SL-65EP/65EP+ USER MANUAL v1.1
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1. TETTTTTTTBNETTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTITTTTTITI mum Wn amm o IDE2 IDE1 1 RT2 1 Ea CHAFA1 PCI d mimm mammam aam ana nam 1 15 PK RST KEYLOCK T LED Using non compliant memory with higher bus clock over clocking may severely compromise the reliability of system 13 65 1 2 2 Mainboard Layout 65EP CPUFA1 H ATX POWER ET lololololo Jemp SOCKET 370 N a IDE1 1 RT2 1 a el CHAFA1 SPK KEYLOCK T LED HDD LED Using non compliant memory with higher bus clock over clocking may severely compromise the reliability of system 14 1 3 CHIPSET SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM Digital Video Out AGP Connector AGP Graphics AGP 210 Display Cache 4 MB SDRAM 133MHz 4 IDE Drivers Ultra DMA100 66 Audio Codec s Keyboard Mouse FD PP2. e D D x o o a F Intel 815EP E EE MCH Aro 2 F sss Hp zzz AUXFA1 aaa a e NOTICE When LED E is on meaning that 3 3V is on DIMM slots CHAFA1 please do not add or remove memory modules PER Jean 1 Se 1 JP16 2 2 1 Supported System Bus And System Memory Bus Frequencies Table The 82815EP MCH has a new type of clocking architecture It has integrated SDRAM buffers that run at either 100 or 133 MHz independent of the system bus frequency See table below for supported system bus and system memory bus frequencies of 82815EP Front Side Bus System Memory AGP Bus PCI Bus Mu MM Frequency Bus Frequency Frequency Frequency numbers 66MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz 3 single sided DIMMs 100MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz 3 single sided DIMMs 2 double sided or 3 133MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz single sides DIMMs 2 double sided or 3 133MHz 133MHz 66MHz 33MHz single sides DIMMs 21 65EP EP 2 3 ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT AGP PRO INSTALLATION The AGP Pro connector is an extension of the existing AGP connector and itis compatible with existing AGP cards TE F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 w Ca 288 AGP Pro slot blockader Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot III NCC CY E I
3. JBAT1 JBAT2 For Clear CMOS DATA 1 3 Clear CMOS JBAT1 Data Of JBAT2 1 3 1 3 Retain Data JBAT1 default 2 1 3 NOTE You can clear CMOS by 2 3 pin when the system is POWER OFF Then return to 1 2 pin position default It may damage the mainboard if clearing the CMOS with POWER ON Unplugging the power cord from power supply before clearing CMOS will be a safest bet for user 31 65 2 6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS This section list out all connectors configurations for users reference 2 6 1 On Board FAN Connector CPUFA1 AUXFA1 CHAFA1 GND 8 o SENSOR On Board FAN Connector CPUFA1 On Board FAN Connector AUXFA1 On Board FAN Connector CHAFA1 CPU FAN1 CPUFA1 000 SYSTEM FAN AUXFA1 ooo CHASSIS FAN ooo CHAFA1 L These fan connectors support CPU System chassis cooling fan with 12V When connecting wire to FAN connectors users should pay attention that the red wire is for the positive current and should be connected to pin 12V and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to pin GND If your mainboard has Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use
4. Ms ATX POWER ur USB Port Select 1 ae Redirect USBO 1to CG e 88 USB 0 1 connector default EBS JP8 Redirect USB 0 1 to 5 3 JP2 AGP port Not ne Connected 1 3 GEN i T ea GN L ww 27 65 2 5 4 JP9 JP10 USB Port Select 2 JP9 JP10 setting is for future use when there is a need to connect USB1 Header to CNR port Currently USB1 Header to CNR is not connected Please keep JP9 JP10 default setting at 1 2 closed for enabling USB1 Header Changing the default setting will disable USB1 Header ja Ern 4 Sien USB Port Select 2 AUXEAT Redirect USB1 Header 1 dps to USB connectors default rox VEIO Redirect USB1 Header 1 JP9 to CNR port Not Q Connected 1 28 Hardware Setup 2 5 5 JP11 USB Wake Up E Eege TAMEN HHA 8 WE ATX POWER USB Wake Up Disabled default Enabled NOTE This Function allows you to use USB mouse or keyboard to w
5. 54 3 5 INSTALLING ITE HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY SMARTGUARDIAM nnn 55 CHAPTER 4 BIOS SETUP eene 58 4 1 WHAT IS BIOS GEITUR 59 4 2 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP sss 59 4 3 WHAT IS CMOS a 59 4 4 NAT IS POST eot Poet Ghetto eal beets 59 4 5 BIOS UPGRADE nennen 59 4 5 1 Before Upgrading BIOS sssssm 60 4 5 2 Upgrade Process AA 60 4 6 BIOS SETUP CMOS SETUP U ILITY 64 4 6 1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY 64 4 6 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 2 65 4 6 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES eene 68 4 6 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 72 4 6 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS S A 75 4 6 6 POWER MANAGEMENT 81 4 6 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION esee 86 Introduction 4 6 8 PC HEALTH STATUS A 89 4 6 9 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE 91 4 6 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS essem 94 4 6 11 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 95 4 6 12 SAVE amp EXIT GETUR nennen nnns 96 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING nennen 96 APPENDICES sscsssssesssssessesstessessesscssessesseesessacssssaesaeeaeesess 98 APPENDIX 1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION
6. fi lt Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 89 65EP EP Shutdown Tempera ture CPU Vcore DIMM Voltage Temperature FAN 1 2 3 Speed This feature prevents your CPU from damage by over heat If the CPU s temperature is higher than CPU warning temperature that you select in this field the BIOS will shut down your system within 3 seconds Shows CPU core actual voltage value Shows DDR DIMM actual voltage value Shows power supply actual voltage value Shows current temperature These fields display the current speed of up to three CPU fans if your computer contains a monitoring system 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items 90 BIOS Setup 4 6 9 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL Run the FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL as following 1 Choose FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setu
7. Esee CD_IN1 Jess CD IN2 COM1 SOCKET 370 CD ROM Audio Connector PIN NO CD IN1 CD IN2 Left PIN 1 GND Left PIN 2 Channel GND fu PIN 3 GND GND Right Right FIN Channel Channel 34 2 6 4 TAD1 TV1 Connector ja Ch Gel ED 3 SOCKET 370 1 1 4 Hardware Setup 4 TAD1 TV1 TAD1 TV1 Connector PIN NO TAD1 TV1 PIN1 PHONE CHANNEL PIN 2 GND GND EE at PIN 4 TADOUT CHANNEL TAD1 Telephone Answering Device Modem connector Connects a voice modem to transmit and receive audio signals TV1 TV Tuner connector Connects a TV card or second CD ROM drive TAD1 TV1 is only for 65EP 35 65 2 6 5 Thermal Sensor Connector RT2 Eeg mmm og HA E ATX POWER zepa dea Thermal Sensor Connector RT2 SOCKET 370 RT2 We provide a thermal cable in the mainboard packa
8. 99 APPENDIX 2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION AND BIOS PART DEIER 100 APPENDIX 3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER 102 65EP EP ITEM LIST CHECKUP amp Mainboard Support CD User s Manual Bundled Bonus Pack CD Bundled Bonus Pack Manual Temperature Sensor Cable ATA66 100 IDE Cable RS232 Cable FDD Cable Introduction CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION e This chapter briefly introduces this characteristics of the mainboard It includes the information regarding the chipset CPU types built in functions and layout Users will have more ideas about mainboards after reading this chapter This chapter contains the following topics 1 1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT 1 3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM 1 4 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION TABLE 65EP EP 1 1 Mainboard Specification 1 1 1 PROCESSOR Supporting Intel FC PGA Pentium III up to 1GHz Supporting Intel FC PGA 370 Celeron amp PGA 370 Celeron up to 850MHz e Supporting VIA Cyrix Ill up to 800MHz Supporting CPU voltage Auto Detect circuit 1 1 2 CHIPSET e INTEL 82815EP Memory Controller Hub amp INTEL 82801BA I O Controller Hub ICH2 e ITE 8712 EC LPC I O chip 1 1 3 AWARD BIOS V6 0 SUPPORTING Plug amp Play V1 0 Flash Memory for easy upgrade BIOS writing protection Year 2000 compliant 1 1 4 SOUND CONTROLLER Built in AC 97 Audio codec for 65EP only Built in creative CT5880 Audio chip for 65EP only 1 1 5 INTEGR
9. 32 2 6 1 On Board FAN Connector CPUFA1 AUXFA1 CHAFAM 32 2 6 2 JWOL1 Wake On LAN enne 33 2 6 3 CD ROM Audio Connector CD IN1 CD 132 34 2 6 4 TAD1 TV1 emen 35 2 6 5 Thermal Sensor Connector RI 36 2 6 6 Complex Header J2 amp J3 37 2 6 7 ATX Power Supply Conpechor 38 2 6 8 Chassis Panel Connector essen 39 2 6 9 Serial Port Connector mee 40 2 6 10 Smart Card Reader Connector SCR1 41 2 6 11 Communication And Networking Riser Slot CNR 42 2 6 12 USB Header USB2 amp USB3 43 2 6 13 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard 43 2 7 IRQ DESCRIPTION 44 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 46 3 1 INTEL CHIPSET DRIVER 47 65 3 2 INTEL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION 48 3 3 AC 97 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR 65EP ONLY 50 3 4 CREATIVE SOUND DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR O5EP ONLY endete eot qup dps 51 3 4 1 To Install Creative Sound Driver 51 3 4 2 To Enable The Rear Line Out For 4 Speakers After Installation Of Creative Sound Driver 52 3 4 3 Identifying Connectors On The Built in Audio
10. bo SP IR LAN Connect Intel Pentium Ill Processor or Intel Celeron Processor Introduction System Bus 66 100 133MHz Intel 815EP MCH Memory Controller AGP Controller ICH2 Controller Hub FWH Firmware Hub Intel 815EP Chipset 64bit 66 100 133MHz Intel 82815EP MCH Chipset Diagram 15 System Memory PCI Slots PC Agent 65EP EP 1 4 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION TABLE OF 65EP amp 65EP 65EP 65EP Model Memory Controller Hub Intel 82815EP MCH UO Controller Hub Intel 82801BA ICH2 LPC I O Chip ITE 8712 Memory Supports PC133 and PC100 SDRAM up to 512GB 3 DIMM Slots AGP Interface AGP 4X Mode Audio On Chip AC 97 Creative CT5880 IDE 2 x ATA 33 66 100 2 x ATA 33 66 100 IDE ports IDE ports 4x USB ports 1 x FDD port 2 x COM ports reader support Hardware Monitoring ue 1 x LPT port 1 IrDA 1 PS 2 Mouse 1 PS 2 K B PCI slot 5 PCI Master Slots CNR slot 1x CNR slot Smart card Yes Provides a Smart Card Reader connector Yes BIOS writing Protection Yes Keyboard power on function amp USB wake up Function Yes Remark 16 Introduction MEMO 17 65EP EP CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP ATTENTION 1 Please refer to your processor installation or other documentation attached to your CPU for more detailed installing instruction
11. 0 ul Of Co The S o puter Technology SL 65EP 65EP USER MANUAL v1 1 Product Model SL 65EP EP Manual Revision V1 1 N OTI C E Release Date June 2001 his User s Guide amp Technical Reference is to help system manu facturers and end users set up and install the mainboard Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Soltek Computer Inc is not responsible for print ing or clerical errors Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Soltek Computer Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted translated into any language in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Soltek Computer Inc Companies and products mentioned in this manual are for identifi cation purpose only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respec tive companies Soltek Computer inc provides this manual As is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall Soltek computer inc be liable for any loss or profits loss of business loss of use or data interruption of business or for indirect special inc
12. 40 Hardware Setup 2 6 10 Smart Card Reader Connector SCR1 The connector SCR1 allows you to use Smart Card Reader It is compliant with Personal Computer Smart Card PC SC working group standard and smart card ISO 7816 protocols LI ice CC COOC ATX POWER a eol Tower ms usBo usa Jess 13 Ilo Kat JP1 ol ki 9 z Intel JC 815EP SEI MCH 3 EIS H AUXFA1 NC RFU SCRPRES LED SCRRESTj SCRIO 14 VCC SCRFET RFU NC SCRCLK GND SCR pin assignment 41 65 2 6 11 Communication And Networking Riser Slot CNR This connector allows you to use network modem or audio riser cards SOCKET 370 RST KEYLOCK TILED CNR slot Note 1 If only modem CNR is installed the modem CNR must be set as primary 2 Only one LAN CNR can be supported 3 The audio CNR must be set as secondary if on chip AC 97 is enabled 4 CNR devices are not provided with this mainboard 42 Hardware Setup 2 6 12 USB1 Header This header is for connecting the additional USB c
13. HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Soft Off by PWRBTN When Enabled turning the system off by pressing the on off button places the system in a very low power usage state 83 65EP EP Wake up by PCI card Power On by Ring USB KB Wake Up From S3 Resume by Alarm Date of Month Alarm Time hh mm ss This function allows you to enabled the system by wake up by PCI card The choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The choice Enabled Disabled This item will enable you to Wake up the system by USB keyboard when you shut down the computer in S3 Mode The choices Enabled Disabled When Enabled you can set the data and time at the which the RTC Real Time Clock alarm awakens the system from suspend mode Set a certain date when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the system This option is concurrent with Resume Time option Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the system This option is concurrent with Date option 84 BIOS Setup Reload Global Timer Reload Global Timer Events are I O events whose Events occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such
14. Max Saving Maximum power savings Only Available for SL CPUs Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode User Define Set each mode individually Select time out period in the section for each mode stated below T Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in Min Savin 9 each mode except the hard drive 82 BIOS Setup Video Off Method This determines the manner by which the monitor is blanked The choices of manner are This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical V H SYNC Blank and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Select this option if you monitor supports the Display Power DPMS Supports Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Elect ronics Standards to select video power management values Video Off in Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The choices Yes No Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type The choices PWRON Suspend Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system The choices 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes
15. ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA card requires you to configure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus To see a map of your used and free IRQs in Windows 98 the Control Panel in My Computer contains a System icon which gives you a Device Manager tab Double Clicking on a specific hardware device gives you a Resources tab which shows the Interrupt number and address Double Clicking Computers to see all the interrupts and addresses for your system Make sure that no more than two devices use the same IRQ or your computer will result problems when those two devices are used at the same time 44 Hardware Setup MEMO 45 65EP EP CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP ABOUT SUPPORT CD In Support CD it contains most informations for user s requirement such as Acrobat Reader BIOS User s full version Manual Driver Hardware Monitor if mainboard supports this function Patch and Utilities etc User can browse the CD and get further details in regard of our mainboard Of course welcome to vendor s website for the newest release This chapter contains the following topics 3 1 INTEL CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 2 INTEL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 3 AC 97 AUDIO CODEC INSTALLATION FOR 65EP ONLY 3 4 Creative Sound Driver Installation FOR 65EP ONLY 3 5 INSTALLING ITE HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY SM
16. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU Incorrect in stallation may result in overheating and damage of your CPU Before changing the setting of CPU Vcore from BIOS program user SHOULD make sure of correct specifi cation both of CPU CLOCK and RATIO Incorrect set ting may cause damage to your CPU This chapter contains the following topics 2 1 CPU INSTALLATION 2 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION 2 3 AGP PRO INSTALLATION 2 4 HDD FDD INSTALLATION 2 5 BUS CLOCK SELECT 2 6 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD 2 7 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATION 18 Hardware Setup 2 1 CPU INSTALLATION WARNING Make sure that 5V DCH and 3 3 DCV of your power supply are suitable for the processor Any attempt to operate the AMD Athlon or Duron processor without a suitable cooling Fan will damage processor and other component Pull out the lever from the socket 1 and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Take notice of the red circles 2 as shown here While inserting the CPU into the socket you can find out there is a definite pin orientation for CPU and socket Make sure that the CPU is 3 placed into the socket tightly Then lower down the lever to complete the CPU installation 2 1 1 CPU Frequency The CPU s CPU CLOCK RATIO and CPU HOST PCI CLOCK settings are automatically detected to be default value by BIOS in the Frequency Voltage Con
17. MULTI I O FUNCTION 222 11 1 1 9 EXPANSION SLOTS sse 11 1 1 10 FORM FAGQTOR noit tete Tate fitted prese fae toan 12 1 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR eene 12 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT enn 13 1 2 1 Mainboard Layout 65EP AAA 13 1 2 2 Mainboard Layout 65 14 1 3 CHIPSET SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM n 15 1 4 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION TABLE OF 65EP amp 65EP 16 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE 18 2 1 CPU INSTALLATION sss nnn 19 2 14 CPU FrequenGy EE 19 2 2 MEMORY INGTIALLATION 20 2 2 1 Supported System Bus And System Memory Bus Frequencies Table 21 2 3 ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT AGP PRO INSTALLATION 22 2 4 HDD FDD INSTALLATION nn 23 Introduction 2 5 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD 25 2 5 1 JP1 Keyboard Morse Power Om 25 2 5 2 JP5 JP6 Bus Clock Geet 26 2 5 3 JP2 JP8 USB Port Select 1 27 2 5 4 JP9 JP10 USB Port Select 2 sse 28 25 5 JP11 USB Wake Up iit ete ec T La ebd is 29 2 5 6 BIOS Boot Block Lock 16 30 2 5 7 JP21 On Board Creative Sound Select For 65EP Only 30 2 5 8 JBAT1 JBAT2 For Clear CMOS 31 2 6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS
18. Off Pressing the momentary button for more than 4 seconds will also turn the system off 3 J2 IR Connector Infrared Connector CONNECTION Connected to Connector IR on board FUNCTION Supporting wireless transmitting and receiving module on board 4 J2 1st HDD LED Connector J2 2nd HDD LED Connector CONNECTION Connected to HDD LED FUNCTION To supply power to HDD LED 5 J3 Suspend LED Connector CONNECTION Connected to Suspend indicator FUNCTION To supply power to Suspend indicator 37 65 6 J3 Keyclock Connector CONNECTION Connected to keyclock switch FUNCTION To lock keyboard for security purpose 7 J3 Power LED Connector CONNECTION Connected to System Power LED FUNCTION To supply power to System Power LED 8 J3 Reset Switch Connector CONNECTION Connected to the case mounted Reset Switch FUNCTION To supply power to Reset Switch and support system re boot function 9 J3 Speaker Connector CONNECTION Connected to the case mounted Speaker FUNCTION To supply power to the case mounted Speaker 2 6 7 ATX Power Supply Connector This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply should only be inserted to ATX Power connector in a specific orientation Find the proper orientation and push it down firmly to make sure that all pins are aligned Your power supply should support at least 10mA on the 5V standby voltage It may cause
19. PCI bus When set to Default the BIOS uses the actual CPU and PCI bus clock values CPU Voltage This item allows users to adjust the CPU Vcore Regulator voltage The instant damage of CPU is due to the wrong Vcore voltage setting so it s highly we recommend that user should leave this item to Default setting unless you fully understand it CPU Clock This item allows you to select the CPU ratio if CPU Ratio clock Ratio is locked the function will have no effect 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items 93 65EP EP 4 6 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Y is for Yes and N is for No Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values that are factor settings for opti mal performance of system operations 94 BIOS Setup 4 6 11 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD These two options allow you to set your system passwords Normally the supervisor has a higher priority to change the CMOS setup option than the users The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and Users are as follows 1 Choose Change Password in the Main Menu and press Enter Then following message appears Enter Password 2 The first time you run this option enter your password up to 8 characters and press Enter The screen does not display th
20. all things the BIOS does before the operating system is started Each of POST routines is assigned a POST code a unique number which is sent to I O port 080h before the routine is executed 4 5 BIOS UPGRADE System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component of the mainboard Flash BIOS allows user to upgrade BIOS without the need to replace an EPROM component 59 65EP EP The upgrade utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette and used to provide the capability to save verify and update the system BIOS The upgrade utility can be run from a hard disk drive or a network drive 4 5 1 Before Upgrading BIOS It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original mainboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility AWDFLASH EXE to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later 4 5 2 Upgrade Process Note Normally to upgrade BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working fine without any problem Users should not upgrade the BIOS unless you experience incompatible problems or need to create new features However please read all information in this section before upgrading AWDFLASH EXE is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the mainboard This program only works in DOS environment only the utility can not be executed in win95 98 ME NT or WINDOWS 2000 environment Upgrading the system BIOS S
21. difficulty to turn on the system power if the power supply does not support the load For Wake On LAN function the power supply should support at least 720mA current 12V eje VCC 5V Standby 916 VCC Power Good ele 5V GND Welle GND VCC e GND GND GND VCC ele Power Supply on GND GND VCC3 ele 12V VCC3 38 Hardware Setup 2 6 8 Chassis Panel Connector A B C D E F G H l c PS 2 MOUSE PORT USB O PORT LPT 1 PORT GAME MIDI PORT PS 2 KEYBOARD PORT USB 1 PORT COM 1 PORT LINE OUT SPEAKER OUT PORT LINE IN or second speaker out for 65EP only MICROPHONE 39 65 2 6 9 Serial Port Connector One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the mainboard to an expansion slot opening DIN Serial Port Connector Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN1 RS232 cable
22. following message appears Quit Without Saving Y N N Y is for Yes and N is for No You may change the prompt to Y and press Enter key to leave this option 96 BIOS Setup MEMO 65EP EP APPENDICES APPENDICES chapter contains the following topics APPENDIX 1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION APPENDIX 2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION BIOS PART NUMBER APPENDIX 3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER 98 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION Technical Terms Introduction Tech Term Meaning AGP Accelerated Graphic Port AMR Audio Modem Riser ACR Advanced Communication Riser CPU Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM CNR Communication and Networking Riser DMA Direct Memory Access DMI Desktop Management Interface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR Double Data Rate ECP Extended Capabilities Port ESCE Extended System Configuration Data ECC Error Check and Correct EPP Exhanced Parallel Port FDD Floppy Disk Device IDE Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced IRQ Interrupt ReQuest UO Input Output LAN Local Area Network LBA Logical Block Addressing LED Local Emitting Diode MHz Megahertz PNP Plug amp Play USB Universal Serial Bus VCM Virtual Channel Memory 99 65EP EP APPENDIX 2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION AND BIOS PART NUMBER When you boot up your computer you may see a scre
23. select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Choices 250 500 750 1000 This option sets the Msec time interval for displaying the first and the second characters If enabled the time interval is optional Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter setup The choices system setup OS Select For DRAM gt Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating 64MB system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system Report No FDD For Yes BIOS reports NO FDD to Win95 Win95 No default BIOS will not report NO FDD to Win95 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items 71 65EP EP 4 6 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES is used to modify the values of chipset buffers These buffers control the system options Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as follows 1 Choose ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Latency Time 3 Item Help SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc 7 9 Menu Level gt SDRAM RAS To CAS Delay 3 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory
24. ARTGUARDIAM 46 Software Setup 3 1 INTEL CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 Please put the Support CD provided in your mainboard package into the CD ROM drive Click on the INTEL Chipsets Driver Setup ard then ary programs you continue wih Ine Setup pogan 47 When a welcome window appears on the screen users should choose Install Driver Click on the INF Utility 4 for All INTEL Chipsets Press Next button to continue Press Yes to accept Soft 6 ware License Agreement After all the setup process 7 is finished please restart your computer by clicking on Finish 65EP EP 3 2 INTEL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION 1 Please put the Support CD When a welcome window provided in your mainboard 2 appears on the screen package into the CD ROM drive users should choose Install Driver Click on the INTEL Click on the INTEL 815 3 Driver 4 Chipsets E Click on the INTEL ATA 66 100 Driver Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver 6 0 Setup Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver The InstallShield Wizard wil install Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver on your computer To continue cick Press Next button to 6 continue Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver 6 0 Setup License Agreement Please read the folowing license agreement carefully D e gt Press
25. AS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices 2 3 System BIOS Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system Cacheable BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh resulting in video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Memory Hole At 15M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA 16M adapter ROM When this area is reserved it can not be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usu ally discusses their memory requirements 73 65EP EP CPU Latency Timer Use Default setting Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 AGP Graphics Aper Choose 32 64 MB Memory mapped and graphics ture Size data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture This area is like a linear buffer BIOS will automatically report the starting address of this buffer to the O S 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all ite
26. ATED SDRAM CONTROLLER Providing 3pcs DIMM slots for double sided DIMMs Supporting 100 133MHz SDRAM spec Supporting total memory from 32MB to 512MB using 32Mb 64Mb 128Mb 256Mb technology Supporting up to 3 double sided DIMMs at 100MHz system memory bus Supporting up to 2 double sided or 3 single sided DIMMs at 133MHz system memory bus Unbuffered Non ECC SDRAM supported only 1 1 6 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT AGP CONTROLLER Provides 1x 2x 4x AGP controller AGP v2 0 compliant 10 Introduction 1 1 7 POWER MANAGEMENT ACPI 1 0 compliant Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM V1 2 compliant Legacy power management Supporting ACPI suspend STR mode Suspend To DRAM and POS mode Power On Suspend System event monitoring with two event classes Supporting PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse power on Supporting Wake On LAN WOL amp Wake On Modem Supporting real time clock RTC with date alarm month alarm and century field USB wake up Function 1 1 8 MULTI I O FUNCTION Integrated IDE Controller Supporting Ultra ATA100 66 33 BMIDE and PIO modes Universal Serial Bus connector USB v1 1 compliant 2 built in USB connectors in addition to one internal USB header which requires a USB cable to support 2 more optional USB ports Two UART s for Complete Serial Ports Dedicated IR connector Third serial port dedicated to IR function either t
27. DDIE 000000000 TODO TC 20 pin bay Rib inside slot Rib inside slot 28 pin bay CAUTION The AGP Pro slot comes with a warning label over the 20 pin bay Do not remove this label and the safety tab underneath if you use an AGP card without a retention notch Without the labels AGP cards may be placed into the wrong place which certainly will damage your card slot and mainboard Remove the label ONLY if you will be using an AGP Pro card p Hardware Setup 2 4 HDD FDD INSTALLATION To install HDD Hard Disk Drive you may connect the cable s blue connector to the mainboard s primary IDE1 or secondary IDE2 connector and then connect the gray connector to your slave device and the black connector to your master device If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings Es 1 5555509 ATX POWER SOCKET 370 gg zzz AUXFA1 aoa E AGP PRO Kloe 1 H E j Hard Disk Drive Connector Orient the red line on the az IDE ribbon cable to Pin1 lt Gray connector Black connector red line N Blue connector IDE Cable 23 65 install FDD Floppy Disk Drive you may connect
28. Hole At 15M 16M Disabled CPU Latency Timer Enabled Delayed Transaction Enabled AGP Graphics Aperture Size 64MB t4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows F1 Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 12 BIOS Setup SDRAM CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number Time of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer SDRAM Cycle Time Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle Tras Trc The choices 5 7 7 9 SDRAM RAS To CAS This field lets you insert a timing delay between the Delay CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices 2 3 SDRAM RAS If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the Precharge Time R
29. Move Mouse Click When user sets a password for keyboard the password user set that return the system to Full On state Boot up the system via predetermined keyboard hot key The choices lt Ctrl gt lt F1 gt lt F12 gt Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive controller FDC installing in the system board and you want to use it If you install add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The choices Enabled Disabled 78 BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Select a logical COM port name and matching Port 1 Port2 address for the first and second serial ports Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports UART Mode Select The second serial port on your system may offer a variety of infrared port modes Click here for a description of various modes Click your browser s Back button or your right mouse button to return to this page The choices Standard HPSIR ASKIR UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function The choices Half Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I O address setting The choices 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the on board parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other availabl
30. U external clock To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic interference EMI the BIOS detects the presence or absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and turns off system clock generator pulses to empty slots When the system clock generator pulses the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing critical devices such as a clock sensitive SCSI device This item allows you to enable disable the linear spread model The choices Enabled Disabled This item allows you to enable disable the linear spread range The choices Enabled Disabled This item allows you to reduce CPU transfer rate Users should leave this item at default value The choices Disabled 150ps 300ps 450ps This item allows you to reduce PCI transfer rate Users should leave this item at default value The choices Disabled 150ps 300ps 450ps 92 BIOS Setup SDRAM Skew This item allows you to reduce SDRAM transfer rate Adjust Users should leave this item at default value The choices Disabled 150ps 300ps 450ps AGP Skew This item allows you to reduce AGP transfer rate Adjust Users should leave this item at default value The choices Disabled 150ps 300ps 450ps CPU Host PCI Select Default or select a timing combination for the Clock CPU and the
31. a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIPQ A D 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items 85 65EP EP 4 6 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to modify the system s power saving functions Run the PNP PCI CONFIGURATION as follows 1 Choose PNP PCI CONFIGURATION from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD XIRQ Resources Press Enter x DMA Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled t 4 gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all op
32. a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of this function For fans with speed sensors each rotation of the fan blades will send out 2 electric pulses by which System Hardware Monitor will work out the fan rotation speed by counting the pulses NOTE 1 Always consult vendor for proper CPU cooling fan NOTE 2 CPU FAN supports the FAN control You can install PC Alert utility This will automatically control the CPU FAN speed according to the actual CPU temperature 32 Hardware Setup 2 6 2 JWOL1 Wake On LAN Eed EEEHEEEREEDD 5 a 5 SEN standby 8 Bee GND PME gs2 Baa B Wake LAN E Connect the Wake LAN signal from 12 LAN to JWOL1 JWOL1 co This connector is connected to the LAN card with a Wake On LAN output The connector powers up the system when it receives a wake up packet or signal through the LAN card This feature requires that Wake On LAN feature is enabled in the Power Management Setup of BIOS setting and that your system must be on an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 33 65 2 6 3 CD ROM Audio Connector CD_IN1 CD_IN2 E JE ja P O P HI wm Pora EES ES ATX POWER
