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3. 1 Whatis an Instantly Available PC Instantly Available Technology Boosts PC Energy Savings and Improves PC s Ease of Use atfull system capability Wouldn tit be nice if your personal computer is ready when you are just like any home appliance withjust a touchof a button How about keeping your personal computer available 24 hours a day to answer phones receive faxes andconnect users to eachother with power consumption nomore than anight light It s here theInstantly Available PC ishere to bring these new capabilities to PC users With an Instantly Available PC userscan allow their PCs to powerdown to a very deep sleepstate consuming very little power while retaining the capability to respond tovarious external oruser programmed events such as aphone call network alerts ora backup procedure And the wakeupis quick withina few seconds So no more time consuming shutdown restart reboot process to interrupt andresume operation 7 2 Core Technology Suspend to RAM S3 The ideal sleepstate with the lowest power consumption for an Instantly Available PC is Suspend toRAM STR Inthis state over 95 of the PC s power is shut off while the system contextis maintainedin system memory enabling a breakthroughin power savings while maintaining fullsystem capability and connectivity Suspend To RAM STR is defined by the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPD specification as the S3 sleep state ACPIis a power management specific
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6. Audio Port Three 1 8 female jacks forLine Out LineIn and MIC 4 COM2 Port COM can bedirected to the Infrared Module for wireless connection capability 5 2X 4X AGPSlot 1 2X 4X AGP Slot provided 6 VGA Port 15 pin VGA connector 7 Printer Port EPP and ECP compatible 25 pin D Sub parallel port 8 COM1 Port High speed UARTcompatible serial port 9 USB Ports 2 USB Connectors 10 PS 2 Mouse Connector Supports PS 2 style mice 11 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Supports PS 2 style keyboards 12 CPU Socket ZIF Socket 370 for Intel Pentium III Coppermine and Celeron CPUs 13 Power Connector 20 Pin ATX Power Connector 14 DIMM Sockets 3 168 pin DIMM sockets 15 Primary IDE Connector Connector for first IDE channel 16 Secondary IDE Connector Connector for second IDE channel 17 Floppy Connector Built in floppy controller supports 2 5 25 or 3 5 floppy drives 18 USB Header Connects to the USB bracket for 2 additional USB ports User s Manual 9 INTRODUCTION 1 4 Comprehensive Mainboard View Slot Wake up Et Fan Power JPS speed ANS 19 Normal bigger are Sensor PCI Bus 3 Wake up Wake up _CN4 Flash Bios BERBUSE2 SB Link CAB Bups gt 18 Enable JBS JP8 g JPG PCI Bus 2 CD_In Locked a p Clear CMOS E Ats ear ot User Selectable i wos tater Saeco Giles 18 Unlocked Clear Mos FAN2 TG gt GEES FET Sen 4 Normal AGP Slot COM 2 Fan Posse gq Arewud
7. Available only when ATX styled power supply is used Any activity onthe PCI card will wake up the system out of S3 Suspend toRAM mode The PCI card must S3 supported Power On by Ring LAN Available only when ATX styled power supply is used An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming callon the modem power on the system or return itto full power out of suspend mode Witha LAN cardinstalled the Wake up On LAN function allows the network to wake up aSoft Power Down Soft Off PC USB KB Wake up From S3 Available only when ATX styled powersupply is used Any activity onthe USB keyboard will wake upthe system outof S3 Suspendto RAM mode CPU Thermal Throttling This item determines the clock control thermal throttling mode The rate indicates the percentage of time the STPCLK stop clock signal is asserted to prevent CPU from accepting clocks This will effectively reduce CPU speedas well as CPU power in power management mode 44 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Resume by Alarm Available only when ATX styled power supply is used When enabled the system will automatically power onor returns to full power out of suspend mode at the time and date of the month 0 for daily specified Reload Global Timer Events Reload Global Timer Events are I O events whose occurrence can preventthe system from entering a powersaving mode orcan awaken thesystem from sucha mode Ineffect t
8. CPU v WARNING Use of aCPU Cooling Fan is required to prevent CPU from overheating The Fan should be installed first before inserting the CPU into its socket Locate the ZIF Zero Insertion Force Socket 370 gt First open the socket by pulling the lever OLEVDd sideways then upwards Notice how the E lever locks in place when pressed all the way down lt lt gt The CPU must be inserted withthe Lock correct orientation One corner of the CPU has a Notch and looks different that the otherthree This corneris also missing a pinunlike the otherthree Align this corner towards the end of the lever as shownin the figureat right Insert the CPU press itdown Lever Close the leveruntil it locksinto place 2 2 2 Cooling Fan GND These are small 3 pin quit Header Connectors that m provide 12 Volt power for r12v CPU and chassis cooling m fans Plug inthe fan cable to the connector Pin 2 a corresponds to the RED Speed power lead as shown Sensor User s Manual 15 HAREWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 3 Installing the Memory Modules DIMM v This mainboard has three sockets available for 168 pin DIMMs They must be 3 3 volt Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs SDRAM v DIMM Sizes supported 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB and 256MB vA total of 3 DIMMs can beinstal
9. Correcting forthe CPU s Level 2 built in cache Processor Number Feature This option is available only whena CPU thathas an internal identification number such as Pentium III CPU is used Each Pentium III CPU features a unique identification number Enabling this option allows this internal processornumber to beaccessed Quick Power onSelf Test Speeds up Power On Self Test POST after the computer is powered on When set to Enabled the BIOS will shorten orskip some checks during POST First Second Third Other Boot Device When your system is powered on the BIOS performs a variety of operations then attempts to bootan Operating Systemfrom either ahard drive IDEor SCSI floppy drive CD ROM LS 120 ZIP or LAN This setting determines the sequence that the BIOS will follow when searching devices for abootable disk Swap Floppy Drive The hardware connections determine which floppy is configured as drive A and drive B Swapping the floppy drives can be useful if your system has two floppy drives and you want the ability to boot from both For example Since a PC cannot boot from the B Floppy you would needto Swap floppy drives A andB in orderto set the second floppy drive to drive A thereby makingit bootable Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled BIOS will attempt tomove the head of the floppy disk drive forth and back once during POST tosee if the drive is working properly Boot Up NumLock Status When On the NumLock key will
10. Depending on the mainboard and the chassis designs the Message LED may be the Power LED or other LED onthe front panel of the chassis Using the mouse button 1 Fromthe Start menu in Windows 98 select Shut Down 2 Select Stand by in the Shut Down Windows dialog box 3 Press OK to enterthe Suspend to RAM STR sleep state Setting the standby time 1 Enter Control Panel 2 Double click the Power Management icon 3 Power ManagementProperties dialog box appears Select Power Schemes tab 4 Use System standby option to setthe time forthe system to automatically enter standby mode when thesystem is notin use Using the system power button Enter Control Panel Double click the Power Management icon Inthe Power Management Properties dialog box select Advanced tab Define the System Power Button to be Standby or Shutdown BRWNR Standby When the power switch of the front bezel or Sleep key of the Windows 98 keyboard is pressed Windows 98 will enter Suspend to RAM mode and later can be waken up by pressing the Wakeup key or power switch Now you can press the Power on button to enter the Suspend to RAM STR sleep state Shutdown System is turned off almostimmediately without corrupting the data User s Manual 6 7 INSTANTLY AVAILABLE PC Using the Windows 98 keyboard buttons Press the Sleep button to enterthe Suspend toRAM mode Note 1 The Powe
11. FSB Override JP2 amp JP3 133MHz le o o0 al Be 5 100MHz g 66MHz 10 LILI WU Power Connector CN2 IrDA IR C2 2 3 3 6 1 Fan Power Keyboard FANI Wake up JP1 p i i eed fe Disabled kear 1 g Enabled JP1 BOoooooooo amp 2 letelelelelelelelele User s Manual Od olpny eswed idiN VOA HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Jumpers Setting Static Precautions Static electricity canbe a serious danger to theelectronic components on this mainboard To avoid damagecaused by electrostatic discharge observe the following precautions v Don t remove the mainboard from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install itinto a computercase Also handle add in cards andmodules by theedges or mounting bracket v Before you handle the mainboard inany way touch a grounded anti static surface suchas an unpainted portion of the system chassis for afew seconds todischarge any built up static electricity 2 1 1 Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are usedon this mainboard to select various settings and features A 2 pin jumper has two settings Open and Short or Closed Thejumper is closed by placing the Jumper Cap across thetwo pins thereby connecting them 3 pinjumpers can beset to pins 1 2 or 2 3 connected Pin 1is labeled onthe circuit board 3 pin Jumper 2 pin Jumper oo i as d
12. PCI transaction On Chip Video Window Size Determines the maximumimage area onscreen for theon chip VGA AGP Graphics Aperture Size Determines the maximum graphics aperture size for AGP Card System Memory Frequency When set to Auto Default this allow the system to detected the Memory Frequency are either 100 or 133Mhz This canbe set at 100 or 133Mhz 36 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 6 Integrated Peripherals This menu isused to configure the integrated IDEsubsystem and other peripherals 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 Slow Down UDMA Mode USB Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Init Display First AC97 Audio AC97 Modem IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password 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 RxD TxD Active IR Transmission Delay IR Duplex Mode Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select 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 Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled PCI Slot Auto Auto Ena
