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1. Line in O i Line out O Mic in O i AuD_L_ Return AuD_ L Out Key N C AuD_R_Return AuD_R Out AuD_ Vcc Mic Power END Mic Front audio 2 Line in Line out and Mic in The line in line out and mic in jacks are at location CN3 of the system board A Jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug e Line in Jack Light Blue This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player tape player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc e Line out Jack Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board e Mic in Jack Pink This jack Is used to connect an external microphone 27 AO Hardware Installation Front Audio The front audio connector J allows you to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at the front panel of your system Using this connector will disable the rear audio s line out and mic in func tions Remove the jumper caps from pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 of JI prior to connecting the front audio cable connector Make sure pin of the cable connector Is aligned with pin of Jl If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the jumper caps back to their original pin locations Pins 5 6 and 9 10 short The front audio is disabled default The rear audio is enabled Pins 5 6 and 9 10 open The front audio is en
2. The system board has a standard parallel port Burgundy at loca tion CN7 for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPR ECP and EPP Setting Function SPP Standard Parallel Port Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EGF Extended Capabilities Port Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port BIOS Setting Allows bidirectional parallel port op eration at maximum speed Select the parallel port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information os Hardware Installation 2 5 4 VGA Port OO0O0000000000 OEE E oo0o0o0o0 The system board can only be used with an analog video monitor Connect the monitors 5 pin D shell cable connector to the VGA port Blue at location CN2 If your monitor supports analog video but does not have a I 5 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that choo
3. AGP Driving Value field AGP Driving Value This field is used to select a value for the AGP Driving control We rec ommend that you leave this field in tts default setting BIOS Setup AGP Fast Write Select Enabled to support the AGP Fast Write function AGP Master WS Write Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations AGP Master WS Read Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read opera tions AGP 3 0 Calibration Cycle Set this field to Enabled to support the AGP 3 0 calibration cycle operations VGA Share Memory Size This field is used to select the memory size that will be shared by the VGA OnChip VGA This field is used to select the mode of the onboard VGA The options are 2 0 Mode and 3 0 Mode 65 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 2 DRAM Configuration Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Item Help DRAM Configuration Max Memc lock Mhz iT 2I Memory Timing CASH latency Tels RASH to CASH delay Tred gt Min RASH active timetTras gt Row precharge Time tTIrp Tlae iMove Enter Select PUSPD Value Fi Save ESC Exit 9 Fi iGeneral Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be Identical to this one Current FSB Frequency This field
4. MICROSOFT DIRECT 9 0 SUPPLEMENTAL END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Supplemental EULA IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY These Microsoft Corporation Microgott operating system components Including any online or electronic documentation OS Components are subject to the terms and conditione of the agreement under which you have licensed the applicable Microsoft operating system product described gt f accept the agreement 0 don t accept the agreement nen tao 3 Click accept the agreement then click Next 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Supported Software 4 3 3D Audio Configuration When you install the audio driver the 3D Audio Configuration software will at the same time be installed into your system 3D Audio Configuration is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations It allows you to configure 2 channel 4 channel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects After installing the audio driver and rebooting the system you can run 3D Audio Configuration either from the taskbar or from the Control Panel a Right click the 3D Audio Configuration icon which you will find in the taskbar at the lower right corner of the desktop screen b On your Windows desktop click Start point to Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel dialog
5. REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIGSYS or 3 Press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files Supported Software 4 1 2 Using the DMI Utility D BIOS 2 System Enclosure Chassis Type BIOS Information Processor Handle 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name Memory Module BIOS Version Memory Module BIOS Starting Address Segment E000 Memory Module BIOS Build Date Memory Module BIOS Characteristics eee Size of BIOS ROM 0256K ache Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System Slots T 4 e Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Fxit The four menus located on top of the DMI Configuration Utility screen are Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File and Save DMI File Use the lt or gt left or right arrow keys to select a menu from the Menu bar On the left side of the screen is a list of the system configuration items Use the T or J up or down arrow keys to select an item The commands at the bottom of the screen will allow you to navi gate through the various setup menus Edit DMI Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Edit DMI menu 2 Highlight the ttem on the left screen that you would like to edit by using the or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected
6. amp FOr O 1394 2 a Oa ee Oe LSM 0 LFg VU YY gt A The system board is equipped with an onboard IEEE 1394 port at location CN6 IEEE 1394_1 of the system board It is also equipped with an IEEE 1394 connector at location J9 1394_2 for connecting an additional 1394 device Your 1394 port may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the 1394 port cable to J9 Make sure pin of the cable connector is aligned with pin of the J9 a7 38 Hardware Installation 2 5 7 RJ45 Fast Ethernet Port Bg The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at location CN5 of the system board It allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub BIOS Setting Configure the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the VIA LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more informa tion Hardware Installation 2 9 8 Audio Rear Audio Jacks and Front Audio
7. Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins AMD Athion 64 ADASOOOAEP4AX AAAPC OSSIVPAU _ Gold mark 20 6 Hardware Installation Insert the CPU into the socket until t is seated in place The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU 7 Once the CPU is in place push down the lever to lock the socket The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket Side tab 2 22 Hardware Installation 2 3 3 Installing the Fan and Heat Sink The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Note e Use only certified fan and heat sink 2 e The fan and heat sink package usually contains the fan and heat sink assembly and an installation guide If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purchase the CPU or fan heat sink assembly Do not spread the paste all over the surfa
8. AVVDFLASH EXE You can download them from DF s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AVWDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AVVDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved The current BIOS information will appear in this area File Name to Program 5 ype the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press lt Enter gt BIOS Setup 6 The following will appear Do You Want to Save BIOS Y N This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just In case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press lt Y gt then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press lt N gt 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press lt Y gt to flash the new BIOS 21 Chapter 4 Supported Software 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with a DMI built into the BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked softwa
9. IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the IDE cable into the IDE header J 7 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device use another IDE cable and install one end of the cable into the IDE 2 header J19 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices 46 Hardware Installation Note Refer to your disk drive users manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives one must be set as the master and the other as the slave Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 or ATA 133 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the system board Important If you encountered problems while using a
10. ale TTo o fp The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board Note B If you are installing double rank DDR400 on both DDR I and DDR 2 sockets the maximum DRAM speed will automatically be limited to the speed of a DDR333 However the BIOS provides the option of manually adjusting the speed to DDR400 by selecting 200 in the Max Memclock Mhz field Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS Hardware Installation BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu DRAM Configuration section of the BIOS 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board Pin of the DIM module must correspond with Pin of the socket Notch y y Key Tab Tab Pin Pull the tabs which are at the ends
