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1. Function Ground The processor must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J18 on the mainboard The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan I2 Hardware Installation 2 5 10 Chassis Fan Connector a 2 3 MOO Chassi dap Function On Off If you are installing a chassis fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J20 on the mainboard The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the chassis fan The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode 33 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 11 Game MIDI Port Game MIDI Port ol 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 O O a Game MIDI Gold ia OE DHO i S oe Oy 0 0 o The Game MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game
2. The mainboard supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the mainboard Important P If you encounter problems while using an AIAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode AF 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 6 Universal Serial Bus Ports CNI USB 3 4 17 USB 2 Black Cre Jo Peme ole Oty 0 0 o USB Black Onboard USB Ports USB and 2 SSS a Additional USB Ports USB 3 4 5 and 6 Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function VCC el vec Ground 2 ZZ 9 Ground 14 10 E Ground 28 Hardware Installation The mainboard supports up to 6 USB ports USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals You must have the proper drivers in
3. DirectSound 3D e AC 97 supported with full duplex independent sample rate con verter for audio recording and playback Onboard LAN Features VIA P4X266 PE I L only e Uses Realtek RTL8 100 fast ethernet controller e Integrated IEEE 802 3 IOBASE T and IOOBASE IX compatible PHY e 32 bit PCI master interface e Integrated power management functions e Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps e Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation e Supports wire for management ATX Double Deck Ports PC 99 color coded connectors e Two USB ports e One RJ45 LAN port VIA P4X266 PEI I L only e Two NSI6C550A compatible DB 9 serial ports e One DB 25 parallel port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port e One game MIDI port e Three audio jacks line out line in and mic in Introduction Connectors e Two connectors for 4 additional external USB ports e One connector for IrDA interface e Two IDE connectors e One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2 88MB floppy drives e Two ATX power supply connectors One Wake On LAN connector One Wake On Ring connector e CPU fan and chassis fan connectors e Two internal audio connectors AUX in and CD in PCI Bus Master IDE Controller e Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices e Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives e PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 16 6MB sec e Bus mastering reduces CPU ut
4. C Heset C AeHa nHSDOS mode a cm be Important M gt If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are h Windows 2000 ME please check whether your add in cards or devices support this function If this function is not supported you need to download the appropriate driver from their respective website 89 90 Appendix B System Error Message B B 2 When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS FI TO CONTINUE CTRL ALI ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom Enter Setup to correct the error POST Beep There are two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS One code indicates that a video error has occured and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps The other code indicates that a DRAM error has occured This beep code consists of a single long beep Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BlOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution D Danger of explos
5. DIMM Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system s power is on or when tt Is in the Suspend state Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state PCI Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM state Important M gt Lighted LEDs serve as a reminder that you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards 40 Hardware Installation 2 5 17 Power Connectors 2V power m ATXP1 ATX main _ power J25 310 O 4 epugoogoog S E a E O 2 We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the AIXI2V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1 1 Connect the AIT X12V power supply s 20 pin ATX main power connector and 4 pin 12V power connector to J25 and ATXPI respectively The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 2VDC current to the processors Voltage Regulator Module VRM The mainboard requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may
6. HDD Power Down After the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off Video Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never tum off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode All Modes gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Doze Standby or Suspend mode Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initializes display power management signaling Select this if your video board supports it Award BIOS Setup Utility MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system Soft Off by PWRBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management field is enabled or disabled if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this function is to prevent the
7. mainboard while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Allows you to choose Second Boot Device HDD 0 the VIRUS warning Third Boot Device LS120 feature for IDE Hard Boot Other Device Enabled Disk boot sector Swap Floppy Drive Disabled protection If this Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled function is enabled and Boot Up NumLock Status On someone attempt to T tic R tti Disabl write data into this e tate SADIR area BIOS will show a warning message on Security Option Setup screen and alarm beep OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard
8. new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings for YOU Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Resources field 69 3 70 Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The IRQ 3 to IRQ 15 fields will appear Set each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA Assign IRQ for VGA When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the VGA card installed Your VGA card will need an IRQ only when using the video capture function of the card If you are not using this function and a new device requires an IRQ you can set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the VGA card will be available for your new device Assign IRQ for USB When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the USB device connected to your system However if you are not using USB devices and a new device requires an IRQ set t
9. 371 DRAM Burst Len The options are 4 and 8 DRAM Command Rate The options are T Command and 21 Command AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following fields will appear AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in tts default setting which is 64M AGP Mode This field is used to select the AGP mode of the AGP card installed on the mainboard The default setting is 4X AGP Driving Control Set this field to Manual only if there are compatibility problems with some AGP cards When set to Manual you must select a value in the AGP Driving Value field AGP Driving Value This field is used to select a value for the AGP Driving control We recommend that you leave this field in tts default setting AGP Fast Write Select Enabled to support the AGP Fast Write function AGP Master WS Write Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations 55 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility AGP Master WS Read Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read operations CPU amp PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following fields will appear CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered to offset the speed difference between the CPU and PCI bus Disabled Writes are not buffe
