Abit AN9 32X User manual
Introduction
Motherboard
AMD Socket AM2
User’s Manual
Hardware Setup
BIOS Setup Driver & Utility CD Appendix
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AMD Socket AM2
ATX Motherboard
NB: NVIDIA C51XE
SB: NVIDIA MCP55PXE
2GHz HT
Dual DDR2 800 DIMM Slots
NVIDIA SLI Technology
Dual PCI-E X16 Slots
Dual GbE LAN
IEEE 1394a
6x SATA 3Gb/s with
RAID 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD
Fatal1ty Guru™ Technology
ABIT OTES GT™ Technology
7.1 Channel HD Audio
User’s Manual
English, 1st Edition
May, 2006
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Introduction
Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................... 1-1
Hardware Setup
BIOS Setup Driver & Utility CD Appendix
1.1 Fatal1ty ......................................................................................1-1
1.2 Features & Specifications .............................................................1-3
1.3 Motherboard Layout.....................................................................1-5
2. Hardware Setup ............................................................... 2-1
2.1 Choosing a Computer Chassis.......................................................2-1
2.2 Installing Motherboard .................................................................2-1
2.3 Checking Jumper Settings ............................................................2-2
2.3.1 CMOS Memory Clearing Header and Backup Battery ..............2-3
2.3.2 Wake-up Headers................................................................2-5
2.4 Connecting Chassis Components...................................................2-6
2.4.1 ATX Power Connectors ........................................................2-6
2.4.2 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers............................2-7
2.4.3 FAN Power Connectors ........................................................2-8
2.5 Installing Hardware......................................................................2-9
2.5.1 CPU Socket AM2 .................................................................2-9
2.5.2 DDR2 Memory Slots ..........................................................2-11
2.5.3 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slots (Install Graphics Card) .......... 2-13
2.5.4 AudioMAX Connection Slot .................................................2-16
2.6 Connecting Peripheral Devices ....................................................2-19
2.6.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors ................................ 2-19
2.6.2 Serial ATA Connectors .......................................................2-20
2.6.3 Additional USB 2.0 Port Headers.........................................2-21
2.6.4 Additional IEEE1394 Port Headers ...................................... 2-22
2.6.5 PCI Express X1 Add-on Slots ..............................................2-23
2.6.6 PCI Add-on Slots ...............................................................2-23
2.6.7 GURU Panel Connection Header .........................................2-24
2.7 Onboard Status Display.............................................................. 2-25
2.7.1 POST Code Displayer.........................................................2-25
2.7.2 Power Source Indicators .................................................... 2-26
2.8 Connecting I/O Devices.............................................................. 2-27
3. BIOS Setup....................................................................... 3-1
3.1 µGuru™Utility..............................................................................3-2
3.1.1 OC Guru .............................................................................3-2
3.1.2 ABIT EQ .............................................................................3-2
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3.2 Standard CMOS Features..............................................................3-3
3.3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............................................................3-3
3.4 Advanced Chipset Features...........................................................3-4
3.5 Integrated Peripherals..................................................................3-4
3.6 Power Management Setup............................................................3-5
3.7 PnP/PCI Configurations ................................................................3-5
3.8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ................................................................3-6
3.9 Load Optimized Defaults ..............................................................3-6
3.10 Set Password.............................................................................3-6
3.11 Save & Exit Setup ......................................................................3-6
3.12 Exit Without Saving....................................................................3-6
4. Driver & Utility CD............................................................ 4-1
5. Appendix .......................................................................... 5-1
5.1 POST Code Definitions .................................................................5-1
5.1.1 AWARD POST Code Definitions.............................................5-1
5.1.2 AC2005 POST Code Definitions.............................................5-4
5.2 Troubleshooting (How to Get Technical Support?)..........................5-5
5.2.1 Q & A.................................................................................5-5
5.2.2 Technical Support Form ......................................................5-8
5.2.3 UNIVERSAL ABIT Contact Information ..................................5-9
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Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1 Fatal1ty
FATAL1TY STORY
Who knew that at age 19, I would be
a World Champion PC gamer. When
I was 13, I actually played
competitive billiards in professional
tournaments and won four or five
games off guys who played at the
highest level. I actually thought of
making a career of it, but at that
young age situations change rapidly.
Because I’ve been blessed with great
hand-eye coordination and a grasp of
mathematics (an important element
in video gaming) I gravitated to that
activity.