33. able to provides you two additional USB ports User can order the additional USB cable from your mainboard dealer and vender e eee Additional USB Cable Optional GND GND Black Black 16 1 Red Green Red Green VCC DO vec DO White Black White Black DO GND DO GND e da USB1 Header LI Meader When plugging the USB cable into USB1 Header users must make sure the red wire is connected to the first pin 2 6 13 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard None PIN 6 None Mouse Clock PIN 5 Keyboard Clock Vcc PIN 4 Vcc GND PIN 3 GND None PIN 2 None Mouse Data PIN 1 Keyboard Data PS 2 MOUSE PS 2 KEYBOARD 43 65EP EP 2 7 IRQ DESCRIPTION IRQ Function Description Priority IRQ 0 System Timer 1 IRQ 1 Keyboard Controller 2 IRQ 2 Programmable Interrupt N A IRQ 3 Serial Port COM 2 11 IRQ 4 Serial Port COM 1 12 IRQ 5 13 IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller 14 IRQ 7 Parallel Port LPT 1 15 IRQ 8 Real Time Clock RTC 3 IRQ 9 4 IRQ 10 5 IRQ 11 6 IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse Port 7 IRQ 13 Coprocessor 8 IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel 9 IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel 10 Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require IRQs System IRQs are available to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of
34. ake up the system and it also allows USB keyboard wake up from S3 Suspend To RAM The function must be set in conjunction with USB keyboard wake up from S3 that states in BIOS setup Power Management Setup section 29 65 2 5 6 BIOS Boot Block Lock 16 E and o og lat Ee E ATX POWER 8 Ei BIOS Boot Block Lock Locked q 1 3 CEE 16 Unlocked 1 default AUXEAT w t JP16 NOTE When upgrading new BIOS version for 65 JP16 must be on 1 2 unlocked 2 5 7 JP21 On Board Creative Sound Select For 65EP Only d AS ME Ss WE ATK POWER PIR E COM1 SOCKET 370 On Board Creative Sound Select For 65EP Enabled default JP21 3 1 Cee Disabled JP21 30 Hardware Setup 2 5 8 JBAT1 JBAT2 For Clear CMOS DATA A battery should be used to supply the power for the CMOS RAM to retain the mainboard configuration DH ATX POWER
35. ase Memory 640K Extended Memory 31744K Total Memory 32768K 149 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys 65 65EP EP Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Primary Secondary Master Slave The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field This field records the specifications for all non SCSIl hard disk drives installed in your system Refer to the respective documentation on how to install the drives CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector t4 gt Move Enter Sel Menu Level gt gt Auto Auto 13022 MB 25232 16 0 25231 63 ec
36. atus Esc Quit Tl Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type 3 Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option and press Enter Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in your system 4 You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing lt ESC gt 5 In the Main Menu SAVE AND EXIT SETUP saves your changes and reboots the system and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ignores your changes and exits the program 64 BIOS Setup 4 6 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware configuration and sets the system clock and error handling You only need to modify the configuration values of this option if you want to change your system hardware configuration or when the data stored in the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged Run the STANDARD CMOS SETUP as follows 1 Choose STANDARD CMOS SETUP from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Wed May 23 2001 Item Help Time hh mm ss 9 52 15 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master Press Enter 13022 MB gt IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors B
37. e entered characters 3 After you enter the password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password Confirm Password 4 Enter the same password exactly the same as you have just typed to confirm the password and press Enter 5 Move the cursor to Save amp Exit Setup to save the password 6 If you need to delete the password entered before choose the Supervisor Password and press Enter It will delete the password that you have entered before 7 Move the cursor to Save amp Exit Setup to save the option you have just configured otherwise the old password will still be there the next time you turn your system on 8 Press Enter to exit to the Main Menu NOTE If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to clear the CMOS RAM All setup informations will be lost and you need to run the BIOS setup program again 95 65EP EP 4 6 12 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have specified into the CMOS memory Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Y is for Yes and N is for No Press Enter key to save the configuration changes 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility with out saving the modifications that you have specified Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the
38. e modes ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port PWRON After PWR Off Disable Power Lost Resume function Fail On Enable Power Lost Resume function Former Sts Use Former status The choices Off On Former Sts Game Port Address This item allows you to select the Game Port Address The choices Disable 201 209 79 65EP EP MIDI Port Address Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode The choices Disabled 330 300 MIDI Port IRQ This item allows you to select the MIDI Port IRQ The choices 5 10 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items 80 BIOS Setup 4 6 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system s power saving functions Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as follows 1 Choose POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BTTN Wake up by PCI card Power On by Ring USB KB Wake Up From S3 Resume by Alarm x Date of Month Alarm x Time hh mm ss Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Enabled S1 POS User Define V H SYNC Blank Y
39. ed For 693 6866 286LGSNCC 0 DATE 07 11 2000 Flash Type WINBOND 49 0020 50 File Name MeL NH vun bin Verifying Flash Memory 3FE00 OK LI 0K No Update 8 Write Fail Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen 62 BIOS Setup The parameters of AWDFLASH EXE sn No original BIOS backup py Program flash memory cc Clear CMOS data and update data automatically after pro gramming NOTE Users can type AWDFLASH to get further details about the parameters Incorrect usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS information so we strongly recommend user to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their function 63 65EP EP 4 6 BIOS SETUP CMOS SETUP UTILITY 4 6 1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY This mainboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software Inc Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by 1 Turn on or reboot your system After a series of diagnostic checks the following message will appear PRESS lt DEL gt TO ENTER SETUP 2 Press the lt DEL gt key and the main program screen will appear as follows CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health St
40. en which tells your computer is phoenixnet enabled Please see Picture 1 below for an illustration When the screen shows up press Tab key for BIOS information phoenix J AwardBIOS phoenixnet p enabled May 7 2001 03 46 pm Checking your computer hardware Processor Memory D Drive s Virus Scan Intel 128 MB hecking Pentium III 800EB MHz ENERO Y STARO The symbol for energy efficiency press Tab key for BIOS information Picture 1 100 APPENDICES e See Picture 2 below for BIOS version and BIOS part number identification Guard Modular BIOS v6 88PGN fin Energy Star Ally Copyright 1984 2881 Award Software Inc REV 12 1 Main Processor Intel Pentium 111 680 MHz 133x6 0 Memory Testing 130048 OK 1024 Shared Press BEL to enter SETUP 82 26 2881 1815E 1TE9712 6n69RSNCC 88 Picture 2 1 BIOS VERSION example REV T2 1 2 BIOS ID STRING example 6GAG9RSNCC 101 65EP EP APPENDIX 3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER Usually the mainboard model number is labeled on the side of ISA slot or PCI slot please see the picture shown below for an illustration 1 MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER example SL 65KV2 2 MAINBOARD SERIAL NUMBER example 0012000T005679 102 APPENDICES MEMO 103 65EP EP MEMO 104
