Abit NF-M2 NVIEW, User Manual

Page 1: ...ware Setup BIOS Setup Driver Utility CD Appendix NF M2 nView Motherboard AMD Socket AM2 User s Manual NVIDIA 6150 NF430 2GHz HT Dual DDR2 800 NV nView GeForce 6150 Graphics DVI VGA Out NV GbE 4x SATA 3Gb s 7 1 HD Audio ...

Page 2: ...t indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights res...

Page 3: ...8 2 5 2 DDR2 Memory Slots 2 10 2 5 3 PCI Express X16 Add on Slot For add on graphics card 2 11 2 6 Connecting Peripheral Devices 2 12 2 6 1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 2 12 2 6 2 Serial ATA Connectors 2 13 2 6 3 Additional USB 2 0 Port Headers 2 14 2 6 4 Additional IEEE1394 Port Header 2 14 2 6 5 Internal Audio Connectors 2 15 2 6 6 Front Panel Audio Connection Header 2 15 2 6 7 PCI Expre...

Page 4: ...ing 3 23 4 Driver Utility CD 4 1 4 1 nVidia nForce Chipset Driver 4 2 4 2 nVidia Graphics Driver 4 3 4 3 Realtek HD Audio Driver 4 4 4 4 Cool n Quiet Driver 4 5 4 5 USB 2 0 Driver 4 6 4 6 ABIT EQ The Hardware Doctor Utility 4 7 4 7 NVRaid Floppy Disk 4 9 5 Appendix 5 1 5 1 Troubleshooting How to Get Technical Support 5 1 5 1 1 Q A 5 1 5 1 2 Technical Support Form 5 4 5 1 3 Universal ABIT Contact I...

Page 5: ... Graphics Integrated GeForce6150 Graphics Support DirectX 9 0 Shader Model 3 0 nView GbE LAN NV Gigabit Ethernet Serial ATA Supports 4 ports NV SATA 3Gb s RAID 0 1 0 1 5 IEEE 1394 Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 400Mb s transfer rate Audio Onboard 7 1 CH HD Audio CODEC Supports auto jack sensing and optical S PDIF In Out Expansion Slots 1x PCI Express x16 slot 1x PCI Express x1 slot 2x PCI slots In...

Page 6: ...ht Rear Left Rear Right Center Subwoofer Mic In Line In Line Out 1x IEEE1394a port 1x RJ 45 Gigabit LAN port 4x USB 2 0 ports ABIT Engineered ABIT SoftMenu Technology ABIT Silent OTES Technology RoHS Compliancy 100 Lead free process and RoHS compliancy Miscellaneous Micro ATX form factor 245mm x 245mm Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice 1 2 NF M2 nV...

Page 7: ...Introduction 1 2 Motherboard Layout NF M2 nView 1 3 ...

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Page 9: ...ves for I O shield located at the rear panel Make sure the I O shield of the chassis matches the I O port configuration of this motherboard You can find an I O shield specifically designed for this motherboard in its package 2 2 Installing Motherboard Most computer chassis have a base with many mounting holes to allow the motherboard to be securely attached and at the same time protected the syste...

Page 10: ...them tightened Face the chassis s rear panel To prevent shorting the PCB circuit please REMOVE the metal studs or spacers if they are already fastened on the chassis base and are without mounting holes on the motherboard to align with 2 3 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...

Page 11: ...d have it reconfigured to the default values stored in BIOS Pins 1 and 2 shorted default Normal operation Pins 2 and 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory To clear the CMOS memory and load in the default values 1 Power off the system and disconnect with AC power source 2 Set pin 2 and pin 3 shorted by the jumper cap Wait for a few seconds Set the jumper cap back to its default settings pin 1 and pin 2 short...

Page 12: ... backup battery 1 Power off the system and disconnect with AC power source 2 Remove the exhausted battery 3 Insert a new CR2032 or equivalent battery Pay attention to its polarity The side is its positive polarity 4 Connect AC power source and power on the system 5 Enter the BIOS setup menu Reconfigure the setup parameters if necessary CAUTION Danger of explosion may arise if the battery is incorr...

Page 13: ...hese connectors ATX 24 Pin Power Connector The power supply with 20 pin or 24 pin cables can both be connected to this 24 pin connector Connect from pin 1 for either type However a 20 pin power supply may cause the system unstable or even unbootable for the sake of insufficient electricity A minimum power of 300W or higher is recommended ATX 12V 4 Pin Power Connector This connector supplies power ...

