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1. Save amp Exit Standards COMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option Press the Escape key to leave the setup utility Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item and press PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through alternative values of that item The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys If you have already changed the setup utility press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility Press F5 to reset the changes to the original values Press F6 to install the setup utility with a set of default values Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of high performance values Standard CMOS Setup Page This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your system 20 AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yy Wed J ul 23 2003 Time hh mm ss 15 10 49 LBA Bik PIO 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Auto On Pri Slave Auto On Sec Master Auto On Sec Slave Auto On Floppy Drive A2. Select Item L2 Cache Enabled Help PU PD Modify System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Old Values Shift F2 Color DRAM Timing by SPD Disabled Load BIOS Defaults DRAM CAS Latency 2 5 Load Setup Defaults DRAM Bank Interleave Disabled AGP Comp Driving Manual AGP Comp Driving AGP Aperture Size Hyper Threading Function Disabled Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1 Boot Device Use these items to determine the device 2 Boot Device order the computer uses to look for an 3 Boot Device operating system to load at start up time Try Other Boot If you enable this item the system will Device also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations S M A R T for Enable this item if any IDE hard disks Hard Disks support the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology feature 22 BootUp Num Lock This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system start up time Floppy Drive If you have two diskette drives installed Swap and you enable this item drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A Floppy Drive If you enable this item your system will Seek check all floppy disk drives at start up Disable this item unless you are using an old 360KB drive Password Check If you have entered a passwo
3. Supports DDR400 DDR333 DDR266 and DDR200 double data rate synchronous DRAM High Bandwidth 533 MB sec 8 bit V Link Host Controller Configurable outstanding transaction queue for Host to V Link Client accesses e Advanced System Power Management Support ACPI 1 0B and PCI Bus Power Management 1 1 compliant e PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte sec data sent to north bridge via high speed V Link interface PCI 2 2 compliant 32 bit 3 3V PCI interface with 5V tolerant inputs Support five PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus Dual Channel Serial ATA RAID Controller Complies with Serial ATA Specification Revision 1 0 Memory Support Two 184 pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory modules Supports DDR400 333memory bus e Maximum installed memory is 2GB AC97 Audio Codec Compliant with AC 97 2 1 specification Three Audio Jacks Line Out Line In and Microphone In Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Digital I O compatible with consumer mode S PDIF Advanced power management support gt o o Expansion Options The mainboard comes with the following expansion options Four 32 bit PCI slots One 8x 4xAGP slot One Communications Network Riser CNR slot Onboard IDE Two IDE Connectors Supports PIO Programmable Input Output and DMA Direct Memory Access modes Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering
4. clocking Func Freq These items show the ratio and frequency of the CPU installed in your system This item decides the CPU over clocking function frequency installed in your system If the over clocking fails please turn off the system power And then hold the PageUp key similar to the Clear CMOS function and turn on the power the BIOS will recover the safe default DRAM Frequency This item shows the frequency of the DRAM in your system 30 Hardware Monitor Page This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ek System Hardware Vcore 1 632V Vcc 2 5V 2 496V Vcc 3 3V 3 392V Vcc 5V 4 972V SB5V 5 026V VBAT 3 488V Quit Tle Select Item SYSTEM Fan Speed ORPM Help PU PD Modify CPU Fan Speed 1288 RPM Old Values Shift F2 Color Power Temperature 36 C 96 F Load BIOS Defaults SYSTEM Temperature 45 C 113 F Load Setup Defaults CPU Temperature 40 C 104 F CPU System These items display CPU and system Temperature temperature measurement FAN amp Voltage These items indicate cooling fan speeds in Measurements RPM and the various system voltage measurements Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears that you can enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letters or numbers Pre
5. EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or ECP EPP Parallel Port Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel IRQ port Parallel Port Use this item to assign a DMA channel to DMA the parallel port OnBoard Use this item to enable or disable the PATA IDE onboard PATA IDE channel 28 Audio Device This item enables or disables the AC 97 audio chip Modem Device This item enables or disables the MC 97 modem chip Ethernet This item enables or disables the onboard Device Ethernet LAN USB Use this item to select the USB ports or Controller disabled USB Device This item allows you to enable the USB Legacy device if you have installed a USB device Support on the system board ThumbDrive Enable this item to make a small portion of Support For memory storage device for the USB ports DOS 29 CPU PnP Setup Page This page helps you manually configure the CPU of this mainboard The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to these items on this page AMIBIOS SETUP CPU PnP SETUP 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU Ratio CPU Over clocking Func CPU Frequency CPU Over clocking Freq DRAM Frequency 8 0x Disabled 100 MHz N A Auto Quit Te Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Optimal values Load Best performance values CPU Ratio Frequency CPU Over