11. box will appear Double click CMI Audio Config Speaker Output When you open 3D Audio Configuration the default screen that appears Is the Speaker Output This is where you will configure analog output settings to speakers S PDIF This panel is used to configure S PDIF output which provides a low distortion digital data transfer between audio devices Volume Control This panel provides digital volume control for all 6 channels You can regulate each volume to the speaker when playing digital sound SOUrCeS Microphone This panel is used to configure the microphone 4 4 Supported Software Xear 3D Xear 3D is a sound technology for 2 channel virtual surround adjustable multi channel sound field innovative listening mode amazing sound effects and 3D positional audio It has 3 functional blocks Virtual Speaker Shifter Sound Effect and Multi channel Music Demo A complete version of the 3D Audio Configuration manual is provided in the CD Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP operating systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occ
12. fan connec tor on the system board IA Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 4 1 Clear CMOS Data TTT NATIT Tce ER TTo o 1 2 3 1 2 3 a 2 On Normal 2 3 On default Clear CMOS Data If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the keyboard supervisor or user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processors clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below Power off the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP3 pins 2 and 3 to On Wart for a few seconds and set JP3 back to its default setting pins and 2 On 3 Plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor s clock in the BIOS please proceed to step 4 25 26 Hardware Installation a After powering on the system press lt Del gt to enter the main menu of t
13. in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution mono chrome adapters 3 1 1 6 Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors 3 1 1 7 Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard BIOS Setup 3 1 1 8 Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 5 58 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 2 The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation Some entries are defaults required by the system board while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let
14. in the HDD Power Down field 7 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 3 HDD Power Down This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the HDD Power Down mode according to the power saving time selected the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active 3 1 5 4 Suspend Mode This is configurable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the power saving time set in this field the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off 3 1 5 5 Video Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode 3 1 5 6 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 blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initializes display power management signaling Use this option if your video board supports it 3 1 5 7 MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system 78 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 8 Soft Off by PWWRBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management func tion is enabled or di
15. informa tion 4 Press lt F10 gt to update the edited information into the flash ROM 99 Supported Software Add DMI 2 ae Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu Highlight the tem on the left screen that you would like to add by using the T or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item Press lt FIO gt to save information into the flash ROM To view information about the added Items go to the Edit DMI menu Load DMI File Zi Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press lt Enter gt The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press lt Enter gt The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type lt Y gt All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM Save DMI File 2 gt QQ Use the lt or gt arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for save Press lt Enter gt Enter the directory and filename under which you would like the DMI file saved Supported Software 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contai
16. of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel 3 Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack Readme carefully before proceeding to step 3 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation 5 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect 02 Supported Software VIA Service Pack Installation Notes The AGP VxD Driver and VIA INF Driver drivers in the VIA Service Pack are supported in Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 You must first install VIA Service Pack prior to installing any other drivers However this may not be the case for some AGP cards Please read carefully the following information Important The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you install first the AGP cards VGA driver before installing the VIA Service Pack 1Q3 Supported Software 4 2 2 VGA Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS ICON 2 Click VGA Drivers on the main screen The following screen will appear d
17. of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Hardware Installation 2 3 CPU 2 3 1 Overview The system board is equipped with a surface mount 54 pin CPU socket This socket is exclusively designed for installing an AMD CPU 2 3 2 Installing the CPU Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate the 754 pin CPU socket on the system board TT TTT ER TTo o in Hardware Installation 4 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then lifting it up to a 90 angle Make sure the lever is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly 5 Position the CPU above the socket The gold mark on the CPU must align with the corner of the CPU socket refer to the enlarged view shown below Important
18. or documentation for more information 47 48 Hardware Installation 2 6 7 Cooling Fan Connectors EE m Je Power Ground Sense 3 CPU fan Ground Power 3 N C Chassis fan Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector J20 on the system board The chassis fan connector J10 Is used to connect an additional cooling fan The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the CPU fan Refer to chapter 3 for more information Hardware Installation 3 4 iy hey Ground Ground 2 2 6 8 Power Connectors 1020 2V ORs 5VSB Fav PW OK 5V Ground Ground TOV Ground Ground Ground 5V PS ON Ground Ground 3 3V NaN oy Sn Use a power supply that complies with the ATX1 2V Power Supply Design Guide Version I I An ATXI2V power supply has a standard 20 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 pin 12V power connector that must be inserted onto CN9 and CN8 con
19. part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility Introduction Rear Panel I O Ports PC 99 color coded connectors e mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port e mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port e DB 9 serial port e DB 25 parallel port e DB I5 VGA port e 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports e RJ45 LAN port e IEEE 1394 port K8M800 MLYV optional e 3 audio jacks line in line out and mic in I O Connectors e 2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports e connector for external IEEE 1394 port K8M800 MLV optional e connector for external serial port e front audio connector for external line out and mic in jacks e CD in internal audio connector S PDIF in out connector e IrDA connector e 2 Serial ATA connectors e 2 IDE connectors floppy connector e 2 ATX power supply connectors e 2 fan connectors PCB e 4 layers microATX form factor e 24 5cm 9 65 x 23cm 9 06 1 2 Intelligence AMD Cool n Quiet Technology The AMD Cool n Quiet technology allows the system to detect the CPU s tasks and utilization status When the CPU s task slows down the system effectively lowers power consumption by lowering its CPU speed and voltage subsequently decreasing its noise level Introducti
20. system s power Is on this LED will light When the system is In the SI POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second Note If a system did not boot up and the Power Standby LED did not light after it was powered on it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin Assignment HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED HDD LED Power HDD Reserved N C Niet ATX SW ATX power switch PWRBI PWRBT Reserved N C N C RESET Reset switch Ground H W Reset SPEAKER Speaker connector Speaker Data N C Ground Speaker Power PWR LED Power Standby LED LED Power LED Power LED Power or Standby Signal 5 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility The Basic Input Output System BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the R
21. we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage 3 1 8 5 AGP Voltage Control This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the AGP If you want to use the default voltage leave this field in tts default setting Important Although this function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage 89 BIOS Setup 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults The Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Load Fail Safe Defaults Esc Quit FO Menu in BIOS Fi Save amp Exit Setup If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default settings will be loaded BIOS Setup 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Load Optimized Defaults Esc Quit F Menu in B
22. will show the detected FSB of the CPU Current DRAM Frequency This field will show the detected frequency of the DDR SDRAM DIMM Max Memclock Mhz This field is used to select the maximum memory clock If you are installing double rank DDR400 on both DDR and DDR 2 sockets the maximum DRAM speed will automatically be limited to the speed of a DDR333 However you can manually adjust the speed to DDR400 by selecting the 200 option in this field BIOS Setup T 2T Memory Timing 21 timing which provides better system stability is supported in CG or later revisions of the AMD Athlon 64 CPU You can select T or 2T memory timing in this field This field will not appear if you are using a CPU whose version Is older than the CG revision Auto Automatically detects the memory timing IT Sets the memory timing to Performance mode Select this mode for better system performance 2T Sets the memory timing to Normal mode Select this mode if you encounter system instability default CAS Latency Tcl This field is used to select the clock cycle of the CAS latency time The option selected specifies the time before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving tt RAS to CAS Delay Trcd This field is used to select the RAS to CAS delay time when reading and writing to the same bank Min RAS Active Time Tras This field is used to select the minimum RAS active time Row Precharge Time Trp The field is used to
23. you set some features according to your preference Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features GPU Internal Cache External Cache Menu I CPU L2 Cache ECO Checking Quick Power On Self Test First Hoot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For Of OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Video BIOS Shadow Full Screen LOGO Show Small LogotEPA gt Show Enabled Tleei Move 3 Enter Select PU PD Value Fi S Save ESC iExit Fil iGeneral Help F7 0 FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be Identical to this one Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message If necessary you will be able to run an anti virus
24. 4 VIA USB 2 0 Drivers To install the USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click VIA USB 2 0 Drivers The following screen will appear 7 VIA USB 2 0 Driver VIA Technologies Inc VIA USB 2 0 Driver Version 2 58 Lite VIA WinXP SPI USB 2 0 INF file Version 5 1 2600 1106 Welcome x Welcome to the VIA USB 2 0 Driver Setup program This program will install VIA USB 2 0 Driver on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system Q7 Supported Software 4 2 5 VIA LAN Drivers The LAN drivers for Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP support Autorun To install the LAN driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK ICON 2 Click VIA LAN Drivers The followi
25. Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 3 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings for YOU Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the IRQ Resources field 84 BIOS Setup 3 1 6 4 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources assigned assigned Menu Level assigned assigned Legacy I For devices assigned li ith tl assigned assigned assigned assigned Tlee_iMove 9 Enter Select PUCPD Value Fi amp ave ESC Exit Fi iGeneral Help F7 0 FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 5 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 6 Assign IRQ for VGA When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the VGA card installed Your VGA card will need an IRQ only when using the video capture function of the card If you are not using this function and
26. IOS Fi Save amp Exit Setup Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values 9 r2 BIOS Setup 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisors password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want to protect access to setup only but not your system set a supervisors password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Set Supervisor Password t Enter Password ul Esc Quit F Menu in BIOS Select Item FI Save amp Exit Setup Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again Io delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu BIOS Setup 3 1 12 Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set a users passwo
27. K8M800 MLVF K8M800 MLV Rev B System Board User s Manual 80630436 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of tt may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior writ ten permission from the copyright holders This publication is provided for informational purposes only The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to Its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2004 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMD Athlon XP and Athlon are regis tered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc VIA is a regis tered trademark of VIA Technologies Inc Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders Caution To avoid d
28. OO to 59 Second displays seconds from OO to 59 53 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 3 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave Move the cursor to the IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master or IDE Secondary Slave field then press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility E Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Primary Master Access Mode Ti i Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi ave ESC IExit Fil General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automati cally be shown on the screen IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select Auto the BIOS will auto detect the HDD amp CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD amp CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to selec
29. S3 S4 or S5 state PS2MS Wakeup from S 3 S4 S5 This field when enabled allows you to use a PS 2 mouse to wake up the system from the 3 S4 or S5 state USB Resume from S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB device to wake up the system Note lo fully enable the USB wake up function you must install the VIA Suspend Wakeup Patch utility The patch utility is included in the provided CD Refer to chapter 4 for more information VGA When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any VGA activity LPT amp COM Select the port you would like the system to respond and wake up when an event occurs on that port HDD amp FDD When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any hard drive or floppy drive activity PCI Master When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any PCI or bus master activity 8 82 BIOS Setup PowerOn by PCI Card Enabled Ihis field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the system Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the system to wake up Refer to the card s documentation for more information Disabled The system will not wake up despite access to the PCI card Modem Ring Resume When enabled the system will power on to respond to calls coming from an extemal modem RTC Alarm Resume Enabled When Enab
30. SB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system Important P gt e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 215A e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to auto matically power on on the set date and time AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually or let the system power on automatically ACPI The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Introduction 2 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following ttems The system board A users manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 66 00 133 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Serial ATA cable One SATA RAID floppy diskette One O shield One Mainboard Utility CD S NKANKA EKK If a
31. a new device requires an IRQ you can set this fleld to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the VGA card will be available for your new device Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager 85 86 BIOS Setup 3 1 6 7 Assign IRQ for USB When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the USB device connected to your system However If you are not using USB devices and an ISA slot requires an IRQ set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the USB device will be available for the ISA slot Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager BIOS Setup 3 1 7 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature 75 C 7167 FRF Tle iMNove 3 Enter Select PUSPD Value FiB ave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Walues F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 7 1 Shutdown Temperature You can prevent the system from overheating by selecting a tem perature in this field If the system detected that its temperature exceeded the one set in this field tt will automatically shutdown 3 1 7 2 Voltage Battery This field will show the detected voltage of the battery 3 1 7 3 Fan Speed This field will show the current fan speed of the CPU fa
32. abled The rear audio is disabled Driver Installation Install the Audio Drivers An audio software application program will at the same time be installed into your system This program will allow you to configure 2 channel 4 channel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects Refer to chapter 4 for more information Hardware Installation 2 6 O Connectors 2 6 1 CD in Internal Audio Connector Ground Ground Left audio Right audio channel ae The CD in J2 connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card ad Hardware Installation 2 6 2 S PDIF in out Connector bo Ea SPDIF out Key GND ny SPDIF in J ijg y gom The S PDIF in out connector J4 is used to connect external S PDIF ports The S PDIF ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J4 Make sure pin of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin of J4 42 Hardware Installation 2 6 3 Floppy Disk Drive Co
33. al lo VIA S3G UniChromell Graphics Win2K7XP Driver Setup Welcome Welcome to the VlA S3G UniChromell Graphics Win2K lt P Setup Program This program will install the VIA S3G UniChromell Graphics Win2K P on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law coc 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system O4 Supported Software 4 2 3 Audio Drivers The audio drivers are supported in the following operating systems Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Audio Drivers on the main screen The following screen will appear Click Install Device Driver E C Media s Xear 3D Sound Technology Installation Package Jams Your PC into a Hi Fi Sound System Powered By C Media Audio Ci hins Lets you abl
