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815TM / 815TM5 Pentium !!! Micro - ATX MAINBOARD

1. 1 2 3 Fan Signal 3 3 20 CN18 Audio Game Connector There is the 3D PCI audio interface installed on the mainboard Please refer to the following picture for the connection 1 SPK_OUT 2 LINE IN 3 MIC IN 4 GAME MIDI PORT 3 14 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 21 CN19 VGA Connector The VGA connector on the board is the AGP VGA interface and you can connect it directly to your VGA monitor CN19 VGA CONNECTOR U5
2. Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 6 CN3 Serial Port COM 1 Connector 3 3 7 CN4 Serial Port COM 2 Connector Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP Ping assignment of serial port connector CN4 Pin __ Signal name Pin Signal name 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RD Received Data 3 TD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicator 10 N C I O address 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H IRQ3 IRQ4 selected by CMOS setup 3 3 8 CNS Parallel Port Connector Supports SPP EPP ECP modes IRQ7 or IRQ5 is selectable ECP mode will use either DMA channel 3 or channel 1 which can be selected in the CMOS setup Parallel Port 3 9 HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard 3 3 9 CN6 USB 1 Universal Serial Bus Connector 3 3 10 CN7 USB 2 Universal Serial Bus Connector CN6 USB 1 CN7 USB 2
3. CN11 1 SB LINK SB Link is designed for PCI sound cards such as CreativeTM EMU8008 sound chip Pin assignment of SB LINK Connector Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 GNT 2 Ground 3 Key notch 4 REQ 5 Ground 6 SERIRQ 3 11 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 15 CN12 IR FIR Infrared Rays Connector 5VDC NO CONNECTION IR INFRARED RAYS CONNECTOR IR RECEIVE GROUND IR TRANSMIT 3 3 16 CN13 Cooling FAN 1 Power Connector The Cooling Fan1 power connector can be connected to the CPU cooling fan or chassis cooling fan so that it will cool down the system temperature GND 12V Fan Signal F M m
4. sr a E 3 3 11 CN8 Floppy Disk Connector Use IRQ6 DMA channel 2 3 10 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 12 CN9 IDE 1 Connector Primary IDE Port 1FOH IRQ 14 3 3 13 CN10 IDE 2 Connector Secondary IDE Port 170H IRQ 15 CN10 IDE 2 CN9 IDE 1
5. FB n CO 5 n E SHORT Normal Setting OPEN Clear Password CLEAR POWER ON PASSWORD How to use JP9 to clear the Power On Password 1 Unplug the AC power cable from the PC system 2 Open the cabinet of the PC system 3 Make the short connection on JP9 by using a mini jumper 4 After 3 5 seconds remove the mini jumper from JP9 5 Close the cabinet and Re connect the AC power cable 6 Power on the PC system and then run BIOS setup program to reconfigure the PC system IMPORTANT When you have used JP9 to clear the Power On password the BIOS setting which is saved in the CMOS memory will be cleared as well So please run the BIOS setup program to configure the parameters of the PC system or use Load Optimized Defaults and have the optimized parameters loaded into the BIOS setup program 3 26 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP E JP11 Clear CMOS Data Button In case that you made improper setting in the BIOS setup program and cause the PC system not working you may use JP9 to clear all the setting which is recorded in the CMOS memory
6. md HE L 1 2 Short Normal Setting 2 3 Short Clear CMOS CLEAR CMOS MEMORY Note Improper BIOS setting may cause hang up to the PC system Should it be happened you may use JP9 to clear the information which is stored in the CMOS memory and get the PC system back to normal Improper connection may cause permanent damage to the mainboard Please refer to the following steps to clear the CMOS 1 Unplug the AC power cable from the PC system 2 Open the cabinet of the PC system 3 Put the mini jumper on pin 2 3 of JPII around 3 to 5 seconds and then return it to the original position pin 1 2 4 Close the cabinet and Re connect the AC power cable 5 Power on the PC system and then run BIOS setup program to reconfigure the PC system IMPORTANT After you have used JP11 and clear the setting which is saved in the CMOS memory we suggest that you use Load Optimized Defaults and have the optimized parameters loaded into the BIOS setup program Such parameters were fine tuned and they will let you have the optimized performance and stability 3 27 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP F SW1 FSB Clock Selection SW1 is designed on the board to choose the CPU FSB clock Front Side Bus Cloc
7. This option will save all setup values to CMOS RAM amp EXIT SETUP routine Move the selection bar to SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and pressing Enter key then types Y and Enter key the values will be saved and all the information will be stored in the CMOS memory and then the setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot Move the selection bar to Save amp Exit Setup and click on the Enter key then you will be asked to confirm the action to save press the Y and Enter key the setup information will be saved into the CMOS memory and the system will start to reboot 4 27 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 16 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit tl lt _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Select this field will exit the setup routine without saving any changed values to CMOS RAM When you do not want to save your change to the CMOS memory you may choose to run this option and the settin
8. 3 3 22 CN21 CN22 CD IN Connector The CD IN connectors on the board can be used to connect to the CD ROM audio out There are two different types of connectors which can be used to connect with the CD ROM audio output Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP Note You may find that there is the audio cable comes with the CD ROM drive However the pin assignment and outlook of the audio cable can be different from different vendors There are two CD IN connectors designed on the mainboard which will meet most of the CD cable requirement In case that you can not hear the CD audio output from the onboard audio interface please refer to the following pin assignment of the CD IN connector and make the proper audio cable connection PIN ASSIGNMENT of CN21 PIN ASSIGNMENT of CN22 PIN PIN NAME PIN PIN NAME 1 Left channel audio out 1 GND 2 GND 2 Left channel audio out 3 GND 3 GND 4 Right channel audio out 4 Right channel audio out 3 3 23 CN23 TV OUT Connector optional There is the TV OUT interf
9. 3 12 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 17 CN15 ATX Power Connector Be EE anne lk Gla Socket E 370 1 TE In rs E HHA A ous aaa 3 3 18 CN16 WOL Wake On LAN Connector In order to use the WOL LAN card to trigger the power of the PC system the switching power supply must be able to provide at least 1A current driving ability on the 5V standby voltage 5V Standby Ground WOL Signal A 3 13 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 19 CN17 Cooling FAN2 Power Connector The Cooling Fan2 power connector can be connected to the CPU cooling fan or chassis cooling fan so that it will cool down the system temperature
10. This item allows you to select IR transmission routes one is RxD2m TxD2 COM Port and the other is IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port Default setting 378 IRQ7 Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port The choice 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 Disabled ECP Mode Use DMA Default setting 3 The Parallel port on the mainboard support ECP EPP ECP EPP SPP and SPP modes When you select ECP mode you may specify the DMA for the parallel port so that it will support ECP mode properly Game Port Address Default setting 201 This field allows you to select the I O address for the onboard Game port Midi Port Address Default setting 330 This field allows you to select the I O address for the onboard Midi port Midi Port IRQ Default setting 10 This field allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard Midi port 4 16 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type Modem Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BTTN Power on by Ring LAN CPU Thermal throttling Resume by Alarm X Date of Month Alarm X TIME HH MM SS ALARM Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary
11. SB LINK PORTS Optional One SB LINK feature connector to support PCI sound cards such as Creative Labs EMU8008 sound chip USB PORTS Universal Serial Bus 815TM Two USB ports 815TMS Five USB ports IDE PORTS Two channels of Ultra DMA 33 or Ultra DMA 66 Bus Master IDE ports which will support up to 4 IDE devices like IDE hard disk ATAPI CD ROM and LS 120 ZIP 100 devices The IDE ports can be programmed to support PIO Mode 4 DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA 33 66 SUPER I O PORTS One PS 2 Mouse connector and One PS 2 Keyboard connector Two high speed NS16C550 compatible serial ports UARTS One SPP EPP ECP mode Bi directional parallel port One Floppy Disk Control port One HP SIR SHARP IR compatible IR port Consumer Remote Control supports RC 5 RC 6 NEC RCA and RECS 80 6 One digital Game and MIDI compatible with MPU 401 UART mode port 3D SOUND Optional AC97 audio interface is designed on board for 3D Sound Effect AR WN TV OUT Optional One TV OUT connector and daughter board optional for TV display requirement Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION MISCELLANEOUS Three cooling Fan Connectors on the board some of the cooling fan is optional One Chassis intrusion detection connector optional HARDWARE MONITORING optional Winbond W83627HF is designed on the board to monitor hardware healthy status like system voltage system temperature and cooling fans When W83627F is installed on the
12. The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources Default setting Press Enter When resources selection field shown above is manual You can assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt PCI VGA Palette Snoop Default setting Disabled Some display cards are non standard VGA card such as graphics accelerator or MPEG Card which may not display color properly on your screen Enable the setting in this field may correct this problem Please leave it Disabled as the default setting shown above if you are using the normal display card 4 21 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 10 PC HEALTH STATUS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current CPU Temperature 25 71 Currant FANI Speed 4500 RPM Menu Level gt Current FAN2 Speed 4891 RPM Current FAN3 Speed 4591 RPM VCC Core 1 64 V 2 5 V 2 48 V 3 3 V 3 32 V 5 V 4 99 V 12 V 11 97 V 12 V 12 28 V 5V 5 35 V VBAT V 3 08 V SVSB V 5 06 V Shutdown Temperature Disabled The table above allows you to monitor the PC system healthy status You can check on the related field and monitor the status like voltage Temperature When the on board I O controller on the mainboard is Winbond W83627F the status display on the screen above will be disappeared because it does not support the hardware mon
13. When you select default the mainboard will detect the CPU type and choose the proper FSB clock and decide whether to enable the Spread Spectrum or not When Spread Spectrum is enabled the special feature designed in the system chipset will be triggered and reduce the EMI as mentioned in the previous field CPU Clock Ratio default setting X 3 This field allows to select the CPU clock ratio Basically most CPU clock ratio is fixed inside the CPU and user can not change it In this case the setting in this field will make no change to the default CPU clock ratio because it is decided by the CPU automatically 4 23 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 12 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit tl lt _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type If you lost the CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup procedure you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BIOS default table The optimized default value is the suggested setting which will give the best reliability and a
14. 6 CN3 SERIAL PORT COM 1 CONNECTOR ees sseesseessee 3 8 3 3 7 CN4 SERIAL PORT COM 2 CONNECTOR cccc000 3 8 3 3 8 CN5 PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR cccessseees 3 9 339 CN6 USB 1CONNEC TOR sies seed sde sed dese esse de de ds eg 3 10 3 3 10 CN7 USB 2 CONNECTOR esse osse isi ese see esse sees di de ged 3 10 3 3 11 CNS FLOPPY DISK CONNECTOR sees ssee esse esse esse ese ees 3 10 3 3 12 CN9 IDE 1 CONNECTOR ie eessessse skend see sg ed GER ee ig 3 11 33 13 CN10 IDE 2 CONNECTOR siss cssccstecscesscsssssccssesssssacesssdeseee 3 11 3 314 CNI1 SB LINK CONNECTOR seesseesseessee see ees ee ese ee 3 11 3 3 15 CN12 IR FIR CONNECTOR cccccssssssssscsssccssscrsscrees 3 12 3 3 16 CN13 COOLING FAN 1 POWER CONNECTOR 3 12 3 3 17 CN15 ATX POWER CONNECTOR sees seee see ssee sees sesse 3 13 3 3 18 CN16 WOL CONNEGCTOR ccssccisccsssciesessscssnnssonsssstecestes 3 13 3 3 19 CNI17 COOLING FAN2 POWER CONNECTOR 3 14 3 3 20 CN18 AUDIO GAME CONNECTOR eesseeesseesseesseesse esse 3 14 3 3 21 CN19 VGACONNEG TOR ies sesess sie ses ies esss eise s ed ese 3 15 3 3 22 CN21 CN22 CD IN CONNECTOR ccsscsesscssccsscsssessses 3 15 3 3 23 CN23 TV OUT CONNECTOR oivcissecncccssscssscsssccsaccssessossnses 3 16 3 3 24 CN25 AIR BUS CONNECTOR ees sse esse es sees sees see see ee ee 3 17 3 3 25 CN27 COOLING FAN3 POWER CONNECTOR 3 17 3 3 26 CN30 USB 3 GONNEGTOR issie
15. Data Signal Speaker Data Signal Speaker Data Signal No Connection aie nA BU ND PWR LED KBLOCK Front Panel Power LED and Key Lock Connector 1 Pin Signal name 1 Pull up 5V DC for Power LED 2 Ground 3 Ground o 4 Keyboard Lock Le 5 Ground 5 3 21 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 4 JUMPER SETTINGS This section will discuss the jumper setting on the mainboard In order to let you have better idea of the jumper setting please see below for the explanation of jumper settings before you start this section open c gt 00 stort gt l 1 l 2 emo as gt 1 l A jumper is a set of two three or more jumper pins which allows users to make different system configuration by putting the plastic connector plug mini jumper on it The jumper setting is necessary when installing different components onto the mainboard The following jumpers which labeled with optional means they are the optional choice for customers and the related components are normally not populated on the mainboard 3 22 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP A JP1 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse OnNow function selection The Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse OnNow function is designed on the mainboard and you can use keyboard and mouse key clicks to power on the PC system However there may have some keyboard and mouse are not compatible with the OnNow function and that will cause the PC system fail to boot Since we ca
16. Section 4 5 When Setup is selected in Security Option If you want to change the BIOS setting you will have to key in the Supervisor Password so that you can start the BIOS setup program and change the system setting When System is selected in Security Option When turn on the PC system it will request you to enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operation system will not be loaded 4 25 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 14 SET USER PASSWORD CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit tTl lt _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type The User Password can be used to check the user s authority However this password entry is somewhat different to the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD mentioned in previous page The User Password will have different function according to the Supervisor Password and the Security Option setup in Section 4 5 A When there is the password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option When you use the User Password to l
17. UARTs one multi mode Parallel port one PS 2 mouse port one IR interface and two USB ports 815TMS supports up to five USB ports designed on the board for wide variety of peripheral connection According to the requirement from different customers this mainboard will have different feature as shown in the following table Model Name USB Port 815TM Two USB Ports 815TM5 Five USB Ports There are the 3D PCI audio and AGP VGA interfaces built on the board These onboard interfaces are the PnP devices Plug and Play and they are fully compatible with the Windows environment So you don t have to purchase another sound card or VGA card because the onboard interface will meet your multimedia requirement Please refer to Section 3 5 for the installation of the device driver for the onboard audio and VGA interfaces Note Pentium processor is the 32 bit processor with RISC technology which offers several key features such as built in L2 cache 12 stage super pipeline architecture out of order execution etc In order to optimize of its capabilities and performances the 32 bit Operating System such as Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT and OS 2 etc and 32 bit applications are recommended Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 1 2 AIR BUS There is a new interface designed on this mainboard the AIR Bus CN25 The AIR Bus is designed on the mainboard which will give many amazing fea
18. board then there will be no hardware monitoring feature on the mainboard please refer to U5 on page 1 5 The hardware monitoring is a useful feature for the modern PC system For example when the CPU temperature is too high the system BIOS will tell the system board to give a series of beeping alarm and slow down the CPU speed throttling speed so that you can take proper action to prevent your system from damage When you hear the beeping alarm turn the power off and check on the mainboard components to see whether it is working properly or not If you don t know how to handle it send the PC system to your dealer for technical support There is the hardware monitoring program in the CD which comes with this mainboard You can use it to monitor the system healthy status When you find there is the W83627HF installed on US you can install the hardware monitoring program so that it will monitor the system healthy status all the time DIMENSION 4 layers PCB 244mm x 210mm Micro ATX Form Factor double decker I O connector OPERATION SYSTEM This mainboard is compatible with the operation system such as MS DOS Windows NT OS 2 NOVELL Windows 95 Windows 98 etc 1 10 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 UNPACKING The mainboard contains the following components Please inspect the following contents and confirm that everything is there in the package If anything is missing or damaged call
19. find the system is working normally you can always enable this feature so that you don t have to wait too long on the POST First Second Third Fourth Boot Device These fields allow you to decide the sequence of the boot devices When you start up the PC system The system BIOS will try to load the operation system from the device which is selected in the First Boot Device field If the system BIOS can not find the operation system then at will try to find the operation system indicated in the Second Boot Device etc Swap Floppy Drive default setting Disabled When enable this option the device name of the floppy drives will be swapped For example drive A will be treated as drive B and drive B as Drive A Boot Up Floppy Seek default setting Enabled When enabled the floppy drive will be initialized during POST Boot Up NumLock Status default setting On When enabled the NumLock LED will be lightened after the POST and the numeric keypad will be used as the number key At the other hand the numeric keypad will be used as the direction key Security Option default setting Setup This selection field allows you to select how to secure the PC system for you There are two choice selectable Setup and System Before you can apply the security option to your PC system you have to select your own Supervisor Password or User Password in the BIOS setup program When Setup is selecte
20. mainboard can not meet your requirement You want to make the CPU voltage a little bit higher than what is detected by the mainboard In this case you may use the JP3 setting to adjust the CPU voltage When SHORT is selected the CPU voltage will be 0 05V higher then normal setting OPEN Normal Setting SHORT Vcore increased by 50mV Note Use JP3 to change the CPU core voltage does not mean that over clocking is allowed Basically there are many issues which will decide whether over clock will be successful or not For example the VGA card HDD DRAM and CPU etc If any of the device can not meet the over clock requirement you will be failed when over clocking 3 25 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP D JP9 Clear Power On Password In case that you forget the Power On password which you had selected in the BIOS setup program and you can not start your PC system you can always use JP11 to clear the Power On Password
21. mainboard has the ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface designed on the board When the mainboard has the ATX type power supply connected there are several ways to power on the system Please read the following description for all the details O POWER BUTTON The power button can be programmed by COMS setup program and it has different features Please refer to page 3 20 for detail function description O KEYBOARD PASSWORD OR HOT KEY This mainboard allows you to use your personal password or a combination of hot key to power on your PC system When the jumper setting on JP1 is Enabled the keyboard OnNow function will be activated Under this circumstance this mainboard will keeps scanning the keyboard status waiting for the correct password or hot key input even when the system power is off the stand by 5V is still working and the power LED on the keyboard is still active When you have selected the keyboard hot key to power on the PC system you will be able to use keyboard hot key to power on the PC system you can use the power button to power on the PC system all the time Please refer to Section 4 7 Integrated Peripherals When the Password and Hot KEY is selected you will have to reboot the PC system to activate the setting when you see the POST Power On Self Test is completed the setting is changed and stored in the CMOS memory Having finished the procedure you may turn the power off and then y
22. ss sessies se esse seges ig de 3 18 i Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard 3 3 27 CN31 USB 4 CONNECTOR vsscsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssseees 3 18 3 3 28 N32 USB 5 CONNECTOR vtscssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseees 3 18 3 3 29 PUSH BUTTONS AND LED CONNECTORS ssssssssseeee 3 19 3 3 30 SPEAKER AND KEY LOCK CONNECTORS u ssssssssssseeee 3 21 3 4 JUMPER SETTINGS cccsscssssccsssscssssscsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessnssesssessess 3 22 3 5 INSTALLATION OF DEVICE DRIVERS i e eene eers 3 30 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP wicsssssssssssssssssssssscsssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssessssssssssessssses 4 1 Ai GETTING STARTED OE ES Stain att ee aa 4 1 42 VAIN MENEER ME N ee ee ee 4 2 43 CONTRO KEYSER ee Ee Ee Gee ee ee 4 3 4 4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES issscsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssscsesese 4 4 4 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES oessssssssssssesssssssscsssssssssssssssssssesssssesese 4 6 4 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES uiers eers ees eed 4 9 4 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ese eers esse eene ees ee 4 13 4 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP vssesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssscsesese 4 17 4 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION wscssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssessees 4 21 4 10 PC HEALTH STATUS eers a ee ee ee ee 4 22 4 11 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL eens eers eed 4 23 4 12 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS uses esse eens 4 24 4 13 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD uvsssssssssssssssssssssscsssessssssssssssesesese 4 25 4 14 SET USER PASSWORD uoscssssssssssssssssss
23. the BIOS update If you are sure that the new BIOS is correct and nothing is wrong chose Y to start the BIOS update you can chose N and terminate the BIOS update program 8 During the BIOS updating you will see the Programming Flash Memory message display on the screen IMPORTANT you can not stop or reset the PC system when the BIOS is updating 9 When the BIOS update is completed remove the floppy diskette from the floppy disk drive and restart the PC system 10 When you see the PC system start to boot it indicate that the BIOS update is successful 11 Click the del key during the Power On Self Test to trigger the BIOS setup program 12 Chose Load Optimized Default and have the default setting written into the CMOS memory 13 Chose Save and Exit and then restart the PC system 14 Having finished the procedures above the BIOS update is completed Note In case something happened that made you unable to complete the BIOS update You can always use the Portable BIOSTM to recover the system BIOS refer to section 1 2
24. 16 MB Enabled Memory hole supported Disabled Memory hole not supported CPU Latency Timer default setting Disabled This field allows you to configure GMCH s response to CPU deferrable cycle Delayed Transaction default setting Enabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The Choice Enabled Disabled On Chip Video Window Size default setting 64MB This mainboard provides the most DVMT technology Dynamic Video Memory Technology and it will increase the video display performance There is the AGP VGA interface on this mainboard and the AGP display card will use some of the system memory to store 3D texture mapping data to increase the video display performance You may use this field to define the memory size which you prefer to use for the AGP card The memory size selectable in this field can be Disable or 32MB or 64MB DVMT When you select 64MB DVMT it does not mean that the PC system will use that much memory Then memory size defined in this field will be the maximum memory which Windows 95 98 can use to story the 3D texture When you select the 64MB DVMT you will see 1024K memory is allocated as the share memory when you power on the PC system When you start the Windows operation system Windows will allocate the required display share memory dynamically 4 10 I
25. CE When you are changing the setting on SW1 please make sure to remove the power core from the PC system According to the 1815 chipset feature the PC system will hang up if you change the setting without removing the power core 3 28 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP SWITCH SETTINGS The toggle switch SW1 on the mainboard can be used to select the CPU FSB clock In order to let you have some better idea of the toggle switch setting please refer to the following illustration The following pictures will show you how to make the setting on the toggle switch Picture of toggle switch In order to let you have better idea of the switch setting please refer to the following for the detail setting of the SW1 setting CPU FSB Clock SW1 Settiny HON This setting will tell mainboard to detect the CPU type and select CPU FSB clock automatically I 3 4 ON OFF OFF ON HON This setting will tell mainboard to use 66MHz as the CPU FSB clock all the time 1 2 3 4 OFF ON ON OFF HON This setting will tell mainboard to use 100MHz as the CPU FSB clock all the time 1 2 3 4 OFF OFF ON OFF BON This settin
26. IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Item Help S1 POS User Define Blank Screen Yes Stop Grant 3 Disabled Disabled Instant off Disabled 50 0 Disabled 0 0 0 0 Menu Level gt Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled ACPI function Default setting Enabled When Enabled the PC system will have the ACPI function However if you want to use the ACPI function you have to use the most updated operation system like Windows 98 at the same time When installing Windows 98 you will have to give some specific parameter so that the ACPI function will be installed into your PC system please refer to the manual of Windows 98 for the parameters When the ACPI function is installed in your PC system successfully you will find the ACPI function in the power management icon The PW switch mentioned in Section 3 defined by the ACPI is different to the BIOS setup and it always has the higher priority than what was defined in the system BIOS 4 17 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP According to what was defined by the ACPI in Windows 98 the PW switch can be either the Standby switch or shutdown switch When Standby switch is selected the first click on the PW switch will have the PC system turn into standby mode If you want to wake up the PC system you will have to use the devices s
27. Key in the following command under the DOS prompt C gt FORMAT A S 4 When the diskette formatting is completed have the files which you down loaded from the web page copied into the floppy diskette 815TM BIN and AWDFLASH EXE 5 2 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP Step 3 Start to update the system BIOS 1 Have the diskette which we made in Step 2 inserted in the floppy disk drive 2 Start the PC system and click on the del key to start the BIOS setup program Select the Advanced BIOS features and then make sure to select the floppy disk drive is the first boot device 3 Having made the boot seguence selection save the setup and restart the PC system 4 When the DOS prompt A gt appears run the AWDFLASH EXE program You can use AWDFLASH to more detail of the program 5 When you have started the AWDFLASH EXE it will ask you to input the file name of the new BIOS Key in 815TM BIN and then click the ENTER key 6 When you see the message Do you want to save BIOS Y N you may choose Y to have the onboard BIOS copied in to the floppy diskette If you do not want to make the backup copy of the onboard BIOS simply chose N and start to update the system BIO if you want to make a backup copy of the onboard system BIOS then select Y and then give a file name to the backup copy 7 You will see from the screen whether you are going to start
28. M modules on the mainboard made by i815 chipset Please refer to the following table when installing the SDRAM DIMM module System Memory Frequency Setting in CMOS DIMM MODULES AUTO 100 MHz 133 MHz PC 100 Single side 1 OK OK Not supported PC 100 Single side 2 OK OK Not supported PC 100 Double side 1 OK OK Not supported PC 100 Double side 2 OK OK Not supported PC 133 Single side 1 OK OK OK PC 133 Single side 2 OK OK OK PC 133 Double side 1 OK OK OK PC 133 Double side 2 OK OK OK 4 11 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 12 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On Chip Primary PCI IDE On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Support Init Display first AC97 Audio IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON Password Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD TxD Active x IR Transmission Delay x UR2 Duplex Mode x Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Game Port Addres
29. OS support The Choice Auto Disabled USB Controller Default setting Enabled This field allows you to enable or disable the onboard USB controller USB Keyboard Support Default setting Disabled If you re installing a USB keyboard please select Enable in this field Otherwise use the default setting Init AGP Display First Default setting PCI slot When you have both the onboard AGP and PCI VGA card installed in the system you can use this field to decide the display priority Onboard AGP The display will be active on the onboard AGP VGA or AGP slot PCI slot The display will be active on the PCI VGA adapter AC97 Audio Default setting Auto There is the Audio interface built in the system chipset You can use this field to configure the onboard Audio interface or disable the audio interface 4 14 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP IDE HDD Block Mode Default setting Enabled This selection allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive HDD Enabled IDE controller uses block mode Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode POWER ON Function Default setting BUTTON ONLY The Power ON function allows you to select different way to power on your PC system KB Power ON Password When you select KB Password to power ON the PC system in the previous selection field you may enter your personal pa
30. SISTM 81S TMS Pentium Micro ATX MAINBOARD VER Lx USER S MANUAL NO UM 810DM E ese ee se sesse se ee se se ee Ee ER GER Ge Ge ee Ee Ee ER ser Ge ee ee Ge be ee ses ee ses ee se ss en se se see ss PRINTED IN TAIWAN Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER amp SECTION Page 1 EN TRODUETION SS SN es EG Gee ap Ge de Ee Ge eed 1 1 11 OVERVIEW oi esse DE se Ee Ee N ee ee De Ge ed ee 1 1 1 2 AIR BUS EE OE n 1 2 1 3 MAINBOARD LAYOUP sessies eks se ee sedes bl sek ge sede Bee eb Eed de 1 6 TA SPECIFICATIONS sedes sessies Id ed esse idee Ke de ee es de Ge Gees 1 8 2 INSTALLATION sessies Ses ke ese ee ended ee ee ed Ge ee ge vee ee eed ge 2 1 21 UNPACKING se eie Ge GE SE GE N ee eN Ad Ee N ee ee di 2 1 2 2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM 006 2 2 2 3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM sore sesse sissies esse dees iese ds 2 5 3 HARDWARE SET UP ees esse did se ee ees eene ee ed Ee ee eed eg 3 1 3 1 INSTALLATION OF CPU S ssssss ees Es Sense oes ss ee dese ed bedek deep 3 1 3 2 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES eesseesseessee esse esse es see esse 3 2 Bid CONNECTORS iseer deed ee ee See oge ed Rd Ge ee 3 5 3 33 PCISLODT EE EE EE EE 3 5 3 3 2 AMR SLOT sessies GE Ee Ge ee dv ed ede 3 6 3 33 AGP SLOT ER EE AT NE AR oa ssip os Sosa 3 6 334 BAT1 BATTERY SOCKET eeseeseessercerseccorseesoesessoesoesoeeeeesee 3 7 3 3 5 CN1 CN2 PS 2 MOUSE AND K B CONNECTOR 3 7 3 3
31. able BIOS recovering 1 4 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION capability you will be free from the potential nightmare 1 5 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 1 3 MAINBOARD LAYOUT MIC Line SPK IN IN Out Audio Game Bean sw gM ad Soe ANEEEEEEEE NEE PWR LED Speaker Panel VO Chip ATX Power Power LED DERS US Connector 1 6 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION Parallel Port Game MIDI VGA Port Audio Port IMPORTANT NOTICE There is the 3D audio interface on the board Please check the CODEC chip U12 as shown in the above diagram and then choose the proper directory in the CD to install the device driver properly please refer to Section 3 5 note CODEC comes from compression decompression and coder decoder Codec is the technology which is designed to take care of the data conversion for the onboard audio interface In order to make the audio interface working properly you have to install the device driver is properly Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 1 4 SPECIFICATIONS CPU Intel Socket 370 Pentium 300 333 366 400 433 466 500 533 550 600MHz and higher speed processors CPU VCC Switching Voltage Regulator circuits onboa
32. ace designed on the mainboard A TV convert board can be installed on the interface and you may connect your PC system to a TV CN23 TV OUT CONNECTOR Socket 370 Note please contact your dealer for the TV converter so that you will get the proper TV OUT converter Wrong TV converter may destroy the mainboard 3 16 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 24 CN25 AIR Bus Connector The AIR Bus is a revolutionary technology and it will provide you lots of stunning features For example it will rescue your system BIOS from virus attack please refer to section 1 2 for detail function description l CN25 AIR Bus Connector 3 3 25 CN27 Cooling FAN3 Power Connector Optional The Cooling Fan3 power
33. ation problem Unless your system hangs and you can not use the Shut down by O S to power off the PC system please do not use the power button on the front panel to power off the PC system Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP Before you can start to install this mainboard some hardware settings is required to make sure it will work perfectly with the devices which you are going to install in your PC system To configure the mainboard is a simple task only a few jumpers connectors cables and sockets needs to be selected and configured please refer to page 1 5 to see the mainboard layout The following connectors labeled with optional means they are the optional choice for customers and the related components are normally not populated on the mainboard 3 1 INSTALLATION OF CPU There is the Socket 370 CPU connector on the mainboard which is designed for Pentium processor Refer to the following diagram for the CPU socket Socket 370 When you have installed the processor onto the mainboard it will detect the CPU type a
34. ave the power energy This selection will cause the system to turn off the V H SYNC Blank vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend Default setting Yes When you select Yes the screen display will be disabled no display on the screen when the PC system is in the suspend mode Suspend Type Default setting Stop Grant This field allows to select the suspend type you can choose the CPU Stop Grand Suspend or the PwrOn Suspend Modem Use IRQ Default setting 3 This mainboard has the ACPI feature designed on the board and it will wakeup automatically when it detects the incoming modem Ring in signal Before you can use the Ring in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the External modem to your PC system and tell the PC system which serial port connects to the modem by selecting the IRQ in this field officially COM 1 uses IRQ4 and COM 2 uses IRQ3 Suspend Mode Default setting Disabled This field allows you to choose the time interval which PC system will turn into suspend mode The choice Disabled 1 2 4 8 12 20 30 40 Min and 1Hr HDD Power Down Default setting Disabled When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices
35. connector can be connected to the chassis cooling fan so that it will cool down the system temperature GND 12V Fan Signal 3 17 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 26 CN30 USB 3 Universal Serial Bus Connector 3 3 27 CN31 USB 4 Universal Serial Bus Connector Pin assignment of USB connector Pin Pin Assignment 1 5V DC RED WIRE 2 DATA WHITE WIRE 3 DATA GREEN WIRE 4 Ground BLACK WIRE 5 G
36. d you will have to input your Passwords before you can start the BIOS setup program When you select System you will be unable to load the operation system if you don t key in your personal password 4 7 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB default setting Non OS 2 When you are using the OS 2 operating system and the system memory is more than 64MB you will have to select the setting to OS2 otherwise leave this on the default setting Non OS2 for all other operating systems HDD S M A R T Capability default setting Disabled There is the HDD which support the S M A R T technology Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology If your HDD support the SMART feature you may enable this item and it will monitor and report the HDD healthy status to you Note not all HDD support the S M A R T function please make sure that your HDD supports such function so that you can enable it Report NO FDD for WIN 95 default setting NO If there is no FDD installed in the PC system you may select YES in this field so that WIN 95 will KNOW there is no FDD connected to the mainboard Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features SDRAM CAS Latency Time Item Help SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Tre 7 9 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 Menu Lev
37. d HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 CONNECTORS The connectors on the mainboard are either the pin header type or D type connectors they are used to connect the accessories or peripheral devices such as power mouse printer etc Followings are the connectors with its description and the pin assignment which is designed on the mainboard 3 3 1 PCI Slot There are two PCI slots on the mainboard which you can install PCI add in cards Two PCI Slot on the board 3 5 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 2 AMR Slot There is one AMR slots on the mainboard which you can install AMR card One AMR Slot on the board 3 3 3 AGP Slot There is one AGP slot de
38. e discharge all static electricity from your body before touching this mainboard x NOTICE Information presented in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice IMPORTANT NOTICE This mainboard supports the ACPI function and there is the standby voltage always active all the time when the system power is off there is still the standby voltage active scanning the wake up event Whenever you are installing any component onto the mainboard BE SURE TO DISCONNECT THE POWER CABLE iii Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 OVERVIEW This Mainboard is a high performance personal computer mainboard Intel i815 chipset is chosen as the core logic of the mainboard to give the most outstanding performance and reliability It is the Micro ATX form factor with Socket 370 designed on the board for Pentium processor Intel 1815 chipset is a high integration high performance power efficient and high compatibility device which supports Intel and non Intel processors to PCI bridge functionality for the complete PC99 compliant PCI system The Intel 1815 chipset provides two channels of PIO and Ultra DMA33 66 Bus Master mode PCI IDE ports to support the most updated Ultra DMA 66 HDD There are one Floppy Disk controller two high speed Serial ports
39. e you unable to start the PC system If you reset or power off the PC system while the system BIOS is updating you may have to send the PC system to the suppler for troubleshooting because you do not have the system BIOS in the PC system 4 Do not change the onboard flash ROM The flash ROM is the storage device which is designed on the mainboard to store the system BIOS There are different kinds of the flash ROM selling in the market They have different capacity and different architecture If you install improper flash ROM onto the mainboard it may cause unexpected damage to the mainboard So please never change the flash ROM on the mainboard otherwise the warranty will be void Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BIOS UPDATE PROCEDURE Step 1 Download the system BIOS from the web page 1 Visit the following web page http www azza com tw Select TECH SUPPORT Down load AWDFLASH EXE program Scroll the screen downward and find the 815TM mainboard Select the BIOS and start to down load Suppose the file name is 815TM BIN A BW ND Step 2 Prepare for the BIOS updating 1 Windows is the multi task environment and some unexpected interruption can be occurred and stop the BIOS updating Since no interruption is allowed during the BIOS updating so the BIOS updating can not be made under the Windows environment 2 Geta floppy diskette and put it into the floppy disk drive 3
40. ease refer to the table in the next page for details Note When the CPU installed on the mainboard is 66MHz or 100MHz CPU the memory frequency will be 100 MHz all the time despite the setting in the CMOS setup program When the CPU installed on the mainboard is 133MHz you need to pay more attention when configuring the memory sub system please refer to the following table for the memory configuration System Memory Frequency Setting in CMOS DIMM MODULES AUTO 100 MHz 133 MHz PC 100 Single side 1 OK OK Not supported PC 100 Single side 2 OK OK Not supported PC 100 Double side 1 OK OK Not supported PC 100 Double side 2 OK OK Not supported PC 133 Single side 1 OK OK OK PC 133 Single side 2 OK OK OK PC 133 Double side 1 OK OK OK PC 133 Double side 2 OK OK OK Following is some additional information for memory installation for your reference 1 When the setting of System Memory Frequency is 100MHz no matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the board it will force the system memory running at 100MHz 2 When the setting of System Memory Frequency is 133MHz and the CPU is also 133MHz then the memory speed will b133MHz be all the time 3 When the setting of System Memory Frequency is 133MHz but the CPU FSB is 100MHz then the memory speed will be reduced to100MHz despite the type of the onboard DIMM module 3 4 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboar
41. el gt SDRAM PAS Precharge Time 3 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M Disabled CPU Latency Timer Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled On Chip Video Windows Size 64MB AGP Graphics Aperture Size 64MB System Memory Frequency 100MHz SDRAM Speed Selection The first four fields on the screen are used to adjust the SDRAM timing Use these fields to configure the DRAM parameter properly will give you the best performance However improper setting on these fields will cause your PC system become extremely unstable Basically please do not attempt to make the change on these fields unless you are the professional technician System BIOS Cacheable default setting Disabled Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance Enabled BIOS access cached Disabled BIOS access not cached 4 9 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP Video BIOS Cacheable default setting Disabled Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at COOOOh to C7FFFh resulting in better video performance Enabled Video BIOS RAM access cached Disabled Video BIOS RAM access not cached Memory Hole At 15M 16M default setting Disabled In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards Such memory must be mapped into the memory space below
42. g what you made in the BIOS setup routine will be given away Move the selection bar to EXIT WITHOUT SAVING and click on the Enter key then you will be asked to confirm the action to exit press the Y and Enter key the setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot 4 28 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 5 How to Update the System BIOS Before we start to discuss system BIOS update there are some important issues which you need to pay attention on it 1 You can not exchange the system BIOS with another mainboard The system BIOS on different mainboard are different If you take the system BIOS from another mainboard and have it installed on this mainboard you may find that the mainboard fail to boot Even the mainboard from the same manufacturer the content of the system BIOS can be different So please do not exchange the system BIOS 2 Where to get the updated BIOS You can visit the web page of the supplier and down load the updated system BIOS Please note that you will kill the PC system if you have the wrong BIOS written into the PC system So please be sure to double check the system BIOS before you can use it to update the system BIOS 3 No interruption is allowed during the BIOS updating When the BIOS updating please do not restart the PC system or turn the power off Otherwise you will have a fragmentary system BIOS in your PC system and it will mak
43. g will tell mainboard to use 133MHz as the CPU FSB clock all the time i 2 3 4 OFF OFF OFF OFF 3 29 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 INSTALLATION OF DEVICE DRIVERS There is a CD which comes with the mainboard The CD contains the device drivers which is necessary when installing the mainboard Please refer to the following procedures to install the device drivers 1 When you have installed the operation system you will have to install some device driver of the mainboard so that it will work normally 2 Insert the CD diskette into the CD ROM Drive suppose it is D which comes with the mainboard 3 Change the directory to D Driver mainboard Intel 8 1 5 inf 4 Double click on the program Infinst autol exe and the program will install the related device drivers for the mainboard automatically Note i The sequence of the device driver is very important please follow the procedures above to install the related device driver Note You have to run InfInst autol exe to install the related device driver when you are using the Windows 95 98 operation system If you are using the operation system like Windows NT and Windows 2000 you need not to install the device driver because it is supported by these operation systems already 5 Change the directory to Driver mainboard Inte
44. ion and make proper configuration to your PC system Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 3 CONTROL KEYS When you have started the BIOS setup program you will see a list of control key show at the bottom of the screen You can use the keyboard to move the selection bar and choose the proper setting in each selection field Please refer to the following for the definition of the control keys Arrow Keys Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired item Enter Select the desired item F1 Display the help screen for the selected feature ESC Exit to the previous screen PgUp PgDn Modify or change the content of the highlighted item F5 Retrieves the previous value from CMOS data only the current page setup will be retrieved F7 Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table only the current page setup will be loaded F10 Save all changes to CMOS RAM from the MAIN MENU Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue 20 1999 Item Help Time hh mm ss 16 03 33 gt IDE Primary Master Maxtor 91024D4 Menu Level gt gt IDE Primary Slave None gt IDE Secondary Master None Change the day month gt IDE Secondary Slave None Year and century Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Supp
45. itoring When the on board I O controller on the mainboard is Winbond W83627HF you will see the status display on the screen and you will be able to monitor the mainboard healthy status CPU Warning Temperature This item will prevent CPU from overheating Current CPU Temperature This field shows you the current CPU temperature Current FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 Speed Show you the current CPUFAN operating speed Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode 4 22 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 11 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detact DIMM PCI Clk Disabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock PC133 Default Menu Level gt CPU Clock Ratio X3 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk default setting Disabled When Enabled is selected the mainboard will detect the presence of devices on DIMM and PCI slots When there is no device presented on some of the PCI or DIMM connector the clock on the related DIMM and PCI slot will be disabled to reduce the Electro Magnetic Interference EMI Note When you enable this field the system performance will be reduced slightly CPU Host PCI Clock PC133 default setting Default This field allows you to select the CPU FSB clock and the system EMI radiation
46. k Basically you don t have to worry about the FSB clock setting most of the time because it will be detected by the mainboard BIOS automatically However sometimes you may feel like to select different FSB clock for some special purpose In this case you may use the BIOS setting to select different FSB clock or use the switch setting on SW1 to force your CPU to use the selected FSB clock Please do not attempt to change this setting unless you are the technician SW1 1 3 SW1 4 ON ON OFF OFF 100MHz _ OFF OFF SWI 133MHz _ OFF OFF CPU FSB CLOCK SELECTION Note 1 SW1 will have no function unless Default is selected in the CPU Host PCI Clock PC133 selection field in the BIOS setup program refer to Section 4 11 Please do not to make jumper setting on SWI unless you are the professional technician 2 2 When Default is selected you may use SWI to select different speed of CPU clock and force your CPU to use that clock speed instead of letting the system BIOS to select the CPU clock automatically IMPORTANT NOTI
47. l 815 VGA and then choose the operation system to install the device driver of the onboard VGA interface 6 Install the device driver for the on board audio interface The codec see the following picture installed on the board can be different and they will need the different device driver Please refer to the following to install the correct device driver 3 30 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP Onboard Codec on U12 is ad1881A Change the directory to Driver mainboard Intel 815 ad1881A and then choose the operation system to install the onboard audio device driver Onboard Codec on U12 is Cirrus 4299 Change the directory to Driver mainboard Intel 8 15 4299 and then choose the operation system to install the onboard audio device driver 3 31 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 1 GETTING STARTED When you turn the system powered on or reset the PC system the system BIOS will enter the POST routines Power On Self Test routines POST will execute a series of diagnostics and system initia
48. lization and you will see the copyright message displayed on the screen In case that there is any error or malfunction detected the BIOS will give a series of beeping sound or display the error message on screen During the power on self test POST the following message appears at the lower left corner of the screen Press DEL to enter SETUP To execute the Award BIOS CMOS Setup program please press the DEL key when you see the above message displayed on the screen and it will trigger the BIOS setup utility When you start the BIOS setup program you will see the STANDARD CMOS SETUP displayed on the screen as shown in the next page Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 2 MAIN MENU CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Stanndard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit tl lt _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type From the screen above you will find many different setup screen in the BIOS setup program where you can make the setting of the mainboard configuration In the following sections we are going to give explanation of each selection field Please refer to the following sect
49. ll be turned on and start to receive the incoming messages automatically you need to have the software like Award Zero Volt Data Suspend Utility so that you can use the fax utility to receive the incoming fax message To enable the Modem Ring In feature you have to run the BIOS setup utility and enable the Power On by Ring LAN option please refer to Section 4 8 for the settings Note This function is not available when using the internal MODEM card O WAKE ON LAN WOL There is a WOL connector CN16 on the mainboard which is designed to connect to the signal from a LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN feature When such LAN card is installed you may turn on the PC system from the remote server and monitor the PC status To enable this feature you will have to use the BIOS setup utility to enable the Resume by Ring or LAN in the BIOS setup program Note This function will be disabled if you turn off the power before the system can verify the DMI pool data Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 2 3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM There are two ways to power off the system They are Shut Down by Power Button and Shut Down by OS such as Windows 95 and Windows 98 you can choose the Shut Down from the file menu and the system will be powered off immediately IMPORTANT NOTICE Shut down by O S is always recommended because Shut Down by Power Button may cause data lost of wrong configur
50. lso the good performance In case that the CMOS data is corrupted or if you made some CMOS setting and found that the PC system becomes very stable then you may try to load the optimized default value and the CMOS will be changed to its default setting Move the selection bar to the Load Optimized Defaults and then click on the Enter key You will see a screen display ask your confirmation If select Y and then clock on the Enter key The optimized defaults will be saved into the CMOS memory 4 24 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 413 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit tl lt _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type The password entry in this field is different to the Power On Function mentioned in Section 2 2 and Section 4 7 Those password settings are used to power on your PC system However the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD will be used to check the authority when power on the PC system The Supervisor Password will have different function according to the Security Option setup in
51. n not control what keyboard and mouse will be connected to the PC system so there is the JP1 designed on the mainboard to control the OnNow function Please refer to the following picture and select the proper setting on JP1 Keyboard Mouse OnNow Enable Disable Pinl amp Pin 2 Short OnNow Disabled Pin 2 amp Pin 3 Short OnNow Enabled ll i Note The default setting of JP1 is OnNow Disabled If you want to use the Keyboard mouse key click to power on the PC system you have to change the JP1 setting so that the OnNow function will be enabled 3 23 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP B JP2 CPU Voltage Vcore Range Selection optional The voltage regulator on the mainboard will generate 1 3V 3 5V DC to support different processors Basically most mainboards will use the CPU VID signal VIDO VID4 from the CPU to decide the proper CPU core voltage Vcore In case that there is the poor connection between CPU and its socket or uninstall the CPU from the mainboard while the system power is ON Under such circumstance mainb
52. nd decide the CPU voltage automatically So you don t have to make any jumper setting to select the CPU voltage and CPU FSB clock All you have to do is use the BIOS setting to select the CPU clock ratio Most CPU need not to select the CPU clock ratio because it is LOCKED please refer to Section 3 4 for the switch setting or section 4 11 for the BIOS setting 3 1 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 2 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES This mainboard has two DIMM sockets designed on the mainboard as shown in the following diagram Outlook of DIMM modules Single Side DIMM Module SSS EIE EE Double Side DIMM Module 3 2 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP Installation of DIMM modules 1 Minimum one DIMM module must be installed on the mainboard 2 Please use 3 3V PC 100 or PC 133 un buffered DIMM module 3 You can use single side or double side DIMM module on this mainboard 4 You may install single bank or double bank DIMM module on the board please refer to the following to configure the memory sub system 5 Yo
53. ndary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D 4 20 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configuration Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt Default is Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Select Enabled to IRQ Resources Press Enter Reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Setup if you have Installed a new add on And the system Reconfiguration has Caused such a serious Conflict that the OS Cannot boot Reset Configuration Data Default setting Disabled Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot Resources Controlled by Default setting Auto ESCD The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 If you set this field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a gt
54. ntel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP AGP Graphic Aperture Size default setting 64M This field allows you to select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation System Memory Frequency default setting 100MHz Intel 1815 chipset supports PC 100 and PC 133 DIMM modules Basically different setting in the CMOS setup program will decide the memory speed This selection field allows you to select the frequency of the system memory There are three different choices in the CMOS setup program please refer to the following for the details AUTO The system BIOS will read the memory chip information stored in the SPD chip on the DIMM module and then decide the speed of memory frequency automatically 100MHz No matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the mainboard the system BIOS will force the PC system running at 100 MHz 133MHz When 133MHz FSB CPU is installed on mainboard no matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the board system BIOS will force PC system running at 133 MHz However when 100MHz or 66MHz CPU is installed on mainboard the memory frequency will be fixed at 1OOMHz no matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the mainboard Note There are some limitation when installing DIM
55. o the supplier for troubleshooting It can be time and money consuming because most PC dealer can not handle such problem However if there is the AIR Bus on the mainboard users need not to ask for the technical support Change the Portable BIOS to the master mode and then have it connected to the AIR Bus When you power on the PC system Portable BIOS will replace the onboard system BIOS and use the spare copy of system BIOS on the Portable BIOS to start the PC system 5 DO YOU NEED TO HAVE A PORTABLE BIOS AT YOUR HAND Yes and No Of course you can use the Portable BIOS to rescue the system BIOS immediately whenever there is the problem found in your system BIOS However if you do not have the Portable BIOS at your hand you can always get the immediate support from your dealer Because the Portable BIOS is such a simple device and your dealer will surely know how to use the Portable BIOS to rescue your system BIOS With the AIR Bus on the mainboard you don t have to wait for a long time before the PC system can get repaired According to what was mentioned above you can easily find that there are so many potential damages which can be happened to your system BIOS and make you unable to use the PC system any more Obviously AIR Bus is the best solution because it will rescue your system BIOS from all kind of damages It is easy to use and effective With the AIR Bus interface designed on the board plus the Port
56. oard may receive wrong VID signal and send wrong Vcore to the CPU Unfortunately wrong Vcore may destroy the CPU and the mainboard In order to protect the mainboard and the CPU from the unexpected damage JP2 is introduced on the mainboard to control the Vcore within the safe range so that it won t make any damage to the CPU or mainboard because of wrong VID signal Since most Pentium I processors require the Vcore below 2 05V except few Pentium II processors So the default setting of JP2 will control the Vcore between 1 3V and 2 05V so that the CPU and mainboard will have a good protection Please do not change the setting on JP2 unless your CPU needs the voltage higher than 2 05V OPEN Vcore 1 3V 2 05V SHORT Vcore 1 30V 3 50V VI Ta Je ic h n EE he CPU Vcore Range Selection Note When JP2 is not installed on the mainboard then the Vcore range will be 1 3V 2 05V 3 24 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP C JP3 CPU Voltage Adjustment optional Sometimes you may feel that the CPU voltage detected by the
57. og into the BIOS setup program you can only select User Password SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING from the main menu Use Supervisor Password to log into the PC system you will have the complete right to on all BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When turn on the PC system it will request you to enter the Password Without correct password PC system will stop and the operation system won t be loaded B When there is no password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program and they can make all the change in the BIOS setup program 2 When System is selected in Security Option When turn on the PC system it will request you to enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operation system will not be loaded 4 26 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 15 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit tl lt _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type
58. ort Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 63488K Total Memory 64512K IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave These two selection fields allow you to select the HDD type which is installed on the primary secondary IDE port Move the selection bar to the appropriate field and then click on the ENTER key and the system BIOS will detect the HDD type automatically Drive A B These two selection fields allow you to select the type of the floppy drive Check the floppy drive installed in the system and then use this field to select the correct type Floppy 3 Mode Support Default setting disabled This mode is for the Japanese 3 5 inch high capacity floppy disk drive If you have such drive installed in your PC system please select enable otherwise use the default setting Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP Video This selection field allows you to select the display mode Check the video display card installed in the PC system and then use this selection field to choose the proper display mode Halt On This selection field allows you to decide whether the PC system will be halted when the system board detects any error during Power On Self Test Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory These selection fields show you the capacity of memory which is installed in the PC system please refer to the following for the details to decide whether
59. ou can use the keyboard to power on the PC system afterward In case that you forget the Password or Hot Key please refer to the jumper setting of JP9 in Section 3 4 and use JP9 to clear the Power On password setting When Power On password is cleared by JP9 you can use the power button on the front panel to power on the PC system again Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION O PS 2 MOUSE LEFT OR RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON If you have a PS 2 mouse connected to the system you may change the setup in the BIOS and use the mouse click to turn on the PC system power Please refer to section 4 7 for the BIOS setting To use the mouse key to turn on the PC system power the mouse click must be done quickly and continually Basically 2 5 quick clicks on the mouse key left key or right key will turn the power immediately In order to activate the mouse key feature you will have to reboot the PC system after the BIOS setting and wait until the POST Power On Self Test is completed Having finished the procedure you may use the mouse key to power on the PC system afterward Note 1 This feature is not available on the COM port mouse serial mouse 2 To use the PS 2 mouse power on the PC system JPI must be Enabled O RTC ALARM PC system can be waked up by the RTC setting in the CMOS You can set the alarming date and time in the RTC memory When RTC alarms the PC system will be triggered and wakes up automatically on
60. rd supports 1 30V DC through 2 05V DC CPU Core Voltage auto detected by the CPU Note when there is the JP2 on the board and the setting is short than Vcore can be up to 3 5V WORD SIZE Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit PC SYSTEM CHIPSET Intel 1815 chipset SUPER I O CHIPSET Winbond W83627HF or W83627F I O chip W83627HF supports the hardware monitoring while W83627F doesn t FRONT SIDE BUS FREQUENCY 66 MHz 100MHz and 133MHz selectable MEMORY There are two 168 pin DIMM sockets onboard Support up to 1024MB BIOS AWARD Plug amp Play System BIOS 4Mbit Flash ROM EXPANSION SLOTS AMR Slot One AMR slot for Modem Riser card PCI Slots Two 32bit PCI slots AGP Slot One AGP slot for 4X AGP card 1 8 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION ACPI FUNCTIOS PC99 COMPLIANT Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI features are available on this mainboard It will let you have many additional features and that will make your PC system becomes very friendly and convenient Followings are the ACPI features designed on the board 1 Microsoft PC99 compliant fully supports SO S1 and S5 system operating status 2 System resumes by Panel switch Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Modem ring in Phone ring in LAN signal etc 3 One LED onboard for system operating status indicating the S5 suspend status WOL PORTS One WOL connector supports Wake On LAN WOL up designed
61. remain active Soft Off by PWR BTTN Default setting Instant off This field allows user to define the feature of the PW connector it is used to connect the power button The setting can be either Delay 4 Sec or Instant Off Please refer to page 3 17 for details of function description 4 19 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP Power On by Ring LAN Default setting Disabled When Enabled you can use the Modem Ring signal or the LAN wake up signal to power on the PC system CPU Thermal Throttling Default setting Disabled This field allows you the select the CPU throttle rate When CPU temperature is too high the onboard hardware monitoring will tell the CPU to reduce to the throttling speed to protect the CPU The choice available for the CPU throttling rate are 12 5 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 75 0 87 5 Resume by Alarm Default setting Disabled When Enabled you can use the following two selection fields Date of Month Alarm and Time hh mm ss Alarm to select the alarm date and time You can use these two fields to set the date and time which you want to resume the system from Sleep or Suspend mode The Time must be set in a 24 hour format Reload Global Timer Events When Enabled an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time for Standby mode Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Seco
62. round BLACK WIRE 3 18 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 29 Push buttons and LED connectors A series of connectors are designed on the board to connect the push buttons and LED indicators Followings are the details RS Reset Button connector 0 HL HDD LED connector SL Suspend LED PW Power On Off Suspend switch PW SL HL RS 1 RS Reset Button Connector Pin Signal name Pinl amp 2 Function 1 Reset Control Open No action 2 Ground Short System Reset 2 HL IDE HDD LED Connector Pin Signal name 1 5V DC Pull up 2 HDD Active Signal 4 SL Suspend LED Connector This LED will be used to indicate the status of suspend state Pin Signal name 1 Suspend Signal 2 Ground 3 19 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 5 PW Power ON OFF and External Suspend Switch Connector According to the setup in CMOS the PW connector has two functions It can be the Power Switch or Suspend Switch of your PC system please refer to Section 4 7 for BIOS setup If the setup in CMOS is Delay 4 Sec the function of PW will be A When system is po
63. s Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ Item Help Enabled Auto Menu Level gt Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Disabled PCI Slot Auto Enabled BUTTON ONLY Enter Ctrl F1 Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Rx2Tx2 378 IRQ7 SPP EPP 1 7 3 Off 201 330 10 4 13 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP On Chip Primary PCI IDE Default setting Enabled These options allow you to enable disable the onboard primary IDE interface On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Default setting Enabled These options allow you to enable disable the onboard secondary IDE interface IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Default setting Auto The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Default setting Auto Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BI
64. sh ROM Of course you won t be able to use the PC system any more Same as what mentioned above you have to send the PC system to the supplier for troubleshooting 3 WRONG BIOS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE When you feel like to have the system BIOS got updated you may have to visit the web page of the supplier There are so many different system BIOS included there in the web page and you may choose the wrong one Obviously you will be in a deep trouble if you are using wrong BIOS to update the system BIOS Whenever you are down loading the system BIOS from the web page be sure to double check that you are choosing the correct one Otherwise you will find the PC system fail to work when you have the wrong BIOS written into the flash ROM on the mainboard 1 2 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 4 FAULTY FLASH ROM MAKES PC SYSTEM FAILED TO WORK The flash ROM is the programmable device and it has the life cycle Defective flash ROM does not occur very often However once you get a defect flash ROM you definitely won t be able to use the PC system any more Since such problem can not be covered by online support so what you can do is send the PC system to the supplier for troubleshooting and then keep waiting Most users know how important the BIOS to a PC system But it can be easy destroyed because of virus attack or improper handling Once it is damaged there is no way to get the PC system back to work except send the PC sy
65. signed on the mainboard Such AGP slot supports 4X AGP and it will let you have wide range choice when installing the AGP card One 4X AGP Slot on the board Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 4 BAT1 Battery Socket Use the 3 Volts Lithium battery CR2032 BATI Battery Socket Pin Pin name Pin Pin name Battery Positive Ground 3 3 5 CNI CN2 PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Connector CN2 PS 2 Mouse Connector CN1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Dd
66. sssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssssssesees 4 26 445 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP sate ceed cacti Selon 4 27 4 16 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING users ese een ee ee ee ee ee 4 28 5 HOW TO UPDATE THE SYSTEM BIOS ssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssscssssseeseeee 5 1 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard SOMETHING IMPORTANT x TRADEMARKS All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners Xx LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS will have the BIOS default settings loaded into the CMOS memory These default settings will optimize system performance and system stability Load the setup default is recommended when you receive this mainboard or when the system CMOS data is corrupted Refer to Section 4 12 for the procedures Xx DISCHARAGE CMOS DATA Whenever you want to discharge the CMOS data or open the system chassis Make sure to disconnect the AC power first because there is always the 5V standby voltage active in the PC system Without disconnecting the AC power connector from the PC system the mainboard can be damaged by improper operation Xx WAKE ON LAN In order to support the onboard Wake On LAN feature the system requires a special Switching Power Supply Such power supply must be able to provide at least 1A of driving capability on the SV standby voltage Xx WARNING The Static Electricity may cause damage to the components on the mainboard In order to avoid the damage to the mainboard accidentally pleas
67. ssword in this field When finished you may use the password to power on your PC system Hot Key Power ON When you select KB Password to power ON the PC system in the previous selection field you may select a set of Hot Key in this field When finished you may use the combination of hot key to power on your PC system Onboard FDD Controller Default setting Enabled This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The Choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Default setting 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with which I O address The Choice 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select Default setting Normal This field allows you to determine the mode of the UART port RxD TxD Active Default setting Hi Lo This item allows you to determine the active of RxD TxD 4 15 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP IR Transmission delay Default setting Enabled This item allows you to enable disable IR transmission delay UR2 Duplex Mode Default setting Half This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function Use IR Pins Default setting IR RxTx2
68. stem back to the supplier for troubleshooting The system BIOS is so important yet fragile and there seems no perfect protection to the flash ROM In order to provide a total solution to the system BIOS the AIR Bus is introduced on the mainboard and it will have the system BIOS recovered from what was mentioned above How does the AIR Bus works in the PC system The outlook of the AIR Bus is somewhat similar to some of the connection interfaces on the mainboard However there is the priority switching technology designed on the interface and that make the AIR Bus special Different kind of module can be connected to the AIR Bus and give different function to the PC system One of the most significant function designed for the AIR Bus is the Portable BIOS Basically there is the spare copy of the system BIOS stored in the Portable BIOS and you can use it to rescue system BIOS from different degree of damage Please refer to the following description and see how the Portable BIOS will rescue the system BIOS from damage 1 SYSTEM BIOS ATTACKED BY VIRUS Some virus such CIH will kill the system BIOS and make you unable to start your PC system There is no perfect prevention to such virus attack because there is new virus invented everyday Portable BIOS can not be used to prevent virus attack However you can always use the Portable BIOS to rescue the system BIOS from virus attack Users can have the spare copy of the system BIOS
