Biostar M7VKQ Owner's Manual
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1. C OI OCIO DL Double Sided DIMM 1 The DIMM socket has a Plastic a Safety Tab and the DIMM memory module has an Asymmetrical notch so the DIMM memory module can AAA EIDEM C only fit into the slot in one direction gt lt 2 Push the tabs out Insert the DIMM A E memory modules into the socket at a E 90 degree angle and then push down vertically so that it will fit into the place BEES 3 The Mounting Holes and plastic d tabs should fit over the edge and hold the DIMM memory modules in place Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 5 Slots The slots in this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect them to the system bus Expansion slots are a mean of adding or enhancing the motherboard s features and capabilities With these efficient facilities you can increase the motherboard s capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are not part of the basic system SOCKET A S DIMMI DIMM22. 1 89 8361 L 88 88 06 ame siot 8 coo VT82C686 PCI Slots J BIOS ISA Slot Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 5 1 AMR Audio Modem Riser Slot The AMR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture that defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which only supports audio and modem 1 5 2 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards supplanted the older ISA bus standard in most parts This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits 1 5 3 ISA Industry Standard Architecture Slot The motherboard is equipped with one standard ISA slot ISA stands for Industry Standard Architecture and it was designed as a bus standard for expansion cards in the early 90 s for PC XT AT machines This motherboard retains backward compatibility with this older and slower bus architecture Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 Connectors Headers amp Jumpers The connectors headers and jumpers introduced below provide you lots of capabilities such as power supply front panel signal revelation IDE hard disk connection floppy disk connection Wake On LAN function and USB connection Noticeably a jumper ha
3. 10 183859 SOCKET 2 VT8361 d VT82C686 DIMM2 BIOS Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 5 1 CD ROM Audio In Connector JCDIN1 1 Left Channel Input 4 RightChannel Input 1 7 5 2 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUDIO1 Mic Power Audio Power AUD FPOUT R AUD RET R 9 AUD FPOUTL 10 AUD RET L PHONE IN Ground MONO OUT 2 BIOS Setup 2 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 turned 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 AMD Athlon Duron processors input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial 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 controls the entire system The rest of this
4. JCFANI ec l B j JCLKI cO e 20 51 8 a a VT8361 9 g JSFANI JNFANI VT82C686 gA O0 1 3 2 CPU Frequency Selection JCLK1 JCKL1 100MHz 133MHz 1 2 2 3 NOTES The mark indicate primitive value Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 3 3 CPU Fan Connector JCFAN1 1 3 5 North Bridge Chipset Fan Header JNFAN1 Optional Assignment Ground 12V Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 4 RAM Module Installation 1 4 1 DIMM DRAM Access Time 3 3V Unbuffered SDRAM PC66 PC100 and PC133 Type required DRAM 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB DIMM Module 168pin D 192 64M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 320 64Mx1pc 256 1 576 64Mx1pc 512 1 192 128Mx 1pc 64 1 384 M 128M x 1pc 256Mx 1 pc 640 M 28Mx1pc 1 512M x 1 pc 320 258 1 64 1 384 256Mx1pc 128Mx1 pc 768 M 256M x 1pc 512 1 640 M 128M x 1 pc 768 M 256M x 1 pc 1024 512 1 list shown above for DRAM configuration is only for reference Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 4 2 How to install a DIMM Module o 2 Single Sided DIMM
5. 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 DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel 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 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 dis
6. Enabled 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 Primary INTR When set to ON default any event occurring at Primary INTR will 2 26 2 BIOS Setup awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices ON default OFF 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 COM2 Enabled IRQ4 COMI Enabled IRQS LPT2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled 1 9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled 10 Reserved Disabled IRQI1 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled 15 Reserved Disabled 2 27 2 BIOS Setup 2 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 its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any cha
7. IR Function Duplex This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Half default Full TX RX inverting enable This item allows you to determine the active of Rx Tx The Choices No No No Yes default Yes No Yes Yes Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O address The Choices Disabled 3BC IRQO 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQS 2 19 2 BIOS Setup Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Normal EPP Extended Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP PC AT parallel port Bidirectional Port Fast buffered port Fast buffered Bidirectional Port Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support EPP or ECP mode The Choice Normal default EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode The Choice 3 default 1 Parallel Port EPP Type Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choice EPP1 9 default EPP1 7 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legency audio The Choices Enabled default Disabled Sound Blaster Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real mode DOS legacy compatibility The Choices Disabled default Enabled SB I O Base Address Change the SoundBlaster Pro Base I O Address setti
