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Biostar M7VIF Owner's Manual

1. 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 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 4 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 up Call technical support C drive failure PROBLEM 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 DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Master slave jumpers not set correctly Hard drives not compatible different manufacturers Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other dr
2. Speaker Out Line In Mic In 1 30 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 6 Audio Subsystem Winbond W83697 m mo Socket A CPU al 2112 2 2112 21 KT333 gt 8 2 Z o 8 m m i 2 20 2 VT8233A BIOS 4 VT6202 It mE EEEEHELLEH cos FLOPPY DISK CONN 1 31 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 6 1 CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input 1 7 6 2 CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN2 Pin No Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Right Channel Input 4 Ground 1 7 6 3 Front Panel Audio Header JAUDIO1 Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 1 Mic In 2 Ground 3 Mic Power 4 Audio Power 5 RT Line Out 6 RT Line Out 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 LFT Line Out 10 LFT Line Out 1 7 6 4 Telephony Audio Header JTAD1 Pin No Assignment 1 IN 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO OUT 1 32 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
3. 1 23 1 6 13 Front USB 2 0 Header JUSB20A Optional ees 1 23 1 6 14 USB 2 0 Device Wake Up J9 Optional 0 4040 1 23 1 6 15 USB 2 0 Device Wake Up J10 Optional e 1 24 1 6 16 5V SVSB Selection for USB 2 0 JUSBVS 1 24 17 Peripheral e e RE tro er er RE re 1 25 1 7 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector JK BMS 1 sss 1 25 1 7 2 USB Connector JUSBL u eene ettet iai 1 26 1 7 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports enn 1 27 1 7 3 1 The Serial Interface JCOM1 2 2 2 1 27 ii Contents 1 7 3 2 Parallel Interface Port JPRNTI iiir R 1 29 1 7 4 Game Joystick MIDD Port Connector J8 sees 1 30 1 7 5 Audio PortConnectors J8 ertet 1 30 1 7 6 Audio Subsystem e nikna 1 31 1 7 6 1 CD ROM Audio In Header 0 1 32 1 7 6 2 CD ROM Audio In Header 2 1 32 1 7 6 3 Front Panel Audio Header J AUDIOI eee 1 32 1 7 6 4 Telephony Audio Header 1 1 32 3 BIOS E E Ee UE LLLA E 2 1 2 1 Main Menu retraite dh 2 3 2 2 Standard CMOS as s l an eene 2 6 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features a un eene 2 9 2 4 Advanced Chipset Featur
4. Post Write When Enabled CPU writes are allowed to post on the PCI bus The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 Post Write When Enabled CPU writes are allowed to post on the AGP bus 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 Memory Hole When enabled you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Refer to the user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more information The Choices Disabled default 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Selecting the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which can improve system performance However any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors The Choices Enabled Disabled default 2 16 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup Video RAM Cacheable Enabling this option allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled Disabled default 2 17 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2 5 Integrated Peripherals W Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Press Enter gt SuperIO Devic
5. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Hard Disk boot program A number of causes could Back 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 not allowing certain data to be retrieved PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Anumber of causes could be behind this Use a file by file backup instead of an image backup to backup the hard disk Back up any salvageable data Then low level format partition and high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed PROBLEM Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure PROBABLE CAUSE Incorrect information entered into the configuration setup program DIAGNOSIS Check the configuration program Replace any incorrect information SOLUTION Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in setup Screen is blank PROBABLE CAUSE PROBLEM 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
6. Reload Global Timer Events Reload Global Timer Events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode VGA off default on LPT amp COM LPT COM default COM LTP None HDD amp COM On default off PCI Master Off default on 2 27 Chapter 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 changes to the default settin gs W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations 05 98 001 f 0 PNP 0S Installed No Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Ruto ESCD PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For YGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize
7. 1 2 2 Layout of Motherboard Model No M7VIF 1 TRAVIS ee a BEA n Socket A 1 Usb JCOMI JUSBVI CPU w 02 211212 2 ajajaja KT333 t JATXPWRI AGI JAUDIOL AGPSLOT 16 87 JDIMMVOLT z 2 8 PCI SLOT 88 2 5 S 8 PCI2 B PCISLOT gt v BD U3 lt a XD von JusB2 2 PCISLOT VT8233A 1 IDEI IDE2 JTADI BIOS PCISLOT wee PCISLOT JUSB20A JUSB20B Winbond 2 93607 ACRI gt ACR SLOT 1 5 u SE P JSFANI CNRSLOT arid FLOPPY DISK CONN CNRI 1 FDDI 1 7 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description z r X c lt o TOmmooUusyr A1 I Y 194205 i P Q Back Panel Connectors ATX Power Connector JATXPWR1 AGP Slot AGP1 Front Audio Header J AUDIO1 PCIBUS Slots PCI1 5 CD Audio In Header 1 2 JCDIN 1 2 Telephony Header JTAD1 CNR Slot CNR1 Codec Selection JCODEC
