PC CHIPS M791G (V1.0a)
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1. Pin Signal 1 CDINL 2 GND 3 GND 4 CDINR 16 Expansion Slots This mainboard has one CNR and two 32 bit PCI slots PCI2 PCI1 Follow the steps below to install a CNR PCI expansion card 1 Locate the CNR or PCI slots on the mainboard 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw CNR Slot You can install the CNR Communications and Networking Riser cards in this slot including LAN Modem and Audio functions PCI Slots You can install the 32 bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots 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 Ho2. 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 PCIIDE BusMaster This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode We recommend you to leave this item at the default value 25 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 memory chips Note It is highly recommend 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 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 Auto OnBoard Serial PortA OnBoard IR Port OnBoard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode 3F8h COM1 Disabled 378h ECP Parallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA 3 OnBoa
3. E ie CPU_FAN i 15 1 1 Unhook the locking lever of the CPU socket Pull the locking lever away from the socket and raising it to the upright position 2 Match the pin1 corner marked as the beveled edge on the CPU with the pin1 corner on the socket Insert the CPU into the socket Do not use force 3 Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket 4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU 5 Install the cooling fan heatsink unit onto the CPU and secure them all onto the socket base 6 Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU fan connector CPU_FAN on the mainboard Installing Memory Modules This mainboard accommodates one 184 pin 2 5V unbuffered Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM or one 168 pin 3 3V SDRAM DIMM socket and supports up to 1 0 GB of 100 133 MHz SDRAM or 200 266MHz DDR Notice You CAN NOT use SDRAM and DDR simultaneously DDR SDRAM provides 1 6 GB s and 2 1 GB s data transfer rate when the bus is 200 MHz or 266 MHz respectively 10 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 200 MHz or 266 MHz memory bus l np DIMM1 Ely IE E i aias IE lt DIMM2 E i Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 1 GB system memory Refer to the f
4. Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard 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 LPT1 Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications devices COM1 Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM is identified by the system as COM1 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 Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo Line In signal The second jack is for stereo Line Out signal The third jack is for Microphone Installing the Processor This mainboard has a Socket 370 supporting the Intel FCPGA Celeron FCPGA Pentium III or VIA C3 Samuel processors To ensure reliability ensure that your processor has a heatsink cooling fan assembly Do not try to install a Socket 7 processor in the Socket 370 A Socket 7 processor such as the Pentium MMxX or the AMD K5 K6 does not fit in the Socket 370 Do not try to install PPGA Celeron processor in Socket 370 CPU Installation Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU 1 pe MSU Sta in l HEHH etp M tT i I SOCKET 370
5. connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDC1 IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others 15 The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support 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 documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or 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 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 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 connector CD1
6. eee csecsecseceseceseceseceeeeneeaes 26 Load Best Performance Settings ceecesceseceseeeeeeeeeeeees 26 Peattires Setup Page secu aici eid E Tei 26 CPU PoP Setup Pasess verdes tials wid let nie i ii 28 Hardware Monitor Page ese eeecssecsseceseceneceeeceseeeseeeeeeeees 29 Change Passwords cs tiec sleek eee lee eA chet eee et 29 AXE NE EEEE E E ehee E E 30 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications ssesssessoccssessesssesssesesese 31 Introductions sistent A oa Ria tite titrate 31 Installing Support Software eee esecneceseceeceteceseeees 32 Bundled Software Installation 2 0 0 0 ce eeeceseceseceseeeeeeeeeeeees 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 2 Inspect this mainboard whether there are any damages
7. 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 Introduction This mainboard has a Socket 370 processor socket for the Intel FCPGA Celeron FCPGA Pentium III or VIA C3 Samuel2 processor with front side bus speed up to 133MHz This mainboard integrates the VIA CLE266 Northbridge and 8235 Southbridge chipsets that support DDR 266MHz Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 function and remarkably high system performance under all types of system operations It supports built in USB 2 0 providing higher bandwidth It implements Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 and is compliant with UHCI 1 1 and EHCI 0 95 The mainboard supports the built in AC97 Codec two 32 bit PCI slots one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and an onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional This mainboard integrates a 128 bit 3D 2D graphics engine and a high performance 3D accelerator In addition this mainboard has a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard one serial port one VGA port one parallel port and maximum six USB2 0 ports four back panel ports and onboard USB connector USB1 providing two extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard This mainboard has all the features you need to develop a power
8. 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 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 A Thei diihi iara Bie charg bed thet hadaa HAPSE Maciobiockern hat m prasad Winks Linge bashing i iiy is conpahibdiy path Winclowa P Jill are ete h iia iz mariani Conta mrtallation of thir colleram impar o dera E A CAAA SAN i P bmi deng Ahi immediate of im Gre liune Micideett etiongl meommamls thal poo slop thee inclallation cow and contact the hudas vendor bor eo teare Hha haw paieed Windows Loge terong 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
9. 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 cache memory System BIOS If you enable this item a segment of the Cacheable system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution DRAM Timing by This item enables or disables the SDRAM SPD timing defined by the Serial Presence Detect electrical DRAM CAS This item determines the operation of SDRAM Latency memory CAS column address strobe It is recommended that you leave this item at the default value The 2T setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode DRAM Bank Enable this item to increase SDRAM memory Interleave speed When enabled separate memory banks are set for odd and even addresses and upcoming byte of memory is accessible while refreshing the current byte 22 AGP Aperture This option determines the effective size of the Size AGP Graphic Aperture where memory mapped graphic data structures are located Auto Detect When this item is enabled BIOS will disable DIMM PCI Clk the clock signal of free DIMM PCI slots Clock Gen This item enables the clock to generate spread Spread spectrum Spectrum Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for system power management operation AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 2000 American Megatren
10. American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved rk System Hardware 1 632 V 2 496 V 3 392 V 4 945 V 12 032V 3 472 V 1308 RPM SYSTEM Fan1 0 RPM CPU Temperature 32 C 91 F SYSTEM Temperature 39 C 102 F Quit TW Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults FANs amp Voltage These items indicate cooling fan speeds in Measurements RPM and the various system voltage 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 p
11. Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PowerOn by RTC Alarm Date Hour Minute Second The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system 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 24 PCI Plug and 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 Yes 32MB Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Allocate IRQ to PCIVGA Yes PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled ESC Quit Te Select item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults 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 or 98 Share Memory This item lets you allocate a portion of the Size main memory for the onboard VGA display application with 8 16 32MB options 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
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13. This publication including all photographs illustrations and software is protected under international copyright laws with all rights reserved Neither this manual nor any of the material contained herein may be reproduced without the express written consent of the manufacturer The information in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies 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 registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are trademarks or the properties of their respective owners Copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved M791 Series V1 0A CLE266 October 2003 Table of Contents Trademark scscscssssssssssssssesscssssessssesecsecssesessscesecssnssesseessaseoses I
14. bled Load BIOS Defaults Clock Gen Spread Spectrum Disabled Load Setup Defaults 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 Use these items to determine the device order 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start up time Try Other Boot If you enable this item the system will also Device search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations S M A R T 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 21 BootUp Num Lock This item determines if the Num Lock key is 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
15. ds Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Aware 0 S Yes Power Management Enabled Suspend Time Out Disabled LAN Ring Power On Disabled Keyboard Power On Disabled Wake Up Key Any Key Wake Up Password N A PowerOn by RTC Alarm Disabled Quit T lt Select Item RTC Alarm Date Help PU PD Modify RTC Alarm Hour RTC Alarm Minute Old Values Shift F2 Color RTC Alarm Second Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults ACPI Aware 0 S This item supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature Power This item enables or disables a power Management management scheme If you enable power management there are some options for you to decide the power management operation Both APM and ACPI are supported 23 Suspend Time Out This item sets up the timeout minutes for the Suspend mode The computer will be a power saving Suspend mode if the system has been inactive after the setup time LAN Ring Power On The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Keyboard Power On Wake up key Wake up password If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing hot keys on the keyboard or typing in the password You must enable the Keyboard
16. els Onboard LAN This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN IEEE1394 Support This item enables or disables the onboard TEEE1394 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 USB Controller Enable this item to select the USB ports or disable USB Function for DOS Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this mainboard in a DOS environment ThumbDrive Support 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 Ration Selection 3 0x SDRAM Frequency Auto Quit MWe Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Optimal values Load Best performance values CPU Ratio This item selects the CPU ratio of the system Selection SDRAM This item adjusts the SDRAM frequency Frequency 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
17. ernet Controller Configuration amp Status 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 Interface 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 ow 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 e 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 FLEX ATX form factor 23 x 19cm Note Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change with
18. 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 PCI Bus Power Management 1 1 compliant VGA Intergrated Graphics Video Accelerator supports optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA Separate 128 bit data paths between north bridge and graphics core for pixel data flow and texture command access e Graphics engine clocks up to 133MHz decoupled from memory clock High quality DVD video playback AC97 Codec Compliant with AC 97 2 1 specification 16 bit stereo full duplex CODEC with fixed 48KHz sampling rate 3 analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD IN AUX IN 1 analog line level mono input PHONE IN Three Audio Jacks Line Out Line In and Microphone In Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Digital I O compatible with consumer mode S PDIF e Advanced power management support Onboard I O Ports The mainboard has a full set of I O ports and connectors o gt Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port One VGA port One parallel port Six USB2 0 ports four back panel ports onboard USB connector USB1 providing two extra ports Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Built in Ethernet LAN optional 10Base T 100Base TX Physical Layer Solution Dual Speed 100 10 Mbps e MII Interface to Eth