8. System inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit hard drive is spinning PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Memory DIMM is Turn off computer Take Using even pressure on partially dislodged from cover off system unit both ends of the DIMM the slot on the Check the DIMM to press down firmly until the motherboard ensure it is securely module snaps into place seated in the slot 3 1 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM System does not boot from hard disk drive can be booted from CD ROM drive PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Connector between hard When attempting to run Check cable running from drive and system board the FDISK utility you get a disk to disk controller unplugged message INVALID board Make sure both DRIVE SPECIFICATION ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Damaged hard disk Format hard disk if Contact technical disk controller unable to do so the hard support disk may be defective Hard disk directory or Run the FDISK program Backing up the hard drive FAT is scrambled format the hard drive is extremely important All Copy data that was hard disks are capable of backed up onto hard breaking down at any drive time PROBLEM System only boots from CD ROM Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Hard Disk boot pr
9. centronics port the parallel port is almost exclusively used with printers The parallel port on your system has a 25 pin DB25 connector see picture below The pinout for the parallel port are shown in the table below Bus 1 1 Paper Empty Auto FDXT Tm Error 15 Init 16 Ground 18 Ground 19 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 4 Game and Audio Port Connector AUD_GAME1 This connector is composed of a Game port connector and an Audio port connector Game Port Connector Game port connector allows you to connect a joystick or a game pad for playing computer games Also you may play or edit professional music by connecting MIDI devices Audio Port Connector Speaker Out is used to connect speakers or headphones for audio output Line In can be connected to the external CD player Tape player or other audio devices for audio input Mic In is used to connect a microphone that allows you to input sounds and voices Game Joystick MIDI d ON oR M M ie Speaker Out Line In Mic In 1 30 Chapter 1 1 7 5 Audio Subsystem JCDINI JTADI 1 JAUDIOI Motherboard Description
10. e Paralle Game Port PS 2 USB COMI Keyboard Speaker Line In Mic Out In JCOMI JVGA1 1 7 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 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 Pin 6 NC Pin 5 Mouse Clock Pin 3 GND Fa Pin 1 Mouse DATS T CET OCR 7 o CRO Pin 6NC zm a W oo Bo Pin 4 VCC I Pin 5 KBD Clock Pin 2 NC Pin 3 GND Pin 1 KBD DATA PS 2 Keyboard 1 23 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connectors Pin Assignment Data No connection Ground 5 V fused Clock No connection A jo N j gt 1 7 2 USB amp LAN Port Connectors JLAN 1 7 2 1 USB Connectors The motherboard provides a OHCI Open Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus Roots for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector USB 5678 OCR O oem oo 1234 Stacked USB Connectors Pin Assignment 1 5 5 V fused 2 6 USBPO USBP1 3 7 U
11. shows the hardware Monitor information of the system 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 CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password 2 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 Pas 1 Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CHOS 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 Y N N Update BIOS This submenu allows you to update bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY V N N 2 5 2 BIOS Setup 2 2 Standard CMOS Feat
12. to system BIOS ROM addressed at 0000 is cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The Choices Enabled default Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 default 256M 128M 64M 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X 2 15 2 BIOS Setup 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 OnChip USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this fe
13. 1 IDE can connect Master and a Slave drive You must configure the second hard drive on IDEI to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive Its configuration is similar to IDE1 The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode 1 20 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 4 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables 1 6 5 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Assignment 5V SB Assignment Normal Operation default Clear CMOS Data 1 6 7 Front USB Headers JUSB2 Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 1 5V 2 5V 3 USBP2 4 USBP3 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NA 1 21 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 8 AMR Codec Primary Secondary Selection JAMRS1 PIN Assignment On Secondary Off Primary 1 6 9 Keyboard Voltage Selection JKBV1 Optional Pin No Assignment 1 2 5V default 2 3 5V Standby Voltage Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 Peripheral Port Connectors JKBMS1 PS 2 JPRNTI AUD GAMEI Mouse LAN
