MOTHERBOARD K7VT4A Pro User Manual Version 1.1 Published September 2004 Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. With respect to the contents of this manual, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASRock, its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product. 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. ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com 2 Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................... 4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Package Contents ................................................................ Specifications ...................................................................... Motherboard Layout ............................................................ ASRock I/O PlusTM ............................................................................................................ 4 5 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 15 18 18 19 20 20 21 21 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 25 30 31 32 33 2. Installation ......................................................... 9 Pre-installation Precautions ......................................................... 2.1 CPU Installation .................................................................... 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink .................................. 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ............................... 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and AGP Slots) ................................. 2.5 Jumpers Setup .................................................................... 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors .................................... 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ........................... 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ............. 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette .......................................... 3.1 BIOS Setup Utility ................................................................. 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar .......................................................... 3.1.2 Legend Bar ................................................................ 3.2 Main Menu ............................................................................ 3.3 Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit Menus ........... 4.1 Install Operating System ...................................................... 4.2 Support CD Information ........................................................ 4.2.1 Running Support CD .................................................. 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ............................................................. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu .............................................................. 4.2.4 Contact Information .................................................... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Advanced BIOS Setup Menu ............................................... Security Setup Menu ........................................................... Power Setup Menu .............................................................. Boot Setup Menu ................................................................. Exit Menu .............................................................................. 3. BIOS Setup ......................................................... 20 4. Software Support .............................................. 24 Appendix ............................................................... 25 3 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock K7VT4A Pro motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock's commitment to quality and endurance. Chapter 1 and 2 of this manual contain introduction of the motherboard and step-bystep installation guide. Chapter 3 and 4 contain basic BIOS setup and support CD information. More information of advanced BIOS setup can be found in Appendix on page 25 for advanced users' reference. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest memory and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents 1 x ASRock K7VT4A Pro Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.0-in, 30.5 cm x 17.8 cm) 1 x ASRock K7VT4A Pro Quick Installation Guide 1 x ASRock K7VT4A Pro Support CD 1 x Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable (80-conductor) 1 x 3.5-in Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable 1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) 1 x ASRock I/O PlusTM Shield 4 1.2 Specifications ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.0-in, 30.5 cm x 17.8 cm Supports Socket A (462 pins) for AMD AthlonTM / AthlonTM XP / DuronTM / SempronTM processor North Bridge: VIA KT400A, FSB@200 / 266 / 333 MHz South Bridge: VIA VT8237, Supports USB 2.0, ATA 133, SATA 1.5Gb/s Platform: CPU: Chipsets: Memory: 2 DDR DIMM slots: DDR1and DDR2 PC2100 (DDR266) / PC2700 (DDR333) for 2 DDR DIMM slots, Max. 2GB; PC3200 (DDR400) for 1 DDR DIMM slot, Max. 1GB IDE: IDE1: ATA 133 / Ultra DMA Mode 6 IDE2: ATA 133 / Ultra DMA Mode 6 Supports up to 4 IDE Devices Serial ATA: 2 SATA Connectors, Support 1.5Gb/s Data Transfer Rate Floppy Port: Supports up to 2 Floppy Disk Drives Audio: 5.1 Channels AC'97 Audio LAN: Speed: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), Supports Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor: CPU Temperature Sensing Motherboard Temperature Sensing CPU Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life (ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 1) CPU Fan Tachometer Chassis Fan Tachometer Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore PCI slots: 5 Slots with PCI Specification 2.2 AGP slot: 1 AGP Slot, Supports 1.5V, 8X/4X AGP Card (see CAUTION 2) USB 2.0: 8 USB 2.0 ports: include 6 ready-to-use USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel, plus one on-board header supporting 2 extra USB 2.0 ports (see CAUTION 3) ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1 Serial Port: COM1, 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support) 6 ready-to-use USB 2.0 Ports, 1 RJ-45 Port, Audio Jack: Line In / Line Out / Microphone 5 BIOS: OS: AMI legal BIOS, Supports "Plug and Play", ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake-Up Events, SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support, CPU Frequency Stepless Control (only for advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 4) Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP Compliant CAUTION! 1. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown. Before you resume the system, please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord, then plug it back again. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system. 2. 3. Do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card on the AGP slot of this motherboard! It may cause permanent damage! Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1/2000 SP4. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME. Please refer to Microsoft® official document at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/bus/USB/USB2support.mspx 4. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU. The CPU host frequency of this motherboard is determined by jumper-setting. You must adjust "FSB Select Jumpers" according to the FSB of your AMD CPU before you set the "CPU Host Frequency" configuration as "Manual" in BIOS. See page 13 for the details of "FSB Select Jumpers" adjustment, and page 25 of "User Manual" in the Support CD for "CPU Host Frequency" configuration. 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 PS/2 MOUSE 2 34 5 6 17.8cm (7.0 in) 1 CPU_FAN1 PARALLEL PORT FID4 FID3 FID2 FID1 FID0 1 1 1 1 1 PS/2 KEYBOARD SERIAL PORT (COM1) DDR 1 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) 29 USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 DDR2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) IDE1 IDE2 USB 2.0 Top: T: USB0 RJ-45 B: USB1 28 USB 2.0 1 T: USB4 B: USB5 JUSB45 VIA KT400A CHIPSET 30.5cm (12.0 in) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 27 LAN PHY 2MB BIOS AGP 8X SUPER I/O 26 25 24 23 GAME1 1 DDR400 1 AUDIO1 JR1 JL1 CMOS BATTERY 1 CLRCMOS2 22 AUDIO CODEC AUX1 CD1 FLOPPY1 21 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) CPU Socket North Bridge Controller 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots (DDR1- 2) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) Secondary IDE Connector (IDE2, Black) Primary IDE Connector (IDE1, Blue) AGP Slot (1.5V_AGP1) FSB Select Jumpers (FSB_SEL0, FSB_SEL1, FSB_SEL2) South Bridge Controller Primary Serial ATA Connector (SATA1) Secondary Serial ATA Connector (SATA2) Power LED Connector (PWR_LED1) SOCKET 462 J1 K7VT4A PRO 1.5V_AGP1 PCI1 1 1 1 FSB_SEL0 FSB_SEL1 FSB_SEL2 PCI2 USB2.0 PCI3 SATA FSB400 VIA VT8237 PCI4 ATA133 5.1CH PCI5 1 1 SATA1 1 PWR_LED1 SATA2 SPEAKER1 USB67 1 PLED PWRBTN PANEL 1 CHA_FAN1 HDLED RST 18 17 16 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) System Panel Connector (PANEL1) Chassis Speaker Connector (SPEAKER 1) USB 2.0 Connector (USB67, Blue) Floppy Connector (FLOPPY1) Internal Audio Connector: CD1 (Black) Internal Audio Connector: AUX1 (White) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS2) JR1 / JL1 Jumpers Front Panel Audio Connector (AUDIO1) PCI Slots (PCI1- 5) Game Port Connector (GAME1) Flash Memory Shared USB 2.0 Header (JUSB45, Blue) J1 Jumper (FID0, FID1, FID2, FID3, FID4) 7 ATXPWR1 Top: Line In Center: Line Out Bottom: Mic In 1.4 ASRock I/O Plus TM 1 2 3 4 5 11 10 9 8 7 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Parallel Port RJ-45 Port Line In (Light Blue) Line Out (Lime) Microphone (Pink) 2 x Shared USB 2.0 Port (USB4, USB5) 7 8 9 10 11 2 x USB 2.0 Port (USB0, USB1) 2 x USB 2.0 Port (USB2, USB3) Serial Port: COM1 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 8 2. Installation K7VT4A Pro is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 7.0-in, 30.5 cm x 17.8 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the power is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity, NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like. Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle components. Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs. Whenever you uninstall any component, place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that comes with the component. When placing screws into the screw holes to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard. 9 2.1 Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. CPU Installation Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90 angle. Position the CPU directly above the socket such that its marked corner matches the base of the socket lever. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place. The CPU fits only in one correct orient ...