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1. The system board can only be used with an analog video monitor Connect the monitor s 5 pin D shell cable connector to the VGA port Blue at location CN2 If your monitor supports analog video but does not have a 5 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that chooses between analog and TTL or digital operation If your monitor has such a switch set it for analog BIOS Setting Select the VGA s share memory size in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu AGP and P2P Bridge Control section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the S3 VGA Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more informa tion 30 Hardware Installation 2 5 5 Universal Serial Bus Ports Four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports Black are at locations CN5 USB 1 2 and CN6 USB 3 4 of the system board The J6 U
2. Sian fn The system board is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at location CNI of the system board The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ 2 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQI2 for other expansion cards G Warning Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system To use this function e BIOS Setting Configure the KB mouse wake up function in the Power Man agement Setup submenu IRQ Event Activity Detect section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important y gt The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 720mA 27 2 28 Hardware Installation 2 5 2 Serial Port eo0000 ooo o ON ekee COM The system board is equipped with an onboard serial port Teal Turquoise at location CN4 of the system board It is a RS 232C
3. DDR DDR2 1 CPU FSB P16 BB aco ront audio S PDIF out USB 1 4 power select JP2 IDE IDE2 USB 1 2 B ATX power 1 1 LAN VIA USB 3 4 KM266Pro Line out Line in Mic in ST le e AGP slot Lu PI LO x 7 E m C PCI slot NANANNUUNUUUNNUANN OWAN TEEPE eT Sa NANANANANNAAUNNAOUNNANVANANNANNUAAANNAN AAUNANANO Clear CMOS gt PCI slot 2 PD D T T 1 CD in PCI slot 3 i Battery osy AUANOUUUUNUUUVUVUVUUUUVUOVONUOVONONONOU TTT USB 5 6 E power select JP3 NAAANAAUUNAAUNNDAWUNOAUVANANNNNAANANANMA L ATXSW wam co e eon System fan __HD LED 1 RESET SPEAKER 2 Hardware Installation Warning gt Etec Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your system board proces sor 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 DDR DDR 2
4. Siam fn The system board supports 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 specifica tion of the memory supported by the system board BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu DRAM Clock Drive Control section of the BIOS Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board Pin of the DIM module must correspond with Pin of the socket Pin Pull the tabs which 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 CPU 2 3 1 Overview The system board is equipped with a surface mount Socket A CPU socket This socket is exclusively designed for installing an AMD CPU 2 3 2 Installing the CPU Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices c
5. The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 2 1 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 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 XP or the operating system may not install nor work 5 52 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 2 CPU Internal Cache and External Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default is Enabled which provides better performance by enabling cache 3 1 2 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the system board 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 field to Disabled 3 1 2 4 Quick Power On Self Test T
6. Using this jack disables the front audio s line out function 34 Front Audio Hardware Installation The front audio connector J allows you to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at the front panel of your system Using this connector will disable functions Remove the jumper caps from pi connecting the front audio cable cable connector is aligned with p the rear audio s line out and mic in ns 5 6 and pins 9 10 of JI prior to connector Make sure pin of the in of JI If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the Jumper caps back to their original pin locations Pins 5 6 and 9 10 short default The front audio is disabled The rear audio is enabled Pins 5 6 and 9 10 open Driver Installation The front audio is enabled The rear audio is disabled Install the Realtek Audio Drivers An audio software application program will at the same time be installed into your system This program will allow you to configure 2 channel 4 channel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects Refer to chapter 4 for more information 35 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 I O Connectors 2 6 1 CD in Internal Audio Connector oot iro a L Ground r Ground LE A Left audio Ri
7. lt En ter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu BIOS Setup 3 1 12 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Prrd CA Gecup Utilicy ce Guin FR Renu in obo P Esse amp Exit Bacup 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 Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done 8 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 13 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press lt Enter gt Pees i Bus rt BIDE CRE Segap Bhp lity Fo fen im pja Badt Erbe 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 simulta neously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done 82 BIOS Setup 3 2 Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility AWDEFLASH EXE You can download them from DFI s web site or contact technical support or your sales
8. 1 3 2 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Pheesi PrerdHl OE CO Fatup Utility EGP 2 Bridge Central on CTI Be LET FE Prev lives Pa Fai Bre Ls The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 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 AGP Mode This field allows you to select the AGP mode data transfer rate that your AGP card supports to enable enhanced graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds IX_ provides data transfer rate of up to 264MB sec 2X provides data transfer rate of up to 528MB sec 4X provides data transfer rate of up to 066MB sec 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 BIOS Setup 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 AGP Master WS Read Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read opera tions AGP
9. BAT and COMFIGSYS files 2 REM HIMEMSYS in the CONFIGSYS or 3 Press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypas COMFIGSYS files s your AUTOEXEC BAT and 85 86 Supported Software 4 1 2 Using the DMI Utility Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System Slots 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 cane Size of BIOS ROM 0256K ache T lt Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ES C Abort amp Exit The four menus located on top of the screen are Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI DMI Configuration Utility 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 Use the T or J 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 gt arrow keys to select the Edit DMI menu 2 Highlight the item on the left screen by using the T or J arrow keys then 3 The cursor will move to the screen edit information The screen will also di fo