13. SCSI BIOS In most cases you should not need to change the default configuration of your host adapter You may decideto alter thesedefault values ifthere is aconflict between device settings or if youneed to optimize system performance A message appears on your computer monitor for about 5 seconds during boot that looks like this Press Crtl C tostart Symbios Configuration Utility If you decide to press Ctrl C during boot the following message appears Please wait invoking Symbios Configuration Utility After a brief pause your computer will display the Main Menu ofthe utility The Symbios SCSI Configuration Utility This menu driven utility allows youto view and change the default configuration settings for host adapters using Symbios 53C8XX chips Note Pressing Ctrl A after memory count during re boot allows you to recover the default settings and reconfigure The following tables list the configuration settings you canchange Global Affects both the adapterand all SCSI devices e Device Affects only the individual SCSI devices 54 User s Manual BUILT IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Global Default Settings Device Default Settings Settings SCAM Support Synchronous Transfer Rate MB sec Parity Checking Data Width Host Adapter SCSI ID On Low to High 0 Max Read Write I O Timeout 10 secs Scan for Devices at Boot Yes Time Scan for SCSI LUNs Yes No Main Menu MAIN MENU Port lq o Status Nv
14. SDRAM cycles Options are3 or 2 Clocks SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Tre Selects the Row Active Timeand Row Cycle Time foran access cycle Options are 6 8 and 5 7 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option allows you to determine the number of clocks allocated between the assertion of RAS to CAS Do not change the value in this field unless you change to different DRAM or CPU with different specifications SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Defines the lengthof time that Row Address Strobe is allowed to precharge If insufficient time is allowed refresh may beincomplete and data will be lost User s Manual 35 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP System BIOS Cacheable When Enabled the contents of the FO000h system memory segment can be cached to the Level 2 cache memory The contents of the FOOOOh memory segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM tosystem RAM for faster execution and PCI compliance Video BIOS Cacheable When Enabled C0000h to C7FFH becomecacheable memory Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve compatibility certain space in memory can be reserved for old style ISA cards that map memory between 15M 16M Do not enable this feature unless you use the old style ISA card otherwise the memory size may bereduced to 15 MB for someO S CPU Latency Timer Determines how a deferrable CPU cycleis handled Leaveon the defaultsetting Delayed Transaction When enabled the delay transaction mechanism will be ineffect when PIIX4 is the target of a
15. associated connector and cable which can support up to 2 ATAPI devices each Note Make sure to align the RED stripe on the ribbon cable with Pin 1 on the mainboard IDE connector On most hard drives and CD ROMs the RED stripe should be oriented towards the power connector of the device a EEE wH Dies oa 3 me E Bin 33 ela S e ao G ul El D20 EPOR S lal ela e e l og og od x a_o fa Oa E 9 a0 ao 8 u 5 QO olal Ble Bs E V eam ea S e Mial jeg a aa V a i User s Manual 17 HAREWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 5 Power LED Connections System Function Connector Block CN1 Pins 2 amp 4 Power Switch Connects to the Power Switch featured on ATX case designs This switch must be hookedup before the system can be powered on Pins 1 amp 3 IDE LED Connects to the RED lead fromthe system s case the RED lead corresponding to Pin 1 Pins 7 amp 9 Suspend LED lead Pins 7 amp 9 connect tothe suspend LED from the system s case This LED blinks toindicate the systemis in suspend mode Pins 11 amp 13 SMI Green switch lead If your sy
16. be automatically enabled when the system boots Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to selecthow the gate A20 is handled The gate A20is a deviceused to address memory above 1 Mbytes Initially the gate A20 was handled viaa pin on the keyboard Normal Today while keyboards still provide this support it is more common and much faster for the system chipset Fast default to provide support for gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting Determines if the typematic rate isto be used When disabled continually holding down a key on yourkeyboard will generate only one instance In other words the BIOS willonly User s Manual 33 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP report that the key is down When the typematic rate is enabled the BIOS will report as before but it will then waita moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly This feature is used to accelerate cursor movements with thearrow keys Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematicrate is enabled this selection allows you to selectthe rate at which the keys are accelerated Options are 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the delay inmsec between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins Options are 250 default 500 750 and 1000 Security Option This option enables password checking every time the co
17. devices Installed CHS Mapping Cylinder Head Sector mapping Options are SCSI Plugand Play Mapping default and Alternate CHS Mapping Spinup Delay 1 10 seconds The default is a 2 second delay before the BIOS starts to scan for SCSI devices during initialization This amount of time is enough for most devices to get ready for proper operation Since some older hard drives may need more time to spin up you may need toextend the delay for those devices e Device Selections Settings forthe devices attached to the selected adapter are viewed and changed SYM53C860 Devices 0 to 7 Sync Data Disc Time Scan Queue Init Rate Width Out Bus LUNS Tags Boot Dev0 N A 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No Dev1 N A 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No Dev2 N A 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No Dev3 N A 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No Dev4 N A 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No Dev5 N A 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No Dev6 N A 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No SYM53C860 20 8 On 10 Yes Yes On No Devices 8 to15 Help Exit this menu The above menu provides information aboutindividual SCSI devices attached to the selected host adapter as well as the adapter itself To make changes to these settings select a device from this display and press lt Enter gt to bring upthe individual Device Setup menu 58 User s Manual BUILT IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Device Setup Menu When you select aspecific device from the Device Selection menu your computer displays the following Device Setup menu The se
18. greater than 528MB in capacity always make sure LBA mode isenabled If you are using a hard drive that is over 528MB incapacity but was already formatted without using LBA mode LBA support will be ignored even if it is enabled This assures correct access to the drive s data SCSI Hard Drives are NOT entered into the Mainboard BIOS Setup in any way The hard drive settings inthe Standard CMOS Setup are only for drives connected to the IDE Controller So if only SCSI drives were installed all these settings would be set to None SCSI Devices are configured via the SCSI controller s BIOS Drive A B Select the Type for the A and or B floppy drives Remember floppy drive A is the first drive hooked to the END of the floppy ribbon cable Floppy drive B is hooked up afterthe twist Available settings are listed below 30 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 megabyte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Support Enable this option ONLY for floppy drive s that support the Japanese standard 1 2MB on 3 5 Diskette Option Disabled Default Both Drive
19. item A gray out item marked with an x indicates that the item is not available The item may be associated with another item and its availability is dependent on that associated item Gray out items are for information display only and contain no selectable fields User s Manual 25 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Getting Help Pressing lt F1 gt will display a help window that describes the appropriate keys to use Pressing lt Enter gt will display a small help window that describes the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press lt Esc gt A brief description of some highlighted selection may appear at the right frame titled Item Help of the setup screen A Final Note about Setup Not all systems have the same Setup While the basic look and function of the Setup program remains the same for all systems individual motherboard and chipset combinations require custom configurations For example you may find that your Setup main menu has a different number of entries from the main menu displayed in this manual These are simply features not supported or not user configurable on yoursystem The final appearance of the Setup program also depends on the Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM who built your system If your OEM has decided that certain items should only be available to their technicians those items may very well be removed from the Setup program 26 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETU
20. ofthe system and CPU fans as well as the various operating voltages If the fan is not installed 0 RPM willbe shown CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current System Temp 30 C 86 F Current CPU1 Temperature 35 C 95 F Menu Level Current CPUFAN1 Speed 5400 RPM Current CPUFAN2 Speed 0 RPM Current CPUFAN3 Speed 0 RPM VCore V 2 04 V VTT V 2 33 V VCC3 V 2 34 V 5V 4 97 V 12 V 11 85 V 12V 12 11 V 5V 5 04 V VBAT V 3 21 V 5VSB V 5 51 V Shutdown Temperature 75 C 167 F Item Help Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature Once the CPU temperature exceeds the temperature specified a warning will beissued via the speaker andthe operating CPUspeed will beslowed down toease the situation Shutdown Temperature Once the system or CPU temperature exceeds the temperature specified the CPU will shutdown automatically to avoid damaging This function only works for an ACPI OS such as Windows 98 with ACPI activated User s Manual 49 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control Use this menuto specify yoursettings for frequency voltage control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock Default Menu Level CPU Clock Ratio x3 Item Help a Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previo