34. al ATA cable to JI5 SATA 2 or JI6 SATA and the other end to your serial ATA device BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard SATA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Configuring RAID on SATA Drives The system board allows configuring RAID on SATA drives It sup ports RAID Q RAID and JBOD The following must be set ac cordingly e BIOS Setting Configure RAID e g creating or deleting RAID in the VIA RAID BIOS You can enter this utility by pressing the lt Tab gt key during system boot up Refer to chapter 3 for more information e Drivers and Utility Install the VIA SATA RAID Drivers and Utility Refer to chapter 4 for more information Hardware Installation 2 6 5 IDE Disk Drive Connectors IDE IDE 2 The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Electronics disk drives lo prevent improper IDE cable installation each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism The 40 pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header Each IDE connector supports 2 devices a Master and a Slave Use an
35. amage to the system e Use the correct AC input voltage range To reduce the risk of electric shock e Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing After installation or servicing cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord Battery e Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced e Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer e Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufactur ers instructions FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part I5 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on 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 Increase the separation between the equip
36. ansactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of performance on the PCI bus when ISA accesses are made 3 1 3 4 Memory Hole This field is used to select the memory area that must not be addressed to the ISA bus 3 1 3 5 VLink Data Rate 8x The speed of VLink which links the North Bridge and South Bridge Is 8x 4x The speed of VLink which links the North Bridge and South Bridge Is 4x 3 1 3 6 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the AGP onboard VGA or PCI first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first initialize the AGP Onboard When the system boots it will first initialize the onboard VGA PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI 3 1 3 7 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM ad dressed at FOOOOH FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system 69 70 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals H UIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter H UIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter F SuperlO Device Press Enter Menu Level a Tlee_i Move Enter elect PUSPD Value Fi S Save ES C Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version
37. ard drive is configured as Slave he master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to for mat it is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 2 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured correctly If rt works the printer can be assumed to be in good condition If the printer remains inoperative replace the printer cable and try again Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters Make sure that the serial device s power Is turned on and that the device Is on line 2 Verity that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer S Troubleshooting Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that Is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the se
38. assionally updated Please go to DH s web site at http www dfi com support download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or software applications 13 Appendix A System Error Message A When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to cor rect something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS FI TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom Enter Setup to correct the error Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BlOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manu facturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturers instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS Is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt his error may have been caused by a weak bat tery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either mono chrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which se
39. cause damage or result to the CPU s or systems instability 3 1 5 13 IRQ Event Activity Detect Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key PS2KER Wakeup From 3 84 85 PS2M8 Wakeup from 3 54 455 Menu Level USH Resume from 3 UGA WI LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD PCI Master PowerOn by PCI Card Modem Ring Resume RIC Alarm Resume H TRQs Activity Monitoring tl Move 3 Enter Select PUCPD Value Fil Save SE eee Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one PS2KB Wakeup Select This field allows you to use a function key or password to wake up the system Hot Key Use any of the function keys between FI and FI 2 to Wake up the system Password Use a password to wake up the system Select this option and press lt Enter gt Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters ype in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt Important If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data by setting JP3 pins 2 and 3 to On BIOS Setup PS2KB Wakeup from 3 S4 S5 The options in this field will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the
40. ce When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU the compound will disperse evenly Do not apply the paste if the fan heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside Peel the strip that covers the paste before you place the fan heat sink on top of the CPU The system board comes with the retention module base already installed Sto ___ Retention module base Hardware Installation 3 Place the heat sink on top of the CPU Now hook one side of the retention clip onto the retention module base by fitting the holes on the retention clip into the retaining tabs of the retention module base Retaining tab Retention clip Retention module base Side View Beroiie radi Retaining tabs Retaining tabs Top View Z3 Hardware Installation 4 Hook the other side of the retention clip the one near the retention lever so that the holes on the retention clip also fit into the retaining tabs of the retention module base Note You will not be able to secure the fan and heat sink assembly in place if it did not fit properly onto the retention module base Retention lever 5 Move the retention lever to its opposite side then push t down to lock the fan and heat sink assembly to the retention module base Note Make sure there is sufficient air circulation across the CPU fan and heat sink 6 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU
41. e ee en 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 Syste Oar Nay OUL ea E 6 Zed SEPA SOI A AEA AT PA FA E E E recreate te A entra anced ET E A U o SEUSS e E E 25 Deo Wear Feil MP OAG E E L P me e cum ee ee E err et 4 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Sl Fare BID Se NUN E E E E 52 3 VARAD DO mentee rs etree eee ee oe eee eee 29 BO WIC AUS Ue G ee E 96 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares Vel SSK Marae chien Otel IAC EE 98 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applicatlons csssssesssssssseess IOI wo OD PIO Ola OA eeen E N 2 AA Installation NoteSreccsssscsssssssessssssssessssssscsssssssscsssssssesessssssessserssesesssssscessssssessesssssesseensse 3 Appendix A System Error Messages PA WAN Dee A IIA 114 AZ Emor Mesage os acesnanniocercorantinenaaiouniensteniaamamciaanse 114 Appendix B Troubleshooting BI Troubesnooine gle eee nen erent a 16 Chapter Introduction Features and Specifications 1 1 Features Chipset VIA chipset North bridge VIA K8M800 800MHz HyperTransport interface Integrated UniChrome 3D 2D graphics controller South bridge VIA VT8237 16 bit Ultra V Link host controller 533MB sec V Link interface Processor The system board is equipped with a 54 pin socket for installing an AMD Athlon 64 up to 3400 processor AMD Athlon 64 provides superior computing for many software applications by allowing both 32 bit and 64 bit applications to run simultaneou
42. e to move the speaker virtually by 5 1 Sy r Xear 30h Tilo de i a 4 Ri F Allows earphones to be T iN in place of rear speakers for more convenience Supports multi chann J positional audio for s EAX gt DirectSound 3D A3D compatible i Ea pa Creates a personalized 5 1 quickly and easily ie Witt tig wj Install Device Driver Wj Install Play3D Demo Program Cancel Next Trademark Acknowledgement EAX is a trademark of Creative Technology Lid AAD ts a trademark of Aureal Inc DirectSound 3D is a trademark of Microsoft Conporation 05 Supported Software 3 The following screen will appear C Media 3D Audio ustallation Program 2 047 Welcome to the C Media 3D Audio Setup program This program will install C Media 3D Audio on your computer Itis oni rea DA a A aana before running this Setup progr Cie Cares o aat Stn ard ten easg any rogans you have tunning Click Next etup progr to continue with the TONNE Ti poani protected by copyright law and international treaties Una authorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any A and 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note The 3D Audio Configuration software which is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations will at the same time be installed into your system 06 Supported Software 4 2
43. een will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA 3668 MCI Modem WIA 3H43 OnChip LAH Menu Level ki Onboard Lan Boot ROM OnChip USB Controller OnCGhip EHCI Controller USE Emulation Tie ifove 3 Enter Select 9 PUCPDUalue FI Save See Fi General Help F5 Previous Walues F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identi cal to this one VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard audio codec Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card VIA 3068 MC97 Modem Auto Select this option when using a primary or second ary modem riser card or audio modem riser card Disabled Select this option when using a PC modem card VIA 3043 OnChip LAN This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN 73 74 BIOS Setup Onboard LAN Boot ROM Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly If you wish to change the boot ROM s settings type the lt Shift gt and lt FIOQ gt keys simultaneously when prompted during boot up Take note you will be able to access the boot ROM s program by typing lt Shiftt gt lt FIQ gt only when this field is enabled OnChip USB Controller This field is used to select the USB ports you want enabled OnChip EHCI Controller If
44. entation for more information If you are using a USB 2 0 device install the VIA USB 2 0 Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse The Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system e Jumper Setting JPI must be set to 2 3 On S5VSB Refer to Jumper Settings for Selecting the 5V 5VSB Power in this chapter for more information e BIOS Setting Configure the USB device wake up function in the Power Man agement Setup submenu IRQ Event Activity Detect section of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 21 5A e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A Hardware Installation 2 5 6 IEEE 1394 K8M800 MLV optional EE E pi 394 1 A lt T RE co N 2 ge w E 3 ob Zz O oa
45. eset button You may also restart the system by pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously When you press lt Del gt the main menu screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility H Standard CMOS Features Esc Quit F Menu in BIOS z Select Item Fi Save amp Exit Setup BIOS Setup 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press lt Enter gt A screen similar to the one below will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date Cmmidd yy gt Time Chh mm ss gt IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Tla iMove Enter Select PUCPD Value Fif Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values Fo Fail Safe Defaults PY Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 1 1 Date The date format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt Day displays a day from Sunday to Saturday Month displays the month from January to December Date displays the date from to 31 Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 3 1 1 2 Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example p m is 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from OO to 23 Minute displays minutes from
46. etup Type Y and press lt Enter gt The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing Is done BIOS Setup 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CNOS Setup Utility Quit Without Saving N gt 7 H Esc Quit F Menu in BIOS z Select Item Fi Save amp Exit Setup Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simulta neously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done 3 2 VIA RAID BIOS The VIA RAID BIOS utility is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have been detected the VIA RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the lt lab gt key to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system using two Serial ATA SATA hard drives 95 96 BIOS Setup 3 3 Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility
47. g S PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device he S PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders 6 channel Audio The audio jacks at the rear panel will support 6 channel audio only when the audio utility is configured to support this function The mic in at the rear will be disabled Use the front audio s mic in jack Introduction Onboard LAN Features e Fast ethernet LAN Phy supports 0 QQMbps e Fully compliant to IEEE 802 3 IQOBASE T and 802 3u QQBASE TX standards e Integrated power management functions e Supports wire for management Serial ATA Interface with RAID e Supports two SATA Serial ATA interfaces which are compliant with SATA 1 0 specification 1 5Gbps interface e Supports RAID Q RAID and JBOD Serial ATA SATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA O specification With speed of up to 5Gbps it improves hard drive performance even in data intensive environments such as au dio video consumer electronics and entry level servers IEEE 1394 Interface K8M800 MLV optional e VIAVT6307 PCI 1394 integrated host controller e Supports two 100 200 400 Mb sec ports IEEE 1394 is fully compliant with the 1394 OHCI Open Host Controller Interface specification It supports up to 63 devices that can run simultaneou
48. gh performance 3D graphics cards It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing z buffering and alpha blending The AGP slot supports AGP 8x with up to 2 1 3GB sec bandwidth and AGP 4x with up to O66MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this system board will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC CNR Communication and Networking Riser CNR is an interface that supports multi channel audio V 9IO analog modem or phone line based networking Introduction Onboard Graphics Features e Integrated UniChrome2 3D 2D graphics controller e Integrated S3 Graphics with 2D 3D acceleration Optimized Unified Memory Architecture UMA Supports 6 32 64MB Frame Buffers size 2OOMHz Graphics Engine Clock 28 bit data buses between north bridge and graphics core e Supports 2D acceleration features e Supports 3D acceleration features Onboard Audio Features e AC97 2 2 extension compliant codec e Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D e AC97 supported with full duplex independent sample rate con verter for audio recording and playback e S PDIF in out compressed digital output e 6 channel audio output via software S PDIF in out S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analo
49. he BIOS Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press lt En ie Set the CPU Clock field to tts default setting or an appropriate bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt Hardware Installation 2 4 2 5V 5VSB Power Select L 23 a 2 On 5V 2 3 On 5VSB default JPI is used to select between 5V and 5VSB power Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use a PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse or a USB device to wake up the system BIOS Setting Configure the PS 2 and USB device wake up function in the Power Management Setup submenu IRQ Event Activity Detect section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 3 CNR Type Select gile AE c TTT TTT TTT TTT f o neeese i JP2 1 2 3 1 2 3 l 2 On 2 3 On Secondary Primary default CNR cards are defi
50. lave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves Your system supports five modes O default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system according to your hard disk drive s timing Mode 0 4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timing Caution Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors 7 72 BIOS Setup Primary Master Slave UDMA and Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for YOU Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode BIOS Setup 3 1 4 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following scr
51. led The default value is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow Is disabled 6 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 17 Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to appear during system boot up Enabled he logo will appear in full screen during system boot UD Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot up 3 1 2 18 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up op 3 1 3 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix AwardBIO CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features H AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter H DRAM Configuration H LDT amp PCI Bus Control Menu Level H Memory Hole ULink Data Rate Init Display First System BIOS Cacheable TleeiMove Enter Select PU PD Value Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS i Fail Safe Def F7 Optimized Defaul Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults imize efaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources These items should not be altered unless necessary he default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The on
52. led you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month and Resume Time hh mmiss fields However if the system is be ing accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Date of Month 0 The system will power on everyday according to the time set in the Resume Time hh mmiss field l 31 Select a date you would like the system to poweron The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mmiss field Resume Time hh mm ss This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to power on everyday as set in the Date of Month field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu BIOS Setup IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The Primary INTR and IRQ3 IRQS fields will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring IRQS COM 2 gt COM 1 Menu Level Hi LPT 29 Floppy Disk LPT i gt RIC Alarm CIRQ Redir gt Reserved gt Reserved gt P 72 Mouse COo processor Hard Disk Reserved Tlee_iMove Enter elect rPU PD Ual
53. lerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typematic Delay Msec fields below 3 1 2 10 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 1 1 Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins BIOS Setup 3 1 2 12 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password Is entered at the prompt 3 1 2 13 APIC Mode Leave this field in tts default setting 3 1 2 14 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board Is USING 3 1 2 15 OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB Select the OS2 option only if the system that is running an OS 2 operating system has greater than 64MB RAM 3 1 2 16 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed Note that some graphics boards require that this option be disab
54. ly time you might consider making any changes would be If you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system 63 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 1 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Aperture ize Item Help 2 4 Mode I Menu Level Hi Driving Control Fast Write Master 1 WS Write Master 1 WS Read 3 86 Calibration cycle UGA Share Memory Size OnChip UGA Tlee_iMove 3 Enter Select PUCPD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults FY Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in rts default setting AGP 2 0 Mode This field allows you to select the AGP mode data transfer rate that your AGP card supports to enable enhanced graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds X provides data transfer rate of up to 264MB sec 2X provides data transfer rate of up to 528MB sec 4X provides data transfer rate of up to O66MB sec AGP Driving Control Set this field to Manual only if there are compatibility problems with some AGP cards When set to Manual you must select a value in the
55. m in case a problem has multiple causes Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on 2 All cables and power cords are tightly connected 3 The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are con nected is working lest the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted prop erly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display lf the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 2 Make sure that the monitor s power switch is on Check that one end of the monitors power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet Check that the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving 2 The monitor has lost rts vertical sync Adjust the monitor s vertical SYNC Move away any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display Make sure yo
56. may not be identical to this one Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility WIA OnChip IDE Device IDE DMA transfer access Enabled OnChip IDE Channe1l Enabled Menu Level FF OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIG Auto Primary lave 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 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled TlaeiMove 3 Enter Select PUSPD Value Fi ave ESC Exit 9 Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one BIOS Setup OnChip SATA This field is used to enable or disable the onboard SATA IDE DMA Transfer Access This field when Enabled will enhance the IDE DMA transfer of an IDE hard disk drive OnChip IDE Channel0 and OnChip IDE Channel These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and second ary IDE controller The default is Enabled Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller IDE Prefetch Mode This allows data and addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip thus reducing access time Enable this field to achieve better performance Primary Master Slave PIO and Secondary Master S
57. ment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver Is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits About this Manual This users manual contains detailed information about the system board If In some cases some information doesn t match those shown in the multilingual manual the multilingual manual should al ways be regarded as the most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the users manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear Click the TOOLS icon then click Manual on the main menu Notice The system board and accessories you receive in the package may not come similar to the information stated in this manual This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more information about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative Table of Contents Chapter Introduction Pele eas AIG DC CTICA VION Sangre diseerecnearesedoanandnanahenncues 7 e acle lt cicioa gcc lt eee en ere een ee
58. n ATAP CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAP CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Hardware Installation 2 6 6 IrDA Connector TATION MTT Tce MT TTo o in IRRX N C I Ground VCC RTX T Connect your IrDA cable to connector J5 on the system board Note The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual
59. n in RPM Revolutions Per Minute 8 BIOS Setup 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Frequency VYoltage Control uto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum CPU Clock Menu Level DIMM Voltage Control AGP Voltage Control Tlee_iMove 3 Enter Select PUSPDSWValue Fi ave ESC 2Exit 9 Fi General Help F5 Previous Values Fo Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be Identical to this one 3 1 8 1 Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI device 3 1 8 2 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in tts default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician 3 1 8 3 CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor The available options allow you to adjust the processors bus clock by MHz increment Important P gt Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processors or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance 88 BIOS Setup 3 1 8 4 DIMM Voltage Control This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the DRAM If you want to use the DRAM s default voltage leave this field in tts default setting Important Although this function is supported
60. nectors respectively The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 2VDC current to the processors Voltage Regulator Module VRM The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greater power supply 49 Hardware Installation 2 6 9 Front Panel Connectors FA ATX SW PWR LED IE S BBREDEEPES E a 9 a a m J14 a aa bel i HD LED SPEAKER RESET HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis AT X SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PYVRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 PVVR LED Power Standby LED Hardware Installation When the
61. ned as primary and secondary Set this jumper according to the type primary or secondary of CNR card installed in the CNR slot 28 Hardware Installation 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports PS 2 Mouse Parallel a r zorre PS 2 K B COM VGA USB l 2 USB 3 4 The rear panel I O ports consist of the following e PS 2 mouse port e PS 2 keyboard port e Parallel port e COM port e VGA port e IEEE 1394_I port K8M800 MLYV optional e USB ports e LAN port Line in jack Line out jack Mic in jack 29 Hardware Installation 2 5 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports The system board is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at location CNI of the system board The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ 2 If a mouse Is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQI2 for other expansion cards gt Warning D Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system To use this function e Jumper Setting JPI must be set to 2 3 On 5VSB Refer to Jumpe
62. ng screen will appear My Dod Copying Files Processing setup MSN Internet 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the system has detected the fast ethernet controller rt will prompt you to install the driver for Windows NT 4 0 The driver is in the LANDRV root directory of the CD Please refer to README for the exact location of the drivers 08 Supported Software 4 2 6 VIA SATA RAID Drivers and Utility If you are configuring RAID on the SATA drives you must install the SATA RAID Drivers On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click VIA SATA RAID Drivers and Utility on the main screen The following screen will appear VIA Setup Wizard InstallShield Wizard Completed The wizard was interrupted before Via YT b420 WTE SATA RAID Driver RAIL Utili could be completely installed The system has not been modified To install this program at a later time run the installation again Click Finish to exit the wizard lt Back Cancel 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system Important Notice for Windows XP 2000 and SATA RAID Users If you are 1 using a SATA drive to install the Windows XP 2000 operating system or 2 you are configuring RAID on SATA drives yo
63. nnector The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector for connecting two standard floppy disk drives To prevent improper floppy cable installation the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism The 34 pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector Is aligned with pin of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J21 on the system board and the other end most connector to the drive you want to designate as Drive A If you are connecting another drive Drive B install the middle connector of the cable to the drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be aligned with pin of J21 BIOS Setting Enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super I O Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information to 44 Hardware Installation 2 6 4 Serial ATA Connectors Bo E a SATA 2 OOT SATA Connect one end of the Seri
64. nnel of the parallel port BIOS Setup 3 1 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Item Help Power Management Option Menu Level a HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Uideo OFF Option Yideo OFF Method MODEM Use IRG Soft Off hy PWRBIN Run UGABIOS if 3 Resume AMD K8 Cool n Quiet control Hammer Fid control Hammer Wid control H TRQ Event Activity Detect Tlee_iMove Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi iGeneral Help FS Previous Walues F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 5 1 ACPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP_ sup ports this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the HDD Power Down field 3 1 5 2 Power Management Option This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the HDD Power Down field is activated Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the HDD Power Down 5 min Max Saving Maximum power saving time for the HDD Power Down min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time
65. ns drivers utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup MAI NBOGARD UTLITyY CD ON Ke8me00 chipset Chipset Drivers De C 1Q Supported Software 4 2 1 VIA Service Pack The VIA Service Pack contains the following drivers e VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver e AGP VxD Driver e IRQ Routing Miniport Driver VIA INF Driver To install VIA Service Pack please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click VIA Service Pack on the main screen The following screen will appear VIA Service Pack 4 5lv Welcome Welcome to the VIA Service Pack Setup program This program will install VIA Service Pack on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion
66. ny of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout K Ex C A al Koo l USB 1 2 E LAN USB 3 4 VIA K8M800 Line in Line out ET A Mi a 100 Clear CMOS P3 AETI MPP PPP 10D CD in IL C E oo NUNNNNANNNANNNNNNNNUNNNAANNNNNANAUUUUEE HENNNUUNI TU S PDIF PCI slot PCI 2 slot 1 CEE IrDA USB 7 8 Pa TOU OU ROR R OURO RE LILRENANI CNR type JP2 ee i lo GEES PEDEUPEE EEE PEDEEUnne 394 2 IEEE 1394 on K8M800 MLYV is optional DDR DDR 2 IDE IDE2 5V 5VSB power select JP1 VT8237 ae TTN Chassis enfi PW RLED LED ATX SW 1 Cu e HD LED RESET SPEAKER Hardware Installation gt Warning Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your system board proces sor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection 2 2 System Memory LL TTT TTT TCE fih gT efelele e Hele
67. o boot from another device 3 1 2 6 Swap Floppy Drive When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this field is disabled and the system Is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function 7 60 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 7 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks When disabled the BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB 3 1 2 8 Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys 3 1 2 9 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key Is still down t will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to acce
68. on CPU Overheat Protection e Monitors CPU temperature during system boot up e Supports shutdown temperature automatic shutdown upon system overheat Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWRBIN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Wake On Ring This feature allows the system that Is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming from an external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2720mA Wake On LAN This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal However If your system Is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 20mA Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 20mA Introduction Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use a U
69. program to locate and remove the problem before any damage Is done Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 98 2000 ME XP or the operating system may not install nor work BIOS Setup 3 1 2 2 CPU Internal Cache and External Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default is Enabled which provides better performance by enabling cache 3 1 2 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the system board come with built in Level 2 cache By default ECC Is enabled to check the Level 2 cache If you are not using this function set this field to Disabled 3 1 2 4 Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On Self Test POST whenever the system Is powered on The BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST To attain the shortest POST time select Ena bled 3 1 2 5 First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish t
70. r Settings for Selecting the 5V 5VSB Power in this chapter for more information Hardware Installation BIOS Setting Configure the PS 2 wake up function in the Power Management Setup submenu IRQ Event Activity Detect section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 20mA 3 a2 Hardware Installation 2 5 2 Serial Port O 000000000000 0 0 ooo0oo0oo0o0o0o00000 The system board is equipped with an onboard serial port Teal Turquoise at location CN4 for COM It is also equipped with a 9 pin connector at location J6 for COM 2 The serial ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 6C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with a modem serial printer remote display terminal or other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 5 3 Parallel Port Parallel G o ec eon oer oe oC OO0000000000 Hardware Installation
71. rd with the System option se lected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup set a users password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features Using users password to enter Setup allows a user to access only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Set User Password t Enter Password u Esc Quit F Menu in BIOS Select Item Fi Save amp Exit Setup Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again Io delete or disable the password function highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu 23 24 BIOS Setup 3 1 13 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility LJ SAVE to CMOS and EIT N gt Y Setup Esc Quit F Menu in BIOS z Select Item Fi Save amp Exit S
72. re is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier With DMI a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a particular computer system without physically going to it Quite often a service call may be unnecessary as the problem can be solved remotely The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration Information about the type and speed of CPU type and amount of memory for each memory slot BIOS revision level types of add in PCI boards and components certain re vision Numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which Is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered 4 1 1 Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility type DMICFG EXE You can download this utility from ftp dfiusa com utilities DMI directory The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 180K of base memory Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by Windows must not be installed You may do this by using one of the 3 meth ods listed below Boot up from a system diskette without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 2
73. rial device works the problem may be due to the onboard I O or the address setting Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 2 Make sure the keyboard Is properly connected Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card Is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system Check the Jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are prop erly set Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations If the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each compo nent into the socket If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults 19
74. sabled if the power button Is pushed and released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 3 1 5 9 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this field is set to Auto the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state This can be configured only If the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 S TRY 3 1 5 10 AMD K8 Cool n Quiet Control Auto Enables the AMD Cool n Quiet technology This function allows the system to detect the CPU s tasks and utilization status When the CPU s task slows down the system effectively lowers power consumption by lowering Its CPU speed and voltage subsequently decreasing Its noise level Disabled Disables the AMD Cool n Quiet technology 3 1 5 1 1 Hammer Fid Control This field is used to manually select the CPU s operating frequency 3 1 5 12 Hammer Vid Control This field is used to manually select the CPU s voltage 77 BIOS Setup Important gt menuai changing the CPU s operating frequency and or voltage are not guaranteed to provide better system performance It may
75. select the row precharge time precharge to active or auto retresh of the same bank 6 68 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 3 LDT amp PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility LDT amp PCI Bus Control Upstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit Bus Width a z z F Downstream LDT LDT Bus Frequency PCI1 Master WS Write PCI2 Master A WS Write FCIi Post Write FCIZ Fost Write FCI Delay Transaction Tleei Nove Enter elect 7 PU FD Ualue Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Upstream LDT Bus Width This field is used to select the upstream data width The options are 8 bit and 16 bit Downstream LDT Bus Width This field is used to select the downstream data width The options are 8 bit and 6 bit LDT Bus Frequency This field is used to select the LDT bus frequency The options are Auto 200MHz 400MHz 600MHz and 800MHz PCII Master 0 WS Write and PCI2 Master 0 WS Write VVhen enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero walit State PCII Post Write and PCI2 Post Write The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS Setup PCI Delay Transaction When enabled this function frees up the PCI bus for other PCI masters during the PCl to ISA tr
76. ses between analog and TTL or digital operation If your monitor has such a switch set it for analog BIOS Setting Configure the onboard VGA in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu AGP and P2P Bridge Control section of the BIOS Re fer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the VGA Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information Hardware Installation 2 5 5 Universal Serial Bus Ports Bo Ex AE E TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT i TEn EEEEEEEEEE USB 5 6 USB 7 8 Four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports Black are at locations CN6 USB 2 and CN5 USB 3 4 of the system board JZ USB 5 6 and J8 USB 7 8 connectors allow you to connect 4 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The USB ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J or J8 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 36 Hardware Installation Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the USB device Refer to your operating system s manual or docum
77. sly on a system 394 is a fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps In addition to its high speed it also supports isochronous data transfer which is ideal for video devices that need to transfer high levels of data in real time 1394 supports both Plug and Play and hot plugging IDE Interface e Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 and ATA I33 hard drives e UDMA Modes 3 4 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 33MB sec Introduction USB Ports The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB I I USB I I sup ports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb sec ond bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals IrDA The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices The IRDA Infrared Data Association specification supports data transfers of 15K baud at a distance of meter BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 98 2000 ME XP Plug and Play compat ible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up e Supports DMI 2 0 function e 4Mbrt flash memory Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a
78. sly on the same platform The operating system and software are able to process more data and access a tremendous amount of memory which improves the overall system performance 21 timing which provides better system stability is supported in CG or later revisions of the AMD Athlon 64 processor You can select the memory timing in the T 2T Memory Timing field of the BIOS Refer to the Advanced Chipset Features section DRAM Configuration section in chapter 3 for more information Important P gt lo ensure proper boot up and operation of your system you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to replacing the CPU Introduction System Memory e Supports single channel 64 bit wide memory interface e Two 84 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets e Supports up to 2GB memory using PCI600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 PC2700 DDR333 or PC3200 DDR400 unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMM Note s If you are installing double rank DDR400 on both DDR and DDR 2 sockets the maximum DRAM speed will automatically be limited to the speed of a DDR333 However the BIOS provides the option of manually adjusting the speed to DDR400 by selecting 200 in the Max Memclock Mhz field Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS Expansion Slots e AGP slot e 3 PCI slots CNR slot optional AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AGP is an interface designed to support hi
79. t 3 1 BIOS Setup Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders Head This field displays the number of read write heads Precomp This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track 4 Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in Al type high density drive 2MB capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 2 in double sided drive 20KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity 55 56 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 5 Video This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type The default setting is EGA VGA EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up
80. t and serial port 2 Disabled Disables the onboard serial port and or serial port 2 UART Mode Select This field is used to select the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA device For better transmission of data your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 angle and within a distance of meter TO 76 BIOS Setup UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full ransmits and receives data simultaneously Onboard Parallel Port 3 78 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPR EPR ECP and ECP EPR These apply to a standard specification and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripheral s manual for the best option SPP Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only ECP Extended Capabilities Port Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed If you selected EPR the EPP Mode Select field is configurable If you selected ECP the ECP Mode Use DMA field is configurable If you selected ECP EPR both EPP Mode Select and ECP Mode Use DMA are configurable ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA cha
81. tting is correct either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy type mismatch System Error Message Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOOOOQH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s 115 Appendix B Troubleshooting B I Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer To efficiently troubleshoot your system treat each problem individually This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the proble
82. u must install SATA drivers from a diskette whenever you are prompted by the system to install the drivers Eor Supported Software If your system board package does not include the diskette prepare a blank formatted diskette then copy all the SATA driver files from the SATA DRIVERDISK directory of the provided CD into the blank diskette You can now use the diskette to install the drivers Note Refer to the VIA SATA RAID manual for information on using the utility Ihe manual is included in the CD 4 2 7 VIA Suspend Wakeup Patch Utility To fully enable the USB wake up function you must install the VIA Suspend Wakeup Patch utility To install the utility I In the USB RESUME FROM 3 directory of the CD double click the USB_Wake_up reg file 2 Click Yes This will update the registry information You can now use the USB wake up function Supported Software 4 2 8 Microsoft DirectX 9 To install please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 9 on the main menu The following screen will appear Installing Microsoft R DirectX R Welcome to setup for DirectX The Directs setup wizard guides you through installation of Directs Runtime Components Please read the following license agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement You must accept the agreement to continue the setup
83. ue Fi ave ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 FS Previous Walues F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be Identical to this one When enabled access to the specified IRQ will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disa bled the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified IRQ 8 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical tems and It Is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnoP PGI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Level b Resources Controlled Hy PCI UGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For UGA Assign IRQ For USB Tlee_iMove Enter Select PU PD Value FI Sauve ESC Exit Fi iGeneral Help FPS Previous Values Fo Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 1 PNP OS Installed If you selected Yes the BIOS will detect the Plug and Play devices for some compatible resources 3 1 6 2 Reset Configuration Data Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD once automatically It will then recreate a new set of configuration data
84. ur video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems to be constantly wavering If the monitor is close to another monitor the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering Power Supply When the computer is turned on nothing happens Z gt Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one If necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive 2 The floppy diskette may not be formatted Format the diskette and try again The diskette may be write protected Use a diskette that Is not write protected You may be writing to the wrong drive Check the path state ment to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive There is not enough space left on the diskette Use another diskette with adequate storage space Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure L Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two hard drives make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the sec ond h
85. you are using USB 2 0 this field must be set to Enabled USB Emulation Off DOS does not support USB device KB MS DOS supports USB legacy keyboard and USB legacy mouse but does not support any USB storage device On DOS supports USB legacy keyboard USB legacy mouse and USB storage device USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However If you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function BIOS Setup 3 1 4 3 Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Superi Device Onboard FDC Contro a P Enabled Onboard Serial Port Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UR2Z Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA TleeiMove 3 Enter Select PUSPDSWalue Fi ave ESC Exit 9 Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 SFE IRQ4 2FE IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manu ally select an I O address for the onboard serial por

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