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Biostar M7VKG Owner's Manual

1. seen JCMOSI B oo q i Ri E i EN RN 1 Eg JSFANI 511 3 r3 mg 000 3 TOI 000 3 1 24 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 1 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense 1 7 2 System Fan Header JSFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense 1 7 3 System Fan Header JSFAN3 Optional Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense 1 7 4 Wake On MODEM Header JWOM 1 Optional Pin No 1 Assignment SB 2 Ground Wake Up 1 25 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 5 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Pin No Assignment 1 5V SB Ground Wake up 1 7 6 CMOS Function Selection JCMOS1 This jumper is set during the process of clearing BIOS configurations which may be necessary in certain circumstances i e forgotten BIOS passwords JCMOS1 Assignment 1 3 QOJO Normal Operation default 1 2 Closed 1 3 Clear CMOS Data 2 3 Closed MAN following procedures for resetting we your step BIOS passw
2. 1 31 1 9 4 Front Audio Connector AUDIO Optional 1 32 2 BIOS Setup cccscccscccssccssccccecccccssccsscccsccesceccesccccsccecscecsscees 2 1 2 1 Main Men ann ed e eben aut oes i ema 2 3 2 2 Standard CMOS Features 2 5 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features 00000 11 2 8 2 4 Advanced Chipset Features sss 2 12 2 9 Integrated Peripherals ay eee te e TURNER Te d 2 17 Contents 2 6 Power Management Setup sse eene nnn 2 22 2 7 PnP PCI Configurations eerte tette eer tenen 2 27 2 8 PC Health Stats ree aea a eles 2 30 2 9 Frequency Voltage Control sees eene 2 31 2 10 Load Fail Safe 2 33 2 T1 Load Optimized ee etnia 2 34 2 12 Set Supervisor User Password sse 2 35 213 Save amp Exit gu eed 2 37 2 14 Exit Without Saving th tenants 2 38 3 Trouble Shooting eee 3 1 lii Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Introduction System Overview Thanks for buying this product This manual was written to help you start using this product as quickly and smoothly as possible Inside you will find adequate explanations to solve most problems In order for this reference materia
3. 4 i gt gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 5 Chapter2 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 IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the 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 None Select the type of floppy Drive B 360K 5 25 in disk drive installed in your System 1 2M 525 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video EGANGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO 2 6 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory Extended Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A N A the POST process and
4. Esc Quit F9 Menuin BIOS 4 gt Select 210 amp Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 2 34 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 12 Set Supervisor User Password Figure 12 Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Manage brd Enter Password gt PnP PCI Configu p PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menuin BIOS 4 gt Select item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change Set Disable password When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters and press lt Enter gt The password you type now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt ESC gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter password A message will confirm
5. Y PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Esc Quit F9 Menuin BIOS F10 Save amp Exit Setup SS faults Integrated Peripr Quit without Saving Y N N kwod Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving 4 gt 4 Select Item Abandon all Datas Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS RAM Type N will return to Setup Utility 2 38 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 unplugged Visually inspect power cable Make sure power cable is securely plugged in Defective power cable Visually inspect the cable try another cable Replace cable Power supply failure Power cable and wall Socket are OK but system is still dead Contact technical support Faulty wall outlet circuit breaker or fuse blown Plug in device known to work in socket and test Use different socket repair outlet reset circuit breaker or replace fuse PROBLEM System inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit hard drive is spinning PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION M
6. 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy disk drivers Power Management only for version2 0 and above Supports both ACPI Advanced and Configuration and Power Interface and legacy APM power management ACPI v1 0 Compliant APM v1 2 Compliant CPU clock throttling and clock stop control for complete ACPI to state support PCI bus clock run Power Management Enable PME control and PCI CPU clock generator stop control Supports multiple system suspend types power on suspends with flexible CPU PCI bus reset options and suspend to disk soft off all with hardware automatic wake up Multiple suspend power plane controls and suspend status indicators One idle timer one peripheral timer and one general purpose timer plus 24 32 bit ACPI compliant timer Normal doze sleep suspend and conserve modes Global and local device power control System event monitoring with two event classes Primary and secondary interrupt differentiation for individual channel Dedicated input pins for power and sleep buttons external modem ring indicator and notebook lid open close for system wake up Multiple internal and external SMI sources for flexible power management model One programmable chip select and one microcontroller chip select Enhanced integrated real time clock RTC with date alarm month alarm and century field Thermal alarm on either external or any com
7. PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Memory problem Reboot computer Reinstall memory make sure that all memory modules are installed in correct sockets Computer virus Use anti virus programs to detect and clean viruses PROBLEM Screen goes blank periodically PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Screen saver is enabled Disable screen saver PROBLEM Keyboard failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keyboard is disconnected Reconnect keyboard Check keys again if no improvement replace keyboard 3 5 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 Call technical support up PROBLEM C drive failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Hard drive cable not connected properly Check hard drive cable PROBLEM Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive PROBABLE CAUSE Master slave jumpers not set correctly Hard drives not compatible different manufacturers DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives 3 6 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM
8. Missing operating system on hard drive Certain keys do not function PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION CMOS setup has been Run setup and select changed correct drive type PROBLEM Keyboard is locked and no keys function PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keys jammed or Replace keyboard defective PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE Keyboard is locked DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Unlock keyboard 3 7 11 21 2001
9. 30 30 characters per second Dely Msec Choose the length of delay from the time you press a key and the character repeating units are milsec The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup System The system wil not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered in prompt Setup default The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 4 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chip
10. Enabled default Disabled 2 9 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power on Self Test POST after you power up the computer If it is set to Enable Bios will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignments The Choices Enabled Disabled default Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled default Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming The system BIOS will use default value and the keyboard controls the function 2 10 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 default 6 characters per second 8 8 characters per second 10 10 characters per second 12 12 characters per second 15 15 characters per second 20 20 characters per second 24 24 characters per second
11. Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 1 3 3 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 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 4 Back Panel Connectors JKBMSI PS 2 Mouse JUSBI e CN2 Parallel OCD Le 7 PS 2 Keyboard USB COMI CNI VGAI Speaker Line Mic CN3 out in in 1 4 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard CONN 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 Pin 6 NC Pin4 VCC Pin2NC PS 2 Mouse Pin 5 Mouse Clock Pin 3 GND Pin 1 Mouse DATA OCR Pin 6 NC Pin 4 VCC Pin 2 NC Pin3 GND Pin 1 KBD DATA Keyboard Pin 5 KBD Clock 1 13 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connectors Pin No Signal Name Data No connection Ground 5 V fused Clock IN j gt No connection 1 4 2 USB Connector JUSB1 The motherboard provides a OHCI Open Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus Roots for attach
12. C OOM AA Double Sided DIMM 1 The DIMM socket has a Plastic Safety BE Tab and the DIMM memory module has an asymmetrical notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction 2 Push the tabs out Insert the DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90 degree angle then push down vertically so that it will fit into place 3 The Mounting Holes and plastic tabs should Br fit over the edge and hold the DIMM memory modules in place 1 29 Motherboard Description Chapter 1 1 9 Audio Subsystem Wr qe I T LJ CoC Ee JTADI 1 4 4 4 I JCDINI 1 JAUXI 1 2 Kaeo 1 4 JCDIN2 JF AUDIO 9 1 1 30 1 Motherboard Description 1 9 1 CD Audio In Headers JCDIN1 JCDIN2 Pin No of JCDIN1 Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input Pin No of JCDIN2 Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Right Channel Input 4 Ground 1 9 2 Telephony Head
13. Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI function This item display status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 2 22 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Power Management label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Power Manage ment This option allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable The Choices User Define default Min Saving Max Saving HDD Power Down By default this is Disabled meaning that no matter the mode the rest of the system the hard drive will remain ready Otherwise you have a range of choices from 1 to 15 minutes or Suspend This means that you can elect to have your hard disk drive be turned off after a selected number of minutes or when the rest or the system goes into a suspend mode Disabled default Doze Mode Suspend Mode The Doze Mode and Suspend Mode fields set the Period of time after which each of these modes activate At Max Saving these modes activate sequentially in the given order af
14. Ultra DMA 66 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 must new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 18 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Muti Media setting The multimedia setting submenu is used to configure various multimedia peripherals such as audio and game equipment If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Muti Media setting label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audio The Choices Enabled default Disabled Sound Blaster Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real mode DOS legacy compatibility The Choices Enabled Disabled default SB I O Base Address Change the SoundBlaster Pro Base I O Address settings The Choices 220H default 240H 260H 280H SB IRQ Select Change the SoundBlaster Pro interrupt signal The Choices IRQS default IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQIO SB DMA Select Change the SoundBlaster Pro direct memory access setting The Choices DMAO DMAI default DMA2 DMA3 MPU 401 Enable or Disable MPU 401 function The Choices Enabled default D
15. chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 17 Chapter2 BIOS Setup OnChip IDE Channel 1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching The Choices Enabled default Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields lets you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance 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 66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 98 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support
16. notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 2 7 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Boot Device Select Press Enter Item Help gt Shadow Control Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled MenuLevel CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache Enabled CPU 12 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB NonOS2 1 4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Boot Device Select These BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items First Second Third Boot Device The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Boot Other Device The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 8 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Sha
17. options and try to diagnose the problem after the computer boots These settings do not provide optimal performance Set Supervisor Password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup Set User Password You can specify both an User and a Supervisor password When you select either password option you are prompted for a 1 8 character password Enter the password and then retype the password when prompted Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 2 4 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 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 Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue 6 2000 Item Help Time hh mm ss 11 26 10 MenuLevel IDE Primary Master Maxtor 54098H8 gt IDE Primary Slave None Change the day month IDE Secondary Master None year and century IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory XXXX Extended Memory XXXX Total Memory XXXX
18. 1 1 13 1 4 2 USB Connector 8 0 1 14 1 4 3 Monitor Connector JVGAL esses 1 15 1 4 4 Front USB Connector JUSB2 esee 1 16 1 5 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports essen 1 17 LG CPU Installation tir ER Pe eere 1 21 1 6 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket A sss 1 21 1 6 2 CPU Jumper Settings eese eene E E 1 22 Contents 1 6 2 1 CPU Frequency Selection JCLKI ees 1 23 1 6 2 2 CPU Ratio Selection JCLK2 eee 1 23 157 Jumper Settings od ee orte n ERO UR a ee a at 1 24 ITE CPU Fan Header JCFEANT ter PR 1 25 1 7 2 System Fan Header 75 1 25 1 7 3 System Fan Header JSFAN3 1 25 1 7 4 Wake On MODEM Header Optional 1 25 1 7 5 Wake On LAN Header eee 1 26 1 7 6 CMOS Function Selection JCMOSI sese 1 26 T S DRAM Installation ees 1 27 DIMM rette d e re ve aa 1 27 1 8 2 How to install a DIMM Module see 1 29 1 9 Audio SUBS EE E e a E 1 30 1 9 1 CD Audio In Headers JCDINI JCDIN2 eee 1 31 1 9 2 Telephony Header 1 1 31 1 9 3 AUX Audio in Comector JAUXI 1
19. 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables 1 3 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 optional functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE 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 IDEI and IDE2 These connectors support the IDE hard disk cable provided IDEI Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDEI IDE can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure the second hard drive on IDEI to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly e IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive The configuration is similar to IDE1 The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode 1 Motherboard Description 1 3 4 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
20. BIOS Setup 2 10 Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Figure 10 Load Fail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software vw Ww NN VY Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals iso Password Power Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menuin BIOS 4 gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Pressing Y loads the default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 2 33 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 11 Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Figure 11 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software vV V Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Manage ord Load Optimized Defaults Y PnP PCI Config tup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving
21. CI 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 for 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 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 28 Chapter2 BIOS Setup IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on
22. LK CTL Select Use this item to specify the clock control for ramp rate Select default for a defaulted time value and optimum time value which depends on different CPU ratio The Choices Default default Optimal 2 16 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Control Help gt Muti Media setting Press Enter Init Display First PCISlot Menu Level gt Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard IR Port Disabled X UART2 Mode HPSIR X IRFunction Duplex Half X TX RX inverting enable No Yes Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode Nomal X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 X Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1 9 t gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General le F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip IDE Control The 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 install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onchip IDE Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip IDE Channel 0 The
