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1. am m E The system board is equipped with one onboard serial port Teal Turquoise at location CN4 of the system board The serial port is a RS 232C asynchronous communication port with 6C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 28 Hardware Installation 2 5 3 Parallel Port Parallel 92002002 i of Jol CAA OATTANT ITNT TTT TO TAT TTT TTT ia The system board has a standard parallel port Burgundy at lo cation CN7 for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It sup ports SPP ECP and EPP Setting Function SPP Allows normal speed operation Standard Parallel Port but in one direction only ECP Allows parallel port to operate in Extended Capabilities bidirectional mode and at a speed Port faster than the SPP s data transfer rate EPP Allows bidirectional parallel port Enhanced Parallel Port operation at maximum speed
2. USB 2 HS USB AT l gE p USB 4 USB 3 Four onboard USB 2 0 6 USB 5 6 and J7 US 4 additional USB 2 0 1 1 mounted on a card edge the system chassis then BIOS Setting USB 7 8 ports Black are at locations CN5 USB 2 and CN6 USB 3 4 of the system board B 7 8 connectors allow you to connect ports The additional USB ports may be bracket Install the card edge bracket to insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J6 or J7 Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu SIS OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information If you are using a USB 2 0 device you must enable the USB 2 0 function in the same BIO S submenu mentioned above 2 Hardware Installation Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the USB device Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information If you are using a USB 2 0 device install the SiS USB 2 0 Driv ers Refer to chapter 4 for more information Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse The Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyb
3. PCI poz 100 Clear CMOS P1 USB 5 6 USB 7 8 PWR LED ATX SW F 661FX MLVE Note The illustrations on the following pages are based on the system board with SATA connectors Hardware Installation Warning Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your system board proces sor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection 2 2 System Memory DDR DDR 2 rem am m The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specifi cation of the memo
4. a f g is used to receive audio from a CD PEG card Hardware Installation 2 6 2 S PDIF Connector SPDIF out GND olr in CHID The system board is equipped with a S PDIF connector The S PDIF port may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J4 Make sure pin of the audio cable con nector is aligned with pin of J4 37 2 38 Hardware Installation 2 6 3 Floppy Disk Drive Connector f 34 33 A f t 1c 2 Q a Le BEH com BEGG GEGER EJ The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector for connecting a standard floppy disk drive To prevent improper floppy cable installation the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism The 34 pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cab
5. Driver Installation Install the SiS LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more infor mation 33 34 Hardware Installation 2 5 7 Audio 4 3 ij E i im T Mic in E Line in 4 g E 334 Line out Y gt a _ San a gt EEKE 10 9 Front audio u DHUS gt 8070 2 ye 7 Yt l 3 3 Audio Jacks The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks at location CN3 plug A jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a e Mic in Jack Pink Thi e Li T nal tun ou gt 5 s jack is used to connect an external microphone e in Jack Light Blue is jack can be connected to the line out jack of any exter audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio er synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the line t jack of your external device to this line in jack Hardware Installation e Line out Jack Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Using this jack disables the front au dio s line out function Front Audio The front audio connector Jl allows you to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at the front panel of your sys tem Using this connector will disable the rear audio s l
6. To view information about the added items go to the Edit DMI menu Load DMI File Use the lt or gt arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press lt Enter gt 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press lt Enter gt 4 The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type lt Y gt All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM Save DMI File Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for save Press lt Enter gt 3 Enter the directory and filename under which you would like the DMI file saved 93 Supported Softwares 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contains drivers utili ties and software applications required to enhance the perform ance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup SIS 661FX Series Chipset Drivers SiS AGP Drivers Supported Softwares 4 2 1 SiS AGP Drivers The SiS AGP dr
7. 3 1 6 2 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto The system will automatically detect the settings for YOU Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the IRQ Resources field respectively 79 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 6 3 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources Menu Level Tha s Enter Select eA Ae ee Fi Save ee Fi General Help z Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 4 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 80 BIOS Setup 3 1 7 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Spread Spectrun CPU Frequency Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be iden
8. Resume On PCI Event Enabled Disabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the system Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the system to wake up Refer to the card s documentation for more information The system will not wake up despite access to the PCI card USB Port Wake Up Control This field when enabled allows you to use a USB device to wake up the system BIOS Setup PS2KB Wakeup From S3 S4 S5 This field allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the 3 S4 S5 state Disabled Disables the keyboard wake up function Any Key Use any keyboard keys to wake up the system from the S3 S4 S5 state Hot Key Use any of the function keys between FI and F12 to wake up the system from the 3 S4 S5 state Password Use a password to wake up the system from the S3 S4 S5 state Select this option and press lt En ter gt Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt Important M If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This field allows you to use the PS 2 mouse to wake up the system from the S3 S4 S5 stat
9. SIS OnChip PCI Device Press Enter IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Menu Level gt Onboard Lan Boot ROM Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 1RQ4 Onboard Parallel Port 37871 RQ Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Init Display First PCI Slot USBG Access Interface EDB Bus USB1 Access Interface EDB Bus USB2 Access Interface EDB Bus USB2 0 Access Interface EDB Bus MAC Access Interface EDB Bus Audio Access Interface EDB Bus Tle Move Enter Select PU PD UValue Fi Save E Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SIS OnChip IDE Device IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto Menu Level gt IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UltraDMA Auto Primary Slave UltraDMA Auto Secondary MasterUltraDMA Auto Secondary Slave UltraDMA Auto IDE DMA transfer access Enabled IDE Burst Mode Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Disabled Tiee Move Enter Select PU P alue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fai afe Defaults F 0 ized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 65 3 BIOS Setup Int
10. t output anything or is outputting garbled characters 2 Make sure that the serial device s power is turned on and that the device is on line Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem may be due to the onboard O or the address setting Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Mainboard Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system 2 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets 4 Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations 5 If the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each component into the socket 6 If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and l
11. All Rights Reserved The current BIOS information will appear in this area File Name to Program 5 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press lt Enter gt 89 3 90 BIOS Setup 6 The following will appear Do You Want to Save BIOS Y N This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your sys tem We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press lt Y gt then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press lt N gt 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press lt Y gt to flash the new BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board comes with a DMI built into the BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier With DMI a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a particular computer system without physically going to it Quite often a service call may be unnecessary as the problem can be solved remotely The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration Information about the type and speed of CPU type and amount of memory for each
12. 5V PW OK 5V 5VSB 5V 12V Ground 12V We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATXI2V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1 An ATX 2V power supply has a standard 20 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 pin 12V power connector that must be inserted onto CNY and CN8 connectors respectively The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power sup ply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greater power supply Hardware Installation 2 6 8 Front Panel Connectors 2019 SPEAKER Ck AD lt sw _ RESET O PWR LED i Oia E 2 HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or sys tem SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX SW ATX Power S
