Home

User`s Manual - Motherboards.org

1. 2 M M I D 3 2 k n a B 3 M M I D 5 4 k n a B 4 M M I D 5 4 k n a B B M 2 1 5 m u m ix a M B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 e n o N e n o N e n o N B G 1 m u m ix a M B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 e n o N e n o N B G 5 1 m u m ix a M B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 e n o N B G 5 1 m u m ix a M B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 e n o N B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 1 X B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 Figure 6 Table 1 DIMM 3 amp 4 are shared Installation Page 3 8 Installation Page 3 9 Section 3 5 Device Connectors Figure 10 J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector Power_LED Speaker Reset Power ON Off Turbo LED HDD LED IR Conn J4 CPU Fan Power A plug in for the CPU Fan Power J5 Power Fan Power A plug
2. 0 05V 0 10V 0 15V 0 20V 0 25V 0 30V 0 35V 4 8 Frequency Voltage Control x 10 1 75V 1 52V 3 4V BIOS Page 4 23 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal perfor mance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance system operations BIOS Page 4 24 4 10 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus user password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The pass word typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory Yo
3. Blank V H Sync Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Default is IRQ 3 N A No IRQ is used 3 IRQ 3 4 IRQ 4 5 IRQ 5 7 IRQ 7 9 IRQ 9 10 IRQ 10 11 IRQ 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN Use this to select your soft off function The default is Delay 4 sec Instant Off Turns off the system instantly BIOS Page 4 18 Delay 4 Second Turns off the system after a 4 second delay If momentary press of button the system will go into Suspend Mode Press the power botton again to make system back to work State After Power Failure This field lets you determine the state that your PC returns to after a power failure If set to Off the PC will not boot after a power failure if set to On the PC will restart after a power failure VGA When set to On default any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down LPT amp COM When set to On default any event occurring
4. Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is Auto adjusted COM1 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8H IRQ4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COM3 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM4 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port The default is Auto AUTO Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted COM1 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H IRQ4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COM3 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM4 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s Serial port 2 UART 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choice Standard ASKIR HPSIR BIOS Page 4 15 Onboard Parallel port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port The default is 378H IRQ7 378H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7 278H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQ5 3BCH Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s LPT port Onboard Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default is Normal Normal Standard mode IBM P
5. s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system such asWindows 95 98 SE ME or Windows 2000 Figure 4 Simple ATX Power ON OFF Controller J 3 ATX POWER SUPPLY Case chassis Power ON OFF button J 3 I O Shield Connector The board is equipped with an I O back panel Please use the appropriate I O shield figure 3 Figure 3 I O back panel layout PS 2 Mouse PS 2 KEYBOARD USB port COM1 COM2 parallel port Speaker Line_in MIC Joystick Midi port Introduction Page 1 6 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller VT8363A 133 100MHz 133 100MHz 66MHz 4X AMD Socket A Processors VT82C686B I O Bridge HPT370 ATA100 With RAID AC 97 USB 0 1 USB 2 3 HDD ATA 66 100 IDE 2 UIDE 2 UIDE 1 IDE 1 Optional ISA Slot Features Page 2 1 Section 2 FEATURES Mainboard Features PROCESSOR AMD Athlon TM Duron TM Processors Socket A operating at 600MHz 1 2GHz CHIPSET VIA KT133A AGPset KT133A VT82C686B DRAM MODULE 168pin DIMM x 4 for PC133 VC133 Memory 6 Bank DRAM Size 32MB to 1 5GB EXPANSION SLOT PCI x 6 ISA x 1 and 4X AGP x 1 ONBOARD I O On Chip I O integrated with K B Mouse FDD Parallel and Serial Fast IR and Power ON controllers ONBOARD PCI IDE PCI Bus IDE Port with PIO Ultra DMA 66 100 x 2 Up to 4 Devices E
6. Page 4 9 DRAM Page Mode The item will active or inactive chipset page registers Enabled Page Mode Enabled Disabled No page registers update and non Page Mode operation Memory Hole You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs The default is Disabled Enabled This field enables the main memory 15 16MB to remap to ISA BUS Disabled Normal Setting Note If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment P2C C2P Concurrency This item allows you to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency Fast R W Turn Around This item controls the DRAM timing It allows you to enable disable the fast read write turn around System BIOS Cacheable This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow ROM to fast RAM The default is Disabled Enabled The option will improve system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Disabled System BIOS non cacheable Video RAM Cacheable This option allows the CPU to cache read writes of the video RAM The default is Enabled Enabled This option allows for faster video access Disabled Reduced video performance AGP Aperture Size The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share The default is 64 4 4MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 8 8MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 16 16MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 32 32M
7. Verifies CMOS s basic R W functionality C1 Auto detection of onboard DRAM amp Cache C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster 08 Test the first 256K DRAM 09 OEM specific cache initialization if needed 0A 1 Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers Initialize INT numbers from 33 120 with Dummy Spurious Interrupt Handler 2 Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type 3 Early Power Management initialization OEM specific 0B 1 Verify the RTC time is valid or not 2 Detect bad battery 3 Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area 4 PnP initializations including PnP BIOS only Assign CSN to PnP ISA card Appendix C 2 Create resource map from ESCD 5 Assign IO amp Memory for PCI devices PCI BIOS only 0C Initialization of the BIOS Data Area 40 ON 40 FF 0D 1 Program some of the Chipset s value according to Setup Early Setup Value Program 2 Measure CPU speed for display amp decide the system clock speed 3 Video initialization including Monochrome CGA EGA VGA If no display device found the speaker will beep 0E 1 Test video RAM If Monochrome display device found 2 Show messages including Award Logo Copyright string BIOS Data code amp Part No OEM specific sign on messages Energy Star Logo Green BIOS ONLY CPU brand type amp speed Test system BIOS checksum Non Compress Version o
