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1. Default Page 3 5 Installation Section 3 3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The board supports 3 PC133 VC133 168 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Module The DIMMs is for SDRAM Synchronous DRAM DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz 12ns 100MHz 10ns 125MHz 8ns or 133MHz 7 5ns bus speed e When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock variety over the 2 clock Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configuration DIMM 1 Bank 0 1 Synchronous DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 DRAM DIMM 3 Bank 4 5 Figure 6 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 Bank 0 1 Bank 2 3 Bank 4 5 7 SDRAM Na tu 32MB 64MB 128MB None None um 256MB 512MB X 1 Total Memory igg SDRAM SDRAM Maximum 22MB 64MB 128MB 32MB 64MB 128MB None 256MB 512MB X 1 256MB 512MB X 1 scp SPRAM SDRAM SDRAM Manimam 32MB 64MB 128MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB X 1 256MB 512MB X 1 256MB 512MB X 1 Table 1 SDRAM supports 32 64 128 256 512MB DIMM modules We recommend to use PC100 VC100 Memory Module for bus speed between 66MHz and 100MHz and PC133 VC133 Memory for bus speed over 100MHz Using non compliant memory with higher bus speed over clocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system Page 3 6 Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module2. ghost exe clone mode copy src 1 dst 2 sure Example 2 To connect via NetBIOS to another PC running Ghost in slave mode and dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file c drive2 gho ghost exe clone mode dump src 2 dst C drive2 gho nbm Note The slave Ghost can be started with ghost nbs Example 3 To copy drive one second partition on a PC to drive two first parti tion the same PC without final prompt ghost exe clone mode pcopy src 1 2 dst 2 1 sure Example 4 To dump the second partition of drive one to an image file on a mapped drive g ghost exe clone mode pdump src 1 2 dst g part2 gho Example 5 To load partition 2 from a two partition image file on a mapped drive g onto the second partition of the local disk ghost clone mode pload src g part2 gho 2 dst 1 2 Example 6 To load drive 2 from an image file and resize the destination partitions into a 20 40 allocation ghost exe clone mode load src g 2prtdisk gho dst 2 sze1 60P sze2 40P A 16 Appendix Appendix B B 1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx EXE file corresponding to your model form the our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy Run the downloaded xxxxx EXE file and it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable DOS floppy disk Note The DOS floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press lt Enter gt Key 2 You will see
3. DIMMs have 168 pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 8 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 LEFTKEY ZONE CENTERKEY ZONE UNBUFFERED 3 3 V DRAM Figure 7 L n F T i i M BEA oe Td AETIA i nbibili 5 dahinin 5 OT Peo nT Meli LG DE furba balle hei ehi pae THT HEE PAH z PALE ha Puella LIERNA E aT TL tubbiinivbririehiee pi ALEN Figure 8 DIMM Module clip before installation Pe ee I ee o k n Te ee ee ee ee e a sli sli adi ATU HARRAH ETE HTL T ALLLLKIITERERTA TINA GE pa PML LLL i i Ei Figure 9 DIMM Module clip after installation To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket Page 3 7 Installation Section 3 4 Device Connectors parallel port Joystick Midi port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 KEYBOARD E f le e Figure 10 MIC J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector J4 J6 J7 e Power LED Speaker Reset Power On Off Turbo LED HDD LED IR Conn CPU Fan e A plug in for the CPU Fan Power Chassis Fan e A plug in for the chassis Fan Power WOL Wake On Lan Connector IDE1 Ultra ATA 66 100 Primary IDE Connector Blue color IDE2 Ultra AT
4. Top USB 0 Bottom 43a l FDD1 IDE1 Speaker Line in Game Port si VT82C694T MODEM1 AUX4 i 1 1 i fl AGP Slot ae H IDE2 ULL Parallel Port CPU Clock Select JP8 nun JP7 nua COM2 BR VT82C686B PCI Slot 3 Power Loss Recovery LLLLLILLLLILL JP5 m mn 1 i J2 J3 ALLEIELELIREITA OLEE EOE NI tL TELE EET J7 woLkzsi PCI Slot 4 JP1 CLEAR pon feu CMOS USB 2 TOLD EEE EE EEE LI NEARAA LLI LUTE EEE LLII POWER a USB 3 EGEBA TITLE EE PCI Slot 5 Lill TIE E UL E SPK gt ISA Slot 1 iii RESET MOI LLL Figure 1 LICE CUETO CEECEE L TEU EEL Page 3 1 Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 1 CPU Insertion 3 2 Jumper Settings 3 3 System memory Configuration 3 4 Device Connectors 3 5 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO Section 3 1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin orientation by aligning the FC PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip The pin field is keyed to prevent mis oriented insertion co I UM FA
5. Mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled OnChip Sound Auto CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled TJ gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup DRAM Timing By SPD Select Enabled for setting SDRAM timing by SPD The Choice Enabled Disabled DRAM Clock The item will synchronize asynchronize DRAM clock operation Host CLK Sets the memory to run at the same speed with the processor s front side bus If you have CPU at 133MHz FSB amp PC133 memory please use this selection HCLK 33M Sets the memory to run at 33MHz faster than the processor s front side bus We recommend to select this item while your CPU is running at 100MHz FSB and memory is PC133 specification to optimize your system performance HCLK 33M Sets the memory to run at 33MHz slower than the processor s front side bus This selection is suggested to be used under CPU at 133MHz FSB and PC100 memory configuration Page 4 7 BIOS SDRAM Cycle length This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the SDRAM in terms of clocks Default is by SPD 2 Provides faster memory performance 3 Provides better memory compatibility Bank Interleave The item allows you to set how many banks of S
6. choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA USB This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is with VGA USB or not If you have not connect the VGA USB device Can release the IRQ for other device The default is Enabled Enabled Provides IRQ for VGA USB device Disabled Release IRQ for other device PCI Latency Timer CLK The latency timer defines the minimum amount of time in PCI clock cycles that the bus master can retain the ownership of the bus The Choice 0 255 INT Pin 1 to Pin 4 Assignment These settings allow the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot Options available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 amp 15 The defaults are Auto Page 4 19 BIOS 4 7 PC Health Status _ CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PC Health Status Current CPU Temp 31 C 87 F Item Help Current System Temp 0O C 32 F Current CPU Fan Speed 6135RPM Menu Level gt Current Chassis Fan Speed ORPM Ucore L 62V 152 3 22 5 01V 1L2 12V TJ gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Current CPU Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU Current System Temperature This is the Current temperature of the system Current CPU FAN Speed The current CPU fan speed in RPMs Current Chassis FAN Speed The current chassis fan speed in RPMs CPU V The voltage level
7. into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults Page 4 3 BIOS Virus Warning During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and an error message will appear You should then run an anti virus program to locate the virus Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive The default value is Disabled Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the processor s internal cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deactivates the processor s internal cache thereby lowering performance External L2 Cache This controls the status of the external L2 cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the CPU s L2 cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deacti
8. is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup Page 4 23 BIOS 4 11 Exit Selecting Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selec tions stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits
9. of the CPU Vcore Vtt 3 3V 5V 12V The voltage level of the switch power supply Page 4 20 BIOS 4 8 Frequency Voltage Control _ CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Cyrix III Clock Ratio Default Item Help Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level p CPU Host PCI Clock 66 This item is for CyrixIII CPU Ratio adjustment Tl2 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Cyrix III Clock Ratio This item is for Cyrix III CPU ratio adjustment Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it Same applies for PCI slots The default is Enabled CPU Host PCI Clock The mainboard is designed to set the CPU Host PCI clock via BIOS This item allows you to select the CPU Host and PCI clock speed by Enter key The CPU Host speed is auto detected Note Overclocking failure will cause system No display problem At this moment please press Insert key to back to the initial or default setting to boot up your system Page 4 21 BIOS 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a con
10. select your Power Management selection The default is User define Disabled The system operates in NORMAL conditions Non GREEN and the Power Management function is disabled Max saving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Page 4 15 BIOS Min saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode User define Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode PM controlled by APM This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management APM The default is Yes Yes APM controls your PM No APM does not control your PM Video Off Option Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled under current power management settings The default is Standby All Modes gt Off Video powers off after time shown in doze mode setting Suspend gt Off Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting Always On Video power off not controlled by power management Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management The default is V H Sync Blank V H Sync Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the softw
11. socket 370 packing operating at 1 13GHz 1 26GHz VIA C3 Samuel 2 Processors with FC PGA socket 370 packing operating at 733MHz 850MHz CHIPSET VIA Apollo Pro133T AGPset VT82C694T VT82C686B DRAM MODULE 168pin DIMM x 3 for PC133 VC133 Memory DRAM Size 32MB to 1 5GB EXPANSION SLOT PCI x 5 ISA x 1 4X AGP x 1 ONBOARD I O On Chip Multi I O integrated with K B mouse FDD Parallel and Serial Fast IR and Power ON controllers ONBOARD PCI IDE PCI Bus IDE Port with PIO Ultra DMA 100 x 2 Up to 4 Devices Page 2 1 Features ETe _ a i g ig ra M iifii iibelaeii SSS ee I O CONNECTOR PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 style Keyboard USB USB connector x 4 2 for Opt BIOS Award Plug amp Play BIOS Built in AC97 Digital Audio Dual full duplex Direct Sound channels H W Sound Blaster Pro for DOS legacy compatibility FM synthesis for legacy compatibility Supports game and MIDI port EXTENDED FUNCTION Supports exclusive USDM Unified System Diagnostic Manager and Hardware Monitoring Function by VT82C686B Supports exclusive KBPO KeyBoard Power On Function via BIOS Supports CPU Clock setting via Jumper amp BIOS Supports Wake On LAN Function FORM FACTOR 305mm x 200mm ATX Size Page 2 2 Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Mainboard Detailed Layout aaa J4 Mouse CPU FAN Top DIMM1 3 Keyboard Bottom USB 1