69. stored on the Portable BIOS Whenever there is the virus kill the system BIOS Simply have the Portable BIOS connected to the AIR Bus interface and then turn on the power There is the intelligent software in the Portable BIOS and it will recover the system BIOS instantly Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 2 POWER BREAK OR SYSTEM HANGS WHILE BIOS IS UPDATING Under such circumstance the system BIOS written into the flash ROM is not complete and you could not use it to start the PC system Such problem is very similar to the virus attack So you can use the Portable BIOS to have the system BIOS recovered Same as what is mentioned above have the Portable BIOS connected to the AIR Bus and then power on the PC system Portable BIOS will recover the system BIOS immediately With the Portable BIOS on your hand you may always feel free to upgrade the system without the potential concern 3 WRONG BIOS WAS WRITTEN INTO THE FLASH ROM If you are lucky enough you still can start the PC system and down load the correct one from the internet and update the system BIOS However you may find that the PC system does not work at all when you have updated the PC system with wrong system BIOS Under such circumstance you can use the Portable BIOS and have the system BIOS recovered instantly 4 THE FLASH ROM ON THE BOARD IS FAULTY If the flash ROM on the mainboard is faulty users have to send the PC system or mainboard t
70. the PC system will be halted when the system board detects any error during Power On Self Test Base Memory This field shows you the memory installed below the conventional 1MB space Extended Memory This field shows you the memory installed above the 1 MB space Total Memory This field shows you the total memory installed in the PC system Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level gt CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Processor Number Feature Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Allows you to choose First Boot Device Floppy The Virus warning Second Boot Device HDD 0 Feature for IDE Hard Third Boot Device LS120 Disk boot sector Fourth Boot Device Disabled Protection If this Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Function is enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled And some attempt to Boot Up NumLock Status On Write data into this Gate A20 Option Fast Area BIOS will show a Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Warning message on Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Screen and alarm beep Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Report No FDD For Win95 NO Virus Warning In order to avoid virus infection happens on
71. the date and time which you selected in the BIOS setup program Enable the Resume by Alarm selection in the BIOS setup utility and then you will see the input request for the date and time Resume by Alarm is located in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 8 When you have stored the RTC alarm setting the PC system will be turned on automatically according to the date and time which is recorded in the CMOS memory O MODEM RING IN Everyone knows that a PC system can be used as a fax machine to send or receive fax messages But most people still use fax machine to receive their messages because it is not practical to have the system powered on all day long waiting for the incoming messages Now the problem can be solved because this mainboard can be triggered by a modem ring in signal When you have an external modem installed you can leave the PC system power off Whenever there is the incoming message the PC system will be triggered by the ring in signal and wake up automatically to receive the message for you From now on you can tell your PC system to receive the fax message for you 2 3 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION In order to use the ring in signal to wake up your PC system you will have to use the EXTERNAL MODEM and have it connected to one of the SERIAL PORTS COM or COM2 on the mainboard When the mainboard detects the ring in signal from the serial port the system power wi
72. tures to the PC system One of the most significant and immediate feature from the AIR Bus is the Portable BIOS device The Portable BIOS is an intelligent device which can be connect to the AIR Bus and it will rescue the system BIOS from virus attack and BIOS data lost Why AIR Bus Most modern mainboards use the flash ROM as the storage device to store the system BIOS Since the flash ROM is the programmable device and the data stored in the flash ROM can be destroyed easily Before we start to introduce how AIR bus works in your PC system please refer to the following for the potential risk which you may found with the programmable flash ROM 1 SYSTEM BIOS CAN BE KILLED BY VIRUS There was a virus called CIH virus and it made users start to aware that the virus could also make serious damage to the mainboard Such virus will kill the system BIOS and make PC system failed to work Unfortunately there is no perfect anti virus software which will prevent the system BIOS from virus attack Once the system BIOS is killed by the virus you will be unable to start up the PC system There is nothing you can do about it except send the PC system to the supplier for troubleshooting 2 THE RISK IS HUGE WHILE UPGRADING THE SYSTEM BIOS In case there is the power break or system hangs while you are upgrading the system BIOS you will have a incomplete system BIOS in your mainboard because only part of the new system BIOS was written into the fla
73. u may choose to install DIMM module starting from DIMM1 or DIMM2 6 Maximum memory size 1024MB Configuration of memory sub system Intel 1815 chipset supports PC 100 and PC 133 DIMM modules Basically different setting in the CMOS setup program will decide the memory speed refer to CMOS setup system memory frequency in section 4 6 There are three different choices in the CMOS setup program please refer to the following for the details AUTO The system BIOS will read the memory chip information stored in the SPD chip on the DIMM module and then decide the speed of memory frequency automatically 100MHz No matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the mainboard the system BIOS will force the PC system running at 100 MHz 133MHz When 133MHz CPU is installed on the mainboard no matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the mainboard the system BIOS will force the PC system running at 133 MHz However when 100MHz or 66MHz CPU is installed on the mainboard the memory frequency will be fixed at 1OOMHZ no matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the mainboard According to the feature of Intel i815 chipset there is some limitation when installing DIMM modules on the mainboard Different setup of System Memory Frequency setting in the CMOS setup may have different requirement refer to section 4 6 3 3 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP for details pl
74. uch as keyboard mouse etc which is specified in the Windows 98 ACPI function to trigger the PC system so that it will be back to full on mode For more detail of ACPI function please refer to Windows 98 user s manual for more detail information ACPI Suspend Type Default setting S1 POS This field allows you to select the mode of suspend state Since the S1 suspend type is always enabled in this field Power Management Default setting User Define This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 Doze Mode 2 Standby Mode 3 Suspend Mode 4 HDD Power Down Disable default No power management Disables all four modes Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Min Power Saving Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE Max Power Saving FOR SL CPU Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable User Defined 4 18 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP Video Off Method Default setting Blank screen When you are using the Green Monitor with your PC system there are three modes selectable in this field to s
75. wer off Press this switch the system will power on B When system power is on a The system is in Full ON mode a 1 Click on this switch less than 4 seconds the system will be turned into Suspend mode turn into the GREEN mode a 2 Press and hold this switch for more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off b When the system is in Suspend mode b 1 Click on this switch less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode b 2 Press and hold this switch more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off The setup in CMOS is Instant off A When system power is off Click on this switch the system will be powered on B When system power is on Click on this switch the system will be powered off instantly 3 20 Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 30 Speaker and Key Lock connector The connectors shown in the following picture will be connected to the speaker Keyboard Lock and Power LED connector on the chassis b h j IE DODE E srk vk DDOE PWR LED KBLOCK SPK amp KBLOCK CONNECTORS SPKR Speaker connector Pin Signal name 1 5VDC Speaker
76. your PC system This mainboard provides the virus warning features in the BIOS When you find any warning message displayed your screen please run the anti virus program to see whether your system is infected by a virus or not Enabled A warning message will be displayed on the screen when something attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear on the screen when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU Internal Cache External Cache default setting Enabled These fields allow you to turn on or turn off the Level 1 and Level 2 cache that built in Pentium processors Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking default setting Enabled This option will enable or disable the ECC checking on the CPU L2 cache The ECC checking will ensure the accuracy of the data stored on the L2 cache Processor Number Feature default setting Disabled You can not see this selection field unless you have the Pentium processor installed on the mainboard There is the serial code inside every Pentium processor and it will be accessed by application to show your personal ID If you don t feel like to give your serial code to other people select the Disabled setting Quick Power on Self Test default setting Enabled The Quick Power On Self Test will skip some test and speed up the boot process If you
77. your supplier for instructions before proceeding This mainboard One USER S MANUAL One Cable set for IDE and Floppy devices One CD diskette for device driver and utility program The Virtual Drive included in the CD as a free gift The Virtual Drive is a very powerful tool which will allows you to make the duplication CD titles The Stop Virus anti virus software is included in the CD as a free gift This mainboard contains electrostatic sensitive components and it can be easily damaged by static electricity So please leave it sealed in the original packing until when installing A grounded anti static mat is recommended when unpacking and installation Please also attached an anti static wristband to your wrist and have it grounded to the same point as the anti static mat After the opening of the mainboard carton please observe the mainboard carefully to make sure there is no shipping and handling damage before you can start to install the PC system Having finished all the procedures above you are now ready to install the mainboard to the chassis Please make sure that the chassis is the ATX or Micro ATX type so that the mounting hole will match with this mainboard IMPORTANT NOTICE The standby voltage is always active Whenever you are installing any component on the mainboard BE SURE TO DISCONNECT THE POWER CABLE Intel 815 Micro ATX Mainboard INTRODUCTION 2 2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM This

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