8. in for the Power Supply Fan Power J6 Chassis Fan Power A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector IDE1 Ultra DMA66 100 Primary IDE Connector supported by 686B chipset Blue Color IDE2 Ultra DMA66 100 Secondary IDE Connector supported by 686B chipset Blue Color UIDE1 Ultra DMA66 100 amp RAID Primary IDE Connector supported by HPT370A chipset Yellow Color Optional UIDE2 Ultra DMA66 100 amp RAID Secondary IDE Connector supported by HPT370A chipset Yellow Color Optional FDD1 Floppy Controller Connector Black Color MIC parallel port Joystick Midi port USB port COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in PS 2 Mouse PS 2 KEYBOARD Installation Page 3 10 Installation Page 3 11 Device Connectors continued Reset Closed to restart system This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turns system off immediately or 4 sec delay you need to push the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off When the system is in 4 sec delay mode suspend mode is enabled by pushing the button momentarily Turbo LED indicator LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate J3 1 IR Connector 1 VCC 4 GND 2 NC 5 IRTX 3 IRRX 1 Power On Off J2 Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for bee
9. stored There are 3 partition functions 1 Partition To Partition partition cloning 2 Partition To Image partition backup 3 Partition From Image restore partition Partition To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operation method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed up Appendix B 7 3 Select the path and file name for storing the backup file 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3 High high ratio compression File can be compressed to its minimum but this requires longer execution time 5 During confirmation select Yes to start performing backup Appendix B 8 Partition From Image Restore Partition 1 Select the backup file to be restored 2 Select the source partition 3 Select the disk to be restored Appendix B 9 4 Select the partition to be restored 5 Select Yes to start restoring Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error Appendix B 10 How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes This chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and if necessary reinstall Windows in 2 minutes Ghost can use different methods to complete this task The following two sections explain the creation o
10. the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the processor s internal cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deactivates the processor s internal cache thereby lowering performance External L2 Cache This controls the status of the external L2 cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the CPU s L2 cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deactivates the CPU s L2 cache thereby lowering performance CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This control if the CPU s L2 Cache will support Error Checking and Correcting ECC The default is Disabled Enabled Enables ECC support for the CPU s L2 cache Performance will decrease 2 4 Disabled Disables ECC support for the CPU s L2 cache Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up the Power On Self Test POST The default is Enabled Enabled This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST Disabled Normal POST BIOS Page 4 5 HPT 370 or SCSI Card Boot Setup the boot up priority either from onboard HPT 370 connector or SCSI Card if you select SCSI as the first boot device at the option below First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the s
11. 1 2 100MHz Default 2 3 133MHz Keyboard Power ON Function JP4 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled JP4 LED2 LED1 Debug card on board Please refer to Appendix C for POST codes Installation Page 3 7 Section 3 4 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The board supports 4 PC133 VC133 168 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Module The DIMMs is for SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDRAM may be 83MHz 12ns 100MHz 10ns 125MHz 8ns or 133MHz 7 5ns bus speed If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure your BIOS to read 60ns When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock variety over the 2 clock Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations SDRAM supports 32 64 128 256MB 512MB DIMM modules We recommend to use PC100 VC100 Memory Module for bus speed 100MHz and PC133 VC133 Memory for bus speed over 100MHz Using non compliant memory with higher bus speed over clocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system DIMM 1 DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 Single Sided Double Sided Single Sided DIMM4 must be single sided amp same spec Double Sided DIMM4 must be empty Single Sided Double Sided Bank 0 1 Bank 4 5 Synchronous DRAM Bank 2 3 Bank 4 5 Single Sided DIMM3 must be single sided amp same spec Double Sided DIMM3 must be empty y r o m e M lat o T 1 M M I D 1 0 k n a B
12. B of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 64 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card BIOS Page 4 10 128 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 256 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card AGP 4X Mode Chipset AGP Mode support The choice Enabled Disabled AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system AGP Fast Write Selecting Enabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X AGP OnChip USB USB2 USB Connector Port 0 1 Port 2 3 The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This controls the activation status of an optional USB keyboard that may be attached The default is disabled Enabled Enable USB keyboard support Disabled Disable USB keyboard support OnChip Sound Turn on off onchip sound device CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four D words of data can be written to the PCI bus without interruting the CPU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled data transfers on the PCI bus where possible make use of the high performance PCI bust protocol in which graeater amounts of data are transferred at a si