10. 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 3 BIOS Setup 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 below will appear FEGiEadt FliGanerel Heip 7i Cigtimdoad Daf salir The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 1 1 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 3 1 1 2 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 3 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays min utes from 00 to 59 Second displays seconds from 00 to 59 46 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 3 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave M
11. 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 3 1 2 13 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using 3 1 2 14 OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB Select the OS2 option only if the system that is running an OS 2 operating system has greater than 64MB RAM 3 1 2 15 Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to appear during system boot up Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system boot up Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot up 3 1 2 16 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up 54 Hasu Leen F ties Fewe Ente L A a Fac Bicdenmeral Help PE Presales F TI 3 Dat ladas bel oar es 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 The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes wo
12. representative Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AWDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash uti ap lity by typing AWDFLASH EXE The following screen will pear Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved The current BIOS information will appear in this area File Name to Program 5 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to Fi e Name to Program then press lt Enter gt 83 3 BIOS Setup 6 The following will appear Do You Want to Save BIOS Y N This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press lt Y gt then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press lt N gt 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press lt Y gt to flash the new BIOS 84 Chapter 4 Supported Software 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board comes with a DMI built into the BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make in vent
13. the power despite access to the specified IRQ pear When enabled system to wake up e When disabled the management mode BIOS Setup 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring 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 Harri Cor Peccurcar L PUA SS ae tL bE Fi ilieaeral Help Be Fm bk at iniz Beet an OL 2 The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 1 Reset Configuration Data Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD once automatically It will then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 2 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 in the IRQ Resources field 73 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 6 3 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Device fisscHowt GacersSeblecs 7PilePicBalis Filise EiCsRade Pisdemeral Help PG Peed Wa linea Pies Baib Saf me Dwf aulra FS Oot laced Ded aisle The settin
14. to the PCI card Resume On Ring When enabled the system will power on to respond to calls com ing from an external modem 3 7 3 72 BIOS Setup 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 hhimmiss field 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 mmiss field 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 ap access to the specified IRQ will cause the completely from the power management mod system will not wake up from
15. 3 0 Calibration Cycle Set this field to Enabled to support the AGP 3 0 calibration cycle operations VGA Share Memory Size This field is used to select the memory size that will be shared by the VGA 3 1 3 3 CPU amp PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phornir Trines Evterifelect t r ie Dial Fllifeen ESGiExit FliGamaral Haly Fie Fravicus Gales Tui Padl Sefe Default Fri fetinized bofenit The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 59 3 60 BIOS Setup PCI Master 0 WS Write and PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state PCII Post Write and PCI2 Post Write The options are Enabled and Disabled VLink 8x Support Enabled The speed of VLink which links the North Bridge and South Bridge is 8x Disabled The speed of VLink which links the North Bridge and South Bridge is 4x 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 3 1 3 4 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM ad dressed at FOOOOH FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The large
16. 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 from an external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Important M If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2720mA Introduction Wake On LAN This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important M The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 720mA Wake On USB This function allows you to use a USB device to wake up the sys tem Important M gt e If you are using the Wake On USB function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power sup
17. Initially gate A20 was handled via the keyboard controller Today while keyboards still provide this support it is more common and much faster for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20 Fast The chipset controls Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 3 1 2 9 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 wait for a moment and if the key is still down tt will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature 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 3 1 2 10 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 1 1 Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins 3 53 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 12 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the pass word 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
18. Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 68 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 10 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this field is set to Auto the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state This can be configured only if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STRY 3 1 5 11 PWVR 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 3 1 5 12 IRQ Event Activity Detect Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear few lit Geet arip Uc hlicy Hax i ninberi Pe Resim ah Bhar Bt tctivitw Menitoring fiesta Eit Pa khas Filzi ESC Esir Pa Pia Lae a A ala Ded aio Fr l The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 69 3 BIOS Setup PS2KB Wakeup Select This field allows you to use a function key or password to wake up the system Hot Key Use any of the function keys between FI and F12 to wake up the system Password Use a password to wake up the system Select this option and press lt Enter gt Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same soll to confirm then press lt Enter gt Ae Important D
19. KM266Pro MLV Rev A System Board User s Manual 80500409 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of tt may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior writ ten 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 manufac turer 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 2004 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMD Athlon XP and Athlon are regis tered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc VIA is a regis tered 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 t
20. Memory Size DIMMs Memory Size 2MBx64 6MB 6MBx64 128MB 4MBx64 32MB 32MBx64 256MB 8MBx64 64MB 64MBx64 512MB Introduction Expansion Slots AGP slot e 3 PCI slots AGP Accelerated Graphics Port 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 4x with up to 1066MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this system board will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC Onboard Graphics Features e Integrated S3 2D 3D Video accelerator Shares 8MB to 64MB of the system memory Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA High quality DVD video playback 3D rendering features 32 bit true color rendering MPEG 2 video textures e 2D hardware acceleration features e Motion video architecture e Software drivers Windows 98 2000 ME XP Onboard LAN Features e Phy fast ethernet controller e Integrated IEEE 802 3 IOBASE T and OOBASE TX compatible PHY PCI master interface e Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps e Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation e Supports wire for management Introduction Onboard Audio Features e Realtek 6 channel codec e AC 97 2 2 extension compliant codec Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D e AC 97 supported with full duplex independent sample
21. SB 5 6 connector allows you to connect 2 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The USB ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J6 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PC Device section of the BIOS Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the USB device Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information If you are using a USB 2 0 device install the USB 2 0 Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information 3 2 Hardware Installation Wake On USB The Wake On USB function allows you to use a USB device to wake up the system Important M gt e If you are using the Wake On USB function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 215A e If you are using the Wake On USB function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2A 32 Hardware Installation 2 5 6 RJ45 Fast Ethernet Port The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at loc
22. The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 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 This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN OnChip USB Controller This field is used to enable or disable the onboard USB 63 3 BIOS Setup OnChip EHCI Controller If you are using USB 2 0 this field must be set to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function 3 1 4 3 Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Fit cHeer Rater sie desc PiL Pia lis Pilticeae FRC Feit Picfeerral Kelp os Fi 15 alarsa Fe Pai 5 ef fon LiL Pes Bet fm bee ibe eam DE The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port Disabled Disables the onboard serial port 64 BIOS Setup Onboard Parallel Po
23. ally assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up you will see NA for the device that does not have an IRQ assigned 75 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 7 Frequency Voltage Control s Webdings L lo Bef oar ls The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 7 1 Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI or DIMM devices 3 1 7 2 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician 3 1 7 3 CPU Host AGP PCI Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor The AGP clock and PCI clock will at the same time appear next to the external bus clock selected For example if you selected 00 66 33MHz 100 is the external bus clock 66 is the AGP clock and 33 is the PCI clock The default setting is Default Under this setting the system will run according to the processor s clock frequency Important Overclocking may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance 76 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 8 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 al
24. ansfer 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 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 accord ing to your hard disk drive s timing Mode 0 4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timing Caution Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors Primary Master Slave UDMA and 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 The BIOS will not detect these categories 62 3 BIOS Setup 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 3 1 4 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear at oef cRAPGcBalie PifiZars Ets Eeit 3 Firiesaral Balp atl Fi Pail fafe Defaalee P3 prins TE
25. ard and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the IDE cable into the IDE header J14 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device use another IDE cable and install one end of the cable into the IDE 2 header J15 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices Note 39 2 Hardware Installation Refer to your disk drive users manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings 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 The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 or ATA 133 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 system board Important If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive A Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be reco
26. ard 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 infinitely 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 FOOOOH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s 104 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 2 3 T The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on All cables and power cords are tightly connected he electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are con ected is working Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device The monitor is turned on The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted prop erly All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely Any add in board you have installed is desi
27. arka Subercol sr Taba Diu ie Har Spaa Dui C Supported Software 6 Click the Sound Effect tab then under Environment select the sound effect you want You must select one to create 6 channel audio output BOF hudi Lanlmuraimn Sound iaci E quatre pasha Coniguation Spaakar Tact SPEA fenaa I iao Dan Ceid Note With the 6 channel mode supported using software both the line in and mic jacks at the rear panel will instead function as line out Therefore you can connect your speakers to these jacks line out line in and mic in for 6 channel audio output Under such circumstance line in will not be supported Mic in on the other hand is supported by using the Front Audio connector on the system board 98 Supported Software 4 4 Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP operating systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically 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 go to DFl s web site at http www dfi com support download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or software applications Appendix A U
