN, Wake-up on Modem functions

 Supports PC Health function (capable of monitoring system voltage, CPU,

system temperature, and fan speed)

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Motherboard Layout

5 6

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ATX 12V connector

This power connector connects the 4-pin 12V plug from the ATX 12V power

supply.

AGP slot

This Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot supports 1.5V AGP8X mode

graphics cards for 3D graphical applications.

CPU socket

A 754-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) Socket for the AMD

Athlon64 Processor, Support HyperThansport

Technology with 8/16 links,

up to 1600MT/s bandwidth.

North Bridge controller

The SiS 755 integrates a high performance host interface for the AMD

Athlon64 Processor, and SiS

MuTIOL technology.

DDR DIMM sockets

These three 184-pin DIMM sockets support up to 3GB system memory

using unbuffered non-ECC PC3200/2700/2100 DDR DIMMS.

This 20-pin connector connects to an ATX power supply. The power supply

must have at least 1A on the +5V standby lead (+5VSB).

The ITE8705F controller Super I/O provides support that includes floppy,

serial ports, and parallel port to rest of platform through the SiS

755 and SiS

964 via the Low Pin Count (LPC) interface.

Floppy disk connector

This connector accommodates the provided ribbon cable for the floppy

disk drive. One side of the connector is slotted to prevent incorrect insertion

of the floppy disk cable.

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IDE connectors

These dual-Channel bus master IDE connectors support Ultra DMA 133/

100/66. Both the primary (blue) and secondary (white) connectors are slotted

to prevent incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable.

Flash ROM

This 4Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS program.

South Bridge controller

Referred to as the SiS

964 MuTIOL Media I/O, this controller integrates the

audio controller with AC’97 interface, Ethernet MAC, Universal Serial Bus Host

controller, S-ATA interface, IDE Master/Slave controllers and the MuTIOL

connect to PCI bridge.

PCI Slots

These five 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus master PCI cards

like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum throughput.

Audio CODEC

The ALC655 is an AC’97 CODEC that allows 6-Channel audio playback. The

audio CODEC provides six DAC channel for 5.1 surround sound, S/PDIF

output and Line-in stereo inputs, integrated headphone amplifier, greater

than 90dB dynamic range with the jack sense and jack enumeration feature

1394 controller (optional)

VT6307 is the controller for IEEE1394a on motherboard. The VT6307 is a

complete small package of single chip PCI solution at 400Mbps, low power

seamless plug and play connections to the latest IEEE 1394 enabled

devices.

LAN controller (optional)

The RTL8110S-32 Gigabit Ethernet is a single-chip solution for LAN on

motherboard (LOM) applications, and supports 10/100/1000 Mbps data

transfer rates. (For -K models)

The RTL8100C Ethernet is a single-chip solution for LAN on motherboard

(LOM) applications, and supports 10/100 Mbps data transfer rates. (For -L

models)

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This chapter introduces the hardware installation process,

including the installation of the CPU and memory. It also

addresses the connection of your power supply, use of the

rear panel connectors, connection of hard drive and floppy

drive data cables, and setting up various other feature of the

motherboard. Caution should be exercised during the in-

stallation process. Please refer to the motherboard layout

prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter

carefully.

This chapter includes the following information:

 CPU

 Memory

 Power Supply

 Rear Panel Connectors

 Other Connectors

 Expansion Slots

 Jumpers

Chapter

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Take note of the following precautions before you install components

or change settings.

1. Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object,

such as an attached power supply, before handling components

to avoid damaging them due to static electricity.

2. Unplug the power cord before opening your chassis or touching

any components.

3. Hold components by their edges to avoid touching any exposed

integrated circuits (ICs).

4. Whenever you uninstall a component, place it on a grounded

anti-static pad or into the anti-static bag that it came in.

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This motherboard supports AMD

Athlon64 processors with a 1600 MT/s band-

width and HyperThansport

Technology.

1. Unlock the socket by pressing the le-

ver sideways, then lift it up to a 90

angle.

2. Align the cut edge to the gap in the

base of the socket. Carefully insert

the CPU into the socket until it fits in

place.

