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1. 1 5 Ultra ATA 66 100 1 5 Hardware Monitoring 1 5 Mainboard Form Factor 1 6 LO Shield Connector rire 1 7 Power On Off Remote 1 7 System Block Diagram i 1 8 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure CPU Tise Mon ila 3 3 EEPORM BIOS Remover 3 5 JUIN DEE S CLUS alal aaa 3 5 System Memory Configuration 3 8 DEVICE Connectors setii tise Steals 3 10 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 13 STR Function Not Supported by HPT370A 3 15 POSTMAN Function Introduction 3 17 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup BIOS Instructions nre 4 Standard CMOS Sepeni dc anaes 4 3 Advanced BIOS Features 4 7 Advanced Chipset Features 4 10 Integrated Peripherals vs ccccccicccsceweancccseeteeeensoeee 4 13 Power Management Setup 4 17 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 4 21 POC Health Stis ee adi 4 23 Frequency Voltage Control 4 24 Detraults Menmi cresie ile ei 4 25 Supervisor User Pa
2. CPU Vcore Adjust CPU Vcore Adjust 0 V Default 27 JP3 AHHA DDR rs 2 5V DDR Adjust 2 5V JCLKI CPU Clock Select JCLK1 PCI T2 ota io rowel ose sa ea Gnu none sos 339 Installation Power Loss Recovery 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled JP13 EE Keyboard Power On Function 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled Page 3 7 Installation Section 3 3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The board supports 2 PC1600 2100 184 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Module The DIMMs is for DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM only e DDR SDRAM support 200MHz at AMD Athlon Duron 100MHz front side bus or 266MHz at AMD Athlon Duron 133MHz front side bus e Supports Memory Error Correcting Code ECC e Supports 64M
3. SDRAM Trp Timing Value This item indicates the Trp timing value precharge time time from precharge to activate on the same bank The Choice 3 2 1 4 cycle SDRAM Tras Timing Value This item indicates the Tras timing value minimum bank active time time from activate to precharge on the same bank The Choice 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 cycle SDRAM CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choice 2 2 5 cycle SDRAM Trcd Timing Value This item indicates the Trcd timing value RAS to CAS latency delay from activate to RD WR command The Choice 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 cycle Page 4 13 BIOS 4 4 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel Enabled Item Help OnChip IDE Channell Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level b Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot Onboard High Point 370 Enabled Flash R W Control Enabled OnChip USB1 Enabled OnChip USB2 Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled AC9T7 Audio Auto Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previou
4. BIOS Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk ltem options Description IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Master Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Capacity Auto Display your disk Disk drive capacity drive size Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode Normal Choose the access mode for this LBA hard disk Large Auto The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Set the number of cylinders for this Max 65535 hard disk Max 255 Max 65535 65535 means no hard disk Max 65535 Max 255 Table 3 Hard disk selections Page 4 6 BIOS 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Virus Warning Disabled Advanced BIOS Feature
5. down The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Page 4 8 BIOS Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The choice 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 Video BIOS Shadow This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system The default is Enabled The choice Enabled Disabled Page 4 9 BIOS 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Sustem Performance System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M AGP Aperture Size MB AGP ISA Alias
6. Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The choice PCI Slot Onboard Onboard High Point 370 This item can control on board PCI device High Point 370 to enable or disable The Choice Enabled Disabled Flash R W Control The Choice Enabled Disabled OnChip USB1 2 This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Mouse Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB Legacy Device Keyboard Mouse The choice Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio This item allows you to decide to Auto or disable the chipset family to support AC97 Audio The function setting AC97 Audio Codec states The system default is Auto IDE HDD Block Mode 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 writes per Page 4 15 BIOS sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install and in
7. 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin orientation by aligning the FC PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip The pin field is keyed to prevent mis oriented insertion Don t force processor into socket If it does not go in easily check for mis orientation and debris Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket on all sides Page 3 3 Installation Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Figure 4 Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage For more information about installing your CPU please refer to the AMD website article Socket A AMD processor and Heatsink Installation Guide http www amd com products cpg athlon pdf 23986 pdf Page 3 4 Installation Section 3 2 J umper Settings 761 Chipset Pow Pow Pow on sn X don t care CMOS Clear 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS Page 3 5 Installation JP2 1E E 96
8. 95h 1 Program daylight saving 2 Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build amp update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attempt INT 19h C 6 Appendix Appendix D D 1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool The BIOS socket may be damaged if using an improper method to replace the BIOS chip D 1 Appendix Page Left Blank D 2
9. Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Man agement ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1 POS or S3 STR function The choice SI POS S3 STR Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is di rectly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode Page 4 18 BIOS There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Disable default No power management Disables all four modes Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blank
10. ON OFF button J 3 Figure 4 Simple ATX Power ON OFF Controller Page 1 7 Introduction System Block Diagram AMD Socket A Processors 133 100MHz 4X PAC MA 0 13 DDR SDRAM 66MHz PCI Bridge MD 0 63 266 200MHz AGP Bus lt P and memory MPE 0 7 controller gt AGP Slot erre HPT370A Optional ATA100 With RAID Optional ddl AC gt Graphic Ei D Video mi VT82C686B 1 0 Bridge 80 Port LI HDD SORDO LOSE LI ATA 66 100 na Serial Port 2 Flash Memory LPT Port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Figure 5 System Block Diagram Page 1 8 Features Section 2 FEATURES Mainboard Features PROCESSOR AMD Athlon Duron Processors with a 200 266 MHz Host bus 100 133MHz x 2 Socket A operating at 600MHz 1 2GHz CHIPSET AMD 760 Chipset AMD 761 VIA VT82C686B DDR SDRAM DIMM MODULE 184pin DDR DIMM x 2 for PC1600 2100 Memory DRAM Size 64MB to 512MB EXPANSION SLOT PCI x 6 six PCI bus master 4X AGP x 1 ONBOARD I O On Chip I O integrated with K B Mouse FDD Parallel and Serial Fast IR and Power ON controllers ONBOARD PCI IDE PCI Bus IDE Port with PIO Ultra DMA 66 100 x 2 Up to 4 Devices Extra IDE Port by HPT370A with Ultra DMA 66 100 amp IDE RAID x 2 Up to 4 Devices Optional I O CONNECTOR PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 style Keyboard USB USB connector x 4 2 for Opt Page 2 1 Features BIOS A