13. C AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode amp EPP Mode ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode The default is DMA3 DMA1 This field selects the routing of DMA1 for the ECP mode DMA3 This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode Parallel Port EPP Type This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip The Choice EPP1 9 EPP1 7 Onboard Legacy Audio Legacy Audio enabled disabled Sound Blaster Sound Blaster compatible device enabled disabled SB I O Base Address Sound Blaster I O resource selection SB IRQ Select Legacy audio device IRQ selection SB DMA Select Sound Blaster DMA channel selection MPU 401 MPU 401 function enabled disabled MPU 401 I O Address Built in MPU 401 compatible MIDI I O port selection 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H default Game Port 200 207H Built in joystick port support disabled enabled default BIOS Page 4 16 4 5 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI Function This option allows you to select ACPI Fun
14. Driver 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here Drivers Installation Page 5 4 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here To install 686B BusMaster Ultra Driver for Win2000 only Appendix A 1 Appendix A NOTE The LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard or the system CMOS data is corrupted LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1998 Standard CMOS Feature Advanced BIOS Feature Advanced Chipset Feature Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Load Optimized Defaults Y N Y Appendix A 2 Page Left Blank Appendix B 1 Appendix B B 1 GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide Installation is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk The current market version is for single Client so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partit
15. Function Section 3 1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion use AMD AthlonTM as reference Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Figure 2 Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip The pin field is keyed to prevent mis oriented insertion Don t force processor into socket If it does not go in easily check for mis orientation and debris Make sure the processor is fully in serted into the socket on all sides Figure 3 Installation Page 3 3 Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Figure 4 Figure 5 Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheated and burned Installation Page 3 4 Section 3 2 EEPROM BIOS Remover Any tend or improper way to replace the BIOS are prohibited Otherwise BIOS socket may be damaged and as a result system will fail to boot up Installation Page 3 5 Section 3 3 Jumper Settings The mainboard was designed with very few jumpers to make your installation faster and easier JP1 CMOS Clear JP1 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS JP2 JP3 Power Loss Recovery JP3 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled STR Function JP2 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled 1 1 1 Installation Page 3 6 JP5 1 1 CPU Host Clock Select JP5
16. TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 2 March 06 2001 An An An An An AMD Soc AMD Soc AMD Soc AMD Soc AMD Sockkkkket et et et et A Pr A Pr A Pr A Pr A Processor based ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based mainboard 133 100MHz mainboard 133 100MHz mainboard 133 100MHz mainboard 133 100MHz mainboard 133 100MHz Suppor Suppor Suppor Suppor Supports PC133 V ts PC133 V ts PC133 V ts PC133 V ts PC133 VC133 Memor C133 Memor C133 Memor C133 Memor C133 Memory Modules y Modules y Modules y Modules y Modules User User User User User sssss Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual 600028312 Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist 1 1 Overview AMD DuronTM amp AthlonTM Processors 1 2 Accelerated Graphics Port 1 3 Ultra ATA 66 100 1 3 Hardware Monitoring 1 3 Mainboard Form Factor 1 4 I O Shield Connector 1 5 Power On Off Remote 1 5 System Block Diagram 1 6 Se
17. and Secondary Master Slave are set to Auto then the hard disk size and model will be auto detected NOTE The Halt On field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs NOTE Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3 5 drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 disk that stores only 1 2 MB the default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the board Pressing the F1 key will display a help message for the selected item Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup BIOS Page 4 4 Virus Warning During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and an error message will appear You should then run an anti virus program to locate the virus Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive The default value is Disabled Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger
18. and typematic delay programming Disabled The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the keyboard controller in your system Typematic Rate Chars Sec This is the number of characters that will be repeated by a keyboard press The default is 6 6 6 characters per second 8 8 characters per second 10 10 characters per second 12 12 characters per second 15 15 characters per second 20 20 characters per second 24 24 characters per second 30 30 characters per second Typematic Delay msec This setting controls the time between the first and the second character displayed by typematic auto repeat The default is 250 250 250 msec 500 500 msec 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup or just to Setup The default is Setup System The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but the access to Setup will be denied if the incorrect password is not entered at the prompt OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Some operating systems require special handling Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory The default is Non OS2 OS2 Select this if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM Non OS2 Select this for all other operating systems and configurations Video BIOS Shadow This opt
19. any error detected such as video kb show all error messages on the screen amp wait for user to press lt F1 gt key 4F 1 If password is needed ask for password 2 Clear the Energy Star Logo Green BIOS only 50 Write all CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack area back into the CMOS 51 Reserved 52 1 Initialize all ISA ROMs 2 Later PCI initializations PCI BIOS only assign IRQ to PCI devices initialize all PCI ROMs 3 PnP Initialzations PnP BIOS only assign IO Memory IRQ amp DMA to PnP ISA devices initialize all PnP ISA ROMs 4 Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings 5 Program parity according to Setup setting Appendix C 4 6 Power Management Initialization Enable Disable global PM APM interface initialization 53 1 If it is NOT a PnP BIOS initialize serial amp parallel ports 2 Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RTC time value into a timer tick value 60 Setup Virus Protection Boot Sector Protection functionality according to Setup setting 61 1 Try to turn on Level 2 cache Note If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D this part will be skipped 2 Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting 3 Last chance for Chipset initialization 4 Last chance for Power Management initialization Green BIOS only 5 Show the system configuration table 62 1 Setup daylight saving according to Setup value 2 Program the NUM Lock ty