28. asynchronous communication port with 6C550A compatible UART that can be used with a modem serial printer remote dis play terminal or other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the serial port s I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 5 3 Parallel Port Parallel O20 ekzos Hardware Installation 1 The system board has a standard parallel port Burgundy at loca tion CN7 for interfacing your SPP ECP and EPP PC to a parallel printer It supports Extended Capabilities Port Setting Function SPP Allows normal speed operation but Standard Parallel Port in one direction only ECP Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed BIOS Setting Select the parallel port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 29 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 4 VGA Port ONE Sa OAA
29. ata 7 l 2 On 5VDUL 2 3 On VCC default JP2 USB 1 4 and JP3 USB 5 8 are used to select the power of the USB ports Selecting 5VDUL will allow you to use a USB device to wake up a system from the SI state 24 Hardware Installation m 2 4 3 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU s FSB pi oji JP16 2 O gt 1 On Off Auto IOOMHz default This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU in stalled on the system board The default setting is Auto The system will run according to the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board You can also set the FSB fixed at OOMHZz by setting JP16 to On 25 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports PS 2 lm Mouse Parallel LAN ry Mic in asne e PS 2 COM VGA USB USB 3 4 K B The rear panel I O ports consist of the following e PS 2 mouse port e PS 2 keyboard port e Parallel port e COM port e VGA port e USB ports e LAN port e Mic in jack Line in jack e Line out jack 26 Hardware Installation PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports PS 2 Mouse 1 m PS 2 Keyboard T oh at E am s9 a
30. ation CN6 of the system board It allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the VIA LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more informa tion 33 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 7 Audio i Mic in O Line in O _ mI Line out O AuD_R_Return GND AuD_Vcc AuD_L_Return Key N Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out Mic in Line in and Line out The mic in line in and line out jacks are at location CN3 of the system board A Jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug e Mic in Jack Pink This jack is used to connect an external microphone e Line in Jack 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 e Line out Jack Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board
31. e 4 2 3 Realtek Audio Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Realtek Audio Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear Heralik AL MI Rudin Setup 404 Fesik ALTE Sad Gestup a pipan hha ape opa 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 92 Supported Software 4 2 4 VIA USB 2 0 Drivers To install the USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click VIA USB 2 0 Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 93 94 Supported Software 4 2 5 VIA LAN Drivers To install the LAN driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon 2 Click VIA LAN Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the system has detected the fast ethernet con troller it will prompt you to install the driver for Windows NT 4 0 The driver is in the LANDRV root directory of the CD Please refer to README for the exact location of the drivers Suppor
32. e 0 sagan cleaner by poren ier ADP Ser Bato feat cael Litai bia Oecd Peete eee SP Ba Lergasir Pee erre De np ee Code BI kidd iih pit kii Fiii Fiag iad Fiy iaiia Beebe oer Spm Becca mapas bow S Spat DMB etal fiat check ee aa 8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab Barassi ie Mang He Pate PO Fiare hve Hamy CIDHE ai Pata immen Che ed bt Shel eer aot Dek Coreeoe Hed malali POC METE BoP Ded ec ee read 100 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 His Dik Rope Oak CDAD Alereiveile Disk T aaiim Tako ues then atirga io apisia paoar cl the SS ee ak die sached bo yoa compass Bobo decheg ee T a 10 Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box Double click the Power Management icon 11 Click the Advanced tab In the When press the power but ton on my computer field select Standby a Hieerate LEN Tapi tp bepa ya ari Ipi D Shwer p madar nimb T frap ka parami s n oeie p ofl iri Parek bunara Th n ha eee buon r p coe IOI 102 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 12 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 applica
33. e 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 Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manu facturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s 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 bat tery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either mono chrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different 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 103 System Error Message Hard Disk s fail 80 DD reset failed ard Disk s fail 40 DD controller diagnostics failed ard Disk s fail 20 DD initialization error TE EE E 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 Keybo
34. en to complete the installation 5 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect 89 90 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 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 Important M 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 card s VGA driver before installing the VIA Service Pack Supported Software 4 2 2 S3 VGA Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon 2 Click S3 VGA Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 2 agg LILRIG FERN RIEN Disney Driver Seten A SEES ti rs ra a re ae kiea inka L caked ma es remar meee me pare e ieren ai es rear oe laa mm ee Se ee eee aed ok 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 9 Supported Softwar
35. es with the ATX 2V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1 1 An ATXI2V power supply has a standard 20 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 pin 12V power connector that must be inserted onto CN9 and CN8 connectors respectively The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greater power supply 42 Hardware Installation 2 6 7 Front Panel Connectors SPEAKER T HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX 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 Sof
36. figurable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the power saving time set in this field the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off 3 1 5 6 Video Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode 67 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 7 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchroniza tion ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initializes display power management signaling Use this option if your video board supports it 3 1 5 8 MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system 3 1 5 9 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 function 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 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