8. Chapter 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 system memory resources such as DRAM and external cache It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled gt DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter AGP amp P2P Bridge Control DRAM Clock Drive Control To control the Clock Drive If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the DRAM Clock Drive Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock following 100MHz 133MHz or By SPD The Choices 100MHz 133MHz By SPD default 2 13 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock timing follow SPD or not The Choices By SPD default Manual DRAM CAS Latency When DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 2 5 default 2 Bank Interleave This it
9. Green Functionality Supports Award BIOS power management functionality Has a power down timer from 1 to 15 minutes Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity BUS Slots 1 AGP slot 1 CNR slot Support Type B CNR only 1 ACR slot 5 32 bit PCI bus slots Flash Memory Supports flash memory functionality Supports ESCD functionality Built in IDE Facilities Supports four IDE hard disk drives Supports PIO Mode 4 Master Mode and high performance hard disk drives Supports disk transfer rates up to 133 MB second Supports Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 66 Ultra DMA 100 Ultra DMA 133 Bus Master Modes Supports IDE interface with CD ROM Supports high capacity hard disk drives Supports LBA mode Stereo AC 97 Digital Audio Codec Single chip audio CODEC with high S N ratio gt 90dB 18 bit ADC and DAC resolution Compliant with AC 97 specification Meet performance requirements for audio on PC2001 systems 18 bit stereo full duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling rate 1 3 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 3D Stereo Enhancement I O facilities One multi mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications Standard amp Bidirection Parallel Port Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Extended Capabilities Port ECP Supports two serial ports 16550 UART Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA Supports PS 2 mous
10. The Choices Hi Lo default Hi Hi Lo Hi Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay This item allows you to enable disable IR transmission delay The Choices Enabled default Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals The Choices IR Rx2Tx2 default RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The Choices EPP 1 7 default EPP 1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 2 21 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup Game Port Address Game Port I O Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address The Choices 330 default 300 290
11. Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 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 Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The choices Enabled Disabled default
12. 3 Closed following procedures are for resetting warcu your the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions closely JCMOS1 Wait fi JCMOS1 Remove AC ait five powerline 2 3 closed i closed Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data 1 21 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 7 CNR Codec Primary Secondary Selection JCODECSEL Pin No Assignment 1 2 On board Primary Codec 2 3 CNR Primary Codec 1 6 8 DDR DIMM Voltage JDIMMVOLT Pin DDR DIMM Voltage 1 2 2 55V 3 4 2 65V Default 5 6 2 75V 7 8 2 85V Ifyou meet the DDR DIMM compatible program try to adjust the DDR Voltage to fix the compatible program 1 6 9 5V 5VSB Selection for USB JUSBV1 JUSBV1 Assignment 1 2 Closed x 5V_SB 2 3 Closed 1 6 10 5V 5VSB Selection for KB JKBV1 JKBV1 Assignment OOJOP 1 2 Closed Je o ej 2 3 1 22 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 11 Front USB Header JUSB2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 5V 3 USBP2 4 USBP3 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NC Pin Assignment Pin A
13. Chipset Fan Header JNFANI ees 1 11 1 4 RAM Module Installation eee 1 12 L4 DIMM A E eiu asd e 1 12 1 4 2 How to install a DIMM Moduks eerte 1 14 1 15 1 5 1 ACR Advanced Communication Riser Slot sss 1 16 1 5 2 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot ss 1 16 i Contents 1 5 3 Communication Network Riser Slot 1 16 1 5 4 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 1 16 1 6 Connectors Headers amp Jumpers sse 1 17 1 6 1 FrontPanel Connector JPANEL tenerent 1 18 1 6 2 ATX 20 pin Power Connector JATXPWR 1 eerte 1 20 1 6 3 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 eerte 1 20 1 6 4 Floppy Disk Connector eee tnter 1 21 1 6 5 Wake On LAN Header JWOLL eterne 1 21 1 6 6 Clear CMOS Jumper 1 1 21 1 6 7 CNR Codec Primary Secondary Selection JCODECSEL 1 22 1 6 8 DDR DIMM Voltage JDIMMVOLT eese 1 22 1 6 9 5 SVSB Selection for USB JUSBV 1 eren 1 22 1 6 10 5V SVSB Selection for KB JRBV1 ener 1 22 1 6 11 Front USB Header JUSB2 u a au uh 1 23 1 6 12 Front USB 2 0 Header JUSB20B Optonal
14. Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 5 10 default Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled 1 amp 2 USB Port 2 amp 3 USB Port 1 amp 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port Onboard USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial BUS USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboards The Choices Disabled default Enabled 2 22 Chapter 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 W Figure 6 Power Management Setup RCPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1 P0S 1 Power Management Option User Definel Menu Level gt HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off 1 State After Power
15. 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 Drive A Drive B Video Options are in its sub menu 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your System Select the default video device 2 7 BIOS Setup Chapter 2 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 2 8 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup gt Boot Seq Floppy Setup Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up NumLock Status Gate 20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC M
16. 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 disable this option The Choices Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Assien IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 30 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2 8 PC Health Status W Figure 8 PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Menu Level Shutdown Temperature Disabled Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled CPU Warning Temperature The item will prevent CPU from overheating The Choices Disabled default 50 C 122 F 53 C 12PF 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current temperature of the CPU Current CPUFAN Speed This field displays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYSFAN Speed This field displa
17. default Disabled 2 19 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup VIA 3043 OnChip LAN This option allows you to control the onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 default 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard T O chip The Choices Normal default AS KIR IrDA RxD TxD Active This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of 2 20 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup onboard I O chip
18. 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 and then push down vertically so that it will fit into the place 3 The Mounting Holes and plastic 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 8 Socket A CPU g d H KT333 DIMMI DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Iw IVT6202 B gt W83697 ACR SLOT aci EHEHIGH FLOPPY DISK CONN CNR SLOT PRIMARY IDECONN SECONDARY IDE CONN Winbond Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 5 1 ACR Advanced Communication Riser Slot The ACR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which
19. supports audio and modem only 1 5 2 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot Unlike the mouse ports keyboard ports and printer ports this motherboard does not have built in video facilities and therefore requires a video card for one of the expansion slots Your monitor will attach directly to that video card This motherboard supports video cards for PCI and ISA slots but it is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology for improved video efficiency and performance especially with 3D graphics 1 5 3 CNR Communication Network Riser Slot The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which supports audio and modem only 1 5 4 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards which has supplanted the older ISA bus standard in most parts This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits 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 has two or more pins that can be covered by a plastic jum
20. 2 BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award M 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 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 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 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 AW
21. 3 INFANI 8 1 DIMM3 DIMM4 T6202 n Winbond W83697 VT8233A 8 PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDECONN FLOP PY DISK CONN EI ISFANI 1 3 2 Frequency Selection JCLK1 CPU Clock PIN 1 2 PIN 3 4 100 0MHz OFF OFF 133 3MHz ON ON 1 3 3 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 3 4 System Fan Header JSFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V Sense 1 3 5 North Bridge Chipset Fan Header JNFAN 1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 1 11 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 4 RAM Module Installation 1 4 1 DIMM DRAM Type 2 5V Unbuffered Registered DDR SDRAM 1600 PC2100 PC2700 Type required 512MB 1GB DIMM Module 184 pin 64MB 128MB 256MB Total Memory Size Unbuffered Devices used on DIMM 1 DIMM2 DIMM3 Total DIMM 2 Rows 2Rows 2 Rows Memory Size MB x64 x64 x64 64M 4Mx4x4banks 256M 256M 256M 768M 64M 2Mx8x4banks 128M 128M 128M 384 M 64M 1Mx16x4banks 64M 64M 64M 192M 128M 8Mx4x4banks 512M 512M 512M 1 5G 128M 4
22. ARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors 2 1 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS ako supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM is supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD Athlon Duron Athlon CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press Enter to select use the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDnkey Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes 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 Ma
23. 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 attached 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 PDAs is 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 confi
24. Failure Off gt Make Up Power On Control Press Enter Reload Global Timer Event Press Enter ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend 53 STR Suspend to RAM 2 23 Chapter 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 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined default Allow you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges is 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
