AOpen N250a-FR Manuel utilisateur

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Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................4

1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................5

1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................5

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard............................................... 6

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................6

2.2 Specification...............................................................................................7

2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................8

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation............................................................... 9

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................9

3.2 Installation You Have to Know.....................................................................10

Installing CPU...........................................................................................10

Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11

Installing Memory Modules.........................................................................12

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................13

Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................14

Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................15

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ...........................................................16

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency.............................................................16

Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................17

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................18

Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot..............................................................19

Connecting IrDA........................................................................................20

10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported...............................................................21

Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................22

Connecting 1394 (only for n250a-FR) ..........................................................23

Connecting S/PDIF ....................................................................................24

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect...................................................................25

Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................26

Connecting Game Port ...............................................................................27

Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................28

Connecting AUX_IN ...................................................................................29

Connecting Case Open...............................................................................30

Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................31

LED Indication ..........................................................................................32

3.4 Jumper Settings........................................................................................33

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 36

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) ...................................................36

RAID Configuration Utility...........................................................................36

Silicon Image SATARaid GUI Overview (only for n250a-FR)............................37

SilentTek – Noise is Gone!................................................................................38

Other Useful Features......................................................................................41

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 42

Introduction .............................................................................................42

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .......................................43

How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................43

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................44

WinBIOS Utility (only for n250a-FR) ............................................................46

Vivid BIOS technology ...............................................................................48

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers................................................................... 49

6.1 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD....................................................................49

6.2 Installing NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers....................................................50

6.3 Installing NVIDIA NvMixer Driver.................................................................50

6.4 Installing Gigabit LAN Driver (for n250a-FR and n250a-L) ..............................51

6.5 Installing LAN Driver for n250a...................................................................51

6.6 Installing USB2.0 Driver.............................................................................52

6.7 Installing NVidia SATA RAID Driver ..............................................................52

6.8 Installing Silicon Image 3114 SATARaid Driver (for n250a-FR only) .................53

6.9 Installing Silicon Image 3114 Java SATARaid Utility (for n250a-FR only)...........58

6.10 JAVA 2 Runtime Environment Installation (for n250a-FR only).......................58

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 59

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 60

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................61

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start

First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products.

Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal

needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance

to the quality of all our products.

This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it

well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to

our website at http://www.aopen.com to download the updated file.

Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly

manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen product offers.

The logos of Adobe and Acrobat are the registered trademarks of Adobe Systems

Incorporated.

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Devices, Inc.

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trademarks of Intel Corporation.

The logos of nVidia are the registered trademarks of nVidia Corporation.

The logos of Microsoft, Windows are the registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in

America and other countries.

All the titles of the products and the trademarks mentioned in this manual are for the

purpose of illustrative conveniences and are possessed by their respective firms.

We regret not informing about any changes in usage standards and other related

information. AOpen reserves the right of altering or modifying the content of this manual. In

case of any mistakes or incorrect descriptions, which include those on the products, AOpen

makes no guarantee or commitments.

This document is based on the copyright laws in order to protect our company and reserve

all rights.

Under no circumstances are any types of duplicating and loading this brochure in any

databases and media permitted except the permission signed on formal document by

AOpen Company.

1.2 Features of This Manual

To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain

conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently:

1.3 Safety Information

This contains knowledge you should know in process

of assembling, or some helpful tips.

This tip tells you some useful information that will

make your installation smoothly.

Please be careful when you see this mark. It

highlights mistakes that occur often during

assembling, or something you need to pay attention

to.

Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit

before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an object

that is of ground connection or with metal surface.

Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting.

Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please

make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard

or other components.

Warning

Tip

Warning

Warning / Caution

Note

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 17. Front Audio Connector

2. AGP 8X Expansion Slot 18. Game Port Connector

3. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 19. S/PDIF Connector

4. AGP Protection LED 20. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots X 5 (Slot 5:

Self-Powered PCI Slot, only for n250a-FR)

5. CPUFAN Connector 21. Case Open Connector

6. SYSFAN1 Connector 22. SYSFAN2 Connector

7. 184-pin DIMMs X 3 23. IrDA Connector

8. 754-pin CPU socket supporting

AMDTM AthlonTM 64 CPU 24. IEEE1394 Connectors X 2

(only for n250a-FR)

9. NVIDIA nForce3 Chipsets 25. USB2.0 Connectors X 2

10. IDE Connectors x 2 26. JP25 BIOS Protection Jumper (for n250a-FR)

11. ATX Power Connector 27. JP24 BIOS Rescue Jumper (for n250a-FR)

12. FDD Connector 28. Serial ATA Ports X 6

(for n250a and n250a-L, Serial ATA Ports X 4)

13. Realtek LAN Chip 29. Front Panel Connector

14. CD-IN Connector 30. JP2 Speaker Output Jumper (for n250a-FR)

15. AUX-IN Connector 31. JP15, 16 Dr. Voice II Language Selection

(for n250a-FR)

16. Onboard AC’97 CODEC 32. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models n250a-FR n250a-L n250a

CPU AMD Athlon 64 CPU

Socket 754

800MHz

AMD Athlon 64 CPU

Socket 754

800MHz

AMD Athlon 64 CPU

Socket 754

800MHz

Chipset nForce3 250 nForce3 250 nForce3 250

Main Memory

DDR 266/333/400MHz

DDR DIMM x 3

DIMM Type :

64/128/256/512MB & 1GB

Max Memory : 3GB

DDR 266/333/400MHz

DDR DIMM x 3

DIMM Type :

64/128/256/512MB &

1GB

Max Memory : 3GB

DDR 266/333/400MHz

DDR DIMM x 3

DIMM Type :

64/128/256/512MB &

1GB

Max Memory : 3GB

Graphics 8X AGP slot 8X AGP slot 8X AGP slot

IDE

Integrated ATA133 and Serial

ATA Controller

Silicon Image Serial ATA

Control Chip

[Support RAID 0,1,0+1]

Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by

48 bits LBA Spec.]

