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1. 1 1 1 n Phone In n L L D D D n GND B GND n GND Mono Out R R JMDM JAUX JCD Note Mono Out is connected to the Modem speaker out connector Phone is connected to the Modem Microphone In connector 2 19 Chapter 2 Fan Power Connectors CFANI SFANI PSFANI The CFANI processor fan SFANI system fan and PSFANI power supply fan support system cooling fan with 12V It supports three pin head connector When connecting the wire to the connectors always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control 12V GND PSFAN1 SENSOR 7 12V GND SENSOR al o SFAN1 Note 1 Always consult the vendor for pro
2. 2 10 5 03 JAUDIO2 2 18 JAUDIOZ2 Pin Definition JAU1 Pin Description Pin Description Optional 1 MIC 2 GND 3 MICPWR 4 VCC5 5 FOUTR 6 RETR 7 NC 8 NC 9 FOUTL 10 RETL JAU1 Pin Definition Optional PIN Description PIN Description 1 Active Line Out R 2 Active Line Out L 3 GND ALO 4 GND ALO 5 GND 12 6 GND 12 7 12V 1 8 NC 9 MIC 10 GND MIC 1 Front Line Out 12 Line Next R 13 Front Line Out L 14 Line Next L 15 GND FLO 16 NC 17 Line In 18 Line In L Hardware Setup Note To have the Line out connector on the back panel work properly you need to place the jumper on pin 11 14 of the JAU1 connector or on pin 5 6 and 9 10 of the JAUDIO2 connector Otherwise this Line out connector will not function and nothing can be heard through speakers or headphones attached to the connector But front panel audio connector is enabled at this point and allows you to connect speakers or headphones 2 18 Ru dion Lr al Optional 1 11 13 17 OPEN pin 11 14 2 6 1 JAUDIO2 1 5 9 OPEN pin 5 6 and 9 10 Disable Line out connector on the back panel Enable Front Panel Audio Connector 2 23 2 18 1 11 13 17 SHORT pin 11 14 2 6 10 n 1 5 9 SHORT pin 5 6 and
3. 1 JKBV1 3 3 1 1 VCC 5V 5V StandBy Default Disable Keyboard Enable Keyboard Power On Function Power On Function Note To be able to use this function you need a power i supply that provides enough power for this feature Power supply with 750mA 5V Stand by 2 25 Chapter 2 Front USB Wake up Jumper J12 The J12 jumper is used to set Front USB device wake up function To use the function you should also go to BIOS to enable the USB wake up power on function 412 3 3 1 1 5V StandBy Default VCC 5V Enable Front USB Disable Front USB Wake Up Function Wake Up Function Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provides enough power for this feature Power supply with 750mA 5V Stand by 2 26 Hardware Setup Slots The motherboard provides one AGP slot five 32 bit Master PCI slots and one CNR slot Xm AGP Slot PCI Slots CNR Slot ad 921 c AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card AGP is an interface specification designed for the throug
4. x Installing an Additional Hard Disk Drive 16 GETTING HELP eric rir tate enira X Troubleshooting eene 18 Monitor Does Not Work essere X Keyboard Does Not Work eese X Mouse Does Not Work eese 19 PREMIO System Manual APPENDIX System Unit Problems 19 Hard Disk Problems ssessseseeeneerenn 20 Warranty Service eese 20 Technical nna 21 PREMIO on the 21 M 22 Limited 3 Year 22 FCC Standards eee dne 24 Important Safety Instructions 25 Getting Started Your PREMIO Athena system typically consists of five main components Midtower Monitor Speakers Keyboard Mouse Monitor Keyboard Mouse Depending on which components you ve ordered with your Athena system the components shown in the picture above may vary 6 PREMIO System Manual Setting Up To set up your Athena system simply connect your monitor mouse keyboard and speakers to the rear of the midtower Power cord connector X Back I O connect
5. PCISlot2 i i i SL cE E TT PCI 51015 SCA ATS TTT SL RS PO UA 000000000 CNR JCD PSFAN1 5 2 a w DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 B swt 5 5 SFAN1 JUSB4 BEE EE JUSB3 option EJ Piel E JUSB1 JUSB2 c Bases 28228 E gs Ea c 88 EI Ca y X MS 6380 v3 X ATX Mainboard 14 Introduction Quick Components Guide Component Function Reference DDRI1 3 Installing DDR SDRAM modules See p 2 6 2 7 Socket 462 Installing CPU See p 2 2 2 4 CFANI Connecting to CPUFAN See p 2 20 SFANI Connecting to SYSTEM FAN See p 2 20 PSFANI Connecting to Power Supply FAN See p 2 20 ATX Power Supply Installing power supply See p 2 8 IDEI amp IDE2 Connecting to IDE hard disk drive See p 2 14 FDDI Connecting to floppy disk drive See p 2 13 JUSB1 4 Connecting to USB interfaces See p 2 21 PCI Slot 1 5 Installing expansion cards See p 2 27 AGP Slot Installing AGP cards See p 2 27 CNR Slot Installing expansion cards See p 2 27 JMDMI Connecting to modem module See p 2 17 JWOLI Connec
6. 25 14 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATAO DataO 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy 12 PE Paper End 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED Automatic Feed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN Select In 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Ground 24 GND Ground 25 GND Ground 2 11 Chapter 2 Serial Port Connectors COM A amp COMB The mainboard has two 9 pin male DIN connectors for serial port COM A and COM B You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6789 6 DSR Data Set Ready RTS Request To Send 9 Pin Male DIN Connectors 3 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate Joystick Midi Connectors You can connect a joystick or game pad to this connector m oo000 gt 000000 Audio Port Connectors Line Out is to connect speakers or headphones Line In is a connector for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic is used to connect to a microphone 799 Line Out Line MIC 212 Hardware Setup Connectors The mainboard pro
7. 39 Chapter 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This allows you to enable or disable the ECC Error Correcting Code feature for error detection and correction when data passes through L2 cache memory Settings Enabled and Disabled Quick Power On Self Test The option speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer When set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Settings Enabled and Disabled First Second Third Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system The settings are Floppy The system will boot from floppy drive LS120 The system will boot from LS 120 drive HDD 0 The system will boot from the first HDD SCSI The system will boot from the SCSI CDROM The system will boot from the CD ROM HDD 1 The system will boot from the second HDD HDD 2 The system will boot from the third HDD HDD 3 The system will boot from the fourth HDD ZIP The system will boot from ATAPI ZIP drive LAN The system will boot from the Network drive Disabled Disable this sequence Boot Other Device Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the I st 2nd 3rd boot device Swap Floppy Drive Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A and B Boot Up Floppy Seek This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time When enabled the B
8. Athlon XP or Duron PGA processor for value business personal desktop markets This chapter includes the following topics Mainboard Specification Mainboard Layout Quick Components Guide Key Features MSI Special Features 11 Chapter 1 Mainboard Specification CPU Supports Socket A Socket 462 for AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron M processor Supports 800MHz up to 1800 MHz processor Chipset VIA VT8366A chipset 552 BGA FSB 200 266MHz AGP 4X and PCI Advanced high performance memory controller VIA VT8233 chipset 376 BGA High Bandwidth V link Client controller Integrated Faster Ethernet LPC Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster Direct Sound AC97 audio Ultra DMA 33 66 100 master mode PCI EIDE controller ACPI Clock Generator 100 133MHz clocks are supported MainMemory Supports six memory banks using three 184 pin DDR DIMMs Supports a maximum memory size up to 3GB Supports 2 5v DDR SDRAM DIMM Slots One AGP slot AGP Accelerated Graphics Port specification compliant Supports AGP 2 0 1x 2x 4x One CNR Communication Network Riser slot Five 32 bit Master PCI Bus slots Supports 3 3V 5V PCI bus Interface On Board IDE An IDE controller on the VIA VT8233 chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 operation modes Can connect up to 4 IDE devices 1 2 Introduction Audio C
9. noe tee tete 2 11 Serial Port Connectors COM A amp COM 2 12 Joystick Midi Connectors eee 2 12 Audio Port Connectors eeseeseseeeeeeeeeen ener 2 12 CONTE CLOTS S tr EPI 2 13 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDDI sess 2 13 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 amp IDE2 eme 2 14 Case Connectors JFP1 amp P2 e 2 15 Wake On LAN Connector 2 17 Wake On Ring Connector JMDM1 sese 2 17 IrDA Infrared Module Connector J7 2 18 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector J3 sssssss 2 18 CD In Aux Line In Modem In Connector JCD JAUX JMDM 2 19 Fan Power Connectors CFANI SFANI PSFANI 2 20 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 Optional JUSB3 amp JUSB4 Optional 75 eher ated ns rear RER 221 Front Panel Audio Connectors JAU1 Optional amp JAUDIO2 2 22 J mpers eoo eg pd pepe 224 Clear CMOS Jumper eese 224 Keyboard Wake up Jumper JKBV1 2 25 Front USB Wake up Jumper J12 sess 2 26 SIOLS iai ndn rh rte eee E an ar iv Betis ret eus 2 27 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot esses 227 PGLISIOtS ei ene 2 27 CNR Communication Network Riser sess 227 PCI
10. 11 PREMIO System Manual Opening the System Unit Note Opening the system unit could affect your warranty Check with the dealer where you purchased your system before opening the system unit To open the system unit you will need a standard philips the cross head not the flat head screwdriver F Turn off the system and unplug the power cord from the power cord connector see picture below Back I O connectors 12 PREMIO System Manual Next using the screwdriver remove the two screws as shown in the picture below Remove two screws Once the two screws are removed you can simply slide the side cover off by pulling it towards you 13 PREMIO System Manual Closing the System Unit To close the unit slide the side panel back on and reinstall the two screws 14 PREMIO System Manual Installing an Expansion Card To install an expansion card open the system unit as described on the previous page Next remove the screw securing the slot bracket cover for the expansion slot you want to use Then remove the slot bracket and install your expansion card Save the screw to secure the expansion card later You should also keep the slot bracket in case you wish to remove the expansion card later in then future 15 PREMIO System Manual Insert the expansion card firmly into the slot making sure it is seated completely Then install the screw onto the expansion card 16 PREMIO System
11. Capacity The formatted size of the storage device Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinder Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video The item sets the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO 37 Chapter 3 Halt On The item determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are All Errors The system stops when any error is detected No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error All But Diskette The system doesn t stop for a disk error All But Disk Key system doesn t stop for either a disk or a keyboard error 38 AWARD BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Arti V rus Pretecti on Li sab ed PU Internal Cache Enabl ed External Cache Enabl ed CPU L2 Cache Checki ng Enabl ed Menu Leva gt Qui ck Pover Sd f Test Enabl ed Fi rst Boot Devi ce Fl oppy I ovs you to choose Second Boot Devi ce HDD 0 the M RU verni ng Thi rd Bo
12. IRQ GM 1 Enabl ed IRG LPT 2 Enabl ed Menu Level gt gt gt RGB Fl oppy Li sk Enabl ed IRQ LPT 1 Enabl ed I RGB RTC arr Li sabl ed Reser ved sabl ed RQLO Reserved sabl ed RQU1 Reserved sabl ed 1 12 PS 2 Muse Enabl ed RAB Coprocessor Enabl ed 1 DE Channel 0 Enabl ed RQU5 1 DE Channel 1 Li sabl ed Primary INTR When this is set to ON any event occurring will wake up the system which has been powered down IRQ3 IRQI15 Enables or disables the monitoring of the specified IRQ line If set to Enabled the activity of the specified IRQ line will prevent the system 3 26 AWARD BIOS Setup from entering power saving modes or awaken it from power saving modes Note IRQ Interrupt Request lines are system resources allocated to I O devices When an I O device needs to gain attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur After receiving the signal when the operating system is ready the system will interrupt itself and perform the service required by the device 327 Chapter 3 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations G Instal ed No Reset Corfi grati on Dita D sabl ed HELD Resources Control ed By Aut o ESCD Nenu Level gt RQ Resources Press Eter Sd ect Yes if youare PC VGA Pal ette Snoop sabl ed usi ng a Plug and P
13. Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu lt PU gt Increase the numeric value or make changes lt PD gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes lt F1 gt General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu lt F5 gt Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu lt F6 gt Load the default CMOS value from Fail Safe default table only for Option Page Setup Menu lt F7 gt Load Optimized defaults lt F10 gt Save all the CMOS changes and exit 32 AWARD BIOS Setup Getting Help After entering the Setup utility the first screen you see is the Main Menu MainMenu The main menu displays the setup categories the BIOS supplies You can use the arrow keys 11 to select the item The on line description for the selected setup category is displayed on the bottom of the screen Sub Menu If you find a right pointer symbol appears to the left of certain fields as shown in the right view that means a sub menu contain ing additional options for the field can be launched IDE Mast er from this field To enter the sub menu highlight pe pri nary Slave the field and press Enter Then you can use gt DE Secondary Master control keys to move between and change the set tings of the sub menu To return to the main menu press lt Esc gt 1 Secondary Sl ave General Help lt F1 gt The BIOS setup program provi
14. 15 Chapter 2 Power Switch Connect to a 2 pin push button switch Reset Switch Reset switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON OFF Avoid rebooting while the HDD is working You can connect the Reset switch from the system case to this pin PowerLED The Power LED is lit while the system power is on Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin Speaker JFP1 only Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin HDDLED HDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive connected to the IDE1 or IDE2 connector Avoid turning the power off while the HDD is working You can connect the HDD LED from the system case to this pin Keylock JFP1 only Keylock allows you to disable the keyboard for security purpose You can connect the keylock to this pin 2 16 Hardware Setup Wake On LAN Connector JWOL1 This connector allows you to connect to a LAN card with Wake On LAN function You can wake up the computer via remote control through a local area network py n 0 MP WAKEUP GND 1 5VSB JWOL1 Wake On Ring Connector JMDM1 This connector allows you to connect to a modem card with Wake On Ring function The connector will power up the system when a signal is receiv
15. 9 10 Enable Line out connector on the back panel Disable Front Panel Audio Connector Chapter 2 Jumpers The motherboard provides the following jumpers for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data 1 1 Keep Data Clear Data You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will dam WARNING age the mainboard 2 24 Hardware Setup Keyboard Wake up Jumper JKBV1 The JKBV1 jumper is used to set PS 2 keyboard mouse and Rear USB wake up function To use the function you should also go to BIOS to enable the PS 2 keyboard mouse amp USB wake up power on function
16. BIOS ROM that provides a Setup util ity for users to modify the basic system configuration The information is stored in a battery backed CMOS RAM so it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The chapter contains the following topics a Entering Setup 3 2 n Control Keys 32 Getting Help 3 3 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features 3 9 Advanced Chipset Features 3 13 Integrated Peripherals 3 17 Power Management Setup 323 PnP PCI Configurations 328 PC Health Status 3 30 Frequency Voltage Control 3 32 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 34 Set Supervisor User Password 3 36 Save amp Exit Setup 3 38 Exit Without Saving 3 30 d 31 Chapter 3 Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press DEL key to enter Setup Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys Control Keys T Move to the previous item lt gt Move to the next item c Move to the item in the left hand lt gt gt Move to the item in the right hand lt Enter gt Select the item lt Esc gt
17. Instructions AWN 10 11 12 Always read the safety instructions carefully Keep this User s Manual for future reference Keep this equipment away from humidity Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment from overheating DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110 220V before connecting the equipment to the power inlet Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electri cal shock If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture e The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to User s Manual The equipment has dropped and damaged the equipment has obvious sign of breakage DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNCONDITIONED STORAGETEMPERATURE ABOVE60 C 140 F IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer CAUTION Da
18. aah O p Bn D ed UO I I purses a 23 d EE ea 2 1 2 1 a o o 1 inus ae a an EE o fyou install two hard disks on cable you must configure the Qe second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the TIP hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions 2 14 Hardware Setup Case Connectors JFP1 amp F_P2 The case connector block JFP1 allows you to connect to the Power Switch Reset Switch Keylock Speaker Power LED and HDD LED on the case The other case connector block F_P2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide and can connect to the the Power Switch Reset Switch Power LED and HDD LED on the case 10 9 NC zu Power Reset Switch Switch Power HDD LED LED 21 F_P2 Ei o 1 m H cdit IEEE m Reset Speaker Switch JFP1 Pin Definition LED Power power Pin Description Pin Description LED Switch 1 Keylock 10 Keylock JFP1 2 NC 1 NC 3 HDD 12 HDD F_P2 Pin Definition 4 GND 13 SPK Pin Description Pin Description 5 SLED 14 BUZ 1 HDD 2 PLED 6 PLED 15 BUZ 3 HDD 4 SLED 7 PWSW 16 SPK 5 RST 6 PWSW 8 PWSW 17 RST 7 RST 8 PWSW 9 NC 18 RST 9 NC 10 NC 2
19. ay Assi gn RQ For VA Enabl ed capabl e oper ati on Assi gn RQ For USB Enabl ed systenfel ect Mif Assi gn RQ For ACPI Auto you need the BGS to conf i gure non boot devi ces Ti c Mwe Enter Sdect J4 PJPDVdue F10 Sae FLEGrnea Wp F5 Previ ous Val ues F6 Fail SefeDefauts F7 Qti Defaults PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operat ing system like Windows 95 or 98 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards So select Yes if the operating system is Plug amp Play aware Reset Configuration Data The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data is a method that the BIOS uses to store resource information for both PNP and non PNP devices in a bit string format When Enabled the system will rebuild ESCD and you will see the message ESCD Update Successfully on boot up Resources Controlled By If select Auto ESCD BIOS will automatically configure all the boot and PnP Plug amp Play compatible devices and assigns system resources like IRQ to these devices However this feature means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 98 If you 3 28 AWARD BIOS Setup want to configure it by yourself select Manaul IRQ Resources The items are adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual P
20. may need replacement Hard Disk Problems Your hard disk should make a slight whirring sound when operating properly If the disk 15 totally silent Turn off the system open the system unit case and check that the power cable between the power supply and the hard disk is securely attached at both ends If it is your hard disk may be defective If the hard disk makes excessive noise Turn off the system open the system unit case and remove the hard disk power cable connector from the hard disk Then turn the system back on If the noise disappears your hard disk may be defective Warranty Service If you have a problem with your PREMIO system that requires service during the warranty period contact the dealer where you purchased your system Your dealer will try to resolve the problem for you If your dealer cannot resolve the problem you can contact PREMIO directly at the address below Note obtain warranty service you must provide proof of purchase including the purchase date 21 PREMIO System Manual Technical Support You can contact PREMIO technical support at the following address Premio Computer Inc 918 Radecki Court City of Industry CA 91748 Telephone 800 568 6388 Fax 626 839 3191 Email support premiopc com PREMIO on the Internet PREMIO maintains a web page on the Internet with the latest information on PREMIO products updated drivers answers to common problems an extensive compone
21. Female 6 NC No connection 2 9 Chapter 2 Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connec tor for attaching a PS 2 keyboard You can plug a PS 2 keyboard directly into this connector fo 4Mo o 2 5 3 PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keyboard DATA Keyboard DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock 6 NC No connection USB Connectors The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into ths connector 1234 5678 USB Ports USB Port Description PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 8 GND Ground 2 10 Parallel Port Connector The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector for LPT A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP mode 13 Hardware Setup 0000000000 3 TERN V
22. IOS will activate the floppy disk drives during boot process the drive activity light will come on and the head will move back and forth once Settings Enabled and Disabled 3 10 AWARD BIOS Setup Boot Up NumLock Status This item is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Settings On and Off Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status A20 refers to the first 64 of extended memory When Fast is selected the Gate A20 is controlled by Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance When Normal is selected A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardware Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate amp Typematic Delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled this item allows you to set the rate characters second at which the keys are accelerated Settings 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec This item allows you to select the delay between when the key was first pressed and when the acceleration begins Settings 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option This specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented Settings are described below Option D
23. Interrupt Request Routing 228 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup e eeeee eere eese eese 3 1 Entermp Setup aient E tee eter 32 Control Keys ined epu e A 32 Getting Help e e er ee wees 3 3 Th Main Menus enne enne nnne nennen nennen 34 Standard CMOS Features ssssssssssseseeeee ener enne 3 6 Advanced BIOS Feature Sette e EEE A EEE Ni 3 9 Advanced Chipset Features eisses psies 3 13 Integrated Peripherals eese 3 17 Power Management Setup sse 323 vi PnP PCI Configurations 3 etr i mi ehe e ee 328 PC Health Status Ee nene 3 30 Frequency Voltage Control eese 3 32 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults see 3 34 Set Supervisor User Password sese 3 36 Save amp Exit Sep iere ene or e fede iet 3 38 Exit Without Saving noie tpe erbe ip ri pire iei 3 30 Chapter 4 Installing Drivers eere eee esee ente entente aetas n enata ann 4 1 Driver Installation for Windows 98SE 2000 ME NTA O 4 2 UT G 1 vil Introduction Introduction Thank you for purchasing MS 6380 v3 X motherboard The MS 6380 v3 X ATX mainboard is a high performance computer mainboard based on VIA Apollo KT266A VT8366A amp VT8233 chipset and de signed for the AMD Athlon
24. Manual Installing Additional Memory For details on memory configuration including the placement and type of memory to use in your system please refer to the motherboard user s manual that came with your system 17 PREMIO System Manual Installing an Additional Hard Disk Drive To install an additional hard disk drive in your system follow these steps Disconnect the hard drive cable and power connector Remove the two screws securing the drive bay Slide the bay toward the rear of the system unit to remove it Insert the new drive into an open position in the bay and secure it with four screws Slide the bay back into the system unit and secure it with two screws Connect the cables 18 PREMIO System Manual Getting Help Troubleshooting Your PREMIO system is designed to provide years of trouble free performance If you have a problem with your system first check the information in this section for a quick solution Monitor Does Not Work If your monitor appears not to be working properly Check that the monitor s power cable is securely attached to the monitor and to an outlet that is receiving power Check that the monitor s video cable is securely attached to the monitor and to the system unit s video card connector Check that the monitor s power switch is on Adjust the monitor s brightness and contrast controls If possible substitute another monitor that is in good working order If the substitut
25. PP Mode Sel ect ECP Mode Use DMA PVRON After PVR Fai Gane Port Address Mdi Port Address Port FQ Press Enter Press Enter Pd Sc Enabl ed Li sab ed Li sab ed Enabl ed BUTTON ONLY Enter Grl Fl Enbal ed 3F8 1 2F8 Nor nal H Lo Enabl ed Hel f Rx2Tx2 378 1 RQ7 ECP EPP1 7 3 Gf 201 330 10 ItemH p Menu Level gt Tic Mwe Enter Sd ect F5 Previ ous Val ues 4 PJPDVdue F10 Save ES Bit F6 Fai Saf e Df au ts Fl Hip F7 Qxi rhzed Def au ts VIA OnChip IDE Device Press lt Enter gt to go to the sub menu screen similar to the following VIA OnChip IDE Device p DE Channel 0 Enabl ed temHal p Orhi p Channel 1 Enabl ed DE Prefetch Mode Enabl ed Prinary Master PIO Auto Menu Level gt gt Pri Sl ave PIO Auto Secondary Master Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Prinary Master UDMA Auto Pri Sl ave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto 317 Chapter 3 OnChipIDE Channel0 1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Choose Enabled to activate each channel separately IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interface supports prefetching for faster drive accesses Setto Disabled if your primary and or secondary add in IDE interface does not support prefetching Primary Secondar
26. SDRAM Double Speed DRAM Two types of DDR are available at the time of writing PC 1600 amp PC2100 PC1600 DDR SDRAM running at 100MHBz will produce about 1 6GB s memory bandwidth PC2100 running at 133MHz will produce 2 1GB s memory bandwidth High memory bandwidth makes DDR an ideal solution for high performance PC workstations and servers 2 6 Hardware Setup DIMM Modules Combination At least one DIMM module should be installed on the motherboard Memory modules can be installed on the slots in any order The single double sided memory modules that each DIMM slot supports are listed as below Socket Memory Module Total Memory DDR1 S D 64M B 1GB amp Bank1 DDR2 S D 64M B 1GB Bank2 amp Bank3 DDR 3 S D 64M B 1GB Bank4 amp Bank5 Maximum System Memory Supported 64M B 3GB S Single Side D Double Side Installing DIMM Modules 1 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module will only fit in the right orientation Front Side Rear Side 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in A 2 Volt 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close 2 7 Chapter 2 Power Supply The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Before inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage wi
27. VICE PROVIDERS PARTNERS MAY BE CHANGED ADDED OR DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY PREMIO COMPUTER INC DISCLAIMS ANY AUTHORIZED RESELLERS AND SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNER TO THE PROGRAM THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE FCC Standards The FCC Federal Communications Commission restricts the amount of radiation and radio frequency emissions from computing equipment This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly in strict accordance with the operation instructions reference manuals and the service manual may cause interference to radio or television reception This equipment can be tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules There limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on then the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
28. at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI setting to En abled for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking because even a 0 25 jitter can introduce a temporary boost in clockspeed of 25MHz with a 1GHz CPU which may just cause your 3 32 AWARD BIOS Setup overclocked processor to lock up CPU Host PCI Clock This item specifies the combination of CPU host bus FSB and PCI bus frequency and provides a method for end users to overclock the processor accordingly If the CPU clock is set to 100MHZ you are allowed to select any option between 00 33Mhz and 124 31Mhz for CPU Host PCI Clock If the CPU clock is set to 133MHz you can set the item from 33 33Mhz through 154 39Mhz 3 33 Chapter 3 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail Safe or Optimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for the stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defa
29. aults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Manageme prd MEE 9 Password PnP PCI Configuracion W GALE PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change Set Disable Password Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously set password from CMOS memory You will be prompted to confirm the password Re type the password and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set 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 have BIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would prevent unauthorized 3 36 AWARD BIOS Setup use of your computer The setting to determine when the password prompt is required is the Security Option of the Advanced BIOS Features menu If the Security Option is set to System the passw
30. bel If you are not sure of the type of power available consult your dealer or local power company This product is equipped with a 3 wire grounding type plug a plug having a third grounding pin This plug will only fit into a grounding type power outlet This is a safety feature If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding type plug Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not locate this product where the cord will be walked on If an extension cord is used with this product make sure that the total of the ampere ratings on the products plugged into the extension cord do not exceed the extension cord ampere rating Also make sure that the total of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed 15 amperes Never push objects of any kind into this product through cabinet slots as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a risk of fire or electric shock Never spill liquid of any kind on the product Except as explained elsewhere in this manual don t attempt to service this product yourself Opening and removing those covers that are marked Do Not Remove may expose you to dangerous 13 voltage points or other risks Refer all servicing on those compartments to service personnel Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to quali
31. controller is disabled Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect modems Settings Disabled and Auto Init Display First This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Available settings are PCI Slot and AGP OnChip USB Controller The item specifies which USB Universal Serial Bus Port is enabled The settings are All Disabled ALL Enabled 1 USB Port and 2 USB Port USB Keyboard Mouse Support Set to Enabled if your need to use an USB keyboard mouse in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from the hard disk drive Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Enabled enables IDE controller to use block mode Disabled allows the controller to use standard mode POWER ON Function This controls how the PS 2 mouse or keyboard can power on the system Settings are Password Hot KEY Mouse Left Mouse Right BUTTON ONLY 3 19 Chapter 3 and Keyboard 98 KB Power ON Password If POWER ON Function is set to Password then you can set a password in the field for PS 2 keyboard to power on the system Hot Key Power ON If POWER ON Function is set to Hot KEY then you can assign a hot key combination in the field for the PS 2 keyboard to power on the system Setting
32. des a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press lt Esc gt to exit the Help screen 33 Chapter 3 The Main Menu Once you enter AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to move among the items and press Enter to enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of Award special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings fo
33. e settings are HCLK The DRAM clock will be equal to the Host Clock HCLK 33 The DRAM clock will be equal to the Host Clock minus 33MHz For example if the Host Clock is 133MHz the DRAM clock will be 1OOMHz HCLK 33 The DRAM clock will be equal to Host Clock plus 33MHz For example if the Host Clock is 1OOMHz the DRAM clock will be 133MHz Auto BIOS automatically determines the DRAM clock frequency DRAM CAS Latency The item controls the timing delay in clock cycles before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Settings Auto 2 2 5 and 3 2 increases system performance while 3 provides more stable system performance Bank Interleave The item is used to enable or disable bank interleave feature Settings Auto and Disabled Row Precharge This setting allows you to select the number of DRAM clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe RAS signal to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and data lost The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Settings 37 2T and Auto 3 14 AWARD BIOS Setup RAS Pulse This setting allows you to select the number of DRAM clock cycles allotted for the RAS pulse width according to DRAM specifications The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Settings 6T 5T and Auto RAS to CAS When DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allo
34. e works your monitor may need repair or replacement 19 PREMIO System Manual Keyboard Does Not Work If the NumLock indicator in the upper right corner of the keyboard does not light when the system powers up or the keyboard does not work Check that the keyboard cable is securely attached to the system unit s keyboard connector If possible substitute another keyboard that is in good working order If the substitute works your keyboard may need replacement Mouse Does Not Work If your mouse pointer does not move or moves erratically when you move the mouse Check that the mouse cable is securely attached to the mouse connector on the system unit Disassemble the mouse and clean the roller ball This does not apply if you have an optical mouse 20 PREMIO System Manual System Unit Problems The fan inside the system unit should make a low steady sound when operating properly If the fan is totally silent Check that the system power cord is securely attached to the back of the system unit and to a power outlet Verify that the outlet has power If possible substitute another power cord that is in good working order If the substitute works replace your power cord If the fan makes excessive noise Turn off the system open the system unit case and inspect the fan for any obstructions Turn on the system and listen closely to the fan If the noise comes from inside the fan housing your power supply
35. ed through the modem card 5VSB NC MDM WAKEUP GND 1 m NC g a JMDM1 NL Modem wake up signal is active low 2 17 Chapter 2 IrDA Infrared Module Connector J7 This connector allows you to connect to an IrDA Infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function Pin Signal 1 VCC 2 NC 8 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX ar J7 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector J3 This connector is connected to a 2 pin chassis switch If the chassis is opened the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record Hardware Setup CD In Aux Line In Modem In Connector JCD JAUX JMDM JCD connector is for CD ROM audio connector JAUX connector is for DVD add on card with Line in connector JMDM connector is for modem with internal audio connector
36. escription Setup The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup System A password prompt appears every time when the com puter is powered on or when end users try to run Setup 311 Chapter 3 APICMode This field is used to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Due to compliance to PC2001 design guide the system is able to run in APIC mode Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQs resources for the system Settings Enabled and Disabled MPS Version Control For OS This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Settings 7 4 and 1 1 OS Select for DRAM 64MB This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with more than 64MB DRAM When you choose Non OS2 you cannot run the OS 2 operating system with more than 64MB DRAM But it is possible if you choose OS2 Video BIOS Cacheable Setting to Enabled allows caching of the Video BIOS ROM at C0000h F7FFFh and leads to better video performance But any program attempt to write to this memory area will cause a system error 3 12 AWARD BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features DRAM ock Dri ve Control Pre
37. fied service personnel under the following conditions A When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed B If liquid has been spilled into the product C Ifthe product has been exposed to rain or water D Ifthe product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation E Ifthe product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged F Ifthe product exhibits a distinct change in performance indicating a need for service MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 6380 ATX Mainboard adn gt pj E Version 3 0 G52 MA00464 Manual Rev 3 0 Release Date October 2001 CC 1 FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equip ment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accor dance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area i
38. he safety of CPU Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond prod uct specifications is not recommended We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications A 2 5 Chapter 2 Memory The mainboard provides 3 sockets for 184 pin unbuffered DDR DIMM Double In Line Memory Module modules and supports a maximum memory size of 3GB Xp DITE e ss EER DDR DIMM Slots DDR 1 3 Introduction to DDR SDRAM You can install PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules on the DDR DIMM slots DDR 1 3 DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transfering data twice per cycle It transfers data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock Conventional SDRAM only uses the rising edge of the clock to transfer data Therefore conventional SDRAM is called SDR Single Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM uses 2 5 volts as opposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM is also known as SDRAM II DDR DRAM and D
39. he computer is turned off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears IRQ Event Activity Detect USB Resune f romS3 Li sab ed VGA OFF p LPT amp COM LPT COM HDD amp FDD ON Menu Level gt gt Master OF F Power C by Card Li sab ed Wke Up Qn LAN RI ng Li sab ed RTC Resune sab ed x Date of Month 0 x Resune Ti ne hh nmss 000 RG Acti vi ty Mri tori ng Press Enter USB Resume from S3 VGA LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD PCI Master PowerOn by PCI Card Wake Up On LAN Ring These items specify whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or component is detected 3 25 Chapter 3 2 Note To use the function of Wake Up On LAN Ring you need to install a modem LAN card supporting power on function RTC Alarm Resume This is to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date Settings Enabled and Disabled Date of Month Specifies the date for RTC Alarm Resume Settings are 0 3 Resume Time hh mm ss Specifies the time for RTC Alarm Resume Format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt IRQs Activity Monitoring Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears IRQ Activity Monitoring Prinary NIR ON I RCB 2 Enabl ed temHel p
40. he day nonth year and century vvv Dive A 144M 35in Dive B None Vi deo EGA VGA Halt Al But Keyboard Base Menory 640K Extended Menory 65472K Total Menory 66112K Noe Mwe Enter Sdect J4 PJPDVdue FlOSae Fi Grea Wp F5 Previ ous Val ues F6 Fai Safe Dfau ts F7 nnzed Def ad ts Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is lt day gt lt month gt date year day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users Time This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second 36 AWARD BIOS Setup IDE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Press PgUp lt gt or PgDn lt gt to select the hard disk drive type The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection IDE Primary Master DE HD Ato Det ecti on Press Enter temHel p 1 Pri Master Auto Access Mode Auto Menu Level gt Capaci ty 15021 To auto detect the HB s size ndr 291024 thi s channd Head 16 Preconp 0 Landi ng Zone 29103 Sector Access Mode The settings are Auto CHS LBA and Large
41. hip integrated 2 channel S W audio Direct Sound AC97 Audio On Board Peripherals On Board Peripherals include floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 2 serial ports COMB parallel port supporting SPP EPP ECP mode 6USB 1 1 ports Rear 2 Front 4 1 IrDA connector for SIR ASKIR HPSIR 1 Audio Game port BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug amp Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI func tion which records your mainboard specifications Dimension ATX Form Factor 30 4 cm X 23 5 cm Mounting 6 mounting holes 13 Chapter 1 Mainboard Layout Top mduse re Bottom keyboard SOCKET 462 USB JKBV1 orts a pi x 1146 2 nre i Top Parallel Port Bottom COMA COMB ce VT8366 y N AGP Slot 5 PCI Slot 1 SCENTS E EGER T JIi EEE E EE PO Top Game part Bottom Line Out Line In Mic gus Winbond W83627HF AW 1 TUTTI TUTDTUTUT Codec JAUX 2 2 2
42. hput demands of 3D graphics It introduces a 66MHz 32 bit channel for the graphics controller to directly access main memory and provides three levels of throughputs 1x 266Mbps 2x 533Mbps and 4x 1 07Gbps PCI Slots Five PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration CNR Communication Network Riser The CNR specification is an open industry standard specification that defines a hardware scalable Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM main board riser board and interface which supports audio and modem only 2 27 Chapter 2 PCIInterrupt Request Routing The IRQ abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor To install a PCI expansion card on a PCI shared slot you must make sure the card s driver supports shared function or there is no need to assign an IRQ to the device The AGP PCT IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INTA INTD pins as follows oer rae over force The mainboard supports PCI Slot 1 5 Bus Master 2 28 AWARD BIOS Setup AWARD BIOS Setup The mainboard uses AWARD
43. ight C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status CPU V rni ng Tenperature Li sabl ed Current SystemTenp 32 89 Current CPU Tenperature 581 132 Current SystemFan Speed 2310RPM Nenu Level Current Power Fan Speed 4200RPM Current CPU Fan Speed 4560RPM Vcore 1 66V VIT 1 47 3 3V 3 26V 5V 5 02V 2V 12 05V 12V 11 56V V 4 99V VBAT V 3 22V 5VSB V 4 87V Crsssi s ntrusi on Det ect Li sabl ed Shut down Tenperature Li sabl ed Ti Mwe Erer Sdect PUPDVelue 10 FLGrea Hp F5 Previ Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Qti nhzed Bfauits CPU Warning Temperature This item is used to specify a thermal limit for CPU If CPU temperature reaches the specified limit the system will issue a warning and allows you to prevent the CPU overheat problem Settings Disabled 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 151 and 70 158 F Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Current System Power CPU Fan Speed Vcore VTT 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT V 5VSB V These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds 3 30 AWARD BIOS Setup Chassis Intrusion Detect The item enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis was once opened To clear
44. itch Microphone ____ Headphone 2 x USB Ports The CD DVD CDRW drive reads information on CDs or DVDs The floppy disk drive reads and writes data to 3 5 1 44MB floppy disks The power switch turns the system on and off The hard disk drive HDD LED lights when the HDD is in use The power LED lights when the system is on The reset switch restarts the system in the event of a hardware lockup The microphone connector allows you to connect a microphone for audio input The headphone connector allows you to connect a standard headphone The USB ports allows you to connect USB devices such as printers digital cameras scanners etc 10 PREMIO System Manual Upgrading You can upgrade your PREMIO system with W Expansion cards Additional system memory Additional hard disk drive To install an upgrade you must open the system unit Before proceeding read the important cautionary note below Then follow the steps on the next page Caution Static discharge can cause permanent damage to internal electronic components of your computer Always use the following precautions when working inside the system unit W Avoid working in an area with carpeted floor Touch the back of the midtower s power supply first Wear a grounding wrist strap available at most electronics stores when handling electronic components Do not remove a component from its antistatic packaging until you are ready to install it
45. l auto run and the setup screen will appear Click on Via Chipset Drivers and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Restart the system for the new chipset driver Installing Sound Drivers 1 2 3 Make sure the supplied CD disk is in the CD ROM drive Go to My Computer and double click the CD ROM icon The setup screen will appear again Click on Avance Sound Drivers and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Restart the system One Touch Setup A In Windows 2000 ME you may see the One Touch Setup button appear on the setup screen Choosing the button will help you to install more than one driver into the system without going through the installation process step by step and save a lot of time accordingly After clicking on One Touch Setup a window will show up indicating what drivers will be installed Install other drivers not included by One Touch Setup manually if any 4 2
46. ld selects the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture Aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Settings 4M SM 16M 32M 64M 128M and 256M AGP Driving Control This filed is used to adjust the AGP driving force Selecting Manual allows you to select an AGP driving force in AGP Driving Value It is strongly suggested to select Auto to avoid causing any system error AGP Driving Value This item specifies an AGP driving force AGP Fast Write The field enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature The Fast Write technology allows CPU to write directly to the graphics card without passing anything through the system memory and improves the AGP 4X speed Select Enabled only when the installed AGP card supports the function 3 16 Integrated Peripherals AWARD BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals MA ip I Devi ce MA QGii p Devi ce Init Dsp ayFirst p USB Gort roi er USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support DE HDD Block Mode PO ER CN Function KB Power CN Password Hot Key Pover CN COnboar d FDC Cont rol er Qboard Seri al Port 1 Qboard Seri al Port 2 UART Mode Sel ect RxD TxD Acti ve RTransnhssi on Del ay UR2 Dupl ex Mode We IR Pins Qboard 1 e Port Parallel Port Mbde E
47. ll be caused ATX 20 Pin Power Supply This connector allows you to connect to an ATX power supply To connect to the ATX power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector n 1 EE I 8 20 10 ATX Power Connector m EEE PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V 2 8 Hardware Setup Back Panel The Back Panel provides the following connectors Mouse Parallel Midi Joystick 1999900 90000 mmm m oooo00 eee 0 Keyboard USB COMA COM B L out L in MIC Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse DATA Mouse DATA o 2 NC No connection 4 3 3 GND Ground 2 1 4 VCC 45V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock PS 2 Mouse 6 pin
48. nger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction eee eee eee eee e eerte eee eite eene tasa statuo 1 1 Mainboard Specification eesseeeeeeeneneeeenn tne 1 2 Mainboard Layout 14 Quick Components Guide 1 5 Key Features ii eene pn eo reir Rte 1 6 MSI Special 1 7 PC Alert M HT Optional tdem 1 7 Fuzzy Logic III Optional 1 9 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup sees eee sees ete sesta ano 2 1 Central Processing Unt CPU eerte depre eto reete detect 22 CPU Installation Procedures eene 2 2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 24 CPU Clock Selection Jumper SW1 sess 24 Memory ee eere ie eo Ee RR Seay 2 6 Introduction to DDR SDRAM eerte 2 6 DIMM Modules Combination eene 2 7 Installing DIMM Modules seen 2 7 Power Supply 1 eret ee eet e mn eed 2 8 ATX 20 Pin Power Supply sese 2 8 Back Panel amp ira entr tutus te aer tete Pa tree 2 9 Mouse Connector iie rd RR de UR E PER eee 2 9 Keyboard Connector sse 2 10 USB Conn GtOES tee eoe nre tete Ucet e eerie Pre 2 10 Parallel Port Connector
49. nt troubleshooting guide and more Visit our web page at http www premiopc com Appendix Limited 3 Year Warranty Premio Computer Inc warrants its line of PREMIO computer systems hereinafter Product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of three 3 years from the date of original purchase from Premio Computer Inc or a Premio Computer Inc authorized reseller This warranty does not cover monitor and LCD panels nor third party hardware and software which has a separate manufacturer s warranty Warranty for such third party hardware and software if any is subject to the third party s warranty policy PREMIO branded monitors are warranted as follows Three 3 year parts and labor except for CRT One 1 year parts and labor for CRT PREMIO branded LCD panels are warranted as follows One 1 year parts and labor SERVICE UNDER WARRANTY If this Product fails to be in good working order during this 3 year warranty period or specific period of time as noted above Premio Computer Inc will at its option repair or replace the Product Repair parts and or replacement Products may be either new or reconditioned at Premio Computer Inc s discretion The limited warranty does not include service to repair damage from improper installation abuse or modifications to the Product not approved in writing by Premio Computer Inc Any service repair outside the scope of this limited warranty shall be a
50. ollow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components This chapter contains the following topics A Central Processing Unit CPU 2 2 Memory 2 6 Power Supply 2 8 Back Panel 2 9 Connectors 2 13 Jumpers 2 24 V Slots 2 27 2 1 Chapter 2 Central Processing Unit CPU The mainboard supports AMD Athlon Athlon XP and Duron processors It uses a CPU socket called Socket A for easy CPU installation Make sure the CPU has a Heat Sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating If you do not find the Heat Sink and cooling fan contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer a Open Lever CPU Installation Procedures 1 Pull the lever sideways away Sliding N from the socket Then raise Plate the lever up to a 90 degree c angle 2 Look for the cut edge The cut edge should point towards the lever pivot The CPU will only fit in the correct orientation Cutedge 3 Hold the CPU firmly and then press the lever down to complete the installation 22 Hardware Setup warninc Thermal Issue for CPU As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building c
51. omputer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable operation As such the processor must be maintained in the specified thermal requirements AMD Athlon Duron Athlon XP processor with a speed of 600MHz and above requires LARGER heatsink and fan You also need to add thermal grease between the CPU and heatsink to improve heat dissipation Then make sure that the CPU and heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other These are needed to prevent damaging the processor and ensuring reliable operation If you want to get more information on the proper cooling you can visit AMD s website for reference 2 3 Chapter 2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure If CPUCIock 100MHz Core Bus ratio 7 then CPU core speed Host Clock x Core Bus ratio 100MHzx7 700MHz CPU Clock Selection Jumper SW1 The default hardware configuration for CPU Clock Frequency is set at 100MHz To use a 133MHz CPU you need to adjust the CPU clock up to 133MHz by setting the SW1 jumper Sw1 1 1 133 2 100 2 Hardware Setup d gt Replacing CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX WARNING power supply or unplug the power cable of the ATX power supply from grounded outlet first to ensure t
52. onboard parallel port Settings 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 and Disabled Parallel Port Mode This item selects the operating mode for the parallel port SPP EPP ECP or ECP EPP EPP Mode Select The item selects the EPP version used by the parallel port if it is set to EPP or ECP EPP mode Settings 1 7 and 9 ECP Mode Use DMA The item specifies the DMA channel 1 or 3 for the parallel port when it is set to ECP or ECP EPP mode PWRON After PWR Fail This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupts occurs Available settins are Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occured Game Midi Port Address The items disable or assign the I O address for the Game Midi port 3 21 Chapter 3 Midi Port IRQ The item specifies an IRQ for the Midi port 322 AWARD BIOS Setup Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup PCA f uncti on Enabl ed p 9 eep tate S1 POS Power Managenent Cpti on User Defi ne HOD Power Down Menu Level Doze Mode D sad e Suspend Mbde D sabl e PM Control by APM Yes MODEM Use RQ 3 Soft Cff by PVRBIN I retart Gf RQ Evert Acti vi ty Detect Press Erter Tl Mwe Enter Sdect 4 PJPDVdue FlOSae FLEGrnea Wp F5 Pre
53. ord is required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup password prompt only occurs when trying to enter Setup E About Supervisor Password amp User Password E i Supervisor password Can enter and change the settings ofthe setup menu User password Can only enter but do not have the right to change the settings of the setup menu A 3 37 Chapter 3 Save amp Exit Setup When you want to quit the Setup menu you can select this option to save the changes and quit A message as below will appear on the screen CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripheral Set Supervisor Password Power SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y bra PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Typing Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to RTC CMOS Typing N will return to the Setup Utility 3 38 AWARD BIOS Setup Exit Without Saving When you want to quit the Setup menu you can select this option to abandon the changes A message as below will appear on the screen CMOS Se
54. ors 1 Connect the female end of the power cord to the chassis power cord connector and then connect the male end of the power cord to your wall outlet or power strip 2 Connect the keyboard mouse speakers if any to the back I O connectors see next page for details 3 Connect your monitor to the video card connector 7 PREMIO System Manual Connecting Your Keyboard Mouse and Speakers The picture below is an enlarged view of the back I O connectors The keyboard mouse and speakers connectors are color coded for your reference Simply connect your keyboard to the purple keyboard connector and your mouse to the green mouse connector Next connect your speakers to the light green connector this is assuming you are using the onboard audio If you have an add on audio card please consult the manual for the location of the speakers connector 8 PREMIO System Manual Connecting Your Monitor The next step is to connect your monitor to your video card See picture below for the location of the video card connector Once everything is connected you can now turn on your monitor and system See the next page for the location of the midtower s power switch 9 PREMIO System Manual Switches and Indicators The system unit s front panel provides access to the CD ROM DVD ROM or CD RW and floppy drives and to the system s switches and indicator LEDs CD DVD CDRW Floppy Disk Drive HDD LED Reset Sw
55. ot Devi ce CDROM feature for ILE Hard Boot Grher Devi ce Enabl ed D sk boot sector Svap Fl Dri ve Li sabi ed praetio Ifthis Boot Up Fl oppy Seek Enabl ed functi oni s enad ed Boot Up Nunhock Status On and soneone attenpt to Gate A20 on Fast witecktai rtothis Typenati c Rate Setti ng sabi ed area B wll showa Typenati c Rate Chars Sec 6 warning nessage on X Typenati Del ay Mec 250 screen and al ar mbeep Securi ty Qti on Setup API C Mode Enabl ed MPS Versi on Control For 14 Select for DRAM gt 64MB Non 052 M deo BI Cacheabl e Li sab ed Tl Mwe Enter Sdect PUPDV elue 10 Wp F5 Previous Val ues Fail Safe Defadits F7 Qti nhzed Bfauits Anti Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep Settings are Disabled and Enabled Default value is Disabled CPU Internal External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is must faster than conventional DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system trans fers requested data from main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The settings enable disable the internal cache also known as L1 or level 1 cache and external cache also known as L2 or level 2 cache Settings Enabled and Disabled
56. per CPU cooling fan 2 CPU Fan supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control the CPU Fan speed according to the actual CPU temperature 2 20 Hardware Setup Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 Optional JUSB3 amp JUSB4 Optional The mainboard provides Front USB Universal Serial Bus pin headers that allow you to connect optional USB ports for front panel JUSB1 amp JUSB2 are compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JUSB2 amp JUSB4 are OPTIONAL 9 y p Optional Optional 9 pu am yd JUSB3 JUSB1 USB3 4 Pin Definition USB1 2 Pin Definition Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 USBPWR 2 GND 1 USBPWR 2 USBPWR 3 USBP2 4 NC 3 USBP4 4 USBP5 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 5 USBP4 6 USBP5 7 NC 8 USBP3 7 GND 8 GND 9 GND 10 USBPWR 9 NC 10 USBOC 2 21 Chapter 2 Front Panel Audio Connectors JAU1 Optional amp JAUDIO2 You can connect optional audio connectors to Front Panel Audio Headers JAUDIO2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design AL Guide As for JAU1 itis OPTION
57. r integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management 34 AWARD BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC Health Status This entry displays the current status of your PC Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable per formance of your PC Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default factory settings for BIOS for optimal system performance Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup 35 Chapter 3 Standard CMOS Features The items inside Standard CMOS Features menu are divided into 13 categories Each category includes none one or more setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to modify and use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to switch to the value you prefer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date yy Thu Gt 42001 Ti re Hx mss 00 00 00 ItemH p 1 Pri nary Mast er CE Pri 9 ave DE Secondary Mast er 1 Secondary SI ave Menu Level Change t
58. ress Enter and you will enter the sub menu of the items IRQ Resources list IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 for users to set each IRQ a type depending on the type of device using the IRQ Settings are PCI Device For Plug amp Play compatible devices designed for PCIorISA bus architecture Reserved For devices compliant with the PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI VGA palette is the set of colors currently used by the video device Some special VGA cards may not show colors correctly and need to look into the video device s VGA palette to determine what colors are in use Then you have to turn on the palette snoop permitting the palette registers of both VGA devices to be identical The setting must be set to Enabled if any non standard VGA adapter card such as MPEG card in stalled in the system requires VGA palette snooping Assign IRQ For VGA USB Selecting Enabled allows BIOS to assign an IRQ to VGA USB device Choose Disabled if you want to release the IRQ Assign IRQ For ACPI Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically assign an IRQ for SCI System Control Interrupt of ACPI spec Settings Auto IRQ9 IRQIO and IRQ11 3 29 Chapter 3 PC Health Status This section is to monitor the current hardware status including CPU temperature CPU Fan speed Vcore etc This is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyr
59. s Ctrl F1 through Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Use the item to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller Select En abled when you have a floppy disk drive installed and want to use it Onboard Serial Port 1 2 The items specify the base I O port address and IRQ for the onboard Serial Port 1 COM A Serial Port 2 COM B Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2FS IRQ3 3ES IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto UART Mode Select The field allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port B Settings are IrDA IrDA compliant Infrared Port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port Normal RS 232C Serial Port RxD TxD Active The item determines the active of RxD TxD Settings Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi and Lo IR Transmission Delay The field enables or disables IR transmission delay function Settings En abled and Disabled 3 20 AWARD BIOS Setup UR2Duplex Mode The field specifies a duplex value for the IR device connected to COM B Full Duplex mode permits silmutaneous two direction transmission in Half Duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time Settings Half and Full UseIR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of TxD and RxD signals Settings IR Rx2Tx2 and RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This specifies the I O port address and IRQ of the
60. s likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon sible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and A C power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the emission limits VOIR LA NOTICE D INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU Micro Star International MS 6380 Tested to comply d with FCC Standard For Home or Office Use i Edition October 2001 Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL We take every care in the preparation of this document but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents Our products are under continual improvement and we re serve the right to make changes without notice Trademarks trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners AMD Athlon and Duron are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation Windows 98 2000 ME and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date 3 0 First release for PCB 3 X October 2001 iii Safety
61. sers to configure each mode separately HDDPower Down If HDD activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Settings Disable and J Min through 5 Min DozeMode After the selected period of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while other devices still run at full speed Settings Disable 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour Suspend Mode If system activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field all devices except CPU will be shut off Settings are Disable 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 6 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour PM Control by Setting to Yes will activate an Advanced Power Management APM device to enhance Max Saving mode and stop CPU internal clock Settings Yes and No 3 24 MODEM Use IRQ AWARD BIOS Setup Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Settings 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 and NA This feature allows users to configure the power button function Settings Soft Offby PWRBTN are Instant Off Delay 4 Sec The power button functions as a normal power on off button When you press the power button the computer enters the suspend sleep mode but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds t
62. ss Enter temHal p AP amp P2P Bri dge Cortrol Press Enter Menu Level gt fTi Mwe Enter Sdect PUPDV elue 10 Sae Fi Grad Wp F5 Previous Va ues Fail Safe Defadits F7 Qti nhzed Bfauits Note Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter to enter the sub menu and you will see a sub menu screen similar to the following DRAM Clock Drive Control DRAM Ti ning by SPD Yes p X DRAM Frequency M Auto X SDRAM CAS Latency Aut o X Bank rterl eave Auto Menu Level gt gt X Row Precharge Aut o X RAS Pul se Auto Sel ect ERAMti ning i f XRAS to CAS Aut o cortrol by SPD X Burst Length Auto Yes DRAM Command Rate 2T Al DRAMti n ng Current Host FSB G ock 133MHz by SPD Current DRAM Frequency 133MHz Current DOR Frequency 266MHz 1 SDRAM CAS Lat ency 2Manual 3 13 Chapter 3 DRAM Timing by SPD The field decides whether DRAM timing is configured by reading the contents of the SPD Serial Presence Detect device on the DRAM module Setting to Enabled makes DRAM Frequency MHz DRAM CAS Latency Bank Interleave Row Precharge RAS Pulse RAS to CAS and Burst Length automatically determined by BIOS according to the configurations on the SPD DRAMFrequency MHz The chipset supports synchronous and asynchronous mode between host clock and DRAM clock frequency Th
63. stem voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items listed above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This screen will continue to be shown until user disables the warning 90 aj Sim om Fan Bakery BEE aiy Sits ah ste DM semsms aad imme ERA Note Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system s status 17 Chapter 1 Features e Network Management Monitoring amp remote control e Basic System Utilities Scandisk amp Defragment to maintain your HDD e 3D Graphics Design Enables a more friendly user interface Sofware Utilities SoftCooler Optimized Cooling 1 8 Introduction Fuzzy Logic III Optional The Fuzzy Logic III utility allows users to overclock the CPU FSB Front Side Bus frequency in the Windows environment Select the CPU frequency you prefer and click Go to apply the frequency or click Save allowing the system to run at the specified frequency each time when the system is powered on Features e Displays Current System Status CPU Fan CPU Temp Vcore Vio Memory Clock CPU Clock AGP Clock PCI Clock Adjusts CPU FSB Frequency 19 Hardware Setup Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the compo nents and f
64. t Premio Computer Inc s or its Authorized Service Provider s rates and terms in effect This warranty is valid only within the United States and applies only to Products which are new and in cartons which are unopened on the date of purchase EXCLUSIONS FROM PREMIO INC LIMITED WARRANTY PROGRAM ALL OTHER EXPRESSED AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES FOR THIS PRODUCT INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED IF THIS PRODUCT IS NOT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AS WARRANTED ABOVE PREMIO COMPUTER INC S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT AS STATED ABOVE 23 PREMIO System Manual IN NO EVENT WILL PREMIO COMPUTER INC BE LIABLE TO THE CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMEAGES IN EXCESS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES LOST PROFITS LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER SPECIAL INCIDENTAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WETHER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT EVEN IF PREMIO COMPUTER INC OR AN AUTHORIZED PREMIO COMPUTER INC REPRESENTATIVE OR DEALER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR OF ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR SOME PRODUCTS SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU PREMIO COMPUTER INC AUTHORIZED RESELLERS AND SER
65. the following procedures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help 25 PREMIO System Manual Important Safety Instructions These instructions are provided by Underwriters Laboratories Inc 10 11 12 Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners Use a damp cloth for cleaning Do not use this product near water Do not place this product on an unstable cart stand or table The product may fall causing serious damage to the product Slots and openings on the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for ventilation To ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating do not block or cover these openings The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed sofa rug or other similar surface This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register This product should not be placed in a built in installation unless proper ventilation is provided This product should be operated from the type of power source indicated on the marking la
66. the warning message you must set the item to Reset The setting of the item will automatically return to Enabled later Settings Enabled Reset and Disabled Shutdown Temperature The item allows ACPI aware OS to automatically shutdown if the system temperature reaches a thermal level preset in the field This can prevent the system components from being damaged due to overheating Settings Disabled 80 C 176 F 85 C 185 F and 90 C 194 F 3 31 Chapter 3 Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect OMPA Enabl ed Spread Spectrum 4 0 25 CPU Fost ock 100 33Mnz ItemH p Mnu Level N e Mve Erer Sdect 4 PJPDVdue F10 Save ESC Bit Wp F5 Previ ous Vel ues Fail Safe Dfauts F7 nhzed Dfaud ts Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item is used to auto detect the DIMM and PCI slots to minimize the electromagnetic interference EMI When set to Enabled the system will remove turn off clocks from empty DIMM or PCI slots Settings Disabled and Enabled Spread Spectrum When the motherboard clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting
67. ting to LAN card See p 2 17 JBATI Clearing CMOS data See p 2 24 JFP1 amp F_P2 Connecting to case See p 2 15 J7 Connecting to IR module See p 2 18 J3 Connecting to chassis intrusion switch See p 2 18 JAUI amp JAUDIO2 Connecting to front panel audio connector p 2 22 JKBV1 Enabling PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Rear USB See p 2 25 wake up function J12 Enabling Front USB device wake up See p 2 26 function 1 5 Chapter 1 Key Features ATX Form Factor CPU Socket A for AMD Duron Athlon Athlon XP processor Memory 3 PC1600 PC2100 DDR DIMMs Slot 1 AGP slot 1 CNR slot 5 PCI slots I O 2 serial ports 1 parallel port 6 USB 1 1 ports 1 floppy port 1 IrDA connector 3 Audio 1 Game port Fuzzy Logic III overclocking utility Optional PC Alert III system hardware monitor Optional Audio 2 Channel S W audio integrated PCI2 2 LAN Wake up Function Modem External Internal Ring Wake up Function 1 6 Introduction MSI Special Features The MSI special features are designed by MSI R amp D which are only available in MSI mainboards The mainboard is equipped with OPTIONAL Fuzzy Logic IMI and PC Alert PC Alert III Optional The PC Alert III is a utility you can find in the CD ROM disk The utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation monitor CPU amp system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor sy
68. tup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripheral Set Supervisor Password Power Manageme Quit Without Saving Y N N brd PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Tle Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Abandon All Datas Typing Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility without saving any changes to RTCCMOS Typing N will return to the Setup Utility 3 39 Installing Drivers Installing Drivers The chapter describes how to install the VIA chipset and ALC201A sound drivers in different Windows operating systems To install the drivers correctly you should always install VIA chipset driver prior to sound drivers This chapter includes the following topics Driver Installation for Windows 98SE 2000 ME NT4 0 42 41 Chapter 4 Driver Installation for Windows 98SE 2000 ME NT4 0 Note 1 Install Windows 2000 Service Pack2 or the latest version be fore installing the VIA drivers into Windows 2000 Note 2 Install Windows NT4 0 Service Pack 6 or above before install ing the VIA drivers into Windows NT Installing VIA Chipset Driver 1 2 3 4 Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD ROM drive The CD wil
69. ults Integrated Peripheral Set Supervisor Password Power Manageme Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N 5rd PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance 3 34 AWARD BIOS Setup When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripheral Set Supervisor Password Power Manageme rd PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Tle Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance 3 35 Chapter 3 Set Supervisor User Password When you select this function a message as below will appear on the screen CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Def
70. v prenno Athena System Manual ii PREMIO System Manual Copyright Disclaimers PREMIO is a registered trademark of Premio Computer Inc All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies 2002 by Premio Computer Inc All rights reserved Version 1 0 March 2002 PREMIO makes no representation or warranties either expressed or implied with respect to the contents of this publication and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose PREMIO shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions in this publication or for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing performance or use of this publication We reserve the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in its contents without notification lil PREMIO System Manual Contents GETTING STARTED 1121 5 Setting Up eee eterne 6 Connecting Your Keyboard Mouse and Speakers x Connecting Your Monitor eee x Switches and 8 UPGRADING iicet au GU RUP EE ae 10 Opening the System Unit sees 11 Closing the System Unit eee Installing an Expansion 11 Installing Additional Memory
71. vides connectors to connect to FDD IDE HDD case modem USB Ports IR module and CPU Power supply System FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types FDD1 Chapter 2 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 amp IDE2 The mainboard uses an IDE controller on the VIA VT8233 chipset that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 modes It has two HDD connectors IDE Primary and IDE2 Secondary You can connect up to four hard disk drives CD ROM or 120MB Floppy to IDE1 and IDE2 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard disk drive should always be connected to IDE1 You can connect a Master and a Slave drive to IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector You can connect a Master and a Slave drive to IDE2 40 39 4039 sa 5 419 salo 2 9 B aall ss amp all sal l O gt ul ea
72. vious Vad ues Fail Safe Defaults F7 Qti nhzed DOfau ts IPCA function This item is to activate the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface Function If your operating system is ACPI aware such as Windows 98SE 2000 ME select Enabled Settings Enabled and Disabled Sleep State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your operating system supports ACPI such as Windows 98SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Options are SI POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context CPU or chipset is lost and hard ware maintains all system context SS STR The S3 sleep mode is a power down state in which power is supplied only to essential components such 3 23 Chapter 3 as main memory and wake capable devices and all system context is saved to main memory The informa tion stored in memory will be used to restore the PC to the previous state when an wake up event occurs Power Management Option This item is used to select the degree or type of power saving and is related to these modes Doze Mode and Suspend Mode There are three options for power management Min Saving Minimum Power Management Doze Mode 1 Hour Suspend Mode 1 Hour Max Saving Maximum Power Management Doze Mode 1 Min Suspend Mode 1 Min User Define Allows end u
73. ws you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Settings 3T 2T and Auto Burst Length This setting allows you to set the size of Burst Length for DRAM Bursting feature is a technigue that DRAM itself predicts the address of the next memory location to be accessed after the first address is accessed To use the feature you need to define the burst length which is the actual length of burst plus the starting address and allows internal address counter to properly generate the next memory location The bigger the size the faster the DRAM performance Settings 4 8 and Auto DRAM CommandRate This setting controls the DRAM command rate Selecting T allows DRAM signal controller to run at IT T clock cycles rate Selecting 2T makes DRAM signal controller run at 2T rate IT is faster than 2T Settings 2T and 1T Current Host FSB Clock Current DRAM DDR Frequency These items display current CPU host clock DRAM DDR clock frequency Current DDR Frequency appears only when DDR DRAMs are installed AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter to go to the sub menu screen similar to the following 3 15 Chapter 3 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control AP Aperture Size 64M ItemHel p A Dri vi ng Control Auto X Diving Val ue DA ACP Fast Wite Li sabl ed Mnu Level AGP Aperture Size The fie
74. y Master Slave PIO The four items allow you to set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 4 provide increased performance In Auto mode BIOS auto matically determines the best mode for each IDE device Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if your IDE device supports it and your operating environment contains a DMA driver If both your hard drive and software support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter to enter the sub menu screen similar to the following VIA OnChip PCI Device A 3058 AC97 Audi o Auto Item p A 3068 MC97 Modem Aut o Menu Level gt VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This item is used to enable or disable the AC 97 Audio Codec 97 3 18 AWARD BIOS Setup feature Selecting Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If an audio device is detected the onboard AC 97 controller will be enabled if not the controller is disabled Disable the function if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device Settings Disabled and Auto VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This item is used to enable or disable the MC 97 Modem Codec 97 feature Selecting Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used If a modem is detected the onboard MC 97 controller will be enabled if not the

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