21. up function you must enable the Wake Up On LAN Ring field under Wake Up Events inthe Power Management Setup of the Award BIOS Connect the cable that comes with your LAN card to this connector onthe system board Refer to theadd in card s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support Magic Packet in orderto use the LAN Wake up function 2 2 9 Modem Wake up Function CN6 The Modem Wake up function allows the modem to remotely power on the system Install an external modem normally to COM2 and enablethe Wake Up On LAN Ring field under Wake Up Events functionin the Power Management Setup from the BIOS For the functionto work foran internal modem card you mustalso connect the Modem Wake up cable on the modem card tothis Modem Wake up function connectoron the mainboard Bn gt LAN amp z Wake up CN6 A CN5 Modem i g Wake up eli maen f pacuacaced 20 User s Manual HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 10 External Connectors MIDI Game Port Optional You may plug a joystick or game pad to this Gold color 15 pin female connector for game playing or connect a MIDI device for playing or editing audio Audio Port Optional You can connect powered speakers or headphones to Lime color Line Out
22. when SIR is changed from receiving mode to transmissionmode ensuring dataintegrality IR Duplex Mode Determines the IRduplex mode tobe half orfull duplex Use IR Pins Set this field according to where your IR device is connected IR port or COM2 port Onboard Parallel Port With this option the on board Parallel Port can be Disabled or set to 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 or 278 IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode Sets the operating mode of the parallel port Optionsare SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port 40 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP EPP Mode Select Options are 1 7and 1 9 default IEEE 1284 compliant ECP Mode UseDMA Options are and 3 This field is available only when one of the two following options in Parallel Port Modeis selected ECP or ECP EPP PWRON After PWR Fail This feature will power on the PC when power returns after a power failure The following table lists the options available and the corresponding System State when power returns Options Available System State When System State When Power Failure Occurred Power Returns Former State oe a 7 oft oft oi ort On Game Port Address Selects the addressthat the game port will occupy Midi Port Address Selects the addressthat the Midi port will occupy Midi Port IRQ Selects the interruptthat the Midi port will occupy User s Manual 41 M
23. you ll needto install device drivers The device driver information should be availablein your SCSIadapter s package 60 User s Manual FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY 5 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY Updating the Award BIOS Code is made easy with the AWDFLASH Utility found under the Utilities folder of the supplied CD ROM Since this mainboard features FLASH BIOS it is notnecessary to change the actual BIOS chip in order to upgrade the System BIOS The user can simply re program the old BIOS using the AWDFLASH Utility as follows 1 First bootthe system withDOS or to Safe mode command prompt only under Windows 95 98 If you are booting DOS froma hard driveor floppy disk press F5 when the message Starting MS DOS appearson the screen If you are booting Windows 95 98 press the F8 key and select the Safe mode command prompt only option This willassure that thesystem is runningin real mode withno device drivers loaded This is the only correct way to runthe AWDFLASH Utility program 2 There are 2 important files needed to re programthe BIOS The first is AWDFLASH EXE which is the FLASH BIOS Programming Utility The second file needed is theupdated BIN file which contains the actual BIOS code This file will have the extension bin such as PS98GH BIN Make sure these files are on the diskette or harddrive in the same directory 3 Start the AWDFLASH Utility by changing to the directory where the tworequired files exist typ
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26. A B Video This category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported youdo not haveto select theirtype in Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters MONO Halt On Determines whether or not the system will stop and prompt you if an error is detected during POST Memory This category is display only All memory detected by the POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS isshown as the following types Base Memory Is the amount of conventional memory installed in the system This value is typically 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard The Extended Memory is the amount of memory located above 1MB inthe CPU s memory address map Other Memory refers to the memory located in the region between 640K and 1MB Thisregion can beused for shadowing as well asexpanded memory in DOS User s Manual 31 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features This menu provides access to more advanced BIOS configuration settings that deal with overall performance of the system and peripheral setup This section allows you to configure your system for advanced operation You have the opportunity to
27. AINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 7 Power Management Setup Power Management allows you to configure you system to use energy most efficiently and still ina manner consistent with your ownstyle of computeruse ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Power Management User Define Menu Level gt Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake up by PCI Card Enabled x Power On by Ring LAN Enabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled CPU Thermal Throttling 50 0 Resume by Alarm Disabled x Date of Month Alarm 0 x Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Available only when ATX style power supply is used MODEM Use IRQ 3 Item Help Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Menu Level Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake up by PCI Card Enabled Power On by Ring LAN Enabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled CPU Thermal Throttling 50 0 Resume by Alarm Disabled x Date of Month Alarm 0 x Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled 42 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP ACPI function This option allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power In
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29. MAINBOARD User s Manual Rev 1 00 Date July 2000 Allother product names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners Specifications and information contained inthis manual are subject to change without notice FCC amp DoC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCCrules operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with 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 in residential installations This equipment generates uses and can radiateradio frequency energy and if notinstalled and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interface to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures E Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna E Move the equipmentaway from thereceiver m Plug the equipmentinto an outleton a circui
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31. P 3 2 Main Menu Shortly after the systemis powered on provided a CPU and sufficient RAM are installed you willsee the message Press DEL to enter SETUP e Press the DEL key to enterthe Award BIOS Setup program Once you enterthe Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appearon the screen The Main Menu allows youto select from several setup functions and two exit choices Use thearrow keys toselect among theitems and press lt Enter gt to acceptand enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen User s Manual 2 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 3 Standard CMOS Features This first menu is where the most basic hardware options are set Information regarding the system clock IDE hard disks and floppy drives is stored and configured in this section To enter the Standard CMOS Features setup screen press the ENTER key with this menu highlighted Upon entering the Standard CMOS Setupscreen you willsee a scr
32. RAM Num Level Current Next Boot Found SYM53C860 FCOO 9 On On Yes Change Adapter Status Adapter Boot Order Additional Adapter Configuration Display Mode Verbose Mono Color Language Help Quit Youcan select anadapter only ifthe current statusis On Changes are only possible with SCSI adapters that support NVRAM non volatile memory Check the NvRAMFound column tosee if NVRAMis present on your adapter If you choose to alter any of these settings exit via the Quit option and the system will reboot Change Adapter Status Allows you toactivate or deactivatea host adapterand all SCSIdevices attached toit The change takes place after a reboot which is automatic upon exit fromthe utility whenthis option is changed User s Manual 55 BUILT IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Adapter Boot Order Allows you toset the orderin which hostadapters will boot when more than one Symbios host adapter is present in the system To change anadapter s boot order select itand press lt Enter gt You are then prompted to enter the new boot sequence number When the adapters are ordered properly press the lt Esc gt key to exitthis menu Boot Order Port Wt ween nen Status NvRAM Num Level Current Next Boot Found SYM53C860 FC00 9 On On Yes SYM53C820 0 0 Off Off 2 SYM53C825 FDOO 9 On On Yes SYM53C815 FEOO 10 On On No Display Mode Determines how much information about your host adapters and SCSI devices is displayed on yourcomputer m
33. S 2 Keyboard port 2 x USB ports 1 x 16550 compatible Serial port 1 x Video port 1 x PS 2 Mouse port 1 x EPP ECP Parallel port 1 x MIDI Game port 1 x Audio Line Out Line In and Mic In Jack Standard I O Connectors Headers for optional Front I O 1 x Floppy port Up to 2 88MB Panel 2 x ATA33 66 IDE ports 1 x IrDA TX RX header 2 x USB headers 1 x 16550 compatible Serial header 1 x 2X 4X AGP Slot 3 x PCI Bus Master Slots Modem Ring in Keyboard Mouse Power On Wake Up On LAN Modem internalYModem external Hardware Monitoring function CPU temperature CPU Fan Voltage Suspend to RAM STR to support Instantly Available PC concept 4Mb Award BIOS support ACPI DMI PnP Bootable from CD ROM SCSI LS 120 ZIP devices Symbios SCSI BIOS PC Cillin Anti Boot virus BIOS 3V 5V and 12V 20 pin ATX power connector Switching Voltage Regulator supports 1 3V to 3 5V VRM 8 0 compliant Dimension 7 8 x 9 6 or 200mm x 245mm User s Manual INTRODUCTION 1 2 Board Level Feature Jil JERRRRE O1 oD o0 o_o o_o o_o o_o o_o o_o o_o o BBall Baad 80 000 O69 oooor 3iagg 0 0 0 o 0e o 0 8 User s Manual INTRODUCTION 1 3 1 Board Level Part Definitions 1 PCI Slot 6 32 bit PCI slots are provided 2 MIDI Game Port 15 pin female MIDI Joystick connector 3
