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1. oO i 3 7 The system board has a standard parallel port Burgundy at location CN7 for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPP ECP and EPR Setting Function SPP Standard Parallel Port 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 SPP s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port BIOS Setting Allows bidirectional parallel port op eration at maximum speed Select the parallel ports mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 3 2 32 Hardware Installation 2 5 3 Serial Ports 9 9 0 9 0 00 00 0 0 00 6 oo00000000000 OAAR O COM
2. The system board is equipped with an onboard serial port CN4 Teal Turquoise for COM and a 9 pin connector at location J8 for COM 2 These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 6C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices To connect COM 2 please refer to the following description The serial port may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the cable connector to J8 Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin of J8 BIOS Setting Select the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 4 Universal Serial Bus Ports USB 2 q ma use USB 4 v USB I Four onboard US
3. Reserved N C N C ATX SW PWRBT ATX power switch PVVRBT Reserved N C N C RESET 7 Ground Reset switch H W Reset SPEAKER Speaker Data Speaker connector N C Ground Speaker Power D Power D Power D Power or Standby Signal PWR LED Power Standby LE 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 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 Standard CMOS Features Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS or Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup 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
4. Ea z mi ELMO EX 2 ft 2 2 IDE 2 IDE ns itis 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 IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board 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 J20 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 J18 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices 42 Hardware Installation Note 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 mast
5. The system board is equipped with a S PDIF connector One card edge bracket mounted with S PDIF ports will be provided as an option 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 39 2 40 Hardware Installation 2 6 3 Floppy Disk Drive Connector on E g I The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives To prevent improper floppy cable installation the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism The 34 pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J12 on the system board and the other end most connector to the drive you want to designate as Drive A If you are connecting another drive Drive B install the middle connector of the cable to the drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be aligned with pin of J12 BIOS Setting Enable or disable this function in the Inte
6. 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 4 USB Power Select USB l 4 1 2 2 Jk 3 3 l 2 On 5V 2 3 On 5VSB default 1 273 1 2 3 l 2 On 5V 2 3 On 5VSB default JP3 and JP4 are used to select the power of the USB ports Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important M gt e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse 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 Keyboard Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A 28 Hardware Installation 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports PS 2 Parallel Mici Mouse iie _ LAN Micin Line out iis Le KALA af o Line in PS 2 COM I USB USB 3 4 K B The rear panel I O ports consist of the following e PS 2 mouse port e
7. This field is used to select the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor turns from cool to hot BIOS Setup Limit CPUID MaxVal The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3 The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems If you are using an operating system other than Windows this problem may occur To avoid this problem enable this field to limit the return value to 3 or lesser than 3 NX BIOS Control The default is Enabled When this function is disabled it forces the NX features flag to always retum to 0 3 1 2 2 Hard Disk Boot Priority This field is used to select the boot sequence of the hard drives Move the cursor to this field then press lt Enter gt Use the Up or Down arrow keys to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Master Item Help ite 2 ele 4 Mie 6 8 T1L Move f PU PD Change Priority Fi Save ESC Exit Previous Values Fail Safe Defaults F Opti timized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one efi 3 30 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 3 Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Awar
8. USB Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support AC9 Audio BIOS Flash Protect OnBoard Lan Control ove e ele PU PD e f e ene Pre e e De 0 ed De O D The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one USB Controller This field is used to enable or disable the onboard USB USB 2 0 Controller If you are using a USB 2 0 device this field must be set to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default this field is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard AC97 codec Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card 70 BIOS Setup BIOS Flash Protect Enabled This option will protect the system from unnecessary updating or flashing of the BIOS When enabled it secures the BIOS therefore any updates to the BIOS will not take effect Disabled Disables the BIOS flash lock function allowing you to update or flash the BIOS any time needed Onboard LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN 7 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 4 3 Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear KBC input clock Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD TxD Active IR Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode Use IR Pi
9. Line in AuD R Return GND AuD_Vcc Key AuD_L_Return N N C Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out AuD_L_Out Rear Panel Audio CN3 Mic in Pink In a 2 channel mode this jack is used to connect an external microphone In a 4 channel or 6 channel mode this jack functions as rear right left speaker out Line out Lime In a 2 channel mode this jack is used to connect a headphone or external speakers In a 4 channel or 6 channel mode this jack functions as front right left speaker out Line in Light Blue In a 2 channel or 4 channel mode this jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player tape player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc In a 6 channel mode this jack functions as Center Subwoofer Hardware Installation 2 channel 4 channel 6 channel Light Blue Line in Line in Center Subwoofer Lime Line out Front R L Front R L Pink Mic in Rear R L Rear R L Front Audio The front audio connector J5 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 the rear audio s line out and mic in func tions Remove the jumper caps from pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 of J5 prior to connecting the front audio cable connector Make sure pin of the cable connector Is aligned with pin of
10. Resume by Alarm Keyboard Mouse Power On KB Power On Password KB Power On Hot Key PWR Lost Resume State The settings 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 sup port ACPI Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP supports this function If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the ACPI Suspend Type field 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 fo 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 3 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 STR 3 1 5 4 Power Management This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend mode and HDD Power Down fields are activated Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the Suspend Mode hour and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power saving time for the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode and HDD Po
11. The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB I I ports USB 1 1 supports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals 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 AGP slot supports AGP 8x 0 8V with up to 2 13GB sec bandwidth and AGP 4x 1 5V with up to 1066MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this system board will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC Introduction Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWR BT TN 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 gt If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2 20mA Wake On LAN This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Do
12. e Lastly press the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously The Windows Task Manager dialog box will appear Click the Performance tab The diagram under CPU Usage History should resemble the one shown below E Windows Task Manager DER File Options View ShutDown Help CPU Usage CPU Usage History PF Usage Page File Usage History Totals Physical Memory K Handles 4104 Total 261604 Threads 259 Available 156980 Processes 18 System Cache 152576 Commit Charge K Kernel Memory K Total 91884 Total 28696 Limit 633592 Paged 16132 Peak 147904 Nonpaged 12564 Processes 18 CPU Usage 50 Commit Charge 91884K 63359 A 105 106 Appendix B System Error Message B I B 2 When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS FI TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom Enter Setup to correct the error POST Beep There are two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS One code indicates that a video error has occured and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps The other code indicates that a DRAM error has occured This beep code consists of a single long beep Error Messages On
13. 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 93 J4 Chapter 4 Supported Software 4 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 MAINBOARD WTILITY CD Intel 865PE chipset Chipset Drivers Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Supported Software 4 1 1 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is used for updating Windows 98 98SE 2000 ME XP s INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on the main menu The following screen will appear Setup Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Version 5 0 1 1015 Setup
14. