Biostar U8798 Owner's Manual
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1. IDE Secondary Slave Options are inits sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy disk 1 2M 5 25 in drive installed in your system Drive B 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 8 L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level Ouick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Show summary screen Second Boot Device HDD Third Boot Device L 120 Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Summary Screen Show Disabled Virus Warning This option allo2. Off status when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost lt DT BIOS Setup Former Sts Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost For example If set to Former Sts and AC power is lost when system is live then after AC power is restored the system will automatically power on If AC power is lost when system is not live system will remain powered off IRO Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event Activity Detect label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices Off default On LPT amp COM When this option is set to On any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices LPT COM default COM LPT NONE HDD 8 FDD When this option is set to On any event occurring on a hard drive or a floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices On default Off PCI Master When set to On you need a LAN add on card which supports the power function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Off default On PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the sys
3. Button Connector KTM HDD LED 11 HODLED ED 13 Grund P Power on 15 Reset Contra 16 Ground Button as xv em zo key ima 21 5v Connector 22 Ground Connector 23 RTX 24 inox SPK Speaker Connector An offboard speaker can be installed on the motherboard as a manufcturing option An offboard speaker can be connected to the motherboard at the front parel conrector The speaker onboard or offooard provides error beep code information during the Power On SelfTest when the computer cannot use the video interface The speaker is not connected to the audio subsystem and does not receive output from the audio s ubsys tem RST Reset Button This connectorcan be attached to a momentary SPST switch T his switch is usually open and when closed will cause the motherboard to reset and run the POST Power On S df Test 12 Mainboard Fedures POW LED Power LED Connector This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case The LED will iluminate while the computer is powered on HLED Hard Drive LED Connector This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case The LED will flicker during disk activity This disk activity only applies to those IDE drives directly attached to the system board IR Infrared Connector This connector is used to attach to an infrared sersing device After the rDA interface is configu
4. FCC Information and Copyright This eguipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonaHe protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordarce with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference wil not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the conterts here of and spedally disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here of without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtainingthe vendors approval in writing The content of this users manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents NOUCE AO yi N OE FR MO EE Mainboard Features sesse ses se se ee se Ge Ee Be Ee GE Se Se Ee ee 1 Features Introduction een 2 1 1 FE EIK Ve ee 2 1 2 OS SC i 5 11 5 Pa Ke 0
5. most new drives do The system will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector The Choices Enabled default Disabled 18 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features m Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1 P0S Power Hanagement Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Hethod V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRO 3 Soft 0ff by PWRBTN Instant 0ff Run VGABIOS if 3 Resume Auto PWRON After PWR Fail Off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS Default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS STR Power Management Option This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 19 BIOS Setup 2 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management
6. on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu The information about BIOS defaults on manual is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information m Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCL Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Update BIOS Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Tide Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Support Flash BIOS FROM Floppy Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hard