6. Precautions ccccecsceceseceeetecenteceeeeeeeees MI Pre Installation Inspection sessesssesssesesssssssssrssseessressees M Chapter 1 Introduction esssesssecsscssocesscesocssscssocsssccssesssessseessese 1 Key Feat Syon naa E T EAE ES 2 Package Contents co eeii n ia ai 6 Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation seessesssccsesssecesecesocesocesocse 7 Mainboard Components ssessseeeeseseeeseesieseessseeerssresresressesreees 8 VO P ftS arenei iE eT leit A a a eee 8 Installing the Processor eee ceseceseceseceseceseeeeeeeeeeeeseesaeeenaees 9 Installing Memory Modules 00 0 cee eeeeeseceseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeenes 10 Jumper Settings anien e e a E a ideals 11 Install The Mainboard esseseeeeseeeesesreesesreesesrrssrrrresessrssresses 12 Connecting Optional Devices 0 eee ee eeseceteceneceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 13 Install Other Devices 0 ee ee eeeeeseeeseeeseeencecseceseceaecneeeseeesaes 15 Expansion Slots sicetnonceeiecec hie elt lee ii ee 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility ccssscsssscsssccssscssssscssssseees 19 Introduction 43 20 ace ea aa ee are 19 Running the Setup Utility eee eee eee en eee 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page eee esesseeseeeseecsseeeneeenees 21 Advanced Setup Page ctiirte iiien e oiie 22 Power Management Setup Page scneeeeereererrerrerrererrrse 25 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page eeeeneeeneeeerereererrerrrree 26 Load Optimal Settings 00 eee essecsseceseceseceeeeseeeeeeeee
7. of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the device s to the Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the mainboard If you want to install more IDE devices you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the mainboard If you have two devices on the cable one must be Master and one must be Slave Serial ATA Devices The Serial ATA Advanced Technology Attachment is the standard interface for the IDE hard drives which is designed to overcome the design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms It provides you a faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes second If you have installed a Serial ATA hard drive you can connect the Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA hard drive or the connecter on the mainboard On the mainboard locate the Serial ATA connectors CN3 CN4 which support new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface but maintains register compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA 16 Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system Se When you first start up your system the BIOS
8. should automatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the mainboard locate the 4 pin connector CD2 oe a Pin Signal 1 CDINL 2 GND 3 GND 4 CDINR 17 Expansion Slots This mainboard has one AGP one CNR and four 32 bit PCI slots HH Ea if i CNR1 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCH Follow the steps below to install an AGP CNR PCI expansion card 1 Locate the AGP CNR or PCI slots on the mainboard 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw 8x 4x AGP Slot You can install a graphics adapter that supports the 8x 4xAGP specification and has a 8x 4x AGP edge connector in the AGP slot CNR Slot You can install the CNR Communications and Networking Riser cards in this slot including LAN Modem and Audio functions PCI Slots You can install the 32 bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer such as date and time the type of hardware installed and various configuration settings Your computer applies the information to initialize all
9. 1 44 MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Month J an Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 N Select Item Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify ShifQ F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date amp Time These items set up system date and time IDE Pri Master These items configure devices connected to Pri Slave the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To Sec Master configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Sec Slave Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk characteristics Size Cyls etc manually If you have a CD ROM drive select the setting CDROM If you have an ATAPI device with removable media e g a ZIP drive or an LS 120 select Floptical Floppy Drive A These items set up size and capacity of the Floppy Drive B floppy diskette drive s installed in the system 21 Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system Handle this page with caution Any changes can affect the operation of your computer AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Quick Boot Enabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled 1st Boot Device IDE 0 Clk Gen Spread Spectrum Disabled 2nd Boot Device Floppy 3 Boot Device CD DVD 0 Try Other Boot Devices Yes S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Floppy Drive Seek Disabled Password Check F Boot To 0S 2 Quit Ne