GOING PRO
I started professional gaming in 1999 when I entered the CPL (Cyberathlete Professional
League) tournament in Dallas and won $4,000 for coming in third place. Emerging as one of
the top players in the United States, a company interested in sponsoring me flew me to Sweden
to compete against the top 12 players in the world. I won 18 straight games, lost none, and
took first place, becoming the number one ranked Quake III player in the world in the process.
Two months later I followed that success by traveling to Dallas and defending my title as the
world’s best Quake III player, winning the $40,000 grand prize. My earned frags allowed at
this tournament were 2.5. From there I entered competitions all over the world, including
Singapore, Korea, Germany, Australia, Holland and Brazil in addition to Los Angeles, New York
and St. Louis.
WINNING STREAK
I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL Champion of
the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally different first person
shooter (fps) game, Alien vs. Predator II. I won that competition and walked away with a new
car. The next year I won the same title playing Unreal Tournament 2003, becoming the only
three-time CPL champion. And I did it playing a different game each year, something no one
else has ever done and a feat of which I am extremely proud.
At QuakeCon 2002, I faced off against my rival ZeRo4 in one of the most highly anticipated
matches of the year, winning in a 14 to (-1) killer victory. Competing at Quakecon 2004, I
became the World’s 1st Doom3 Champion by defeating Daler in a series of very challenging
matches and earning $25,000 for the victory.
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LIVIN’ LARGE
Since my first big tournament wins, I have been a “Professional Cyberathlete”, traveling the
world and livin’ large with lots of International media coverage on outlets such as MTV, ESPN
and G4TV to name only a few. It's unreal - it's crazy. I’m living a dream by playing video
games for a living. I’ve always been athletic and took sports like hockey and football very
seriously, working out and training hard. This discipline helps me become a better gamer and
my drive to be the best has opened the doors necessary to become a professional.
A DREAM
Now, another dream is being realized – building the ultimate gaming computer, made up of the
best parts under my own brand. Quality hardware makes a huge difference in competitions…a
couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice. It's all about getting the
computer processing faster and allowing more fluid movement around the maps.
My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying
about their equipment, something I’ve preached since I began competing. I don’t want to
worry about my equipment. I want it to be there – over and done with - so I can focus on the
game. I want it to be the fastest and most stable computer equipment on the face of the
planet, so quality is what Fatal1ty brand products will represent.
FATAL1TY BRAIN TRUST
This is just the beginning. We’re already in development for several new products, and I’m
really grateful to all my Fatal1ty Brain Trust partners for helping make my dreams a reality.
I know there is a business side to all of this, but for me the true reward is making products that
are so good I can win with them – and making them available to fellow gamers. Gaming is my
life, and many fellow gamers around the world are also some of my best friends, so giving back
to the gaming community is really important to me.
Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel
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Introduction
1.2 Features & Specifications
CPU
• Supports Socket 940 AM2 Processor with 2GHz system bus using Hyper-Transport™
Technology
• Supports AMD CPU Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
Chipset
• Northbridge: NVIDIA®C51XE Chipset
• Southbridge: NVIDIA®MCP55PXE Chipset
Memory
• Four 240-pin DIMM slots
• Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800 Un-buffered ECC/Non-ECC memory
• Supports maximum memory capacity up to 8GB
ABIT Engineered
• ABIT Fatal1ty Guru™Technology
• ABIT OTES GT™Technology
NVIDIA SLI Technology
• Two PCI-Express X16 slots support NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface
SATA 3Gb/s RAID
• Supports 6 ports NV SATA 3Gb/s RAID 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD
Dual GbE LAN
• Dual NVIDIA®Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 1394
• Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 400Mb/s transfer rate
Audio
• ABIT AudioMAX HD 7.1 CH
• Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF In/Out
Expansion Slots
• 2x PCI Express x16 slots
• 2x PCI Express x1 slots
• 1x PCI slot
• 1x AudioMAX slot
Internal I/O Connectors
• 1x Floppy port
• 1x UDMA 133/100/66/33 connector
• 6x SATA connectors
• 3x USB 2.0 headers
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• 2x IEEE1394a headers
Rear Panel I/O
• OTES GT™
• 1x PS/2 Keyboard connector
• 1x PS/2 Mouse connector
• 2x RJ-45 Gigabit LAN ports
• 4x USB 2.0 ports
Miscellaneous
• ATX form factor (305mm x 245mm)
Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice.
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