19. ful multimedia workstation The board is FLEX ATX size and has a power connector for an ATX power supply Key Features The key features of this mainboard include Socket 370 Processor Support Supports the Intel FCPGA Celeron FCPGA Pentium ITI or VIA C3 Samuel2 processors Supports 133 MHz Front Side Bus Chipset There are VIA CLE266 Northbridge and 8235 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 e High bandwidth 266MB sec 8 bit Link Host Controller supports 66MHz V Link Host interface with total bandwidth of 266MB sec e Advanced high performance DDR SDR DRAM Controller supports DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU 133 100 MHz for most flexible configuration Integrated Graphics Video Accelerator supports the 128 bit 3D 2D graphics engine high quality DVD video playback and Motion Compensation MPEG 2 1 Video Decoder Memory Support Supports either one DIMM sockets DIMM1 for DDR or one DIMM sockets DIMM2 for SDRAM memory module Supports 266 200 MHz DDR memory bus e Maximum installed memory is 1GB Notice You CAN NOT use SDRAM and DDR simultaneously Expansion Slots One CNR slot Two 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
20. iary USB connector USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWRO 2 VERG_FP_USBPWRO 3 USB_FP_PO 4 USB_FP_P1 5 USB_FP_P0 6 USB_FP_P1 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OCO Locate the USB1 connector on the mainboard Plug the bracket cable onto the USB1 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 Ne SIR1 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 14 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 2 KEY 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX Locate the infrared port SIR1 connector on the mainboard If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the SIR1 connector and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis N eS Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below FDC1 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
21. lding 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 loading 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 tl lt Selectltem Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Optimal values F7 Best performance values F10 Save amp Exit Standards COMOS 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
22. m 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 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 Quick Boot 1st Boot Device 24 Boot Device 34 Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices Enabled IDE 0 Floppy CD DVD 0 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 SDRAM Timing by SPD SDRAM CAS Latency SDRAM Bank Interleave AGP Aperture Size Auto detect DIMM PCI Cl On Disabled Disabled Enabled ESC Quit Ne Select item ies Help PU PD 4 Modify Disabled Old Values Shift F2 Color 64MB k Ena
23. 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 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 Fri Oct 31 2003 Time hh mm ss 17 42 18 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 1 44 MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Month J an Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 N Select tem Year 1901 2099 PU PD 7 Modify ShfQF2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date amp Time Use these items to set the syste
24. o use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis 12 Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSTEM_FAN fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 connector 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 Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard s optional devices 1 AUDIO2 13 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 AUDIO2 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 USB1 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 auxil
25. ollowing to install the memory module 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 install the DIMM module in the correct direction Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on the DIMM socket 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 11 J umper Settings Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT removing a jumper cap from these pins OPEN Jumper JBAT1 Clear CMOS Memory Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Normal Operation Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Memory Short Pins 2 3 Install the Mainboard Install the mainboard in a system chassis case The board is a FLEX ATX size mainboard You can install this mainboard in an ATX case Make sure your case has an I O cover plate matching the ports on this mainboard Install the mainboard in a case Follow the case manufacturer s instructions t
26. out notification Package Contents Your mainboard package ships with the following items n 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 m m The Extended USB module The CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card Note You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation To install this mainboard in a system please follow these instructions in this chapter OOOCoOD D Identify the mainboard components Install one or more system memory modules Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly Install this 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 JBAT1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JBAT1 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 I O
27. rd IDE Both ESC Quit Onboard LAN Enabled Item IEEE1394 Support Enabled Audio Device Enabled Help Modem Device Auto USB Controller Enabled USB Function for DOS Disabled ThumbDrive Support For DOS Disabled MWe Select PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults OnBoard FDC This item enables or disables the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Serial These items enable or disable the onboard Porta COM1 serial port and assign a port address 26 OnBoard IR Port This item enables or disables the Infrared port and assigns a port address If you select a specific address the resources are assigned to the IR port and you can use the five items below to determine the operation of the IR port Onboard Parallel Port This item enables or disables the onboard LPT1 parallel port and assigns a port address The Auto setting will detect and available address Parallel Port Mode This item decides 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 This item assigns either IRQ 5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA This item assigns a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard IDE This item enables or disables either or both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE chann
28. re will be installed and start working 33 Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation If you are under Windows NT the auto installing 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 Information 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
29. ress Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving 30 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications Introduction This chapter describes the contents 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
30. 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 program 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 Seen aro ate ee er seen lee oa Ct Sic Feed en ee et a e era e ee J _ j 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 sequence 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 softwa
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