Page 14: ...will only cause the LED not lighting but a wrong connection of the switches could cause system malfunction HLED Pin 1 3 Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis front panel RST Pin 5 7 Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front panel SPKR Pin 13 15 17 19 Connects to the System Speaker cable of chassis SLED Pin 2 4 Connects to the Suspend LED cable if there is one of chassis front panel PW...

Page 15: ...Auxiliary Fan Power Connector These fan connectors are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors In the situation when connecting a 3 pin CPU fan assembly and you still want the speed control function to take effect you must 1 Plug the 3 pin CPU fan assembly to SYSFAN1 fan power connector 2 In the PC Health Status of the BIOS Setup Menu set the SYS FanEQ Reference Temp from the defa...

Page 16: ...ll out the socket lever away from the socket and fully lift it up over 90 degree angle Locate and align the triangle mark with both the CPU and the socket body Vertically place the CPU with its pin side down into the socket Be careful to insert the CPU into the socket The CPU only fits in one orientation with the socket DO NOT force the CPU into the socket 2 After placing the CPU into position pus...

Page 17: ...be connected either with a 3 Pin or 4 Pin CPU cooling fan For a 3 Pin connection there will be no speed control available in the BIOS setup menu the CPU fan will run at full speed Also please watch out for the orientation when inserting 3 Pin plug into this 4 Pin fan connector The motherboard in this illustration is served for DEMO only may not be the same type or model as the one described in thi...

Page 18: ...n slots DIMM1 DIMM2 or slots DIMM3 DIMM4 For a 4 DIMM dual channel installation Populate 2 DIMM modules of the same type and size on slots DIMM1 DIMM2 and another 2 DIMM modules of the same type and size on slots DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM1 and DIMM2 slots are made of the same color DIMM3 and DIMM4 are made of another same color Usually there is no hardware or BIOS setup required after adding or removing me...

Page 19: ...ng notch Do not force the DIMM module in with extra force as the DIMM module only fits in one direction 6 To remove the DIMM modules push the two ejector tabs on the slot outward simultaneously and then pull out the DIMM module Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boards Before starting these procedures ensure that you are discharged of static electri...

Page 20: ...both the FDC1 port and the floppy connector Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 100 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3 connector Ultra ATA 66 ribbon cables Connect the single end blue connector at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board the other two ends gray and black connector at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors of y...

Page 21: ...nect SATA device 1 Attach either end of the signal cable to the SATA connector on motherboard Attach the other end to SATA device 2 Attach the SATA power cable to the SATA device and connect the other end from the power supply The motherboard in this illustration is served for DEMO only may not be the same type or model as the one described in this user s manual ...

Page 22: ...Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 10 NC Make sure the connecting cable bears the same pin assignment 2 6 4 Additional IEEE1394 Port Header Each header supports 1x additional IEEE1394 port by connecting bracket or cable to the rear I O panel or the front mounted IEEE1394 port of your chassis Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 TPA0 2 TPA0 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB0 6 TPB0 7 12V 8 12V 10 Ground Make sure th...

Page 23: ...ion you must carefully check the pin assignment before connecting from the front panel module An incorrect connection may cause malfunction or even damage the motherboard Please do not connect the Ground cable or USB VCC cable from the front panel module to the Pin 4 AVCC of this header Pin Pin Assignment HD AUDIO Pin Pin Assignment AC 97 AUDIO 1 MIC2 L 1 MIC In 2 AGND 2 GND 3 MIC2 R 3 MIC Power 4...

Page 24: ...ly configured to support HD Audio For AC 97 audio connection you may 1 Right click the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon in system tray 2 Click Audio I O tab and then click Connector Settings 3 Click Disabled front panel jack detection and then click OK to confirm 2 16 NF M2 nView ...

Page 25: ... 6 7 PCI Express X1 Add on Slot This slot provides the connection of add on cards that comply with PCI Express specifications 2 6 8 PCI Add on Slots These slots provide the connection of add on cards that comply with PCI specifications ...

Page 26: ...ard with power source connected 5VSB Lights On Your ATX power supplier is connected with power source and its power switch is on Lights Off Your ATX power supplier is not connected with power source or connected with power source but its power switch is off VCC Lights On The system power is on Lights Off The system power is off 2 18 NF M2 nView ...

Page 27: ...UDIO1 S L S R Surround Left Surround Right Connects to the surround left and surround right channel in the 7 1 channel audio system Cen Sub Center Subwoofer Connects to the center and subwoofer channel in the 7 1 channel audio system R L R R Rear Left Rear Right Connects to the rear left and rear right channel in the 7 1 channel audio system Line In Connects to the line out from external audio sou...