37. ght audio channel channel The CD in J2 connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 36 Hardware Installation 2 6 2 S PDIF out Connector iM L Dog i i SPDIF out Key GND 5V The S PDIF out connector J3 is used to connect external S PDIF port The S PDIF out port may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J3 Make sure pin of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin of J3 37 2 38 Hardware Installation 2 6 3 Floppy Disk Drive Connector m The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector for connecting a standard floppy disk drive 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 C
38. gned for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on l 2 Make sure that the monitor s power switch is on Check that one end of the monitor s 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 105 Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving 2 The monitor has lost its vertical sync Adjust the monitor s verti cal 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 3 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 c
39. gnized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 40 Hardware Installation 2 6 5 Cooling Fan Connectors 3 HH im H N C Ground 4 r Power 4 Uf CPU fan qa i z x 7 PF a 3 N C Ground ae Power System fan Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector J4 on the system board The system fan connector J8 is used to connect an additional cooling fan The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components 4 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 6 Power Connectors 12V Fl Ground i x 4 2 3 r Ground I 12V II 3 3V 3 3V 12V 3 3V Ground Ground PS ON 5V Ground Ground Ground 5V Ground Ground 5V PW OK 5V 5VSB 5V 12V 20 10 ah hi Pa We recommend that you use a power supply that compli
40. gs on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 4 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 5 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 Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager 74 BIOS Setup 3 1 6 6 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 an ISA slot requires an IRQ set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the USB device will be available for the ISA slot Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager 3 1 6 7 PCI Slot Use IRQ to PCI Slot 3 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 manu
41. gt yo oe If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data by setting JP pins 2 and 3 to On PS2KB Wakeup from SI S3 The options in this field will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the SI or S3 state PS2MS Wakeup from S1 S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a PS 2 mouse to wake up the system from the SI or S3 state 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 70 BIOS Setup PCI Master When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any PCI or bus master activity Resume by OnChip LAN This field allows 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 Resume on PCI Event Enabled 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 system Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the system to wake up Refer to the card s documentation for more information Disabled The system will not wake up despite access
42. his field speeds up Power On Self Test POST whenever the system is powered on The BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST To attain the shortest POST time select Ena bled 3 1 2 5 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 Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device 3 1 2 6 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 3 1 2 7 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 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 8 Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how gate A20 is handled Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above Mbyte
43. l 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 If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default settings will be loaded 77 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 9 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 Peeord Alte LE Eekup Ubi lide Type lt Y gt and press lt 78 Enter gt to load the Setup default values BIOS Setup 3 1 10 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and 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 supervisor s 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 Fhear lE bardi CA Gecup Utility z diir Flo Hasi ia AOR Bo daie b Fait atip 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 pass
44. mportant P gt The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support IA Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Introduction 1 2 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items The system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 66 1 00 133 One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One I O shield One Mainboard Utility CD NQSESNSAA D E drives If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Parallel 12V power E CPU fan eho ereesecte Sp eo 0o0000090909500s0o0o 000000000290009 t0 0000000000000000 820000000990000 ta 0000000002090000 000o 0000a0000020p0a ototo 00000000070000 2220200002688 000000000 09e e000 0000000 covets 2200029 809 22200000 32820202 un 2200000 Pooh 0707050 0505000 e 920202000 e820 A 90200020 02020009 2200029 A 05950 creer amp 22000000 22200000 gt 0000000 oro 2200000 09h 0000000 Sao 0os 2200020 6908 2 0 20 s2cP Poke Po EP0oPePohEPerare 0 20 0 s ahoPahe 000000009099000 000o 0 Poh Pore ePakcPerePsearovercPeece 3 00 oPC PGMs oPC SPOS
45. ncrease the separation between the equipment and the re ceiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help LICE The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Notice This users manual contains detailed information about the system board If in some cases some information doesn t match those shown in the multilingual manual the multilingual manual should al ways be regarded as the most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the users manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear Click the TOOLS icon then click Manual on the main menu Table of Contents Chapter Introduction LI Features and Speclfications ssusssussessssssissssssinssenssense 7 l2 Rackag Ghecklistcrascpo ana e a E 14 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout csscsesennanesiiinsiiiinaea 5 22 Tem Meno erene 16 18 DA Jumper SEIN acansctacssnmisianciviahiaiidiaabaniinensie 22 25 Rear Panel WO POrts avsisiseissciiwrmanntnedenanalnicnuranniiie 26 26 VO CINEOS scientists wnandsnsnetns 36 Chap
46. o the system e Use the correct AC input voltage 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 Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufactur er s instructions FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim its 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 res ate idential installation This equipment generates uses and can radi radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accord ance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that inter ference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception wh ich can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures No 2 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