25. M7 VIF 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 in a parti
26. Min 2 24 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspend Off default Always on Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to tum 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 IRQ 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 2 25 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup State After Power Failure This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power On instructions the motherboard batt
27. Mx8x4banks 256M 256M 256M 768 M 128M 2Mx16x4banks 128M 128M 128M 384 M 256M 16Mx4x4banks 1G 1G 1G 3G 256M 8Mx8x4banks 512M 512M 512M 1 5G 256M AMx16x4banks 256M 256M 256M 768 M 512M 16Mx8x4banks 1G 1G 1G 3G 512M 8Mx16x4banks 512M 512M 512M 1 5G Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Registered Devices used on DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Total DIMM 2Rows 2Rows 2Rows 2Rows Memory Size MB x64 x64 x64 x64 64M AMx4x4banks 256M 256M 256M 768M 1024M 64M 2Mx8x4banks 128M 128M 128M 384M 512M 64M 1Mx16x4banks 64M 64M 64M 192M 256M 128M 8Mx4x4banks 512M 512M 512M 156 2G 128M 4Mx8x4banks 256M 128M 2Mx16x4banks _ 128M 256M 16Mx4x4banks 1G 256M 8Mx8x4banks 512M 256M 4Mx16x4banks 256M 512M 16Mx8x4banks 1G 512M 8Mx16x4banks 512M This M7VIF motherboard does not support with parity DIMM The list shown above for DRAM configuration is only for reference Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 4 2 How to install a DIMM Module q TI itt Single Sided DIMM p q Double Sided DIMM 1 The DIMM socket has Plastic Safety Tab and the DIMM memory module has an Asymmetrical notch
28. SEL ACR Slot ACR1 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Front Panel Connector 1 System FAN Header JSFAN1 5V 5VSB Selection for USB 2 0 JUSBV5 Optional Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 9o N lt x Z lt s Front USB 2 0 Headers JUSB20A B Optional USB 2 0 Device Wake Up J9 J10 Optional IDE Connectors IDE1 2 DIMMs DIMM1 4 DIMM Voltage Selection Header JDIMMVOLT Clear CMOS JCMOS1 CPU Clock Selection JCLK1 Front USB Header JUSB2 Optional North Bridge Fan Header JNFAN1 CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 5V 5VSB Selection for USB JUSBV1 5V 5VSB Selection for KB JKBV1 1 8 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 3 CPU Installation 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket A n caos 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket then raise the lever up to 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 Pressthe lever down 4 Put 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 9 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description E Socket A VFANI CPU ES 2 2 D KT33
29. all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware this option must set to NO The Choices No default Yes 2 28 Chapter 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 4 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 Disabled mode IRQ 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 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 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 B
30. ard 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 Ultra DMA 133 only for VT8233A functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 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 Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDEl IDE1 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 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 Pin No Assignment 1 5V SB 2 Ground 3 Wake up 1 6 6 Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 JCMOS1 Assignment 1 3 O OJO Normal Operation default 1 2 Closed 1 3 Clear CMOS Data 2
31. cular 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 where the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio T V 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 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 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 prop
32. d CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Extermal Cache This option enables or disables Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve 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 Enabled default Disabled 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 Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys 2 10 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 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 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 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
33. d drive is spinning PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Memory 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 drive and system board unplugged When attempting to run the FDISK utility you get a message INVALID DRIVE SPECIFICATION Check cable running from disk to disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Damaged hard disk or disk controller Format hard disk if unable to do so the hard disk may be defective Contact technical support Hard disk directory or FAT is scrambled Run the FDISK program format the hard drive Copy data that was backed up onto hard drive Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any 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
34. des 0 through 4 provides 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 IDE 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 requres a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it willtake you a submenu with the following options VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem The Choices Auto
35. e Press Enter Menu Level gt Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller 811 Enabled Onboard USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChip IDE Control Press Enter Item Help OnChip PCI Device 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 If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate an 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 On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If the interface does not support prefetching If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled 2 18 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE 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 Mo
36. e and PS 2 keyboard Supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy disk drives Universal Serial Bus Supports two back panel Universal Serial Bus Ports and two front panel Universal Serial Bus Ports Supports 48 MHz USB Hardware Monitor Function Monitors CPU Fan Speed Monitors System Voltage CPU Temperature System FAN Dimensions form factor 24 4cm x 30 5cm WxL 1 4 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 1 2 BIOS AW ARD legal BIOS Supports APMI 2 Supports USB Function Supports ACPI 1 1 3 Software Operating System Offers the highest performance for MS DOS Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows XP Novell LINUX UNIX SCO UNIX etc 1 1 4 Accessories HDD Cable FDD Cable Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update USB2 USB3 Cable Optional Rear I O Panel for AT X Case Optional Fully Setup Driver CD 1 5 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 2 Motherboard Installation 1 2 1 System Block Diagram AMD K7 CLOCK PROCESSOR W3 12 02 HOST BUS H Memory VI ADDR KI 4DDR DIMM KT333 VT6202 USB 2 0 PCI BUS V LI NK CNRSLOT ACRSLOT ji WINBOND W83697HF M7VIF ATX FSB 133 100MHz SUPPORTS4 DDR DIMMS SUPPORTIAGPSLOT SUPPORTS 5 PCI SLOTS SUPPORTIACRSLOT SUPPORT I CNRSLOT SUPPORT TELEPHONY 1 6 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description
37. e proceeding to CMOS and EXIT V N V Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving V N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to update bios BIOS UPDRTE UTILITV V N N 2 5 Chapter 2 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 W Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Date mm dd yy Mar 28 2002 Time hh mm ss ie eil Menu Level IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave y month IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive fl balls Sine aie Drive B None Video EGR V6R1 Halt All But Keyboard 2 6 Chapter 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 menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave
38. eatures PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults V N N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password 2 4 Chapter 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 Ifthe 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 befor
39. em allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default 2 bank 4 bank Precharge to Active Trp This items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command The Choices 2T 3T default Active to Precharge Tred This items allows you to specify the minimum bank active time The Choices 6T default 5T Active to CMD Tred Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted The Choices 2T 3T default DRAM Burst Length The Choices 4 default 8 DRAM Queue Depth This item permits to place the depths of the memory The deeper the depth is the better is this function The Choices 4 level default 2 level 3 level DRAM Command Rate This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command The Choices 1T Command default 2T Command Chapter 2 BIOS Setup AGP amp P2P Bridge Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to AGP amp Bridge Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP with
40. erty of their 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 1 2 I D Beatutessc eso dE REI rq E 1 1 1 Hardware PLD BIOS Lines ntt tun len tet iere Rem fe ben 1 5 11 3 SoftWate tere eerte tute Dg 1 5 ACCOSSOTIES ER E eret e td nS 1 5 1 2 Motherboard Installation eee 1 6 1 2 1 System Block Diagram eee eese e mana 1 6 1 2 2 Layout of Motherboard u un a a aa 1 7 1 2 3 QuickeReferenc ote Re e ead c ERN 1 8 1 3 CPU Installation zoo er reete peers 1 9 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket A ee 1 9 1 3 2 Frequency Selection JCLK 1 3 3 CPU Fan Header niniin 1 3 4 System Fan Header JSF ANI 1 3 5 North Bridge
41. ery 3V the Power Supply SVSB and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherboard uses the motherboard battery 3V If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3 3V from thePower Supply will be used The Choices Off default Auto On Wake Up Power On Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Wake Up Power On Control label and then press enter key it will take you to a submenu with the following options Power On 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 An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The Choices Disabled default Enabled RTC Alarm Resume This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled Choose the Date and Time Alarm Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour minute and second the system will boot up Note Ifyou have change the setting you must let the system boot up untl it goes to the operating system before this function will work 2 26 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