11. a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal perfor mance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance system operations Page 4 26 BIOS 4 10 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus user password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The pass word typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the
12. into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information C 2 Appendix 24 26h 27h 28h 29h 2A 2Ch 2Dh 2E 32h 33h 34 3Bh 3Ch 3Dh 3Eh 3Fh 40h 41h 42h 43h 44h 45 46h 47h 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 Reserved Initialize INT 09 buffer Reserved 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 5 Invoke video BIOS Reserved 1 Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed Reserved Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips Reserved Test 8254 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot C 3 Appendix 48h 49h 4A 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h Slh 52h 53 54h 55h 56h 57h 58h 59h SAh SBh SCh SDh SE 5Fh 60h 61 64h 65h C 4 Reserved 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes al
13. menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Page 4 1 BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PnP PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC Health Status This item 1s only show the system health status include Voltage Fan speed CPU temperature Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable perfor mance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for opti mal performance system operations While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit
14. processors They easily deliver the highest integer floating point and 3D multimedia performance for applications running on x86 platforms around The AMD Duron processor is derived from the AMD Athlon processor core It features full speed on chip cache memory a 200MHz front side system bus and enhanced 3DNow technology Although both processors are related there are key differences The AMD Athlon processor is targeted at the performance segment and as such will have more cache memory and higher clock speeds Page 1 4 Introduction Accelerated Graphics Port AGP or A G P Typically 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory and demands ever increasing throughput speed as well As 3D products for the personal computer become more and more popular these demands will only increase This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation behind AGP By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between the video card and the processor it will assist in relieving some of these pressures for quite sometime Ultra ATA 66 100 The board provides two channel one channel is optional Ultra ATA 66 100 Bus Master IDE controller that support Ultra ATA 66 100 protocols perfect for such demanding applications as real time video multimedia and high performance operating system A new IDE cable is requi
15. setup Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup Page 4 2 BIOS 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each cat egory includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to high light the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2900 Award Software Standard CHOS Features Jate amidi Thu Dec 21 2000 10 27 17 Time hh mm ss Henu Level IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Press Enter to enter IDE Secondary Master next page for detail IDE Secondary Slave hard drive settings Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 654 72K Total Memory 1024K Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F19 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 1 The Main Menu Page 4 3 BIOS Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu tem Options Description Date Month YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically hanges when you set the date Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub described in Table 3 menu of detailed options Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to ent
16. the Modem ring LAN will awaken a system which has been powered down The choice Enabled Disabled MODEM Use IRQ The determine the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA RTC Resume This option allows you to have the system turn on at a present time each day or on a certain day The choice Disabled Enabled IRQ Wakeup Events Allows users to set system to monitor IRQs 3 15 for activity to awaken system form a power management mode VGA When set to On default any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down Page 4 20 BIOS LPT amp COM When set to On default any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down HDD amp FDD When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down PCI master When set to On default any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down Page 4 21 BIOS 4 6 PnP PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should ma
17. the backup file Tile aie ru Guay days Tu Appendix 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start ees ft Disk From Image Restore Backup 1 Select the Restore file Fils Wade Suo uy date Tu Appendix 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Mapes piu Partition vlultis ae ring Appendix There are 3 partition functions 1 Partition To Partition partition cloning 2 Partition To Image partition backup 3 Partition From Image restore partition Partition To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operation method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed up ajas lura guur drive wy Glee uu Ariya ey 2 Select the first partition to be backed up This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored Appendix 3 Select the path and file name for storing the backup file DA ORIGINAL GHO 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3 High high ratio compression File can be compressed to its minimum but this requires longer execution time Culpurazz Huans 5 Duri
18. the best option but occasionally if a disk has been set up with special hidden security files that are in specific positions on the partition the only way to reproduce them accurately on the target partition is via an image or sector by sector copy enables spanning across volumes splits image file into x Mb Mb spans Use this to create a forced size volume set For example if you would like to force smaller image files from a 1024 Megabyte drive you could specify 200 megabyte segments For example ghost exe split 200 will divide the image into 200 Megabyte segments use the sure switch in conjunction with clone to avoid being prompted with the final Proceed with disk clone destination drive will be overwritten question This command is useful in batch mode B 15 Appendix Example 1 To copy drive one to drive two on a PC without final prompt if OK to proceed ghost exe clone mode copy src 1 dst 2 sure Example 2 To connect via NetBIOS to another PC running Ghost in slave mode and dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file c drive2 gho ghost exe clone mode dump src 2 dst C drive2 gho nbm Note The slave Ghost can be started with ghost nbs Example 3 To copy drive one second partition on a PC to drive two first parti tion the same PC without final prompt ghost exe clone mode pcopy src 1 2 dst 2 1 sure Example 4 To dump the second partition of drive one
