Intel MB884 User's Manual
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1. _ 2 52 MB884 User s Manual DRIVERS INSTALLATION Drivers Installation This section describes the installation procedures for software and drivers under the Windows 2000 and Windows XP The software and drivers are included with the board If you find the items missing please contact the vendor where you made the purchase The contents of this section include the following Intel 915G Chipset Software Intallation Utility 54 Intel 915G Chipset Graphics Driver 55 Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation 56 Marvell 88E8053 LAN Drivers Installation 57 IMPORTANT NOTE After installing your Windows operating system Windows 2000 XP you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the drivers installation II n VWTmsO s ssm mws mm MB884 User s Manual 53 DRIVERS INSTALLATION Intel 915G Chipset Software Intallation Utility The Intel 915G Chipset Drivers should be installed first before the software drivers to enable Plug amp Play INF support for Intel chipset components Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000 XP Before installed Intel Chipset Software Intallation Utility Please update your system to Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP1A 1 Insert the CD2. Ground IOCHRDY Host ALE DACKO Ground Address 1 No connect No connect Address 0 Address 2 Chip select 0 Chip select 1 Activit MB884 User s Manual Ground INSTALLATIONS n LED1 LED for CPU Over Voltage Protection This red LED shall light to indicate that the CPU voltage has surged and reached the default voltage protection value 2V In such a case the system will shut down automatically AN lt LED3 Power On LED This green LED will light constantly when the power is on to indicate that the 5VSB status has switched to 5V power LED5 Power Off LED This Red LED will light constantly during a power off status to indicate 5VSB status At this time LED3 will not light MB884 User s Manual 23 INSTALLATIONS Watchdog Timer Configuration The WDT is used to generate a variety of output signals after a user programmable count The WDT is suitable for use in the prevention of system lock up such as when software becomes trapped in a deadlock Under these sort of circumstances the timer will count to zero and the selected outputs will be driven Under normal circumstance the user will restart the WDT at regular intervals before the timer counts to zero SAMPLE CODE This code and information is provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and or f
3. Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Press Enter ITEM HELP Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level CPU L1 and L2 Cache Enabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Allows you choose First Boot Device Floppy the VIRUS warning Second Boot Device Hard Disk feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector Third Boot Device CDROM protection If this Boot Other Device Enabled function is enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled and someone Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled attempt to write data Boot Up Numlock Status On into this area BIOS Gate A20 Option Fast will show a warning Typematic Rate Setting Disabled message on screen Typematic Rate chars Sec 6 and alarm beep Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control for OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 Yes Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Features Delay Prior Thermal 16 Min ITEM HELP Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Menu Level Delay Prior to Thermal This field activates the CPU thermal function after the systems boots for the set number of minutes The options are 6Min and 64Min Limit CPUID MaxVal The choices are Enabled Limits CPUID maximum value to 3 when used with older OS like Windows NT4 Disabled Disables CPUID limit for Windows XP Hard Disk Boot Priori
4. IrDA x1 Parallel 1 COM1 RS232 RS232 422 485 FDC 2 88 3 Mode supported Hardware monitor 3 thermal inputs 4 voltage monitor inputs VIDO 4 amp 3 fan headers RTC Edge Connector ICH6 built in w on board Lithium Battery PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse Quad USB stack connector x1 for USB1 4 RJ45 connector w Gigabit transformer x2 for LAN DB15 x1 for VGA CRT DB9 x1 for COM1 DB26 X1 for Printer Audio Din stack connector x1 for Line out Line in amp Mic Onboard Header Connector 5x2 pins box header x1 for COM2 4X2 pins pin header x1 for USB 5 6 20x2 pins 2 5mm pitch box header x1 for IDE1 17x2 pin box header x 1 for Floppy 5 pins pin header x1 for IrDA 10x2 pins pin header x1 for other features PWR LED Reset Lock HDD LED SPKR etc Expansion Slots PCI x2 PCI Express x1 x1 PCI Express x16 x1 Power Connector ATX 12V 24 pins 4 pins Watchdog Timer Yes 256 segments 0 1 2 255 sec min System Voltage 5V 3 3V 12V 12V 5VSB 2A Other Function Modem Wakeup amp LAN Wakeup Board Size 244mm x 244mm MB884 User s Manual 3 INSTALLATIONS Board Dimensions pan O UM rl 4 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS dx n I s O r rnvsr 1 Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MB884 in order to set up a worka
5. data for digital input unsigned char ucBuf Set W627HF LD 0x07 switch to logic device 7 Set W627HF Reg 0xF1 0x00 clear ucDI Get_W627HF_Reg 0xF1 amp OxOF CIrKbBuf while 1 ucDO Set_W627HF_Reg 0xF1 ucDO amp 0x0F lt lt 4 ucBuf Get W627HF Reg OxF1 amp OxOF if ucBuf ucDI ucDI ucBuf printf Digital I O Input Changed Current Data is 0x X n ucDI if kbhit getch break delay 500 return 0 Jr c r m rs mmf t void ClrKbBuf void while kbhit getch bo anm IMM M M l OM M IMM MB884 User s Manual 29 B OS SETUP BIOS Setup This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the motherboard The topics covered in this chapter are as follows BIOS Introduction n ER petet a eot eee atem send 31 BIOS Setup cease nti ote aha ask ua s aq e usu 31 Standard CMOS 5 33 Advanced BIOS 36 Advanced Chipset Features esee 40 Integrated amp eee tee tt 43 Power Management Setup sse 47 PNP PCI Configurations esee 49 PC Health Status Acces teat e eed 50 Frequency Voltage Control eee 51 Load Fail Safe Defaults 2 52 Load Setup Defa lts itr been 52 Set Super
6. 58 MB884 User s Manual APPENDIX Appendix A I O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I O port addresses that also becomes the identity of the device The following table lists the I O port addresses used Address 000h 01Fh 020h 03Fh 040h OSFh 060h 06Fh 070h 07Fh 080h 09Fh 0 OBFh 0COh ODFh OFOh OFIh 1FOh IE7h 278h 27Fh 2F8h 2FFh 2BOh 2DFh 378h 3FFh 360h 36Fh 3BOh 3BFh 3COh 3CFh EGA adapter 3D0h 3DFh 3F7h 3F8h 3FFh MB884 User s Manual 59 APPENDIX B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board w sss el 60 MB884 User s Manual
7. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Press Enter ITEM HELP Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Menu Level DE HDD Block Mode DE DMA transfer access On Chip Primary PCI IDE DE Primary Master PIO DE Primary Slave PIO DE Primary Master UDMA DE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE DE Secondary Master PIO DE Secondary Slave PIO DE Secondary Master UDMA DE Secondary Slave UDMA On Chip Serial ATA PATA IDE Mode SATA Port USB Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Azalia AC97 Audio Select Onboard PCI E Giga LAN1 Onboard PCI E Giga LAN2 POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD TxD Active R Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail On Chip Serial ATA Setting OnChip IDE Device Enabled Enabled ITEM HELP Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Au Au Au Au Auto Primary P1 P3 is Secondary Onboard Device Enabled Menu Level ITEM HELP Enabled Disabled Disabled Auto Enabled Enabled SuperlO Device BUTTON ONLY Enter Menu Level ITEM HELP Ctrl F1 Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Rx2Tx2 378 IRQ7 SPP EPP1 7 3 Off Menu Level gt MB884 U
8. PNP PCI Configurations This option configures the PCI bus system All PCI bus systems on the system use INT thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations nit Display First PCI Slot ITEM HELP Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD SEE RQ Resources nm Extended System DMA Resources Press Enter Configuration Data ESCD when you exit P Disabled Setup if you have 2 installed new add on NT Pin 1 Assignment Auto and the system NT Pin 2 Assignment Auto reconfiguration has NT Pin 3 Assignment Auto caused such a serious NT Pin 4 Assignment Auto conflict that the OS NT Pin 5 Assignment Auto cannot boot NT Pin 6 Assignment Auto NT Pin 7 Assignment Auto NT Pin 8 Assignment Auto PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size Init Display First By default the system initializes the PCI Slot VGA when the system boots Reset Configuration Data This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not The default value is Disabled Resources Controlled by This PnP BIOS can configure all of the boot and compatible devices automatically with the use of a use a PnP OS such as Windows 95 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some non standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly This field allows you to set whether or not MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA When th
9. Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation 56 Marvell 88E8053 LAN Drivers Installation 57 Appendix 2 au u edu ad a 59 A Port Address Map 59 B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ 60 MB884 User s Manual iii This page is intentionally left blank w C u lt rrr r iv MB884 User s Manual INTRODUCTION Introduction Checklist Your MB884 Pentium 4 motherboard package should include the items listed below The MB884 motherboard This User s Manual Back I O shield 1 IDE Cable 1 Floppy Cable 1 SATA Cable Optional 3 SATA Cables Optional Serial Port Cable 1 CD containing the following e Chipset Drivers e Flash Memory Utility MB884 User s Manual 1 INSTALLATIONS Product Description The MB884 LGA 775 Pentium 4 motherboard incorporates the Intel 915G chipset that can utilize a single LGA775 processor of up to 4 0GHz or higher and supports FSB frequency of 533 800Mhz 133MHz and 200MHz HCLK respectively The 915G chipset is designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 1M Level 2 CPU integrated cache The integrated MCH component provides the CPU interface DDR interface Hub Interface and PCI Express graphics interface Two DDR memory sockets supports DDR 400 333 SDRAM DIMM modules of up to 2GB in capacity The board is designed with two Marvell 88E8053 PCI E
10. Up by PCI Card Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled Wake Up On LAN Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled Date of Month Alarm 0 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled ACPI Function Enable this function to support ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Power Management This field allows you to select the type of power saving management modes There are four selections for Power Management Min Power Saving Minimum power management Max Power Saving Maximum power management User Define Each of the ranges is from 1 min to Ihr Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min Video Off Method This field defines the Video Off features There are three options V H SYNC Blank Default setting blank the screen and turn off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS Allows BIOS to control the video display Blank Screen Writes blanks to the video buffer MB884 User s Manual 47 B OS SETUP nm FT Video Off In Suspend When enabled the video is off in suspend mode Suspend Type The default setting for the Suspend Type field is Stop Grant Modem Use IRQ This field sets the IRQ used by the Modem By default the setting is 3 Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CP
11. installed with CPUs that have clock speeds of 533MHz It supports DDR400 when installed with CPUs that have clock speeds of 800MHz The board provides dual channel functionality for its DIMM slots DIMMI is for one channel and DIMM2 is for another channel Basically the system memory interface has the following features Supports two 64 bit wide DDR data channels Available bandwidth up to 3 2GB s DDR400 for single channel mode and 6 4GB s DDR400 in dual channel mode Supports 128Mb 256Mb 512Mb 1Gb DDR technologies Supports only x8 x16 DDR devices with four banks Registered DIMMs not supported Supports opportunistic refresh Up to 16 simultaneously open pages four per row four rows maximum a c MB884 User s Manual 7 INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MB884 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors on MB884 and their respective functions Jumper Locations on MBS884 sse 9 COM2 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP2 COMI RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP3 RS232 422 485 COMO Selection 10 JP5 Clear CMOS Contents 8 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS m V4 3 Jumper Lo
12. that comes with the board and the screen below would appear Click Intel Chipset Software Intallation Utility I 1 Lig Muri grum 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 3 Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process 4 On Readme Information screen click Next to continue the installation 5 The Setup process is now complete Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect When the computer has restarted the system will be able to find some devices Restart your computer when prompted 54 MB884 User s Manual DRIVERS INSTALLATION Intel 915G Chipset Graphics Driver The Intel 915G Chipset Family Graphics Drivers come in the CD with the motherboard Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000 XP 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board and the screen below would appear Click Intel 915G Chipset Family Graphics Driver igi ht T IT TIS NS inr Urai 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 3 Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process 4 The Setup process is now complete Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect When the computer has restarted the system will be able to find some devices Restart your computer when prompted sS qwcCsswmssTws w s MB884 User
13. D WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE void Unlock W627HF void void Lock W627HF void void Unlock W627HF void outportb W627HF_INDEX_PORT W627HF UNLOCK outportb W627HF INDEX PORT W627HF UNLOCK void Lock W627HF void outportb W627HF_INDEX_PORT W627HF LOCK void Set W627HF LD unsigned char LD Unlock_W627HF outportb W627HF INDEX PORT W627HF REG LD outportb W627HF DATA PORT LD Lock W627HF void Set W627HF Reg unsigned char REG unsigned char DATA Unlock_W627HF outportb W627HF_INDEX_PORT REG outportb W627HF DATA PORT DATA Lock W627HF unsigned char Result Unlock_W627HF outportb W627HF_INDEX_PORT REG Result inportb W627HF_DATA_PORT Lock W627HF return Result File of the Main cpp ww cK ww Frrrss rss 28 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 1 include lt dos h gt include lt conio h gt include lt stdio h gt include lt stdlib h gt include W627HF H void ClrKbBuf void int main int argc char argv int main int argc char argv unsigned char ucDO 0 data for digital output unsigned char ucDI
14. Enter to select the lt PgUp gt and PgDn keys to change entries F1 for help and Esc to quit When you enter the Setup utility the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices AW sah MB884 User s Manual 31 B OS SETUP m f f Fr n Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 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 Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit V gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the control keys for this menu At the bottom of the Main Menu just below the control keys section there is another section which displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Note If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default Warning It is strongly recommended that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum perf
15. MB884 Socket LGA775 Pentium 4 Intel 915G Chipset Industrial Motherboard USER S MANUAL Version 1 0 Acknowledgments Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International Inc PS 2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners Table of Contents I trod u6etion aae 1 Checklist saa eee teneis 1 Product Description a usuta qaya etes 2 MB884 3 Board Dimensions sese 4 Installations 5 Installing the CPU 5 rr e teret 6 Power Installation esee 7 Installing the 7 Setting the Jumpets inei ettet eret 8 Connectors on MB884 sess 12 Watchdog Timer Configuration 24 Digital I O Sample 27 BIOS Setups enano nm 30 Drivers Installation 53 Intel 915G Chipset Software Intallation Utility 54 Intel 9156 Chipset Graphics Driver 55
16. MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP SATA Port This feature allows users to view the SATA port as primary or secondary channel USB Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Enabled USB 2 0 Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Enabled In order to use USB 2 0 necessary OS drivers must be installed first USB Keyboard Support The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Disabled USB Mouse Support The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Disabled Azalia AC97 Audio Select The default setting of the AC97 Audio is Auto Onboard PCI E Giga LAN1 LAN2 The field enables or disables this Marvell Giga BaseT Ethernet controller Power ON Function This field is related to how the system is powered on such as with the use of conventional power button keyboard or hot keys The default is BUTTON ONLY KB Power ON Password This field allows users to set the password when keyboard power on is the mode of the Power ON function Hot Key Power ON This field sets certain keys also known as hot keys on the keyboard that can be used as a switch to power on the system EE MB884 User s Manual 45 B OS SETUP m ff f FF na Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the
17. Reg IN CL register index E AL Value to write OUT None Write RegProc Near push ax mov dx 4 mov all out dx al pop ax inc dx out dx al ret Write RegEndp Il Read Reg IN CL register index OUT AL Value to read 0 Read_Reg Proc Near Mov al cl mov 4Eh out dx al inc dx in al ret Read Reg Endp 8 SS 26 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Digital I O Sample Code Filename W627hf h THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ifndef __W627HF_H define _ W627HF 1 ee define W627_IOBASE 0x4E J Tr vc r define W627HF_INDEX_PORT W627_IOBASE 0 define W627HF_DATA_PORT W627_IOBASE 1 se define W627HF_REG_LD 0x07 Is t r s U define W627HF_UNLOCK 0x87 define W627HF_LOC OxAA void Set W627HF LD u void Set W627HF Reg unsigned char unsigned char unsigned char Get W627HF Reg unsigned char endif W627HF ruv MB884 User s Manual 27 INSTALLATIONS Yr i Filename W627hf cpp THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIE
18. U will be shut off HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Soft Off by PWRBTN This field defines the power off mode when using an ATX power supply The Instant Off mode allows powering off immediately upon pressing the power button In the Delay 4 Sec mode the system powers off when the power button is pressed for more than four seconds or enters the suspend mode when pressed for less than 4 seconds Wake Up by PCI Cards Enable this field to allow wake up function through a PCI Ethernet card Power On by Ring This field enables or disables the power on of the system through the modem connected to the serial port or LAN Wake Up On LAN Enable this field to allow wake up function through the onboard LAN Resume by Alarm This field enables or disables the resumption of the system operation When enabled the user is allowed to set the Date and Time Reload Global Timer Events The HDD FDD COM LPT Ports and PCI PIRQ are I O events which can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode 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 u w ssrrIrt 48 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP uuu
19. ble system The topics covered are Instalbng the CPU eei nete te ee 6 Power Installation eese 7 Installing the Memory enne 7 Setting the J mperts er eter heat 8 Connectors on MB884 sse 12 Watchdog Timer Configuration eee 24 Digital I O Sample esee 27 a M U M l MU SS MB884 User s Manual 5 INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU The MB884 motherboard supports an LGA 775 processor socket for Intel Pentium 4 processors The LGA 775 processor socket comes with a lever to secure the processor Refer to the pictures below from left to right on how to place the processor into the CPU socket Please note that the cover of the LGA775 socket must always be installed during transport to avoid damage to the socket Ff 6 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Power Installation The system power is provided to the motherboard with the ATX1 and 12V power connectors ATXI is a 24 pin power connector and 12V is a 4 pin 12V power connector The 24 pin power connector can to be connected to a standard 20 pin ATX power connector in a standard ATX power supply Min 400watt Note The power supply 5VSB voltage must be at least 2A Installing the Memory The MB884 motherboard supports two DDR memory sockets for a maximum total memory of 2GB in DDR memory type It supports DDR333 when
20. board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field This option allows you to select the onboard FDD port Onboard Serial Parallel Port These fields allow you to select the onboard serial and parallel ports and their addresses The default values for these ports are Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 UART Mode Select This field determines the UART 2 mode in your computer The default value is Normal Other options include rDA and ASKIR Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function SPP Standard Printer Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port Combination of EPP capabilities Normal Normal function PWRON After PWR Fail This field sets the system power status whether on or off when power returns to the system from a power failure situation Issa Fssy 46 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled ITEM HELP Power Management User Define Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Modem Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off CPU THRM Throttling 50 Wake
21. by which the DRAM timing is selected The default is By SPD CAS Latency Time You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 2 or 3 3 The system board designer should set the values in this field depending on the DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU The choices are 2 and 3 40 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP r DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option allows you to insert a delay between the RAS Row Address Strobe and CAS Column Address Strobe signals This delay occurs when the SDRAM is written to read from or refreshed Reducing the delay improves the performance of the SDRAM DRAM RAS Precharge This option sets the number of cycles required for the RAS to accumulate its charge before the SDRAM refreshes The default setting for the Active to Precharge Delay is 3 Precharge delay tRAS The default setting for the Active to Precharge Delay is 7 System Memory Frequency This field sets the frequency of the DRAM memory installed The default setting is Auto The other settings are DDR333 DDR400 and DDR533 54 Assertion Width Pushing the power button for 1 to 2 seconds will power off the system This will prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button System BIOS Cacheable The setting of Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better syste
22. cations on MB884 Jumper Locations on MB884 Page COM2 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP2 COMI RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP3 RS232 422 485 2 10 JP5 Clear CMOS Contents sese 11 _ _ _ _ MB884 User s Manual 9 INSTALLATIONS JP1 COM2 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting esp s Short Closed 12V Pin 3 4 Short Closed Pin 5 6 Short Closed JP2 COM1 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting JP2 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed 12V Pin 3 4 Short Closed Normal Pin 5 6 Short Closed 5V RS232 422 485 COM2 Selection COM1 is fixed for RS 232 use only JP3 2 is selectable for RS232 RS 422 and RS 485 The following table describes the jumper settings for 2 selection COM2 Function Jumper Setting pin closed uu src 10 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS JP5 Clear CMOS Contents Use JP5 a 3 pin header to clear the CMOS contents Note that the ATX power connector should be disconnected from the motherboard before clearing CMOS Pin 1 2 Short Closed Normal Pin 2 3 Short Closed Clear CMOS MB884 User s Manual 11 INSTALLATIONS Connectors on 884 The co
23. ctor J13 provides connectors for system indicators that provide light indication of the computer activities and switches to change the computer status Speaker Pins 1 4 This connector provides an interface to a speaker for audio tone generation An 8 ohm speaker is recommended Pin Signal Name LECHCHCI 1 Speaker out 2 No connect 3 Ground 4 5V MB884 User s Manual 19 INSTALLATIONS Power LED Pins 11 13 The power LED indicates the status of the main power switch Pin Signal Name 11 Power LED et 12 No connect i 13 Ground Keyboard Locked Pin 14 15 To use keyboard lock set pin14 15 to short closed Pin Signal Name 14 Keyboard lock Ground ATX Power ON Switch Pins 7 and 17 This 2 pin connector is an Power Supply On Off Switch on the system that connects to the power switch on the case When pressed the power switch will force the system to power on When pressed again it will force the system to power off Reset Switch Pins 9 and 19 The reset switch allows the user to reset the system without turning the main power switch off and then on again Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header En OUM e 20 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Hard Disk Drive LED Connector Pins 10 and 20 This connector connects to the hard drive activity LED on control panel This LED will flash when t
24. d The following describes each item of this menu Date The date format is Day Sun to Sat Month 1 to 12 Date 1to31 Year 1999 to 2099 To set the date highlight the Date field and use the PageUp PageDown or keys to set the current time w SSS MB884 User s Manual 33 B OS SETUP mr r Time The time format is Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 To set the time highlight the Time field and use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or keys to set the current time IDE Primary HDDs IDE Secondary HDDs The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each channel can support up to two hard disks the first is the Master and the second is the Slave Press Enter to configure the hard disk The selections include Auto Manual and None Select Manual to define the drive information manually You will be asked to enter the following items Capacity Capacity size of the hard disk drive Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of read write heads Precomp Write precompensation Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors The Access Mode selections are as follows CHS HD lt 528MB LBA HD gt 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing Large for MS DOS only Auto Drive A Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installe
25. d in the computer The available specifications are 360KB 12 720KB 1 44 2 88MB 5 25 5 25 3 51 3 5in 35in ua rs c vuO ssssmWs 34 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP Video This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system You can choose the following video display cards EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters default Power up in 40 column mode Power up in 80 column mode For Hercules or MDA adapters This field determines whether or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up No errors All errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted The system boot will not be halted for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors The system boot will not be halted for a disk error it will stop for all other errors The system boot will not be halted for a key board or disk error it will stop for all others MB884 User s Manual 35 B OS SETUP ELI oralio _3 qy TLs saerrz Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
26. est POST after the system is turned on If it is set to Enabled BIOS will skip some items First Second Third Boot Device These fields determine the drive that the system searches first for an operating system The options available include Floppy LS ZIP Hard Disk CDROM LAN USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM and Disable Boot Other Device These fields allow the system to search for an operating system from other devices other than the ones selected in the First Second Third Boot Device bo nm nm MB884 User s Manual 37 B OS SETUP tn Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether or not to enable Swap Floppy Drive When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A By default this field is set to Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek This feature controls whether the BIOS checks for a floppy drive while booting up If it cannot detect one either due to improper configuration or its absence it will flash an error message Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to activate the NumLock function after you power up the system Gate A20 Option This field allows you to select how Gate A20 is worked Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 MB Typematic Rate Setting When disabled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next By defaul
27. he HDD is being accessed Pin Signal Name 10 HDD Active 20 5V CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector Pin amp Signal Name 2 12V 3 Rotation detection A Control CPU_FAN2 CPU Fan Power Connector Signal Name Ground 12V Rotation detection FAN1 FAN2 System amp Chassis Fan Power Connectors Pin Signal Name Ground 12V Rotation detection MB884 User s Manual 21 INSTALLATIONS FDD1 Floppy Drive Connector IDE1 Primary IDE Connectors IDE1 22 Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Ground RM LC Ground No connect a 0000000 m Ground No connect Ground Index Ground Motor enable 0 Ground Drive select 1 Ground Drive select 0 Ground Motor enable 1 Ground Direction Ground Step Ground Write data Ground Write gate Ground Track 00 Ground Write protect Ground Read data Ground Side 1 select Ground Reset IDE Diskette change Ground Host data 7 Host data 8 Host data 6 Host data 9 Host data 5 Host data 10 Host data 4 Host data 11 Host data 3 Host data 12 Host data 2 Host data 13 Host data 1 Host data 14 Host data 0 Host data 15 Ground Protect pin DRQO Ground Host IOW Ground Host IOR
28. hile JP2 is 2 pin header connector fo ooo al lao ooo E COM1 Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name 6 DSR Data set ready 8 CTS Clear to send_ 9 Ring indicator GND ground MB884 User s Manual 15 INSTALLATIONS COM2 is jumper selectable for RS 232 RS 422 and RS 485 Pin Signal Name Dor N 6 DSR RTS 8 CTS CTS 9 RI CTS CN4 Parallel Port Connector is a DB 25 external connector situated on top of the VGA and serial ports ex 2 s E id Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Line printer strobe PDO parallel data 0 PD1 parallel data 1 PD2 parallel data 2 PD3 parallel data 3 PD4 parallel data 4 19 Grond PDS parallel data 5 7 PD6 parallel data 6 PD7 parallel data 7 ACK acknowledge 10 Busy T Paper empty 12 N A 16 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS CN5 VGA CRT Connector CN5 is a DB 15 VGA connector located beside the COMI port The following table shows the pin out assignments of this connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name d 2 Re 1 Green 114 e e e ey CN6 DUAL LAN RJ45 Connectors CN6 consists of two RJ 45 connectors that are used in conjunction with the Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN single controllers LAN2 LANI DOWN UP CN7 Audio Connector CN7 is a 3 jack audio connector bes
29. ide the USB RJ45 combo connector 8 9 CN10 CN11 SATA Connectors The SATA connectors support SATA 150 and use one serial ATA HDD for each CN8 is port 2 CN9 is port 4 CN10 is port1 and CN11 is port3 MB884 User s Manual 17 INSTALLATIONS J1 Digital Connector 4 in 4 out This 10 pin Digital I O connector supports TTL levels and is used to control external devices requiring ON OFF circuitry Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name mo2 Ground 1 2 v oe 3 4 Ot 5 6 7 8 mm IN 9 io mo J3 IrDA Connector Pin Signal Name 5V No connect Ir RX Ground Ir TX J4 USB Connector The following table shows the pin outs of the USB pin header Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name 6 USBI USBO 3 7 USBI J4 Ground 4 8 5 CD In Audio Pin Signal Name CD Audio R Ground Ground CD Audio L wu 4sWpsww Wm qdawsu lt w ww lt w 18 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J10 Wake On LAN Connector J10 is a 3 pin header for the Wake On LAN function on the motherboard The following table shows the pin out assignments of this connector Wake On LAN will function properly only with an ATX power supply with 5VSB that has 1A Pin Signal Name 5VSB Ground LAN Wakeup J13 System Function Conne
30. is field is enabled a can work with an MPEG ISA VESA VGA card When this field is disabled a PCI VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA VESA card Maximum Payload Size PCI VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA VESA card ee U MB884 User s Manual 49 B OS SETUP PC Health Status This section shows the parameters in determining the PC Health Status These parameters include temperatures fan speeds and voltages Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature 80 C 176 F ITEM HELP System Temp 28 C 82 F CPU Temp 42 C 107 F CPU FAN Speed CPU_FAN1 2 5400 RPM System FAN Speed FAN1 5463 RPM System FAN Speed FAN2 5388 RPM Vcore V 1 02 V 43 3V 3 32 V 45 V 4 94 V 412V 12 03 V 12 V 12 44 V VBAT V 3 21V 5VSB V 5 15V Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU Fan Failure Warning Disabled Sys Fan Failure Warning Disabled Aux Fan Failure Warning Disabled CPU Warning Temperature This field allows the user to set the temperature so that when the temperature is reached the system sounds a warning This function can help prevent damage to the system that is caused by overheating Shutdown Temperature This field allows the user to set the temperature by which the system automatically shuts down once the threshold temperature is reached This function can help prevent damage to the system that is caused by overheating Temperatures Fan Speeds Voltages These fields are the parame
31. itness for a particular purpose 0 Name Enable_And_Set_Watchdog IN AL Isec 255sec OUT None 0 Enable_And_Set_Watchdog Proc Near push ax save time interval call Unlock Chip mov cl 2Bh call Read Reg and al NOT 10h call Write Reg set GP24 as WDTO mov cl 07h mov al 08h call Write Reg switch to LD8 mov cl OF5h call Read Reg and al NOT 08h call Write Reg set count mode as second pop ax mov cl OF6h call Write Reg set watchdog timer w sO srP 3 siw rr 24 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS T mov al Olh mov cl 30h call Write Reg watchdog enabled call Lock Chip ret Enable And Set Watchdog Endp 0 Name Disable_Watchdog IN None OUT None 0 Disable_Watchdog Proc Near call Unlock Chip mov cl 07h mov al 08h call Write Reg switch to LD8 xor al al mov cl OF6h call Write Reg clear watchdog timer xor al al mov cl 30h call Write Reg watchdog disabled call Lock Chip ret Disable Watchdog 0 Name Unlock_Chip IN None OUT None i Unlock Chip Proc Near Mov dx 4Eh mov al 87h out dx al out dx al ret Unlock Chip Endp 0 Lock Chip IN None OUT None src isa ssOEaLWwCA lt kh Pmi MB884 User s Manual 25 INSTALLATIONS gg ww e n j 0 Unlock_Chip Proc Near mov 4Eh mov al OAAh out dx al ret Unlock Chip Endp Name Write
32. m performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Video BIOS Cacheable The Setting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h F7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Memory Hole At 15 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB The choices are Enabled and Disabled PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 The default setting is Auto The choices are Enabled Disabled and Auto srvr J MB884 User s Manual 41 B OS SETUP tt F PCI E Compliancy Mode The default setting is Auto Another mode is v1 0 PEG OnChip VGA Control The default setting is Auto On Chip Video Memory Size Use this field to select On Chip Frame Buffer Size Fixed Memory Size and DVMT Memory Size Total Graphics Memory can be set as 64MB 128MB or 224MB On Chip Frame Buffer Size The On Chip Frame Buffer Size can be set us IMB 8MB or 16MB This memory is shared with the system memory FIXED Memory Size Specify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory DVMT Memory Size Specify the size of DVMT memory to allocate for video memory ponu OI MM l 42 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Onboard Device SuperIO Device Onboard Lan Boot ROM Phoenix
33. nector IDEI Primary IDE Connectors LED1 LED for CPU Over Voltage Protection LED3 Power On LED LEDS Power Off LED 56 deri desees edet S Q w u iS aaa bo nmn tJ MB884 User s Manual 13 INSTALLATIONS ATX1 ATX Power Supply Connector Signal Name 3 3V 12V Ground PS ON Ground Ground Ground Ground 5V Power good 45V 5VSB 45V 12V 5V 12V 3 3 ATXI is a 24 power supply connector ATX 12V ATX 12V Power Connector This connector supplies the CPU operation voltage Pin Signal Name mv 12V DIMM1 Channel A DDR Socket DIMM I is the first channel DDR socket DIMM2 Channel B DDR Socket DIMM2 is the second channel DDR socket PCIE 1 External PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Slot PCIE 2 PCI Express x1 Slot PCI1 PCI2 PCI Slots PCIE 1 PCI Express x16 Slot 2 14 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS CN1 PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Signal Name Keyboard Signal Name Keyboard data 2 N C GND 5V SV 4 5 5 Mouse clock L NC 6 6 N N C CN2 4 port USB Connector CN2 is a USB connector consisting of four ports stacked vertically Ground USB USB CN2 CN3 JP2 COM1 COM2 Serial Ports CN3 COMI is a DB 9 connector w
34. nnectors on MB884 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard floppy disk drives hard disk drives printers etc The following table lists the connectors on 884 and their respective functions Connector Locations on MB884 13 ATX Power Supply Connector 14 ATX_12V ATX 12 Power Connector 14 DIMM1 Channel A DDR Socket 14 DIMM 2 Channel B DDR Socket 14 PCIE 2 PCI Express x1 Slot eee eerte eet 14 PCII PEP PCLSlots Q Z a p ASS a Sha 14 PCIE 1 PCI Express 16 14 CN1 PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors 15 CN2 4 port USB Connector 15 CN3 JP2 COM1 COM2 Serial Ports 15 CN4 Parallel Port 16 CNS 17 CN6 DUAL LAN RJ45 17 CNT Audio Connector 17 CN8 CN9 CN10 CN11 SATA Connectors 17 J1 Digital I O Connector 4 in 4 out 18 J3 MDA Coni Ctr uu n etim e emet 18 USB Connector eee erento nennen 18 15 CD In Audio 99 18 J10 Wake On LAN Connect
35. or eese 19 J13 System Function Connector eee 19 CPU FANI CPU Fan Power Connector 21 CPU FAN 2 CPU Fan Power Connector 21 FAN FAN2 System amp Chassis Fan Power Connectors 21 FDDI Floppy Drive 22 IDEI Primary IDE Connectors eene 22 LED for CPU Over Voltage Protection 23 LED3 Power On 23 LEDS Power 23 12 MB884 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Connectors on MB884 ATXI ATX Power Supply Connector 12V 12V Power Connector DIMMI Channel DDR Socket DIMM2 Channel B DDR Socket PCIE 2 PCI Express x1 Slot PCH PCI2 PCI SI PCIE 1 PCI Express x16 Slot PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connector CN2 4 port USB Connector CN3 JP2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port CN4 Parallel Port Connector CNS VGA CRT Connector CN6 DUAL LAN RJ45 Connectoi CN7 Audio Connector CN8 CN9 CN10 CN11 SATA Connecto J1 Digital I O Connector 4 in 4 out J3 IrDA Connector J4 USB Connector J5 CD In Audio Connector J10 Wake On LAN Connecto J13 System Function Connector CPU FANI CPU Fan Power Connecto CPU FAN2 CPU Fan Power Connector FANI FAN2 System amp Chassis Fan Power Connectors FDDI Floppy Drive Con
36. ormance and reliability Changing the defaults could cause the system to become unstable and crash in some cases rr v Ts sa 32 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP H Standard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling If the board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option You will need to run the Standard CMOS option however if you change your system hardware configurations the onboard battery fails or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory was lost or damaged Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Thu Dec 16 2004 00 00 00 Item Help Time hh mm ss Menu Level IDE Channel 0 Master None IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None IDE Channel 1 Slave None Change the day month Year and century Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video Halt On Base Memory EGA VGA All Errors But Keyboard 640K 515072K 516096K Extended Memory Total Memory At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu If you need any help in each item field you can press the F1 key It will display the relevant information to help you The memory display at the lower right hand side of the menu is read only It will adjust automatically according to the memory change
37. s Manual 55 DRIVERS INSTALLATION Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation Follow the steps below to install the Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board and the screen below would appear Click Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Drivers to start the drivers installation Sok g Fai copo si asi Mazim aicer can fur Brea gi baio eve pa mant md p entm m pour copa ka deepen V Ha d snl viet urapa Hera ary chek thee chee ane Fh tg ranis mp 56 MB884 User s Manual DRIVERS INSTALLATION Marvell 88E8053 LAN Drivers Installation Follow the steps below to start installing the Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board In the initial screen click on LAN Card on the left side luat LAN Cirer 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to start the drivers instalation ia Marwel Wimona the ajah Sor Marmi Fr bakar t Driver Tha Ica his card nili aia rapa Pree Pirnipark canbimge chek Werk 3 Click Finish to complete the setup and for changes to take effect i SSS eee MB884 User s Manual 57 DRIVERS INSTALLATION tn UarirrrlaWl This page is intentionally left blank wa a n
38. ser s Manual 43 B OS SETUP Onboard LAN Boot ROM This field allows you to enable the on board LAN boot ROM By default this option is disabled IDE HDD Block Mode This field allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive IDE DMA Transfer Access Use this field to enable or disable IDE DMA transfer access OnChip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO These fields allow your system hard disk controller to work faster Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive PIO Programmed Input Output allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly The system supports five modes numbered from 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow your system to improve disk I O throughput to 33Mb sec with the Ultra DMA 33 feature On Chip Serial ATA The default setting of Auto allows the Serial ATA drive to be enabled when the system detects one PATA IDE Mode This item allows you to select the parallel ATA channel Setting options are Primary and Secondary pem uuu FF 44
39. sk drive select Enabled to release IRQ6 This is required to pass Windows 95 98 s SCT test You should also disable the Onboard FDC Controller in the Integrated Peripherals screen when there s no floppy drive in the system If you set this feature to Disabled the BIOS will not report the missing floppy drive to Win95 98 Small Logo EPA Show The EPA logo appears at the right side of the monitor screen when the system is boot up The default setting is Enabled I SsOEsEOOs UM MB884 User s Manual 39 B OS SETUP Advanced Chipset Features This Setup menu controls the configuration of the chipset Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD ITEM HELP CAS Latency Time 2 5 Menu Level DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 DRAM RAS Precharge 3 Precharge dealy tRAS 8 System Memory Frequency 400MHz SLP_S4 Assertion Width 1 to 2 Sec System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter VGA Setting PEG Onchip VGA Control Auto On Chip Video Memory Size Press Enter On Chip Frame Buffer Size 8MB FIXED Memory Size OMB DVMT Memory Size 120MB Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 ITEM HELP PCI Express Port 2 Menu Level PCI Express Port 3 PCI Express Port 4 PCI E Compliancy Mode DRAM Timing Selectable This option refers to the method
40. t this field is set to Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled the system registers repeated keystrokes speeds Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this item allows you to set the time interval for displaying the first and second characters By default this item is set to 250msec Security Option This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup The default value is Setup When you select System the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up When you select Setup the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up pa OUUM SS SS 38 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP APIC Mode APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller The default setting is Enabled MPS Version Control for OS This option is specifies the MPS Multiprocessor Specification version for your operating system MPS version 1 4 added extended configuration tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability The default setting is 1 4 OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when used with OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 If you are using Windows 95 98 without a floppy di
41. t values to your system configuration These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features Set Supervisor User Password These two options set the system password Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system To specify a password highlight the type you want and press Enter The Enter Password message prompts on the screen Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically returns to the main screen To disable a password just press the Enter key when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password to be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely Save amp Exit Setup This option allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications If you type Y you will quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory If you type you will return to Setup utility Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session Typing Y will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications Typing N will return you to Setup utility E _
42. ters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the board The values are read only values as monitored by the system and show the PC health status CPU Chassis Fan Failure Warning When enabled this field lets the system sounds a siren audible warning to the user that the CPU fan or chassis fan has malfunctioned ws src 50 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP s Frequency Voltage Control This section shows the user how to configure the processor frequency Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio 14X ITEM HELP Auto Detect PCI CIk Disabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level CPU Clock Ratio The CPU Ratio also known as the CPU bus speed multiplier can be configured through this field This field will only appear if your CPU allows changes in the CPU clock ratio such as in the case of engineering sample CPUs Auto Detect PCI CIk This field enables or disables the auto detection of the PCI clock Spread Spectrum This field sets the value of the spread spectrum The default setting is Disabled This field is for CE testing use only r UVIi c MB884 User s Manual 51 B OS SETUP m f F sO Tr Load Fail Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the defaul
43. ty p pu yas F 36 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP Y This item allows you to set the priority for hard disk boot When you press enter the selections shows the current hard disks used in your system as well as the Bootable Add in Card that is relevant to other boot sources media such as SCSI cards and LAN cards Virus Warning This item protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem CPU L1 and L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU These items allow you to enable speed up memory access or disable the cache function Hyper Threading Technology Hyper Threading Technology enables two logical processors on a single physical processor by replicating partitioning and sharing the resources within the Intel NetBurst microarchitecture pipeline Quick Power On Self Test When enabled this field speeds up the Power On Self T
44. visor User 52 Save amp Exit Set p ios e Rebel p deer 52 Exit Without S ving 52 30 MB884 User s Manual B OS SETUP sc lt s m T n BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS Basic Input Output System installed in your computer system s ROM supports Intel Pentium 4 processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for a standard device such as disk drives serial ports and parallel ports It also adds virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system BIOS Setup The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system configurations and settings The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the computer the Award BIOS is immediately activated Pressing the Del key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the Del key POST Power On Self Test will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from invoking the Setup If you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by pressing the Reset button or simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Alt and Delete keys You can also restart by turning the system Off and back On again The following message will appear on the screen Press lt DEL gt to Enter Setup In general you press the arrow keys to highlight items
45. xpress Gigabit LAN single controllers Four Serial ATA connectors offer 1 5 Gigabits sec data throughput speed faster than the most advanced parallel ATA Expansion is provided by two PCI one PCI Express x1 slots and one PCI Express x16 slots Other advanced features include six USB 2 0 ports IrDA interface digital I O two serial ports watchdog timer and audio function Dimensions of the board are 9 5 by 9 5 244mm x 244mm in a Micro ATX form factor ww N I El 2 MB884 User s Manual INTRODUCTION MB884 Specifications Form Factor Micro ATX CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 CPU Voltage 0 8375V 1 6V VRD 10 1 CPU FSB 800MHz CPU FSB Up to 3 8 GHz Green 1 2 CPU Socket Socket 775 Chipset Intel 915GV 915G Chipset GMCH 915GV 915G 1210 ball FCBGA ICH6 82801FB 609 ball mBGA FWH BIOS Award BIOS supports ACPI Function Cache 1M Level 2 CPU integrated VGA 915GV built in supports CRT Gigabit LAN Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN controller x2 Audio ICH6 Built in Audio controller AC97 Codec ALC658 6 Channels Line out Line in amp Mic Memory 2x DDR333 400 SDRAM DIMMs w o ECC Max 2GB Dual Channel Parallel IDE ICH6 built in one channel Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Serial ATA Ports ICH6 built in Serial ATA Controller supports 4 ports USB ICH6 built in USB Version 2 0 supports 8 ports implement 6 ports Winbond W83627HF
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