Biostar U8798 Grand Owner's Manual
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1. ree 6 1 4 Components of U8798 GRAND 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 8 2 1 Central Processing Unit CPU 8 2 2 Memory Modules 32e berto p Ot pet cete us 9 2 3 Jumpers Headers Connectors amp Slots 9 2 4 Award BIOS beep code esses 14 2 5 TroubleshogtIng x sese ti estote edito bere 15 Chapter 3 WarpSpeeder T 16 3 1 Totrod ctioi i ie h raha sneer etai ilb onset 16 3 2 Sy stem Requiremelit o oceans 16 3 3 Iristall atto incedit leto e Ies 16 U8798 GRAND U8798 GRAND CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 U8798 GRAND FEATURES A Hardware CPU I Supports Socket 478 I Supports Intel Pentium 4 Processor L Supports Intel Pentium 478 pin Prescott CPU 533FSB with 1024KB L2 Cache Celeron D 533 FSB with 256KB L2 Cache 800 FSB with 1024KB L2 Cache up to 3 2GHz I Supports Intel Hyper T hreading Technology I Front Side Bus at 400 533M Hz i Front Side Bus 800MHz is by overclocking Chipset i North Bridge P4X533CD i South Bridge VT 8235CE Main Memory L Supports up to 2 DDR devices I Supports 266 333MHz DDR devices L 400MHz DDR is supported by overclocking I Maximum memory size is 2GB Super I O I Chip ITE IT8705AF I Provides the most commonly used legacy Super VO functionality I Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Spe2. utility more robust U8798 GRAND 06 29 2004 24 U8798Grand BIOS Setup Dj NETS Mam Menus dots er RU eate desque s 3 2 St ndard C MO S Features eee ttr repr tege tege 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features i odi c Bre S ed eer tete 8 4 Advanced Chipset Features sess enne 12 5 Integrated Peripherals z45 uer tenu eee e EH raa 16 6 Power Management Setup essere enne nene enne nene 20 T PnP PCT Configurations etn repe RR RR eren 25 S PC Health Statusc erae debe ee CA e a E 28 9 Frequency Control eet rere te tiri EEE EEE 29 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 then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is tumed off The Award BIOS 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 t
3. 13Min 14Min 15Min Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspend Off default Always on Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V HSYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen 21 This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWR BTN 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
4. Drive B None Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC zExit F1 General Help FS5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system intemal clock IDE Primary Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the Master menu menu of detailed options IDE Primary Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the Slave menu menu of detailed options IDE Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub Secondary menu menu of detailed options Master IDE Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub Secondary Slave menu menu of detailed options All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy disk drive Drive A 1 2M 5 25 in installed in your system 720K 3 5 in Drive B 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot
5. Panel Connector JPANEL1 This 24 pin connectorincludes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions Pees eee HLED RST JPANEL1 Pin Assignment Function Pir Assignment Function bh oe ESE raring steer button 3 N A Speaker round em dr Po NIN 7 8 Power LED 9 9 HDD LED Hard drive 10 Power LED Power LED HEELED j LED a LED O Ground Reset Power on onc mr pea mec TNR Rey DA pe Key DA EERE Connector 22 Ground oonnector 24 Serial ATA connector JSATA1 2 With SB VT8237CD only The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Ground espe a Es m Li fees a 55 U8798 GRAND Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard JCMOS1 Assignment 3 bin 4 2 close Normal Operation Def aut 3 Pin 2 3 close Clear CMOS data X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 dose Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 dose Power on the AC Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data Case O pen Connecto
6. When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled 23 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 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 COMI Enabled IRQS LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPTI Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ 14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQI5 Reserved Disabled 24 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with it
7. 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 6T default 5T Active to CMD Tred 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 IT Command 2T Command default DRAM Burst Len The Choices 4 default 8 CPU read DRAM Mode The Choices Medium default Slow Fast AGP amp P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the AGP amp 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 graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64M 256M 128M Default 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP 2 0 Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X AGP Driving Control 13 By choosing Auto the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AG
8. or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No Ac Loss Auto Restart 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 turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned 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 Off status when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost 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 Delay Prior to Thermal The Choices 16 Min default 4 8 32 22 IRQ Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the IRQ Event Activity Detect label and the
9. to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a 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 26 the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus 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 Disabled default Disables the function Enabled E
10. up Extended N A Displays the amount of Memory extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Press Enter i Disabled Virus Warning CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled Menu Level CPU L3 Cache Enabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status 0n Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Feature Thermal Management This option allows you to select the way to control the Thermal Management The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 Default Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Bus Ratio This option represents the frequency bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes from not hot to hot Min 0 Max 255 Key in a DEC number The Choices 0 X Default TM2 Bus VID This option represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated w
11. 8 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices 18 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 Port as ECP amp EPP mode EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The Choices EPP 1 7 default EPP 1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA The Choices 3 default 1 Game Port Address Game Port I O Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address The Choices 330 default 300 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 10 default 5 19 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features W Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1CP0S Power Management Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method Disable Disable Suspend gt Off LEA BE ELLI MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTH Instant 0ff Run YGABIOS if 3 Resume uto fic Loss futo Restart 0ff Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min gt IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save
12. B VT8237CD only Front USB Header JUSBS3 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 2 DDR DIMM Modules DIMM1 2 ATX Power Connector JATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector JATXPWR2 CPU Fan Header UCFAN1 JCONMe Header COM2 Header optional U8798 GRAND CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Step 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Step 2 Lookfor the white dot cut edge The white dot cut edge should point wards the lever pivot The CPU will fitonly in the correct orientation Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then dose the leverto complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and bucke it Connectthe CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1 This completes the installation Li mm NL CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 Lm Assignment eoo N An System Fan Header JSFAN1 Cen Assignment S Gond 1 JSF AN1 I FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support system cooling fan with 12V It supports 3 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to 12V and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND U8798 GRAND 2 2 MEMORY MODULES S Supports up to 2 DDR devices E Supports 200 266 333 MHz DDR devices 8 Maximum memory size is up to 2 GB DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Size Locati
13. CI slots but itis also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card wil take advantage of AGP technology for improved video efficiency and performance especially wth 3D graphics Communication Network Riser Slot CNH1 Optional The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which supports modem only Serial ATA Connector JSATA1 2 With SB VT8237CD only The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 1 0 spec and with transfer rate of 1 5Gb s Power Source Selection for JUSB1 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse JUSB V1 JUS Assignment Description 5V for JUSB1 and PS 2 SE 1 EE Ios Ducale M Bede are esis Ss close powered with 5V standby voltage Note In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JUSBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 CO M2 Header JCO M2 Header O ptional This header allows user to connect additional serial cable on the PC back panel It can be used to connect serial devices for example mouse or modem U8798 GRAND Front Panel Audio Out Header JAUDIO1 This connector allows user to connect with the front audio out put headers on the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors 2l ONG 14 eRe ES JAUDIO1 Pin Assignment Pin 3 Assignment Mi
14. 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 required to access the Setup Utility only This will only applyif passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 10 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 ROM is disabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The Choices Enabled Disabled default 11 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset mstalled on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coord
15. ESC Exit F1 General Help FS5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 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 83 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 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving 20 Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min 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 mm to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable HDD Power Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min
16. MOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Passw 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 Y N V Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving V N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDRTE UTILITV V N N 2 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 W Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features Time Chhimm ss UUS BEE Henu Level gt IDE Primary Master Hone IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in
17. P 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 AGP 3 0 Calibration cycle The Choices Disabled default Enabled CPU amp PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the CPU amp PCI Bus Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 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 Memory Hole You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals th
18. U8798 GRAND FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits ofa Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reas onable protection against harmful interference ina residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially 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 without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor 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 Chapter 1 Introduction 3 1 1 U8798 GRAND ESAEUITES crt c toties 3 1 2 Package Checklist atuntuputiocitpieeDe 5 1 3 Layout of U8798 GRAND