20. asy CD Creator Note 2 First create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com and Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys Configuration setup file Autoexec bat Auto execution batch file Mscdex exe CD Rom execution file Ghost exe Ghost execution file Oakcdrom sys ATAPI CD ROM compatible driver The content of Config sys is DEVICE Oakcdrom sys d idecd001 The content of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECD001 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the recover CD Use the Recover CD to boot up the system and restore the backup files automatically For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions Note For more details regarding the creation program and method for creating the recover CD please refer to the legal software and relevant operation manual Appendix B 13 Ghost Command Line Switches Reference Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode Batch mode is useful for automat ing installations for backups using Ghost Most of the Ghost switches are used to assist with batch mode operation To list switches from Ghost type ghost exe h clone The full syntax for this switch is clone MODE copy load dump pcopy pload pdump SRC drive file drive partition DST drive file drive partition SZE F L n nnnnM nnP F V Clon
21. at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down HDD amp FDD When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down PCI Card When set to On default any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down Modem Ring Resume When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enable rtc alarm resume you could set the date of month and timer hh mm ss any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Primary INTR When set to On default any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down BIOS Page 4 19 4 6 PNP PCI Configuration The PNP PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI ISA IRQ signals when various PCI ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots WARNING Conflicting IRQ s may cause the system to not find certain devices Figure 7 PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system The default is No Yes Select if you are using a PNP OS No Select if your OS does not support PNP Resources Controlled By Who controlled the system PNP PCI resources The default is Auto Manual PNP Card s resources will be controlled manually You can set which IRQ X and DMA X are a
22. ction The default is Enabled Enabled Support ACPI function for new O S Disabled No Support ACPI function You can only change the content of Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to User Define Power Management Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User define Max saving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Min saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode User define Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode BIOS Page 4 17 ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1 POS or S3 STR function The choice S1 POS S3 STR PM controlled by APM This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management APM The default is Yes Yes APM controls your PM No APM does not control your PM Video Off Option Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled under current power management settings The default is Standby Standby Video powers off after time shown in standby mode setting Doze Video powers off after time shown in doze mode setting Suspend Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting N A Video power off not controlled by power management Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management The default is V H Sync
23. ction 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure CPU Insertion 3 3 EEPROM BIOS Remover 3 5 Jumper Settings 3 6 System Memory Configuration 3 8 Device Connectors 3 10 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 13 STR Suspend To RAM Function 3 14 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup BIOS Instructions 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup 4 2 Page Advanced BIOS Features 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features 4 8 Integrated Peripherals 4 12 Power Management Setup 4 16 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 4 19 PC Health Status 4 21 Frequency Voltage Control 4 22 Defaults Menu 4 23 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 24 Ex
24. drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Secondary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Secondary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode BIOS Page 4 14 Init Display First If two video cards are used 1 AGP and 1 PCI this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter The default is PCI Slot PCI Slots PCI video card will be primary adapter AGP AGP video card will be primary adapter IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time The default is Enabled Enabled Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Provides higher HDD transfer rates Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDD Controller This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable the Onboard VIA686B s floppy drive interface controller Disabled Disable the Onboard VIA686B s floppy drive interface controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This field allows the user to configure the 1st serial port The default is Auto AUTO
25. e using arguments This is the most useful of the batch switches and has a series of arguments that define a MODE This defines the type of clone command to be used COPY disk to disk copy LOAD file to disk load DUMP disk to file dump PCOPY partition to partition copy PLOAD file to partition load PDUMP partition to file dump b SRC This defines the source location for the operation Mode Meaning COPY DUMP Source drive e g 1 for drive one LOAD Disk image filename or device e g g Images system2 img PCOPY PDUMP Source partition e g 1 2 indicates the second partition on drive one PLOAD Partition image filename or device and partition number Example g images disk1 img 2 indicates the second partition in the Image file Appendix B 14 c DST This defines the destination location for the operation Mode Meaning COPY LOAD Destination drive e g 2 for drive two DUMP Disk image filename or device e g g images system2 img PCOPY PLOAD Destination partition e g 2 2 indicates the second partition on drive two PDUMP Partition image filename e g g images part1 img c SZEy Used to set the size of the destination partitions for either a disk load or disk copy operation Available y Options F Resizes the first partition to maximum size allowed based on file system t type L Resizes the last partition to maximum size allowed based on file system type n xxxxM indicates that the n h d