10. After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously When you press lt Del gt the main menu screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software 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 gt e Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press lt Enter gt A screen similar to the one on the next page will appear 40 3 46 Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Sep 11 2001 Tiei Melp Ti hh mm 4 35 5 TE ee Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master Press Enter None gt IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None Change the day month gt IDE Secondary Master Pres
11. Enabled em Help S3 STR User Define Disabled Disabled Suspend gt Off V H SYNC Blank 3 Instant off Keep Off Press Enter Menu Level PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 4 Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu 5 Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 6 Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported drive gt setup p If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information 86 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 7 Boot Windows 98 In the Windows 98 desktop click the Start button Move the cursor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by type click System devices Pes races be fre pes Gees by pares ier ADP 5a Be ia we We bia Gel Pied ee cee ah a OE Corcetie Fee levee Cee cae aC Cee BI miki iilh pal ka Doh Fiag md Fiy B iteiari meren Fha Fa CS I FTI h p SE AT chhi b a h Zs k r bor eS SSprmaetis Dihina lates ccs e
12. I O port Connect an analog joystick to the 5 pin D sub connector J7 Gold located at the ATX double deck ports of the mainboard This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick I3 Hardware Installation 2 5 12 Audio Jacks By Gvavavecaye Suaarae O Wh cram Jo olan Line out Line in Lime Light Blue Onboard Audio Jacks ol Se Oooo 000 Line out Line in Mic in Additional Line out Mic in J9 rin Fanetion Pin Function Pe mee ADVE Ps O ADRO 6 ADR Feum GND one 8 key lO AuD_L_Out AuD_L_Return GND 35 2 36 Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks The mainboard is equipped with 3 audio jacks A jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug Line out Jack J5 Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the mainboard Line in Jack J6 Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the line out jack of your external device to this line in jack Mic in Jack J8 Pink Connect
13. IDE 21 39 LY eel Secondary IDE 922 The mainboard is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Electronics disk drives To prevent improper IDE cable installation each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism The 40 pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header You may enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable If you are connecting two IDE drives install the 40 pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header J21 If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device install the 40 pin connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary shrouded IDE header J22 2 Install the other 40 pin header connector s into the device with the colored edge of the ribbon cable aligned with pin of the drive edge connector s Note Refer to your disk drive users manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings Hardware Installation Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives one must be set as the master and the other as the slave Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives
14. Suspend to RAM Function AI Using tne S spend to RAM PUNGUON issssisisissesissiaisasssss 86 Appendix B System Error Messages B l D a rneseniausnialensuevatenetanateteaneszansreiitntieaiineen 90 Ba Eno Pe E e E 90 Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubleshooting Che cklistu uuusssssssssistsnssseississsiassese 92 Chapter Introduction Features and Specifications 1 1 Features Chipset e VIA Apollo P4X266 V 18233 Processor The mainboard is equipped with Socket 478 for installing a Pentium 4 processor e Intel Pentium 4 processor 478 pin e 400MHz system data bus System Memory e Three 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets e Supports up to 3GB using PCI600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 5V type e Uses x8 x 6 512MB technology DIMMs DIMMs 2MBx64 16MB 6MBx64 28MB 4MIBxX64 32MB 32MBx64 230MB 8MBx64 64MB 64MBx64 512MB Introduction Expansion Slots The mainboard is equipped with universal AGP slot and 5 dedicated PCI slots AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing z buffering and alpha blending The universal AGP slot supports AGP 2x with up to 533MB sec bandwidth and AGP 4x with up to Q66MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this mainboard will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC Onboard Audio Features e Supports Microsoft DirectSound
15. The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter Item Help gt AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources These items should not be altered unless necessary Ihe default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system DRAM Clock Drive Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following fields will appear Current FSB Frequency This field shows the detected FSB of the CPU Current DRAM Frequency This field shows the detected frequency of the DRAM 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility DRAM C
16. Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Restart the system Supported Software 4 7 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 operat ing systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not auto matically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please refer to the readme files if available for the latest informa tion 85 Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A Using the Suspend to RAM Function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system please follow the steps below Select Power Management Setup in the main menu screen and press lt Enter gt 2 Inthe ACPI Function field select Enabled 3 In the ACPI Suspend Type field select S3 STR CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type rower Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off By PWRBTN PWR Lost Resume State gt Wake Up Events Tl e Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Power Management Setup
17. and configured correctly If it works the printer can be assumed to be in good condition If the printer remains inoperative replace the printer cable and try again Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters 2 Make sure that the serial device s power Is turned on and that the device is on line Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem may be due to the onboard I O or the address setting Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Mainboard Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system 2 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets 4 Make sure the memory modules are in t
18. by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered 4 1 1 Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility type DMICFG EXE The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 80K of base memory Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by Windows must not be installed You may do this by using one of the 3 meth ods listed below Boot up from a system diskette without the AUTOEXEC BAT and COMFIGSYS files 2 REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or 3 Press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 80 Supported Software 4 1 2 Using the DMI Utility System Enclosure Chassis Type BIOS Information Processor Handle 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name Memory Module BIOS Version Memory Module BIOS Starting Address Segment E000 Memory Module BIOS Build Date Memory Module BIOS Characteristics Cache Size of BIOS ROM 0256K Cache Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System Slots T4 amp Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Exit The four menus located on top of the DMI Configuration Utility screen are Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File and Save DMI File Use the lt or left or right arrow keys to select a menu from the Menu bar On the left side of the screen is a list of the system configuration items Us