13. BIOS The SiS RAID BIOS utility is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives Important Before you run the SiS RAID BIOS utility make sure to set the following fields in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the Award BIOS l Set the SiS Serial ATA Controller field to Enabled SIS OnChip PCI Device section 2 Set the SiS Serial ATA Mode field to RAID SIS OnChip PCI Device section After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have been detected the SIS RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt S gt keys simultaneously to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system using two Serial ATA SATA hard drives BIOS Setup 3 3 Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility AMWVDFLASH EXE You can download them from DFl s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative Note amp AWDFLASH EXE works only in DOS mode l Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AWDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AVVDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Phoenix Technologies Ltd
14. BIOS Setting Select the parallel port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 29 2 30 Hardware Installation 2 5 4 VGA Port ar ORR H a ore oe VGA zp alg q A Li st amy EE am CE EEE The system board can only be used with an analog video moni tor Connect the monitor s 5 pin D shell cable connector to the VGA port Blue at location CN2 If your monitor supports ana og video but does not have a 5 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that chooses between analog and TTL or digital opera tion If your monitor has such a switch set it for analog BIOS Setting Select the VGA s share memory size in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu OnChip AGP Control section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation nstall the SiS Graphics Drivers contained in the provided CD into your system Refer to chapter 4 for more information Hardware Installation 2 5 5 Universal Serial Bus Ports
15. Hyper Threading Technology and will appear only when using this processor 3 1 2 5 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the system board come with built in Level 2 cache By default ECC is enabled to check the Level 2 cache If you are not using this function set this field to Disabled 3 1 2 6 Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On Self Test POST whenever the system is powered on The BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST To attain the shortest POST time select Fast 3 1 2 7 RAID or SCSI Card Boot If there are drives connected to both the SATA connector and PCI SCSI add in card you can select the drive you want to boot SiS 964 RAID The drive is connected to the SATA connec tor that is on the system board PCI SCSI Card The drive is connected to the PCI SCSI add in card that is installed in a PCI slot BIOS Setup 3 1 2 8 First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device 3 1 2 9 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the BI
16. Quit F Menu in BIOS Select Item Fi Save amp Exit Setup If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default settings will be loaded 83 3 84 BIOS Setup 3 1 9 Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Load Optimized Defaults Quit F Menu in BIOS Save amp Exit Setup Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values BIOS Setup 3 1 10 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisor s password with the System option se lected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want to protect access to setup only but not your system set a supervisor s pass word with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Set Supervisor Password Enter Password Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are
17. RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 2000 ME XP with out having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operating system This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM Random Access Memory when it powers off The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power on the system Important M The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support SIA AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually let the system power on automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Introduction 1 2 Hyper Threading Technology Functionality Requirements Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms Components e CPU an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology e Chipset an Intel chipset that supports HT Technology e BIOS a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it ena bled e OS an operating system
18. Technology that includes optimizations for HT Please refer to Appendix A for information about enabling the functionality of the Hyper Threading Technology For more infor mation on Hyper Threading Technology go to www intel com info hyperthreading 1 3 Package Checklist The system board package con The system board A user s manual AKARAKARA One One 34 pin floppy disk dri One SATA RAID floppy d One Mainboard Utility CD tains the following items One SATA cable 661FX MLV only IDE cable for ATA 33 66 100 133 IDE drives ve cable iskette 661FX MLV only If any of these items are missin g or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 System Board Layout 1 E CPU fan DDR HH 12V power Parallel 8L 190S AGP C C Secondary IDE NB fan EJ Clear CMOS JP1 J HD LED RESET SPEAKER USB 5 6 USB 7 8 PWR LED ATX SW 1 Fi 661FX MLV Equipped with SATA connectors Hardware Installation fee CPU fan DDR KB Mouse ATX EE 12V power Parallel BLb 1920S Ll Line out i Line in NB fan EJ M AGP ME JALEELLLLLLLL Eon g I TENANT eT Secondary IDE
19. This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the HDD Power Down mode according to the power saving time selected the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain ac tive 3 1 5 10 Soft Off by PWWRBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management function is enabled or disabled if the power but ton is pushed and released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 74 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 11 PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must press the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last State When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system
20. asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu 85 3 86 BIOS Setup 3 1 11 Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set a user s password with the System option se lected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want a user to en ter a password when trying to access setup set a user s password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features Using user s password to enter Setup allows a user to access only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Set User Password Enter Password uit F Menu in BIOS Select Item ave amp Exit Setup Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password f
21. exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU 20 Hardware Installation 5 Once the CPU is in place push down the lever to lock the socket The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket 2 3 3 Installing the Fan and Heat Sink The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heatsink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Note D e Only use Intel certified fan and heat sink e An Intel boxed processor package contains a retention mechanism heat sink fan and installation guide If the instal lation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package e Ifyou are installing a non boxed processor the heat sink fan and retention mechanism assembly may look different from the one shown in this section but the procedure will more or less be the same 2il Hardware Installation The system board comes with the retention module base al ready installed Retention Retention hole hole Retention Retention hole hole Retention module base 2 Position the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU then align and snap the retention legs hooks to the retention holes at the 4 cor
22. features found in this system board This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously When you press lt Del gt the main menu screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Quit F Menu in BIOS Select Item Save amp Exit Setup 47 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Time hh mm ss Menu Level E IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Master 4 and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Video Halt On Ttiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 1 1 Date The date format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt D
23. hard disk drive Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode 3 1 4 4 Onboard LAN Boot ROM Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area net work directly If you wish to change the boot ROM s settings type the lt Shift gt and lt FIO gt keys simultaneously when prompted during boot up Take note you will be able to access the boot ROM s program by typing lt Shift gt lt FIO gt only when this field is enabled 3 1 4 5 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller 69 70 BIOS Setup 3 1 4 6 3 1 4 7 3 1 4 8 Onboard Serial Port Auto The system will automatically select an I O ad dress for the onboard serial port 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port Disabled Disables the onboard serial port Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP These apply to a standard specification and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripherals manual for the best op tion SPP Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only ECP Extended Capabilities Port A
24. in cards or devices support this function If this function is not sup ported you need to download the appropriate driver from their respective website Appendix C System Error Message When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS Fl TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bot tom Enter Setup to correct the error C I POST Beep There are two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS One code indi cates that a video error has occured and the BIOS cannot initial ize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps The other code indicates that a DRAM error has occured This beep code consists of a single long beep C 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BlOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution lt gt Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manu facturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of C
25. memory slot BIOS revision level types of add in PCI boards and components certain revision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered 4 1 1 Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility type DMICFG EXE You can download this utility from ftp dfiusa com utilities DMI directory The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 180K of base memory Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by Windows must not be installed You may do this by using one of the 3 methods listed below Boot up from a system diskette without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 2 REM HIMEMSYS in the CONFIGSYS or 3 Press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 92 Supported Softwares 4 1 2 Using the DMI Utility Cache Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System Slots System Enclosure Chassis Type BIOS Information Processor Handle 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name Memory Module BIOS Version Memory Module BIOS Starting Address Segment
26. stable condition for the system 100 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 200MHz 133 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 266MHz 166 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 332MHz 200 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 400MHz DDR DRAM Timing Control This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Pres ence Detect data structure that stores informa tion about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run ac cording to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system The DRAM CAS Latency to RAS to CAS Delay tRCD fields will show the default settings by SPD Manual If you want your system to run at a perform ance better than the one by SPD select Manual then select the best option in the DRAM CAS Latency to RAS to CAS Delay tRCD fields 60 BIOS Setup DRAM CAS Latency This field is used to select the clock cycle of the SDRAM CAS latency time The option selected specifies the time before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it RAS Active Time tRAS This field controls RAS active to Protegra and refresh to RAS active delay in local memory clocks RAS Precharge Time tRP This field controls RAS precharge in local memory clocks RAS to CAS D
27. the power but ton on my computer field select Standby Power Management Properties 2 x Power Schemes Advanced Hibemate Ya Select the behaviors you want Options I Show power meter on taskbar I Prompt for password when computer goes off standby r Power buttons When press the power button on my computer Standby z Standby Standby X Lok ca Apply 109 110 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 12 After completing the steps above and you want to power off the computer you do not need to go through the process of closing files applications and operating system You can power off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 To power on the computer just press the power button The operating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply the settings without re starting You must restart the computer Shut Down Windows x What do you want the computer to do g ne C Shut down Restart C Restart in MS DOS mode Cancel Help gononvanesvoneesareey Important M If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are in Windows 2000 ME XP please check whether your add
28. 1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 PC2700 DDR333 and PC3200 DDR400 unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 6V type e 6Mb 64Mb 128Mb 256Mb and 512Mb SDRAM technology with page size from 2KB up to 6KB Expansion Slots e AGP slot e 3 PCI slots Introduction AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing z buffering and alp sal AGP slot supports AGP 8x with up to ha blending The univer 2132MB sec bandwidth and AGP 4x with up to 066MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this system board wil ter graphics to your PC Onboard Graphics Features e Bi directional 6 bit data bus e Performs GB s bandwidth in 33MHz e 3D graphics accelerator deliver faster and bet x 4 mode Built in high performance 256 bit 3D engine Supports Ultra AGPII up to 2 7GB s bandwidth Up to 166MHz 3D engine clock speed e 2D graphics accelerator Built in hardware command queue Supports memory mapped zero wait state burst engine write Maximum 128MB frame buffer with linear addressing Onboard Audio Features e AC 97 2 2 extension compliant codec Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D e AC 97 supported with full duplex in dependent sample rate converter for audio recording and playback e S PDIF in out interface e 6 channel a
29. 661FX MLV 661FX MLVE Rev A System Board User s Manual 76110349 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copy right No part of tt may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders This publication is provided for informational purposes only The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with re spect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically dis claims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes N 2003 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trade marks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders Caution To avoid damage to the system e Use the correct AC input voltage range
30. CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode BIOS Setting Configure the onboard primary or secondary IDE in the Inte grated Peripherals submenu SIS OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 6 6 Cooling Fan Connectors 3 Hi NB fan Connect the C E Ground ar 2 oO iL Power N C Hardware Installation Power Ground N C 3 CPU fan D i iG EE oc Power Ground N C 3 tor 9 on the system board System fan PU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connec Connect the SiS 661FX fan s cable connector to the NB fan con nector J5 on the system board The system fan J8 connector is used to connect an additional cooling fan These cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board com ponents 43 44 Hardware Installation 2 6 7 Power Connectors 3 3V 3 3V 12V 3 3V Ground Ground PS ON 5V Ground Ground Ground FIV Ground Ground
31. Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one SIS USB Controller Enabled Enables the onboard USB Disabled Disables the onboard USB USB Ports Number This field is used to select the number of USB ports you want enabled USB 2 0 Support If you are using a USB 2 0 device this field must be set to Ena bled USB Keyboard Support By default this field is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function SIS AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard AC97 codec Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card 68 BIOS Setup SIS 10 100M Ethernet This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN SIS MAC Address Input Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt then enter the MAC address This field is configurable only if the SIS 10 100M Ethernet field is set to Enabled SIS Serial ATA Controller 661FX MLV only This field is used to enable or disable the onboard SATA SIS Serial ATA Mode 661FX MLV only IDE Sets the SATA devices as ordinary IDE devices RAID Sets the SATA devices for RAID Configure RAID in the SIS RAID BIOS Setting Utility 3 1 4 3 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of
32. E000 Memory Module BIOS Build Date Memory Module BIOS Characteristics Cache Size of BIOS ROM 0256K T J lt Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL De lete ESC Abort amp Exit The four menus located on top of the DMI Configuration Utility screen are Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File and Save DMI File Use the lt or gt left or right arrow keys to select a menu from the Menu bar On the left side of the screen is a list of the system configuration ttems Use the T or J up or down arrow The commands at the bottom of the through the various setup menus Edit DMI keys to select an item screen will allow you to navigate Use the or gt arrow keys to select the Edit DMI menu 2 Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to edit by using the T or J arrow keys t hen press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will a information so display the auto detected 4 Press lt F10 gt to update the edited information into the flash ROM Supported Softwares Add DMI 4 Use the lt or gt arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the T or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item Press lt F10 gt to save information into the flash ROM
33. FH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s Appendix D Troubleshooting D I Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with prob lems that you may encounter with your personal computer To efficiently troubleshoot your system treat each problem individu ally This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below The power switch of each peripheral device is tumed on 2 All cables and power cords are tightly connected 3 The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are connected is working Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on I 2 Make sure that the monitors power switch is on Check that one end of the monitor s power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet Check that the video input cable is properly
34. IOS will auto detect the HDD amp CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD amp CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select 49 3 50 BIOS Setup Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders Head This field displays the number of read write heads Precomp This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track 3 1 1 4 Drive A This field is used to select the type of floppy disk drive installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in Al type high density drive 1 2MB capac ity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 720KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 1 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity BIOS Setup 3 1 1 5 V
35. Integrated Peripherals submenu SIS OnChip PCI Device section of the Award BIOS 3 Set the RAID or SCSI Card Boot field to SiS 964 RAID Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS 39 2 40 Hardware Installation 4 Configure RAID eg creating or deleting RAID in the SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility You can enter this utility by pressing the lt Ctrl gt and lt S gt keys simultaneously during system boot up 5 Install the SiS RAID Drivers The RAID utility will at the same time install into the system Refer to chapter 4 for more information Hardware Installation 2 6 5 IDE Disk Drive Connector Sec IDE Prim IDE ee i iz 2 2 The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE head ers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Elec tronics disk drives To prevent improper IDE cable installation each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism The 40 pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header Each IDE connector supports 2 devices a Master and a Slave Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board An IDE ribbon cable hav
36. LAN port e Mic in line in and line out jacks 2 5 Hardware Installation PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports pan PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard a O gc a z Ei 2 EE cco A A EJ The system board is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at location CNI of the system board The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ12 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQI2 for other expansion cards Warning gt Moe sure to tum off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system To use this function e BIOS Setting PS2KB Wakeup From S3 S4 S5 and PS2MS Wakeup From S3 S4 S5 PM Wake Up Events section in the Power Man agement Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for more information 27 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 2 Serial Port OVP Ol ols COM
37. MOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on the mainboard can be set to either mono chrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different C 112 System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is cor rect either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 oppy type mismatch m pa ard Disk s fail 80 DD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 DD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 DD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard control ler is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is at tached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOOOOH FFFF
38. MOS teal time clock moc eee M 4 gt Properties Refresh Remove Print 8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab System Properties 2 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles p Performance status Memory 63 0 MB of RAM System Resources 92 free File System 32 bit Virtual Memory 32 bit Disk Compression Not installed PC Cards PCMCIA No PC Card sockets are installed Your system is configured for optimal performance r Advanced settings File System Graphics Vitual Memory Using the Suspend to RAM Function 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer field select Mobile or docking system Click Apply then click OK Restart the computer File System Properties 2x Hard Disk Floppy Disk CD ROM Removable Disk Troubleshooting Windows uses these settings to optimize performance of the hard disk drives attached to your computer Settings Typical role of this computer Mobile or docking system z Mobile or docking system Bead ahead optimization Windows will automatically read ahead when programs request data sequentially in increments of up to 64 kilobytes m __ 10 Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box Double click the Power Management icon l1 Click the Advanced tab In the When press
39. OS cannot distinguish between 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks When disabled the BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB 3 1 2 10 Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the ar row keys 3 1 2 1 Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how gate A20 is handled Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above Mbyte Initially gate A20 was handled via the keyboard controller Today while key boards still provide this support it is more common and much faster for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20 3 1 2 12 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with 55 BIOS Setup the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typ
40. To reduce the risk of electric shock e Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing After installation or servic ing cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord Battery Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufac turer s instructions FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can ra diate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in ac cordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the re ceiver Connect the equipment into an
41. ailable after you have installed the operating system e Currently only Windows 2000 supports USB 2 0 Supported Softwares 4 2 5 SiS LAN Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon 2 Click SiS LAN Drivers on the main screen The screen be low will appear 24 Sis PCI Lan Driver Setup ver 1 15 for SiS LAN Adapter SiS PCI Lan Driver Setup Welcome Welcome to the Setup program This program wil install on your computer is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs coe reece program ed eta ee cap et e ELE LISO tunning Click Next to continue with the Setup program MODNING Ties Boater motoca by copia eaten Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any ea Res terk sess cid ee Denes and will be prosecuted to extent possible under law 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 99 Supported Softwares 4 2 6 SiS IDE Drivers To install the IDE driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click SiS IDE Drivers on the main screen The screen below will appear 4 Setup 2 04 Setup 72 04 Welcome Welcome to the Setup program This program will install on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running thi
42. anager dialog box will appear Click the Performance tab The diagram under CPU Usage History should resemble the one shown below Windows Task Manager DER File Options View ShutDown Help CPU Usage CPU Usage History PF Usage Page File Usage History Totals Physical Memory K Handles 4104 Total 261604 Threads 259 Available 156980 Processes 18 System Cache 152576 Commit Charge K Kernel Memory K Total 91884 Total 28696 Limit 633592 Paged 16132 Peak 147904 Nonpaged 12564 Processes 18 CPU Usage 50 Commit Charge 91884K 63359 Appendix B Using the Suspend to RAM Function B I Using the Suspend to RAM Function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system please follow the steps below Select Power Management Setup in the main menu screen and press lt Enter gt 2 In the ACPI Function field select Enabled 3 In the ACPI Suspend Type field select S3 STR Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Menu Level gt Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Hot Key Function As HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWRBIN PWR Lost Resume State gt PM Wake Up Events Delay Prior to Thermal Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for re
43. are writing to the targeted drive There is not enough space left on the diskette Use another diskette with adequate storage space Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure 2 Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has bee n entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two hard drives make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave The master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to format it is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 2 Ma on e sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is ine Make sure your software is configured for the right type of prin Veri are ter attached fy that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings configured correctly Veri fy that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured correctly If it works the printer can be assumed to be in good condition If the printer remains inoperative replace the printer cable and try again 115 116 Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn
44. attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob 113 Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving 2 The monitor has lost tts vertical sync Adjust the monitor s vertical sync Move away any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems to be constantly wavering If the monitor is close to another monitor the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering Power Supply When the computer is turned on nothing happens 2 3 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive 2 114 The floppy diskette may not be formatted Format the diskette and try again The diskette may be write protected Use a diskette that is not write protected You may be writing to the wrong drive Check the path statement to make sure you