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Page 29: ...l keys or by pressing the Reset button on computer chassis Only when these two methods fair should you restart the system by powering it off and then back on After pressing Del key the main menu screen appears Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility SoftMenu Setup PC Health Status Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features ...

Page 30: ...F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Brand Name This item displays the CPU model name Frequency This item displays the CPU internal clock speed CPU Operating Speed This item displays the CPU operating speed according to the type and speed of your CPU You can also select the User Define option to enter the manual option User Define The wro...

Page 31: ...requency Multiplier Factor This item displays the multiplier factor for the CPU you installed Voltage Control This option allows you to switch between the default and user defined voltages Leave this setting to default unless the current voltage setting cannot be detected or is not correct The option User Define enables you to select the following voltages manually CPU Core Voltage DDRII Voltage D...

Page 32: ...nel 6 Master None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Halt On All But keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1046520K Total Memory 1047552K Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Date mm dd yy This item sets the date you specify usually the current date in the format of Month Dat...

Page 33: ...on the screen automatically IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 4 Master IDE Channel 5 Master IDE Channel 6 Master When set to Auto the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE drive you are using If you want to define your own drive by yourself set it to Manual and make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters Please refer to...

Page 34: ...alt On This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system boot up All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detect a non fatal error No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error detected All But Keyboard The system boot will stop for all errors except a keyboard error All But Diskette The system boot will stop for all errors except a diskette ...

Page 35: ...Enter key you can enter its submenu where the hard disks detected can be selected for the booting sequence to boot up system This item functions only when there is the option of Hard Disk in any one of the First Second Third Boot Device items First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot...

Page 36: ...tem will boot and you can enter the BIOS setup menu freely Don t forget your password If you forget the password you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But by doing this you will have to reset all previously set options MPS Version Ctrl For OS This item specifies which version of MPS Multi Processor Specification this mother...

Page 37: ...nstructions Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enable VGA Share Memory 64M Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults K8 NB HT Speed This item selects the LDT Bus Frequency between CPU and NB K8 NB HT Width This item selects the LDT Bus Width between CPU and NB NB SB HT Speed This item selects the LDT Bus Frequency betw...

Page 38: ...CKE Base Power Down Mode Enabled X CKE Base Power Down By Channel X Memclock Tri Stating Disabled Bottom of UMA DRAM 31 24 FC Memory Hole Remapping Enabled DRAM ECC Enable Disabled X DRAM MCE Enable Disabled X Chip Kill Mode Enable Disabled X DRAM ECC Redirection Disabled X DRAM Scrub Rate Disabled X L2 Cache Scrub Rate Disabled X DCache Scrub Rate Disabled Auto Optimize Bottom IO Enabled X 31 24 ...

Page 39: ...tal system memory must be twice the size of this parameter at least or else a lesser one will replace this parameter automatically by the BIOS utility itself For example In a 256M selection with 256M total system memory size configuration the BIOS utility will force it down to 128M automatically ...

Page 40: ...nboard 1394 Controller Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip IDE RAID Function Click Enter key to enter its submenu Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE RAID Function IDE Function Setup Press Enter Item Help RAID Configuration Press Enter Move Enter Sel...

Page 41: ... Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDE 1 Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE1 controller IDE 2 Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE2 controller IDE DMA Transfer access This item selects the DMA mode for devices connected through IDE channels OnChip SATA Cont...

Page 42: ...rial ATA 1 RAID Serial ATA 4 RAID This item allows you to enable or disable the RAID function for each of the Serial ATA 1 6 port individually Back to Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Init Display First This item selects which display slot to initialize first when the system boots OnChip USB Select the type of USB controller Three options are available Disabled V1 1 V2 0 V1 1 The default setting ...

Page 43: ...audio controller OnChip LAN Controller This option enables or disables the LAN controller Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly Onboard 1394 Controller This option enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller Onboard FDD Controller This option enables or disables the FDD controller ...

Page 44: ... Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 Suspend To RAM Enables the Suspend to RAM function USB Resume from S3 When set to Enabled this item allows you to use a USB device to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state This item can be configured only if the item ACPI Suspend Type is set to S3 STR Power Button Function This item selects the method of powering off your system Delay...

Page 45: ...iet Technology This option enables or disables the AMD K8 cool and quiet function Power On Function This item selects the way you want your system to power on Password Use a password to power on the system select this option then press Enter Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm and then press Enter Hot KEY Use any of the function keys be...

