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Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners and are acknowledged. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for 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 equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: - - - - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system's manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: - - This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Canadian Department of Communications This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interferencecausing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada. About the Manual The manual consists of the following: Chapter 1 Introducing the Mainboard Describes features of the mainboard, and provides a shipping checklist. Go to page 1 Chapter 2 Installing the Mainboard Describes installation of mainboard components. Go to page 7 Chapter 3 Using BIOS Provides information on using the BIOS Setup Utility. Go to page 25 Chapter 4 Using the Mainboard Software Describes the mainboard software. Go to page 37 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Features and Packing List Translations ¿ù»~ ! ©|¥¼w¸q®ÑÅÒ¡C i CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Mainboard 1 1 Introduction................................................................................................ 1 Checklist .................................................................................................... 1 Standard Items ................................................................................................. 1 Features .................................................................................................... 2 Choosing a Computer Case....................................................................... 4 Mainboard Components ............................................................................ 5 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Mainboard 7 7 Safety Precautions..................................................................................... 7 Quick Guide............................................................................................... 7 Installing the Mainboard in a Case............................................................. 8 Checking Jumper Settings......................................................................... 8 Setting Jumpers ............................................................................................... 8 Checking Jumper Settings ............................................................................... 9 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................... 9 Connecting Case Components ................................................................ 10 Front Panel Connector ................................................................................... 12 Installing Hardware .................................................................................. 13 Installing the Processor.................................................................................. 13 Installing Memory Modules .......................................................................... 15 Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM......................................................... 16 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive................................................................. 18 Installing Add-on Cards................................................................................. 19 Connecting Optional Devices ........................................................................ 20 Connecting I/O Devices ........................................................................... 23 External Connector Color Coding ................................................................. 24 CHAPTER 3 Using BIOS 25 25 About the Setup Utility ............................................................................. 25 The Standard Configuration........................................................................... 25 Running the Setup Utility .............................................................................. 26 Using BIOS .............................................................................................. 27 Standard CMOS Setup Page .......................................................................... 27 Advanced Setup Page .................................................................................... 28 Power Management Setup Page .................................................................... 30 iii PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page ....................................................................... 31 Load Optimal Settings ................................................................................... 32 Load Best Performance Settings.................................................................... 32 Features Setup Page....................................................................................... 32 CPU PnP Setup Page ..................................................................................... 34 Hardware Monitor Page................................................................................. 35 Change Password........................................................................................... 36 Change or Remove the Password .................................................................. 36 Exit ................................................................................................................ 36 CHAPTER 4 Using the Mainboard Software 37 37 About the Software CD-ROM................................................................... 37 Auto-installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP....................................... 37 Running Setup ............................................................................................... 38 Manual Installation................................................................................... 40 Bundled Software Installation .................................................................. 40 Set Up the Audio System......................................................................... 40 iv Chapter 1 Introducing the Mainboard Introduction Thank you for choosing the K7S7AG mainboard. This mainboard has a Socket-462 processor for the AMD K7 type of processors. You can install any of these processors on the mainboard. This mainboard supports a system bus speed of 333MHz. With a measurement of 305 x 224 mm, this mainboard is built using the leading edge technology of SiS746 Northbridge along with SiS963 Southbridge chipsets that supports built-in 6-channel speak-out AC97 Codec, 2 DDR400 (by overclocking) modules up to 2GB system memory. It also supports the Xabre200 GPU, which integrates a 256-bit 3D/2D graphics engines and motion compensation MPEG 1/MPEGII accelerator. In addition to superior hardware capabilities, the mainboard has one CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) slot to support Audio and Modem application, built-in 10BaseT/100Base TX Network Interface and an advanced full set of I/O ports such as two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one serial port, one VGA port, one parallel port, one IEEE port and six USB ports (USB 2.0) ­ consisting of four back-panel ports and onboard USB header USB3 providing two extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard. Checklist Compare the mainboard's package contents with the following checklist: Standard Items · · · · · One mainboard One diskette drive ribbon cable One IDE drive ribbon cable One auto-install software support CD This user's manual Features Processor Chipset · Support Socket462 package CPU · Supports AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron processors · Supports 333 MHz Front-Side Bus The SiS746 Northbridge and SiS963 Southbridge chipsets are based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance. · · · Two 184-pin DIMM slots for DDR memory modules Support DDR up to 400 MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory is 2GB Memory Note: You can work on DDR400 by overclocking, but there is no guarantee that it will run under normal operation. Expansion Slots · · · · · · · · · · · · One CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) slot to insert special riser cards with Audio/Modem functionality Three 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.2-compliant bus interface Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO (programmable input/output) modes Support for Multiword DMA modes Support for Bus Mastering and Ultra DMA ATA 100/133 modes ATX power supply connector Meets ACPI 1.0b and APM 1.2 requirements, keyboard power on/off Supports RTC Alarm, Wake On Modem, AC97 Wake-Up and USB Wake-Up GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) - Xabre 200 AGP8X 256-bit GPU clock runs from 200MHz DISPLAY MEMORY - Built-in 64MB DDR onboard runs from 400MHz (DDR400) 3D ENGINE FEATURES - Supports Direct 3D version 8.1; pixel shader version 1.3 - Supports AGP 8X for texture/vertex fetch - Built-in 32-bit floating point VLIW Geometry Transform/Lighting (T/L) and triangle setup engine - Built-in 4 pixel programmable rendering pipelines and 8 texture units (4P8T) - Supports up to 2048x2048 texture size - Built-in hardware stereo auto rendering engine - Supports 2X/4X full scene anti-aliasing 2D ENGINE FEATURES - Built-in Direct Draw Accelerator - MPEG-2 MP @ ML standards compliant - Built-in motion compensation logig - Supports up to 20Mbit/sec bit rate decoding - Direct DVD to TV playback - Supports single video windows with overlay function Onboard IDE channels Power Supply & Power Management Integrated VGA Specification · 2 AC97 Audio Codec Onboard I/O Ports Hardware Monitoring Onboard Flash ROM Built-in Ethernet LAN - Supports graphics and video overlay function - Supports DVD sub-picture playback overlay - Built-in independent Gamma correction RAM · RESOLUTION - Supports VESA standards super high resolution graphics modes, up to 2048x1536x32 bpp · 6-CH hardware architecture allows multi-channel south bridge to playback 6CH audio · Intel AC'97 (REV. 2.2) compatible, meeting Microsoft PC2001 requirements · Built-in earphone buffer and internal PLL, the latter saving additionsl crystal · Line-in/rear out share the same jack; Center/bass share the MIC jack · Digital S/PDIF OUT Support · CRL 3D: HRTF based BS3D compatible audio engine The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors: · Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard  ...