47. ompat ible Supports SCSI sequential boot up Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades Supports DMI 2 0 function e 2Mbit flash memory Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board 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 these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board 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 Rear Panel I O Ports PC 99 color coded connectors e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port One DB 9 serial port e One DB I5 VGA port e One DB 25 parallel port e Four USB 2 0 1 1 ports e One RJ45 LAN port e Three audio jacks line out line in and mic in Introduction I O Connectors e One connector for 2 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports e One front audio connector for external line out and mic in jacks e One CD in internal audio connector e One S PDIF out connector Two IDE connectors One floppy connector e Two ATX power supply connectors e Two fan connectors 1 1 2 Intelligence CPU Protection e Monitors CPU temperature during system boot up e Supports shutdown temperature automatic shutdown upon system overheat
48. on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 5 1 ACPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP sup ports this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the HDD Power Down field If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the field below 3 1 5 2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode SI POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function 66 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 3 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 HDD Power Down field is activated Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the HDD Power Down 5 min Max Saving Maximum power saving time for the HDD Power Down min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the HDD Power Down field 3 1 5 4 HDD Power Down This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the HDD Power Down mode according to the power saving time selected the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active 3 1 5 5 Suspend Mode This is con
49. onnected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate Socket A on the system board 4 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then lifting it up to a 90 angle Make sure the socket is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in prop erly Lever iy ie a Hardware Installation 5 Position the CPU above the socket then align the gold mark on the corner of the CPU designated as pin with pin of the socket Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins Gold mark pa 6 Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU 2 Hardware Installation 7 Once the CPU is in place push down the lever to lock the socket The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket Lever lock 2 3 3 Installing the Fan and Heat Sink The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU The thermal paste
50. onnecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J5 on the system board and the other end most connector to the floppy drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be aligned with pin of J5 BIOS Setting Enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super I O Device section of the BIOS Refer to chap ter 3 for more information Hardware Installation 2 6 4 IDE Disk Drive Connector m Ti s Jh 40 39 40 39 ooo Ina IDE IDE 2 F GUTTA TATA aT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT f IDE IDE 2 The system board 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 Each IDE connector supports 2 devices a Master and a Slave Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board An DE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system bo
51. op erly set Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations If the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each compo nent into the socket If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults Troubleshooting C 109
52. ord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive 2 106 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 state ment 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 Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS 2 If the system is configured with two hard drives make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the sec ond 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 for mat it is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ setting
53. ory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier With DMI a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely ac cess some information about a particul ar 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 me mory for each memory slot BIOS revision level types of add in PCI boards and components certain revision 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 by using the Add DMI menu The hardware or setup is altered 4 1 1 Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility type DMICFG DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system EXE You can download this utility from ftp dfiusa com utiltties DMI directory 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
54. ove the cursor to the IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master or IDE Secondary Slave field then press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear fuardHiot CHGS S IDE Frisary Marter Fire o Howe toes PUSPielus PieGase EET ey rif Pi Fall Gaile Galwalte eloed Daf sulis The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automati cally be shown on the screen IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave The drive type information should be included in the documenta tion 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 Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select 47 3 48 BIOS Setup 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 Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders Head This field displays the number of read write heads P
55. ply must support 2 gt 1 5A e If you are using the Wake On USB function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2A RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to auto matically power on on the set date and time Introduction AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually or let the system power on automatically ACPI The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Con fisuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP_ supports the ACPI function allowing you to use the Suspend to RAM func tion 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 XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applica tions and operating system This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating ses sion 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 A I
56. r the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system 3 1 3 5 Video RAM Cacheable When enabled it allows the video RAM to be cacheable thus pro viding better video performance If your graphics card does not sup port this function leave this field in its default setting Disabled Tis oitalem FIN FliiGenaral Holp 1 Fadl Gate De au 1 Opt ledoed Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear sip Gcebicy Ine Bele He Level Fe w E F The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 6l 3 BIOS Setup IDE DMA Transfer Access This field when Enabled will enhance the IDE DMA transfer of an IDE hard disk drive OnChip IDE Channel0 and OnChip IDE Channel l These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and sec ondary 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 Primary Master Slave PIO and Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a tr
57. rate con verter for audio recording and playback S PDIF out interface e 6 channel audio output via software S PDIF out S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog S PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device The S PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders 6 channel Audio The 6 channel audio output function is supported by configuring the audio software application program PCI Bus Master IDE Controller e Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 and ATA 133 hard drives e UDMA Modes 3 4 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 33MB sec e Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP Introduction USB Ports The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB 1 USB I I sup ports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb sec ond bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 98 2000 ME XP Plug and Play c
58. recomp This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track 1 4 Drive A This field is used to select the type of floppy disk drive 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 AT type high density drive 2MB capac ity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 720KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 1 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity BIOS Setup 3 1 1 5 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 monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution mono chrome adapters 3 1 1 6 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 de tected All Errors The
59. rmation 4 Press lt FIO gt to update the edited ROM that you would like to edit press lt Enter gt you select allowing you to splay the auto detected in information into the flash Add DMI Supported Software Use the lt or gt arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu 2 Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item Load DMI File 4 Press lt F O gt to save information into the flash ROM To view information about the added items go to the Edit DMI menu Use the lt or gt arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press lt Enter gt 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press lt Enter gt 4 The following message will appear Type lt Y gt All previous Do you want to execute Y N DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM Save DMI File Use the lt or gt arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for save Press lt Enter gt 3 Enter the directory and filename under which you would like the DMI file sa
60. rt 378 IRQ7 3BCIIRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and RQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP These apply to a standard specification 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 If you selected EPP the EPP Mode Select field is configurable If you selected ECP the ECP Mode Use DMA field is configurable If you selected ECP EPR both EPP Mode Select and ECP Mode Use DMA are configurable ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel of the parallel port 3 1 4 4 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the AGP or PCI first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first initialize the AGP PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI 65 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy atup Utility i Fifiziwee EGC fai IE PrI The settings
61. s are configured correctly 4 Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured correctly If tt works the printer can be assumed to be in good condition If the printer remains inoperative replace the printer cable and try again Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters Make sure that the serial device s power is turned on and that the device is on line 2 Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer 107 108 Troubleshooting 3 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 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Board 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 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are pr
62. sing the Suspend to RAM Function A l 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 In the ACPI Function field select Enabled In the ACPI Suspend Type field select S3 STRY acup Welling fleesFae Enterciedesc e Piala Fificieae ECS Ral Picdemeral Ha lp Fi Previmis Habari Pi Padl lale DePaulde Fy CEELI Biira 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 up grade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information 99 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 FF ee devon be jo
63. 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 3 1 1 7 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 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 8 Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 50 3 BIOS Setup 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 system board while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference tiss T t ae F ae i gt pieneral Help p Pre Pas Dela cd Def aiia The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields
64. t Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 PVVR LED Power Standby LED 43 2 Hardware Installation When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend or S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every second Note If a 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 Pin Pin Assignment HD LED 3 DD LED Power Primary Secondary IDE LED 5 DD Reserved 14 DC 16 iG ATX SW 8 PWRBT ATX power switch 10 PWRBT Reserved 18 Hc 20 WC RESET 7 Ground Reset switch 9 H W Reset SPEAKER 13 Speaker Data Speaker connector 15 Gs 17 Ground 19 Speaker Power PWR LED 2 LED Power Power Standby LED 4 LED Power 6 LED Power or Standby Signal 44 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 system board This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the
65. ted Software 4 2 6 Microsoft DirectX 8 To install please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main screen The screen below will appear ire wd Bo bere ee ered For Be PAS om feng Pe ae on pa mam ale hares ot hor eo aig iara r pa it psa TH eee EARE es at ay aT ee m 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Restart the system 95 Supported Software 4 3 6 Channel Audio Output via Software The 6 channel audio output function can be supported by using the audio software utility Please follow the steps below Insert the provided CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility C D will appear 2 Install the audio driver Refer to the Realtek Audio Drivers section in this chapter 3 After installing the audio driver the SoundEffect icon will ap pear on the taskbar 4 Click the SoundEffect icon The AC97 Audio Configuration screen will appear 5 Click the Speaker Configuration tab then select 6 channels mode for 5 1 speakers output Ha of Epeak T hareha eee Vr thes daa a bip 3 chat trk iT 5 pabam m pat the meden m rg 96 Saud Erki Egpare Epeka Conkganion Spas Tea SAiiFia pawan D dchersek mri fer Spas cipi he Cambi the phare h h TE j na iTo Phonciach Setoh E T