45. ay dis plays a day from Sunday to Saturday Month displays the month from January to December Date displays the date from to 31 Year displays the year from 1990 to 2098 3 1 1 2 Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example p m is 3 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays min utes from 00 to 59 Second displays seconds from 00 to 59 48 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 3 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave Move the cursor to the IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master or IDE Secondary Slave field then press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Master Menu Level aa Access Mode To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel Tle lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will auto matically be shown on the screen IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave The drive type information should be included in the documenta tion from your hard disk vendor If you select Auto the B
46. correctly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below Power off the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JPI back to its default setting pins and 2 On 3 Now plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor s ratio clock in the BIOS please pro ceed to step 4 24 Aft Hardware Installation er powering on the system press lt Del gt to enter the main menu of the BIOS Se ect the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press lt Enter gt the CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Frequency field to its Set de Re fault setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock fer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 25 26 Hardware 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports PS 2 Mouse nstallation Parallel PS 2 COM VGA K B USB USB 3 4 The rear panel I O ports consist of the following e PS 2 mouse port e PS 2 keyboard port e Parallel port e COM e VGA port port e USB ports e
47. d in the CD that came with the system board Prepare a blank formatted diskette then copy all the SATA driver files from the RAIDFLOPPY directory of the CD into a blank diskette You can now use the diskette to install the drivers 10I Supported Softwares 4 2 8 Microsoft DirectX 8 1 To install please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main screen The screen below will appear MAINBOARD __ WaHLITY CD Microsolt DirectX 8 1 Setup Pel FA Please read te following icense agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to sae the rest of the agreement SUPPLEMENTAL END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SOFTWARE MICROSOFT IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY The Microsoft Corporation CMicrosoff operating system components which you are sbout to a umematon COS Do you accept all of me terms of the preceding License Agreement Ifyou choose No install will close To install you must accept this agreement Yes No 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Restart the system 102 Supported Softwares 4 3 Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear pl
48. e Disable Disables the PS 2 mouse wake up function Click Click the PS 2 mouse to wake up the system Move amp Click Move and click the PS 2 mouse to wake up the system Power Up By Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Month Alarm Day of Month Alarm and Time hh mm ss Alarm fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function de fault 77 3 78 BIOS Setup Month Alarm This is used to select the month you would like the PC to power on Day of Month Alarm 0 The system will poweron everyday according to the time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field l 31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field Time hh mm ss Alarm This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to power on everyday as set in the Day of Month Alarm field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Fea tures submenu Reload Global Timer Events When enabled access to the specified field Primary IDE Second ary IDE FDD COM LPT Po
49. e 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the IDE cable into the Primary IDE header J14 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device use another IDE cable and install one end of the cable into the Secondary IDE header J10 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices 4 2 42 Hardware Installation Note Refer to your disk drive users manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives one must be set as the master and the other as the slave Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 or ATA 133 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function prop erly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the system board Important lf you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the
50. e setup InstallShield 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 96 4 Supported Softwares 4 2 3 Realtek Audio Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Realtek Audio Drivers on the main screen The screen below will appear 44 Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup 4 85 T Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup 4 85 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek AC S7 Audio The InstallShield Wizard will install Realtek AC 97 Audio on your computer To continue click Next Back Cancel 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 97 Supported Softwares 4 2 4 SiS USB 2 0 Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click SiS USB 2 0 Drivers on the main screen The screen below will appear This initallation wes created with Inatalier VISE aon Suftrrate hiap vrew mindvision com 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system Note D e A Yellow mark will appear in Windows 9x and Windows ME s Device Manager because these operating systems does not support USB 2 0 e If you are using Windows XP you must install the Windows Service Pack USB 2 0 driver which comes av
51. ease go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please go to DFl s web site at http www dfi com supportl download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or software applications 103 104 Appendix A Enabling Hyper Threading Technology A I Enabling Hyper Threading Technology To enable the functionality of the Hyper Threading Technology please follow the requirements and steps below Basically the following presumes that you have already installed an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology l The system requires a minimum of 300 Watt ATX 12V power supply Aside from installing a CPU fan on the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology make sure to in stall cooling fans The system requires adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The Hyper Threading Technology field in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS setup will appear Make sure this field is set to Enabled Currently only Windows XP supports the Hyper Threading Technology If this OS has been previously installed you must REINSTALL it After installing Windows XP please check the following to ensure that the operating system has been properly installed a Click Start point to Se
52. el port mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port e mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port 3 audio jacks line out line in and mic in Introduction I O Connectors e 2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports e front audio connector for external line out and mic in jacks e CD in internal audio connector e S PDIF in out connector e 2 SATA connectors 661FX MLV only e 2 IDE connectors e floppy drive connector e 2 ATX power supply connectors e CPU fan and chassis fan connectors PCB e 4 layers microATX form factor 244cm 9 6 x 20cm 7 87 1 1 2 Intelligence Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWRBTN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Wake On Ring This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming from an external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2720mA Introduction Wake On LAN This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port and via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal However if you
53. elay tRCD Leave this field in its default setting 6l 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 2 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Graphic Window WR Combin AGP Fast Write Support Menu Level gt AGP Data Rate Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in its default setting Graphic Window WR Combin This field is used to enable the register that defines the starting address of the graphic windows for Graphic Unit Interface GUI AGP Fast Write Support When the AGP Fast Write function is enabled it will improve the system s performance AGP Data Rate This field is used to select the AGP mode of the AGP card installed on the system board 62 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 3 OnChip AGP Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip AGP Control Graphics Engin Clock Menu Level gt gt Ttiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Hel
54. ematic Delay Msec fields below 3 1 2 13 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 14 Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins 3 1 2 15 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the pass word everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Pass word submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be de nied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt 3 1 2 16 APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting 3 1 2 17 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using 3 1 2 18 OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in 05 2 56 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 19 HDD S M A R T Capability The system board suppor ts SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability predic tion technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will pro vide sufficient notice to th e system or user to backup data prior to the drive s failure The default is Disabled If yo
55. er Down Soft Off by PWRBIN PWR Lost Resume State PM Wake Up Events Delay Prior to Thermal Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1i Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 5 1 ACPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP supports this function If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the ACPI Suspend Type field 3 1 5 2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode SI POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix B for more information 72 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 3 Power Management This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend mode field is activated Min Saving Max Saving User Define Minimum power saving time for the Suspend mode Hour Maximum power saving time for the Suspend mode Min Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode field 3 1 5 4 Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Powe
56. ernal PCI IDE This field allows you to enable or disable the primary and sec ondary IDE controller Both Disabled Primary Secondary Allows you to configure Slave PIO IDE Secondar mary Master Slave UltraDMA and Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA fields Select this option if you hard drive controller Allows you to configure Slave PIO and Primary fields Allows you to configure ter Slave PIO and Se UltraDMA fields the IDE Primary Master y Master Slave PIO Pri want to use a different the IDE Primary Master Master Slave UltraDMA the IDE Secondary Mas condary Master Slave IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO p L drive Auto Mode 0 4 66 The BIOS will automatic cording to your hard disk O means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the com plete task by themselves Your system supports five modes O de ault to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your ally set the system ac drive s timing You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timing Caution Do not use the wrong setting or you will have d rive errors BIOS Setup Primary Master Slave Ul
57. ference only Your version may not be identical to this one 4 Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu 5 Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 6 Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported drive gt setup p If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to up grade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information 107 108 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 7 Boot Windows 98 In the Windows 98 desktop click the Start button Move the cursor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by type click System devices System Properties 2 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection ACPI System Button Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI BIOS m Composite Power Source m Direct memory access controller a 10 read data port for ISA Plug and Play enumerator Motherboard resources Numeric data processor PCI bus Processor support Programmable interrupt controller m SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus m System board System board extension for ACPI BIOS m System C
58. ideo This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type The default setting is EGA VGA EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters 3 1 1 6 Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors de tected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS de tects a non fatal error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a key board error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk er ror it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other er rors 3 1 1 7 Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard 5 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 8 Extended Mem
59. ine out and mic in functions Remove the jumper caps from pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 of JI prior to connecting the front audio cable connector Make sure pin of the cable connector is aligned with pin of JI If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the jumper caps back to their original pin locations Pins 5 6 and 9 10 short The front audio is disabled default The rear audio is enabled Pins 5 6 and 9 10 open The front audio is enabled The rear audio is disabled 6 Channel Audio The audio jacks at the rear panel will support 6 channel audio only when the audio utility is configured to support this function Mic in at the rear I O panel will be disabled Use the front audio s mic in jack Driver Installation Install the Realtek Audio Drivers An audio software application program will at the same time be installed into your system This program will allow you to configure 2 channel 4 channel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects Refer to chapter 4 for more information 35 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 I O Connectors 2 6 1 CD in Internal Aud Ground r Ground Left audio Right audio channel channel The CD in J3 connector ROM drive TV tuner or M 36 io Connector
60. iver includes the SIS VxD driver and SiS Miniport driver To install the AGP driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click SiS AGP Drivers on the main screen The screen below will appear 4 SiS AGP Driver Setup r1 17 SiS AGP Driver Setup ri 17 SiS AGP Driver xj Welcome to the SiS AGP Driver Setup program This program will install SiS AGP Driver on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This poaa is protected by copyright law and intemational treaties Unauthorized Tetouan or cise of this prograrn ar aW portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law lt Back Next gt Cancel 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 95 Supported Softwares T manns 4 2 2 SiS Graphics Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon 2 Click SiS Graphics Drivers on the main screen The screen below will appear GA Package InstallShield Wizard Preparing Setup Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard prepares th
61. le into the shrouded floppy disk header J15 on the system board and the other end most connector to the floppy drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be aligned with pin of JI5 BIOS Setting Enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 4 SATA Connectors 661FX MLV only a is i H The 661FX MLV system board is equipped with 2 SATA connec tors at locations JI SATA 2 and JI2 SATA 1 for connecting SATA devices Connect one end of the SATA cable to a SATA connector and the other end to your SATA device Configure these connectors in the Integrated Peripherals submenu SIS OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Configuring RAID on SATA Drives The SiS 964 south bridge controller allows configuring RAID on the SATA drives It supports RAID 0 RAID and JBOD The fol lowing must be set accordingly e BIOS Setting I Set the SiS Serial ATA Controller field to Enabled In tegrated Peripherals submenu SIS OnChip PCI Device section of the Award BIOS 2 Set the SiS Serial ATA Mode field to RAID
62. llows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed 3 1 4 9 ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select a DMA channel of the parallel port BIOS Setup 3 1 4 10 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the AGP or PCI first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first initialize the AGP PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI 3 1 4 1 1 USBO Access Interface USBI Access Interface and USB2 Ac cess Interface These fields are used to select the access interface of the USB devices The options are EBD Bus and PCI Bus 3 1 4 12 USB2 0 Access Interface This field is used to select the access interface of the USB 2 0 device The options are EBD Bus and PCI Bus 3 1 4 13 MAC Access Interface and Audio Access Interface These fields are used to select the access interface of the MAC and audio device The options are EBD Bus and PCI Bus 7 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your sys tem to most effectively save energy Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Menu Level gt Suspend Mode VEC CT Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Hot Key Function As HDD Pow
63. n may not be identical to this one 3 1 2 1 CPU Feature This field is used to configure the CPU that is installed on the system board Move the cursor to this field then press lt Enter gt 3 1 2 2 Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Award BIOS will moni tor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem be fore any damage is done 54 BIOS Setup Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 98 2000 ME XP or the operating system may not install nor work 3 1 2 3 CPU LI amp L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default value is enabled Enable the external cache for better performance 3 1 2 4 Hyper Threading Technology for Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology only This field is used to enable the functionality of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with
64. ners of the retention module base Note You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly did not fit properly onto the CPU and retention module base Fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly Unsnapped 22 Hardware Installation 3 The retention levers at this time remains unlocked as shown in the illustration below Retention lever Retention lever _ 4 Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down This will secure the fan heat sink and re tention mechanism assembly to the retention module base Note You will not be able to push the lever down if the direction is incorrect 5 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan con nector on the system board 23 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 4 1 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data ced ia D lt 1 2 3 1 23 o0 go m l l 2 On Normal 2 3 On cE m default Clear CMOS Data If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the keyboard supervisor or user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the proc essor s ratio clock was in
65. oad the BIOS defaults