19. to an image file on a mapped drive g ghost exe clone mode pdump src 1 2 dst g part2 gho Example 5 To load partition 2 from a two partition image file on a mapped drive g onto the second partition of the local disk ghost clone mode pload src g part2 gho 2 dst 1 2 Example 6 To load drive 2 from an image file and resize the destination partitions into a 20 40 allocation ghost exe clone mode load src g 2prtdisk gho dst 2 sze1 60P sze2 40P B 16 Appendix Appendix C C 1 POST CODES POST hex CFh COh Clh C3h CSh OhI 02h 03h 04h 05h 06h 07h 08h 09h OAh OB ODh DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R W functionality Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 Reserved Initial Superio_Early_Init switch Reserved 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag Reserved 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface Reserved 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse follo
20. Connector for Modem audio output e Pinl Audio_in Pin2 Pin3 GND Pin4 Mic out to Modem USB2 USB port header pins for adding two additional USB ports VCC Data Data GND Comment Cable Power Cable Ground Case Ground Case Ground Cable Ground Data Cable Power Page 3 11 Installation OOOO O Device Connectors continued This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turns system off immediately or 4 sec delay you need to push the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off When the system is in 4 sec delay mode suspend mode is enabled by pushing the button momentarily Power On Off Turbo LED indicator LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate IR Connector 1 VCC 4 GND 2 NC 5 IRTX 3 IRRX Power LED Power LED and S3 LED connector 1 Power LED 4 NC 2 N C 5 GND 3 GND Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping 1 Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Reset Closed to restart system Installation Section 3 5 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO On the basis of bounded functions in I O chipset the two serial ports are able to support the External Modem Ring in Power ON function Once users connect the external modem to COMI or COM2 the mainboard allows users to tu
21. FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled UART 2 Mode This filed allows the users to configure what IR mode the 2nd serial port should use The default is Stardand Optional Stardand HPSIR and ASKIR Onboard Parallel port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port The default is 378H IRQ7 378H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7 278H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQS 3BCH Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7 Disabled Disable Onboard LPT port Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default is EPP ECP Normal Standard mode IBM PC AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode amp EPP Mode ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode The default is DMA3 Page 4 16 BIOS DMAI This field selects the routing of DMAI for the ECP mode DMA3 This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode Parallel Port EPP Type This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip options EPP1 9 EPP1 7 Onboard Legacy Audi
22. To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket Page 3 9 Installation Section 3 4 Device Connectors parallel port Joystick Midi port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 KEYBOARD O ra COMI COM2 Speaker Line_in MIC USB port OI 7 Figure 10 J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector e Power_LED Speaker Reset Power ON Off Turbo LED HDD LED IR Conn J4 CPU Fan Power e A plug in for the CPU Fan Power J5 Power Fan Power e A plug in for the Power Supply Fan Power JO Chassis Fan Power e A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector J8 WOM Wake On Modem Connector IDE1 Ultra ATA 66 100 Primary IDE Connector supported by 686B chipset Blue Color IDE2 Ultra ATA 66 100 Secondary IDE Connector supported by 686B chipset Blue Color UIDE1 Ultra ATA 66 100 amp RAID Primary IDE Connector supported by HPT370A chipset Blue Color Optional UIDE2 Ultra ATA 66 100 amp RAID Secondary IDE Connector supported by HPT370A chipset Blue Color Optional Page 3 10 Installation FDD1 Floppy Controller Connector Black Color PWI1 ATX Power Connector e 20 pin power connector CD1 CD Audio IN Connector e Pinl CD_IN_ Left Pin2 Pin3 CD_Reference Pin4d CD_IN_Right AUX1 Auxiliary Line_IN Connector e Pinl Left Line_IN Pin2 Pin3 GND Pin4 Right Line IN MODEMI Telephony
23. User s Manual An AMD Socket A Processor based mainboard 100 133MHz Supports PC1600 2100 Memory Modules TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 5 October 16 2001 GlLV8c0009 Frequently Asked Questions The Below is the list of some basic POST Codes and their possible problems and solutions For more detail information about POST Codes please refer to Appendix C on this manual POST CODE FFh or CFh 1 BIOS chip replace inverse 1 Make sure BIOS chip replace appropriate 2 Update wrong BIOS one 2 Make sure all Hardware 3 Mainboard problem 143 Device insert appropriate 4 ADD ON Card insert l 3 Swap mainboard inappropriate Clh CSh 1 Memory insert inappropriate 1 Make sure insert Memory i appropriate 2 Memory compability problem 2 Swap Memory 3 Memory Bad 3 Swap Memory 1 Error occurs in VGA BIOS 1 Make sure insert Memory appropriate 2 VGA Card insert inappropriate 26h i Overclock fail 1 Clear CMOS or press insert key to power on 07h 12h 1 Init keyboard Control 1 Check RTC Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist i 1 1 Overview Termino lG a allinea 1 2 SV SECM OVELVICW 3a bodies 1 3 AMD Duron amp Athlon Processors 1 4 Accelerated Graphics Port
24. aker or external speakers plugged into Line Out connector for a clear sound The messages recorded for this function are listed below for your reference while having problems with system boot up 0 SDRAM Detect Fail l BIOS ROM Checksum Fail A Keyboard or PS 2 Mouse Fail 3 VGA Fail 4 Clock Generator or Overclock Fail 5 NO CPU Fan 6 Over Voltage Fail A SMBUS Fail 8 System boot OK 9 CPU BIOS or Power Cable plug in abnormal Page 3 17 Installation Page Left Blank Page 3 18 BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS M CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated 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 F9 Menu in BIOS e A Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main
25. bit 128Mbit 256Mbit and 512Mbit technology e 64 bit data width plus amp 8 bit ECC paths e Supports up to two unbuffered DDR DIMMs or two registered DIMMs e Supports up to 1Gbytes of memory Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations DDR DIMM 1 Bank 0 1 DDR Synchronous DDR DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 DRAM Figure 6 DDR DIMM 1 DDR DIMM 2 Bank 0 1 Bank 2 3 Total Memory DDR SDRAM 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB X 1 512MB Maximum DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM 64MB 128MB 256MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB X 1 512MB X 1 Table 1 DDR SDRAM supports 64 128 256 512MB DIMM modules We recommend using PC1600 Memory Module only for front side bus 100MHz DO NOT MIX the unbuffered and registered DDR SDRAM on DIMMI and DIMM2 socket Supports PC1600 modules with 2 2 2 timing Supports PC2100 modules with 2 2 2 timing Page 3 8 Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DDR DIMM memory module DIMMs have 168 pins and one notche that will match with the onboard DDR DIMM socket DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 8 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 t CENTER KEY ZONE 2 5 V DRAM Figure 7 xX Figure 8 DIMM Module clip before installation x Figure 9 DIMM Module clip after installation