26. equence selected in these items The choice Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled Swap Floppy Drive This will swap your physical drive letters A amp B if you are using two floppy disks The default is Disabled Enabled Floppy A amp B will be swapped under the O S Disabled Floppy A amp B will be not swapped Boot Up Floppy Seek During Power On Self Test POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Only 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2MB and 1 44MB are all 80 tracks The default is Enabled Enabled The BIOS will search the floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Disabled The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note BIOS can not tell the difference between 720K 1 2MB and 1 44MB drive types as they are all 80 tracks Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots The default is On On The keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like the cursor keys Gate A20 Option This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB extended memory The default is Normal Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset hardware Fast The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method BIOS Page 4 6 Typematic Rate Setting This determines the keystrokes repeat rate The default is Disabled Enabled Allows typematic rate
27. estination partition is to have a size of xxxx Mb e g SZE2 800M indicates partition two is to have 800 mb n mmP indicates that the n h destination partition is to have a size of mm percent of the target disk n F indicates that the n h destination partition is to remain fixed in size n V Indicates that the partition will be resized according to the following rules Rule 1 If the destination disk is larger than the original source disk then the partition s will be expanded to have the maximum amount of space subject to the free space available and the partition type e g FAT16 partitions will have a maximum size of 2048Mb Rule 2 If the destination disk is smaller than the original source disk but still large enough to accommodate the data from the source disk the free space left over after the Appendix B 15 data space has been satisfied will be distributed between the destination partitions in proportion to the data usage in the source partitions Someexamples follow that will help illustrate fx flag Exit Normally when Ghost has finished copying a new system to a disk it prompts the user to reboot with a press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot window However if Ghost is being run as part of a batch file it is sometimes useful to have it just exist back to the DOS prompt after completion so that further batch commands may be processed fx enables this See rb for another option on completing a clone ia Ima
28. f the emergency Recover Floppy and Recover CD Emergency Recover Floppy Divide a hard disk into two partitions The first partition is for storing the operating system and application programs The second partition is for backing up the operating system and data The size of the partition can be set according to the backup requirements For example the Windows operating system needs 200MB of hard disk space while the complete Office installation requires 360MB The remaining space can be used to store other data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup of the source system and store the file Image file in drive D The file is named as Original gho Then create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys configuration setup file Autoexec bat auto execution batch file Ghost exe Ghost execution file There are two ways to set the content of the recover floppy for restoration 1 To load Windows automatically after booting set the Autoexec bat command as Ghost exe clone mode pload src d original gho 2 dst 1 1 fx sure rb Description Runs the restore function automatically using the Image File After execution it exits Ghost and boots the system automatically Refer to the Introducing Ghosts Functions Appendix B 11 2 After booting the screen displays the Menu Select Backup or Restore Since the user may install other applications in t
29. ge All The Image All switch forces Ghost to do a sector by sector copy of all partitions When copying a partition from a disk to an image file or to another disk Ghost examines the source partition and decides whether to copy just the files and directory structure or to do an image sector by sector copy If it understands the internal format of the partition it defaults to copying the files and directory structure Generally this is the best option but occasionally if a disk has been set up with special hidden security files that are in specific positions on the partition the only way to reproduce them accurately on the target partition is via an image or sector by sector copy span enables spanning across volumes split x splits image file into x Mb Mb spans Use this to create a forced size volume set For example if you would like to force smaller image files from a 1024 Megabyte drive you could specify 200 megabyte segments For example ghost exe split 200 will divide the image into 200 Megabyte segments sure use the sure switch in conjunction with clone to avoid being prompted with the final Proceed with disk clone destination drive will be overwritten question This command is useful in batch mode Appendix B 16 Example 1 To copy drive one to drive two on a PC without final prompt if OK to proceed ghost exe clone mode copy src 1 dst 2 sure Example 2 To connect via NetBIOS to an
30. he future he she may design Autoexec bat as a Menu to back up or restore the user defined Image file as follows Backup Backup Backup Backup Backup Back up Windows and application programs as a file Recent gho Command is Ghost clone mode pdump src 1 1 dst d Recent gho fx sure rb Restore Restore Restore Restore Restore Restore types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Windows operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone mode pload src d Original gho dst 1 1 fx sure rb If you select Windows and Application Programs the latest backup file Recent gho is restored skipping the installation and setup of application programs For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions For more information about menu design refer to Config sys and Autoexec bat under Menu in the CD You can also create a backup CD containing Ghost exe and these two files Appendix B 12 Recover CD In recent years well known computer manufacturers such as IBM Acer Compaq etc bundle Recover CDs with their computers to reduce the cost resulting from servicing while at the same time increasing their market competitiveness The following is a simple guide to how to create a recover CD 1 For extremely easy creation of the recover floppy disk use the copy program for example E