42. es nenne 2 13 2 5 Integrated Peripherals sse eere nenne 2 18 2 6 Power Management Setup nennen nennen 2 23 2 TPP PEIL Configurations I rr reper CORR ee a 2 28 2 8 PC Heath Status sitet o Se ice e oe a ended 2 31 2 9 Frequency Voltage 2 33 3 Trouble Shooting 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 In 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 M7VIF Highlights Contains on board I O facilities which include two serial ports a parallel port a PS 2 mouse port a PS 2 keyboard port audio ports USB ports and a game port gt Contains on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD ROM Drives gt Supports the AMD Athlon Athlon XP Duron processor a leading edge processor which brings to you the latest technology im microarchitecture design graphics performance system bus design cache architecture and much more Complies wit
43. gure 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 ON OFF Power Button This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pulled the Power Button pin to ground 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 function such as Soft Power Off is 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 motherbo
44. h PC AT X form factor specifications Supports popular operating systems such as Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Novell UNIX LINUX and SCO UNIX 1 1 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 Motherboard Description 1 1 Features 1 1 1 Hardware CPU Chipset Single Socket A for an AMD Athlon Family processor Runing at 200 or 266 MHz Front Side Bus frequency The AMD Athlon system bus supports the 200 266 MHz high speed split transaction AMD Athlon system bus interface Supports up to AMD Athlon XP 2100 CPU core speeds Supports up to AMD Athlon 1 4 GHz CPU core speeds Supports up to AMD Duron 1 3 GHz CPU core speeds The 33MHz 32 bit PCI 2 2 compliant The 66MHz AGP 2 0 compliant interface supports 1x 2x and 4x data transfer mode High speed memory The KT333 system controller is designed to support 200 266 333 MHz DDR SDRAM DIMMs Chipset VIA KT333 and VT8233A Chipset Winbond W83697HF DRAM Memory Supports 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB DIMM modules 4 Supports DDR Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM 2 5 V Supports 6 banks up to 3Gb DRAMs for unbuffered DDR SDRAM module DIMM x 3pcs Supports 8 banks up to 4Gb DRAMs for registered DDR Module DIMMx4pcs 200 266 333 MHz Bus Frequency 1 2 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Shadow RAM Motherboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and support for 8 bit ROM BIOS
45. in 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 Chapter 2 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 lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu 1 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 Features Integrated Peripherals Set user Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit without savi PC Health Status update BIOS enu in BIO up 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 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certam IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management f
46. ition are shown below PS 2 Mouse Pin 5 NC Pine VOC DATA OGRE o oW 4 o o CC S Cock Pr 32ND 3 GND DAIA PS 2 Kev5oard 1 25 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connectors Pin Assignment Data No connect Ground 5 V fused Clock No connect O O N 1 7 2 USB Connector JUSB1 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 1234 ovem mew 1234 Stacked USB Connectors Pin Assignment 1 5 V fused 2 USBPO USBP1 3 USBPO USBP1 4 Ground Signal names in brackets are for USB Port 1 1 26 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This system is equipped with two serial ports and one parallel port Both types of interface ports will be explained in this chapter 1 7 3 1 The Serial Interface JCOM1 JCOM2 The serial interface port is sometimes referred to as an RS 232 port or an asynchronous communication por
47. ives 3 5 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM Missing operating system on hard drive PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION CMOS setup has been changed Run setup and select correct drive type Certain keys do not function PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keys jammed or defective Replace keyboard 3 6 4 23 2002
48. ode OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Video BIOS Shadow Summary Screen Show Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled On Fast Disabled Setup Enabled HPS Version Control For OS 1 4 Non 082 Enabled Disabled Menu Level Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot seq amp Floppy 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 ZIP 100 LAN Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled 2 9 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup Virus Warning The Choices Disabled default Enabled This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection 15 disabled Enabled Virus protection is activate
49. out any translation The Choices 64M default 256M 128M 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X AGP Driving Control By choosing Auto the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card By choosing Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP driving The Choices DA default AGP Fast Write The Choices Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled 2 15 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup CPU amp PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the CPU amp PCI Bus Control label and then press the enter key it willtake you a submenu with the following options Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCD Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the AGP bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled default Disabled
50. per cap allowing you to select a different system options 1 gon Socket JKBVI 4 22 gt gt 22 ajajaja KT333 JDIMMVOLT Bg 1CMOSI 1 JATXPWRI IDE1 2 ALC2014 JUSB2 C mi E VT8233A BIOS b gq IVT 6202 lt cd xo 9 Winbond JUSB20B e gs gt W83697 mD T sl FLOPPY DISK CONN PRIMARYIDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN JPANELI JUSB20A JCODECSEL 1 y Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 1 Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 2 24 00 23 RST Assignment Function Assignment Function No No 1 5V 2 Sleep Control Sleep 3 NA Speaker 4 Ground Button 5 NA Connector 6 NA NA 7 Speaker 8 Power LED 9 HDD LED Hard Drive 40 Power LED POWER 11 HDD LED LED 12 Power LED LED 13 Ground Reset 14 Power Button Power on 15 Reset Control Button 16 Ground Button 17 NA 18 KEY 19 NA IrDA 20 KEY IrDA 21 VCC5 Connector 22 Ground Connector 23 IRTX 24 IRRX SPK Speaker
51. ssignment 1 5V 2 5V 3 USBP2 4 USBP3 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NC 1 6 13 Front USB 2 0 Header JUSB20A Optional Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 5V 3 USBPO 4 USBP1 5 5 6 USBP1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NC 1 6 14 USB 2 0 Device Wake Up J9 Optional J9 Assignment 1 3 Enabled 1 2 Closed 5 3 Closed Disabled 1 23 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 6 15 USB 2 0 Device Wake Up J10 Optional J10 Assignment 1 3 OOO Enabled 1 2 Closed 1 3 OO Disabled 2 3 Closed 1 6 16 5V 5VSB Selection for USB 2 0 JUSBV5 Optional JUSBV5 5V 1 2 Closed 5V SB 2 3 Closed Assignment 1 24 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 Peripheral Port JKBMSI PS 2 JPRNTI J8 Parallel Game Port i JUSBI aralle ame Fori y PS 2 USB COMI COM2 Speaker Line In Mic Keyboard Out JCOMI JCOM2 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 defin
52. standardized and it should not present any difficulty interfacing peripherals of 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 pinout for the parallel port are shown in the table below Signal Pin Strobe 1 Data 0 2 Data 1 3 Data 2 4 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 Ground 25 1 29 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 4 Game Joystick MIDI Port Connector J8 This connector allows you to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games Also you may play or edit professional music by connecting MIDI devices Game Joystick MIDI o O O O 1 7 5 Audio Port Connectors J8 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 Lm D e come VJ Bo
53. t 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 ntl i The serial port on this system has two 9 pin connectors Some older computer systems and peripherals used to be equipped with only one 25 pin connector If 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 27 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Connectivity The serial ports can be used in many ways and it may be necessary to become familiar with the pinout diagram The following chart gives you the function of each pin on the 9 pin connector and some of the 25 pin connector This information can be used when configuring certain software programs to work with the serial ports Signal Name 089 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 DSR Data Set Ready 6 RTS Request to Send 7 CTS Clear to Send 8 RI Ring Indicator 9 22 1 28 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 7 3 2 Parallel Interface Port JPRNT1 Unlike the serial ports parallel interface port has been
54. us 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 port conflicts 2 29 Chapter 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 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 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers that 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 graphic controller watches for the Write access to VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the
55. wo methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 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 lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor X It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage 2 33 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3 Trouble Shooting No power to the system at all Power light does not illuminate fan inside power PROBLEM supply does not turn on Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on PROBABLE CAUSE Power cable is unplugged DIAGNOSIS Visually inspect power cable SOLUTION 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 System inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit har
56. ys the current speed SYSTEM fan 2 31 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup CPU Voltage 3 3V 5 H2 V 12 V 5V Detect the system s voltage status automatically Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time for you to choose The Choices Enabled default Disabled Current System Temp Show you the current system temperature Current CPUI Temperature Show you the current CPU1 temperature 2 32 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2 9 Frequency Voltage Control m Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum 0 25 1 CPU Host PCI Clock Default Menu Level Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect DIMM PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable spectrum for all clock The Choices 0 25 default 0 5 0 5 M 0 38 Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock CPU PCI If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are t

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