Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
Polaris 400 USER'S MANUAL
M/B For Socket-A Athlon/Duron Processor
NO. G03-V400MAX1A Release date: October 2002
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* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
TABLE OF CONTENT
USER'S NOTICE........................................................................................................................... 1 MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.......................................................................................... 1 COOLING SOLUTIONS ..............................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF Polaris 400 MOTHERBOARD 1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD ...................................................................................... 2 1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3 1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST ........................................................................................................ 4 1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING ................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ............................................................................. 7 2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................... 7 2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8 2-3-1 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................ 8 2-3-2 ABOUT AMD ATHLON & DURON 462-PIN CPU............................................... 9 2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10 2-5 EXPANSION CARD.............................................................................................................. 11 2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION ............................... 11 2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD ......................................................... 11 2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD....................... 12 2-5-4 AGP SLOT.................................................................................................................. 12 2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS ................................................................................................ 12 2-6-1 CONNECTORS.......................................................................................................... 12 2-6-2 HEADERS .................................................................................................................. 15 2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER.................................................................................. 18 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS 3-1 ENTERING SETUP............................................................................................................... 19 3-2 GETTING HELP ................................................................................................................... 19 3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 20 3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ........................................................................................ 21 3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .......................................................................................... 22 3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES .................................................................................. 24 3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS.................................................................................... 25 3-6-2 AGP TIMING SETTINGS........................................................................................ 26 3-6-3 PCI TIMING SETTINGS ......................................................................................... 26 3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.......................................................................................... 27 3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION ....................................................................................... 27 3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION ............................................................................... 28 3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION............................................................................ 29 3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...................................................................................... 30 3-8-1 WAKE UP EVENTS ................................................................................................. 31 3-8-1.1 IRQS ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 31 3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP ................................................................................ 32 3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES .................................................................................................... 33 3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ........................................................................................................ 33 3-11 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL ........................................................................................ 34 3-12 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ............................................................... 35 3-13 SET SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD........................................................................... 35 CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/NT/2K/XP ....................................................... 36 4-1 VIA 4 IN 1 INSTALL VIA SERVICE PACK 4 IN 1 DRIVER .............................. 37 4-2 SOUND INSTALL CMI/C3DX PCI AUDIO CODEC DRIVER ....................... 38 4-3 LAN INSTALL RTL8100 LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER ........................ 40 4-4 SATA INSTALL PROMISE ATA IDE CONTROLLER DRIVER ............... 41 4-5 PC-HEALTH WINBOND HARDWARE DOCTOR MONITORING SOFTWARE ........... 41 4-6 MAGIC BIOS INSTALL BIOS LIVE UPDATE UTILITY.......................................... 42 4-7 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN2002 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ..................... 44 4-8 USB 2.0 INSTALL VIA USB 2.0 DEVICE DRIVER ....................................... 45 4-9 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 46
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USER'S NOTICE
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Manual Revision Information
Reversion 1.0 Revision History First Release Date October 2002
Item Checklist
Polaris 400 Motherboard Cable for IDE/Floppy CD for motherboard utilities Cable for USB Port 3/4 (Option) Cable for 1394 Ports Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor Polaris 400 User's Manual
AMD AthlonTM / DuronTM Processor Family
Cooling Solutions
As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems. Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable, long-term system operation. The overall goal in providing the proper thermal environment is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor. When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended by AMD for use with AMD processors. Note, those heatsinks are recommended for maintaining the specified Maximum T case requirement. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support AMD processors. For vendor list of heatsink and fan, please visithttp://www1.amd.com/products/duron/thermals http://www1.amd.com/products/athlon/thermals
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Chapter 1
Introduction of Polaris 400 Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
The Polaris 400 motherboard is design for use AMD Athlon/Duron/Athlon XP 200MHz /266MHz/333MHz (Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus Frequency CPU, which utilize the Socket-A design and the memory size expandable to 3.0GB. This motherboard use the newest VIA KT400 chipset, whose 133MHz/266MHz /333MHz (Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus frequency and 400MHz memory interface delivers a clear upgrade path to the future generation of 266MHz/333MHz processors and DDR266 /DDR333/DDR400 DDR SDRAM. The Polaris 400 motherboard offers ULTRA ATA 133 to provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance. For those wanting even greater graphic performance, an AGP 4X/8X slot is included on the board. The motherboard also has an integrated PCI 6-channel Audio chip on board support 6channel 3D surround positioning Audio which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility. The motherboard provided SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-Out optical function support SPDIF device. The motherboard including PCI LAN Controller chip support 10/100 Mb/sec Base transfer rate for network. The Polaris 400 including the 1394 PCI controller provided 100M/200M /400Mb bandwidth support two 1394 device port, which compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000 standard. The motherboard integrated Promise PDC20375 Serial-ATA IDE controller provided two Serial-ATA port and one Parallel ATA port (Master mode only), support serial ATA HDD meet future IDE demand increase the data transfer rate. With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 6 USB function ports support USB2.0/USB1.1 Devices, the Polaris 400 meet future USB demand also this motherboard has built-in hardware monitor function. This will monitor and protect your computer. A special design in hardware for protecting Athlon XP CPU from burned, the system will auto shutdown power supply when CPU is overheat or the CPU FAN is stop. In Polaris 400 we design in CPU Vcore Voltage, DDR memory 2.5V Voltage, AGP 1.5V Voltage those can minor adjustable in BIOS setup. This design can let users approach over clock demand and also can make system more stable. The Polaris 400 motherboard provides special function in BIOS Setup to setting CPU Host clock step by step increasing let users to approach over clocking, and special design in hardware to protect BIOS from virus crash BIOS data. Polaris 400 provides high performance & meets future specification demand. It is really wise choice for your computer.
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1-2 Specification
Spec
Design Chipset CPU Socket
Description
ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x24.5cm VIA KT400/VT8235 Chipset Support AMD Athlon 1.1GHz1.4GHz processor Support AMD Duron 900MHz1.3GHz processor Support AMD Athlon XP1500+~XP2700+ processor Support 200MHz/266MHz/333MHz (Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus frequency processors Reserves support for future AMD Athlon XP processors 184-pin DDR module socket x3 Support DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR SDRAM Expandable to 3.0GB AGP slot x1 support AGP 2.0 & 4X/8X mode 32-bit PCI slot x6 Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s Promise PDC20375 Serial-ATA Controller provide two Serial ATA ports support 150Mb/s data transfer rate and one Parallel ATA133 port support 133Mb/s data transfer rate VIA VT6307 1394 Controller chip provided two 1394 device ports support 100/200/400Mb bandwidth Compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000 standard CMI8738-6CH PCI Audio controller integrated Support 6-channel 3D surround Positioning Audio SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-Out Optical support Audio driver and utility include ...