23. M7VKG 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 a 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 ina partic
24. PU 3 Press the lever down to complete the installation 1 21 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 2 CPU Jumper Settings This motherboard produces a feature which can auto detect the speed without jumper setting Also you can use the JCLK1 and JCLK2 jumpers to set the appropriately speed of CPU when the auto detect function is disabled This section describes how to configure the CPU jumpers by manual to match the characteristics of the CPU you have installed on your motherboard TT EM S 8898 NOTES The JCLK1 JCLK2 tables are available by Hardware setting when BIOS setting is useless or disabled 1 22 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 2 1 CPU Frequency Selection JCLK1 JCLK1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FREQ 100MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF 133MHz OFF OFF ON OFF 1 6 2 2 CPU Ratio Selection JCLK2 CPU MHz JCLK2 100MHz ON 133MHz OFF NOTES The mark indicate primitive value 1 23 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 Jumper Settings A jumper has two or more pins that can be covered by a plastic jumper cap allowing you to select different system options JCFANI JSFAN3
25. S Slots PCI1 3 Front Audio Connector JF AUDIO CNR Slot CNR1 AGP BUS Slot AGP1 ChipsetFan Header JSFAN3 K Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 2 T yp e cuomnovocozzszar U E E P IJ K L Front USB Connector JUSB2 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Wake On MODEM Header JWOM1 System Fan Header JSFAN1 FDD Connector FDD1 IDEConnectors IDE1 2 CPU Ratio Selection JCLK2 CPU Frequency Selection JCLK1 CMOS Function Selection JCMOS1 DIMMs DIMM2 3 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 NOTE The mark represent the function is optional 1 8 1 Motherboard Description 1 3 1 Front Panel Connectors JPANEL1 JPANEL2 JPANELI JPANEL2 V G NC PWR LED PWR LED PWR SLP NC V NC 2 2 IL EAEI E KI 17 SPK HLED RST IR NC JPANEL1 pn Assignment Function Fn Assignment Function No No 1 5V 5V VCC 3 Connection Speaker Ground Ground 5 Ground Connector No Connection No Connection 7 Speaker Power LED PWR LED JPANEL2 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function No No 1 HDD LED Hard Drive 2 PowerLED PWR LED 3 HDD LED LED Power LED 5 Ground Reset 6 Power Button A
26. SB2 Cable Optional Rear I O Panel for AT X Case Optional Fully Setup Driver CD AN 1 2GHz CPU we recommend the user to add a Chipset Fan in order to reduce the excess thermal dissipated from Northbridge Chipset 1 6 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 2 Motherboard Installation 1 2 1 Layout of Motherboard Model No M7VKG JATXPWRI JCLANI m 6 1 i E et 1 y 12206 Ll 5 AGUL aI JCLK2 z 3 elc S zI JE Nes TDT1TIDT2 2 runi 21 2 ZI gl 5 Zils zl 52 AGE BUS SLOT NILI 5228 B PCI BUS 1 01 23 POI VT KIC SRAI PCI BUS SLOT E 15 4 2 PCI BUS SLOT 48 az quss CNRI 4 FANI 229 CNR SLOT JWOL1 1 7 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 3 Motherboard Quick Reference ATX Power Connector JATXPWR1 Back Panel I O Connectors Telephony Header JTAD1 AUX Audio In Header JAUX1 CD Audio In Header JCDIN1 2 PCIBU
27. TX Power 7 Reset Control Button Ground Button 9 5V 10 Sleep Control SLP Button 11 Ir In IrDA Ground Connector No Connection No Connection 1 9 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 17 No Connection No Connection 18 No Connection No Connection Speaker Connector An offboard speaker can be installed on the motherboard as a manufacturing option An offboard speaker 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 Reset Button This connector can be connected to a momentary SPST type switch that is normally open When the switch is closed the motherboard resets and runs the POST Power LED Connector This connector can be connected to an LED that will light when the computer is powered on Hard Drive LED Connector This connector can be connected to an LED to provide a visual indicator that data is being read from or written to a hard drive For the LED to function properly an IDE drive must be connected to the onboard hard drive controller Infrared Connector After the IrDA interface is configured files can be transferred from or to portable devices such as laptops PDAs and printers using applicati
28. Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have an USB keyboard The Choices Disabled default Enabled Chipset Specific Feature This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features PCI Master Pipeline Req This item allows you to enable disable the PCI master pipeline request feature The Choices Enabled Disabled default P2C C2P Concurrency This item allows you to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency The Choices Enabled Disabled default 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 Enabled Disabled default CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four Dwords of data Can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting the CPU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 13 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 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 buff
29. bination of two internal temperature sensing circuits I O pad leakage control 1 4 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 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 CPU Fan Speed Monitor System and CPU Temperature Monitor Optional System Voltage Monitor Dimensions Micro ATX 22 2em X 24 4 cm W 1 Integrated Savage4 2D 3D Video Accelerator Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA 2 to 32 MB frame buffer using system memory Floating point triangle setup engine Single cycle 128 bit 3D architecture 8M triangles second setup engine 140M pixels second trilinear fill rate Full AGP 4x including sideband addressing and execute mode S3 DX6 texture compression S3TC Next generation 128 bit 2D graphics engine High quality DVD video playback Flat panel monitor support 2D 3D resolutions up to 1920x1440 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 LINUX 7 0 Novell UNIX SCO UNIX etc 1 1 3 Attachments HDD Cable FDD Cable Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update U