10. MM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 4 Install any remaining DIMM modules J umper Settings Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT removing a jumper cap from these pins OPEN 1 it fi JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short Pins 2 3 11 JP2 JP3 CPU Clock Use this jumper to enable the selection of the CPU frequency CPU Clock JP2 JP3 100M Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 133M Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 200M Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 Install the Mainboard Install the mainboard in a system chassis case The board is an ATX size mainboard You can install this mainboard in an ATX case Make sure your case has an I O cover plate matching the ports on this mainboard Install the mainboard in a case Follow the case manufacturer s instructions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis 1 SYSTEM_FAN1 g PANEL2 p SR Connect the p
11. This publication photographs illustrations and software are under the protection of international copyright laws and all rights reserved It does not allow any reproduction of this manual content and any materials contained herein without the written consent of the authentic manufacturer The information in this manual is subject to change without notice The manufacturer does neither represent nor warrant the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Furthermore the manufacturer reserves the right to revise and change this publication from time to time without the obligation of notifying any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium II II Pentium 4 Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PC cillin is a trademark of Trend Micro Inc AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are trademarks or the properties of their respective owners Copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved PVT800X L Series V1 3A PT800 November 2003 Table of Contents Trademark 0ccscscsssssscssssecvssscssecsscsssscsccsessssesccseesesssnsssesecsenees I Static Electricity
12. Y SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware 0 S Primary Graphics Adapter Allocate IRQ to PCIVGA PCI IDE BusMaster Yes AGP Yes Disabled Quit Ne Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Plug and Play Enable this item if you are using an O S that Aware O S supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98 Primary This item indicates if the primary graphics Graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The Adapter default AGP setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second display card installed in an AGP slot 26 Allocate IRQ If this item is enabled an IRQ will be to PCI VGA assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system You set this value to No to free up an IRQ PCI IDE This item enables or disables the DMA BusMaster under DOS mode We recommend you to leave this item at the default value Load Optimal Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of fail safe default values These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips Note It is highly recommend that users enter this option to load optimal values for accessing the best performance Load Best Performance Settings If you sele
13. ary USB connectors USB2 USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 13 1 VERG_FP_USBPWRO 2 VERG_FP_USBPWRO 3 USB_FP_PO 4 USB_FP_P1 5 USB_FP_P0 6 USB_FP_Pi 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OCO 1 Locate the USB2 3 connector on the mainboard Plug the bracket cable onto the USB2 3 connector 3 Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system chassis Install an extension bracket in the opening Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw JP1 USB Card Reader Connector optional This connector is for connecting internal USB card reader You can use a card reader to read or transfer files and digital images to your computer Pin Signal _ Pin Signal 1 VCC 2 USB 3 USB 4 GND 5 KEY Q The JP1 is shared with one of the USB ports of the I O back panel The USB port is located near the Parallel port connector See I O Ports for more information Please check the pin assignment of the cable and the USB header on the mainboard Make sure the pin assignment will match before plugging in Any incorrect usage may cause unexpected damage to the system The vendor won t be responsible for any incidental or consequential damage arising from the usage or misusage of the purchased product 14 SIR1 Infrared Port The infrared port allows the wireless exchan
14. ct this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of best performance default values These default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips or other low performance components 27 Features Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system AMIBIOS SETUP FEATURES SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard FDC Enabled OnBoard Serial PortA 3F8h COM1 OnBoard IR Port Disabled OnBoard Parallel Port 378h Parallel Port Mode SPP Parallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA N A OnBoard PATA IDE Enabled Quit Ne Select Audio Device Enabled Modem Device Auto Ethernet Device Enabled Help PU PD Modify USB Controller Enabled Old Values Shift F2 Color USB Device Legacy Support Disabled Load BIOS Defaults ThumbDrive Support for DOS Disabled Load Setup Defaults OnBoard FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Use this item to enable or disable the Serial PortA onboard COM1 2 serial port and to assign a port address OnBoard IR Use this item to enable or disable the Port onboard infrared port and to assign a port address Parallel Port Use this item to set the parallel port mode Mode You can select SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port
