ASROCK K7S8X - VERSION 3.1 User manual

K7S8X

K7S8XE

User Manual

Version 3.1

Published July 2003

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Contents

1 Introduction.................................................... 4

1.1 Package Contents ........................................................... 4

1.2 Specifications ................................................................. 5

1.3 Motherboard Layout (K7S8X) ........................................ 7

1.4 Motherboard Layout (K7S8XE) ...................................... 8

1.5 ASRock I/OTM (K7S8X / K7S8XE) ................................... 9

2 Installation ...................................................... 10

2.1 Screw Holes ................................................................... 10

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ............................................ 10

2.3 CPU Installation ............................................................... 11

2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan .............................. 11

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) .......................... 12

2.6 Expansion Slots .............................................................. 12

2.7 Jumpers Setup ................................................................ 13

2.8 Connectors ..................................................................... 15

3 BIOS Setup ...................................................... 17

3.1 BIOS Setup Utility ............................................................ 17

3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ..................................................... 17

3.1.2 Legend Bar ........................................................... 17

3.2 Main Menu ....................................................................... 18

3.3 Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit Menus ...... 20

4 Software Support ........................................... 21

4.1 Installing Operating System ............................................ 21

4.2 Support CD Information ................................................... 21

4.2.1 Running Support CD ............................................. 21

4.2.2 Drivers Menu ........................................................ 21

4.2.3 Utilities Menu ......................................................... 21

4.2.4 ASRock “PC-DIY Live Demo” Program ................. 21

4.2.5 Contact Information............................................... 21

Appendix ........................................................... 22

1. Advanced Menu ............................................................. 22

2. Security Menu ................................................................. 26

3. Power Menu ................................................................... 27

4. Boot Menu ....................................................................... 28

5. Exit Menu ......................................................................... 29

Chapter 1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock K7S8X / K7S8XE motherboard, a reliable

motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It de-

livers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commit-

ment to quality and endurance.

Chapter 1 and 2 of this manual contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by-

step installation guide for new DIY system builders. Chapter 3 and 4 contain basic

BIOS setup and support CD information. For advanced users’ reference, the Appen-

dix appearing on page 22 offers more advanced BIOS setup information.

Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software

might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to

change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual

occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website

without further notice. You may find the latest memory and CPU

support lists on ASRock website as well.

ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock K7S8X or K7S8XE motherboard

(ATX form factor: 12.0" x 7.5", 30.5 x 19.0 cm)

ASRock K7S8X / K7S8XE Quick Installation Guide

ASRock AMD-SiS Series Support CD

1 cable for IDE devices (1 x ATA 66/100/133)

1 cable for floppy drive (1 x ribbon cable)

1 ASRock I/O shield

1.2 Specifications

Platform: ATX form factor (12.0" x 7.5", 30.5 x 19.0 cm)

CPU: Supports Socket A (462 pins) for

AMDAthlonTM / AthlonTM XP/ DuronTM processor

Chipsets: North Bridge (K7S8X):

SiS 746FX, FSB @ 333MHz, AGP 8X / 4X (see CAUTION 1);

North Bridge (K7S8XE):

SiS 748, FSB @ 400MHz, AGP 8X / 4X (see CAUTION 1);

South Bridge: SiS 963L, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133

Memory: 3 DDR DIMM slots: DDR1, DDR2, and DDR3

PC1600 (DDR200) / PC2100 (DDR266)

for 3 DDR DIMM slots, Max. 3GB;

PC2700 (DDR333) for 2 DDR DIMM slots, Max. 2GB;

PC3200 (DDR400) for 1 DDR DIMM slot, Max. 1GB

IDE: IDE1: ATA 133 / Ultra DMA Mode 6;

IDE2: ATA 133 / Ultra DMA Mode 6;

Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

Floppy Port: Supports 2 floppy disk drives

Audio: 5.1 channels AC’97 Audio

LAN: Speed: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), supports Wake-On-LAN

Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing;

Chassis temperature sensing;

CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life

(ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 2);

Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3V, Vcore;

CPU fan tachometer; Chassis fan tachometer

PCI slots: 5 slots with PCI Specification 2.2

AGP slot: 1 AGP slot, supports 1.5V, 8X / 4X AGP card (see CAUTION 3)

USB 2.0: 4 default USB 2.0 ports and 1 extra set of header for two

additional USB 2.0 ports upgrade (see CAUTION 4)

ASRock I/OTM:PS/2: 1 keyboard port / 1 mouse port;

1 RJ 45 port; 4 rear default USB 2.0 ports;

1 serial port: COM 1; 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support;

Audio Jack: Line Out/ Line In/ Microphone + Game port

BIOS: AMI legal BIOS; Supports “Plug and Play”;

ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events;

SMBIOS 2.3.1 support;

CPU frequency stepless control

(only for advanced users’ reference, see CAUTION 5)

OS: Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant

CAUTION!

1. According to SiS official document, SiS 746FX and SiS 748

chipsets have limitation as below:

SiS 746FX:

CPU at FSB 200MHz mode, it will not support DDR400;

CPU at FSB 333MHz mode, it will not support DDR200.

SiS 748:

CPU at FSB 200MHz mode, it will not support DDR400;

CPU at FSB 333MHz mode, it will not support DDR200;

CPU at FSB 400MHz mode, it will not support DDR200 / DDR266

2. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automati-

cally shutdown. Please check if the CPU fan on the

motherboard functions properly before you resume the

system. To improve heat dissipation, remember to spray

thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you

install the PC system.

3. Do NOT insert a 3.3V AGP card into the AGP slot of K7S8X or

K7S8XE motherboard! It may cause permanent damage!

4. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft®

Windows®XP. It may not work properly under Microsoft®

Windows®98/ME/2000. Please refer to Microsoft®official

document at

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/bus/USB/USB2support.mspx

5. Although K7S8X / K7S8XE offers stepless control, it is not

recommended to perform over clocking. When the CPU

frequency of K7S8X / K7S8XE is set to perform over clocking,

other clocks, such as PCI clock, AGP clock, and Memory

clock will also be overclocked proportionally. Frequencies

other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may

cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU.

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 1

2MB

BIOS

USB45

IR1

K7S8X

SPEAKER1

FLOPPY1

CHA_FAN1

ATXPWR1

IDE2 IDE1

ATA133

USB 2.05.1CH

REV. 3.01

Super

I/O

AUDIO

CODEC

LAN

PHY

AGP1

AGP 8X

DDR 400

CPU_FAN1

AUDIO1

Mic

GAME AUDIO1

USB 2.0

Ports

LAN

Mic in

Line out

GAME AUDIO1

PARALLEL PORT

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

Line

Line in

USB 2.0

Ports

FSB_SEL0

FSB_SEL1

SiS

963L

SiS

746FX

Chipset

PS2_USB_PWR1

DDR1 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

DDR2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

DDR3 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

CLRCMOS2

CMOS

Battery

HDLED RST

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL 1

JR1 JL1

19.0cm (7.5 in)

30.5cm (12.0 in)

12 4 56

1617

FID0

FID1

FID2

FID3

FID4

1.3 Motherboard Layout (K7S8X)

1 PS2_USB_PWR1 jumper 2 CPU fan connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 CPU socket 4 North Bridge controller

5 184-pin DDR DIMM slots (DDR 1- 3) 6 ATX power connector (ATXPWR1)

7 Secondary IDE connector (IDE2, Black) 8 Primary IDE connector (IDE1, Blue)

9 FSB select jumpers (FSB_SEL0) 10 FSB select jumpers (FSB_SEL1)

11 AGP slot (AGP1) 12 South Bridge controller

13 Chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1) 14 Floppy connector (FLOPPY1)

15 Clear CMOS (CLRCMOS2, 2-pin jumper) 16 System panel connector (PANEL1)

17 External speaker connector (SPEAKER 1) 18 Infrared module connector (IR1)

19 USB 2.0 header (USB45, Blue) 20 Flash Memory

21 PCI slots (PCI 1- 5) 22 LAN PHY

23 AUDIO CODEC 24 JL1 jumper

25 JR1 jumper 26 Front panel audio connector (AUDIO1)

27 Internal audio connector: AUX1 (White) 28 Internal audio connector: CD1 (Black)

29 FID Jumpers (FID0, FID1, FID2, FID3, FID4)

1.4 Motherboard Layout (K7S8XE)

1 PS2_USB_PWR1 jumper 2 CPU fan connector (CPU_FAN1)

3 CPU socket 4 North Bridge controller

5 184-pin DDR DIMM slots (DDR 1- 3) 6 ATX power connector (ATXPWR1)

7 Secondary IDE connector (IDE2, Black) 8 Primary IDE connector (IDE1, Blue)

9 FSB select jumpers (FSB_SEL0) 10 FSB select jumpers (FSB_SEL1)

11 AGP slot (AGP1) 12 South Bridge controller

13 Chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1) 14 Floppy connector (FLOPPY1)

15 Clear CMOS (CLRCMOS2, 2-pin jumper) 16 System panel connector (PANEL1)

17 External speaker connector (SPEAKER 1) 18 Infrared module connector (IR1)

19 USB 2.0 header (USB45, Blue) 20 Flash Memory

21 PCI slots (PCI 1- 5) 22 LAN PHY

23 AUDIO CODEC 24 JL1 jumper

25 JR1 jumper 26 Front panel audio connector (AUDIO1)

27 Internal audio connector: AUX1 (White) 28 Internal audio connector: CD1 (Black)

29 FID Jumpers (FID0, FID1, FID2, FID3, FID4)

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 1

2MB

BIOS

USB45

IR1

K7S8XE

SPEAKER1

FLOPPY1

CHA_FAN1

ATXPWR1

IDE2 IDE1

ATA133

USB 2.05.1CH

REV. 3.01

Super

I/O

AUDIO

CODEC

LAN

PHY

AGP1

AGP 8X

DDR 400

CPU_FAN1

AUDIO1

Mic

GAME AUDIO1

USB 2.0

Ports

LAN

Mic in

Line out

GAME AUDIO1

PARALLEL PORT

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

Line

Line in

USB 2.0

Ports

FSB_SEL0

FSB_SEL1

SiS

963L

SiS

748

Chipset

PS2_USB_PWR1

DDR1 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

DDR2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

DDR3 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

CLRCMOS2

CMOS

Battery

HDLED RST

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL 1

JR1 JL1

19.0cm (7.5 in)

30.5cm (12.0 in)

12 4 56

1617

FID0

FID1

FID2

FID3

FID4

1.5 ASRock I/OTM (K7S8X / K7S8XE)

1 Parallel port 2 RJ-45 port

3 Game port 4 Microphone (Pink)

5 Line In (Light Blue) 6 Line Out (Lime)

7 USB 2.0 ports 8 Serial port (COM1)

9 PS/2 keyboard port (Purple) 10 PS/2 mouse port (Green)

4567

910

Chapter 2 Installation

K7S8X / K7S8XE is an ATX form factor (12.0" x 7.5", 30.5 x 19.0 cm) motherboard.

Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to en-

sure that the motherboard fits into it.

Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or

removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physical

injuries to you and damages to motherboard components.

2.1 Screw Holes

Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the

chassis.

Do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the

motherboard.

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components

or change any motherboard settings.

1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component.

2. To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity, NEVER

place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like. Also remember to use

a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle

components.

3. Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

4. Whenever you uninstall any component, place it on a grounded antistatic pad or

in the bag that comes with the component.

Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the power

is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply.

Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard,

peripherals, and/or components.

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