19. damage your mainboard processor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection 2 2 System Memory on DDR SDRAM DIMM ese DIMM 3 DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 The mainboard is equipped with three 84 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Dual In line Memory Module sockets that support 2 5V DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specification of the memory supported by the mainboard Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the mainboard Pin of the DIM module must correspond with pin of the socket t Notch Key N Tab Tab Pin Pull the tabs which
20. drive type manually select Manual The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select Auto the BIOS will auto detect the HDD amp CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD amp CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select Normal or Large Please check your operating systems manual or Help desk on which one to select Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in Al type high density drive 2MB capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 720KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 2 in double sided drive 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity Video This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type The default setting is EGA VGA EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monit
21. exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greater power supply 4 2 Hardware Installation ATX Main Power Connector io funeden Pin Function roa 33V D Steet Ground p sv_ 14 ps 5 Ground 15 Ground Ground Ground 42 Hardware Installation 2 5 18 Front Panel Connectors lt HD LED SPEAKER RESET L FERT 20 KOGTE o ojo o ol 2 L 7 G TED i PWR LED G SW ATX SW a Front panel connectors 24 spega HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed G LED Green LED This LED will not light when the system s power is on or when the system Is in the S3 STR Suspend Io RAM state It will light when the system Is in the SI POS Power On Suspend state AT X SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PYVRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 G SW Green Switch This switch will allow your system to enter the Suspend mode RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging
22. location JI of the ATX double deck ports of the mainboard The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQI2 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ 2 for other expansion cards gt Warning WY Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the mainboard 22 Hardware Installation 2 5 3 Parallel Port a Parallel Burgundy CS JO O RARELR Je k o et 0 0 O Parallel Port ooo0o0oo00000000 okeere oke The mainboard has a standard parallel port J3 Burgundy located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPR ECP and EPP modes You can select the port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS pe 2 Hardware Installation SPP Standard Parallel Port EGIP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port 24 Function Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bidirectional parallel port op eration at maximum speed Hardware Installat
23. lt Del gt to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press lt Enter gt Set the CPU Ratio or CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings for Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Wake On PS 2 KB CP OP a 2 3 2 3 2 On Disable VCC 2 3 On Enable 5VSB default Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Jumper JPI The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the S5 state By default JP is disabled To use this function set JP to 2 3 On PS2KB Wakeup Select Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for details gt Warning gt If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section 2 The 5VSB po
24. management mode despite access to the specified IRQ Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section shows how to configure the PCI bus system It covers some very technical items and It is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Confi tion Dat Disabled eset Configuration Data isable TE Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD TEE Select Enabled to PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled reset Extended System Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Configuration Data Assign IRQ For USB Enabled ESCD when you exit PCI Slot 1 amp 5 Use IRQ Auto Setup if you have PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ Auto installed a new add on PCI Slot 3 Use IRQ Auto and the system PCI Slot 4 Use IRQ Auto reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one PNP OS Installed The default setting is No The BIOS will detect the Plug and Play devices for some compatible resources Reset Configuration Data Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD once automatically It will then recreate a
25. only Windows 98 2000 ME supports the ACPI function ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 2000 ME without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operating system This is because the system is capable of stor ing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM Random Access Memory when it powers off The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power on the system Refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more information Introduction Vine mportant 5VSB power source of your power supply must support AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually let the system poweron automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs Refer to PVR Lost Resume State in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The mainboard is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Package Checklist The mainboard package contains the following i
26. system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power Is off You must press the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last State When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power retums 65 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility Wake Up Events Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following fields will appear PS2KB Wakeup Select Password lo use a password to wake up the system select this option then press lt Enter gt Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt Important P If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jump
27. the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ae 2 Hardware Installation PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second When the system is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every 4 seconds Note If your system did not boot up and the Power Standby LED did not light after it was powered on it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pf Pin Pin Assignment HD LED HDD LED Power Primary Secondary IDE LED HDD G LED Green LED Power Green LED Ground ATX SW PWRBT ATX power switch PVVRBT G SW Ground Green switch SM RESET Ground Reset switch H W Reset SPEAKER Speaker Data Speaker connector N C Ground Speaker Power PWR LED LED Power Power Standby LED LED Power LED Power or Standby Signal 44 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System The Basic Input Output System BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this mainboard This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS
28. Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device Swap Floppy Drive When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this option is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function Award BIOS Setup Utility Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks When disabled the BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wart for a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature
29. Insert gt key until the power on screen appears This will allow the system to boot according to the FSB of the processor Now press the lt Del gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select Frequency Voltage Control and set the CPU Clock or CPU Ratio field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock Note Use a PS 2 or AT requires a DIN to mini DIN adapter keyboard for method 2 7 5 3 76 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults The Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system an
30. MI COM2 Line OutL Me Purple Black Teal Turquoise Lime Light Blue Hardware Installation VIA P4X266 PE I L Supports onboard audio and onboard LAN eo Wake On PS 2 KB JP air ie DIMM ayy power a Socket 478 O E E oo oo oo oo O O Parallel i 3 oo oloo ATX main a 7 power J25 i Line out J5 a Line in J6 APOLLO Mic in J8 P4X266 ol 12V power DDR SDRAM AUX in hoo C Oe eee 8 CD in DIMM 2 DIMM 3 aan mmm J21 ae Primary IDE t AC 97 vel e Secondary IDE PCI 2 Slot ee 2 Clear CMOS PCI 3 Slot JP4 E PCI standby power LED ae USB 5 6 J19 23 PCI 5 Slot eee iG l s IDA LI 15 LI 15 SFEAKER m HD LED Ji2 ma JI3E 15 E883 EEE sespe J24 Wake On LAN Wake On Ring Chassis fan esw La Mouse RJ45 Parallel Game MIDI 20 G LED Green LAN Burgundy Gold 900000000000 OF ooo0oo0o00000000 0 O ma e O0O000000 O RELS Square denotes pin t e oo Mic l O_O O ink Line In KB USB 2 1 COM COM2 Line Out Purple Black Teal Turquoise Lime Light Blue Note The illustrations on the following pages are based on the VIA P4X266 PEI I L mainboard which is the board that supports onboard audio and onboard LAN 2 Hardware Installation cy Warning SY Electrostatic discharge ESD can
31. VIA P4X266 PEI1 S VIA P4X266 PEI1 L Mainboard User s Manual 52900137 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior wntten permission from the copyright holders This publication is provided for informational purposes only The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or Implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to Its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies Inc Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders Caution To avoid damage to the system e Use the correct AC input v
32. a microphone to the mic in jack Additional Line out Mic in J9 J9 provides you the option of connecting another line out and mic in Jacks Hardware Installation 2 5 13 Internal Audio Connectors AUX in J10 Left audio channel Ground Right audio channel AUX in and CD in These connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 37 7 2 38 Hardware Installation 2 5 14 Wake On LAN Connector 3 5VSB The mainboard supports the Wake On LAN function This function will allow the network to remotely poweron a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt To use the Wake On LAN function you must enable Resume on LAN Ring in the Power Management Setup Wake Up Events field of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cable to the wakeup header on the card and the other end to location J 2 on the mainboard The network will detect Magic Packet and assert a wakeup signal to power up the system Refer to the add in c
33. after the system is turned on 2 Make sure that the monitors power switch is on Check that one end of the monitors power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet Check that the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving The monitor has lost tts vertical sync Adjust the monitor s vertical SYNC Move away any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems to be constantly wavering If the monitor is close to another monitor the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering Power Supply When the computer is turned on nothing happens 2 gt Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one If necessary Floppy Drive The com
34. ard s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 20mA Hardware Installation 2 5 15 Wake On Ring Connector The Wake On Ring connector is used to connect to an internal modem card that has the same connector It will allow the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming through the internal modem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the card s wake on ring connector and the other end to location J13 on the mainboard You must also enable Resume on LAN Ring in the Power Management Setup Wake Up Events field of the BIOS If you are using an external modem the ring on function will come through the serial port where the external modem is connected V Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 20mA 37 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 16 DIMM and PCI Standby Power LEDs DIMM standby power LED PCI standby power LED
35. are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place 2 Hardware Installation 2 3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data fo 2 ae P4 v 2 On Normal 2 3 On default Clear CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data Jumper JP4 If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the keyboard supervisor or user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processors ratio clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below Power off the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP4 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP4 back to its default setting pins and 2 On Hardware Installation Now power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor s ratio clock in the BIOS please proceed to step 4 After powering on the system press
36. board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub You may enable or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device field of the BIOS 2 5 8 Hardware Installation IrDA Connector The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless con nectivity between your computer and peripheral devices The IRDA Infrared Data Association specification supports data transfers of 15K baud at a distance of meter Connect your IrDA cable to connector J15 on the mainboard Set UART Mode Select in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super lO Device field of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use this connector Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation Note The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the mainboard Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions 3 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 9 CPU Fan Connector T CPU fan J a 2 3 MOO
37. ccess to all other options is denied To set confirm verify disable or delete a users password follow the procedures described in the section Set Supervisor Password 3 78 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 13 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Save to CMOS and Exit Y N N Type Y and press lt Enter gt The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt At gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving 3 2 When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Ext Without Saving and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Quit Without Saving Y N N Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility AVVDFLASH EXE Please contact technical support or your sales representative for these files Save the BIOS alo
38. d setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisor s password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want to protect access to setup only but not your system set a supervisors password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Enter Password Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type In a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again Io delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing In a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu 3 1 12 Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set a users password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup set a user s password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features Using user s password to enter Setup allows a user to access only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen A
39. disk drive the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage Is done Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 98 2000 ME or the operating system may not install nor work Aa 3 50 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU LI amp L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default value is enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the mainboard come with built in Level 2 cache By default ECC is enabled to check the Level 2 cache If you are not using this function set this fleld to Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the system When Enabled the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set