14. 1 7 2 USB amp LAN Port Connectors JLAN seen 1 24 L721 USB Gonn ctors roe o e ttu i dte ce HR OU cap e esos 1 24 1 722 LAN Port C NNECtOT 1 25 1 7 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports and Video Graphics 1 26 1 7 3 1 The Serial Interface port COMI sess 1 26 1 7 3 2 Video Graphics Adapter Port JVGALT sss 1 28 1 7 3 3 Parallel Interface Port 0 1 29 1 7 4 Game and Audio Port Connector AUD GAMEH sess 1 30 TS Audio SUDSyStem non RIS RR RERO UR Durus 1 31 1 7 5 1 CD ROM Audio In Connector JCDINI eee 1 32 1 7 5 2 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUDIO eee 1 32 1 7 5 3 Telephony Audio Connector 1 32 i Contents 2 BIOS SODIG ds pte o 2 1 2 1 Main Menu esce repr repe pe E Eee e be epa 2 3 2 2 Standard CMOS Features 2 6 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features 2 9 2 4 Advanced Chipset Features sess 2 14 2 5 Integrated Peripherals exter eee rece o e 2 17 2 6 Power Management 2 2 22 2 7 PnP PCI Configurations essere ener nnne 2 28 2 8 PG Health Status eret ate ier Uem E AES 2 33 2 9 Frequency Control ives Rotes rer t red tert e o 2 34 3 Trouble Shooting ered
15. 1 ISA SLOT SUPPORTS 3 PCI SLOTS SUPPORT TELEPHONY SUPPORT I AMR SLOT 1 7 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 2 2 Layout of Motherboard Model No M7VKQ 6 EB Nu JCFANI amp Mouse JLAN SOCKET A NOS 1 BATI USB amp LAN SK JCOMI S 1 gt 2 gt g CPUI 3 2 NI sla 1 5 2 2 gt JATXPWRI JPRNTI r 2 JVGAI 2 VT8361 SPKR OUT E a 1 8 LINE IN T 5 lt es JCDINI 2 2 5 meni JNFANI 2112 s 1 oe 1 n m AUD GAMEI AMR SLOT IDEI IDE2 FDDI AMRI JAMRS1 0 JTADI PCI JSFANI PCI BUS SLOT JAUDIOI 2 10JWOLI 89908 cce pep VT82C686 emos PCI BUS SLOT L 1 BIOS U2 PCI PCI BUS SLOT le JPANELI ISAl 2 ISA SLOT 1 o JUSB2 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 2 3 Quick Reference UTS R Q E l T 9 2 E T 8 m B L 5 K E F G Back P
16. 32 entry data queue 4kbyte texture cache with over 90 hit rates Pipelined Single Cycle Setup Texturing Rendering Engines DirectDraw acceleration 1 4 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Multiple buffering and page flipping Universal Serial Bus Supports two back Universal Serial Bus USB Ports and two front Universal serial Bus USB Ports Optional Supports 48 MHz USB Hardware Monitor Function Fan and System Fan Speed Monitor System and CPU Temperature Monitor Optional System Voltage Monitor Dimensions Micro ATX 19 8 cm X 24 4 cm W x L 1 5 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 1 2 Software BIOS AWARD legal BIOS Supports APMI 2 Supports USB Function Supports ACPI Operating System Offers the highest performance for MS DOS Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 95 98 Windows ME Windows XP SCO UNIX etc 1 1 3 Accessories HDD Cable FDD Cable Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update USB2 Cable Optional Rear I O Panel for Micro ATX Case Optional Fully Setup Driver CD 1 6 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 2 Motherboard Installation 1 2 1 System Block Diagram SOCKET 462 CPU CLOCK ICW 230 HOST BUS CONTROL HOST BUS VIA VT8361 KLE 133 ADDR DATA KEYBOARD MOUSE M7VKQ Micro 8 133 100MHz SUPPORTS 2 DIMMS SUPPORT
17. A VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO 2 7 2 BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard the POST process All but Diskette notify you All but Disk Ke Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory Total Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up N A Displays the total memory available in the system 2 8 2 BIOS Setup 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup JO 001 A T Virus Marning Disabled CPU Internal Cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For 0S 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 The Choices Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protecti
18. B Chipset LAN Chip Realtek RTL 8100 Optional Speed Supports up to AMD Athlon TM XP 2000 CPU core speeds DRAM Memory Supports 32 64 128 256 512MB DIMM module socket Supports Synchronous DRAM 3 3V Support a maximum memory size of IGB with SDRAM 512 Mb DRAM technology Shadow RAM A memory controller provide shadow RAM and supports 8 bit ROM BIOS Green Function Support power management operation via BIOS Power down timer from 1 to 15 mins Wakes from power saving sleep mode at the press of any key any mouse activity 1 2 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description BUS Slots Three 32 bit PCI bus master slots One ISA slot One AMR slot Flash Memory Supports flash memory Supports ESCD Function IDE Built in On Board Supports four IDE hard disk drives Supports Mode 4 Master Mode high performance hard disk drives Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Mode Supports IDE interface with CD ROM Supports high capacity hard disk drives Supports LBA mode Stereo AC 97 Digital Audio Codec AC 97 2 1 interface 16 channels of high quality sample rate conversion 16x8 channel digital mixer Stereo 10 band graphic equalizer Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro emulation 64 voice wavetable PC99 complaint Built in On Board Supports one multi mode Parallel Port 1 Standard amp Bidirection Parallel Port 2 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP 3 Ex
19. CI LAN function 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 2 BIOS Setup 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 increase 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 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 selec
20. Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports versions 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select the version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 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 The Choices Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled 2 12 2 BIOS Setup C8000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 DFFFF Shadow Determines whether the optional ROM will be copied to RAM for faster execution The Choices Enabled Optional ROM is shadowed Disabled default Optional ROM is not shadowed Note For C8000 DFFFF option ROM on PCI BIOS BIOS will automatically enable the shadow RAM User does not have to select the item Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable display the small EPA logo The Choices Disabled default Enabled 2 13 2 BIOS Setup 2 4 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 the system memory resources such as DRAM and external cache It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus
21. 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 Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 The Choices Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 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 Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 2 BIOS Setup Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility The Choices 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 apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode By selecting Enabled enables ACPI device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The
22. EM Keyboard is locked and no keys function PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keyboard is locked ee Unlock keyboard 12 06 2001
23. M7VKQ Federal Communications Commission F C C Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation of this device is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Accessories This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device the accessories associated with this equipment are as follows 1 Shielded serial cable Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets 2 Shielded printer cable Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets 3 Shielded video cable Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets 4 Shielded power cord Provided by manufacturer These accessories are required to ensure compliance with FCC Rules It is the responsibility of the user to provide and use these accessories properly This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant of Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation This equipment generates uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if you did not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference in the radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particu
24. SBP0 USBP1 4 8 Ground Signal names in brackets are for USB Port 1 1 24 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 2 2 LAN Port Connector This connector allows you to connect to the Internet through a Local Area Network LAN You can set up the connection by entering an account information provided by your ISP LAN Port 14131211109 LAN Port Connector Pin Assignment 9 VCC 10 TD 11 TD 12 RD 13 RD 14 NC 1 25 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports and Video Graphics Port This system is equipped one serial port one parallel port and a VGA port These types of interface ports will be explained in this chapter 1 7 3 1 The Serial Interface port COM1 The serial interface port is sometimes referred to as an RS 232 port or an asynchronous communication port Mice printers modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port where it can also be used to connect your computer with another computer system If you wish to transfer the contents of your hard disk to another system it can be accomplished by using each machine s serial port The serial port on this system has a 9 pin connector Some older computer systems and peripherals used to be equipped with only one 25 pin connector I
25. Suspend Mode Power Management There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings The Choices Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power 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 Allow 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 15 Min 2 23 2 BIOS Setup Doze Mode 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 Suspend Mode When enabled and when after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under t
26. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore it should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup 0 98 001 A DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled Item Help Memory Hole System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable AGP Aperture Size AGP Mode AGP Driving Control OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support OnChip Sound OnChip Modem CPU to PCI Write Buffer DRAM Timing By SPD This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices Enabled default Disabled DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM Clock following 100 or 133MHz The Choices 133MHZ default 100MHZ 2 14 2 BIOS Setup SDRAM Cycle Length When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer The Choices 3 default 2 Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default 2Bank 4Bank 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 15 16 System BIOS Cacheable When enabled accesses
27. able this option The Choices Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRQ For VGA Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 30 2 BIOS Setup Assign IRQ For USB Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Master Pipeline Req This item allows you to enable disable the PCI master pipeline request feature The Choices Enabled default Disabled P2C C2P Concurrency This item allows you to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency The Choices Enabled default Disabled Fast R W Turn Around This item controls the DRAM timing It allows you to enable disable the fast read write turn around The Choices Disabled default Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions the burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don t The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 Enabled default Disabled 2 31 2 BIOS Setup PCI 2 Ac
28. anel I O Connectors AMR BUS Slot AMR1 AMR Code Selection JAMRS1 Telephony Header JTAD1 Frequency Selection JCLK1 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 CMOS Clear Function JCMOS1 L North Bridge Fan Header JNFAN1 M N Front Audio Header JAUDIO1 Q DIMMs DIMM1 2 R 5 U Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 IDE Connectors IDE1 2 PCI BUS Slots 11 3 CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 ISA BUS Slot ISA1 Keyboard Voltage Selection JKBV1 Front USB Header JUSB2 ATX Power Connector JATXPWR1 J Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 CD Audio In Header JCDIN1 K System FAN Header JSFAN1 Note The mark means that the function is optional 1 9 gt Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 3 CPU Installation 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket A 129006 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin A 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 4 the fan on the CPU by buckling it and then put the fan s powerport into the JCFANI then the installation will be completed 1 10 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description
29. ature The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and also you have a USB keyboard The Choices Disabled default Enabled OnChip Sound The default setting of this item utilizes an onboard sound chip for audio output There is no need to buy and insert a sound card If sound card is installed disable this item The Choices Auto default Disabled OnChip Modem This item allows you to control the onboard MC97 Modem controller The Choices Auto default Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four Dwords of data it 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 is ready to receive the data The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 16 2 BIOS Setup 2 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Onboard PCI LAN Enabled OnChip IDE 10 OnChip IDE 11 IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master Primary Slave 0 Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave Primary Master UDHA Primary Slave UDHA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port IrDA Port Onboard PCI LAN This item allows you to Enabled Disabled Onboard P
30. cess 1 Retry When enabled PCI 2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success When disabled PCI 2 will not be disconnected until access finishes The Choices Enabled default Disabled 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 2 32 2 BIOS Setup 2 8 PC Health Status W Figure 8 PC Health Status Show H W Monitor in POST 3 Item Help Current CPU Temp This field displays the current temperature of CPU 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 None 1sec 2sec 3 sec default Current CPUFAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan CPU Voltage 2 5V 3 3V 5 12V Detect the system s voltage status automatically 2 33 2 BIOS Setup 2 9 Frequency Control W Frequency Control 0 98 001 A o Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Item Help CPU Host PCI Spread Spec Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This it
31. ched to a momentary SPST switch This switch is usually open and when it is closed it will cause the motherboard to reset and run the POST Power On Self Test POW LED Power LED Connector This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case The LED will illuminate 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 where it is only applied to those IDE drives directly attached to the system board IR Infrared Connector This connector is used to attach to an infrared sensing device After the IrDA interface is configured connectionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops making PDA possible SLP Sleep Green Button This connector is used to conserve energy by powering down the monitor and the hard disk when is not in use To configure this option you need to connect a button from the front panel to this sleep button Depressing the button will power down the monitor and the 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 PWR Power Button This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pulled the Power Button pin to g
32. e changes F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys 2 2 2 BIOS Setup 2 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 WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information W Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CHOS Features Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS fiw Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS 2 3 2 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 hardware of your system Frequency Control This page
33. e i 3 1 iii Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Introduction System Overview Congratulations on the purchase of your new system This motherboard is designed to take advantage of the latest industry technology to provide you with the ultimate solution in data processing the tradition of its predecessors this motherboard continues the commitment of reliability performance and strives for full compliance and compatibility with industry software and hardware standards M7VKQ Highlights Contains on board I O facilities which include a serial port a parallel port a mouse port a VGA port a keyboard port audio ports USB ports a LAN port and a game port gt Contains on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD ROM Drives Supports the AMD processor a leading edge processor which brings to you the latest technology in microarchitecture design graphics performance system bus design cache architecture and much more Complies with PC MicroATX form factor specifications Supports popular operating systems such as Windows 95 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP LINUX and SCO UNIX 1 1 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 Motherboard Description 1 1 Features 1 1 1 Hardware CPU Single AMD Socket A for Athlon Thunderbird Athlon XP Duron processors Running at 200 266 MHz Front Side Bus FSB Chipset Chipset VIA VT8361 VT82C686
34. em allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Host PCI Spread Spec This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock CPU PCI not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear COMS data by setting the JCOMSI 2 3 closed as ON status 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 lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is 2 34 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM No power to the system at all Power light does not illuminate fan inside power supply does not turn on Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Power cable is Visually inspect power Make sure power cable is unplugged cable securely plugged in Defective power cable Visually inspect the cable Replace cable try another cable Power supply failure Power cable and wall Contact technical support socket are OK but system is still dead Faulty wall outlet circuit Plug in device known to different socket breaker or fuse blown work in socket and test repair outlet reset circuit breaker or replace fuse PROBLEM
35. f you need to connect a 9 pin serial port to an older 25 pin serial port you can purchase a 9 to 25 pin adapter 1 26 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Connectivity The serial port 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 and some of the 25 pin connector This information can be used when configuring certain software programs to work with the serial port W N Data Set Read Request to Send Clear to Send Ring Indicator N Signa p S OO R 1 27 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 3 2 Video Graphics Adapter Port JVGA1 This motherboard has built in video facilities Your monitor will attach directly to connector on the motherboard e L aa CRE 5 1 oW ES JVGAI Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 NC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 5V 10 Ground 11 NC 12 DDC Data 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDC CLK 1 28 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 3 3 Parallel Interface Port JPRNT1 Unlike the serial port parallel interface port has been standardized and it should not present any difficulty interfacing peripherals of your system Sometimes called
36. he ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM PM Control by APM The Choices No System BIOS will ignore APM when power Management is on Yes default System Bios will wait for APM s prompt before it enters any PM mode Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspend Off default Always on All Modes Off Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank The Choices 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 2 24 2 BIOS Setup buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support 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 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 Wake Up Events If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Wake Up Events 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
37. in correct sockets Computer virus Use anti virus programs to detect and clean viruses PROBLEM Screen goes blank periodically PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Screen saverisenabled Disable screen saver _ PROBLEM Keyboard failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Reconnect keyboard Check keys again if no improvement replace keyboard Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM No color on screen PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Faulty Monitor If possible connect monitor to another system If no color replace monitor CMOS incorrectly set Le Call technical support up PROBLEM C drive failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Hard drive cable not Check hard drive cable connected properly PROBLEM Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Master slave jumpers Set master slave jumpers not set correctly correctly Hard drives not Run SETUP program and compatible different select correct drive types manufacturers Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM Missing operating system on hard drive PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION CMOS setup has been Run setup and select changed correct drive type PROBLEM Certain keys do not function PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keys jammed or Replace keyboard defective PROBL
38. isabled mode 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP 4 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 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 2 29 2 BIOS Setup IRQ Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt
39. lar installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet from a different circuit where the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Caution Changes or modifications that is not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Disclaimer The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here of and specially the vendor 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 of 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 obtaining the vendor s approval in writing Trademarks and Remarks MS DOS Windows Windows NT Windows 9X Windows ME and Windows 2000 are products of Microsoft Corp with its ownership of trademark and are distributed by the vendor under a license agreement All trademarks used in this manual are property of their respecti
40. manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system by using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play specification Version 1 0A complicant 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 This AWARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors 2 1 2 BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 2 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support SDRAM Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD Athlon Duron 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 Move to previous item Move to previous item Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Decrease the numeric value or mak
41. nges to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For YGA Assign IRQ For USB PCI Master Pipeline Req P2C C2P Concurrency Fast R W Turn Around PCI Dynamic Bursting PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction PCI 2 Access 1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read 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 2 28 2 BIOS Setup 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 update 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 D
42. ngs The Choices 220H default 240H 260H 280H SB IRQ Select Change the SoundBlaster Pro interrupt signal The Choices IRQS default IRQ7 IRQ9 10 2 20 2 BIOS Setup SB DMA Select Change the SoundBlaster Pro direct memory access setting The Choices DMA0 1 default DMA2 DMA3 MPU 401 Enable or Disable MPU 401 function The Choices Disabled default Enabled MPU 401 I O Address Change the SoundBlaster Pro MPU 401 I O address The Choices 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H default Game Port 200 207H Change the joystick connects port address The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 21 2 BIOS Setup 2 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 Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Power Management ACPI Suspend Type Control by APH Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off by PWRBTN Wake Up Events ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 22 2 BIOS Setup 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
43. ogram number of causes could up data and has been destroyed be behind this applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks 3 2 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM Error message reading SECTOR NOT FOUND or other error messages will not allow certain data to be retrieved PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION number of causes Use a file by file backup Back up any salvageable could be behind this instead of an image data Then low level backup to backup the format partition and high hard disk level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed PROBLEM Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Incorrect information Check the configuration Review system s entered into the program Replace any equipment Make sure configuration setup incorrect information correct information is in program setup PROBLEM Screen is blank PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION No power to monitor Check the power connectors to monitor and to system Make sure monitor is connected to display card Monitor not connected See instructions above to computer 3 3 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM No screen PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Memory problem Reboot computer Reinstall memory make sure that all memory modules are installed
44. on is activated 2 BIOS Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache External Cache This option you to enable or disable Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Disabled default Enabled Quick 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 The Choices Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt 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 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Enabled Disabled default 2 10 2 BIOS Setup 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
45. port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices OFF default ON LPT amp COM When set to On any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices NONE LPT COM LPT COM default HDD amp FDD When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices ON default OFF 2 25 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup PCI Master When set to On any event occurring at PCI will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices OFF default ON PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Wake Up On LAN Ring To use this function you need a LAN add on card which support power on function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump Disabled default Wake up on LAN Ring not supported Enabled Wake up on LAN Ring supported Modem Ring Resume To use this function you need a LAN add on card which support power on function It should also support the wake up on LAN jump The Choices Disabled default Wake up on LAN Ring not supported Enabled Wake up on LAN Ring supported 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 Disabled default
46. round for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch 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 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 2 ATX 20 pin Power Connector JATXPWR1 This connector supports the power button on board Using the ATX power supply functions such as Modem Ring Wake Up and Soft Power Off are supported on this motherboard This power connector supports instant power on functionality which means that the system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V 1 6 3 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The motherboard 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 connectors IDEI primary and IDE2 secondary You can connect up to four hard disk drives a CD ROM a 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2 These connectors support the IDE hard disk cable provided DEI Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE
47. s two or more pins covered by a plastic jumper cap allowing the user to select a different system options 1 JCMOS1 SOCKET A a i e IDE 1 2 JATXPWRI VT8361 1 FDDI TEL JWOLI oe a 1 5505 JAMRSI mm VT82C686 oe N 1 BIOS JPANELI JUSB2 2 10 55222 e BOO Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 1 Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 2 1 SPK HLED RST Pin Assignment Function Function 5 N Speaker N Connector Speaker LED A V 12 Power LED 14 Power Button 16 20 KEY 22 Ground 24 Power on Button Reset Control Button N 5 Connector SPK Speaker Connector An offboard speaker can be installed on the motherboard as a manufacturing option It can be connected to the motherboard at the front panel connector The speaker onboard or offboard provides error beep code information during the Power On Self Test 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 subsystem Chapter 1 Motherboard Description RST Reset Button This connector can be atta
48. set Fan Header JNFANI Optional 1 12 1 4 RAM Module 1 13 IA TDI s n primit p daa estne ben is 1 113 1 4 2 How to install a DIMM Module eerte 1 14 LS Slots 1 15 1 5 1 AMR Audio Modem Riser 24 0 041 0202 040 01048101044 800054 4 1 16 1 5 2 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots sess 1 16 1 5 3 ISA Industry Standard Architecture Slot sss 1 16 i Contents 1 6 Connectors Headers amp 1 17 1 6 1 Front Panel Connector JPANEL eerte 1 18 1 6 2 20 pin Power Connector JATXPWRI sese 1 20 1 6 3 Hard Disk Connectors IDEY IDE2 eere 1 20 1 6 4 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 eese tentent 1 21 1 6 5 Wake On LAN Header JWOL 1 eene 1 21 1 6 6 Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS sese ttentennttnns 1 21 1 6 7 Front USB Headers JUSB2 eerte tentent 1 21 1 6 8 AMR Codec Primary Secondary Selection 1 1 22 1 6 9 Keyboard Voltage Selection JRBV1 see 1 22 1 7 Peripheral Port Connectors essere nennen 1 23 1 7 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector JKBMSI sss 1 23
49. t Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto 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 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 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 2 18 2 BIOS Setup Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and if 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 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 IrDA Port Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled default Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of the onboard I O chip you wish to use The Choices HPSIR default ASKIR
50. tended Capabilities Port ECP Supports one serial port 16550 UART Supports one Infrared transmission IR Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard Supports 360KB 720KB 1 2 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy disk drivers 1 3 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description LAN Built in On Board 10 mb s and 100 mb s operation Compliant to PC99 standard Supports Wake On LAN function and remote wake up Contains two large 2KB independent receive and transmit FIFO s Supports Full Duplex Flow Control Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC Physical chip and transceiver in one chip PCI local bus single chip Fast Ethernet controller Compliant to PCI Revision 2 2 Supports ACPI PCI power management Uses 93C46 64 16 bit EEPROM to store resource configuration ID parameter and VPD data Supports LED pins for various network activity indications Half Full duplex capability Built in VGA General Graphic Capabilities 64 bit Single Cycle 2D 3D Graphics Engine Real Time DVD MPEG 2 and AC 3 Playback Video Precessor PC Serial Interface Integrated 24 bit 230MHz True Color DAC Extended Screen Resolution up to 1600x1200 Extended Text Modes 80 or 132 columns by 25 30 43 60 rows Graphics Performance Sustained 1M polygons second and 100M pixels second 30fps DVD playback of 9 8 bps 2 video with 30 headroom Hoast Based AC 3 decode at only 8 utilization High Performance rCADE3D Accelerator 32 entry command queue
51. ures 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 0 o 98 001 A Time hh mm ss IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On 2 6 2 BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item 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 in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options Drive A 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy 1 2 525 in disk drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EG
52. ve owners Copyright 2001 All Rights Reserved Canadian D O C Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus to set out of the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Cet appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites appliqu es aux appareils num riques de Class B pr scrits dans le r glement du brouillage radio lectrique edict par le minister Des Communications du Canada Contents Introduction E c 1 1 1 Motherboard unen 1 2 Il Feature sion PEE ERR REIHE IdS 1 2 2 vain ga EOHUUR EI qeu 1 2 I T2 SOftWatezi VE hU US 1 6 1 1 3 A CCeSSOLIES c tae De qa SUD RR es 1 6 1 2 Motherboard Installation eee en 1 7 12 1 System Block Diagram sis acero ti cn te ee teo eti me in 1 7 1 2 2 Layout of Motherboard eese ten tentent 1 8 1 23 Quick Reference eno e Dep bap 1 9 1 3 CPU Installation eter rp nealing 1 10 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket A eee 1 10 1 3 2 Frequency Selection 1 11 1 3 3 CPU Fan Connector JCFANI eerte ttes 1 3 4 System Fan Connector JSFAN1 1 3 5 North Bridge Chip
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