30. ch as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service As above the choices are ON and OFF ON is the default When set Off activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it 2 25 Chapter2 BIOS Setup IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQS IRQ6 IRQ7 IRQS IRQ9 16010 18011 18012 18013 18014 16015 2 COMI LPT2 Floppy Disk LPTI RTC Alarm IRQ2 Redir Reserved Reserved PS 2 Mouse Coprocessor Hard Disk Reserved 2 26 Chapter2 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 changes to the default settings W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data Disabled MenuLevel b Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD X IRQ Resources Press Enter Select Yes if
31. d with one serial port and one parallel port Both types of interface ports will be explained in this chapter The Serial Interface CN1 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 The serial port 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 Ll i The serial port on this system has one 9 pin connector Some older computer systems and peripherals used to be equipped with only one 25 pin connector Should you need to connect your 9 pin serial port to an older 25 pin serial port you can purchase a 9 to 25 pin adapter 1 17 1 Motherboard Description Connectivity The serial port can be used in many ways and it may be necessary to become familar with the pin out 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 Signal Name DB9 PIN DB25 PIN DCD Data Carrier Detect 1 8 RX Receive Data 2 3 TX Transmit Data 3 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 20 GND Signal Ground 5 7 DSR Da
32. 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 not allowing certain data to be retrieved PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION A number of causes could be behind this Use a file by file backup instead of an image backup to backup the hard Back up any salvageable data Then low level format partition and high 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 entered into the configuration setup Check the configuration program Replace any incorrect information Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in program setup PROBLEM Screen is blank PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION No power to monitor Monitor not connected to computer Check the power connectors to monitor and to system Make sure monitor is connected to display card See instructions above 3 3 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3 4 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting
33. dow Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Shadow Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled default Optional ROM is shadowed Disabled Optional ROM is not shadowed C8000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 DFFFF Shadow Determines whether the optional ROM will be copied to RAM for faster execution 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 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Waming feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep The Choices Enabled Disabled default CPU L1 Cache This category speeds up memory access However it depends on CPU Chipset design Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache This field allows you to Enable or Disable the CPU s Level 2 secondary cache Caching allows better performance 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
34. emory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the motherboard Turn off computer Take cover off system unit Check the DIMM to ensure it is securely seated in the slot Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place 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 or Format hard disk if Contact technical disk controller unable to do so the hard support disk may be defective Hard disk directory 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 program A number of causes could Back up data and has been
35. er JTAD1 Pin No Assignment 1 MONO_IN 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO_OUT 1 9 3 AUX Audio in Connector JAUX1 Optional Pin No Assignment 1 Left channel AUX_IN 2 Ground 3 Ground 1 31 1 Motherboard Description 4 Right channel AUX IN 1 9 4 Front Audio Connector JF AUDIO Optional Pin No Assignment AUD MIC AUD GND AUD BIAS AUD VCC AUD FPOUT R AUD RET R ON KEY AUD FPOUT L AUD RET L o oO A e 1 32 Chapter2 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 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 r
36. er to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Enabled Disabled default PCI 2 Access 1 Retry When enabled PCI 2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success default When disabled PCI 2 will not be disconnected until access finishes The Choices Enabled default Disabled AGP device control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to AGP device control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 1 X 2X 4X Default AGP Aperture Size Select the size ofthe 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 32M 16M 8M 4M 128M 2 14 Chapter2 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 AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Acce
37. est of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS support 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 EP A Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS support 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 2 1 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 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 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 1 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 Le