26. ble CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design The choice Enabled Disabled Page 4 7 BIOS Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power up the computer If it is set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST HPT 370 or SCSI Card Boot Setup the boot up priority either from onboard HPT 370 connector or SCSI Card if you select SCSI as the first boot device at the option below First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choice Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignments The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice On Off Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key
27. detailed 3D imaging smooth video playback and theater quality audio The new enhanced 3DNow technology implemented in the AMD Athlon processor adds streaming and digital signal processing DSP technologies which allows faster more accurate speech recognition DVD quality audio and video and streaming audio and video for a rich Internet experience DDR SDRAM The DDR Double Data Rate Synchronous SRAM employs high speed low power CMOS designs The DDR SRAM enables high performance operation through high clock frequencies achieved through pipelining and double data rate mode of operation in the system Double data rate of SDRAM in which data is sent on both the rising and falling edges of clock cycle in a data burst STR Suspend To RAM A lower power state than active In the STR state the system state is stored in main memory and all unnecessary system logic is turned off Only main memory and logic required to wake the system remain powered Page 1 2 Introduction RAID RAID 0 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID refers to a method of organizing data on one or more physical disks to provide increased I O performance and data protection The different methods for organizing the data are referred to as RAID Levels The RAID levels offered by HPT370A are 0 1 and 0 1 RAID0 1 A combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 Provides high performance and high availability RAIDO Striping of da
28. disk then the partition s will be expanded to have the maximum amount of space subject to the free space available and the partition type e g FAT 16 partitions will have a maximum size of 2048Mb Rule 2 If the destination disk is smaller than the original source disk but still large enough to accommodate the data from the source disk the free space left over after the span split x Sure Appendix data space has been satisfied will be distributed between the destination partitions in proportion to the data usage in the source partitions Someexamples follow that will help illustrate flag Exit Normally when Ghost has finished copying a new system to a disk it prompts the user to reboot with a press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot window However if Ghost is being run as part of a batch file it is sometimes useful to have it just exist back to the DOS prompt after completion so that further batch commands may be processed fx enables this See rb for another option on completing a clone Image All The Image All switch forces Ghost to do a sector by sector copy of all partitions When copying a partition from a disk to an image file or to another disk Ghost examines the source partition and decides whether to copy just the files and directory structure or to do an image sector by sector copy If it understands the internal format of the partition it defaults to copying the files and directory structure Generally this is
29. dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the recover CD Use the Recover CD to boot up the system and restore the backup files automatically For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions Note For more details regarding the creation program and method for creating the recover CD please refer to the legal software and relevant operation manual B 12 Appendix Ghost Command Line Switches Reference Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode Batch mode is useful for automat ing installations for backups using Ghost Most of the Ghost switches are used to assist with batch mode operation To list switches from Ghost type ghost exe h clone The full syntax for this switch is clone MODE copylloadidump pcopy pload pdump SRC drivelfileldrive partition DST drivelfileldrive partition SZE FILln nnnnMInnPIFIV Clone using arguments This is the most useful of the batch switches and has a series of arguments that define a b MODE COPY LOAD DUMP PCOPY PLOAD PDUMP SRC Mode COPY DUMP LOAD PCOPY PDUMP PLOAD This defines the type of clone command to be used disk to disk copy file to disk load disk to file dump partition to partition copy file to partition load partition to file dump This defines the source location for the operation Meaning Source drive e g 1
30. efel fe Parallel Port Power on and DIMM Socket i remain powered LED i LED1 SMD Type Red COMI com2 AMD 761 Chipset Speaker JP2 Game I Line in Port CPU Vcore Adjust MIC AGP Slot ici Si ca 1 1 DIMM1 2 UIDE1 UIDE2 ee CPU Clock HEH PCI Slot 1 Select 1 DDR Adjust 2 5V m ome E ia MODEM1 CD1 AUX A H A PCI Slot 2 HighPoint HPT370A Dongo OP Ee ee pa k mm Optional PCI Slot 3 FDD1 IDE1 IDE2 J7 WOL nua VIA J2 J3 PCI Slot 4 VT82C686B t PW_oN Mw a TETT Chipset PW_LED gt Pi uns a pesa p S TB_LED Codec gt HD _ LED J8 WOM aaa PCI Slot 5 SPEAKER gt im i ite Vania 1 ninni ii Power Loss JP5 mmm 11 Sion TIT rimetti sw2 Recovery RESET E 4 i 1 USB3 CONN 6 USB4 CONN BBEA Figure 1 Page 3 2 Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 1 CPU Insertion 3 2 Jumper Settings 3 3 System memory Configuration 3 4 Device Connectors 3 5 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO 3 6 STR Function STR function is applicable to the ports of IDE and IDE2 3 7 POSTMAN Function Section 3 1 CPU Insertion Figure 3 on M as reference Step
31. er the sub Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub None Select the type of floppy disk Drive A 360K 5 25 in drive installed in your system 1 2M 5 25 in i 720K 3 5 in rage 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop the Halt On All but Keyboard POST process and notify you All but Diskette All but Disk Key Displays the amount of Base Memory conventional memory detected during boot up Displays the amount of Extended Memory extended memory detected during boot up Total Memor Displays the total memory available in the system Table 2 Main Menu Selections Page 4 4 BIOS IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Henu Level ila Access Mode Auto To auto detect the Capacity 6449 MB HDD s size head on this channel Cylinder 13328 Head is Precomp 65535 Landing Zone 1332 Sector 63 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F19 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu Page 4 5