34. ardware CPU Disk Drives Video etc and Operating System Software Windows 95 OS 2 and so on The BIOS Setup also called CMOS Setup is where many hardware configuration options are set and stored This configuration information willremain in the BIOS until itis changed orcleared by removing the battery for a while then reinstalling it back or by setting the Clear CMOS jumperif there isone CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor refers to the chipin which the BIOS information is stored This mainboard features Award BIOS which provides an easy to use Setup program to aid in hardware configuration In this section we will look at the various menus and options contained in the Award BIOS Setup Program This mainboard also features a Flash BIOS A Flash BIOS can be upgraded via software thereby eliminating the need to actually replace the BIOS Chip onthe mainboard Procedures for updating the BIOS follow this section The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM ReadOnly Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel processor ina standard IBM AT compatible input outputsystem Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items lt Enter gt to select or display the possible selections lt PageUp gt and lt PageDown gt keys to change entries lt F1 gt for general help and lt Esc gt to quit An item marked witha indicates that there is a submenu for this
35. are by dieing Canzal lo aa Carp a Jamwal pPress here Bat Sahg har inasad npag Far to yn a enamate Belove pou can ure the pogan wo marit cesta w donee w yar compet qro iae 14 User s Manual SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 9 3 Install Sound Driver for Onboard Audio Only Insert the Support CD that shipped with the motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double clickthe CD driveicon in My computer to bring up the setup screen Step 1 Step 3 Rastaating Windows Setu bas tniched comin Hiss to or compete Esfcie yau can ras gl y of ycur Cor puter 3 Press here __ shwirein HardWare Monitoring Utility Install Adobe Acrobut Render Install lun Driver Kar Om Buvied Lin Only Yas went to satry o ES enh z C Na val restart my compute ater Step 4 Note After the Systemre start PEN ia haa Scum SAA sn pa eet Insert the Windows 98 CD to CD ROM ear Drive to completethe sound driver k erongh rezormended tnat pou ent Ml Winsows chogrars setu P p betes mang Ma Selp popin Bm Cic lt Cancel to zuk Setup and then choos ane crsgrarve you E ae h am Ned bo conme at the Seip pogan x Finasa iors the doh bended Vinia SA Sannn Fed ion MARNH ee then cick NE b aaa md a supai ew ard Jon o kiko citi pogan caas fil naaa chi ond amen panales cad A tesco si sodun paanslai ur abe bava z 6 Press here User s Manual 75 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 9
36. ata transferup to 66 Mbyte sec This UDMA technology is downward compatible with existing ATA 2 IDE So there is no upgrade required forcurrent hard drivesand cabling Slow Down UDMA Mode This allow thesystem to set UltraDMA66 Hard driveto runat the samespeed of the UltraDMA33 Hard drive Setthis to Enable when using the UDMA33 and UDMA66 Hard drive with the same IDE Channel USB Controller If you areusing USB peripherals set this optionto Enabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS The keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use USB keyboard during POST or after bootif you don thave USB driverin the operating system USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB mouse driver within the onboard BIOS The mouse driver simulates legacy mouse command and let you use USB mouse during POST or afterboot if youdon t have USB driver in the operating system 38 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Init Display First This option allows you to selectthe onboard VGA or other PCI display cards yoursystem will use initially AC97 Audio Setting this optionto Auto allows the systemto use the AC97 audio support If you wantto use the Sound Blaster compatible modeor an add onaudio card instead set this optionto Disabled to avoid possible conflict AC97 Modem Setting this option to Auto allows the system to use the AC97
37. ation proposed by Intel Toshiba and Microsoft which makes hardware status information available tothe operating systemand is an Operating System Directed Power Management 64 User s Manual INSTANTLY AVAILABLE PC APM vs ACPI The old generation APM Advanced Power Management is aBIOS directed power management canbe activated tosave energy but atthe expense of system performance and or connectivity due to its unawareness of thesystem states With ACPlIand Suspend toRAM technology the user will not haveto make any tradeoffs when it comesto power management Network and modem connections will still be there and you willenjoy full systemcapabilities along withaggressive power management 7 3 The Key Ingredients gt An ACPI enabled Operating System suchas Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 2000 family is required to direct thesystem wide power management gt BIOS on Motherboard must support ACPI and Suspend to RAM STR sleep state Hardware circuits especially Auxiliary Power Source and Split Power Planes must be implemented on motherboard gt Add on adapters mustsupport ACPI capabilities to make whole system Instantly Available Refer to Add onDevice Compatibility List gt ATX power must comply with ATX 2 01 specification Provide more than 720mA Stand By current at5V User s Manual 65 INSTANTLY AVAILABLE PC 7 4 Installation Mainboard BIOS Enable the ACPI option provided inthe BIOS by 1 Enter P
38. ave set the password either to protectthe BIOS configuration or to restrict access to the computer the password is stored in CMOS RAM Ifyou forget the password the CMOS can be cleared by setting thisjumper to Clear CMOS Also in case there isa CMOS error or improper CPU setting through the mainboard s BIOS that causes boot failure the CMOS must cleared by setting this jumper to Clear CMOS to allow the system to boot Clearing the CMOS will clear all user defined BIOS setup options Clear CMOS 4 JP6 Normal Qo a Clear CMOS User s Manual 13 HAREWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 6 STR PCI Wake up Selection Jumper JP5 This jumper set default at normal Set this jumperto Enabled if the PCI add on card required 5Vforthe Suspend to Ram STR wake up mode Please check your add oncard if required PCI slots tosupply the 5V voltage STR PCI WAKE UP lt JP5 0 S if Enable if Normal 14 User s Manual HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 Connections 2 2 1 Installing the
39. bled Button ONLY Enter Item Help Menu Level gt Button ONLY Enter Ctrl F1 Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Port 378 IRQ7 ECP EPP EPP 1 9 3 Off 201 330 10 Item Help Menu Level gt Available only when ATX style power supply is used User s Manual 37 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP On Chip Primary PCIIDE Enables or Disables the primary controller Situations where this controller would be disabled are a You are not using any IDE Drives or b You are using an add on IDE controller ina PCI Slot On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enables or Disables the secondary controller Situations where this controller would be disabled are a You are not using any IDE Drives or b You are using IDE Drives ONLY on the primary controller or c You are using an add onIDE controllerin a PCISlot IDE PIO Mode IDE Programmed I O Mode This setting relates to the speed at which the hard drive is able to transfer data up to 16 6MB second for Mode 4 0 drives Available settings are Auto 0 1 2 3 or 4 As with the Type setting Auto is the preferred choice in that the supported PIO Mode is read directly from the hard drive Be sure not to use a PIO Mode higher than what the drive actually supports This couldresult in loss of data IDE UDMA Ultra DMA Mode The chipset used for this mainboard improves the IDE performance by implementing UltraDMA 66 Bus Mastering IDE which can handle d
40. cing Utility Install Adobe Acrobut Render Install lim Driver Kar On Bowed Laps Only fo HWDoctor Setup Cf ogee et Doctor Cheng Dirocioy Er Sep 78 User s Manual SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 9 6 Install ADOBE Acrobat Reader V4 0 Insert the Support CD that shipped with the motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double clickthe CD driveicon in My computer to bring up the setup screen Saup wil ital Scrotat Fede 40 ir he cloning fods To mitad to tir fo der clos Kag Wheel goal ach Bet ard seat ono Webber Yau ezn chona roto beast acaba Reade 405 by cde ting Carad ty wed Fehr HardWare Monitucing Utility Install Adobe Acrobit Render Press here Waona to the Aciobo Fade 4 05 Sctup pogan THs p cigare val indai uubs Aushe 05 cn pou zorpe Pinsan ma the frnibesing liens Agarren Proaiha SASF Ih kag n ana D4 the reel of the sgsovert lin ong commended Inet you ek SH Winco pogas helene arrio Pit Sup pagia BE SYSTEMS MNCCRPURATEO F ORCTROME FAD LSE ICP ASE ARATE MENT Lick Jancsi is qut Setup and Ihes ciie Sy prcgrvs you FOI ADOBE ACACEAT FEADER heung Cid Hoa enie ih the Seip pogan TIF TAIHSFRA TAR S AMWIRADT Hs ih THES SAFETWARE FH ASTEPT AI THE nnd e sug aid Lama ar d enon ynarert arangie ats mamiy Edess oie asor a updater d Pe Fake race eki Aimer yj Do Jou atacat of th gt tore of ne procecing L cove I pou choses Coctn gt
41. ed that JP1 is setto Enabled Refer to the Installation Guide Note If you forget the password Please consult yourlocal dealer User s Manual 39 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Hot Key Power ON Available when the Power ON Function above is set to Hot Key Youcan power on the system by pressing the hot key specified here providedthat JP1 is set to Enabled Refer to the Installation Guide Onboard FDC Controller Set to Enabled if you havea floppy disk drive installed onthe system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disablethis feature Onboard Serial Port1 With this option the on board Serial Port 1 can be Disabled or set to Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 or 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port2 With this option the on board Serial Port 2 can be Disabled or set to Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 or 2E8 IRQ3 UART ModeSelect By default this field is set to Normal which directs the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port Choosing ASKIR SHARP IR or JrDA HPSIR will activate the on board infrared feature and redirect the second serial port UART to support the infrared module connector on the mainboard The following infrared function related options will become available RxD TxD Active Determines the Infrared Receiving and Transmission active mode IR Transmission Delay Enabling this option to allow transmission delay