66. oard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function e BIOS Setting USB Port Wake Up Control PM Wake Up Events sec tion in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more informa tion Important M e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse func tion for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 21 5A e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse func tion for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A 32 Hardware Installation 2 5 6 RJ45 LAN Port R45 LAN fo 4 0 Jg oo E BEE EJ The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 LAN port at location CN6 of the system board It allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu SIS OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information To wake up the system via the LAN port set the Resume On LAN field PM Wake Up Events section in the Power Man agement Setup submenu of the BIOS to Enabled
67. ory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 52 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your sys tem for basic operation Some entries are defaults required by the system board while others if enabled will improve the per formance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features ir Warning CPU Li amp L2 Cache Menu Level gt Hyper Threading Technology CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test RAID or SCSI Card Boot First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A2 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB HDD M A R T Capability Report No FDD For WIN 95 Full Screen LOGO Show Small Logo lt EPA gt Show Enabled Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your versio
68. outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s author ity to operate the equipment Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Notice This users manual contains detailed information about the system board If in some cases some information doesn t match those shown in the multilingual manual the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear Click the TOOLS icon then click Manual on the main menu System Board This user s manual is for the 661FX MLV and 661FX MLVE system boards The only difference between these boards is the 661FX MLV system board is equipped with 2 SATA connectors that support RAID function Table of Contents Chapter Introduction Features and Specifications oe 7 1 2 Hyper Threading Technology Functionality Require POPU sincerest A E 14 l3 MPackapes Checklist sinagan dnan ia a a ne ncanttaccasas 14 2 1 System Board Layout 15 2 2 System Memory 7 23 CPU isian a 19 2 4 Jumper Settings 24 2S Rea
69. p F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one VGA Share Memory Size This field is used to select the memory size that will be shared by the VGA Graphics Engine Clock This field is used to select the VGA clock 3 1 3 4 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at FOOOOH FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system 3 1 3 5 Video RAM Cacheable When enabled it allows the video RAM to be cacheable thus pro viding better video performance If your graphics card does not support this function set this field to Disabled 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 6 Memory Hole At I5M 16M In order to improve system performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When enabled the CPU assumes the 15 16MB memory range is allocated to the hidden ISA address range instead of the actual system DRAM When disabled the CPU assumes the 5 6MB address range actually contains DRAM memory If more than 16MB of system memory is installed this field must be disabled to provide contiguous system memory 64 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt SIS OnChip IDE Device Press Enter
70. pecification 1 5Gbps interface e Supports RAID 0 RAID and JBOD PCI Bus Master IDE Controller e Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 and ATA 133 hard drives e UDMA Modes 3 4 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 133MB sec e Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer e Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP Introduction USB Ports The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB I I ports USB 1 1 supports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP Plug and Play compatible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up e Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades e Supports DMI 2 0 function e 2Mbit flash memory Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Rear Panel I O Ports PC 99 color coded connectors e 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports RJ45 LAN port DB 9 serial port DB I5 VGA port DB 25 parall
71. r Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode ac cording to the power saving time selected the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off 3 1 5 5 Video Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode All Modes gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Doze Standby or Suspend mode 3 1 5 6 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked WH SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to Blank Screen DPMS turn off the vertical and horizontal syn chronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Initializes display power management signaling Use this option if your video board supports it 73 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 7 MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system 3 1 5 8 Hot Key Function As This field allows you to use the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Backspace gt keys to enter the Power Off or Suspend mode Power Off Press the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Backspace gt keys si multaneously to enter the power off mode Suspend Press the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Backspace gt keys si multaneously to enter the Suspend mode Disable Disables the hot key function 3 1 5 9 HDD Power Down
72. r Parel VO POrtsscsccnisa isicssestatte dscns tee dtecsthturleecte tt 26 26 gt MO GOPMEGUONS r 36 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility nnnnnmunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 47 32 Updating the BOS 89 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications ae 4D INStallatIOf Motsa Appendix A Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology Al Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology 104 Appendix B Using the Suspend to RAM Function B Using the Suspend to RAM FUN CtION Assesses 107 Appendix C System Error Messages Cl POST BeePro e e E N II C 2 Error Messages acessetestesatn an a I Appendix D Troubleshooting Dl Troubleshooting Che cklist nnunininninninnnnnnnnnnnnnen LES Chapter Introduction l l Features and Specifications 1 1 1 Features Chipset e 661FX MLV North bridge SiS 661FX South bridge SiS 964 e 661FX MLVE North bridge SiS 661FX South bridge SiS 964L Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of the following supported processors e Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology 800MHz 533MHz system data bus e Intel Pentium 4 Northwood processor 533MHz 400MHz system data bus e Intel Celeron Northwood processor 4Q0MHz system data bus System Memory e Two 84 pin DDR DIMM sockets e Supports 4 banks up to 2GB using PC
73. r system is in the Sus pend mode you can poweron the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state Important M e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse func tion for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 21 5A e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse func tion for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time Introduction ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy sav ing features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP supports the ACPI function ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to
74. rt or PCI PIRQ A D will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disabled the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified field 3 1 5 13 Delay Prior To Thermal This field is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50 duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating tem perature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment BIOS Setup 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Menu Level gt IRQ Resources Default is Disabled PCI UGA Palette Snoop Select Enabled to Extended tion Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 1 Reset Configuration Data Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configura tion Data ESCD once automatically It will then rec reate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data
75. ry supported by the system board 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board Pin of the DIM module must correspond with Pin of the socket 7 Tab Tab Pin Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Hardware Installation 2 3 CPU 2 3 1 Overview The system board is equipped with a surface mount 478 pin CPU socket This socket is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor 2 3 2 Installing the CPU Locate Socket 478 on the system board 2 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then lifting tt up to a 90 angle Make sure the socket is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly Lever 2 Hardware Installation 3 Position the CPU above the socket then align the gold mark on the corner of the CPU designated as pin with pin of the socket Important M gt Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins y Gold mark 4 Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without