32. for drive one Disk image filename or device e g g Images system2 img Source partition e g 1 2 indicates the second partition on drive one Partition image filename or device and partition number Example g images disk1 1mg 2 indicates the second partition in the Image file B 13 Appendix c DST This defines the destination location for the operation Mode Meaning COPY LOAD Destination drive e g 2 for drive two DUMP Disk image filename or device e g g images system2 img PCOPY PLOAD Destination partition e g 2 2 indicates the second partition on drive two PDUMP Partition image filename e g g images part1 1mg c SZEy Used to set the size of the destination partitions for either a disk load or disk copy operation Available y Options F L n xxxxM B 14 Resizes the first partition to maximum size allowed based on file system t type Resizes the last partition to maximum size allowed based on file system type indicates that the n h destination partition is to have a size of xxxx Mb e g SZE2 800M indicates partition two is to have 800 mb n mmP indicates that the n h destination partition is to have a size of mm percent of the target disk indicates that the n h destination partition is to remain fixed in size Indicates that the partition will be resized according to the following rules Rule 1 If the destination disk is larger than the original source
33. imized DEFAULTS Appendix A 2 Page Left Blank Appendix Appendix B B 1 GHOST 5 1 6 03 Quick User s Guide Installation is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk The current market version is for single Client so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition vlutrica tinsi In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Disk vlalrica tiny B 1 Appendix There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at least 2 disks Press the Tab key to move the cursor 2 When restoring to a destination disk all data in that disk will be completely destroyed Disk To Disk Disk Cloning 1 Select the location of the Source drive 2 Select the location of the Destination drive 3 When cloning a disk or restoring the backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure Appendix 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Phage Pos Disk To Image Disk Backup 1 Select the location of the Source drive Seles Jugs zuur drive oy eligking on tus drive nuuesr 2 Select the location for storing
34. ing AGP Secondary Lat Timer AGP Fast Write AGP Data Transfer Mode AGP Always Compensate Normal Disabled Disabled Disabled 128 Enabled 20h Enabled 4x Enabled Item Help Menu Level p SDRAM ECC Setting Disabled Super Bypass Mode Enabled SDRAM Timing setting by Auto SDRAM PH Limit 8 Cycle SDRAM Idle Limit Cycle SDRAM Tre Timing Value Cycle SDRAM Trp Timing Value Cycle SDRAM Tras Timing Value Cycle SDRAM CAS Latency Cycle TJ gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system System Performance This item will help you to configure your system performance quickly and easily There are two selections When a selection is mode the other related items will automatically vary values The Choice Normal Fast Note If yo
35. interface of a PCI to PCI bridge The Choice 00h 20h 40h 60h 80h COh FFh AGP Fast Write Select Enabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X AGP The Choice Enabled Disabled Page 4 11 BIOS AGP Data transfer Mode Chipset AGP Mode support The Choice 1x 2x 4x AGP Always Compensate When Enable dynamic compensation is performance by AGP on an ongoing basis at regular intervals this will make more comptibility with AGP VGA The Choice Enabled Disabled SDRAM ECC Setting Use this option to configurate the type of DRAM in your system The Choice Disabled Check Only Correct Errors Correct Scrub Super Bypass Mode When Enable the AMD 761 system controller internally bypasses certain memory pipe stages for optional performance The Choice Enabled Disabled SDRAM Timing Setting By For setting DRAM timing By Auto is follow Intel PC SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification The Choice Auto Manual SDRAM PH Limit This item control the number of consecutive page hit request to allow before choosing a non PH request The Choice 1 4 8 16 cycle SDRAM Idle Limit This item control the number of idle cycle to wait before precharging on idle bank The Choice 0 8 12 16 24 32 48 cycle SDRAM Trc Timing Value This item indicates the Trc timing value bank cycle time minimum time from activate to activate of same bank The Choice 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 cycle Page 4 12 BIOS
36. ke any changes to the default settings CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level gt Auto ESCD Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources DHA Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 4 Assignment Auto Auto Auto Auto you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save i F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system The default is No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled 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 can not boot The choice Enabled Disabled Resource controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means Page 4 22 BIOS absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows95 If you se
37. location for AMD K5 CPU Reserved 1 Program MTRR of MI CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical Reserved Initialize USB Reserved Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 Reserved Display number of processors multi processor platform Reserved 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device Reserved Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code Reserved Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional Reserved 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch Reserved Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility Reserved Initialize PS 2 Mouse Appendix 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Dh 6Eh 6Fh 70 72h 73h 74h 75h 76h 77h 78h 79h 7Ah 7B 7Eh 7Fh 80h 81h 82h Reserved Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h Reserved Turn on L2 cache Reserved Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table Reserved 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item i
38. n Setup is set to AUTO Reserved 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Setup floppy related fields in 40 hardware Reserved Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed Reserved Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM Reserved Detect serial ports amp parallel ports Reserved Reserved Detect amp install co processor Reserved 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo Reserved Reserved 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full C 5 Appendix screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure 3 Switch screen back to text mode 4 Set up ACPI table at top of memory 5 Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen amp display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining
39. n screen data including any executed applications to DDR SDRAM You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up you system not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the system Page 3 15 Installation EE f _ _ cl ssifi c e ziM G ed Just pushing Power button your system will quickly back to the last screen for you The LED Indicator for ACPI Status table shown below will guide you and give you a reference for ACPI status on this mainboard ACPI Onboard s LED Status Indicator Table Onboard s Status Shutdown LED Plug inthe ATX Power ON Green Mode STR Soft OFF Location J3 PW ON 83 yes LEDI 2 i sige Page 3 16 Installation 3 7 POSTMAN Function Introduction Optional With the board also make our initial premier of the new POSTMAN debug function This new feature designed to enhance the Power On Self Test POST introduces a huMANI ke voice with helpful debugging error messages So in the event the system experiences boot up difficulties POSTMAN will deliver the message in an easier to understand method than traditional POSTcodes Such as SDRAM Detect Fail for memory missing memory install improperly or memory broken and VGA Fail for AGP card missing AGP card install improp erly or AGP card broken The voice could be pronounced through either an internal spe
40. n speed in RPMs Vcore The voltage level of the Vcore Vagp The voltage level of Power supplied to AGP card 1 52V for 4X AGP card 3 3V for 2X AGP card 3 3V 5V 12V The voltage level of the switch power supply Page 4 24 BIOS 4 8 Frequency Voltage Control CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Clock 100 Henu Level gt e Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 st a Help Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defau Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulate This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Clock The mainboard is designed to set the CPU clock via BIOS This item allows you to select the CPU Host clock speed by Enter key The default speed depends on what CPU was installed Note Overclocking failure will cause system No display problem At this moment please press Insert key to back to the initial or default setting to boot up your system Page 4 25 BIOS 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get
41. ng confirmation select Yes to start performing backup Ip rian Appendix Partition From Image Restore Partition 1 Select the backup file to be restored Fils uae su load Duaya Fro ORIGINAL GHO oa Loe 10 02 1999 11 42 44 poof 2 Select the source partition Sede Sue uate Prd dats Fila Fatic HO MAME cioe 3 Select the disk to be restored Seleer losal dastiinasiugy drive oy eligsziny uu fue drives uur Appendix 4 Select the partition to be restored Aa po Jaguari Wau Pr a Fatie HO MAME 2102 5 Select Yes to start restoring Tia SII Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error Appendix How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes This chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and if necessary reinstall Windows in 2 minutes Ghost can use different methods to complete this task The following two sections explain the creation of the emergency Recover Floppy and Recover CD Emergency Recover Floppy Divide a hard disk into two partitions The first partition is for storing the operating system and application programs The second partition is for backing up the operating system and data The size of the partition can be set according to the backup requirements For example the Windows operating system needs 200MB of hard disk space while the complete Office installation require
42. ns remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer Page 4 28 Drivers Installation Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation o CD EXPLORER EXIT DRIVER INSTALLATION Insert the bundled autorun driver in CD disk Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Click AMD MINIPORT DRIVER to install MiniPort Click VIA BUS MASTER PCI IDE DRIVER to install Bus Master PCI IDE Click 686A B AUDIO DRIVER to install the Audio Sound Driver Click USB Driver to install USB Click HPT370 A DRIVER to install HPT370 A Click HPT370 A RAID ADMINISTRATOR to install HPT370 A RAID Administrator Page 5 1 Drivers Installation Page Left Blank Page 5 2 Appendix Appendix A NOTE The LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard or the system CMOS data is corrupted CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1998 Standard CMOS Feature Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Feature Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Feature Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management aot Load Optimized Defaults Y N Y PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit TL amp gt Select Item FIO Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type LOAD Opt
43. o Legacy Audio enabled disabled Sound Blaster Sound Blaster compatible device enabled disabled SB I O Base Address Sound Blaster I O resource selection SB IRQ Select Legacy audio device IRQ selection SB DMA Select Sound Blaster DMA channel selection MPU 401 MPU 401 function enabled disabled MPU 401 I O Address Built in MPU 401 compatible MIDI I O port selection The Choice 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H default Game Port 200 207H Built in joystick port support disabled enabled default Page 4 17 BIOS 4 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effec tively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Power Management User Define Menu Level gt Uideo Off Method DPMS Support Standby Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled HDD Down In Suspend Disabled Soft Off by PBTN Instant 0ff PWRON After PWR Fail OFF Wake Up by PCI card PME Disabled PS 2 Keyboard POWER ON Enabled Wake up by Modem amp LAN Disabled MODEM Use IRQ 3 RTC Resume Disabled IRQ Wakeup Events Press Enter UGA OFF LPT amp COM LPT COM Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe
44. or with DDR SDRAM base system Page 1 3 Introduction AMD Duron amp Athlon Processors The AMD Athlon is a seventh generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large range of applications hardware graphics and memory technologies These processors implement advanced design techniques such as Socket A PGA 462 200 or 266MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol Three out of order superscalar pipelined Multimedia Units Three out of order superscaler pipelined Integer Units Fixed sized internal instruction formats MacroOPs 72 entry Instruction Control Units AMD enhanced 3DNow technology LI and L2 caches Dynamic branch prediction Socket A is the name for AMD s new socketed interface designed to support both AMD Duron and AMD Athlon processors This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures and ultimately result in a wider variety of solutions in the market The AMD Duron amp Athlon processors in the Socket A format continue to deliver the ultimate performance for cutting edge applications Both bring to desktop systems running industry standard x86 software superscalar RISC performance Being provided in the Socket A format they are the world s most powerful x86
45. pass word is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompt ing only occurs when trying to enter Setup Page 4 27 BIOS 4 11 Exit Selecting Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selectio
46. red for Ultra ATA 66 100 This cable is an 80 conductor cable however the connectors are of course backwards compat ible with ATA 33 Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems operations and status The features include CPU temperature voltage and RPM of fan Page 1 5 Introduction Mainboard Form Factor The board is designed with ATX form factor the new industry standard of chassis ATX form factor is essentially a Baby AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots allowing them all to hold full length add in cards ATX defines a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I O Only the size and position of this aperture is defined allowing PC manufacturers to add new I O features e g TV input TV output joystick modem LAN etc to systems This will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs e Smaller size promotes a smaller system size e I O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2 01 or later The mainboard should be used in an ATX 2 01 or later compliant case e A smaller power supply can be used High integration on mainboard reduces the system costs Expandable I O Single chassis fan for
