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... Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 11 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and AGP Slots 12 2.7 Jumpers Setup 13 2.8 Connectors 15 2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation /
RAID Configurations 18
3 BIOS Setup 19
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility 19 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 19 3.1.2 Legend Bar 19
3.2 Main Menu 20 3.3 Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit Menus ..... 22
4 Software Support 23
4.1 Install...
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....asrock.com
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock K7S8XE+ Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5 cm x 19.1 cm)
ASRock K7S8XE+ Quick Installation Guide ASRock K7S8XE+ Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive Two Serial ATA (SATA) Cables One Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional) One ASRock I/O PlusTM Shield One Game Port...
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... 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 K7S8XE+ motherboard! It may cause permanent damage!
4. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1/2000 SP4. It may not work properly...
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Chapter 2 Installation
K7S8XE+ is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 7.5-in, 30.5-cm x 19.1-cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure 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...
User Manual - Page 10
... is also needed to improve heat transfer. Make sure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 7, No. 2). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan and heatsink vendors.
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2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)
K7S8XE+ motherboard provides three 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots.
Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components...
The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation.
Step ...
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...-bit PCI
interface. AGP slot: The AGP slot is used to install a graphics card.
Please do NOT insert a 3.3V AGP card into the AGP slot of K7S8XE+ motherboard! It may cause permanent damage! For the voltage information of your VGA card, please check with the VGA card vendors.
Installing an expansion card
Step 1. Before installing the expansion card, please make sure that the power supply...
User Manual - Page 13
... jumper according to your AMD CPU
before you use the "Manual" option as the FSB setting in BIOS setup to perform over
clocking. Please follow the figures above to set the CPU front side bus frequency.
PS2_USB_PWR1
1_2
2_3
Short pin2, pin3 to enable
(see p.7 item 1)
+5VSB (standby) for PS/2 or
+5V
+5VSB
USB wake up events.
Note: To...
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...-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.7 item 6)
Connect an ATX power supply to the connector.
Game Connector (15-pin GAME1) (see p.7 item 22)
Game cable with the Game port bracket (Optional)
+5V JBB1 JBX MIDI_OUT
JBY
JBB2
MIDI_IN
Connect a Game cable to this connector if the Game port bracket is installed.
1
+5V JAB2
JAY GND GND JAX JAB1 +5V...
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2.9 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation / RAID Configuration
This motherboard adopts SiS 964 southbridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks and RAID functions. Before you install the SATA hard disks and configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper installation and configuration. Please find the document, "Guide to SATA ...
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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility
This section explains how to use the BIOS Setup Utility to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS Setup Utility. You may run the BIOS Setup Utility when you start up the computer. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup Utility, otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. If you...
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Main Advanced
System Date System Time
Floppy Drives IDE Devices
BIOS Version Processor Type Processor Speed L1 Cache Size L2 Cache Size Total Memory
DDR1 DDR2 DDR3
AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a Security Power Boot Exit
Sep 26 2003 Fri 20:07:40
[ Setup Help ]
Month: Jan - Dec Day: 01 - 31 Year: 1980 - 2099
K7S8XE+ BIOS P1.00 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600...
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... already formatted on an older system, the BIOS Setup may detect incorrect parameters. In these cases, select [User] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters.
After entering the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read...
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... Support CD to display the menus.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu
The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.
4.2.3 Utilities Menu
The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it.
4.2.4 ASRock...
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...11 2.7 Jumpers Setup 12 2.8 Connectors 13
3 BIOS Setup 15
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility 15 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 15 3.1.2 Legend Bar 15
3.2 Main Menu 16 3.3 Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit Menus ..... 18
4 Software Support 19
4.1 Installing Operating System 19 4.2 Support CD Information 19
4.2.1 Running Support CD 19 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 19 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 19 4.2.4 ASRock "PC-DIY...
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...this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock K7S8XE motherboard (ATX form factor: 12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) ASRock 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...
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Platform: CPU: Chipsets:
Clock Generator: Memory:
IDE:
Floppy Port: Audio: LAN: Hardware Monitor:
PCI slots: AGP slot: USB 2.0: ASRock I/OTM:
BIOS:
OS:
ATX form factor (12.0" x 9.6", 30.5 x 24.4 cm) Supports Socket A (462 pins) for AMD AthlonTM / AthlonTM XP/ DuronTM processor North Bridge: SiS 748, FSB@400 MHz, AGP 8X / 4X (see CAUTION 1); South Bridge: SiS 963L, supports USB 2.0, ATA 133 100...
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...® Windows® 98/ME/2000. Please refer to Microsoft® official document at http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/BUS/usb/USB2support.asp
5. Although K7S8XE offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over clocking. When the CPU frequency of K7S8XE is set to perform over clocking, other clocks, such as PCI clock, AGP clock, and Memory clock will...
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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility
This section explains how to use the BIOS Setup Utility to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS Setup Utility. You may run the BIOS Setup Utility when you start up the computer. Please press during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup Utility, otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. If you...
User Manual - Page 19
... Support CD to display the menus.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu
The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.
4.2.3 Utilities Menu
The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it.
4.2.4 ASRock...