76. s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns 3 1 5 12 PM Wake Up Events Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix fAwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PM Wake Up Events 8 Break Suspend Disabled Item Help me On RING WOL me On LAN Menu Level gt me On PCI Event USB Port Wake Up Control PS2KB Wakeup from 3 84 85 PS2MS Wakeup from 3 S84 S5 Power Up by Alarm Primary IDE Secondary IDE FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQLA D1 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value_ Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IRQ 8 Break Suspend When this field is enabled access to IRQ 8 will cause the system to wake up from the Suspend mode 3 76 BIOS Setup Resume On RING WOL This field is used to enable or disable the Wake On Ring and Wake On LAN function e Wake On Ring When enabled the system will power on to re spond to calls coming from an external modem e Wake On LAN When enabled the system will allow the net work to power on a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can wake up the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Resume On LAN Set this field to Enabled to wake up the system via the onboard LAN
77. s Setup program Ae Canad oem SL aoe hen ee a room ad Dee running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This This prota is protected by copyright law and intemational treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this ne poaa or any and jalties cmo 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 100 Supported Softwares 4 2 7 SiS RAID Drivers 661FX MLYV only If the Serial ATA drives connected to the SATA and SATA 2 connectors will be configured as RAID you must install the SiS RAID drivers On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click SiS RAID Drivers on the main menu The screen be low will appear RaidApplication InstallShield Wizard x Preparing Setup Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard prepares the setup Raid4pplication Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait InstallShield The installation procedure will lead you to install the driver from a diskette Important Notice for Windows XP 2000 and SATA RAID Users If you are I using a SATA drive to install the Windows XP 2000 operating system or 2 you are configuring RAID on SATA drives you must install the SATA drivers from a diskette whenever you are prompted by the system to install the drivers The SATA drivers are containe
78. tical to this one 3 1 7 1 CPU Clock Ratio This field is used to select the CPU s frequency ratio Important The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind of processor setting an extended ratio for the processor will have no effect The system will instead use its factory default ratio 3 1 7 2 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing DIMM or PCI devices 3 1 7 3 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting un less advised by an engineer or technician 8 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 7 4 CPU Frequency This field provides several options for selecting the external sys tem bus clock of the processor Important M gt Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance 82 BIOS Setup 3 1 8 Load Fail Safe Defaults The Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These set tings are not optimal and tum off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Esc
79. traDMA and Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories IDE DMA Transfer Access This field when Enabled will enhance the IDE DMA transfer of a parallel ATA IDE hard disk drive To enable this function make sure the Internal PCI IDE field is not disabled IDE Burst Mode When the IDE Burst Mode function is enabled it will reduce the latency time between each drive s read and write cycle To enable this function make sure the Internal PCI IDE field is not disabled IDE Prefetch Mode This allows data and addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip thus reducing access time Enable this field to achieve better performance 67 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 4 2 SIS OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SIS OnChip PCI Device USB Controller Enabled Ports Number 2 Supports Menu Level gt gt Keyboard Support AC AUDIO 16 1 6M ETHERNET MAC Address Input Serial ATA Controller Serial ATA Mode Tlee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit 1 General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized
80. ttings then click Control Panel b Double click the System icon The System Properties dialog box will appear Enabling Hyper Threading Technology c Click the General tab The processor shown under Computer should resemble the one shown below System Properties System Restore Automatic Updates Remote General Computer Name Hardware Advanced System Microsoft Windows XP Professional py Version 2002 W Registered to h 55274 005 5307992 22189 Computer Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 06GHz 3 05 GHz 256 MB of RAM Cancel Apply d Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below Device Manager File Action View Help o H B7EOVXEYYD891 Computer ACPI Multiprocessor PC See Disk drives 2 Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers JD Floppy disk drives By IDE ATAJATAPI controllers 5 gt Keyboards 77 Mice and other pointing devices E Monitors S Network adapters d Ports COM amp LPT Processors MF Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 06GHz 8 Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 06GHz amp SCSI and RAID controllers Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers 105 106 Enabling Hyper Threading Technology e Lastly press the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously The Windows Task M
81. u are using hard drives that support S M A supported in ATA 33 or la 3 1 2 20 Report No FDD For R T set this field to Enabled SMART is ter hard drives WIN 95 The options are Yes and No 3 1 2 21 Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicable onl pear during system boot u Enabled The logo wi boot up Disabled The logo will y if you want a particular logo to ap p ll appear in full screen during system not appear during system boot up 3 1 2 22 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up 57 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Timing Control Press Enter gt AGP amp P2P Bridge Control gt OnChip AGP Control Menu Level System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Memory Hole at 15M 16M Tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value_ Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources These items should not be altered unless necessary The default settings have been chosen beca
82. udio output S PDIF S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer fori mat that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted ally found on digital audio equipment suc audio processing device The S PDIF co board sends surround sound and 3D aud to analog S PDIF is usu h as a DAT machine or nnector on the system io signal outputs to am Introduction plifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD re corders 6 channel Audio The 6 channel audio output function is supported by using the audio jacks at the rear panel and configuring the audio driver Please refer to chapters 2 and 4 Onboard LAN Features e Phy fast ethernet controller e Integrated IEEE 802 3 OBASE T and OOBASE TX compatible PHY e 32 bit PCI master interface e Integrated power management functions e Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps e Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation e Supports wire for management SATA IDE Interface with RAID 661FX MLV only Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1 0 specification With speed of up to 5Gbps it improves hard drive performance even in data intensive environments such as audio video consumer electronics and entry level servers e Supports two SATA Serial ATA interfaces which are compli ant with SATA 1 0 s
83. unction highlight Set User Password and press lt En ter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu BIOS Setup 3 1 12 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Setup SAVE to CMOS and EXIT lt Y N Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item Fi Save amp Exit Setup Type Y and press lt Enter gt The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done 87 3 88 BIOS Setup 3 1 13 Exit Without Saving 3 2 When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Quit Without Saving Y N gt N t Saving Esc Quit F Menu in BIOS Select Item Fi Save amp Exit Setup Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simul taneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done SiS RAID
84. use they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system 58 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 1 DRAM Clock Timing Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock Timing Control Performance Mode Disabled Menu Level ia DRAM Frequency DRAM Timing Control Tiee Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Current CPU Frequency This field will show the detected frequency of the CPU Current DRAM Frequency This field will show the detected frequency of the DDR SDRAM DIMM Performance Mode For better system performance set this field to Enabled 59 3 BIOS Setup DRAM Frequency This field is used to select the clock speed of the DDR SDRAM DIMM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Pres ence Detect data structure that stores informa tion about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run ac cording to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most
85. witch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 45 46 Hardware Installation PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend or S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every second Note If a system did not boot up and the Power Standby LED did not light after it was powered on it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin Pin Assignment HD LED 3 DD LED Power Primary Secondary IDE LED 5 DD Reserved 14 es 16 EG ATX SW 8 PWRBT ATX power switch 10 PWRBT Reserved 18 WC 20 Le RESET 7 Ground Reset switch 9 W Reset SPEAKER 13 Speaker Data Speaker connector 15 C 17 Ground 19 Speaker Power PWR LED 2 LED Power Power Standby LED 4 LED Power 6 LED Power or Standby Signal Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility The Basic Input Output System BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for vari ous advanced

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