47. rn on their system through the remote and host s dial up control Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function To innovate a unique feature to benefit users we devoted the easiest and most convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply How to work with it Step 1 Please check JP13 at the position 2 3 after you finished the system installation JP13 EE Keyboard Power On Function 1 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled Step 2 Push the momentary switch J3 PW ON to turn on your system and then push again to hold for more than 4 seconds to turn it off affter counting memory as soon as you turn it on Step 3 You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function KBPO by pressing any key to turn on your system Your system will be turned on automatically after releasing the keys To power off you system you can use the Soft OFF function under Windows 95 98 or Windows 2000 Page 3 13 Installation E OUO O MMMM Notes 1 Intel ATX version 2 0 specification recommended you use the power supply with gt 1 0A in 5 0VSB With our mainboard the 5 0VSB standby power only has to be gt 0 1A 100mA then you can enjoy this unique benefit However an ATX power supply which is lt 0 1A 100mA is still useable to your system by placed JP13 at the position 1 2 to disable this feature 2 We recommended you use the power supply with 1 0A in 5 0VSB Because this supported PCI 2 1 specification for remote power on and
48. s Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level gt Quick Power On Self Test Enabled HPT 370 or SCSI Card Boot HPT 370 Allows you to choose First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting Floppy HDD 9 LS120 Enabled Disabled Enabled On Disabled the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S82 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled a warning message on screen and alarm beep Tl2 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition ta
49. s 360MB The remaining space can be used to store other data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup of the source system and store the file Image file in drive D The file is named as Original gho Then create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys configuration setup file Autoexec bat auto execution batch file Ghost exe Ghost execution file There are two ways to set the content of the recover floppy for restoration 1 To load Windows automatically after booting set the Autoexec bat command as Ghost exe clone mode pload src d original gho 2 dst 1 1 fx sure rb Description Runs the restore function automatically using the Image File After execution it exits Ghost and boots the system automatically Refer to the Introducing Ghosts Functions B 10 Appendix 2 After booting the screen displays the Menu Select Backup or Restore Since the user may install other applications in the future he she may design Autoexec bat as a Menu to back up or restore the user defined Image file as follows e Backup Back up Windows and application programs as a file Recent gho Command is Ghost clone mode pdump src 1 1 dst d Recent gho fx sure rb e Restore Restore types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Window
50. s Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The Choice Enabled Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Page 4 14 BIOS Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both sup port Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choice Auto Disabled
51. s operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone mode pload src d Original gho dst 1 1 fx sure rb If you select Windows and Application Programs the latest backup file Recent gho is restored skipping the installation and setup of application programs For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions For more information about menu design refer to Config sys and Autoexec bat under Menu in the CD You can also create a backup CD containing Ghost exe and these two files Appendix Recover CD In recent years well known computer manufacturers such as IBM Acer Compag etc bundle Recover CDs with their computers to reduce the cost resulting from servicing while at the same time increasing their market competitiveness The following is a simple guide to how to create a recover CD 1 For extremely easy creation of the recover floppy disk use the copy program for example Easy CD Creator Note 2 First create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com and Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys Configuration setup file Autoexec bat Auto execution batch file Mscdex exe CD Rom execution file Ghost exe Ghost execution file Oakcdrom sys ATAPI CD ROM compatible driver The content of Config sys is DEVICE Oakcdrom sys d 1decd001 The content of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECDOO1 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho
52. s to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Standby Mode When the standby mode timer times out it will enter the standby mode and retain CPU at a slow working speed The screen will be blanked out The choice Disabled 30sec 1min 4min 20min 30min 1 hour 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 The choice Enabled Disabled HDD Down In Suspend The choice Enabled Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The default is Instant off The choice Delay 4 Sec Instant Off Page 4 19 BIOS PWRON After PW Fail The system will stay of or power on after a power interrupte The default is OFF Fomer Status Stay off or power on depend on system safe shut down or power fail ON System always power on after a power interrupte OFF System always stay off after a power interrupte Wake UP by PCI Card PME An input signal from PME on the PCI card awakens the system from a soft off state The choice Enabled Disabled PS 2 Keyboard POWER ON This item allows you to select wake up the system by PS2 Keyboard when you save the computer power at S1 S5 mode The choice Enabled Disabled Wake Up by Modem amp LAN When set to Enabled any event occurring to
53. ssword Setting 4 26 PxIESCIECHMS creare 4 27 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 Appendix Appendix A Load Setup Defaults ecic A 1 Appendix B GHOST 5 1 6 03 Quick User s Guide B 1 Appendix C POST C OES ora ara C 1 Appendix D EEPROM BIOS Remover ieri rien D 1 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist v A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Mainboard User s manual Floppy ribbon cable ATA 66 100 Hard drive ribbon cable USB Cable Driver and utility ATA 33 Hard drive ribbon cable USER S MANUAL Page 1 1 Introduction Overview Terminology Accelerated Graphics Port AGP The AGP interface that is in the AMD 761 it supports a subset of 3 3V 66MHz components 3 3V 66 133 MHz AGP 2 0 compliant components and the new 1 5V 66 266 MHz components Socket A Socket 462 The Socket connector that is similar Intel PGA 370 socket Socket A has 462 pin sites to support AMD Duron Althon processor in PGA package 3DNow 3DNow technology enabled fast frame rates on high resolution 3D rendered scenes amazing physical modeling of real world environments sharp and