31. ight aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I O Only the size and position of this aperture is defined allowing PC manufacturers to add new I O features e g TV input TV output joystick modem LAN etc to systems This will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs Smaller size promotes a smaller system size I O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2 01 or later The mainboard should be used in an ATX 2 01 or later compliant case A smaller power supply can be used High integration on mainboard reduces the system costs PCI slots Expandable I O 5 1 4 Bay 3 1 2 Bay Figure 2 Summary of ATX chassis features CPU Single chassis fan for system ATX Power Supply ATX power connec tor Floppy IDE connectors AGP slots Introduction Page 1 5 Power On Off Remote The board has a single 20 pin connector for ATX power supplies For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On Off feature this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On Off button The systems power On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The board has been designed with Soft Off functions You can turn Off the system from one of two sources The first is the front panel Power On Off button and the other is the Soft Off function coming from the M B
32. ion allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system The default is Enabled BIOS Page 4 7 Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into RAM This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units and the size will depend on chipset of the option card Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled BIOS Page 4 8 DRAM Timing By SPD Select Enabled for setting SDRAM timing by SPD The Choice Enabled Disabled DRAM Clock The item will synchronize asynchronize DRAM operation clock Default is by SPD 100MHz DRAM is running at 100MHz frequency 133MHz DRAM is running at 133MHz frequency SDRAM Cycle length This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the SDRAM in terms of clocks Default is by SPD 2 Provides faster memory performance 3 Provides better memory compatibility Bank Interleave The item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard Default is by SPD The Choice 2 Bank 4 Bank Disabled 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup BIOS
33. ion indicates partition options Check indicates check options Disk Appendix B 2 Disk To Disk Disk Cloning 1 Select the location of the Source drive 2 Select the location of the Destination drive 3 When cloning a disk or restoring the backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at least 2 disks Press the Tab key to move the cursor 2 When restoring to a destination disk all data in that disk will be completely destroyed Appendix B 3 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Disk To Image Disk Backup 1 Select the location of the Source drive 2 Select the location for storing the backup file Appendix B 4 Disk From Image Restore Backup 1 Select the Restore file 2 Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Appendix B 5 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Partition Appendix B 6 2 Select the first partition to be backed up This is usually where the operating system and programs are
34. it Selecting 4 25 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 Appendix Appendix A Load Setup Defaults A 1 Appendix B GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide B 1 Appendix C POST Codes C 1 Introduction Page 1 1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist A 1 Mainboard B 1 User s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 ATA 66 100 Hard drive ribbon cable E 1 USB Cable F 1 Driver and utility G 1 ATA 33 Hard drive ribbon cable A B USER S MANUAL F or D C E G Introduction Page 1 2 Overview AMD DuronTM amp AthlonTM Processors The AMD AthlonTM is a seventh generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large range of applications hardware graphics and memory technologies These processors implement advanced design techniques such as Socket A PGA 462 200 266MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol Three out of order superscalar pipelined Multimedia Units Three out of order superscaler pipelined Integer Units Fixed sized internal instruction formats MacroOPs 72 entry Instruction Control Unit
35. ll As 3D products for the personal computer become more and more popular these demands will only increase This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation behind AGP By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between the video card and the processor it will assist in relieving some of these pressures for quite sometime Ultra ATA 66 100 The board provides two channel Ultra ATA 66 100 Bus Master IDE controller that support Ultra ATA 66 100 protocols perfect for such demanding applications as real time video multimedia and high performance operating system A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA 66 100 This cable is an 80 conductor cable however the connectors are of course backwards compatible with ATA 33 Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems operations and status The features include CPU temperature voltage and RPM of fan Introduction Page 1 4 Mainboard Form Factor The board is designed with ATX form factor the new industry standard of chassis ATX form factor is essentially a Baby AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots allowing them all to hold full length add in cards ATX defines a double he
36. nagement mode b It cuts all the power supplied to peripherals except to Memory max power saving c It saves and keeps all on screen data including any executed applications to SDRAM Installation Page 3 14 d You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up you system not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the system Just pushing Power button your system will quickly back to the last screen for you The LED Indicator for ACPI Status table shown below will guide you and give you a reference for ACPI status on this mainboard ACPI Onboard s LED Status Indicator Table Status Onboard s LED Location Plug in the ATX Power Core Power ON J3 PW ON Green Mode S1 STR S3 Shutdown Soft OFF S5 LED3 Red LED OFF ON ON ON OFF J2 PW_LED OFF ON Blinking Blinking OFF Installation Page 3 15 Page Left Blank BIOS Page 4 1 Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Award s ROM BIOS provides a built in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters The modified data will be stored in a battery backed CMOS so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS battery t
