Preface
Copyright
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material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the author.
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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 reason-
able 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:
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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.
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Declaration of Conformity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
conditions:
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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 Interference-causing
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 Motherboard
Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
Describes features of the motherboard.
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Describes installation of motherboard
components.
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Provides information on using the BIOS
Setup Utility.
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Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
Describes the motherboard software
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Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
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Introduction.................................................................................................1
Feature..........................................................................................................2
Motherboard Components........................................................................4
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Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard 7
Safety Precautions......................................................................................7
Choosing a Computer Case.......................................................................7
Installing the Motherboard in a Case......................................................7
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/SATA Hard Drive........17
Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive...............................................19
Installing Add-on Cards..............................................................20
Connecting Optional Devices......................................................22
Connecting I/O Devices..........................................................................26
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
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About the Setup Utility............................................................................27
The Standard Configuration........................................................27
Entering the Setup Utility..............................................................27
Updating the BIOS.......................................................................29
Using BIOS................................................................................................29
Standard CMOS Features...........................................................30
Advanced BIOS Features.............................................................32
Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................34
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Integrated Peripherals.................................................................36
Power Management Setup...........................................................40
PNP/PCI Configurations.............................................................42
PC Health Status..........................................................................43
Frequency/Voltage Control..........................................................44
Load Fail-Safe Settings................................................................45
Load Optimized Defaults.............................................................45
Set Supervisor/User Password....................................................45
Save & Exit Setup.........................................................................46
Exit Without Saving......................................................................46
Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
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About the Software CD-ROM................................................................47
Auto-installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP................................47
Running Setup..............................................................................48
Manual Installation..................................................................................50
Utility Software Reference.......................................................................50
Multi-Language Translation
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Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the RS480-M motherboard. This motherboard is a high perfor-
mance, enhanced function motherboard that supports Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64/Athlon
64 FX and CPUs for high-end business or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard incorporates the RS480 Northbridge (NB) and SB400 Southbridge (SB)
chipsets. The Northbridge supports the HyperTransport (HT) interface speeds up to
2000MT/s data rate. The momory controller supports DDR SDRAM interface of DDR400/
333/266 MHz. It supports two DDR Sockets with up to maximum memory size of 2GB. One
PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI Express
Base Specification revision 1.0a.
The SB400 Southbridge supports three PCI slots which are PCI 2.3 compliant. It imple-
ments an EHCI compliant interface that provides 480Mb/s bandwidth for eight USB 2.0
ports (rear panel x 4, header x 4). Two onboard IDE connectors supports 4 IDE devices in
UDMA 133/100/66/33 modes. The Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA host controller that
is SATA v1.0 compliant, supporting four SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 150
MB/s each.
The RS480-M motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT1, VGA, four USB ports, one
optional LAN port, one optional 1394a port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and
line-out.
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Feature
Processor
The RS480-M uses an 939-pin socket that carries the following features:
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Accommodates AMD Athlon64/Athlon 64 FX processors
Supports up to 2000MT/s HyperTransportTM (HT) interface speeds
HyperTransportTM Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it enables
integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than currently
available interconnect technologies.
Chipset
The RS480 Northbridge (NB) and SB400 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
RS480 (NB)
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SB400 (SB)
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1 x2 (expandable to x4) A-Link Express interface (PCI Ex-
press 1.0a compliant) for connection to the ATI IXP
Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface, fully
compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision
1.0a.
Full support for 3D primitive, Direct3D texture lighting, and
OpenGL format for Indirect Vertices in Vertex Walker
Full DirectX 9.0 support (Vertex Shader version 2.0 and
Pixel Shader version 2.0)
2-lane A-Link Express interface (PCI Express 1.0a compli-
ant) to RADEON IGPs
Compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton, up to 7 bus master
devices supported
Four Serial ATA devices supported, compliant with Serial
ATA 1.0 specification, RAID 0 and RAID 1 accommodated
Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight
USB 2.0 ports
Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33
modes
Memory
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DDR 400/333/266 DDR SDRAM with Dual Channel supported
Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs, up to 2 GB maximum memory size
Audio
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Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification
16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate
Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback
Direct Sound 3DTM compatible
1394a FireWire (Optional)
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Fully compliant with provisions of IEEE Std 1394-1995 for a high-perfor-
mance serial bus and IEEE Std 1394a-2000
Two IEEE Std 1394a-2000 fully compliant cable ports at 400M bits/s
Introducing the Motherboard