42. een like that below Item Help Menu Level gt Mon Dec 18 2000 00 00 00 Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss IDE Primary Master ST34312A IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Date and Time None None None 1 44M 3 5 in None Disabled EGA VGA All But Keyboard 640K 15360K 16384K PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Use the arrow keys to move to and highlightthe Date option Select the Month by using the PgDn and PgUp keys Thisis how mostsettings will be configured Then move to the day year and time via the arrow keys to finish setting the system date and time IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave These four options relate to the 4 IDE hard drives CD ROMs or other ATAPI devices that can be controlled via the on board IDE controller review IDE Hard Drives and CD ROMs in the Installation Guide The IDE Primary Master setting specifies the first device on the primary IDE channel IDE Primary Slave the second IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave specify the devices onthe secondary channel 28 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Pressing lt Enter gt ateach of the four selections bringsup a submenu such as one sh
43. eneral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The number of PCI Slots shown will be in accordance with the number of PCI slots on your mainboard 46 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Reset Configuration Data Reset Configuration Data When set to Enabled ESCD Extended System Configuration Data is cleared This setting will automatically be set back to Disabled when the system reboots Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure allof the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices This capability is specifically designed fora Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 When set to Manual you are able to configure the IRQ and DMA Resources Pressing lt Enter gt at the selection field bringsup a submenu like the one shown below PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE Menu Level gt PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE PCI DEVICE assigned Item Help assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned ooooooo 00 0 assigned a Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults gt IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to By default all resources are assigned to the PCI Bus If an ISA card requires a particular IRQ those resources should be set to Legacy ISA so that the PCI Bus wi
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45. ete because the reselection phase will halt Host SCSI ID The host adapter SCSI ID shouldremain on 7 default as this setting gives the adapter the highest priority onthe SCSI bus However if you have twoadapters on the same SCSI bus you should giveone of theman unassigned ID to avoid duplication of SCSI IDs Scan Order This option allows you to tell the host adapter BIOS and your device drivers to scan the SCSI bus from low to high 0 to max SCSI IDs or from high to low max to 0 SCSI IDs If you have more than one device on the SCSI bus changing the scan order changes the order in whichdrive letters are assigned by the system Removable Media Support Determine if the removable media will be used as BIOS device A BIOS device hereis a device that can be controlled via BIOS INT 13H i e it does not need a device driver and can be bootable However when used as a BIOS device the full removability of removable media devicesis not preserved The following constraints apply User s Manual 57 BUILT IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS a The devicecan only workas a fixed disk i e mediachange is notallowed b The mediamust be inserted before the system boot up c Only mediawith 512Bytes sector is supported None The removable media devices will not be used as BIOS devices Boot Drive Allows only the removable media installed as Drive C to work as a Only BIOS device With Media Enables all removable disk drives to work as BIOS
46. g Bus No Device No Func No VendorID Device ID Device Class IRQ 0 1 0 8086 7121 Display Controller 5 31 8086 2411 IDE controller 14 8086 2412 Serial bus controller 9 0 1 0 31 2 0 31 5 8086 2415 Multimedia Device 9 1 0 6 10EC 8139 Network Controller 11 ACPI Controller 9 Bus No Encoded value indicating 1 of 256 possible buses in a system Device No Encoded value indicating 1 of 32 possible devices on a given bus Func No Encoded value indicating 1 of 8 possible functions on a multifunction device Vendor ID Identifies the manufacturer of the device Valid vendor identifiers are allocated by the PCI SIG Special Interest Group to ensure uniqueness Device ID Identifies the particular device This identifier is allocated by the vendor Device Specifies one of the following device classes Mass storage Class controller Network controller Display controller Multimedia device Bridge device Simple communication controller Base system peripherals Input device Docking station Processor and Serial bus controller The PCI device listing is useful for troubleshooting purposes More detailed information for each field may be obtained through the PCI specification documentation User s Manual 53 BUILT IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS 4 BUILT INSYMBIOS SCSI BIOS To provide easy to use and cost effective support for adapters using or compatible with the Symbios Logic 53C8XX SCSI chips this mainboard features built in Symbios
47. g the system torecover if anI O operation fails it is recommended that you always set the time out to avalue greater thanzero no time out User s Manual 59 BUILT IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Scan for Device at Boot Time When there isa device you do not wishto make available to the system set this option to No for that device Also ona bus with only a few devices attached you can speed up boot time by changing this setting to No for unused SCSI IDs Scan for SCSI LUNs Youcan set this option to Noif you have problems with adevice that responds to all LUNs whether they are occupied or not Queue Tags If your device driver can issue queue tags thisoption allows youto enable ordisable the issuing of queuetags during I Orequests Format Low level formatthe selected device All information onthe drive willbe erased Verify This command is used to detect bad blocks onthe chosen disk With your confirmation the bad blocks detected can be reassigned for future operations This command is non destructive and therefore won t destroy the data on the drive Since some changes only take effect after your system reboots it is important that you quitthis Configuration utility properly Youshould return tothe Main Menu and exit via the Quit option If youreboot the system without properly exiting the utility some changes may not be saved Device Drivers To function properly with different SCSI devices under different operating systems
48. g a Password Select the appropriate password option Supervisor or User from the main menu and press ENTER Enter the current password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered Enter inthe new password then the confirmation You cannot changethe current passwordunless you knowit Erasing a Password 1 If you know the current password but want to disable password checking follow the procedure for changing the password When Setup prompts for the new password simply press ENTER You will see a message indicating that the password is disabled 2 If you do not know the current password the CMOS must becleared by cleared by the Clear CMOS jumper Refer to page 14 This willclear all user defined BIOS Setup options 3 14 Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Select Save amp Exit Setup to save into the CMOS memory all modifications specified during thecurrent session To save theconfiguration changes highlight this option inthe main menu and press ENTER The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Pressthe Y key and then Enter Press the N key and then the Enter key to abort The Exit Without Saving option allows the user to exit the BIOS Setup without updating any changes made during the current session 52 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 15 PCI Device Listing This list of installed PCI devices appears after the System Configuration screen PCI device listin
49. he system remains alertfor anything whichoccurs to adevice which isconfigured as Enabled even whenthe system isin a powerdown mode User s Manual 45 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 8 PnP PCI Configurations The PCI Personal Component Interconnect Bus wasdeveloped to addresstwo important issues a How to allow peripheral devices to take the fullest advantage of the power of Pentium and Pentium Pro chip technology and b Provide a simpler installation process for peripheral devices such as Network cards EIDE or SCSI controllers PCI accomplishes these goals with its 32 bit Data path Local Bus design and support for Plug amp Play Unlike olderexpansion bus architectures PCI provides peripherals with adirect connection tothe CPU andmemory The PCI busruns at 33Mhz and hasa maximum transfercapability of 132MBps With Plug amp Play the system BIOS automatically determines hardwareresources for new peripherals simplifying installation of multiple interface cards This Setup Menu provides configuration options for the PCI Bus and its assigned resources Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled by Auto ESCD Menu Level gt IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PCI Card PnP BIOS Support Enabled SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto PCI Slot1 1815 VGA IRQ Auto PCI Slot2 AC97 IRQ Auto PCI Slot3 IRQ Auto USB IRQ Auto amp amp a Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 G
50. hortly after the systemis powered on provided a CPU and sufficient RAM are installed you willsee the message Press ESC to enter BOOT From BOOT MENU gt Select a Boot Device lt FLOPPY LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CD ROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 Enter Accept F14 Exit User s Manual 69 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 9 Software Installation Included in your mainboard package youcan finda CD ROM containing support drivers and utilities Just insert the CD ROM and fromthe Autorun screen click the driver utility thatyou want toinstall Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Note The Support CDcontents are subjectto change atany time withoutnotice m Install Intel Sba hipset Install VGA Diver Install Sound Dahvem hom ns hoards Aud oO hy THUS Of OW Hard Ware Monitonnrg Utihity Install AdobeXerohaeWeader Install lan Daven hon On hoard Fam enhy S Setup Items Install Intel81x Driver Install Intel 810x Driver for Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Install VGA Driver For On board VGA Only Install VGA Graphic Driver for Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Install Sound Driver For On board Audio Only Install the drivers and utilities neededto run the on board audio AC97 codec chipset Trend PC Cillin Anti Virus Software Install the PC Cillin virus protection software View thereadme for more information 70 User s Manual SOFTWARE INSTALLATION HardWare Monitoring Utility Installs thi