66. ter 3 BIOS Setup 31 Award BIOS Setup Wtiltty aia cqusitaniniisuandnelanituncians 45 32 Updating the BIOSin 83 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares kl Deskt p Management Interface 85 t2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications 88 43 6 Channel Audio Output Via SoftWare 96 t4 Installation Notes cscsssssssssssssssssisssssssssssisstisssiessisssiss 98 Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A Using the Suspend to RAM FUNCTION 99 Appendix B System Error Messages Bali POST BGC Pisticci sini amatna am ae ES 103 B2 Error M ssag suson nnan 103 Appendix C Troubleshooting C Troubleshooting Checklist 105 Chapter Introduction I I Features and Specifications 1 Features Chipset VIA chipset North bridge VIA KM266Pro South bridg Processor e VIA VT8235 The system board is equipped with Socket A for installing one of the following supported processors e AMD Athlon XP 266 333MHz FSB e AMD Athlon e AMD Duron Important 266MHz FSB 200 266MHz FSB To ensure proper boot up and operation of your system you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to replacing the CPU System Memory e Two 84 pin D DR SDRAM DIMM sockets e Supports up to 2GB memory using PC2100 DDR266 and PC2700 DDR333 DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 5V type DIMMs
67. ter system because the proc essor s 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 JPI pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP back to its default setting pins and 2 On 3 Plug the power cord and power on the system f your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor s ratio clock in the BIOS please pro ceed to step 4 22 Hardware Installation After powering on the system press lt Del gt to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press lt En ter gt Set the CPU Host AGP PCI Clock field to tts default setting or an appropriate 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 23 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 2 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power amp 3 3 2 2 1 olf l 2 On 5VDUL 2 3 On VCC default 1 2 3 mm
68. the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system Turbo f you want the system to run at a speed faster than By SPD select this option However com patibility problems may occur with some DRAMs f you encounter any problems set this field to By SPD or Manual 56 BIOS Setup Ultra If you want the system to run at a speed faster than Turbo select this option However compat ibility problems may occur with some DRAMs If you encounter any problems set this field to By SPD or Manual Manual This option allows you to manually select the op tions in the DRAM CAS Latency to Active to CMD Trcd fields The system will run according to the settings in these fields DRAM CAS Latency This field is used to select the clock cycle of the SDRAM CAS latency time The option selected specifies the time before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Bank Interleave The options are Enabled and Disabled Precharge to Active Trp The options are 2T 3T 4T and 5T Tras Non DDR400 DDR400 The options are 5T 6T 8T 12T 61 8T and 7T IOT Active to CMD Tred The options are 2T 3T 4T and 5T DRAM Burst Length The options are 4 and 8 DRAM Command Rate The options are T Command and 2T Command 57 3 58 BIOS Setup 3
69. tions 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 re starting You must restart the computer Slut Dosan aea a What do yau wani the computer ig cdo C Heim T Asis n HSDOS mada L J em ee Important If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are in Windows 2000 ME XP please check whether your add in cards or devices support this function If this function is not sup ported you need to download the appropriate driver from their respective website Appendix B System Error Message B When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to cor rect 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 ALT ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom Enter Setup to correct the error Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during th
70. uld be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear lien CPT Hasu Laral br Lenga kh mari Baden Pi Pree lia 1 ii e beia laissi Dre 5 The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 55 3 BIOS Setup Current FSB Frequency This field will show the detected FSB of the CPU Current DRAM Frequency This field will show the detected frequency of the DDR SDRAM DIMM DRAM Clock This field is used to select the clock speed of the DDR SDRAM DIMM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Pres ence Detect data structure that stores informa tion 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 This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system 133 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 266MHz 166 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 332MHz DRAM Timing This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Pres ence Detect data structure that stores informa tion about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected
71. ved 87 88 Supported Software 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contains drivers utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup VIA KM400 chipset Chipset Drivers VIA Service Pack A2 Supported Software VIA Service Pack The VIA Service Pack contains the following drivers VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver AGP VxD Driver IRQ Routing Miniport Driver VIA INF Driver To install VIA Service Pack please follow the steps below 2 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon Click VIA Service Pack on the main screen he following screen will appear himma ha AL Camera Pd Lamu ppm a Ten pe iaag a Lpa Bart yaa Er ara ana aa BP tenes el ies mnra Ltn ae Tiri Perai om Rama ai harina op ra sre da LI res oe ma G POE sajami Ue ear H br ae he rerai erh bs artes ee cle ed Rd L le Se F Pn ree Se cee mhii ebb iie ee Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack Readme carefully before proceeding to step 3 Follow the prompts on the scre
72. which is usually supplied together with the CPU looks somewhat similar to the one shown below Do not spread the paste all over the surface When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU the compound will disperse evenly 20 Hardware Installation Do not apply the paste if the fan heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside Peel the strip that covers the paste then place the fan heat sink on top of the CPU 2 After placing the fan heat sink on top of the CPU latch the retaining clip on one side of the fan heat sink onto the protrud ing tab on the side of the socket Retaining clip Tab 3 Push down the other retaining clip until it latches and lock onto the protruding tab on that side of the socket Make sure there is sufficient air circulation across the CPU fan and heat sink 4 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan con nector on the system board 21 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 4 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data PI aS 1 oji 1 2 On Normal 2 3 On default Clear CMOS Data 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 compu
73. word If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To 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 79 3 80 BIOS Setup 3 1 11 Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set a user s password with the System option se lected 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 Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt Flascke feardilid Gad scup Ueblicy F F La ta h Feaburr F nteqrated Perig gait FPF Hasu in Boe Gelect Ita Dere k Eade Secigp 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 To delete or disable the password function highlight Set User Password and press

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