41. er Installation Of Creative Sound Driver Select the Control Panel Select the My computer 2 icon 1 icon You are now in the System Select the System icon 4 Properties window 3 Click the Device Manager button 5 System Properties General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection BI Computer Click the Creative sound 6 Blaster PCI128 selection then Click on the Proper Properties ties button 52 Software Setup Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 2x General Settings About 30 Audio Driver Resources 3D Configuration Speaker setup C Stereo Speakers Ree When Creative Sound 7 Blaster PCI128 Properties Window appears please Click the 3D Audio button and then select Quad Speakers Click the OK button 8 Your Audio System can now support 4 speakers out Insert second 9 pair of speakers to the Rear Line out jack to verify this function See the following Section 3 4 3 for identifying the Rear Line out jack 53 65 3 4 3 Identifying Connectors On The Built in Audio AUXFA1 Intel 815E MC 1 LINE OUT FIRST SPEAKER OUT 2 LINE IN REAR LINE OUT JACK Second pair of speakers output for 65EP o
42. es Stop Grant 3 Disabled Disabled Instant Off Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 0 0 Item Help Menu Level gt Reload Global Timer Events Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 14 lt Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 81 65EP EP 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer s operating system supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification Currently Windows NT 5 0 supports ACPI ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the ACPI suspend type You can select S3 STR for suspending to DRAM or S1 POS for power on suspend under Windows 98 ACPI mode The choices S1 POS S3 STR Power Management This option allows you to select the type or degree of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes This table describes the power management modes for your reference
43. esources PCI ISA PnP Item Help PCI ISA PnP Menu Level gt PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP t4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA status and to modify the information delivered from the feature Connector of the VGA card to MPEG card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used MPEG card 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items 88 BIOS Setup 4 6 8 PC HEALTH STATUS This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature FAN speed and voltage It is recommended that you contact your mainboard supplier to get proper values about the setting of the CPU temperature Run the PC Health Status as follows 1 Choose PC Health Status from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Item Help 1 8V 0 1 87 V Menu Level CPU Vcore 1 2 00 V DIMM 2 3 37 V 5V 3 5 02 V 12V 4 12 28 V 12V 5 12 52 V 235 6 5 10 V 5VSB 7 5 08 V Voltage Battery 3 08 V Temperature 1 41 C Temperature 2 55 C Temperature 3 55 C Fan 1 Speed 5625 RPM Fan 2 Speed 0 RPM Fan 3 Speed 0 RPM
44. ge This thermal cable is to monitor device which will generates a lot of heat such as HDD Graphics card etc Please connect one end A of the thermal cable to mainboard RT2 header and tape another end B of thermal cable on to the device which you want to monitor After you have finish the thermal cable installation you will see the detected temperature in BIOS setup or Hardware monitor utility 36 Hardware Setup 2 6 6 Complex Header J2 amp J3 This complex Header consists of 10 connectors providing various supports POWER SWITCH i ATX POWER SWITCH J2J3 15 15 GND GND SMI E 4 SMI SIGNAL ro LED SIGNAL SUSPEND LED 5 Vec GND KEYLOCK KEYCLOCK SIGNAL CONNECTOR enD NO CONNECTION POWER LED 7 Vcc r NO CONNECTION 8 INFRARED IR INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL GND L INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL GND RESET SIGNAL RESET SWITCH Logic High 4 HDD LED SIGNAL HDD LED SIGNAL Logic High 2nd HDD LED SPEAKER SPEAKER SIGNAL 5 1st HDD LED 1 J2 SMI Connector System Management Interrupt CONNECTION This 2 pin connector is connected to the case mounted Suspend Switch or to the Turbo Switch FUNCTION Manually placing the system into a Suspend mode or Green mode 2 J2 Power Switch Connector CONNECTION Connected to a momentary button or switch FUNCTION Manually switching the system between On and Soft
45. hrough the two complete serial ports or the third dedicated port Infrared IrDA HPSIR and ASK Amplitude Shift Keyed IR Multi mode parallel connector supporting Standard mode ECP and EPP Floppy Disk connector supporting One FDD connector with drive swap support Universal Serial Bus connector supporting USB v1 1 and Intel Universal HCI v1 1 compatible 2 built in USB connectors and one USB Header USB1 which requires an optional USB cable to provide 2 more optional USB ports PS 2 Keyboard connector PS 2 Mouse connector 1 1 9 EXPANSION SLOTS Five PCI bus Master slots One AGP Pro 4x mode slot One CNR slot Three DIMM slots One SCR Smart Card Reader slot 11 65EP EP 1 1 10 FORM FACTOR ATX form factor 4 layer PCB Mainboard size 20 0cm x 24 5cm 1 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR Programmable control status to provide monitoring and alarm for flexible desktop management of hardware temperature software provided in support CD 5 positive voltage statuses monitoring 2 temperatures statuses monitoring 3 Fan speeds statuses monitoring 12 Introduction 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT 1 2 1 Mainboard Layout 65EP POWER e WAR SOCKET 370
46. idental or consequential damages of any kind even if Soltek computer inc has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Copyright 2001 Soltek Computer Inc All Rights Reserved Intel Celeron Pentium II Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation Intel 82815 Graphic Memory Controller Hub GMCH 82801 I O Controller Hub ICH are trademark of Intel Corporation SOLTEK AROUND THE WORLD SOLTEK COMPUTER INC Address 7F No 306 3 Ta Tung Rd Sec 1 Hsi Chih Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Telephone 886 2 2642 9060 Fax 886 2 2642 9065 E mail sales soltek com tw Web site http www soltek com tw SOUL TECHNOLOGY EUROPE B V Address Hongkongstraat 55 3047 BP Rotterdam The Neth erlands Telephone 31 10 2457492 Fax 31 10 2457493 E mail sales soultech europe com Web site http www soultech europe com 65 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION nnnm 9 1 1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION sess 10 1 1 1 PROCESSORZiR s sei E ee Dim 10 151 2 GHIPS EE 10 1 1 3 AWARD BIOS V6 0 10 1 1 4 SOUND CONTROLLER nennen 10 1 1 5 INTEGRATED SDRAM 10 1 1 6 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT AGP CONTROLLER 10 1 1 7 POWER MANAGEMENT 11 1 1 8
47. ime Service This chapter contains the following topics 4 1 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP 4 2 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP 4 3 WHAT IS CMOS 4 4 WHAT IS POST 4 5 BIOS UPGRADE 4 6 BIOS SETUP 58 BIOS Setup 4 1 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP BIOS setup is an interactive BIOS program that you need to run when 1 Changing the hardware of your system For example installing a new Hard Disk etc 2 Modifying the behavior of your computer For example changing the system time or date or turning special features on or off etc 3 Enhancing your computer s behavior For example speeding up performance by turning on shadowing or cache 4 2 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP To access BIOS setup menu press lt DEL gt key after POST and before the OS is loaded The BIOS usually displays the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 WHAT IS CMOS CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery The BIOS uses CMOS to store the settings you have selected in SETUP The CMOS also maintains the internal clock Every time you turn on your computer the BIOS Looks into CMOS for the settings you have selected and configures your computer accordingly If the battery is out of power the CMOS data will be lost and POST will issue a CMOS invalid or CMOS checksum invalid message If this happens you have to replace the battery and do some proper settings in SETUP 4 4 WHAT IS POST POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test POST will test