Page 46: ...fter an AC power failure the system s power remains off You must press the Power button to power on the system Power On When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power will be powered on automatically Last State When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power f...

Page 47: ...isbaled PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size 4096 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Resources Controlled By This item configures all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Re...

Page 48: ...vice Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Back to PnP PCI Configurations Setup Menu PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards do not work with PCI VGA Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Maximum Pa...

Page 49: ...Voltage 0 89 V Chipset Core Voltage 1 20 V ATX 12V 12 00 V ATX 5V 5 00 V ATX 3 3V 3 30 V Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Shutdown Temperature You can set the processor shutdown temperature here If the processor temperature exceeds the settings value system will force to shutdown to protect the proces...

Page 50: ...function SYS FanEQ Control This item allows you to control the SYSFAN speed When set to Enabled the following items become selectable SYS FanEQ Reference Temp This item sets the reference point for taking temperature The options are System and CPU In the situation when connecting a 3 pin CPU fan assembly and you still want the speed control function to take effect you must 1 Plug the 3 pin CPU fan...

Page 51: ...tems list the current status of the CPU and environment temperatures fan speeds and system power voltage 3 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 10 Load Optimized Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 3 11 Set Password This optio...

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Page 53: ...allation auto run screen appears If not browse the root directory of the CD ROM via the File Manager and double click the AUTORUN file Drivers Click to enter the driver installation menu Manual Click to enter the user s manual menu Utility Click to enter the utilities installation menu ABIT Utility Click on this tab to enter the menu for installing utilities exclusively developed by ABIT Browse CD...

Page 54: ...screen 2 Click the nVidia nForce Chipset Driver The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect Please install this nVidia nForce Chipset Driver first after having installed the Windows operating system 4 2 NF M2 nView ...

Page 55: ...or the on chip Graphics Controller To install this driver 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the nVidia Graphics Driver item The installation screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 56: ... Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Realtek HD Audio Driver item The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect 4 4 NF M2 nView ...

Page 57: ... To install this driver 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Cool n Quiet Driver item The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 58: ... or ME system an AMD Cool n Quiet tab will appear under Power Options when the Cool n Quiet software for Windows 2000 and ME is installed This must be set to Automatic Mode for Cool n Quiet to be enabled 4 5 USB 2 0 Driver There is no need to install this driver for Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or their later version 4 6 NF M2 nView ...

Page 59: ...ect PC Hardware by monitoring critical items of Power Supply Voltage CPU System Fans Speed and CPU System Temperature To install this utility 1 Click on the ABIT Utility tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the ABITEQ item under the ABIT Utility tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 60: ...5 Execute the ABIT EQ by entering the Windows Menu Start All Programs ABIT ABIT EQ 6 ABIT EQ shows you the status of Voltage Fan Speed and Temperature readings as well 4 8 NF M2 nView ...

Page 61: ...sk 1 Click on the ABIT Utility tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Generate NVRaid Floppy Disk 32bit The following screen appears Insert one blank floppy disk to the selected floppy drive and click Build 3 Click OK to finish building the SATA Driver Disk If you are using a windows 2000 operating system please update your system to Service Pack 4 before starting to setup the NVIDIA RAID...

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Page 63: ...ult to over clocking or non standard status We suggest the following three troubleshooting methods to discharge CMOS data recover the hardware default status and then making the motherboard work again There is no need to bother returning the motherboard to where you bought it from or go through an RMA process Step 1 Switch off the power supply unit and then switch it on again after one minute If t...

Page 64: ...viously installed in the system Re install and start the system one at a time until the system won t start Malfunction in the OS If the system hangs after resuming from S3 or some testing program if the CPU cannot be recognized properly if the display resolution mixed or if a certain program cannot be executed etc you may Upgrade the motherboard s latest BIOS version Upgrade the add on device s la...

Page 65: ...iamondMax 10 SATA 300GB on SATA 3 Example 2 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA 300GB 2 on SATA 3 SATA 4 RAID 1 Optical devices Type in the brand and specifications of your optical drives and quantity Specify if it was inserted on IDE Master or Slave or SATA ports Other devices Indicate which add on cards or USB devices that you absolutely sure are related to the problem If you cannot identify the problem s...

Page 66: ...rst name Last Name Subject Motherboard BIOS Version CPU Memory brand Memory size Memory configuration Graphics card Graphics driver version Power supply maker Power supply wattage Storage devices Optical devices Other devices Operating system Problem description ...

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