Albatron KM400T-8X Pro, User Manual

Page 1: ...g the vendor s approval in writing Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to com...

Page 2: ...onTM BartonTM Processor USER Manual Package Contents IDE Cable FDC Cable USB Bracket optional Installation and Setup Driver CD KM400T 8X Series User Manual Dimensions Micro ATX form factor 200 mm x 243 mm WxL Operating System Supports most popular operating systems Windows 9X ME 2000 XP etc ...

Page 3: ... BIOS SETUP 20 INTRODUCTION 20 MAIN MENU 22 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 24 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 32 POWER MANAGEMENT 36 HARDWARE MONITOR 41 LOAD DEFAULTS 42 EXIT MENU 43 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 44 SOFTWARE LIST 44 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 44 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 46 APPENDIX I SUPER 5 1 CHANNEL SETUP 49 APPENDIX II DIGITAL CD AUDIO SETUP 51 ...

Page 4: ...ards The KM400T 8X Series include built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 The KM400T 8X Series also comes with an Audio Codec VIA VT1616 which supports high quality 6 channel audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect The KM400T 8X Series also include CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP When CPU temperature rises above normal values the system will automatically shut down to protect...

Page 5: ...T400 Southbridge Chip VIA VT8235 I O Controller Winbond Super I O W83697HF Audio Codec VIA VT1616 LAN Chip VIA VT6103 DRAM Memory Supports DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered registered non ECC DIMM modules Supports up to two double sided memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB Green Functionality Supports Phoenix Award BIOS powe...

Page 6: ...playback capability Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect Supports Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF for output only LAN Controller on board only for KM400T 8X PRO 10 100 MHz full and half duplex operation Independent 2K byte FIFOs for receive and transmit Magic packet and wake on address filtering Software controllable power down IDE Facilities Supports Ultra ATA 33 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ...

Page 7: ...y function Supports ACPI power management Sophisticated OTP Over Temperature Protection Special design for CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP is functional when using an Athlon XPTM CPU Watch Dog Timer The mainboard contains a special feature called the Watch Dog Timer which is used to detect when the system is unable to handle over clocking configurations during POST stage Once detected the syst...

Page 8: ...xiliary FAN CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN 9 Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED 13 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 14 Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 15 Over Temperature Protection Function JP4 15 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 16 CPU Clock select Jumper JP5 JP6 16 CPU Ratio select SW1A JP9 17 Case Open Warning Header CASE OPEN 17 Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector S PDIF 18 Front Panel Audio Header FRONT AUDIO 18 PC9...

Page 9: ...U3 Socket 462 U6 CPUFAN BAT1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM2 IDE1 IDE2 DIMM1 VIA VT8235 USB3 VIA VT6103 1 2 2 1 1 1 BIOS U17 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 FRONT AUDIO 1 9 9 2 10 10 AUXFAN 1 Codec JP1 U13 JP4 JP5 JP9 SW1A JP6 CASE OPEN 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRT COM KB MS USB LAN SOUND 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 10: ...et 462 U6 CPUFAN BAT1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM2 IDE1 IDE2 DIMM1 VIA VT8235 USB3 1 2 2 1 1 BIOS U17 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 9 9 10 10 AUXFAN 1 SPDIF 1 FRONT AUDIO 1 2 Codec JP1 U13 JP4 JP5 JP9 SW1A JP6 CASE OPEN 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRT COM KB MS USB SOUND 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 11: ...t the lever to a 90 degree angle 2 On the socket locate the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will be near to the end of the lever Match the corner on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 Smear th...

Page 12: ...lugged in or is not functioning In order to make use of this feature You must make sure that the CPU power cable is attached specifically to the CPUFAN header The BIOS configuration option is described in the Hardware Monitor section of the BIOS Setup Utility Chapter VIA VT8377 Winbond IO W83697HF Socket 462 VIA VT8235 1 2 2 1 BIOS 1 1 2 9 10 9 9 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 VI A VT6103 1 1 2 Codec 1 2 3 4 C...

Page 13: ...he notch on the button of the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot This ensures that the module is inserted properly 3 Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place 4 Repeat steps 1 2 and 3 for the remaining RAM modules The pictures above are for reference only and may vary slightly for your mainboard VIA VT 8377 ...

Page 14: ...the board allowing for 4 more USB ports These attach to USB connectors embedded into the computer case or connected to a USB connector bracket optional The KM400T 8X PRO also provides a LAN port You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 5 V fused 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TDP 7 NC 2 TDN 8 NC 3 RDP 9...

Page 15: ...ck or game pad for playing computer games This port can also be used to connect to MIDI devices Audio Port Connectors 1 Speaker Out is used to connect to speakers or headphones If the Super 5 1 driver is installed the Speaker Out becomes the Front Speaker 2 Line In can be connected to an external CD player Tape player or other audio devices for audio input If the Super 5 1 driver is installed Line...

Page 16: ...r is powered on PWR SW Power on Switch This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off the time required is due to internal debounce circuitry on the system board At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will recognize another on off signal PWR LED 3 Pin ...

Page 17: ... 33 Ultra DMA 66 Ultra DMA 100 and Ultra DMA 133 It has two HDD connectors IDE1 and IDE2 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector You can connect up to two hard drives to IDE1 If you attach two drives you must use a ribbon cable with three connectors You must also configure one drive as the master and one drive as the slave using the jumpers located on each drive IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller...

Page 18: ...unction is Enabled and the CPU temperature rises above the normal range the system will automatically shut down and you have to unplug the ATX_PWR connector Remove and reinstall the CPU heat sink also check to make sure the CPU fan is working properly OTP is only functional when using an Athlon XPTM CPU VIA VT 8377 W inbond IO W 83697HF Soc ket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 1 1 1 V IA VT6 1 03 1 1 2 Co...

Page 19: ...PU Clock select Jumper JP5 JP6 Use the jumpers JP5 and JP6 to select the CPU Clock Refer the pictures below for details The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions closely VIA VT 8377 W inbond IO W 83697HF Soc ket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 1 1 1 V IA VT6 1 03 1 1 2 Codec 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 9 10 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 9 10 10 JP1 JP1 1 1 2 2 3 3 Pi...

Page 20: ...9 10 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 9 10 10 CASEOPEN 1 2 Ground Caseop 1 VIA VT8377 W inbond IO W 83697HF Socket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 V IA VT61 03 1 1 2 Codec 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 9 10 1 1 1 2...

Page 21: ... provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signal This mainboard is capable of delivering audio output through the SPDIF header The SPDIF devices that are receiving information from this header must be SPDIF compliant for optimal effect If the jumper caps are in place jumper cap 1 is on pin 5 pin 6 and jumper cap 2 is on pin 9 pin 10 If you do not intend to use the FRONT_AUDIO pa...

Page 22: ...or expansion cards which has for the most part supplanted the older ISA bus standard This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector ATX_PWR This ATX power supply uses a 20 pin connector Make sure the connector is properly inserted before applying power VIA VT 8377 W inbond IO W 83697HF Soc ket 4 62 VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 1 1 1 1 V IA VT6 103 1 1 2 Codec 1 2 3 4 1 1 ...

Page 23: ...RD BIOS includes additional features such as virus and password protection as well as special configurations for fine tuning the system chipset The defaults for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system When you boot up the computer the BIOS version will appear at up left of the POST screen Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS s...

Page 24: ...t item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desire PgUp key Increase the numeric value or enter changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Key Increase the numeric value or enter changes K...

Page 25: ...the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access and configure the information below ...

Page 26: ...b menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST pro...

Page 27: ...llows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot devices Options Enabled default Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks Drives with 720KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40...

Page 28: ...rmance Options Enabled default Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Make CPU L2 cache ECC function active or inactive Options Disabled Enabled default Quick Power On Self Test Allow the system to skip certain tests while booting This will speed up the boot process Options Enabled default Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to logic...

Page 29: ...f you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM Options Non OS2 default OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a technology that enables a PC to attempt to predict the possible failure of storage drives Options Disabled default Enabled Small LOGO EPA Show This item allows you to show or hide the small LOGO EPA Options Disabled d...

Page 30: ... of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Options 1G 512M 256M 128M 64M default 32M 16M 8M 4M The 1G and 512M options only appear when you install 8X AGP card AGP Mode This item allows you to select the A...

Page 31: ...d CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter to enter the next page for CPU PCI Bus Control PCI 1 2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Options Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to comply with PCI specifications Options Disabled Enabled defa...

Page 32: ... on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Options Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you will not be able to manually assign IRQ DMA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them Options Auto ESCD default...