7. 2 GONE iii 5 Mainboard Configuration ee 6 2 1 Layout of UB798 eee Re Re Re Re Re Re Re Re Re 6 2 2 Component INAdEX ei 7 et 8 3 1 CPU Socket 478 Configuration Steps 8 3 2 CPU Fan Header JCFANL ee 10 3 3 System Fan Header JSFAN1 ee ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 10 Jumpers Headers SConne cors esse ee LL ee 11 4 1 Front Panel Connector J PANELI ee see ee ee oe ee ee ee ee ee 12 4 2 ATX 20 pin PowerConnedor J ATXPWR1 14 4 3 ATX 12V Power Connector J ATXPWR2 14 4 4 Hard Disk Connedors 1DEL ID EZ2 ee ee ee se ee ee ee ee 15 4 5 Floppy Disk Connector FDDI 15 4 6 Wake On LAN Header JWOLT ee ee ee ee ui ee ee 15 4 7 Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOSI es ee oe ee Re ee 16 4 8 Front USB Header JUSB3 ee ee ee oe ee ee ee 16 4 9 Front USB Header JUSB2 es ee I ee 17 Table of Contents 4 10 5V 5VSB Selection for USB JUSBVI 17 4 11 5V 5VSB Selection for KB JKBVL ee ee ee ee 17 5 RAM Module Configuration uii 18 5 1 DIDR SD AR NW NEGE EE NOON 18 5 2 DIMM Module Configura ton 19 6 Peripheral Port Features eee 20 6 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 20 6 2 USB Connectors 21 6 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Port 2 6 4 Game Joystick MIDI Port Con
8. Enabled default Disabled Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled 26 BIOS Setup PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled Item Help Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set the shutdown temperature of the CPU in order not to be damaged by the overheated temperature When this function is enabled the system will automatically shutdown if the CPU temperature reaches the shutdown temperature This function only works under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75C 167 F CPU Vcore 13 3V 5 0V 12V 12V 5V SV SB Voltage Battery Detect the system s vo ltage status automatically Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of CPU Current CPUF AN Speed So BIOS Setup This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time for you to choose The Choices Enabled default disabled 28 BIOS Setup Freguency Voltage Control m Freguency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio 8 K CPU Voltage Defaul
9. JKBVI 1 1 ITE I O 84y 39908 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 P4X400 N O ls AK WiL a JATXPWRI PRIMARY IDE CONN AGEL AGPSLOT PCII PCI SLOT 1 RBB JSPDIF OUT PCI2 PCISLOT VT8235 BIOS PCI2 i PCISLOT PCI4 PCISLOT PCIS 24 23 Mainboard Fedures 2 2 Component Index TN Tn oeb LD dd GEFLE ELLE ee I ALK dan ELA SA AN VV aVV ar Ee DE aas me owg TAR MD dy PA ad UW Woe fe AN eel N Mainboard Fedures 3 CPU Configuration 3 1 CPU Socket 478 Configuration Steps CPU Fan 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 2 Locate PinA in the socket and look for the white dot or cut edge in the CPU Match Pin A with the white dot cut edge then insert the CPU 3 Press the lever down Then Put the fan onthe CPU and buckle it and pu the fans power port into the JCFAN1 then to complete the installation Mainboard Fedures CPU Configuration Lay out n o o rp o D N OO Audio Mainboard Fedures 3 2 CPU Fan Header J CFAN1 3 3 System Fan Header J SFAN1 Pinno Assignment 1 Ground L gt 22 B 3 sege Mainboard Fedures 4 Jumpers Headers amp Connectors sm g 1 JATXPWRI1 lt Audio JUSB V3 11 Mainboard Fedures 4 1 Front Panel Connector J PANEL1 gt Skep Cortrol Sleep S peaker aperui
10. Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power manage ment The Choices Suspend Off default Aways on Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer 20 BIOS Setup Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power manage ment signaling Modem Use IRO This deter
11. be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output froma VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISAbus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option The Choices Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices
12. connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary e IDE1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure the second hard drive on DE1 to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordngly I DE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive The configuration is similar to IDE1 The second drive on this contrdler must be setto slave mode 4 5 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K 720K 12M 144M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables 4 6 Wake On LAN Header J WOL 1 Assignment 5V SB 2 Gru 3 Waew _ 15 Mainboard Fedures 4 7 Clear CMOS J umper JCMOS1 JCMOS1 Assignment 1 3 1 2 Closed 1 2 3 Close Normal Operation default Clear CMOS Data Maly The following procedures are for resetting muz mese the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions dosely Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Make J CMOS1 2 3 closed Wait for five seconds Make J CMOS1 1 2 closed Let AC power on Reset your desired pass word or clear the CMOS data OU DUNE 4 8 Front USB Header J USB3 i Assignment Assignment 1 5V fused 5V fused 3 USBP2 USBP3 USBP2 USBP3 5 9
13. it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured The Choices Disabled default Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down BIOS Setup The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System _ A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is reguired to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional R