54. system CPU located near Power Supply PCI slots ATX power connec tor Floppy IDE __ 3 1 2 5 1 4 connectors Bay Bay close to peripheral bays Figure 2 Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1 6 Introduction I O Shield Connector The board is equipped with an I O back panel Please use the appropriate I O shield figure 3 parallel port Joystick Midi port A 4 A Speaker Line _in Figure 3 I O back panel layout Power On Off Remote The board has a single 20 pin connector for ATX power supplies For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On Off feature this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On Off button The systems power On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The board has been designed with Soft Off functions You can turn Off the system from one of two sources The first is the front panel Power On Off button and the other is the Soft Off function coming from the M B s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system such as Windows 95 98 SE ME or Windows 2000 POWER SUPPLY m Cj D l LI l i i J3 Case chassis Power
55. t this field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a DI The choice Auto ESCD Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled Choices are Enabled Disabled INT Pin1 to Pin4 Assignment These settings allow the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot Options available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 amp 15 The defaults are Auto Page 4 23 BIOS 4 7 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Item Help Current CPU Temp 33 C 91F Current System Temp 59 C 138 F Menu Level Current CPU FAN Speed O RPM Current Chassis FAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 53V Vagp 2 09V 3 42V 4 97V 12 16V Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Se Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is Disabled Options available are 60 C 140 F to 100 C 212 F in increments of 5 C Current CPU System Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU System Current CPU Fan Chassis Fan Speed The current CPU fa
56. ta across multiple drives in an array Very fast performance however there is no data protection RAID 1 Also known as mirroring Mirroring refers to the 100 duplication of data from one disk to another Due to the 100 duplication this is a costly solution System Overview The board was developed by AMD 761 system controller Northbridge and VIA s VT82C686B Sourthbridge for the high performance Socket A AMD Duron Althon processor based The board is a four layer ATX form factor board That supports a 200 266MHz double clocked front side bus 100 133MHz or 200 266MHz clcok rate DDR SDRAM inter face and supports AGP 2X and 4X six PCI 32bit 33MHz slots Suspend to RAM and paired with VIA VT82C686B Sourthbridge to supports two bus mastering ATA 33 66 100 EIDE ports Additionally an extra IDE port by HPT370A Ultra DMA 66 100 amp IDE RAID x 2 Up to 4 Device was supports too HPT370A is optional The IDE RAID HPT370A supports RAID 0 1 and 0 1 This is idea for small businesses that need to mirror their servers to used IDE hard disk for a much cheaper solution than SCSI RAID The board designs do not contain ISA slots It supports a POSTMAN optional function and 80 Port to deliver a easy way for the Power On Self Test POST code sending out a error messages via HUMANIike voice by the speaker and POST error code by the 7 segment LED on board Figure 5 Show a block digram for an AMD Duron Althon process
57. u select the higher performance compatibility problem could be occurred Page 4 10 BIOS System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable This option allows the CPU to cache read writes of the video RAM The default is Disabled Enabled This option allows for faster video access Disabled Reduced video performance Memory Hole At 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Graphics Aperture Size MB The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share The default is 128 32 32MBof systems memory accessable by the AGP card 64 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 128 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 256 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card AGP ISA Aliasing You can reserve this item for more compatibility with ISA VGA The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Secondary Lat Timer Adhere to definition of the latency timer in the PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 2 but only applies to the secondary
58. wake up function Page 3 14 Installation 3 6 STR Suspend To RAM Function The board supports the STR power management state by maintaining the appropriate states on the DDR SDRAM interface signals The power source must be kept alive to the DDR SDRAM during STR ACPI S3 Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that supporting Instant ON and QuickStart function 1 To enable the ACPI function and use the STR functionally to save your system energy you are recommended to confirm the following requirements a Please do install all ACPI qualified add on cards such as AGP LAN Modem cards In BIOS please select ACPI function Enable and ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR in the Power Management Setup menu Then please install the Windows 98SE ME or Windows 2000 Restart your system Getting in to the Advanced of the Power Management icon of Control Panel and selecting the Stand By in the Power Buttons 2 Getting start with STR function please click the START button and choose Shut Down Then select the Stand By option in the Shut Down Windows box to get into STR mode Here are the differences between STR power saving mode and Green or Suspend mode a b It is the most advanced Power Management mode It cuts all the power supplied to peripherals except to Memory max power saving It saves and keeps all o
59. ward Plug amp Play BIOS Built in AC97 Digital Audio by VT82C686B Dual full duplex Direct Sound channels H W Sound Blaster Pro for DOS legacy compatibility FM synthesis for legacy compatibility Supports game and MIDI port EXTENDED FUNCTION Supports exclusive USDM Unified System Diagnostic Manager and Hardware Monitoring Function by VT82C686B Supports exclusive KBPO KeyBoard Power On Supports Wake On LAN Function Supports Wake On Modem Function Supports STR Suspend To Ram function Supports CPU Vcore amp DDR Voltage settings via Jumper Supports CPU Clock amp Multiplier settings via BIOS amp Jumper 80 Port Debug POST Card onboard design with 7 segment LED display Supports POSTMAN Power On Self Test with Human like voice alarm Optional FORM FACTOR 305mm x 245mm ATX Size Page 2 2 Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION v EN DAI DOTTI Lung iif alll Tested To Coaply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE 1I3333K 3 K3AAAAFXAA KKKKNN ARTI RAFIINTAIAI IPIIIFIIIIIIIIIIIPIIIIIIDI IDIIDIIIBIRI une SI tap amp TELG n we SAN Avesa pred A VE Da rs Ue n 3 se CHRSSTS FAN JI Page 3 1 Installation Mainboard Detailed Layout Mouse T Top JP131000 CPU Socket A J4 aa Tai 35 ea pH Keyboard CPU FAN Fo To ATX PWR FAN es re POWER CONN a DE op USB 1 ua ay EE
60. wed by a port amp interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips Reserved C 1 Appendix OEh Test FOOOh segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 1th Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take

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