12. the Setup utility and restarts your computer Page 4 24 Drivers Installation Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation I CD EXPLORER EXIT DRIVER INSTALLATION Insert the bundled autorun driver CD disk Step 1 Click SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER Install all components recommended Step 2 Click AC 97 686A B AUDIO DRIVER to install Audio Sound Driver Step 3 Click BUS MASTER PCI IDE DRIVER to install Bus Master PCI IDE Step 4 Click USB Driver to install USB Page 5 1 Drivers Installation Page Left Blank Page 5 2 Appendix Appendix A Installation is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk The current market version is for single Client so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition vlutrica tinsi In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Disk vlalrica tiny A 1 Appendix There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at least 2 disks Press the Tab key to move the cursor 2 When restoring to a destination disk all data in that disk will be completely destroyed Disk To Disk Disk Cloning 1 Select the locati
13. the following setup on screen 3 Please key in the xxxxx bin BIOS file name 4 If you want to save the previous BIOS data to the diskette please key in Y otherwise please key in N xxxxx bin Do You Want To Save Bios Y N B 1
14. 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choice Standard ASKIR HPSIR Onboard Parallel port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port The default is 378H IRQ7 Page 4 13 BIOS 378H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7 278H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQS 3BCH Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s LPT port Onboard Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default is Normal Normal Standard mode IBM PC AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode amp EPP Mode ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode The default is DMA3 DMAI This field selects the routing of DMAI for the ECP mode DMA3 This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode Parallel Port EPP Type This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip The Choice EPP1 9 EPP1 7 Onboard Legacy Audio Legacy Audio enabled disabled Sound Blaster Sound Blaster compatible device enabled disabled SB I O Base Address Sound Blaster I O resource selection SB IRQ Select Legacy audio device IRQ selection SB DMA Select Sound Blaster DMA channel selection MPU 401 MPU 401 function enabled
15. 6MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 32 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 64 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 128 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 256 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card AGP 4x Mode Chipset AGP Mode support Options x1 x2 and x4 AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system AGP Fast Write Selecting Enabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X AGP OnChip USB USB Connector The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This controls the activation status of an optional USB keyboard that may be attached The default is disabled Enabled Enable USB keyboard support Disabled Disable USB keyboard support OnChip Sound Turn on off onchip sound device CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four D words of data can be written to the PCI bus without interruting the CPU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled data transfers on the PCI bus where possible make use of the high performance PCI bust protocol in which graeater amounts of data are transferred at a sin
16. A 66 100 Secondary IDE Connector Blue color FDD1 Floppy Controller Connector Black color PW1 ATX Power Connector e 20 pin power connector CD1 CD Audio IN Connector e Pinl CD IN Left Pin2 Pin3 CD Reference Pin4 CD IN Right AUXI Auxiliary Line IN Connector e Pinl Left Line IN Pin2 Pin3 GND Pin4 Right Line IN MODEMI Telephony Connector for Modem audio output e Pinl Audio in Pin2 Pin3 GND Pin4 Mic out to Modem Page 3 8 Installation USB2 USB port header pins for adding two additional USB ports VCC Data Data GND Page 3 9 Installation Device Connectors continued This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turns system off immediately or 4 sec delay you need to push the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off When the system 1s in 4 sec delay mode suspend mode is enabled by pushing the button momentarily Power On Off Turbo LED indicator LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate IR Connector 1 VCC 4 GND 2 NC 5 IRTX 3 IRRX Power LED Power LED connector 1 Power LED 4 NC 2 N C 5 GND 3 GND Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping 1 Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Reset Closed to restart system Installation Section 3 5 External Modem Ring in
17. ARA See A La GAIA XIG AAA AO watts nf K Don t force processor into socket If it does A not go in easily check for mis orientation and debris Make sure the processor is fully in serted into the socket on all sides Figure 3 Page 3 2 Installation Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Note Intels reference design thermal solution is an active heatsink an extruded alumi num heatsink based and a fan attached to the top on the fin array See Figure 5 eee a _ panca Figure 5 Page 3 3 Installation Section 3 2 J umper Settings Pl CI 1 CMOS Clear JP1 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS Power Loss Recovery JPS 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled Page 3 4 Installation
18. DRAM support in your mainboard Default is by SPD The Choice 2 Bank 4 Bank Disabled Memory Hole You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs The default is Disabled Enabled This field enables the main memory 15 16MB to remap to ISA BUS Disabled Normal Setting Note If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment P2C C2P Concurrency This item allows you to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency System BIOS Cacheable This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow ROM to fast RAM The default is Disabled Enabled The option will improve system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Disabled System BIOS non cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable This option copies the video ROM BIOS to fast RAM C0000h to C7FFFh The default is Enabled Enabled Enables the Video BIOS Cacheable to speed up the VGA Performance Disabled Will not use the Video BIOS Cacheable function Video RAM Cacheable This option allows the CPU to cache read writes of the video RAM The default is Enabled Enabled This option allows for faster video access Disabled Reduced video performance AGP Aperture Size The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share The default is 64 Page 4 8 BIOS 4 4MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 8 8MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 16 1
19. E 4 22 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 23 Exit Selena arresi 4 24 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 Appendix Appendix A GHOST 5 1 6 03 Quick User s Guide A 1 Appendix B Update Your System BIOS B 1 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist VY A 1 Y B 1 Y Cc 1 Y D 1 E 1 Y FF 1 Mainboard User s manual Floppy ribbon cable ATA 66 100 Hard drive ribbon cable USB Cable Optional Driver and utility USER S MANUAL Page 1 1 Introduction Mainboard Form Factor The board is designed with ATX form factor the new industry standard of chassis ATX form factor is essentially a Baby AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots allowing them all to hold full length add in cards ATX defines a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I O Only the size and position of this aperture is defined allowing PC manufacturers to add new I O features e g TV input TV out
20. F L n nnnnM nnP F V Clone using arguments This is the most useful of the batch switches and has a series of arguments that define a b MODE COPY LOAD DUMP PCOPY PLOAD PDUMP SRC Mode COPY DUMP LOAD PCOPY PDUMP PLOAD This defines the type of clone command to be used disk to disk copy file to disk load disk to file dump partition to partition copy file to partition load partition to file dump This defines the source location for the operation Meaning Source drive e g 1 for drive one Disk image filename or device e g g Images system2 1mg Source partition e g 1 2 indicates the second partition on drive one Partition image filename or device and partition number Example g images disk1 1mg 2 indicates the second partition in the Image file A 13 Appendix c DST This defines the destination location for the operation Mode Meaning COPY LOAD Destination drive e g 2 for drive two DUMP Disk image filename or device e g g images system2 1mg PCOPY PLOAD Destination partition e g 2 2 indicates the second partition on drive two PDUMP Partition image filename e g g lmages part img c SZEy Used to set the size of the destination partitions for either a disk load or disk copy operation Available y Options F L n xxxxM n F n Resizes the first partition to maximum size allowed based on file system t type Resizes the last pa
21. Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3 5 drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 disk that stores only 1 2 MB the default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the board Pressing the F1 key will display a help message for the selected item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec Security Option Enabled Floppy HDD 0 LS120 Enabled Disabled Enabled On Fast Disabled 250 Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 03 2 Video BIOS Shadow Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup Enabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data
22. PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Secondary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Secondary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Primary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Primary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Secondary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Secondary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Page 4 12 BIOS Init Display First If two video cards are used 1 AGP and 1 PCI this specifies which one will b
23. Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO On the basis of bounded functions in I O chipset the two serial ports are able to support the External Modem Ring in Power ON function Once users connect the external modem to COMI or COMA the mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host s dial up control Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function To innovate a unique feature to benefit users we devoted the easiest and most convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply How to work with it You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function KBPO by pressing any key and BUTTON only to turn on your system Your system will be turned on automatically after releasing the keys To power off you system you can use the Soft OFF function under Windows 95 98 SE ME or Windows 2000 Notes Intel ATX version 2 0 specification recommended you use the power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our mainboard the 5 0VSB standby power only has to be gt 0 24 200mA then you can enjoy this unique benefit Page 3 11 BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Award s ROM BIOS provides a built in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters The modified data will be stored in a battery backed CMOS so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchan
24. Users Manual A Socket 370 Processor based mainboard 133 100 66 MHz Supports PC133 VC133 Memory Modules TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 0 July 02 2001 OLAECO009 Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Table of Contents Page Introduction Components Checklist 1 1 Form F acto aerae Ne E N 1 2 TO Shield Cennector ilaele 1 3 Power On Off Remote 1 3 System Block Diagrammi 1 4 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Installation Mainboard Detailed Layout 3 1 Easy Installation Procedure CPU IDSE TION sraon 3 2 Jumper Setini S niee aca eetelte test 34 System Memory Configuration 3 6 Device CONN CONS perenniter 3 8 Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 11 Award BIOS Setup Man Mela lio 4 1 Standard CMOS Sep niinen 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features 4 7 Intesrated Peripherals ssccsnl ella 4 11 Power Management Setup 4 15 PNP PEL Conuisurationi ii raa 4 18 PC Healt Statis ac an 4 20 Frequency Voltage Control 4 21 Defaults Ment rennene aiae
25. are supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Default is IRQ 3 N A No IRQ is used 3 IRQ3 4 IRQ4 5 IRQ5 7 IRQ7 9 IRQ9 10 IRQ 10 11 IRQ 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN Use this to select your soft off function The default is Instant Off Page 4 16 BIOS Instant Off Turns off the system instantly Delay 4 Second Turns off the system after a 4 second delay If momentary press of button the system will go into Suspend Mode Press the power botton again to take system out of Suspend Mode State After Power Failure This field lets you determine the state that your PC returns to after a power failure If set to Off the PC will not boot after a power failure if set to On the PC will restart after a power failure CPU FAN In Suspend This option is used to set if the CPU fans will turn off during suspend mode The default is Off On The system will turn off the CPU fans during suspend mode Off The system will not turn off the CPU fans during suspend mode VGA When set to On default any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down LPT amp COM When set to On default any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awa
26. ct Backup or Restore Since the user may install other applications in the future he she may design Autoexec bat as a Menu to back up or restore the user defined Image file as follows e Backup Back up Windows and application programs as a file Recent gho Command is Ghost clone mode pdump src 1 1 dst d Recent gho fx sure rb ce Restore Restore types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Windows operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone mode pload src d Original gho dst 1 1 fx sure rb If you select Windows and Application Programs the latest backup file Recent gho is restored skipping the installation and setup of application programs For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions For more information about menu design refer to Config sys and Autoexec bat under Menu in the CD You can also create a backup CD containing Ghost exe and these two files A 11 Appendix Recover CD In recent years well known computer manufacturers such as IBM Acer Compaq etc bundle Recover CDs with their computers to reduce the cost resulting from servicing while at the same time increasing their market competitiveness The following is a simple guide to how to create a recover CD 1 For extremely easy creation of the recover floppy disk use the copy pro
27. disabled MPU 401 I O Address Built in MPU 401 compatible MIDI I O port selection 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H default Game Port 200 207H Built in joystick port support disabled enabled default Page 4 14 BIOS 4 5 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Item Help Power Management Press Enter PM Control by APM Yes Menu Level gt Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method U H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant OF Ff State After Power Failure Off CPU Fan In Suspend OFF gt Wake Up Events Press Enter TJ gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI Function This option allows you to select ACPI Function The default is Enabled Enabled Support ACPI function for new O S Disabled No Support ACPI function You can only change the content of Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to User Define Power Management Use this to
28. e the primary display adapter The default is PCI Slot PCI Slots PCI video card will be primary adapter AGP AGP video card will be primary adapter IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time The default is Enabled Enabled Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Provides higher HDD transfer rates Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDD Controller This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable the Onboard VIA686B s floppy drive interface controller Disabled Disable the Onboard VIA686B s floppy drive interface controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This field allows the user to configure the Ist serial port COM1 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8H IRQ4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COMS3 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM amp 4 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port COMI Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H IRQ4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COMS3 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM amp 4 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s Serial port 2 UART
29. ference between 720K 1 2MB and 1 44MB drive types as they are all 80 tracks Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots The default is On On The keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like the cursor keys Gate A20 Option This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB extended memory The default is Normal Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset hardware Fast The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method Typematic Rate Setting This determines the keystrokes repeat rate The default is Disabled Enabled Allows typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the keyboard controller in your system Page 4 5 BIOS Typematic Rate Chars Sec This is the number of characters that will be repeated by a keyboard press The default is 6 6 6 characters per second 8 8 characters per second 10 10 characters per second 12 12 characters per second 15 15 characters per second 20 20 characters per second 24 24 characters per second 30 30 characters per second Typematic Delay msec This setting controls the time between the first and the second character displayed by typematic auto repeat The default is 250 250 250 msec 500 500 msec 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option This category allows
30. firmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal perfor mance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance system operations Page 4 22 BIOS 4 10 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus user password _ just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The pass word typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the pass word
31. ged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail this will cause data loss in the CMOS only If this does happen you will need to reconfigure your BIOS settings To enter the Setup Program Power on the computer and press the lt Del gt key immediately this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software gt Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Tle Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Tupe Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Page 4 1 BIOS The menu displays all the major selection items Select the item you need to reconfigure The selection is made by moving the cursor press any direction key to the item and pressing the Enter key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configurat
32. gle command The Choice Enabled Disabled Page 4 9 BIOS PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry This item allows you enabled disable the PCI 2 Access 1 Retry The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graph ics Port are executed with one wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled Memory Parity ECC Check If the DRAM chip in your system support Parity ECC check select Enabled Page 4 10 BIOS 4 4 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channeli Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level gt Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled O
33. gram for example Easy CD Creator Note 2 First create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com and Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys Configuration setup file Autoexec bat Auto execution batch file Mscdex exe CD Rom execution file Ghost exe Ghost execution file Oakcdrom sys ATAPI CD ROM compatible driver The content of Config sys is DEVICE Oakcdrom sys d idecd001 The content of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECD001 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the recover CD Use the Recover CD to boot up the system and restore the backup files automatically For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions Note For more details regarding the creation program and method for creating the recover CD please refer to the legal software and relevant operation manual A 12 Appendix Ghost Command Line Switches Reference Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode Batch mode is useful for automat ing installations for backups using Ghost Most of the Ghost switches are used to assist with batch mode operation To list switches from Ghost type ghost exe h clone The full syntax for this switch is clone MODE copy load dump pcopy pload pdump SRC drive file drive partition DST drive file drive partition SZE
34. ion parameters Choose Standard CMOS Setup in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time type of hard disk drive installed floppy drive type and display type Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted use direction keys to move the cursor and the lt Enter gt key to select the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the lt PgDn gt or the lt PgUp gt key CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Mon May 7 2001 Item Help 17 4 Time hh mm ss 26 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 65472K Total Memory 1024K TJ gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Page 4 2 BIOS NOTE If the hard disk Primary Master Slave and Secondary Master Slave are set to Auto then the hard disk size and model will be auto detected NOTE The Halt On field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs NOTE Floppy 3
35. ken a system which has been powered down HDD amp FDD When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down PCI Master When set to On default any event occurring to the DMA control ler will awaken a system which has been powered down PowerOn by PS 2 Keyboard This item allows you to select wake up the system by PS2 keyboard PowerOn by PCI Card In input signal form PME on the PCI card awakens the system form a soft off state PowerOn by LAN Ring When set to Enabled any event occurring to the LAN Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enable rtc alarm resume you could set the date of month and timer hh mm ss any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Primary INTR When set to On default any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Page 4 17 BIOS The PNP PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI ISA IRQ signals when various PCI ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots WARNING Conflicting IRO s may cause the system to not find certain devices CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level gt Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD IRQ Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are DMA Res
36. nboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART 2 Mode Standard x IR Function Duplex Half x TX RX inverting enable No Yes Tl2 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Note If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE Disabled Note The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches 45 cm OnChip IDE Channel0 1 The default value is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE primary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE primary port IDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The Choice Enabled Disabled Page 4 11 BIOS Primary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Primary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave
37. on of the Source drive 2 Select the location of the Destination drive 3 When cloning a disk or restoring the backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure A 2 Appendix 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Phage Pos Disk To Image Disk Backup 1 Select the location of the Source drive Seles Jugs uurs drive oy eligkiny on tus drive par 2 Select the location for storing the backup file Tile oie ru Guay dupe Tu A 3 Appendix 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start ees ft Disk From Image Restore Backup 1 Select the Restore file Fils Wade Su ey dite Tu Appendix 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Mapes piu Partition vlultis ae ring Appendix There are 3 partition functions 1 Partition To Partition partition cloning 2 Partition To Image partition backup 3 Partition From Image restore partition Partition To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operation method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed up ajas lura guur drive wy Glee uu Ariya ey 2 Select
38. ons You can turn Off the system from one of two sources The first is the front panel Power On Off button and the other is the Soft Off function coming from the M B s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system such as Windows 95 98 SE ME or Windows 2000 POWER SUPPLY ry J3 i Case chassis Power ON OFF button J 3 Figure 4 Simple ATX Power ON OFF Controller Page 1 3 Introduction System Block Diagram Socket 3 70 Processor 133 100 66MHz PAC MA 0 13 eee PCI Bridge MD 0 63 133 100MHz H AGP Bus gt and memory MPE 0 7 controller A AGP Slot VT82C694T AC cd 97 e D CD Rom Graphic VT82C686B Video ecisiots I O Bridge e HDD USB 0 1 USB 2 3 ATA 66 100 E Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 y LPT Port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard ISA Slot Figure 5 System Block Diagram Page 1 4 Features Section 2 FEATURES Mainboard Features PROCESSOR Intel Celeron II Processors with FC PGA socket 370 packing operating at 533MHz 850MHz Intel Pentium III Coppermine Processors with FC PGA socket 370 packing operating at 500MHz 1 13GHz Intel Pentium III Tualatin Processors with FC PGA
39. ources Press Enter using a Plug and Play capable operating PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled system Select No if Assign IRQ For UGA Enabled you need the BIOS to Assign IRQ For USB Enabled configure non boot PCI Latency Timer CLK 32 devices INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto TJ gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 7 PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system The default is No Yes Select if you are using a PNP OS No Select if your OS does not support PNP Resources Controlled By Who controlled the system PNP PCI resources The default is Auto Manual PNP Card s resources will be controlled manually You can set which IRQ X and DMA X are assigned to PCI ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards Auto If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically Page 4 18 BIOS Reset Configuration Data This setting allows you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The
40. put joystick modem LAN etc to systems This will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs e Smaller size promotes a smaller system size e I O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2 01 or later The mainboard should be used in an ATX 2 01 or later compliant case e A smaller power supply can be used High integration on mainboard reduces the system costs Expandable I O Single chassis fan for system PCI slots CPU ISA slot ATX power connec tor Floppy IDE 2 connectors 31 2 5 1 4 Bay Bay Figure 2 Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1 2 Introduction I O Shield Connector The board is equipped with an I O back panel Please use the appropriate I O shield figure 3 parallel port Joystick Midi port 4 Figure 3 I O back panel layout Power On Off Remote The board has a single 20 pin connector for ATX power supplies For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On Off feature this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On Off button The systems power On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The board has been designed with Soft Off functi
41. rtition to maximum size allowed based on file system type indicates that the n h destination partition is to have a size of xxxx Mb e g SZE2 800M indicates partition two is to have 800 mb n mmP indicates that the n h destination partition is to have a size of mm percent of the target disk indicates that the n h destination partition is to remain fixed in size Indicates that the partition will be resized according to the following rules Rule 1 If the destination disk is larger than the original source disk then the partition s will be expanded to have the maximum amount of space subject to the free space available and the partition type e g FAT16 partitions will have a maximum size of 2048 Mb Rule 2 If the destination disk is smaller than the original source disk but still large enough to accommodate the data from the source disk the free space left over after the A 14 span split x Sure Appendix data space has been satisfied will be distributed between the destination partitions in proportion to the data usage in the source partitions Someexamples follow that will help illustrate flag Exit Normally when Ghost has finished copying a new system to a disk it prompts the user to reboot with a press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot window However if Ghost is being run as part of a batch file it is sometimes useful to have it just exist back to the DOS prompt after completion so that further ba
42. task The following two sections explain the creation of the emergency Recover Floppy and Recover CD Emergency Recover Floppy Divide a hard disk into two partitions The first partition is for storing the operating system and application programs The second partition is for backing up the operating system and data The size of the partition can be set according to the backup requirements For example the Windows operating system needs 200MB of hard disk space while the complete Office installation requires 360MB The remaining space can be used to store other data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup of the source system and store the file Image file in drive D The file is named as Original gho Then create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys configuration setup file Autoexec bat auto execution batch file Ghost exe Ghost execution file There are two ways to set the content of the recover floppy for restoration 1 To load Windows automatically after booting set the Autoexec bat command as Ghost exe clone mode pload src d original gho 2 dst 1 1 fx sure rb Description Runs the restore function automatically using the Image File After execution it exits Ghost and boots the system automatically Refer to the Introducing Ghosts Functions A 10 Appendix 2 A fter booting the screen displays the Menu Sele
43. tch commands may be processed fx enables this See rb for another option on completing a clone Image All The Image All switch forces Ghost to do a sector by sector copy of all partitions When copying a partition from a disk to an image file or to another disk Ghost examines the source partition and decides whether to copy just the files and directory structure or to do an image sector by sector copy If it understands the internal format of the partition it defaults to copying the files and directory structure Generally this is the best option but occasionally if a disk has been set up with special hidden security files that are in specific positions on the partition the only way to reproduce them accurately on the target partition is via an image or sector by sector copy enables spanning across volumes splits image file into x Mb Mb spans Use this to create a forced size volume set For example if you would like to force smaller image files from a 1024 Megabyte drive you could specify 200 megabyte segments For example ghost exe split 200 will divide the image into 200 Megabyte segments use the sure switch in conjunction with clone to avoid being prompted with the final Proceed with disk clone destination drive will be overwritten question This command is useful in batch mode A 15 Appendix Example 1 To copy drive one to drive two on a PC without final prompt if OK to proceed
44. the first partition to be backed up This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored A6 Appendix 3 Select the path and file name for storing the backup file DA ORIGINAL GHO 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3 High high ratio compression File can be compressed to its minimum but this requires longer execution time Culpurazz Huans 5 During confirmation select Yes to start performing backup Ip rian A 7 Appendix Partition From Image Restore Partition 1 Select the backup file to be restored Fils awe su lsat Duaya Fro ORIGINAL GHO oa Loe 10 02 1999 11 42 44 poof 2 Select the source partition Sede Sue uate Fru dats Fila Fatic HO MAME cioe 3 Select the disk to be restored Seleer losal destinutivu drive oy eligsiny uu fue drives uur A 8 Appendix 4 Select the partition to be restored ajaj Ue rill uar fiuj rul Fatz HO NAME 2102 5 Select Yes to start restoring Tifa SII Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error A9 Appendix How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes This chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and if necessary reinstall Windows in 2 minutes Ghost can use different methods to complete this
45. vates the CPU s L2 cache thereby lowering performance CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This control if the CPU s L2 Cache will support Error Checking and Correcting ECC The default 1s Disabled Enabled Enables ECC support for the CPU s L2 cache Performance will decrease 2 4 Disabled Disables ECC support for the CPU s L2 cache Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up the Power On Self Test POST The default is Enabled Enabled This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST Disabled Normal POST Page 4 4 BIOS First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operat ing system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choice Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled Swap Floppy Drive This will swap your physical drive letters A amp B if you are using two floppy disks The default is Disabled Enabled Floppy A amp B will be swapped under the O S Disabled Floppy A amp B will be not swapped Boot Up Floppy Seek During Power On Self Test POST BIOS will deter mine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Only 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2MB and 1 44MB are all 80 tracks The default 1s Enabled Enabled The BIOS will search the floppy disk drive to determine if it 1s 40 or 80 tracks Disabled The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note BIOS can not tell the dif
46. you to limit access to the System and Setup or just to Setup The default 1s Setup System The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but the access to Setup will be denied if the incorrect password 1s not entered at the prompt OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Some operating systems require special handling Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory The default is Non OS2 OS Select this if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM Non OS2 Select this for all other operating systems and configurations Video BIOS Shadow This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system The default is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled Page 4 6 BIOS 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled Item Help DRAM Clock Host CLK SDRAM Cycle Length 3 Menu Level gt Bank Interleave Disabled Memory Hole Disabled P2C C2P Concurrency Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP 4X
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