14. of the 25 pin connector This informationcan be used when configuring certain software programs to work with the serial ports Signal Name DBOPIN DB25 PIN DCD patacarierbetet 1 se EE Se 5 7 Data SetReady 6 6 crs Ceatosend s 5 a Ringirdicator o 2 Mainboard Fedures Eed 6 3 2 Parallel Interface Port JPRNT1 Unlike the serial ports parallel interface port has been standardized and should not present any difficulty interfacing peripherals to your system Sometimes calledcentronics port the paralld port is almost exclusively used with printers The parallel port on your system has a 25 pin DB25 connector The pinout for the parallel port are shown inthe table below Signal 7 10 11 h 13 Sekct 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23 Mainboard Fedures 6 4 Game J oystick MIDI Port Connector J GAME1 This connector allows you to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games Also you may play or edit professional mus ic by connecting MIDI devices J oystick MI DI 6 5 Audio Port Connectors JSPKR1 JLIN1 JMIC1 Speaker Out Line In 1 Speaker Out is used to connect speakers or headphones for audio output 2 Line In can be connected to the extemal CD player Tape player or her audio devices for audio input When you use the driver to start4 channels Line n willchangeto Surround 3 Mic I n is used to connect a microph
15. section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware this option must set to NO The Choices No default Yes 24 BIOS Setup Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which reduires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the Disabled default option is chosen the systems ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If the Enabled option is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode IRQ 3 assign
16. KEY 16 Mainboard Fedures 4 9 Front USB Header J USB2 JUSB2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V fused 5V fused 3 USBP2 USBP3 5 USBP2 USBP3 9 KEY 4 10 5V 5VSB Selection for USB J USBV1 17 Mainboard Fedures 5 RAM Module Configuration 5 1 DDR SDRAM DRAM Access Time 2 5V Unbuffered DDR SDRAM without EES Ag gul dr 100 PC2700 E requ DRAM Type 128808 229081 Mees 1GB DIMM e Total Soon Size h unbuffer DI MMs Only for ref ererce DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Location Size MB DIMM 1 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1 GB DIMM 2 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB Max is DIMM 3 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB Size 1 DDR400 KINGMAX KDL684T4AA 50 Double Pass Size 256M x2 DDR400 SAMSUNG K4H560838D TCC4 Single Pass Size 256M x3 DDR400 TwinMO S TMD 7608F 8E50B Single Pass Size 256M x3 DDR400 Winbond W942508BH 5 Single Pass Size 256M x3 DDR400 Winbond W942508BH 5 Double Pass Size 512M x3 18 Mainboard Fedures 5 2 DIMM Module Configuration The DMM socket has a Plastic Safety Tab and the DIMM memory module has an asy mmetrical notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction Push the tabs out Insert the DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90 degree an gle then push down vertically so that it will fit into place The Mounting Holes and plastic tabs should fit overthe edge and hold the DIMM memory modules in pl
17. OM is disabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable display the Summary Screen Show The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 10 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM t also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min NB Power Management Enabled DRAM Clock Drive Control To control the Clock If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the DRAM Clock label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock following 100MHz 133MHz or By SPD The Choices 100MHz 133MHz By SPD default ll BIOS Setup DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices By SPD default Manual SDRAM CAS Latency
18. When DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 2 5 2 default Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default Precharge to Active Trp This items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command The Choices 2T 3T default Active to Precharge Tras This items allows you to specify the minimum bank active time The Choices 7T default 6T Active to CMD Trcd Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted The Choices 2T 3T default DRAM Command Rate This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command The Choices 1T Command default 2T Command DRAM BurstLen The Choices 4 default 8 Write Recovery Time The Choices 3T default 2T AGP amp P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the AGP 8 P2P Bridge Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for 12 BIOS Setup graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP witho
19. ace 19 Mainboard Fedures 6 Peripheral Port Features JKBMS1 BSA JPRNT1 Mouse Parallel Speaker Line In Mic In JCOM1 JCOM2 JSPKR1 JUNI JMIC1 6 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector J KBMS1 The motherboard provides a standard PS 2 mouse Keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse Keyboard directly into this connector The connector location and pin definition are shown below PS 2 Mouse Key board Connectors 2 4 5 V fused 5 Mainboard Fedures Eed 6 2 USB Connectors J USB1 6 2 1 USB Connectors 5 V fused USBP1 USBP1 pob O A 5 V fused P i USBP2 USBP2 Ground 21 Mainboard Fedures Eed 6 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This system comes eguipped with two serial ports and one parallel port Both types of interface ports will be explained in this chapter 6 3 1 The Serial Interface JCOM1 J COM2 The serial interface port is sometimes referred to as an RS 232 port or an asynchronous communication port Mice prirters modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port The serial port can also be used to connect your computer with another computersystem Connectivity The serial ports can be used in many ways and it may be necessary to become familiar with the pinout diagram The following chart gives you the function of each pin on the 9 pin connector andsome