19. alking overdock percentage from 10096 110 96 Panther running overclock percentage from 11096 120 Car racing overclock percentage from 120 above 18 U8798 GRAND 66 5 M PTLOCK Hz o 1497 3 V cpi SPEED MHz AG n 99 8 che 33 3 4 CLOCK pci CLOCK MHz OVER CLOCK PERCENTAGE 1 00 Hz Monitor Button r4 to Over clock percentage 100 m Overclock Bullen Voltage Button iO V 1146 AM 3 Voltage Panel Clickthe Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide outto up asthe following figure In this panel you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best perfomance of overclocking we recommend you clickthe option Yes 19 U8798 GRAND z a RT ret 100 A a 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure U8798 GRAND tates E a Recovery Dose Phy ELLE WET Bia IHH Suton iO 9 nem Overdock Panel contains the these features a 3M Hz button 1 MHz button 1 MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify every
20. ary 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 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 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 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA 16 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 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do selec
21. at need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 14 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h 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 default Disabled 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 15 5 Integrated Peripherals W Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt UIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter gt UIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter gt SuperIO Device Press Enter ti Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 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 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 prim
22. ave ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio The Choices 8X default Min 8 Max 50 Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 232M Hz Max 29 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 Insert key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor 30
23. c In center a Mic power Bass 4 Audio power Right line out Speaker Right line out Speaker out out Right Right Reseved ed Key Left line out Speaker out Left line B CNN out e Erreur y ESTERS speakerrign t gu o TE speaker Right Right Left Left CD ROM Audio in Header JC DIN1 This connector allows user to conned the audio source from the veriaty devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV tumer card etc Pin Assignment Left channel input round Right channel input Digital Audio Out Connector JSPDIFO1 Optional This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Pin Assignment I 1 5V Gee a l JSPDIFO1 PDIF OUT Front USB Header JUSB3 4 This connector allows user to connect additional USB cables on the PC front panel Also can be connected with internal USB devices like USB card reader 2 9906 10 BBC NN dL EX 5 U usexa o 8 orsus 9 jKey 10 NO 11 U8798 GRAND Power Source Selection for USB JUSB V2 JUSBV2 j Assignment Description 1 e Ojo Jo 3 5V for USB located at the Pin 1 2 clase ev ema port connectors eco 3 5V standby JUSB3 4 ports are powered with PL 2 3 close Voltage standby voltage of 5V Note In order to supportthis function Power o system via USB device JUSBV2 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually Front
24. e sani peiie on jour computer F Launch the wp peesder Ira Linke Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual wil change according to your motherboard on hand 17 U8798 GRAND WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar is QOO vb 11 33 aM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder directly from the litte tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will dose Tray Icon utility if selected Lsnach Utility Exit v SS srme LR Main Panel If you dick the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer to the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a b Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP dock and PCI dock infomation Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons forinvoking respective panels With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man w
25. ed Controller optional ITE s Smart Guardian function I Meet the Microsoft PC98 amp PC99 System Design Guide requirements I 5 32 bit PCI bus master slots I 1 AGP 4x 8x compatible slot I 1 CNR slot optional On Board IDE I Supports 4 IDE disk drives I Supports PIO mode 0 4 Block Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 1 00 133 bus master mode LAN PHY i PHY VIA VT6103L I Supports 10 Mb s and 100 Mb s auto negotiation 3 U8798 GRAND I Half Full duplex capability I Supports ACPI PCI power management On Board AC 97 Sound Codec I Chip C Media CMI9761A Compliant wthAC 97 specification Supports SPDIF out function optional Supports 6 channels Supports stereo microphone L L I Serial ATA With SB VT8237CD only I Integrated in South Bridge VT8237 I Supports RAID 0 RAID 1 I Supports 2 serial ATA SATA potts Compliant with SATA 1 0 spec Data transfer rate up to 150 MB s On Board Peri pherals a Rear side 1 parallel port 1 audio ports in vertical 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 keyboard and 1 PS 2 mouse port 1 serial port COM2 is optional 2 USB 2 0 ports 4 USB 2 0 ports are supported by SB VT8237CD nt Side 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 S PDIF out header optional 1 Front audio header 1 Front panel header 4 USB2 0 ports b F Bo Dimensions I ATX Form Factor 19 9 x 29 3 cm Wx L B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal BIOS Sup
26. ed 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 3F8 IRQ4 default Disabled Auto 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 2F8 IRQ3 default Disabled Auto 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default ASKIR IrDA SCR RxD TxD Active This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Hi Lo default Hi Hi Lo Hi Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay This item allows you to enable disable IR transmission delay The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals The Choices IR Rx2Tx2 default RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 27
27. enu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Sub menus 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 F1 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 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear 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 9 WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information W Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status gt Frequency Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Upgrade BIOS Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS uu z Se
28. he 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 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of 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 Downarrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right m
29. hen the on diesensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375V Default 0 8375 1 6000 Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 it should be Disabled for WinXP The Choices Disabled Default Enabled Virus Warning This option allows 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 L1 amp I2 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 CPU 13 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 Hyper Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disable for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The Choices Enabled Default Disabled CPU I2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this optio
30. inates 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 W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter gt AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level 3 Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Init Display First PCI Slot tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults 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 DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices By SPD default Manual SDRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing 12 The Choices 2 5 default 2 Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default Precharge to Active Trp This items
31. lect Item Save amp Exit Setup Virus Protection Boot Sequence Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS 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 hardware of your system Frequency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults V N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the C
32. n press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options PS2KB Wakeup Select When select Password please press Enter key to change password with a maximun of 8 characters The Choices Hot Key default PS2KB Wakeup from 3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 keyboard The Choices Disabled default CtrHF1 CtrHF2 CtrHF3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 CtrHF6 CtrH F7 CtrHF8 CtrHF9 Ctr F10 CtrHF11 Ctri F12 Power Wake Any Key PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to wake up from S3 S4 S5 with PS2 mouse The Choices Disabled default USB Resume from S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB resume from S3 The Choices Disabled Default Enabled 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 amp 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
33. n will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Disabled Normal POST Enabled default Enable quick POST First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled 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 it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on The Choices 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 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
34. nables the function Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices 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 2T 8 PC Health Status W Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Menu Level r Enable Disable show HardWare Monitor Value Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Vcore 3 3V 5 V 12 V 12V 5V SVSB Voltage Batte Detect the system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temp This field displays the current temperature of CPU Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan Show H W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want The Choices Enabled default Disabled 28 9 Frequency Control W Figure 9 Frequency Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control futo Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Enabled Menu Level b CPU Clock 100MHz ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 S
35. on MB DIMM1 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max is 2 GB DIMM2 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR M odule installation 1 Unlocka DIMM slot by pressing the retaining dips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 2 3 JUMPERS HEADERS CONNECTORS amp SLOTS Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disktypes This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 2 The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connedors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI 1 5 This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and itis a bus standard for 9 U8798 GRAND expansion cards This PCI slotis designated as 32 bits Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AGP1 Your monitor will attach directly to that video card This motherboard supports video cards for P
36. or light on key board does not turn on System inoperativ e Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit and hard drive is spinning System does not boot from hard disd1 Check cable running from disk driv e can be bootedf rom optical to disk controller board Make driv e sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive ty pel in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time System only boots from optical drive 1 Back up data and applications files Ref ormat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Cannot boot system after installing 1 Set master slave jumpers second harddrive correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers f or compatibility with other drives U8798 GRAND CHAPTER 3 WARPSPEEDER 3 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overdock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in