51. i banc User s Manual 73 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 9 2 Install VGA Driver For Onboard VGA Only Insert the Support CD that shipped with the motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double clickthe CD driveicon in My computer to bring up the setup screen Press here Install Intel YOM Install VGA Diy Install Sound DENOK CRO OT hore atc ron Oi hy rus Software Utility wiieom to the me 810 Dpat Eraphic Di we Salmas Sue poys Toe payan adl neta rie D Chess Giaphe Irve Sette or pour Sompuct Iin ongi ecornmended Inet pou ek svind s pogar bewe zeino Pi Setup progian Lick Sencel 1 qut Setup and Ihet cloie Sy progravs you howe tuning Cle Ned i contin e ih the Seip pogo ap Pinson woe the fnkeing ieness Apres Prove thn SAF Utah kag inane the reel of the sgeecnert INTEL SCP TWAFE LICENCE SERE MENT DEH 7115Y Ord dad on Siege Usai 3 IAUS NS lov krce de cardiines Ap baing a lerni hangs Fy areandig Gora AAN iw corpete LICENCE SHEEMENT apptes E pru an an inept Sofiaa Vaade JEV n LITE zj Do jou accept of th gt tows of lae procecing L corsa Age pou choses he 53up saldos Tu rdd Itd 210 Chomed Grete Dinie Sovan yoo amet asp fee azeevart Sup vl ital lice SIC Ch poet Grap ie Deu Sofware in CETE EE To inital to tk fo de ciei hee Te Vo Bileners Haket cick Biocon anal aded arot ee kin You con hunarat o isa ine 81 Cazon Gashi Orve Soltv
52. ing AWDFLASH and pressing ENTER FLASH MEMORY WRITER v5 26 Copyright lt C gt 1993 Award Software Inc For 15 85C471 14868U2G DATE 64 26 94 Flash Type File Nane to Program MEM Error Message 4 The AWDFLASH Utility Screenappears You will beasked for the file name to program Type in thename of thenew BIOS bin file and hit ENTER User s Manual 61 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY 5 The program will then askif you wantto backup theold BIOS Thisis recommended in case there are any problems with thenew bin file Enter the name of the newbackup file suchas backup bin and press ENTER 6 At thistime the system will prompt you for final confirmation before beginning programming The Utilitycan be abortedat this timeby hitting n To begin programming hit y 7 When the Flash programming starts a bar indicator will show the progress of the programming operation Aftersuccessful completion hitthe reset buttonor power off the computer Be sure to perform Load Optimized Defaults for your new BIOS to synchronize the previous BIOS with the updated BIOS 62 User s Manual DMI UTILITY 6 DMI UTILITY This mainboard supports the Desktop Management Interface DMI which isa new method of providing enterprise management for personal computers The main component of DMI isthe Management Information Format Database MIF which contains information about the computer system and its comp
53. jack Cassette players or other external audio sources can be connected to Light Blue color Line In jack Plug in your microphones to Pink color MIC jack MIDI Game Port Note To use the on board direct sound AC97 Gold audio features the AC97 MC97 Mode Pocccc000 Wo000000 jumper block should be properly set Refer to page 16 Also make sure the AC97 Audio option is set to Auto ee default in Advanced Chipset Features l l of the BIOS Line Out MIC In Lime i Lime iine In Pink Light Blue Audio Connectors CN3 This CD Audio connector is available for T coe connecting the CD ROM drive using CD H audio cable on CD B GEES CN3 a 5 User s Manual 2 1 HAREWARE INSTALLATION Serial and Parallel Ports Parallel Port A Burgundy color 25 pin D Sub header is ee provided on the back panel for a multi Pinas mode bi directional parallel port A Teal Turquoise color 9 pin D Sub 00 0 9 0 1010101010 headers are also provided on the back panel for Serial ports COM 1 VGA Teal Blue VGA Connector Turquoise A Blue color 15 pin connector is provided on the back panel for connecting to the VGAconnector from the monitor PS 2 Keyboardand Mouse Connecto
54. l ZEN Short fam al oo E User s Manual 1 1 HAREWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 2 CPU Bus Clock Override Jumper JP2 amp JP3 These jumpers allow you to override the CPU s default bus clock to 1OOMHz or 133MHz Over clocking may cause serious systemdamage FSB Override JP2 ae i Auto JP3 ee 133MHz B 100MHz Ba 66MHz oa 2 1 3 Keyboard Power on Jumper JP1 This feature will power on thesystem from thekeyboard In additionto the jumpersetting the Wake up Events in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS must be set properly also a Keyboard Power on i JP1 i a OG Enabled 10 B Disabled i gt g 12 User s Manual HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 4 Locking Unlocking the Flash BIOS JP8 Tore program the mainboard BIOS short this jumper to unlock the flash BIOS Lock the BIOS to prevent writing to the flash BIOS E BE Flash BIOS Yo T T JP8 C w jj 18 Unlocked B ig Locked REEERE poceagaccd 2 1 5 Clear CMOS JP6 If you h
55. led fora maximum RAM capacity of 1 5GB To insert the DIMMs the modules must be oriented in the correct way Notice the notches of the DIMM Align these notches as shown in the diagram below Gently push the DIMM until the retainers on both sides of the socket lock the module in place Toremove a DIMM push the retainers outwards to release the module then pull the module out ofthe socket Caution Before removing aDIMM make surethe RAM Power LED Indicator is off The blinking of the LED indicates that power is provided for the DRAM as in normal operationas well asin Suspend toRAM mode Removinga DIMM in the Suspendto RAM modewill result inloss of systemcontext Tn Cini Aono 4 notch notch RAM Power LED 16 User s Manual HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 4 Floppy Drives The on board floppy controller supports 2 floppy disk drives with the floppy ribbon cable provided Note Make surethe RED stripe onthe ribboncable is oriented towards Pin 1 2 2 4 IDE Hard Drives and CD ROMs The on board Enhanced IDE controller can support up to 4 IDE hard drives or other ATAPI devices such as CD ROMs This controller as withall Enhanced IDE controllers consistsof both Primary and Secondary ports Each port hasan
56. ll not try to use them Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP User s Manual 47 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA MPEG card installed requires VGA palette snooping PCI Card PnP BIOS Support When set to Enabled Default the system will automatically calledthe BIOS onthe PCI card rather thenused the standard BIOS This featureused when the PCI card support with it own BIOS Disabled this fornot boot with BIOS on the PCI card SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS When set toAuto Default the system will automatically sensethe presence ofany SCSI adapter that usesa Symbios SYM53C8XXSCSI chip If the SCSI adapter installed has its own The on board SCSI BIOS will not be BIOS on board loaded The adapter s own SCSI BIOS will be used If the SCSI adapter installed doesn t The on board SCSI BIOS will load and have its own BIOS and the card uses or is control the SCSI adapter compatible with the SYM53C8XX chip Disabling the onboard SCSI BIOS prevents it from being active in any way PCI Slot 1810 VGA AC97 USB IRQ Auto routes or specifies an IRQ forthe particular device The number of PCI slots shown will be inaccordance with thenumber of PCIslots on yourmainboard 48 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 9 PC Health Status The onboard hardware monitor allows you to observe the current temperatures of the system and CPU current speeds in RPM rotation per minute
57. modem support If you want to use the legacy modem compatible mode or an add on modem card instead set this option to Disabled to avoid possible conflict IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard diskdrive HDD POWER ON Function Available only when ATX style powersupply is used This option allows you select one of the various methods to power on your system Option How to Power on your System Password By typing the password on your keyboard See below Hot Key By pressing the hot key combination on your KB See Next page Mouse Left By left clicking the mouse for PS 2 mouse only Mouse Right __ By right clicking the mouse for PS 2 mouse only Any Key By pressing any key on the keyboard JP1 must be set to Enabled Button Only By your conventional power button KB 98 By pressing the Wakeup button on your PC98 keyboard KB 98 By pressing the Power button on your PC98 keyboard Power ON Function Password For selecting this function without enter the Password for the KB Power On Password restart system withthe default Password is award KB Power ON Password Available when the Power ON Function above is set to Password Press Enter at this option then adialog box willappear to prompt you to entera password Oncea password is stored in the system you can power on the system by typing the password provid
58. mputer is powered on or every time BIOS Setup is executed If System is chosen auser password prompt appears every time the computeris turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appearsonly when the BIOS Setup program is executed Refer to the section Supervisor Password for more information OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB This should beset to OS2 if you are running IBM OS 2 with more than 64MB of RAMin the system Otherwise the setting should be Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN9x ME When no floppy disk drive is installed set this option to Noto release IRQ6 for passing Windows 9x ME logo This optionis irrelevant undernormal operation 34 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features This setup menu contains advanced configuration options relating to the mainboard chipset These options are rarely changed by theuser SDRAM CAS Latency Time SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Tre SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Menu Level gt SDRAM RAS Precharge Time System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled CPU Latency Timer Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled Item Help On Chip Video Window Size 64MB AGP Graphics Aperture Size 64MB System Memory Frequency Auto a Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults SDRAM CAS Latency Time This item allows you to select the CAS latency for all