37. ngle command The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Page 4 11 PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry This item allows you enabled disable the PCI 2 Access 1 Retry The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graph ics Port are executed with one wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Page 4 12 4 4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Note If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE Disabled Note The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches 45 cm OnChip IDE Channel0 The default value is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE primary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE primary port OnChip IDE Channel1 The default is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE secondary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE secondary port IDE Prefetch Mode Enable
38. nly 0F DMA channel 0 test 10 DMA channel 1 test 11 DMA page registers test 12 13 Reserved 14 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2 15 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 16 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 17 Reserved 19 Test 8259 functionality 1A 1D Reserved 1E If EISA NVM checksum is good execute EISA initialization EISA BIOS only 1F 29 Reserved 30 Detect Base Memory amp Extended Memory Size 31 1 Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K 2 Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory 32 1 Display the Award Plug amp Play BIOS Extension message PnP BIOS only 2 Program all onboard super I O chips if any including Appendix C 3 COM ports LPT ports FDD port according to setup value 33 3B Reserved 3C Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility 3D 1 Initialize Keyboard 2 Install PS2 mouse 3E Try to turn on Level 2 cache Note Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in this stage But usually the cache is turn on later in POST 61h 3F 40 Reserved BF 1 Program the rest of the Chipset s value according to Setup Later Setup Value Program 41 2 If auto configuration is enabled program the chipset with pre defined Values 42 Initialize floppy disk drive controller 43 Initialize Hard drive controller 45 If it is a PnP BIOS initialize serial amp parallel ports 44 Reserved 45 Initialize math coprocessor 46 4D Reserved 4E If there is
39. o fail this will cause data loss in the CMOS only If this does happen you will need to reconfigure your BIOS settings To enter the Setup Program Power on the computer and press the lt Del gt key immediately this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility BIOS Page 4 2 The menu displays all the major selection items Select the item you need to reconfigure The selection is made by moving the cursor press any direction key to the item and pressing the Enter key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose Standard CMOS Setup in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time type of hard disk drive installed floppy drive type and display type Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted use direction keys to move the cursor and the lt Enter gt key to select the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the lt PgDn gt or the lt PgUp gt key Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup BIOS Page 4 3 NOTE If the hard disk Primary Master Slave
40. other PC running Ghost in slave mode and dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file c drive2 gho ghost exe clone mode dump src 2 dst C drive2 gho nbm Note The slave Ghost can be started with ghost nbs Example 3 To copy drive one second partition on a PC to drive two first parti tion the same PC without final prompt ghost exe clone mode pcopy src 1 2 dst 2 1 sure Example 4 To dump the second partition of drive one to an image file on a mapped drive g ghost exe clone mode pdump src 1 2 dst g part2 gho Example 5 To load partition 2 from a two partition image file on a mapped drive g onto the second partition of the local disk ghost clone mode pload src g part2 gho 2 dst 1 2 Example 6 To load drive 2 from an image file and resize the destination partitions into a 20 40 allocation ghost exe clone mode load src g 2prtdisk gho dst 2 sze1 60P sze2 40P Appendix C 1 Appendix C C 1 POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I O port address 80h POST hex DESCRIPTION 01 02 Reserved C0 Turn off OEM specific cache shadow 03 1 Initialize EISA registers EISA BIOS only 2 Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes DMA controller 8237 Programmable Interrupt Controller 8259 Programmable Interval Timer 8254 RTC chip 04 Reserved 05 1 Keyboard Controller Self Test 06 2 Enable Keyboard Interface 07 Reserved 08
41. pematic rate amp typematic speed according to Setup setting 63 1 If there is any changes in the hardware configuration update the ESCD information PnP BIOS only 2 Clear memory that have been used 3 Boot system via INT 19H FF System Booting This means that the BIOS already pass the control right to the operating system C 2 Unexpected Errors POST hex DESCRIPTION B0 If interrupt occurs in protected mode B1 Unclaimed NMI occurs 0
42. ping 1 Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Power LED Power LED connector 1 Power LED 4 NC 2 N C 5 GND 3 GND 1 1 1 Installation Page 3 12 Installation Page 3 13 3 7 STR Suspend To RAM Function The board supports the STR power management state by maintaining the appropriate states on the SDRAM interface signals The power source must be kept alive to the SDRAM during STR ACPI S3 Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that supporting Instant ON and QuickStartTM function 1 To enable the ACPI function and use the STR functionally to save your system energy you are recommended to confirm the following requirements a Please do install all ACPI qualified add on cards such as AGP LAN Modem cards b In BIOS please select ACPI function Enable and ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR in the Power Management Setup menu c Then please install the Windows 98SE ME or Windows 2000 d Restart your system e Getting in to the Advanced of the Power Management icon of Control Panel and selecting the Stand By in the Power Buttons 2 Getting start with STR function please click the START button and choose Shut Down Then select the Stand By option in the Shut Down Windows box to get into STR mode Here are the differences between STR power saving mode and Green or Suspend mode a It is the most advanced Power Ma
43. prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The Choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Page 4 13 Primary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Primary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Secondary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Secondary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Primary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Primary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard
44. rrent CPU fan speed in RPMs Current Chassis FAN Speed The current chassis fan speed in RPMs CPU V The voltage level of the CPU Vcore AGP Vcore The voltage level of Power supplied to AGP card 1 52V for 4X AGP card 3 3V for 2X AGP card 3 3V 5V 12V The voltage level of the switch power supply 31oC 87oF 0oC 32oF 6135 RPM 0 RPM 1 62V 5 01V 12 12V 3 22V 1 52V BIOS Page 4 22 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it Same applies for PCI slots This setting will reduce the EMI The default is Enabled CPU Host PCI Spread Spec The mainboard is designed to set the CPU PCI Spd clock at jumperfree This item allows you to select the CPU Host PCI speed and Spd clock speed by Enter key If Default means system will auto dectect the CPU speed for either 100 or 133MHz The default is Default CPU default Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU ratio If the CPU ratio is fixed This item was no function Configuration options Default 5 x 12 x Vcore Voltage This item allows you to increase the CPU Vcore Voltage The Options 0 05V 0 25V Default and 0 025V interval Vagp Voltage This item allows you to increase the CPU Vagp Voltage The Options 0 1V 0 2V 0 3V 0 4V 0 5V Vio Voltage This item allows you to increase the CPU Vio Voltage The Options Default
45. s AMD enhanced 3DNow technology L1 and L2 caches Dynamic branch prediction Socket A is the name for AMD s new socketed interface designed to support both AMD DuronTM and AMD AthlonTM processors This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures and ultimately result in a wider variety of solutions in the market The AMD DuronTM amp AthlonTM processors in the Socket A format continue to deliver the ultimate performance for cutting edge applications Both bring to desktop systems running industry standard x86 software superscalar RISC performance Being provided in the Socket A format they are the world s most powerful x86 processors They easily deliver the highest integer floating point and 3D multimedia performance for applications running on x86 platforms around Introduction Page 1 3 The AMD DuronTM processor is derived from the AMD AthlonTM processor core It features full speed on chip cache memory a 200MHz front side system bus and enhanced 3DNow technology Although both processors are related there are key differences The AMD AthlonTM processor is targeted at the performance segment and as such will have more cache memory and higher clock speeds Accelerated Graphics Port AGP or A G P Typically 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory and demands ever increasing throughput speed as we
46. ssigned to PCI ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards Auto If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically BIOS Page 4 20 Reset Configuration Data This setting allows you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA USB This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is with VGA USB or not If you have not connect the VGA USB device Can release the IRQ for other device The default is Enabled Enabled Provides IRQ for VGA USB device Disabled Release IRQ for other device PCI Latency Timer CLK The latency timer defines the minimum amount of time in PCI clock cycles that the bus master can retain the ownership of the bus The Choice 0 255 INT Pin1 to Pin4 Assignment These settings allow the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot Options available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 amp 15 The defaults are Auto BIOS Page 4 21 4 7 PC Health Status Current CPU Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU Current System Temperature This is the Current temperature of the system Current CPU FAN Speed The cu
47. system according to the Setup selec tions stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer BIOS Page 4 26 Page Left Blank Drivers Installation Page 5 1 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation Insert the bundled autorun driver CD disk Step 1 To Click the Service Pack 4in1 Driver Install all components recommended Step 2 To Click the 686A B Audio Driver to install the Audio Sound Driver in operating system Step 3 To Click the USB Driver to install the USB Driver Step 4 To Click the 686B BusMaster Ultra to install the 686B BusMaster Ultra Driver for Win2000 only Step 5 To Click the NORTON ANTIVIRUS and follow the setup to finish the installation Please Do make sure to update the virus definition code regularly to protect your system form virus damage Drivers Installation Page 5 2 To install VIA Service Pack 4in1 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here Drivers Installation Page 5 3 To install 686A B Audio Driver 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here To install USB
48. u will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the pass word is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup BIOS Page 4 25 4 11 Exit Selecting Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your
49. xtra IDE Port by HPT370 with Ultra DMA 66 100 amp IDE RAID x 2 Up to 4 Devices Optional I O CONNECTOR PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 style Keyboard USB USB connector x 4 Features Page 2 2 BIOS Award Plug amp Play BIOS Built in AC97 Digital Audio by VT82C686B Dual full duplex Direct Sound channels H W Sound Blaster Pro for DOS legacy compatibility FM synthesis for legacy compatibility Supports game and MIDI port EXTENDED FUNCTION Supports exclusive USDM Unified System Diagnostic Manager and Hardware Monitoring Function by VT82C686B Supports exclusive KBPO KeyBoard Power On Supports Wake On LAN Function Supports STR Suspend To Ram function Supports CPU Vcore amp VIO settings via BIOS Supports CPU Clock 1 or 2 increment amp Multiplier settings via BIOS Supports AGP power voltage setting via BIOS P80P Debug POST Card onboard design with LED display FORM FACTOR 305mm x 245mm ATX Size Installation Page 3 1 Figure 1 Mainboard Detailed Layout Optional Optional Optional Section 3 INSTALLATION Installation Page 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 1 CPU Insertion 3 2 EEPROM BIOS Remover 3 3 Jumper Settings 3 4 System memory Configuration 3 5 Device Connectors 3 6 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO 3 7 STR

User`s Manual - Motherboards.org

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents