PC CHIPS M810DG (V8.0a)
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1. Shift F2 Color Keyboard Power On Disabled Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Quit MWe Select item ACPI Aware 0 S Enable this item if you are using an O S that supports ACPI function such as Windows 98 ME 2000 Power Use this item to select a power management Management scheme Both APM and ACPI are supported Suspend Time Out This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode 23 Hard Disk Time This sets the timeout to power down the hard Out disk drive if the time selected passes without any hard disk activity Resume On RTC The system can be turned off with a software Alarm Date Hour command If you enable this item the system Minute Second can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system s RTC realtime clock Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature LAN Ring Power Your system can enter a software power On down If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is traffic on the network adapter Keyboard Power If you enable this item you can turn the On system on and off by pressing hot keys on the keyboard You must enable the Keyboard Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PCI Plug and2. save those changes and exit the utility Press F5 to reset the changes to the original values Press F6 to install the setup utility with a set of default values Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of high performance values 19 Standard CMOS Setup Page Use this page to set basic information such as the date the time the IDE devices and the diskette drives If you press the F3 key the system will automatically detect and configure the hard disks on the IDE channels AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yy Thu Sep 18 2003 Time hh mm ss 15 55 35 LBA Blk PIO 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Auto On Pri Slave Auto On Sec Master Auto On Sec Slave Auto On Floppy Drive A 144 MB 31 2 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Month J an Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 N Select item Year 1901 2099 PU PD 7 Modify ShfQF2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date amp Time Use these items to set the system date and time Pri Master Use these items to configure devices connected Pri Slave to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels Sec Master To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Sec Slave Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk characteristics Size Cyls etc manually If you have a CD ROM drive select the setting CDROM If you have
3. Use these items to determine the device order 2nd Boot Device 3 Boot Device the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start up time Try Other Boot Devices If you enable this item the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations 21 S M A R 1 for Enable this item if any IDE hard disks support Hard Disks the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology feature BootUp Num This item determines if the Num Lock key is Lock active or inactive at system start up time Floppy Drive If you have two diskette drives installed and Swap you enable this item drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A Floppy Drive If you enable this item your system will check Seek all floppy disk drives at start up Disable this item unless you are using an old 360KB drive Password Check If you have entered a password for the system use this item to determine if the password is required to enter the Setup Utility Setup or required both at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot to 0S 2 gt Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 64MB operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L2 Cache Leave these items enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal L2 cache memory System BIOS If you en
4. Compliant Expansion Slots One AMR slot for a special audio modem riser card Three 32 bit PCI slots for PCI 2 2 compliant bus interface Onboard IDE channels Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO programmable input output modes Support for Multiword DMA modes Support for Bus Mastering and Ultra DMA ATA 33 66 100 133 modes Power Supply and Power Management ATX power supply connector Meets ACPI 1 0b and APM 1 2 requirements keyboard power on off AC97 Audio Codec Compliant with AC 97 2 2 specification Full duplex Codec with independent and variable sampling rate Earphone Buffer Built In SNR up to 90db 4Ch DAC support 4 channel speak out e Advanced power management support Onboard VO Ports The mainboard has a full set of I O ports and connectors Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port One VGA port One parallel port One MIDI Game port Four USB2 0 ports two back panel ports onboard USB connector USB2 providing two extra ports tt oes Built in Ethernet LAN optional 10Base T 100Base TX Physical Layer Solution Dual Speed 100 10 Mbps e MII Interface to Ethernet Controller Configuration amp Status e Auto Negotiation 10 100 Full Half Duplex Meet All Applicable IEEE802 3 10Base T and 100Base TX Standards USB 2 0 Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 e Compliant with Intels Enhanced Host Controller Interfac
5. P_P1 5 USB_FP_P0 6 USB_FP_P1 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OCO Ne Locate the USB2 connector on the mainboard Plug the bracket cable onto the USB2 connector 3 Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system chassis Install an extension bracket in the opening Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw IR1 Infrared Port The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Ne Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 2 KEY 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX Locate the infrared port IR1 connector on the mainboard If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the IR1 header and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis 14 Install Other Devices Follow the steps below to install other devices in the system FDC IDE1 IDE2 Floppy Disk Drive The mainboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can Support one or two drives Drives can be 3 5 or 5 25 wide with capacities of 360K 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDC IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density
6. Play Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and devices that use the system plug and play capability AMIBIOS SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware 0 S Yes Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled ESC Quit We Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults 24 Plug and Play Enable this item if you are using an O S that Aware 0 S supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 98 ME Primary Graphics This item indicates if the primary graphics Adapter adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second display card installed in a PCI slot Allocate IRQ to If this item is enabled an IRQ will be PCIVGA assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system You set this value to No to free up an IRQ PCI IDE BusMaster This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode We recommend you to leave this item at the default value Load Optimal Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of fail safe default values These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memo
7. SB module Q AMR v 90 56K Fax Modem card Note Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation To install this mainboard in a system please follow the instructions in this chapter ODDUUDD D Identify the mainboard components Install a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Verify that all jumpers or switches are set correctly Install the mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connectors on the mainboard Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to connectors on the mainboard Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JP1 and the setting options Never connect power to the system during installation otherwise it may damage the mainboard Mainboard Components Use the diagram below to identify the major components on the mainboard ilsrsran Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard PS 2 Mouse LAN a a PS 2 KBD Line Out Line In Microphone PS 2 Mouse Use the upper PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 pointing device PS 2 Keyboard Use the lower PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 keyboard Parallel por
8. This publication photographs illustrations and software are under the protection of international copyright laws and all rights reserved It does not allow any reproduction of this manual content and any materials contained herein without the written consent of the authentic manufacturer The information in this manual is subject to change without notice The manufacturer does neither represent nor warrant the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Furthermore the manufacturer reserves the right to revise and change this publication from time to time without the obligation of notifying any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines AMD and Duron are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PC cillin is a trademark of Trend Micro Inc AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc SiS is a trademark of Silicon Integrated System Corporation Other names used in this publication may be trademarks and are acknowledged Copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved MS810D Series V8 0A S740 September 2003 Table of Contents Trademarks e esse seesse esse sees se ee SEE Be EE EE EE EE EE EE Ee EE EE EE Be Ee SEE ee I Static Electricity Precautions i e esse see s
9. able this item a segment of the Cacheable system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution Graphic Win Size This item defines the size of aperture if you use a graphic adapter DRAM CAS This item determines the operation of the Latency DRAM memory CAS column address strobe We recommend that you leave this item at the default value The 2T setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode Timing Setting This item determines the timing setting mode Mode of the memory We recommend you leave this item at the default value 22 DDR IO Dummy Use this item to control the stability of the Control DRAM We recommend that you leave this item at the default value Auto Detect Use this item to enable the DIMMs or PCI DIMM PCI Clk slots to detect automatically device then generating clock Spread If you enable spread spectrum it can Spectrum significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference generated by the system Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for system power management operation AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Aware 0 S Yes Power Management Enabled Suspend Time Out Disabled Hard Disk Time Out Disabled Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm Date RTC Alarm Hour RTC Alarm Minute RTC Alarm Second Help PU PD Modify LAN Ring Power On Disabled Old Values
10. an ATAPI device with removable media e g a ZIP drive or an LS 120 select Floptical Floppy Drive A Use these items to set the size and capacity of Floppy Drive B the floppy diskette drive s installed in the system 20 Advanced Setup Page Use this page to set more advanced information about your system Take some care with this page Making changes can affect the operation of your computer AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Shared Memory Size Ouick Boot 1st Boot Device 2 Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices 32 MB Enabled IDE 0 Floppy CDROM Yes S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Seek Password Check Boot To 0S 2 gt 64MB L2 Cache System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Graphic Win Size DRAM CAS Latency Timing Setting Mode DDR IO Dummy Control On ESC Quit Ne Select Disabled Item san Help PU PD Modify No Old Values Shift F2 Color WriteBack Load BIOS Defaults 64MB Load Setup Defaults 2 57 Normal Disabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Share Memory Size This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display application with 16 32 64MB options Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1st Boot Device
11. diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable supporting one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The IDE device s documentation tells you how to configure a Master or a Slave device The Master device connects to the end of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the device s to the Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the mainboard If you want to install more IDE devices you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the mainboard If you have two devices on the cable one must be Master and one must be Slave 15 Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system TETETEIT TT TT TT TT When you first start up your system the BIOS should automatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the mainboard locate the 4 pin connectors CD INI1 Pin Signal 1 CD INL 2 GND 3 GND 4 CDINR 16 Expansion Slots This mainboard has one AMR and three 32 bit PCI slots PCl3 PCl2 PCH Follow the steps below to i
12. e CPU with the pin corner on the socket Insert the CPU into the socket Do not use force Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU Install the cooling fan heatsink unit onto the CPU and secure them all onto the socket base Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU fan connector CPUFAN on the mainboard Installing Memory Modules The mainboard has two 168 pin 1 84 pin DIMM sockets for SDRAM DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM system memory modules You must install at least one memory module in order to work out the mainboard either SDRAM or DDR SDRAM but you can not use them simultaneously SDRAM provides 800 MB s or 1 GB s data transfer rate and DDR SDRAM doubles the rate to 1 6 GB s and 2 1 GB s depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 100 MHz or 133 MHz memory bus a i i DDR1 TE DDR2 Fm Em SDR1 EE SDR2 Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 1 GB system memory Refer to the following to install the memory modules 1 Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket 2 Align the memory module with the socket There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can ins
13. e Specification Revision 0 95 Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 1 PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host Controller Support PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 Legacy support for all downstream facing ports BIOS Firmware This mainboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following Hard drives diskette drives and peripherals Power management CPU parameters and memory timing Hardware monitoring parameters The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds Bundled Software PC Cillin2002 provides automatic virus protection under Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 is the software to help users read PDF files Dimensions e Micro ATX form factor 24 4cm x 24 5cm Package Contents Your mainboard package contains the following items Q Oooo The mainboard The User s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable optional One IDE drive ribbon cable The Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Q Extended U
14. ee se se ese ee ee Ge Il Pre Installation Inspection sesse esse see sede Se Se Se ee ee UI Chapter 1 Introduction esse esse sees ee EG ee EE Ge EG 1 NES iS RR ER IE HE 2 std ENSOMEER OT RE 5 Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation ccssscsssscsssscssssscesssceees 6 Mainboard Components iese see se ee se ee ee ee ee ee Ge 7 FVO POTIS N RE eed ae E 8 Installing the Processor cece see se ee Ge ee ee ee ee Ge 9 Installing Memory Modules iese sees se sk ee se Se ee ee 10 Jumpei Sete Nes ese gee Re Eb RSG ee bad gegee Esel be dees De 11 Install the Mainboard ee esse esse ee ee Ge Ge GR GR RA Sk ee 12 Connecting Optional Devices eee esse see se Se GR RA Sk ee 13 Install Other Devices sis SEE ge iana Ge Regs DE 15 Expansion SlOt EE EE tienen oh SEE Soe KORS DES ees 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility cssssscssscsssccsssssessercsseses 18 Introd Tes EE AO ME EE EE EN 18 Running the Setup Utility iese sees see se ee Ge GR GR AG ee 19 Standard CMOS Setup Page esse esse ee ee ee ee ee ee 20 Advanced Setup Pag s iiine Se E See Deeg Seg ede EL gee ee besk Ee 21 Power Management Setup Page 0 0 0 see see se se Se ee ee 23 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page esse esse ee se se Ge ek Sk ee 24 Load Optimal SettingS iese esse ee ee Ge Ge GR GR AG ee 25 Load Best Performance Settings sesse sees see se ee ee ee 25 Features S tup Page n ses tet oul eed GEE Doe g ede Ve gede 26 CPU PnP Setup Pa
15. he cable from the cooling fan to the SYSFAN fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the SW1 header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 HD LED P 2 FP PWR SLP 3 HD LED N 4 FP PWR SLP 5 RESET SW N 6 POWER SW P 7 RESET SW P 8 POWER SW N 9 RSVD DNU 10 KEY 12 Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard s optional devices i oy iil pe f H AUDIO1 SPK1 di SPK1 Speaker Connector Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 connector on the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPKR 2 NC 3 GND 4 5V AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio Connector This header allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD RET L 13 USB2 Front panel USB Connector The mainboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connector USB2 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWRO 2 VERG_FP_USBPWRO 3 USB_FP_P0 4 USB_F
16. ing that prompts you to Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Whenever you see this message press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 21 12 C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Features Setup Advanced Setup CPU PnP Setup Power Management Setup Hardware Monitor PCI Plug and Play Setup Change Password Load Optimal Settings Exit Load Best Performance Settings Esc Quit tT J lt Selectltem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Optimal values F7 Best performance values F10 Save amp Exit Standards CMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pages use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items and then use the PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through the alternate values for each of the items Other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring you to answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys If you have already made changes to the setup utility press F10 to
17. is various to every supplier we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation Hardware Installstien N Tree idee vers Bie areal bod Mat bk nie HAPSE MaioMader hal ned passed winda Loge basting bo verly Hs congaibh path Window P Dal ae tes the berraie por ane Conta imctallatinn of thir rohama may impar on dera EE od i P uprla eithei immediate oi im Gre liue Micidrett Hiongiy meommamls thal poo slop thee inclallation cow and contact the harders vendor bor me luare Fiat has paired Windows Loge lerhng Contras rasp STOP Inetallstion 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 1 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000 2 2 If you connect a USB 2 0 hub to the root hub plugging USB devices into this hub the system might not successfully execute certain USB devices connection because it could not recognize these devices Currently we are working on such limitations solution As soon as the solution is done the updated USB drive will be released to our website www pcchips com tw for your downloading IV Chapter 1 Introducti
18. ld Values Shif F2 Col 3 472V alues l Color SYSTEM Fan Speed O RPM Load BIOS Defaults CPU Fan Speed 1308 RPM Load Setup Defaults SYSTEM Temperature 31 C 87 F CPU Temperature 39 C 102 F Voltage These items indicate cooling fan speeds in Measurements amp RPM and the various system voltage FAN Speeds measurements System CPU These items display CPU and system Temperature temperature measurement Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letters or numbers Press Enter after you have typed in the password A second dialog box asks you to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly The password is then required to access the Setup Utility or for that and at start up depending on the setting of the Password Check item in Advanced Setup 29 Change or Remove the Password Highlight this item press Enter and type in the current password At the next dialog box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving 30 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications Introduction This chapter describes the co
19. ling program doesn t work out or you have to do the manual installation please follow this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 1 Click the ReadMe to bring up a screen and then click the Install Path at the bottom of the screen 2 Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path Bundled Software Installation All bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 2 A software menu appears Click the software you want to install 3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step by step until finished 34
20. m again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup icon The Application button brings up a software menu It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path names of software driver 32 Auto Installing under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP If you are under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP please click the Setup button to run the software auto installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 1 The installation program loads and displays the following screen Click the Next button Sees is trees bee eee Te al OE HEES EE HA EE RE er seen lee oa Ct Sic Feed en ee et a e era Ding oar aa is em 2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of the installation procedures start software is automatically installed in seguence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing whatever software you selected When the process is finished all the support software will be installed and start working 33 Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation If you are under Windows NT the auto instal
21. nstall a AMR PCI expansion card 1 2 3 4 Locate the AMR or PCI slots on the mainboard Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer such as date and time the type of hardware installed and various configuration settings Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system components If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the mainboard such as the CPU system memory disk drives etc Running the Setup Utility Every time you start your computer a message appears on the screen before the operating system load
22. ntents of the support CD ROM that comes with the mainboard package The support CD ROM contains all useful software necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products More program information is available ina README file located in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manual installation depending on your operating system If your operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your mainboard if Windows NT or manual installation please follow the instructions described as the Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation section Installing Support Software 1 Insert the support CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive 2 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the system CD ROM drive the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen 3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup Browse CD and Exit on the right side and three others Setup Application and ReadMe at the bottom Please see the following illustration The Setup button runs the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the progra
23. on This mainboard has a Socket A support for the AMD K7 processors The Socket A processor s front side bus speed is 266MHz This mainboard integrates the SiS740 Northbridge and SiS962L Southbridge chipsets that support DDR 266MHz Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 function and remarkably high system performance under all types of system operations The mainboard supports the built in AC97 Codec two 32 bit PCI slots one AMR Audio Modem Riser slot to support Audio and Modem application and a built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network Interface optional This mainboard has the embedded 256 bit 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with 64MB frame buffer supporting AGP 4X 266MHz mode up to 1GB s bandwidth which provides a direct connection between the graphics sub system and memory so that the graphics do not have to compete for processor time with other devices on the PCI bus The mainboard supports built in USB 2 0 providing higher bandwidth implements Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 and is compliant with UHCI 1 1 and EHCI 0 95 There is a set of ATX VO Ports including two PS 2 ports for keyboard and mouse one parallel port one serial port and one VGA port one MIDI Game port and maximum four USB 2 0 ports two back panel ports and onboard USB connector making two extra USB ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard The board is Micro ATX size and has power connectors for an ATX power supply Key Features The ke
24. ry chips Note It is highly recommended that users enter this option to load optimal values for accessing the best performance Load Best Performance Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of best performance default values These default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips or other low performance components 25 Features Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system AMIBIOS SETUP FEATURES SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard FDC OnBoard Serial PortA OnBoard IR Port OnBoard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Parallel Port DMA OnBoard Game Port OnBoard MIDI Port MIDI Port IRQ OnBoard PCI IDE Audio Device Modem Device Ethernet Device IEEE1394 Device USB Function Support USB Function for DOS ThumbDrive for DOS Enabled 3F8h COM1 Disabled 378h ECP 7 3 201h On Quit Ne Select 10 Both Help PU PD Modify Enabled Old Values Shift F2 Color ae Load BIOS Defaults Enabled Load Setup Defaults Enabled Disabled Disabled OnBoard FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Serial PortA Use these items to enable or disable the onboard COM 1 2 serial port and to a
25. ssign a port address OnBoard Ir Port Use this item to define the protocol for an infrared port if you have installed an optional IR port The options are IrDA and ASKIR Onboard Parallel Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard LPT1 parallel port and to assign a port address The Auto setting will detect and available address 26 Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the parallel port mode You can select SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or ECP EPP Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to assign either IRQ 5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard Game Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Game port OnBoard MIDI Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard MIDI port and to assign a port address MIDI Port IRQ Use this item to assign an IRQ to the MIDI port Onboard PCI IDE Use this item to enable or disable either or both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE channels Audio Device This item enables or disables the onboard AC 97 audio chip Modem Device This item enables or disables the onboard AC 97 modem chip Ethernet Device This item enables or disables the LAN chip IEEE 1394 Device This item enables or disables the IEEE1394 f
26. t Use the PRN to connect printers or other PRN arallel communications devices se G COM1 Jse the COM port to connect serial devices uch as mice or fax modems COM is identified by the system as COM1 n VGA Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices LAN Port Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to optional connect your computer to the Network USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Game Port Use the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI device Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The left side jack is for a stereo line out signal The middle jack is for a stereo line in signal The right side jack is for a microphone Installing the Processor This mainboard has a Socket 462 processor socket When choosing a processor consider the performance requirements of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory CPU Installation Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU Li k i rT 3 com TETETET at E ak TE Socket 462 E pow Corner Ta 1 Js CPUFAN Unhook the locking lever of the CPU socket Pull the locking lever away from the socket and raising it to the upright position Match the pin1 corner marked as the beveled edge on th
27. tall the DIMM module in the correct direction Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on the DIMM socket 10 3 Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 4 Install any remaining DIMM modules J umper Settings Using a jumper cap to connect two pins is SHORT removing it from these pins OPEN Jumper JP1 Clear CMOS Memory This jumper can clear the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect that your mainboard can t operate To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Clear CMOS Memory Short Pins 1 2 Normal Operation Short Pins 2 3 11 Install the Mainboard Install the mainboard in a system chassis case The board is a Micro ATX size mainboard You can install this mainboard in an ATX case Ensure your case has an I O cover plate that matches the ports on this mainboard Install the mainboard in a case Follow the case manufacturer s instructions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis ATX_PWR Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATX_PWR connector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect t
28. te Es Pe Eg Res Re ee Sea ees De 28 Hardware Monitor Page esse ese ee sees sede ee ek ee ee ee ee ee 29 Change Password RA AR OE N N OR eeek 29 lo si RE EE LE EE Anas 30 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications esse sesse see EG ee 31 riete die SE EE EE OR ieee 31 Installing Support Software ees ese se Ge GR GRA RA Ge ee 32 Bundled Software Installation iese sesse se se se ee ee 34 II Static Electricity Precautions Static electricity could damage components on this mainboard Take the following precautions while unpacking this mainboard and installing it in a system 1 2 Don t take this mainboard and components out of their original static proof package until you are ready to install them While installing please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis Carefully hold this mainboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary Put this mainboard on the top of static protection package with component side facing up while installing Pre Installation Inspection 1 Di Inspect this mainboard whether there are any damages to components and connectors on the board If you suspect this mainboard has been damaged do not connect power to the system Contact your mainboard vendor about those damages M Notice 1 Owing to Microsoft s certifying schedule
29. unction USB Function Support Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this mainboard USB Function for DOS Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this mainboard in a DOS environment ThumbDrive for DOS Enable this item to make a small portion of memory storage device for the USB ports 27 CPU PnP Setup Page This page lets you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU The system will automatically detect the kind of CPU that you have installed and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page AMIBIOS SETUP CPU PnP SETUP 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU Speed 100 100 MHz CPU Speed Disabled CPU Frequency 100 MHz DRAM Frequency 100 MHz Quit Te Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Optimal values Load Best performance values CPU Speed Use this item to set up the CPU speed that has installed in your system CPU DRAM Use this item to set up the frequency of Frequency CPU DRAM that has installed in your system 28 Hardware Monitor Page This page sets some of the parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved System Hardware 1 616V 2 496V 3 392V 4 945V 12 032V 3 472 Quit We Select Item 12 377V Help PU PD Modify SICAV O
30. y features of this mainboard include Socket A Processor Support Supports AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron processors Supports 266 MHz Front Side Bus Chipset There are SiS740 Northbridge and SiS962L Southbridge in this chipset in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance A few of the chipset s advanced features are Integrate a high performance and high quality 3D 2D Graphical Accelerator Video Accelerator and Motion Compensation MPEG1 MPRII Video Decoder Integrate a high performance 2 1GB s DDR266 Memory controller to sustain the bandwidth demand from the integrated GUI host processor as well as the multi I O masters Integrate one Universal Serial Bus 2 0 Host Controllers the Audio Controller with AC97 Interface the Ethernet MAC Controller w standard MII interface three Universal Serial Bus 1 1 Host Controllers the IDE Master Slave controllers and SiS MuTIOL technology Memory Support Two 168 pin DIMM slots for SDRAM memory modules e Two 184 pin DIMM slots for DDR memory modules Support SDRAM up to 133 MHz DDR up to 266 MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory is 1GB Notice You can NOT use SDRAM and DDR simultaneously VGA Embeded 256 bit 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with 64MB frame buffer Supports AGP 4X 266 MHz mode up to 1GB s bandwidth Supports 333MHz true colorm RAMDAC resolution up to 2048 x 1536 x 16 bpp NI Supports AGP Rev 2 0 Spec
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