37. ote Because the testing programs inv oked in Auto ov erclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Clickthe Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left asthe following figure In this panel you can get the real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second EE TIE 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail infomation in 22 U8798 GRAND hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility P uu tron er Version e T6E 12058 OSEE MCI QOD v 122 1 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder
38. pdate ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the Disabled default option is chosen the system s 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 25 Disabled mode 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 ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts IRQ 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 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 IRQ 3 assigned
39. ports APM1 2 Supports ACPI Supports USB Function Software Supports Warpspeeder 9th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHER M Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP SCO UNIX etc N U8798 GRAND PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable x 1 HDD Cable x 1 User s Manual x 1 Fully Setup Driver CD x 1 USB 2 0 Cable x1 optional Serial ATA Cable x 2 optional S PDIF Out Cable x 1 optional Rear I O Panel for ATX Case x 1 U8798 GRAND 13 LAYOUT OF U8798 GRAND JATXPWR2 ag ry J Socket 478 JCOM2 HEADER B E JAUDIOL x ISATA2 ISATA a S ICI e EKO ICMOSI CNR 1 optional TPANEL Note represents the 1 pin U8798 GRAND mm rop r ACT 9 9 wp JAUDIO1 P CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN1 Q R Digital Audio Connector JSPDIFO1 optional Peripheral Component Interconnect S Slots PCI 1 5 Communication Network Riser Slot T CNR1 optional System Fan Header USFAN 1 U Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 V Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 W USB Connector Power Source JUSBV2 1 4 COMPONENTS OF U8798 GRAND Back Panel Connectors M Front USB Header JUSB4 JUSBV1 Power Source Selectionfor N Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 JUSB1 amp PS 2 keyboard mouse Accelerated Graphics Port Slot O Case Open Connector JCI1 AGP1 Front Panel Audio Header Serial ATA Connectors JSATA1 2 For S
40. r JCI This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Danson ase open signal Power Connectors JATXPW R1 PATXPW R2 JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect with 20 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment Pin Assignment zpev ev 3 peu E round 4 v E E srs PUR SV 2x IZDsed pa ee Assignment 7 JB A H JaDPwR2 72 fan 3 jer J U8798 GRAND Back Panel Connectors i JKBMSI x COMI Rey boar JCOM I 6 Channel Speakers LJ line In Rear Speaker Left amp Ri ght SpeakerOut i in Frort k 3 n Mic In Center amp Bass ESE TEN GD A Ky q wee 2 4 AWARD BIOS BEEPCODE One long beepf ollowed by two short Video card notf ound or video card beeps memory bad High low siren sound 1 CPU overheated automatically One Short beep when system No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install 14 U8798 GRAND 2 5 TROUBLESHOOTING Prob le Solution 1 No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don t illuminate f an securely plugged in inside power supply does not Replace cable turn on Contact technical support 2 Indicat
41. s own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Menu Level gt PHP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data Ho Disabled Resources Controlled By AutoCESCD Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play PCI UGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VG fissign IRQ For USB Disabled Enabled Enabled capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to ti Move configure non boot devices Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values Fi0 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults 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 Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires 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 u
42. speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Pianos sabes a neccreeni option that vall decide wha kind of resinsng you want n do after system fail safe reboot Hcc C Ferme to Hardware Dadauit CPL Clock Value 6 Besse ta Bosius Vesied CPU Duck Vu Cer ee ee ee ak ps C Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder M will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WarpSpeeder utility will 21 U8798 GRAND execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will proceed a testing for current frequency If the testing is ok then the current frequency will be saved into system registry If the testing fail system wil doa fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting N
43. t Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled 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 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 1 amp 2 USB Port 2 amp 3 USB Port 1 amp 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port Onchip EHCI Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the onchip EHCI controller The Choices Enabled Default Disabled USB Device Legacy Support This item allows you to support the USB device legacy The Choices Disabled Default Enabled USB Mouse Support Enables support for USB attached mouse The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I O Device Onboard FDC Controller 17 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 Disabl
44. the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed thatis either the original system speed ora suitable one 3 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 3 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install 16 U8798 GRAND wake to the bilall hick wizard Doi Warp peeder Tha rial Wiad vell rial aap pasce or ul comple To condimus click Hed 2 When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder T ray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility wil be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button Tectia Tee kd Wed InstallShield wizaed Complete Setup has hnirhed inshalling V
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