20. bit full duplex stereo ADC DACs 4 SNR gt 95 Bb throughmixer and DAC 5 AC 3 playback required for PVD applications VO facilities 1 One multi mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications Standard amp Bidirection Parallel Port Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Extended Capabilities Port ECP Normal 2 Supports wo serial ports 16550 UART 3 Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA 4 Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard 5 Supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MBfloppy disk drives UniversalSerial Bus i 1 Supports two back panel Universal Serial Bus Ports and two front panel Universal Serial Bus Ports 2 Supports 480 MHz USB 2 0 optional Hardware Monitor Function 1 Monitors CPU Fan Speed 2 Monitors System Voltage optional 3 Monitors System Fan Speed Dimensions ATX form factor 24cm x 30 5cm WxL Mainboard Fedures 1 2 BIOS amp Software 1 Award legal BIOS 2 Supports APM1 2 3 Supports USB Function 4 Supports ACPI Operating System Offers the highest performance for MS DOS Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Novell LINUX and SCO UNIX etc 1 3 Package Contents 1 HDD Cable 2 FDD Cable 3 Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update 4 USB Cable Optional 5 Rear VO Panel for ATX Case Optional 6 Fully Setup Driver CD Mainboard Fedures 2 Mainboard Configuration 2 1 Layout of U8798 Ea JATXP WR2 JUSBV1 ag
21. disable Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled 16 BIOS Setup Super IO Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 default 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard VO chip The Choices Normal AS KIR IrDA UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which VO Address The C
22. ed to PCI ISA PnP IRQ4 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 6 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRA and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRA amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and VO port conflicts SDS BIOS Setup IRO Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will
23. face supports 1x X and 4x data transfer mode only with 1 5V Chipset 1 Chipset VIA VT8754 P4X400 VT8235 2 1 0 Chip ITE 178705 DRAM Memory 1 Supports 200MHz 266M Hz 333MHz and 40MHz DDR devices 2 Supports 64Mb 128Mb 256Mb 514Mb and 1G technologies for x8 and 16 devices 3 Max of 2 Double Sided DDR with unbuffered Registered with ECC 4 The largest me mory capacity is 3 GB Mainboard Fedures Eed Shadow RAM Motherboard is equipped witha memory controller providing shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS Green Functionality 1 Supports Award BIOS paver manage ment functionality 2 Has a power downtimer from1 to 15 minutes 3 Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity BUS Slots 1 Contains 1AGP slot 2 Contains 1CNR slot 3 Contains 532 bit PCI bus slots Flash Memory 1 Supports flash me mory fundionality 2 Supports ESCD functionality Built in IDE Facilities 1 Supports four IDE hard disk drives 2 Supports PIO Mode 4 Master Mode and high performance hard disk drives 3 Supports disk transfer rates up to 133 MB second 4 Supports Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 66 Ultra DMA 100 Ultra DMA 133 Bus Master Moces 5 Supports IDE interface with CD ROM 6 Supports high capacity hard disk drives 7 Supports LBA mode Mainboard Fedures AC 97 Sound Codec Onboard 1 AC LINK protocol compliance 2 Compliant with AC 97 2 2 specification 3 18
24. hoices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices Spp Default Using Parallel Port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel Portas ECP amp EPP mode 175 BIOS Setup ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 Game Port Address Game Port VO Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base VO Address The Choices 330 default 300 290 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 5 10 default Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices All Enabled default All Disabled USB Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboards The Choices Disabled default Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Select the Enabled option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode
25. is ready to receive the data The Choices Enabled default Disabled 13 BIOS Setup PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Disabled Enabled default VLink 8X Support The Choices Disabled Default Enabled Memory Hole When enabled you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Refer to the user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more information The Choices Disabled default 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled Disabled default Video RAM Cacheable Enabling this option allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled Disabled default Delay Prior to Thermal The Choices 16Min default 4Min 8Min 32Min NB Power Management The Choices Enabled Defa
26. isplayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving Y N N Update BIOS This submenu allows you to update bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY Y N N BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Date mm dd yy Oct 3 2002 120 Aag Time hh mm ss Menu Level IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Master i and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Ttem Options Description Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are inits sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are inits sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are inits sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options
27. mines the IRA which can be applied in MODEM use 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default No Yes PWRON After PWR Fail This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power On instructions the motherboard battery 3V the Power Supply 5VSB and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherboard uses the motherboard battery 3V If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not tumed on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually tumed on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Former Sts On Off Off default Means always set CMOS to the
28. n stored m battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Award BIOSTM installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel processors input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of
29. nector JGAMEL 24 6 5 Audio Port Connectors J SPKR1 JLI N1 JMIC1 24 6 6 Audio Subsystem eee 25 Mainboard Fedures Notice Introduction of system This mainboard is designed to take advantage of the latest industry technology to provide you with the ultimate solution in data processing n the tradition of its predecessors this mainboard continues a commitment to reliability and performance and strives for full compliance and compatibility with industry software and hardware standards U8798 Features 1 Containson board VO facilities that induce two serial ports a parallel port a PS 2 mouse pot a PS2 keyboard port audio ports USB ports anda game port 2 Contains on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD ROM Drives 3 Supportsthe Intel Pentium 24 processor a leading edge processor Complies with PCAT X form factor specifications 4 Supports popular operating systems such as Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Novell LINUX and SCO UNIX Mainboard Fedures Mainboard Features 1 Features Introduction 1 1 Hardware CPU 1 Provides Socket 478 2 Supports the Intel Pentium 4 processor providing the new generation paver for high end workstations and serves Speed 1 Runing at 400 533MHz Front Side Bus frequency 2 Supports up to 253 GHz CPU core speeds 3 The 33MHz 32 bit PCI 22 compliant 4 The 66MFz AGP 20 conpliant inter
30. one which allows you to input sounds and voices 24 Mainboard Fedures 6 6 Audio Subsystem n o NS o B N oo P4X400 a BIOS Hardware Audio Mainboard Fedures 6 6 1 CD ROM Audio In Header J CDIN1 Left Channel Input Right Channel Input 6 6 2 Front Panel Audio Header J AUDI O1 2 rum Pin No Pin No a o 2 3 MicPower 4 Audio Power 5 Rrtineow 6 RTuneou 7 Reseved 8 9 uwruneout 1o LFT Line out u RE 13 aa RT Line In RT Line In LFT Line In LFT Line In 6 6 3 Digital Audio Connector J SPDIF OUT SPDIF OUT Ground EE o i dl 5V 10 18 2002 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup iu ee Y OA 1 Main Menu abili 3 Standard CMOS Features ssrcerscrereserezicnioneonee 6 Advanced BIOS Features esse sesse see ses se ee Se EE EG ee 8 Advanced Chipset Features pe 11 Integrated Peripheral ee 15 Power Management Setup ssrrrrerreeresereceneeneoo 19 PnP PCI Configurations srrerrrrrrreriereesioniseeezzene 24 PC Health Status esse see ee odk Ge de Gee ge Nek GE o yn Fd Noon 27 Freguency Voltage Control esse sesse ese Gee ee Ge 29 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is the
31. red connectionless data trans fer to and from portable devices such as laptops PDAs is possible SLP Sleep Green Button This connector is used to conserve energy by powering down the monitor and the hard disk when not in use To configure this option you need to connect a button from the front panel to this connector Depressing the button will power down the monitor and hard drives until the system is invoked by any keyboard activity mouse activity modem activity or when the sleep button is depressed again APM Advanced Power Management must be enabled in the system BIOS and the APM driver must be loaded ON OFF Power Button This connectorcan be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pul the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply toswitch on or off The time required is due to internal debounce circuitry on the system board At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will recognize another on off signal 13 Mainboard Fedures 4 2 ATX 20 pin Power Connector J ATXPWR1 RE mde m Rd ER AE 7 PW_OK 5V SB 10 v 4 3 ATX 12V Power Connector J ATXPW R2 PIN Assignment 4 Grouw 14 Mainboard Fedures Eed 4 4 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 I DE2 This mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 66 Ultra DMA 100 functionality It has two HDD