59. ng 2X 4X AGP AC97 Super I O Ultra DMA 66 Bus Mastering IDE and Universal Serial Bus USB onto the mainboard optimum system performance is assured and system design andimplementation is simplified Fully Plug amp Play compatible viaan Award BIOS this mainboard facilitates easy system configuration and peripheral setup Advanced BIOS features include Intelligent Hardware Monitoring and Alert functions The Award BIOS also supports ACPI readiness and is compatible with PC99 specification This mainboard is the ideal foundation for high end computer systems 6 User s Manual INTRODUCTION 1 2 Specification Microprocessor CPU FSB System Core Logics System Memory Graphics System Display Cache IDE Audio System T O Connectors TVO Expansion Slots Other Features System BIOS ATX Power Connector Voltage Regulator Micro ATX Form Factor PPGA 370 suppport Intel Celeron Processors up to 800MHz Intel Pentium II FC PGA Processors up to 866MHz 66 100 133 MHz Intel 815 Solano Intel 82801 AA Max Capacity 3 x 168 pin DIMM Sockets up to 1 5 GB SDRAM Memory Capacity Module Support 32 64 128 256 512 MB Memory Module Speed PC 100 PC 133 SDRAM 1 2X 4X AGP Slot for upgrade AGP 3D Graphic on Die Intel i754 core Optional 4MB AIMM display cache module for 3D performance upgrade 2 x ATA 33 66 enhance IDE ports up to 66 MB s data transfer rate AC97 V2 1 compliant Audio CODEC Rear I O Panel 1x P
60. nk Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power manag Video OffIn Suspend This is todetermine whether toactivate the video off functionin suspend mode User s Manual 43 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Suspend Type In Stop Grant or Quick Start state the processor disables clocks to portions of its internal logic butis able to snoop host buscycles in orderto maintain cache coherency In the Power On Suspend state the host clock stops running altogether resulting in more power saving butlonger resume time MODEM Use IRQ This item tells the Power Management BIOS which IRQ is assigned to the installed MODEM Options areNA 3 4 5 7 9 10 and 11 The following modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected See below for available selections Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off HDD Power When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Down Soft Off by PWR BTTN Available only when ATX styled power supply is used With Instant Off selected the ATX switch functions likea normal system power off button With Delay 4 Sec selected you must hold downthe ATX switch formore than 4seconds to poweroff the system Wake up by PCI Card
61. onents such as BIOS version vendor CPUspeed type memory size type L1 L2 cache port connectors IDE floppy 2S 1P USB keyboard mouse slots etc Using DMI remote PC management software is able to obtain various information about the system including hardware profiles capabilities operational status installation dates and otherinformation about thesystem and itscomponents This DMI utility DMICFG EXE foundunder the Utilities folder of the supplied CD ROM allows youto add additional information such as serial numbers vendor information and enclosure chassis configurations into the MIF Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI FILE Save DMI FILE BIOS System Display component Base Board Type BIOS Information Enclosure Chassis Handle 0000 Processor Vendor Name Award Software International Inc Memory Controller BIOS Version 4 51 PG Memory Module BIOS starting Address Segment E000 Memory Module BIOS Build Date 08 26 98 Memory Module BIOS Characteristics Press ENTER for detail Memory Module Size of BIOS ROM 0256K Memory Module Memory Module Memory Module Memory Module Cache Cache Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Move cursor Enter Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Exit Note The DMI utility must be run in real mode without the EMM386 memory manager loaded User s Manual 63 INSTANTLY AVAILABLE PC 7 INSTANTLY AVAILABLE PC 7
62. onitor during boot e verbose for more complete information e terse for afaster boot Mono Color Allows you to choose between a black and white or color display for the SCSI Configuration utility Language English mode only Help Brings up ahelp screen withinformation about the Main menu Quit Exits the SCSI Configuration utility Adapter Utilities Menu When you selecta host adapterfrom the main menu the following screen is displayed m SYM53C860 Adapter Setup Device Selections Help Exit this menu e Adapter Setup Adapter settings are viewed and changed 56 User s Manual BUILT IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS _ _ SYM53C860 Adapter Setup SCAM Support Off Parity On Host SCSI ID 7 Scan Order Low to High 0 Max Removable Media Support None CHS Mapping SCSI Plug and Play Mapping Spinup Delay Secs 2 Secondary Cluster No Termination Auto Help Restore Default Setup Exit this menu SCAM Support SCAM SCSI Configured AutoMatically is the SCSI Plug and Play protocol supported by Symbios BIOS version4 X Parity The Symbios host adapters always generate parity but some SCSI devices do not Therefore you areoffered the option of disabling parity checking Note When disabling parity checking it isalso necessary todisable disconnect for all devices as parity checking for the reselection phase will not be disabled If adevice does notsupporting parity disconnects the I O will never compl
63. ower Management Setup of the BIOS 2 Set ACPI function to Enabled 3 Set ACPI Suspend Type to S3 STR Operating System If your existing 98 system isin APM mode update the system to ACPI mode as follows Boot up with Windows 98 Openthe Control Panel and double click the System icon Click the Device Manager Taband thenthe System devices Double click the Plug and Play BIOS Clickthe Driver Tab and choose Update Driver Update Device Driver Wizard starts Clickon the Next button The Wizard provides a choice between having the Wizard search fora better driver than the one in use or displaying alist of drivers froma specific location Choose Display and click on the Next button 8 Select Show all hardware and then Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI BIOS 9 Clickon the Next button 10 An Update Driver Warning dialog box appears Click on the Yes SON De button 11 Update Device Driver Wizard will starts again Click on the Next button 12 When copying files to the system is completed click on the Finish button 13 Restart the computer Your windows 98 systemis in the ACPI mode 66 User s Manual INSTANTLY AVAILABLE PC 7 5 Using Suspend to RAM How to put your system into Suspend to RAM STR sleep state There are several ways to initiate Suspend toRAM STR Note The Message LED shouldbe blinking while system is in standby Suspend toRAM mode
64. own below gt gt IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level gt gt Access Mode Auto Capacity 2113 MB Cylinder 4095 Head 16 Precomp 65535 Landing Zone 4094 Sector 63 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically detects and configures hard disk parameters The Award BIOS includes this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disk s parameters IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave This is where you will specify the type of device and how it is represented in the BIOS Setup Ifthe device isa hard disk or CD ROM generally the Auto option is the best choice for fast andeasy setup ofthe hard disk parameters Let s takea look at the difference between the Auto and Manual options Auto This option instructs the BIOS to automatically configure the hard disk by reading the parameters cylinders sectors etc directly from the hard disk s firmware Use this option if you are configuring a new hard drive or one that has already been formatted using the Auto option Keep inmind that ahard drive isconfigured using a certain set of parameters those same parameters must be used for the life of the drive unless the drive is re FDISKed using a different parameter set This procedure deletes the old partition s onthe drive and creates a new one using
65. r Off button on the Windows 98 keyboard can alsobe used to enter the standby mode as describedabove 2 You need to setthe mainboard BIOS touse the Wakeup button Please see the following section How to recover your system from Suspend to RAM STR sleep state You can set the way to wake up the system from the mainboard BIOS Setup At the Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen under Wake Up Events gt Keyboard Resume Enabling this option allows pressing any key on the keyboard to wake upa system which has been powered down gt Wake Up On LAN Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem either external modem or internal modem card poweron the system With aLAN card installed the Wake up On LAN function allows the network to wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC gt RTC Alarm Resume When enabled the system will automatically power on or returns to full power out of suspend standby mode at the time and date of the month 0 fordaily specified 7 6 Related Documents gt ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Revision 1 0b http www teleport com acpi spec htm gt ACPI Implementers Guide http www teleport com acpi impguid htm Instantly Available PC Technology http developer intel com technology iapc gt OnNow Whitepapers http www microsoft com hwdev onnow htm 68 User s Manual SYSTEM BOOT 8 System Booting S
66. rd CMOS Setup are not affected 3 13 Supervisor Password and User Password Setting Passwords can beset to provide protection for the BIOS configuration options or to restrict access to the computer itself When enabled User Password will requireall users toenter a passwordin order to use the system and or enter the BIOS setup but can t change its contents A Supervisor Password isused to protect the stored CMOS options from being changed by unauthorized users Keep in mindthat when set a password isrequired only when booting the system It will not provide protection toa system that is already booted The password check option is setin Advanced BIOS Features by choosing eitherSystem the password promptappears every timethe system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when theuser enters the BIOS Setup The password is stored in CMOS RAM and canbe cleared by the Clear CMOS jumper Referto page 14 User s Manual 5 1 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP To seta password 1 You must first set the Supervisor password by choosing Supervisor Password and pressing ENTER Setup prompts fora password 2 Entera 1 8 character password using letters numbers ora combination of both Thespecific characters arenot shown as you enter them Press ENTER 3 A confirmation box appears asking you to re enter the password Enter the password again Press ENTER Follow the same procedure to set the User Password Changin
67. rs psjp a 4 O oO These two connectors Green color PS 2 Mouse SS Mouse and Purple color PS 2 Keyboard Green are located on the back panel of the V mainboard PS 2 4 aL Keyboard 2 Purple USB Connectors This mainboard supports Black color 4 USB devices The Cable fromthe USB connector bracket hooks to the USB headeron the mainboard Eal El J o ast o O aNd kdasn o o odasn tagsn o o oagsn an9 o o Ast _ me Fl D These two connectors permit USB connection of two USB o E BLACK peripheral devices directly to the g system 22 User s Manual HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 11 Installing an AGP Card The mainboard provides an AGP slotto support 2X or 4X AGPset with model shipped with the package User s Manual 23 24 Note User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 1 Aboutthe BIOS The Mainboard BIOS Basic Input Output System acts as the bridge between your H