40. e ee Cem 8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab Femme ste ey Ga ai Fa Efek Hre br 87 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer field select Mobile or docking system Click Apply then click OK Restart the computer dete tepma cress ofp be El tar a 0 Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box Double click the Power Management icon I Click the Advanced tab In the When press the power button on my computer field select Standby DO Ria pA ni les in a op Di lg mee bha kibi fin ed ie cere Dey cae i Coa Snai 88 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 2 After completing the steps above and you want to power off the computer you do not need to go through the process of closing files applications and operating system You can power off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 To power on the computer just press the power button The operating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply the settings without restarting You must restart the computer Shut Lowen arias ET What do vou want the compde ip de C Sia down
41. e the T or 4 up or down arrow keys to select an item The commands at the bottom of the screen will allow you to navi gate through the various setup menus Edit DMI Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Edit DMI menu 2 Highlight the ttem on the left screen that you would like to edit by using the T or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected informa tion 4 Press lt FIO gt to update the edited information into the flash ROM Supported Software Add DMI ae Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the T or 4 arrow keys then press lt Enter gt The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item Press lt F10 gt to save information into the flash ROM To view information about the added items go to the Edit DMI menu Load DMI File 2 Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press lt Enter gt The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press lt Enter gt The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type lt Y gt All previous DMI structures will be des
42. emote wakeup function Refer to Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 20mA Introduction Wake On PS 2 Keyboard This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the S5 state Refer to Jumper Settings for Wake On PS 2 Keyboard in chapter 2 and PS2KB Wakeup Select Wake Up Events field in the Power Management section in chapter 3 for more information Important e If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 e The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the mainboard allows your system to auto matically power on on the set date and time Refer to Resume On Alarm Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information ACPI STR The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configura tion and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving fea tures that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently
43. er e AGP VxD Driver e IRQ Routing Miniport Driver e VIA INF Driver To install the drivers insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click the VIA Service Pack button For installation instructions or information click the Read Me button in the autorun screen Supported Software VIA Service Pack Installation Notes The AGP VxD Driver and VIA INF Driver drivers in the VIA Service Pack are supported in Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 You must first install the VIA Service Pack prior to installing any other drivers However this may not be the case for some AGP cards Please read carefully the following information P gt Important The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you install first the AGP cards VGA driver before installing the VIA Service Pack To install the VIA Service pack please follow the steps below Insert the CD that came with the mainboard package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click VIA Service Pack The Welcome screen will appear Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack readme caref
44. er Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 Hot Key Select this option to use the Ctrl Fl keys to wake up the system Disabled Disables the Wake On PS 2 Keyboard function VGA When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any VGA activity LPT amp COM Select the port you would like the system to respond and wake up when an event occurs on that port HDD amp FDD When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any hard drive or floppy drive activity PCI Master When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any PCI or bus master activity 66 Award BIOS Setup Utility Resume on PCI Event This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Refer to the card s documentation for more information Resume On LAN Ring This field supports two functions When enabled the system will power on to respond to calls coming through an external or internal modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 for more information If you are using a LAN card that supports the remote wake up function set this field to Enabled The will allow the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can wake up the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Refer t
45. he correct locations 5 lf the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each component into the socket 6 If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults 95
46. his field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the USB device will be available for the new device Award BIOS Setup Utility PCI Slot amp 5 Use IRQ to PCI Slot 4 Use IRQ By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up you will see NA for the device that does not have an IRQ assigned 7 3 f2 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current System Temp 27C 80F Current CPU Temperature 37C 98F Menu Level Current CPU FAN Speed Current Chassis FAN Speed CPU V 3 3 V 5 V 12 V 12 V 5 V VBAT V 5VSB V Tl lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one CPU Warning Temperature This field is used to select the CPU s temperature limit Once the system has detected that the CPU s temperature exceeded the limit set in this field a warning message will appear Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Chassis Fan Speed These fields show the internal temperature
47. ilization during disk transfer e Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP IrDA Interface The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices It supports peripheral devices that meet the IrDA and ASKIR standard USB Ports The mainboard supports up to 6 USB ports Two onboard USB ports are located at the ATX double deck ports of the board The JIZ and JI9 connectors on the mainboard allow you to connect 4 more optional USB ports These optional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals Introduction BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 98 2000 ME Plug and Play compatible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades e Supports DMI 2 0 function e 2Mbit flash memory Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores this information in the DMI pool which is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility 1 2 System Health M
48. initely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOOQQH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s 9 Ta Appendix C Troubleshooting C I Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer To efficiently troubleshoot your system treat each problem individually This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on 2 All cables and power cords are tightly connected 3 The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are connected Is working Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The displays brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly 8 For further technical support please visit the VIAVPSD website at www viavpsd com or the VIA area website at www viaarea com Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark
49. ion 2 5 4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector HO FDD J23 Loo The mainboard is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives To prevent improper floppy cable installation the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism The 34 pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header You may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install the 34 pin header connector of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J23 on the mainboard The colored edge of the ribbon should be aligned with pin of J23 2 Install the other 34 pin header connector s into the disk drive s Align the colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable with pin of the drive edge connector s The end most connector should be attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A 25 2 26 Hardware Installation 2 5 5 IDE Disk Drive Connector i m 2 40 mOO0OO0O0000000000000000 Primary
50. ion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Disbose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturers instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on the mainboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy type mismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure inf
51. led Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following fields will appear OnChip IDE Channel 0 and OnChip IDE Channel These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller The default is Enabled Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller IDE Prefetch Mode This allows data and addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip thus reducing access time Enable this field to achieve better performance IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the 5 7 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility complete task by themselves Your system supports five modes O default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system ac cording to your hard disk drive s timing Mode 0 4 You can selec
52. lock This field is used to select the clock speed of the PC SDRAM DIMM By SPD The EEPROM on a PC SDRAM DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM 100 MHz The memory clock speed will run at OOMHz 133 MHz Ihe memory clock speed will run at 33MHz DRAM Timing This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM Manual It allows you to configure the fields that follow The system will run according to the settings in these fields Performance The system will run in tts best performance however compatibility problems may occur with some DRAMs If you encounter any problems please set this field to By SPD or Manual SDRAM CAS Latency The default setting is 3 which is 3 clock cycles for the CAS latency Bank Interleave The options are 2 Bank 4 Bank and Disabled Precharge to Active Trp The options are 27 and 31 54 Award BIOS Setup Utility Active to Precharge Tras The options are 5T and 6l Active to CMD Trcd The options are 27 and
53. n CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the CPU The available options allow you to adjust the CPU s bus clock in MHz increment The default setting is OOMHz M gt Important Overclocking may result in the processors or system s instability and is not guaranteed to provide better system performance Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU Ratio This field is used to select the CPU s frequency ratio Important e The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind of processor setting an extended ratio for the processor will have no effect The system will instead use its factory default ratio e The frequency ratio of processors greater than 8x has been locked by the manufacturer and will no longer have the flexibility of using extended ratios Therefore the system will use the processors factory default ratio If in the CPU Clock or CPU Ratio field you selected an option other than the default setting and is unable to boot up the system there are 2 methods of booting up the system and going back to its default setting Method Clear the CMOS data by setting JP4 to 2 3 On All fields in the BIOS Setup will automatically be set to their default settings Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and power button simultaneously then release the power button first Keep on pressing the lt
54. ng with the flash utility AVVDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Insert the floppy disk into a floppy drive and power on the system Press the lt Alt gt and lt F2 gt keys simultaneously The utility which works only in DOS mode will update the new BIOS file to the programmable flash EEPROM that is on the mainboard The new BIOS will permanently replace the original BIOS content after flashing Chapter 4 Supported Software 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with a DMI built into the BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier With DMI a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a particular computer system without physically going to it Quite often a service call may be unnecessary as the problem can be solved remotely The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration Information about the type and speed of CPU type and amount of memory for each memory slot BIOS revision level types of add in PCI boards and components certain re vision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool
55. o Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 for more information Resume on Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month and Resume Time hh mmiss fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Date of Month 0 The system will power on everyday according to the time set in the Resume Time hh mmiss field I 31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mm ss field 6 3 68 Award BIOS Setup Utility Resume Time hh mm ss This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to power on everyday as set in the Date of Month field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The Primary INTR and IRQ3 IRQI5 fields will appear When enabled access to the specified IRQ will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disabled the system will not wake up from the power
56. of the system current temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the CPU and chassis fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute CPU V These fields show the voltage of the processor Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of the power supply Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop up when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the mainboard Refer to the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information le 3 74 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Clock 100MHz Menu Level CPU Ratio X8 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1l General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI or DIMM devices Spread Spectrum Leave this field in tts default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technicia
57. oltage range To reduce the risk of electric shock e Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing After installation or servicing cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord Battery e Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced e Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer e Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions Joystick or MIDI port e Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than LOA current at 5V DC There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user Is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or m
58. onitor Functions The mainboard is capable of monitoring the following system health conditions e Monitors CPU system temperature e Monitors CPU 3 3V 5V 12V VBAT SVSB voltages e Monitors the fan speed of the CPU fan and chassis fan e Automatic chassis fan on off control e Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and fan speed Refer to the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 and the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information Introduction Intelligence Automatic Chassis Fan Off The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWVRBTN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Wake On Ring This feature allows the system that Is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming through an internal or external modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important P gt If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 20mA Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC Your LAN card must support the r
59. or adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 4Q column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 8Q column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters 47 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 48 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation Some entries are defaults required by the
60. ore of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Notice This users manual contains detailed information about the mainboard If in some cases some information doesn t match those shown in the multilingual manual the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the mainboard package To view the users manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User s Manual Mainboard This users manual is for the VIA P4X266 PEI1 S and VIA P4X266 PEI 1 L mainboards The differences between these mainboards are shown below Onboard audio AC97 codec Game MIDI port Audio jacks AUX in and CD in Front audio J9 Onboard LAN Realtek RTL8 100 RJ45 LAN port Table of Contents Chapter Introduction fred Features and SOC CCAM assina nnenane 7 l2 Package Checks tassa
61. ort By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function USB Mouse Support This field is used to enable or disable the USB mouse 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode Onboard LAN Boot ROM VIA P4X266 PEI1 L only By default this field is disabled Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly If you wish to change the boot ROMs settings type the lt Shift gt and lt FIQ gt keys simultaneously when prompted during boot up Take note you will be able to access the boot ROM s program by typing lt Shift gt lt FIO gt only when this field is enabled 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off By PWRBTN PWR Lost Resume State gt Wake Up Events Tle Move Enter Select F5 Pre
62. puter cannot access the floppy drive pi The floppy diskette may not be formatted Format the diskette and try again The diskette may be write protected Use a diskette that Is not write protected You may be writing to the wrong drive Check the path statement to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive There is not enough space left on the diskette Use another diskette with adequate storage space ao C 94 Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two hard drives make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave The master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to format it is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity tt will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 2 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working
63. red therefore the CPU must wait until the write cycle is complete before starting another write cycle PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait State PCI Delay Transaction When enabled this function frees up the PCI bus for other PCI masters during the PCl to ISA transactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of performance on the PCI bus when ISA accesses are made Memory Hole This field is used to select the memory area that must not be addressed to the ISA bus System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at FOQOOH FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system Video RAM Cacheable When enabled it allows the video RAM to be cacheable thus providing better video performance If your graphics card does not support this function leave this field in its default setting 56 3 1 4 Award BIOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt OnChip PCI Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enab
64. rial port and or serial port 2 UART Mode Select The mainboard supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices You may not use IrDA J15 and the COM 2 J4 serial port at the same time If you are using the COM 2 serial port make sure this field is set to Normal To use the IrDA function follow the steps below Connect your IrDA cable to connector J15 on the mainboard 2 Set the UART Mode Select field to the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA peripheral device IrDA or ASKIR For better transmission of data your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 angle and within a distance of meter 3 Set the RxD TxD Active R Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode and Use IR Pins fields appropriately RxD TxD Active The options are Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo and Hi Hi 3 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility IR Transmission Delay If this option is Enabled transmission of data will be slower This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device The options are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously Use IR Pins The options are IR Rx2 1x2 and RxD21TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel po
65. rt Parallel Port Mode The options are SPR EPP ECP and ECP EPR These apply to standard specifications and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripheral s manual for the best option SPP Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only ECP Extended Capabilities Port Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed EPP Mode Select This is used to select the EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel used for the parallel port Award BIOS Setup Utility Game Port Address This field is used to select the game port s address The options are 201 209 and Disabled Midi Port Address This field is used to select the MIDI port s address The options are 290 292 and Disabled If you have selected the MIDI port s address you may select its IRQ in the Midi Port IRQ field Midi Port IRQ This field is used to select the MIDI port s IRQ The options are 5 and 10 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize AGP or PCI first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first initialize AGP PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI OnChip USB Controller This field is used to select the USB ports you want Enabled USB Keyboard Supp
66. s E Chapter 2 Hardware Installation aN Or T E O ea S 14 22 Seri MEMO essa 6 2 3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data 8 2 4 Jumper Settings for Wake On PS 2 Keyboards 20 pis Ma POE aC Onn logs eee meme ene eee eee nee tere eee 2 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3A Lhe Basic Input Output Syste lic icwierieats tin erestraacnentcireiiaiees 45 All anda CMOS Fed oiga 45 Sil Advanced BIOS Fede arteries age 49 Soleo Advanced Chipset Features see tctaiemeieeraneetatees 53 Soe NM ae eID eI als at et ae 57 Sle Power Managerment Sel Ui accecncasene eeeconeeee 63 Sele PAPPA CONIU N tee ee eee 69 He gt OOM cic ge 2100 cs treerrerr ener nner nara rae eesrrertnne neers Reeser 7 Slo Preguan y Vote CONT Olssen 74 Slee Load rll sale Sia sass ieee eee ects 76 lA Load Op mized Deidils s sssini 76 Illl Set SUSI SOW PSN dassen 77 Ilala e NICS E a ENO ea eeeen tee 77 el ies a E T emt rnrerarertrerte rerreeenrnrtr ree ee nner er rset 72 Skl TERA PUG AVIS eee cee cert ce ee etree ete 72 Dee AIDC et a ease eenetentnartiaiteen 72 Chapter 4 Supported Software Ae J CSKIOp Manace ment tC aC Givi ades cenit dnmeninaennes 73 A Hardware Monto ssns enia 82 Aa VATE F E a R 82 4 4 Audio Drivers and Software ApplicationS s s sssssesesisisrereresrsrsreseresrns 84 4 5 Onboard LAN Drivers for WINdOWS ssesssisnsnns 84 4 6 Microsoft DirectX 8 0 Dr N n ssnnsns 84 4 7 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes 85 Appendix A Using the