32. t DDR Voltage PES Iy Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU Clock 100MHz CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio The Choices X8 default X9 X10 X11 X12 X13 X14 X15 X16 X17 X18 X19 X20 X21 X22 X23 CPU Voltage This item allow syou to select CPU Voltage Regulator The Choices Default Default 1 7 3 45 5 1 DDR Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices 2 5V Default 2 6V 2 7V 2 8V Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled 29 BIOS Setup Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the Spread Spectrum function The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock The Choices 100MHz Min default 132MHz Max If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by setting the JCMOS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor 30
33. tem to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Modem Ring Resume The Choices Disabled Default Enabled RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The Choices Enabled Disabled default 22 BIOS Setup Date of Month You can choose which month the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled Resume Time hh mm ss You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Resume is set to Enabled IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access another sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT amp COMM activity Primary INTR On IRQ3 COM2 Disabled IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRO9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled 23 BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows VO devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This
34. that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increased performance progressively In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Mode1 Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled Onboard Codec The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Onboard CMI Audio This item allows you to enable or disable the onboard CMI 8738 Audio Chip The Choices Enabled Default Disabled VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 3043 OnChip LAN This option allows you to control the onboard LAN The Choices Enabled Disabled default Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or
35. the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support SDRAM Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDnkey Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Fi key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F6 key Load the fail safe defaults from BIOS default table F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit BIOS Setup Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOSTM CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear
36. ult Enabled 14 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter SuperI0 Device Press Enter Menu Level Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled VIA OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the VIA OnChip IDE Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options IDE DMA Transfer Access The Choices Enabled default Disabled OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If the interface does not support prefetching If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled 15 BIOS Setup Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices
37. ut any translation The Choices 64M default 256M 128M 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X AGP Driving Control By choosing Auto the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card By choosing Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP driving The Choices DA default AGP Fast Write The Choices Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled DBI Output for AGP Trans The Choices Disabled default Enabled CPU PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the CPU 8 PCI Bus Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four Dwords of data Can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting the CPU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it
38. ware of your system Freguency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU clock ratio However when you try to change different CPU clock ratio you should check your CPU freguency in advance The CPU clock ratio should be changed depending on your CPU freguency Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot seguence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password BIOS Setup Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Enter Password Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT N Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be d
39. ws you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated CPU Ll1 amp L2 Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache BIOS Setup CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled Ouick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Enabled Disabled default Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time
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