Page 33: ... Assignmen This item allows you to select an IRQ address for your PCI slot 1 5 Options Auto default 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Frequency Voltage Control CPU Speed Detected This item displays the CPU speed information detected by the system Spread Spectrum The Spread Spectrum function can reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated Options 0 50 default Disabled 1 50 1 00 0 70 0 75 0 5 0 35 ...

Page 34: ...st frequency is 100 Options By SPD 2 66X default 3 33X If the CPU host frequency is 133 Options By SPD 2 00X default 2 50X 3 00X If the CPU host frequency is 166 Options By SPD 1 60X default You can only install the DDR 333 SDRAM if the CPU which is configuration 166 MHz host frequency DDR Speed strobe sec This item displays the DDR Speed CPU Host frequency DDR CPU Ratio ...

Page 35: ...annel 0 1 The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface Options Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster d...

Page 36: ... as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Select the Enabled option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do The system will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector Options Enabled default Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the VIA OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take y...

Page 37: ...ter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Options Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for t...

Page 38: ...ort ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Options EPP 1 7 default EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port Options 3 default 1 Game Port Address Game Port I O Address Options 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address Options 330 default 300 290 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ that Midi Port will use O...

Page 39: ...tem allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system Options S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS and STR Power Management Option There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1hour HDD Power Down 30 minutes 2 Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power D...

Page 40: ...Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min Suspend Mode This item allows you to select the period of inactivity before the system is suspended or put into suspend mode Options Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Options Suspend Off default Always On Video Off Method This opti...

Page 41: ...er or not the system was on before power failure Choose Former Sts to restore the system to the status before the power failure Options Off default On PS2KB Wake Up Select Use this option to configure the PS2 keyboard Wake Up feature Password Use this selection to force the user to enter a password after the system awakens from PS2 keyboard activity Hot Key Use PS2KB key to awake the system See PS...

Page 42: ...d also support the wake up on LAN jumper Options OFF default ON Lan Wake Up To use this function you need a LAN add on card which supports power on functions As well as the wake up on LAN jumper Options Disabled default Enabled PCI PME Wake Up When you select Enabled a PME signal from any PCI card will awaken the system from suspend mode Options Disabled default Enabled Ring Wake Up This option al...

Page 43: ...ter to access a sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Enabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled RQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved...

Page 44: ...Warning If this function is set to Enabled and the case had been previously opened the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you power on your computer If this function is set to Disabled the system will not show alert messages when you power on your computer even if the case is opened by others Options Disabled default Enabled CPU Warning Temperature When the CPU tem...

Page 45: ...ault Settings Load System Default Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries ...

Page 46: ...configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding ...

Page 47: ...Utility will auto run You can also launch the Driver CD Installation Utility manually Follow the steps below 1 The first screen Main Screen will display several buttons Click KM400T 8X KM400T 8X PRO Category Platform VIA 4 IN 1 Driver VIA LAN Driver VIA Audio Driver USB 2 0 Driver PC Cillin 2002 DirectX 9 0 Acrobat Reader Windows 9X ME 2000 XP ...

Page 48: ...f you click the USB2 0 Driver from the screen in step 2 it will display the screen as left 4 Back to the main screen click the Tool button you can choose the software to install Note If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD ...

Page 49: ...ve is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged 2 Damaged...

Page 50: ...a Then perform low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the powe...

Page 51: ...nected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with other d...

Page 52: ...unds and Audio Devices The screen below will display First check the Place volume icon in the taskbar in the Device volume block Then press the Advanced button to configure the speaker settings 2 At the Advanced Audio Properties screen use the drop down box to select the 5 1 surround sound speakers Click Apply to enable the 5 1 channel audio effect 3 On your desktop double click the volume icon th...

Page 53: ...ker screen select Options Advanced Controls 6 Next click the Advanced button of the Front Speaker then check the Smart5 1 Enable 7 Finally click the Advanced button of the Rear Speaker then check the Magic5 1 Enable This is the final step in configuring Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect If you broadcast a DVD with a DVD ROM please skip this step ...

Page 54: ...creen below will display Using the left mouse button double click on the System icon After the Device Manager screen displays below left click DVD CD ROM drives The next screen will display as shown below right Select the CD ROM that you want to configure and then double click on it using the left mouse button On the next screen below left click on the Properties tab The Properties tab information...