67. s Enter None year and century gt IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K Te Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Date The date format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt Day displays a day from Sunday to Saturday Month displays the month from January to December Date displays the date from to 31 Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example p m is 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from OO to 23 Minute displays minutes from OO to 59 Second displays seconds from OO to 59 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave 7 6k Move the cursor to the IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master or IDE Secondary Slave field then press lt Enter gt IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave If you wish to define your own
68. stalled in your operating system to use the USB ports Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation Two onboard USB ports CNI Black are located at the ATX double deck ports of the board Depending on the type of USB port cable that you are using the JIZ and JI9 connectors on the mainboard allow you to connect 4 more optional USB ports These optional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option If you wish to use the optional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to JI7 or JI9 Insert the USB port cable connector to pins I 10 if e One of the holes on the cable connector is plugged meaning the cable connector has a keying mechanism Insert the USB port cable connector to pins 6 15 if e None of the holes on the cable connector is plugged meaning the cable connector has no keying mechanism 27 2 30 Hardware Installation 2 5 7 RJ45 Fast Ethernet Port VIA P4X266 PEI I L only Co Je folvere Je fol Je beke O 0 O iii The VIA P4X266 PEI I L is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at location CNI of the ATX double deck ports It allows the main
69. t a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timing Caution Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for YOU Disabled Ihe BIOS will not detect these categories OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following fields will appear Onboard AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard audio codec Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card Onboard LAN VIA P4X266 PE I L only By default the onboard LAN chip is enabled If you are not using this function set this fleld to Disabled 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following fields will appear Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 3FB IRQ4 2FE IRQ3 3ES IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port and seral port 2 Disabled Disables the onboard se
70. tems The mainboard A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 00 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Main Board Utility CD NARA If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Mainboard Layout VIA P4X266 PEI1 S Supports onboard audio zsa Wake On PS 2 KB JP 1 CPU fan DIMM standby Ji 18 power LED Socket 478 1 o o O O O O O O e o o olo E l ATX main a 2 power J25 e ie oa Line in J6 Mic in J8 P4X266 EEE 3foo 4 1 2V power ee Bro wo APD DIMM 208 SDRAM DDR SDRAM gry DIMM 2 DIMM 3 lan AGP Slot ji areo z Primary IDE PCI Slot AC97 22 VIA J PCI Slot VT8233 Secondary IDE Clear CMOS PCRS P3 S ee ee poe USB 5 6 J19 23 FDD PCI 5 Slot MoB g l iaa RESET IrDA Sros TTET pep teR Ji2eq JIS LE IO 9 fs e866 seeceeoear J24 Wake On LAN Wake On Ring Chassis fan esw Lima Mouse USB 2 Parallel Game MIDI 920 G LED Green Black Burgundy Gold okerre 2 OVEEISIO Mic m Square denotes pin x RUG ee ee 4 S ce obs 1e bee O O OF Ging KB USBI CO
71. to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typematic Delay Msec fields below Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins 5 3 52 Award BIOS Setup Utility Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS 2 The options are Non OS2 and OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed Note that some graphics boards require that this option be disabled The default value is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled
72. troyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM Save DMI File Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear 3 Press Enter to select DMI file for save Press lt Enter gt Enter the directory and filename under which you would like the DMI file saved 8 Supported Software 4 2 Hardware Monitor The mainboard comes with the Hardware Monitor utility contained in the provided CD It is capable of monitoring the system s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the CPU and system voltage and speed of the CPU and chassis fans It also allows you to manually set a range to the items being monitored If the values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition Note Use this utility only in Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Win dows ME Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 operating system To install the utility insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click the Hardware Monitor button to install the utility Refer to its readme file for instructions on using the utility 4 3 VIA Service Pack The CD in the mainboard package also comes with the VIA Service Pack The service pack includes the following drivers e VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driv
73. ully before proceeding to step 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect 83 Supported Software 4 4 Audio Drivers and Software Applications The CD in the mainboard package also includes audio drivers and audio playback software for Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 operating systems For installation instructions or information about their corre sponding readme click the Read Me button in the autorun screen The autorun screen normally appears after the CD is inserted into a CD ROM drive Insert the CD that came with the mainboard package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Click Audio Driver 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 4 5 Onboard LAN Drivers for Windows VIA P4X266 PEI I L only The onboard LAN drivers included in the CD do not support Autorun Once the system has detected the Realtek RTL8100 fast ethernet controller it will prompt you to install the driver for the operating system you are using The drivers are in the RTL8100 root directory of the CD 4 6 Microsoft DirectX 8 0 Driver Insert the CD that came with the mainboard package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 0 Driver 3 Click
74. vious Values Power Management Setup Enabled Item Help S1 POS User Define Disabled Disabled Suspend gt Off V H SYNC Blank 3 Instant off Keep Off Press Enter Menu Level PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ACPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME supports this function If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the ACPI Suspend Type field ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode SI POS S3 STR Enables the Power On Suspend function Enables the Suspend to RAM function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more information 63 3 64 Award BIOS Setup Utility Power Management Option This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend Mode field is activated Min Saving Minimum power saving time for Suspend mode hr Max Saving Maximum power saving time for Suspend mode min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode field
75. wer source of your power supply must support 2 20mA 20 Hardware Installation 2 5 Ports and Connectors 2 5 1 Serial Ports TTI I ORAL LLL LLS DHONE 3 ee ee o o I com Lcom2 Teal Turquoise ooo0oo0o00000000 okeere foter COM COM 2 Serial Port Serial Port The mainboard is equipped with onboard serial ports COM I J2 and COM 2 J4 both in Teal Turquoise color located at the ATX double deck ports of the board These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 6C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices You can set the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS 2 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 2 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard eee Jo fosses o S o ole O 0 0 The mainboard is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at

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