15. cute certain USB devices connection because it could not recognize these devices Currently we are working on such limitations solution As soon as the solution is done the updated USB drive will be released to our website www pcchips com tw for your downloading IV Chapter 1 Introduction This mainboard has a Socket 478 supporting Intel Pentium 4 Hyper Threading Technology processors with Front Side Bus FSB speeds up to 800 533 MHz Hyper Threading Technology designed to take advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP gives you the power to do more things at once This mainboard integrates the VIA PT800 Northbridge along with VIA8237 Southbridge chipsets that supports the Serial ATA a new interface for high performance and mainstream desktop PCs the built in USB 2 0 providing higher bandwidth implementing Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 and is compliant with UHCI 1 1 and EHCI 0 95 This mainboard supports AC 97 Audio Codec and provides Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 functionIt has one 8x AGP one CNR Communications and Networking Riser and four 32 bit PCI slots There is a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard one serial port one parallel port and maximum eight USB2 0 ports four back panel ports and onboard USB connectors USB3 USB2 providing four extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard This mainboard is a Full ATX mainboard a
16. e the lower PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 keyboard Parallel Port Use the Parallel port to connect printers or PRN other parallel communications devices COM1 Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM1 is identified by the system as COM1 LAN Port Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to optional connect your computer to the Network USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Note The lower USB port located near the Parallel port is shared with the JP1 connector Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo Line In signal The second jack is for stereo Line Out signal The third jack is for Microphone Installing the Processor This mainboard has a Socket 478 processor socket When choosing a processor consider the performance requirements of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory CPU Installation Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU fi I 1 uun CPU_FAN1 I 1 Unhook the locking lever of the CPU socket Pull the locking lever away from the socket and raising it to the upright position 2 Match the pinl corner marked as the beveled edge on the CPU with the pin1 corner on the socket Insert the CPU into the socket Do not use force 3 Push the
17. for all downstream facing ports BIOS Firmware This mainboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following Power management e Wake up alarms e CPU parameters and memory timing CPU and memory timing The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds Bundled Software PC Cillin 2002 provides automatic virus protection under Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 is the software to help users read PDF files Dimensions Full ATX form factor of 305 x 190mm Note Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification Package Contents Your mainboard package contains the following items Q The mainboard The User s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable optional One IDE drive ribbon cable The Software support CD DOOD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Q The Extended USB module a The CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card Q The Card Reader a The Serial ATA cable optional Note You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation To install this mainboard in a system please follow these instructions in this chapter Oooocdo D Identify the mainboard components Insta
18. ge of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 2 KEY 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX Locate the infrared port SIR1 connector on the mainboard If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the SIRI connector and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis Ne Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below IDE2 IDE1 Floppy Disk Drive The mainboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives Drives can be 3 5 or 5 25 wide with capacities of 360K 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDC1 15 IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device The Master device connects to the end
19. inserting the support CD ROM 1 Click the ReadMe to bring up a screen and then click the Install Path at the bottom of the screen 2 Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path Bundled Software Installation All bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 2 A software menu appears Click the software you want to install 3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step by step until finished 35 Hyper Threading CPU You must update BIOS to initiate BIOS Hyper Threading Function and use HT CPU function under WinXP Operating System if not please disable this option When BIOS detects the HT CPU it shows the Hyper Threading Function default Disabled option which you must set Enabled if you want to test HT CPU function If there is no HT CPU this option is hidden and default Disabled AMIBIOS SETUP BBA American Megatren VANCED SETUP nc All Rights s Bose Device Boot Device s Disabled File Action View Help o amp e2 a8 Disabled CLK Enabled Enabled IDE IMM PCI Floppy cD DUD es Disabled Disabled Windows Task Manager File Options View Shut Down Hel