68. s utility to monitor yours computer s Fan temperature and voltages Install Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs this Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the contents of PDF format Install lan Driver For On board Lan Only Install this driver ONLY with Lan on board Exit Exits the CD Setup Items Menu Operating Systems This mainboards passed testing on most operating system the Os shown in these sections will be Microsoft s Windows 98 You should always use the latest Os and updates when using new hardware to ensure full compliancy For Windows 95 you mustuse OSR 2 0 or later For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 orlater Microsoft Window 98 When Windows 98 is installed for the firsttime System will Subsequent restarts with the plug and play initializing the Add New Hardware Wizard and may attempt to install the a Windows default driver from its system registry When prompted to restart Select NO and then follow the normal setup procedure later in this section NOTE Because there are various mainboard settings options and expansion cards the followingcan only be uses as a guide and general reference and notan exact reflection of your system User s Manual 7 1 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 9 1 Install Intel 81x Chipset Insert the Support CD that shipped with the motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double clickthe CD driveicon in My computer to bring up the setup screen Press here tor
69. select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation and security Anti Virus Protection Enabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level gt CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Processor Number Feature Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Disabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS ZIP Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status Off Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 i Report No FDD for WIN9x ME Yes a Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Anti Virus Protection Enables Disables the built in anti virus for protection against boot virus infection This Anti Virus protection provides more complete virus protection by taking control early in the boot process CPU Internal Cache Enables or Disables the Level 1 Internal Cache memory Generally this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes External Cache Enables or Disables the Level 2 External Cache memory Generally this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes 32 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enables or Disables ECC Error Checking and
70. stem s case has asuspend switch hook the lead from the switchto pins 11 amp 13 For this switchto be functional it must first be enabled inthe Power Management Setup in the BIOS Setup utility Pins 18 amp 24 Speaker connector Connects tothe Speaker lead from the system s case Pins 21 amp 23 Reset switch lead Connects to the Reset Switch lead from the system s case Thereset switch isused to cold boot the system without actually turning off the power reducing wear and tearon the powersupply Note Under the following two conditions you have to press and hold the switch for longer than 4 seconds to power off your system regardless ofthe Soft Off by PWRBTN setting in the BIOS e Shortly after the system is powered on whenthe BIOS messageis not yetappear e When CPU hangs CN1 24 23 C Reset Speaker 22 Green Switch KEYLOCK z9 SM E Suspend LED a8 Soft Power CE5 IDE LED 1 18 User s Manual HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 6 Power Supply Connector The ATX style Power Supply Connector is keyedto prevent connectionin the wrong direction Line upthe locking mechanismon the connectorfrom the Power Supply with the tab onthe mainboard connector Press downuntil the twoconnectors are locked
71. t different from that to whichthe receiver is connected m Consult the dealeror an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions The FCC requires the user to be notified that any change or modifications to the equipment by the user not expressly approved by the grantee or manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate such equipment The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitorto the graphicscard is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations B ent RA WssyywO Package Checklist Your mainboard package should include the items listed below Damaged or missing items should be reported to your vendor A A R A A A The mainboard Floppy disk ribbon cable IDE ribbon cable RS232 9 pin COM2 serial port bracket This User s Manual CD ROM containing the following support software The latest drivers can always be found at their respective web sites Intel IDE Bus Master driver http support intel com support chipsets Support software for updating the FLASH BIOS Trend PC cillin Anti Virus software http www antivirus com Table of Contents Ts INTRODUCTION a eee ae ee dana iaaea saoi anas 6 1 1 Product Desc rip to tives cccs cai heckce nde anit nsniiecssdteccteed 6 1 2 Features amp Specifica OMS anrai a EEE E E 7 1 3 Board Level Feat Te siosio a e s 8 1 3 1 Board Level Part Defini tio ns esesseseeeesseseeeseeserrresrerrsreerrrreee 9 1 4 Compreh
72. terface which makes hardware status information available to the operating system and offers improved power management To make an ACPI system you must use an ACPI OS such as Windows 98 ACPI Suspend Type Determines the ACPI defined suspend type Suspend Type Power Consumption State 1 Power On Suspend below 30W S1 POS CPU stops working through STPCLK while the power is still provided for the whole system State 3 Suspend to RAM Less than 10W Power is provided only to DRAM and wake up devices circuit while the rest of the system is powered off S3 STR Available only when ATX style power supply is used Power Management This category allows you to selectthe type ordegree of Green PC power saving and is directly related tothe Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down options There are three selections for Power Management two of which have fixedmode settings Minimum power mana gam HDD Power Down 15 min Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPUs HDD Power Down 1 min Set each mode individually User Defined When Enabled Suspend mode is from 1 min to 1 hr HDD Power Down ranges from min to 15 min Min Saving Max Saving Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and SYNC Blank horizontal synchronization ports writing blanks to the video buffer Bla
73. the new parameters User s Manual 29 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP gt gt Manual This option allows you to manually enter in the parameters cylinder head precomp landing zone and sector ofthe hard drive Generally this option would be used only if the hard drive has already been formatted with a certain set of parameters and assured consistency between the old and new parameters is desired Access Mode One of Enhanced IDE s most important features is LBA Logical Block Addressing Mode This feature allows the use of larger hard drives by providing a way to bypass the cylinderlimitations imposed by many Operating Systems LBA Mode is used to extenda hard drive suseable capacity by remapping the cylindersin a way that is acceptable to these operating systems For instance a hard drive with the parameters of 2100 Cylinders 16 Heads and 63 Sectors would be represented by LBA Mode as 525 Cylinders 64 Heads and 63 Sectors Notice that the Cylinders have been divided and the Heads have been multiplied by a factor of 4 On hard drives smaller in capacity than 528MB LBA support is not needed The option on these devices is ignored even if enabled For hard drives greater than 528MB LBA mode should be enabled The following rules apply Operating Systems thatdo not usethe FAT file system donot need LBA Mode and can use the Normal or Large Modes Examples would be NetWareand Unix When configuring a new hard drive
74. ttings inthis menu effect individual SCSI devices attached to the selected host adapter Changes made from this menu will require a system reboot upon exit fromthe SCSI Configuration utility SYM53C860 Setup for All devices on this adapter Sync Rate MBytes sec 20 Width bits 8 Disconnect On Read Write I O Timeout secs 10 Scan for Device at Boot Time Yes Scan for SCSI LUNS Yes Queue Tags On Initial Boot Device No Format Verify Help Restore Default Setup Exit this menu Sync Rate Mega Bytes sec Defines the maximum transfer rate the host adapter attempts to negotiate The host adapter and aSCSI device mustagree to arate they canboth handle Width bits Sets the maximum data width the host adapter will attempt to negotiate The host adapter and a SCSI device must agree to a width they can both handle Only those host adapters that support 16 bit data transfers will show this option as enabled Disconnect SCSI devices have the ability to disconnect from the bus during an I O transfer This option tells the host adapter whether or not toallow a device to disconnect Some devices run faster with disconnect enabled mostly newer devices while some run faster with disconnect disabled mostly older devices Read Write I O Timeout secs This option sets the time thehost adapter waits for a read write verify or seek command to complete before trying the I Otransfer again Since this provides asafeguard allowin
75. us Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled any DIMM PCIclock not inuse will bedisabled to reduce EMI radiation Spread Spectrum Modulated The default is the optimal value determined by the system designer to reduce EMI radiation peak Users should not attemptto change it CPU Host PCI Clock This option lets you select the CPU PCI Bus clock Over clocking may cause serious system damage CPU Clock Ratio This option allows you select the CPU clock ratio e The CPU BusClock when multiplied with the Ratio gives the CPU Clock e Ifyou areuncertain about the speed requirements of your particular CPU you should obtain Technical Documentation fromthe CPU manufacturer Such information is available via the Intel WWW site 50 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults Loads FailSafe settings into the BIOS Setup program These options are designed to slow the system down for troubleshooting purposes To load the default values highlight this option and press ENTER Enter Y in the confirmation screen and press ENTER again User defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affected 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults Loads the default values for best system performance into the BIOS Setup program To load the default values highlight this option and press ENTER Enter Y inthe confirmation screenand press ENTER again User defined options inthe Standa

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