48. in BIOS setup Integrated peripherals section 25 65 2 5 2 JP5 JP6 FSB Frequency Select JP5 JP6 settings for FSB Front Side Bus Frequency Select is a redundancy device designed for professional CPU overcolocking only Since this mainboard is designed with CPU clock auto detection function you are recommended to use the JP5 JP6 default setting for a stable system performance In case of CPU overclocking to higher frequency there exists high possibility of failure due to the high complexity of components adopted on board On the other hand selecting a lower frequency setting for a CPU with higher frequency e g select 100MHz setting for a 133MHz CPU will also cause system failure SOCKET 370 Bus Clock Select T 66MHz 100MHz i Ser CO ven aa ge TSSMBE Auto JP5 0 JP6 Select default For 100MHz Bus Be Only JP5 JP6 For 133MHz Bus Woch Only JP5 OO JP6 26 Hardware Setup 2 5 3 JP2 JP8 USB Port Select 1 JP2 JP8 setting is for future use when there is a need to connect USB 0 and USB1 to AGP port Currently USB port to AGP is not connected Please keep JP2 JP8 default setting at 1 2 closed for enabling USB 0 1 Changing the default setting will disable the USB 0 1 Palm lusst pos al
49. l Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Disabled Disabled PCI Slot Auto Auto Auto Enabled BUTTON ONLY Enter Ctrl Fi Enabled Auto Auto Normal Half 378 IRQ7 SPP 3 Former Sts 201 330 10 Item Help Menu Level fi lt Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 76 On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE Primary Master Slave PIO Secondary Master Slave PIO Primary Master Slave UDMA Secondary Master Slave UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Sup port USB Mouse Support Init Display First BIOS Setup The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support from two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or the second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you install a primary and or second add on IDE interface The choices Enabled Disabled Choose Auto or Mode 0 4 The BIOS will detect the HDD mode type automatically when you choose Auto You need to set to a lower mode than Auto when your hard disk becomes unstable The choices Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Ultra DMA33 66 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it if the operating environment include
50. ms 74 BIOS Setup 4 6 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some information inside your system when it is working Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as follows 1 Choose INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 75 65EP EP CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals x X x x On Chip Primary PCI IDE On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Init Display First AC97 Audio AC97 Modem Onboard CNR LAN Selection IDE HDD Block Mode Power ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power On Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Paralle
51. n on screen to complete the e installation 7 178712 SmartGuardian Oppen ix Integrated Technology Express Inc CPU Fan System Fan Panel Fan Misc Voltage Automatic mode Temperature Range Control On Medium High Over d E 0 iat S E e 5 e H 7100 04141 0000 00000 5 P F F E n On On Fen Speed L Hih 5 05V TD 12 03V Reset To Default j 12 60V EE 4 95V Software programmable mode Fan Speed Control Temperature Alarm Setting 17 80 000 Low J mmm 100 42 08089 Ey E ok Cancel Heb This screen shows the ITE SMARTGUARDIAM it shows the information about system temperatures voltages and Fan speed You can also change some Value settings to for your system to optimize its performance 56 Software Setup MEMO 57 65EP EP CHAPTER 4 BIOS SETUP THE BIOS BIOS stands for Basic Input and Output System It is sometimes called ROM BIOS because it is stored in a Read Only Memory ROM chip on the mainboard BIOS is the first program to run when you turn on your computer BIOS performs the following functions 1 Initializing and testing hardware in your computer a process called POST for Power On Self Test 2 Loading and running your operating system 3 Helping your operating system and application programs to manage your PC hardware by means of a set of routines called BIOS Run T
52. nly 3 MICROPHONE IN JACK 4 GAME MIDI CONNECTOR 54 N CD AUDIO CONNECTOR 2 CD AUDIO CONNECTOR 1 TELEPHONE ANSWERING DEVICE MODEM CONNECTOR 65EP only TV TUNER CONNECTOR 65EP only Software Setup 3 5 INSTALLING ITE HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY SMARTGUARDIAM Please put the Support CD When a welcome window provided in your mainboard 2 appears on the screen package into the CD ROM users should choose Install drive Driver Click on the INTEL Click on the INTEL 815EP 3 Driver 4 Chipsets Click on the Hardware monitor utility 5 Click on the Explore CD or user can install it through directory 6 CD ROM hardware monitor utility ITE install exe EN Exploring Re 15 5 Loos Hep When Exploring ITE as B 7 window appears please vote click on the file install 55 65 8712 Smartguardian 118712 SmartGuardian Install Welcome to IT8712 SmartGuardin Install program To install SmartGuardian on your computer now click Install To exit without install SmartGuardian click Exit Your Platform is Window NT 2000 this program will copy 3 files to your HD 1 TESmart exe to D WINNT directory 2 Itelo sys to D WINNT sSystem32Ndrivers directory 3 Uninstexe to D WINNT directory To execute SmartGuardian automatically at startup 8 Then Follow the instructio
53. p Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Frequency Control Auto Overclocker Press Enter Item Help Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Menu Level gt x Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled x Linear Spread Model 3 Linear Spread Range 0 CPU Skew Adjust Disabled PCI Skew Adjust Disabled SDRAM Skew Adjust Disabled AGP Skew Adjust Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock 100 33MHz CPU Voltage Regulator Default CPU Clock Ratio x3 149 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 91 65EP EP Auto Overclocker Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK Spread Spec trum Modulated Linear Spread Model Linear Spread Range CPU Skew Adjust PCI Skew Adjust Press lt Enter gt to start Auto Overclocker This option offers users an easier way to overclocking and it will increase CPU external clock automatically When CPU external clock is increased to an unacceptable value BIOS will restart your system and then run at acceptable CP
54. reen with a list of options will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled Menu Level External Cached Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Processor Number Feature Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drived Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN95 No t4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 68 BIOS Setup 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys An explanation of the lt F gt keys follows lt F1 gt Help gives options available for each item lt F5 gt Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session lt F6 gt Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to w
55. rite to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an antivirus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much External Cache faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for faster access by the CPU CPU L2 Cache ECC When you select Enabled it will speed up memory Checking checking when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs The choices Enabled Disabled 69 65EP EP Processor Number Feature Quick Power On Self Test First Second Third Other Boot Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Choose Disabled or Enabled When enabled the processor serial number will display during the boot up screen Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally enable quick POST The BIOS at
56. rovided in your mainboard 2 appears on the screen package into the CD ROM users should choose Install drive Driver Click on the INTEL Click on the INTEL 815EP 3 Driver 4 Chipsets Click on the AC 97 Driver The next screen will appear for user to select which AC 97 driver you 6 need to install depending on what operation system you are using Supposing that your system is Windows 98SE ME Win2000 then click on the Install AC 97 Driver for Win98SE ME Win2000 Welcome to the SoundMAX Setup program This program wil install SoundMAX on your computer is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs eer EE Click to continue with the Setup program Press Next to continue After all the setup process is finished please restart your computer by clicking on Finish 50 Software Setup 3 4 CREATIVE SOUND DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR 65EP ONLY 3 4 1 To Install Creative Sound Driver Please put the Support CD When a welcome window 1 provided in your mainboard appears on the screen package into the CD ROM users should choose Install drive Driver Click on the INTEL Click on the INTEL 815EP 3 Driver 4 Chipsets Click on the Creative Follow the instruction on 5 Sound Driver 6 screen to complete the installation after which please restart your PC 51 65 3 4 2 Enable The Rear Line Out For 4 Speakers Aft