20. iving is set to Manual use Comp Driving this item to set the AGP current driving value AGP Aperture This item defines an AGP for the Size graphics Leave this item at the default value 64MB Hyper Threading If your P4 CPU is not HT CPU this item Function will be hidden If your P4 CPU is HT CPU BIOS will show this item You can set Disabled or Enabled to control HT CPU support in O S Set Enabled to test HT CPU function Auto detect When this item is enabled BIOS will DIMM PCI disable the clock signal of free Clock DIMM PCTI slots Clk Gen Spread Use this itme to set the system bus Spectrum spread spectrum for the installed processor 24 Power Management Setup Page This page sets some parameters for system power management operation AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Aware 0 S Power Management APM Yes Enabled Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled LAN Ring Power On Resume On RTC Alarm RTC Alarm Date RTC Alarm Hour RTC Alarm Minute RTC Alarm Second Keyboard Power On Wake Up Key Wake Up Password N A Disabled Disabled Quit Ne Select Item Help PU PD Modify Disabled Old Values Shift F2 Color Any key Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults ACPI Aware This item supports ACPI Advanced O S Configuration and Power management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feat
21. ll a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly Install this mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connectors on the mainboard Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to connectors on the mainboard Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JBAT1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JBAT1 and the setting options Never connect power to the system during installation otherwise it may damage the mainboard Mainboard Components Identify major components on the mainboard via this diagram underneath i ra USB USB COLL PS 2 z PANELI Lirou USB KBD Tiaria SE cee TARN PvE oe RIS Mouse a cru ram mes 1 RL ao oo IDE2 IDEL Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in this illustration are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard Parallel port PRN optional shared LAN mouse JPI p sg Microphone PS 2 Seria port keyboard COM 1 USB USB ports ports PS 2 Mouse Use the upper PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 pointing device PS 2 Keyboard Us
22. locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket 4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU 5 Install the cooling fan heatsink unit onto the CPU and secure them all onto the socket base 6 Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU fan connector CPU_FAN1 on the mainboard Installing Memory Modules This mainboard accommodates two 184 pin 2 5V unbuffered Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM sockets and supports up to 2 0 GB of 400 333 MHz DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 100 MHz or 133 MHz memory bus DDR SDRAM provides 1 6 GB s or 2 1 GB s data transfer rate depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz DDR SDRAM uses additional power and ground lines and requires 184 pin 2 5V unbuffered DIMM module i g ee DIMM1 DIMM2 Memory Module Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 2 GB system memory Refer to the following to install the memory module 1 Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket 2 Align the memory module with the socket There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can install the DIMM module in the correct direction Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on the DIMM socket 3 Install the DI
23. nd has power connectors for an ATX power supply Note You must initiate the HT CPU function through BIOS setup It is strongly recommended you refer to the Page 36 for relative details Key Features This mainboard has these key features Socket 478 Processor Supports Intel Pentium 4 series CPU with Hyper Threading Technology Supports up to 800 533 MHz Front Side Bus Hyper Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it s hooked up to two processors allowing two threads to be run in parallel both on separate logical processors within the same physical processor Chipset There are VIA PT800 Northbridge and VIA 8237 Southbridge in the chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance Here is a list of the chipset arrangement and their respective features NB SB Function PT800 8237 CPU FSB 800 533MHz DDR400 maximum eight USB2 0 ports two Serial ATA connectors Defines Highly Integrated Solutions for Performance PC Desktop Designs High performance Northbridge with 800 533 MHz Front Side Bus for Pentium 4 plus AGP 8x external bus Provide superior performance between the CPU DRAM V Link bus and AGP8X graphics controller bus with pipelined burst and concurrent operation Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Controller AGP v3 0 compliant with 8x transfer mode Advanced High Performance DDR DRAM Controller
24. neeenes 27 Load Best Performance Settings eeeeeeeeeeeeeereereerrerereereee 27 Features Setup P lenie aren e e E Lak ER aut 28 CPU PnP Setup Pagerie rateesniseur ae iesiieieirik 30 Hardware Monitor Page eesseeesesereserresresresresresresresrrssen 31 Change PassWord ii i e aeaa iets 31 PR ae E A E AE hea eas 31 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications esssesssecesocesocesocesoosoossoo 32 Introd tet On EE A E A 32 Installing Support Software ssseeeseeeeeereeseseresereresrerresrese 33 Bundled Software Installation 2 0 0 cee cesceeeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 35 Hyper Threading CPU jas einsi aiaei 36 II Static Electricity Precautions Static electricity could damage components on this mainboard Take the following precautions while unpacking this mainboard and installing it in a system 1 2 Don t take this mainboard and components out of their original static proof package until you are ready to install them While installing please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis Carefully hold this mainboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary Put this mainboard on the top of a static protection package with component side facing up while installing Pre Installation Inspection 1 2 Inspect this mainboard whether there are any damages to comp