Integrated ATA133 and

Serial ATA Controller

Max

Disk: 144,000,000GB

[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

Integrated ATA133 and

Serial ATA Controller

Max

Disk: 144,000,000GB

[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

LAN Realtek Gigabit LAN

Controller, support

10/100/1000Mbps

Realtek Gigabit LAN

Controller, support

10/100/1000Mbps

Realtek 10/100Mbps

LAN Controller, support

10/100Mbps

Sound Realtek AC'97 CODEC

onboard, support 5.1 Channel Realtek AC'97 CODEC

onboard, support 5.1

Channel

Realtek AC'97 CODEC

onboard, support 5.1

Channel

USB USB 2.0 x 8 USB 2.0 x 8 USB 2.0 x 8

IEEE1394 Integrated Agere 1394

Control Chip

Slots AGP x 1

PCI x 4, Self-Powered PCI x 1 AGP x 1

PCI x 5 AGP x 1

PCI x 5

Back Panel I/O

PS/2 Keyboard x 1,

PS/2 Mouse x 1

USB Port x 4,

LAN Port x 1,

COM Port x 2,

Printer Port x 1

Speaker_Out x 1,

Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1

PS/2 Keyboard x 1,

PS/2 Mouse x 1

USB Port x 4,

LAN Port x 1,

COM Port x 2,

Printer Port x 1

Speaker_Out x 1,

Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1

PS/2 Keyboard x 1,

PS/2 Mouse x 1

USB Port x 4,

LAN Port x 1,

COM Port x 2,

Printer Port x 1

Speaker_Out x 1,

Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1

On Board

Connector

Front Panel x 1

Front Audio x 1

CPU FAN x 1,System FAN x

1,Chassis FAN x 1

Power FAN x 1, Power

Temperature Connector x 1

SmartEar Connector x 1

Case Open Connector x 1

S/PDIF Connector x 1,

CD_IN x 1, AUX_IN x 1

IrDA x 1,Game Connector x 1

IEEE 1394 x 2, USB Port x 2

USB Connectors x 2

Front Panel x 1

Front Audio x 1

CPU FAN x 1,System

FAN x 1,Chassis FAN x

1, Power FAN x 1,

Power Temperature

Connector x 1

Case Open Connector x

1 , IrDA Connector x 1

S/PDIF Connector x 1,

CD_IN x 1, AUX_IN x 1

Game Connector x 1

USB Connectors x 2

Front Panel x 1

Front Audio x 1

CPU FAN x 1,System

FAN x 1,Chassis FAN x

1, Power FAN x 1,

Power Temperature

Connector x 1

Case Open Connector x

1 , IrDA Connector x 1

S/PDIF Connector x 1,

CD_IN x 1, AUX_IN x 1

Game Connector x 1

USB Connectors x 2

BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM

BIOS x 2 Award PnP 4Mb Flash

ROM BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash

ROM BIOS

Board Size 305 mm x 244 mm 305 mm x 244 mm 305 mm x 244 mm

2.3 Block Diagram

NVIDIA

nForce3 250

DIMM Sockets x3

DDR400/333/266

Up to 3GB

Socket 754

AMD Athlon

64 CPU

800MHz

System Bus

AGP bus Serial ATA Ports

150MB/s

IDE Drives x 4

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

ATA 66/100/133

LAN connect

Com

onent

Realtek

LAN Chip

AGP 8X

USB Ports x8

4Mbit Flash

EEPROM

Parallel Port

Serial Ports x2

Floppy Disk

Drive

Agere

FW323

IEEE 1394 Ports

Winbond

Super IO

For n250a-FR,

4Mbit Flash EEPROM x2

Only for n250a-FR

Silicon Image

SATA Controller Serial ATA Ports

Only for n250a-FR

32-bit PCI Slot

PCI Bus

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

1. Installing CPU

2. Installing CPU

Fan & System Fan

3. Installing

Memory Module

4. Installing HD,

CD-ROM and

SATA Disk, etc

6. Connecting ATX

Power Cable

5. Connecting Front

Panel Cable

7. Installing AGP & PCI

Cards

8. Installing Other

Devices (USB, Front

Audio, etc)

9. Connecting

Back Panel Ports

(Keyboard,

Mouse, etc)

10. Loading

Default BIOS,

Setting CPU

Fre

uenc

11. Installing

Operating System

(such as, Windows

XP)

12. Installing Drivers &

Utilities

3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This motherboard supports AMD®Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU. Be careful of CPU

orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection

function implemented, the system will be automatically power off when the

temperature of CPU reached 97 degree).

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper

interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the

socket.

3. Press down the CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation.

Socket Pin 1

CPU socket lever

Golden Arrow

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