57. s a DMA drive and if your sys tem software supports Ultra DMA33 66 100 Select Auto to enable BIOS support The choices Auto Disabled Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB mouse Initialize the chosen video display before initializing any other display device on the system Thus the chosen display becomes the primary display 77 65EP EP AC97 Audio Modem Onboard CNR LAN Selection IDE HDD Block Mode Power ON Function KB Power ON Pass word Hot Key Power ON Onboard FDC Controller This option allows you to decide to enable disable the 815 chipset to support AC97 Audio Modem The choices Auto Disabled Use the default setting The choices Auto Onboard Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support The choices Enabled Disabled This option allows you to select lt KB Power ON Password gt lt Hot Key Power ON gt or others The choices Any Key Button only Keyboard 98 Password Hot Key Mouse
58. t PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 66 BIOS Setup Drive A Drive B Select this field to the type s of floppy disk drive s installed in your system The choices are 360KB 5 25in 1 2MB 5 25in 720KB 3 5in 1 44MB 3 5in 2 88MB 3 5in None Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in setup Halt On During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process Base Memory Typically 640KB Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area Extended Memory Above the 1MB boundary Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1MB but current PCs and their software can use extended memory Total Memory This option shows system memory capacity 3 Press lt ESC gt to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items 67 65EP EP 4 6 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES improves your system performance or sets up system features according to your preference Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as follows 1 Choose ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES from the Main Menu and a sc
59. tempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choices Floppy LS ZIP HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled When enabled floppy drives A and B will be exchanging status without any physical connection and modification on the cables When enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 270KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to disabled to save time Toggle between On or Off to control the status of the NumLock key when the system boots If On the numeric keypad is in numeric mode If off the numeric keypad is in cursor control mode Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB extended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows 70 BIOS Setup Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystroke repeats at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When Enabled you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay Typematic Rate Chars When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can 1 Sec
60. tep 1 Please visit the board maker s website download latest BIOS file and award flash utility AVVDFLASH EXE The BIOS file format will be bin of which stands for the specific file name Step 2 Create a bootable diskette Then copy the BIOS file and award flash utility AWDFLASH EXE into the diskette Step 3 Insert the diskette into drive A reboot your system and boot from the diskette 60 BIOS Setup Step 4 Type awdflash bin sn py cc and then press Enter to run BIOS upgrade program bin depends on your mainboard model and version code Instead of typing you should type specific file name for your specific mainboard Step 5 Please press F1 or lt F10 gt to exit or reset your system Warning If the message Write Fail appears while Award FLASH MEMORY WRITER is verifying Flash memory just repeat the process Please DO NOT reset or turn off the system If the award memory flash utility is not able to update the BIOS successfully your system may not be able to boot up Step 6 You will need a message CMOS checksum error Default loaded during booting the system Press Del to run CMOS setup utility then reload LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS or Load Optimized Defaults and save this change 61 65EP EP For 693 596 W977 2AGLGSNEC 0 DATE 08 02 2000 Flash Type Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen FLASH MEMORY WRITER V7 8 C Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserv
61. the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement IMPORTANT PED BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING on USING Do not use or load this associated collectively the Software unt you have careful read the folowing teme and conditons By loading GE Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement If you do not wish to so agree do not install or use the Software ote If you are an Original Equipment Manufacturer 1 P zl Do you accept he tems xw Yes tex vce Tost inal Ua ATA Sexage Di en Press Yes to continue Sec 7 48 Software Setup Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver 6 0 Setup Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver 6 0 Setup Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver 6 0 Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver Before you can use the program you must restart your computer No will restart my computer later Remove any disks to complete setup Press Next to continue 8 Press Next to continue 9 After all the setup process 10 is finished please restart your computer by clicking on Finish 65EP EP 3 3 AC 97 DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR 65EP ONLY Please put the Support CD When a welcome window 1 p
62. the end with single connector to the board and connect the other and with two plugs to the floppy drives arrows D 8s p SOCKET 370 i i Se d Floppy Disk Drive Connector a Orient the red line on the il floppy ribbon cable to Pin1 CHAFA1 PER JBATI He San 1 Sen To 2nd Floppy Drive red line NC To mainboard To 1st Floppy Drive FDD Cable 24 Hardware Setup 2 5 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD The following diagrams show the locations of jumper blocks on the mainboard CAUTION Do not remove the jumper when power is on Always make sure the power is off before changing any jumpers Otherwise mainboard could be damaged In diagrams below all jumper pins covered with black marks stand for closed pins All jumper pins covered with black marks are closed pins 2 5 1 JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power On DH PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Power On Disabled default JP1 Enabled JP1 NOTE This function allows you to use PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on your system The function must be set in conjunction with Power on function state
63. tions with the Setup default values 86 BIOS Setup Reset Configuration Normally you leave this Disabled Select Enabled Data to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot Resource Controlled The Plug and Play AwardBIOS can automatically By configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them IRQ RESOURCES Press Enter at this item to reveal the following list CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Resources IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device Item Help IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device Menu Level gt IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device fi e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 87 65EP EP DMA Resources Press Enter at this item to reveal the following list CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to DMA R
64. trol section We do not suggest and assume the responsibility for any action such as overclocking that changes the CPU default setting Incorrect CLOCK RATIO and HOST PCI CLOCK settings may cause damage to your CPU 19 65 2 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION WARNING Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory modules or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your mainboard and expansion cards Be careful when inserting or removing DIMM Forcing a DIMM in or out of a socket improperly may damage the memory module or the socket Some DIMMs which contain EDO or FPM DRAM are incompliant with the mainboard The M B supports 3 3V true SDRAM DIMMs only Installing DIMM Make sure you have the correct memory module type for your mainboard Insert the module s as shown below DIMMs have 168 pins and two notches that will be matched by the onboard DIMM socket Memory modules are installed by inserting them straight into the slot until they click in the right place They only fit in one direction so do not force them in by a wrong direction 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position j Voltage Key Position CN E SS Removing DIMM e Press down the holding clips on both sides of a DIMM socket and the module will be released from it 20 Hardware Setup ATX POWER qe FH
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