38. et 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 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 2 24 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 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 OFF ON default 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 Power On by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Enabled Disabled default 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 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 Primary INTR When set to ON default any event occurring at Primary INTR will awaken a system which has been powered down The following is a list of IRQ Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted mu
39. ft arow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Vove 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 Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu 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 2 2 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOSTM 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 Enter to accept and enter the sub menu WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information m Figure 1 Main Menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Feat
40. heir respective owners CopyrightO 2001 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 1 1 1 Motherboard Description tnn 12 T Beatures ic serere eta Ret ho eh eere tae tex dein reine aree 1 2 1 Sate atest a ate ten etat tete tet ee ete 1 2 11 22 Softw te iiie tti ee tiiv Ride 1 6 1 13 RUPEE rs 1 6 1 2 Motherboard Installation eee 1 7 1 2 1 Layout of Motherboard 2 eene 1 7 1 3 Motherboard Quick 1 8 1 3 1 Front Panel Connectors JPANEL1 2 1 9 1 3 2 Floppy Disk Connector 1 11 1 3 3 Hard Disk Connectors IDEl IDE2 see 1 11 1 3 4 ATX 20 pin Power Connector JATXPWRI eese 1 12 LA Back Panel Connectors on eee 1 13 1 4 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard CONN 5
41. ing USB devices such as keyboard mouse and other USB device JUSBI USB 7 1234 N 1234 Stacked USB Connectors Pin No Assignment 1 5V 2 USBPO USBP1 3 USBPO USBP1 4 Ground Signal names in brackets are for USB Port 1 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 4 3 Monitor Connector JVGA1 This motherboard has built in video facilities Your monitor will attach directly to JVGAI connector on the motherboard D JVGAI Fin Assignment Pm Assignment No No 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 5V 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 5V 10 Ground 11 5V 12 DDC Data 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDC CLK 1 15 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 4 4 Front USB Connector JUSB2 C 4 E B x A HA Ba z JUSB2 2 10 La 1 9 Pin Pin Assignment Assignment No 9 9 1 5V 2 Ground 3 USBP2 4 Ground 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 Ground 8 USBP3 9 Ground 10 5V Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 5 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This system comes equippe
42. isabled 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 connect port address The Choices Enabled default Disabled Init Display First This item allows you decide to active whether PCI Slot or AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP 2 19 Chapter2 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 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port The Choices Disabled Auto default 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard IR Port Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the IR port The Choices Enabled Disabled default 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 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 Tx Rx The Choices No No No Yes default Yes No Yes Yes Onboard Parallel Port This item al
43. l to be of greatest use refer to the expanded table of contents to find relevant topics This board incorporates the system board I O and PCI IDE into one board that provides a total PC solution The mainboard an AMD Athlon and Duron processor based PC Micro ATX system supports single processors with PCI Local Bus and AGP Bus to support upgrades to your system performance It is ideal for multi tasking and fully supports MS DOS Windows NT Windows 2000 Novell Windows95 98 Windows ME Windows XP LINUX 7 0 UNIX SCO UNIX etc This manual also explains how to install the mainboard for operation and how to setup your CMOS configuration with the BIOS setup program 1 1 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 Motherboard Description 1 1 Features 1 1 1 Hardware CPU Single AMD Socket A for Athlon Thunderbird Duron Palomino processor 200 266 MHz Front Side Bus Note Chipset VT 8365A for CPU 200 266 FSB Speed Supports up to AMD Athlon XP 1800 CPU core speeds Supports up to AMD Athlon 1 4 GHz CPU core speeds Supports up to AMD Duron 1 1 GHz CPU core speeds Support 33M Hz PCI Bus speed Support 4X AGP Bus DRAM Memory Supports 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB DIMM module socket Supports Synchronous DRAM 3 3V Support a maximum memory size of 1024MB with SDRAM Shadow RAM A memory controller provide shadow RAM and supports 8 bit ROM BIOS Green Function Su
44. lerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Enabled Disabled default Frame Buffer Size This item allows you to set frame butter size The Choices 8M 16M default 32M DRAM Timing By SPD This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices Enabled Disabled default DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM Clock following the CPU host clock or 133MHz The Choices Host CLK default HCLK 33M 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 2 15 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default 2Bank 4Bank System BIOS Cacheable When enabled accesses to system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The Choices Enabled Disabled default 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 Disabled default Enabled K7 C