When the CPU is in place, press it

firmly on the socket while you push

down the socket lever to secure the

CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab

to indicate that it is locked.

Installation of CPU

Follow these steps to install the CPU.

Push down the socket

lever to secure the CPU.

Cut edge

Attention:

The CPU pins must be properly aligned with the holes in the

socket, otherwise the CPU may be damaged.

Gap in the base

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2.If required, apply a light coating of

silica gel to the top of the CPU.

NOTE: The CPU heatsink may have

a pre-applied thermal compound. In

that case, the silica gel is not required.

4.Connect the fan’s power cable

to the appropriate 3-pin terminal

on the motherboard.

1.Locate the CPU retention mechanism

base (surrounds the CPU socket).

3. Attach the fan to the base.

Installation of CPU Fan

New technology allows processors to run at higher and higher frequencies.

To avoid problems arising from high-speed operation, for example,

overheating, you need to install the proper fan. The following procedure is

provided for reference only, please refer to your CPU fan user guide for the

actual procedure.

Warning:

Excessive temperature will severely damage the CPU and

system. Therefore, make sure that the cooling fan works nor-

mally at all times in order to prevent overheating and damaging

to the CPU.

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CPU Qualified Vendor List

The following table lists the CPUs that have been tested and qualified for use

with this motherboard.

Package Cache Size Frequency Model Number

754 Pin Lidded Oµ PGA 512 KB 1800 MHz 2800+

754 Pin Lidded Oµ PGA 512 KB 2000 MHz 3000+

754 Pin Lidded Oµ PGA 1 MB 2000 MHz 3200+

754 Pin Lidded Oµ PGA 512 KB 2200 MHz 3200+

754 Pin Lidded Oµ PGA 1 MB 2200 MHz 3400+

754 Pin Lidded Oµ PGA 512 KB 2400 MHz 3400+

754 Pin Lidded Oµ PGA 1 MB 2400 MHz 3700+

Memory

This motherboard includes three 184-pin slots with 266/333/400 MHz Single

Channel DDR DRAM interface, You must install at least one memory module to

ensure normal operation. If you install three modules, they must be the same

speed. Mixing memory modules from different manufactures are not

recommended.

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

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Recommended Memory Configurations

The following table lists the recommended memory configurations.

Number

DIMMs

1 x8 single rank or x16 empty empty 200 200

1 empty x8 single rank or x16 empty 200 200

1 empty empty x8 single rank or x16 200 200

1 x8 double rank empty empty 200 200

1 empty x8 double rank empty 200 200

1 empty empty x8 double rank 200 200

2 x8 single rank or x16 x8 single rank or x16 empty 200 200

2 x8 single rank or x16 x8 double rank empty 200 200

2 x8 single rank or x16 empty x8 single rank or x16 200 200

2 x8 single rank or x16 empty x8 double rank 200 200

2 x8 double rank x8 single rank or x16 empty 200 200

2 x8 double rank x8 double rank empty 166 166

2 x8 double rank empty x8 single rank or x16 200 200

2 x8 double rank empty x8 double rank 166 166

2 empty x8 single rank or x16 x8 single rank or x16 166 200

2 empty x8 single rank or x16 x8 double rank 100 200

2 empty x8 double rank x8 single rank or x16 100 200

2 empty x8 double rank x8 double rank 100 166

3 x8 single rank or x16 x8 single rank or x16 x8 single rank or x16 166 200

3 x8 single rank or x16 x8 single rank or x16 x8 double rank 100 166

3 x8 single rank or x16 x8 double rank x8 single rank or x16 100 166

3 x8 single rank or x16 x8 double rank x8 double rank 100 166

3 x8 double rank x8 single rank or x16 x8 single rank or x16 166 166

3 x8 double rank x8 single rank or x16 x8 double rank 100 166

3 x8 double rank x8 double rank x8 single rank or x16 100 166

3 x8 double rank x8 double rank x8 double rank 100 166

CA1

Socket 1*

CA2

Socket 2*

CA2

Socket 3*

Maximum

Frequency

(MHz)

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