25. ommended that you exit a Windows programs betore running thes Setup program Cick Cancel to quit Setup and tren dose any programs you have running Click Next to continue wih the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright lew and internabonal vedes Unewhonred reproducton or distibuton of tres program or any poron Of it may resu in severe civil and cominal penalties and will be prosecuted to the mawmum estent poswible under law ia oe e 2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed Select he components you went to stall leer the components you do not weet to install VGA K Devices ares Appications 37031 K Space Regared 61472 Avaidable IRNAK Ce e j e 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of the installation procedures start software is automatically installed in sequence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing whatever software you selected When the process is finished all the support software will be installed and start working 34 Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation If you are under Windows NT the auto installing program doesn t work out or you have to do the manual installation please follow this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after
26. onents and connectors on the board If you suspect this mainboard has been damaged do not connect power to the system Contact your mainboard vendor about those damages Ill Notice 1 Owing to Microsoft s certifying schedule is various to every supplier we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation Hardware Installation d The software you are installing for this hardware HSP56 MictroModem has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway f STOP Installation 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 1 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000 2 2 If you connect a USB 2 0 hub to the root hub plugging USB devices into this hub the system might not successfully exe
27. ower connector from the power supply to the CN2 connector on the mainboard PJ1 is the CPU Vcore power connector If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSTEM_FAN1 fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL2 connector Here is a list of the PANEL2 pin assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 HD_LED_P 2 FP PWR SLP 3 HD_LED_N 4 FP PWR SLP 5 RESET _SW_N 6 POWER_SW_P 7 RESET _SW_P 8 POWER_SW_N 9 RSVD_DNU 10 KEY 12 Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard s optional devices 1 USB3 SPK1 Speaker Connector Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPKR 2 NC 3 GND 4 5V PANEL1 Front Panel Audio Connector This connector allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD_RET_L USB2 USB3 Front panel USB Connector The mainboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxili
28. p Applications Processes Performance Networking Users g a 903HT 38D3COZK2 Computer lt Disk drives D DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers JB Floppy disk drives E IDE ATA ATAPI controllers S gt Keyboards 75 Mice and other pointing devices E Network adapters Gh Other devices A Multimedia Audio Controller A SM Bus Controller amp SECA ACA nCACEnAN H Y Ports COM amp LPT 8 Processors AE Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 2 66GH2 H Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 2 66GHz Sound video anchyame controllers lt 7 astat Universal Serial Bus USB Controlle a Video Controller VGA Compatible FE Device Manager CPU Usage CPU Usage History PF Usage Page File Usage History Totals Physical Memory K Handles 3685 Total 260588 Threads 260 Available 185824 Processes 16 System Cache 92248 Commit Charge K Kernel Memory K Total 59224 Total 11020 gt Limit 641364 Paged 8512 Peak 73024 Nonpaged 2508 Commit Charge 59224K 64136 Processes 16 CPU Usage 0 les 1 43AM E windows Task Manager While you are in Windows Task Manager please push down ctrl Alt Del keys A dual CPU appears in the CPU Usage History amp Device Manager under WinXP Note Hyper Threading Function only works under WINXP Operating System therefore disable it under other Operating System 36
29. rd for the system use this item to determine if the password is required to enter the Setup Utility Setup or required both at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot To OS 2 gt Enable this item if you are booting the 64MB OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L2 Cache Leave these items enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal L2 cache memory System BIOS If you enable this item a segment of the Cacheable system BIOS will be copied to main memory for faster execution DRAM Timing This item allows you to enable or disable By SPD the DRAM timing defined by the Serial Presence Detect electrical DRAM CAS This item determines the operation of Latency SDRAM memory CAS column address strobe It is recommended that you leave this item at the default value The 2T setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode 23 DRAM Bank Enable this item to increase SDRAM Interleave memory speed When enabled separate memory banks are set for odd and even addresses and the next byte of memory can be accessed while the current byte is being refreshed AGP Comp Use this item to signal driving current on Driving AGP cards to auto or manual Some AGP cards need stronger than normal driving current in order to operate We recommend that you set this item to the default Manual AGP When AGP Dr
30. ss Enter after you have typed in the password There will be the second dialog box asking you to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly Then the password is required for the access to the Setup Utility or for it at start up depending on the setting of the Password Check item in Advanced Setup Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving 31 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications Introduction This chapter describes the contents of the support CD ROM that comes with the mainboard package The support CD ROM contains all useful software necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products More program information is available ina README file located in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manual installation depending on your operating system If your operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your mainboard if Windows NT or manual installation please follow the instructions described as the Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation section In
31. stalling Support Software 1 Insert the support CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive 2 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the system CD ROM drive the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen 3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup Browse CD and Exit on the right side and three others Setup Application and ReadMe at the bottom Please see the following illustration The Setup button runs the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup icon The Application button brings up a software menu It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path names of software driver 33 Auto Installing under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP If you are under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP please click the Setup button to run the software auto installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 1 The installation program loads and displays the following screen Click the Next button Welcome to he MainBoard Setup program This program wil exstell MamBoord on you compter Ris strongly rec
32. the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system components If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the mainboard such as the CPU system memory disk drives etc Running the Setup Utility Every time you start your computer a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Whenever you see this message press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 21 12 C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Features Setup Advanced Setup CPU PnP Setup Power Management Setup Hardware Monitor PCI Plug and Play Setup Change Password Load Optimal Settings Exit Load Best Performance Settings Esc Quit T J lt Selectitem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Optimal values F7 Best performance values F10
33. ure Power Use this item to enable or disable a power Management management scheme If you enable power management you can use the items below to set the power management operation Both APM and ACPI are supported Suspend Time Out Minute This item sets up the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode LAN Ring Power On Your system can enter the software power down If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is traffic on the network adapter 25 Resume On The system can be turned off with a RTC Alarm software command If you enable this item Date Hour the system can automatically resume at a Minute fixed time based on the system s RTC Second realtime clock Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Keyboard If you enable this item system can Power On automatically resume by pressing hot keys Wake Up Key on the keyboard or typing in the password Wake Up You must enable the Keyboard Power On Password jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those utilizing the system plug and play capability AMIB IOS SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLA
34. with transfer rates of 33 66 100 133 MB sec Serial ATA Two Serial ATA Connectors Transfer rate exceeding best ATA 150 MB s with scalability to higher rates Low pin count for both host and devices Onboard I O Ports The mainboard has a full set of I O ports and connectors Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port One parallel port Eight USB2 0 ports four back panel ports onboard USB connectors USB2 USB3 providing four extra ports Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Fast Ethernet LAN optional 100Base TX 10Base T Physical Layer Solution Dual Speed 100 10 Mbps MII Interface to Ethernet Controller Configuration amp Status Auto Negotiation 10 100 Full Half Duplex Meet All Applicable IEEE802 3 10Base T and 100Base TX Standards USB 2 0 e Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 Compliant with Intel s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 0 95 Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 1 PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host Controller Support PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 Legacy support
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