45. lows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O address The Choices Disable 3BC IRQ7 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support EPP or ECP mode The Choices Normal default EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP 2 20 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 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 7 2 21 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use W Figure 6 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Power Management Press Enter EMERE ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Menu Level PM Control by APM Yes Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method SYNC Blank Modem Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off Wake Up Events Press Enter 4 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail
46. on software Sleep Button When is enabled in the system BIOS and the operating system s APM driver is loaded the system can enter sleep standby mode in one of the following ways e Optional front panel SMI button e Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature The 2 pin header located on the front panel I O connector supports a front panel SMI switch which must be a momentary SPST type that is normally open Closing the SMI switch sends a System Management Interrupt SMI to the processor which immediately goes into System Management Mode SMM While the computer is in sleep mode it is fully capable of responding to and servicing external interrupts such as an incoming fax even though the monitor turns on only Chapter 1 Motherboard Description if a keyboard or mouse interrupt occurs To reactivate or resume the system the SMI switch must be pressed again or the keyboard or mouse must be used Power On Button This connector can be connected to a front panel power switch The switch must pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off The time requirement is due to internal debounce circuitry on the motherboard At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will recognize another on off signal 1 3 2 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1
47. ord Itis important to follow these instructions closely Remove JCMOS1 m JCMOS1 Power Line 2 3 closed seconds 1 2 closed 1 26 1 Motherboard Description AC Power On Reset your desired password or Clear CMOS Data 1 8 DRAM Installation 1 8 1 DIMM DRAM Access Time 3 3V Unbuffered SDRAM PC66 PC100 and PC133 Type required DRAM Type 8MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512 DIMM Module 168pin Total Bank 1 Bank 2 Memory Size MB DIMM2 DIMM3 8M 8M x 1 pc 16 16M x 1 pc 32M 32M x 1 pc 64 64M x 1 pc 128 M 128M x 1 pc 256 256M x 1 pc 512 512M x 1 pc 16M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 32M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 64 M 32M x 1 pc 32M x 1 pc 128 M 64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 256M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 512M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 1024 M 512M x 1 pc 512M x 1 pc The list shown above for DRAM configuration is only for reference Note Don t stuff or remove the DIM M memory if the JS3 LED1 is 1 27 1 Motherboard Description lighting Optional 1 28 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 8 2 How to install a DIMM Module a a a m us a a TTT TV TUTTE Single DIMM
48. pport 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 or any mouse activity 1 2 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description BUS Slots Provide one AGP slot Three 32 bit PCI bus master slots Provides CNR Modem function only slot The CNR slot only support the secondary codec on the CNR slot Hash Memory Supports flash memory Supports ESCD Function IDE Built in On Board Supports four IDE hard disk drives Supports PIO Mode 4 Master Mode high performance hard disk drives Supports Ultra 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 and WHQL certified I O Built in On Board Supports one multi mode Parallel Port 1 Standard amp Bidirection Parallel Port 2 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP 3 Extended Capabilities Port ECP Supports one serial port 16550 UART Supports one Infrared transmission IR Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard 1 3 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Supports 360KB 720KB 1 2
49. rent CPU Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V Detect system s voltage status automatically 2 30 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 9 Frequency Voltage Control Figure 9 Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Linear CPU Clock function Disabled x CPU Clock 100MHz Item Help Menu Level 1 4 Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect DIMM PCICLK This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled Linear CPU clock function This item allows you to enable disable the CPU Clock function CPU Host PCI Spread Spec This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock 100 132 133 159 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 COMS data by setting the JCOMSI 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 2 31 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 32 Chapter2
50. set Features Onchip Device Control Help Chipset Specific Feature Press Enter Menu Level device control Press Enter USB Keyboard Support Disabled DRAM Timing By SPD Disabled DRAM Clock Host CLK SDRAM Cycle Length 3 Bank Interleave Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled K7 CLK_CTL Select Default 14 4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC F1 General elp F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Onchip Device Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onchip Device Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options 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 2 12 Chapter2 BIOS Setup OnChip Modem This item allows you to control the onboard MC97 Modem controller The Choices Auto default Disabled OnChip USB USB2 This should be enabled if your system has an 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 feature The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains
51. ta Set Ready 6 6 RTS Request to Send 7 4 CTS Clear to Send 8 5 RI Ring Indicator 9 22 1 Motherboard Description Parallel Interface Port CN2 Unlike the serial port parallel interface port has been standardized and should not present any difficuly interfacing peripherals to your system Sometimes called 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 pinouts for the parallel port are shown in the table below Signal Pin Strobe 1 Data 0 2 Data 1 3 Data 2 4 o Data 3 5 Data 4 6 Data 5 7 Data 6 8 Data 7 9 Ack 10 Busy 11 Paper Empty 12 Select 13 Auto FDXT 14 Error 15 Init 16 SLCTN 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 1 19 1 Motherboard Description Ground 25 1 20 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 CPU Installation 1 6 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket A V 197206 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 C
52. ter one minute at Min Saving after one hour ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system 51 POS default Power on Suspend 53 STR Suspend to RAM PM Control by APM 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 2 23 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Always on Suspend Off default All Modes Off Video Off Method This field determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to tum default off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Modem Use This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default 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 s
53. that you wish to disable the password Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter setup freely 2 35 Chapter2 BIOS Setup PASSWORD DISABLED If you select System at the Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted for the password every time when the system is rebooted or any time when you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Feature Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup 2 36 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 13 Save amp Exit Setup Figure 13 Save amp Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced ChipseiEsaiaras aults gt Integrated Mum Power Management Setup Set User Password gt PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menuin BIOS 4 gt Select item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS RAM Type N will return to Setup Utility Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 14 Exit Without Saving Figure 14 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipse Power Management Setup
54. the type of device using the DMA channel PCI 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 Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRQ For VGA Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA Assign IRQ For USB Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for the USB 2 29 Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 8 PC Health Status Figure 8 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status Show H W Monitor in POST sec Current CPU Temp Current CPUFAN1 Speed Menu Level Current SysFan Speed Item Help Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 4 lt Move Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 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 you want The Choices None 1sec 2sec 3 sec default Current CPUFANI Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan if your computer contains a monitoring system Current SysFan Speed This field displays the current speed of system fan if your computer contains a monitoring system Cur
55. ular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference in the 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 while the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Caution Changes or modifications which are 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 ofthis publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor s approval in writing Trademarks and Remarks MS DOS Windows NT Windows 9X Windows ME Windows XP and Windows 2000 are products of Microsoft Corp with its ownership of trademark and are distributed by the vendor under a license agreement trademarks used in this manual are property of t
56. ures Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password gt PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Disk Type Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of BIOS special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features 2 3 Chapter2 BIOS Setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features Integrated Peripherals This section page includes all the items of IDE hard drive and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of power management features PnP PCI Configurations This setup page includes IRQ Setting by user define or default PC Health Status This page shows the hardware Monitor information of the system Frequency Voltage Control This page shows the hardware Monitor information of the system Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults These settings are more likely to configure a workable computer when something is wrong If you cannot boot the computer successfully select the BIOS Setup
57. you are X Resources Press Enter using a Plug and Play capable operating PCIVGA Palette Snoop Disabled system Select No if Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled you need the BIOS to Assign IRQ For USB Enabled configure non boot devices 4 4 4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like WindowTM 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards Therefore for non PnP operating system DOS Netware this option must set to NO 2 27 Chapter2 BIOS Setup Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature so the system needs to record which resource is assigned and proceeds 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 at the system BIOS If Disabled default is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If Enabled is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode IRQ 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 4 assigned to P

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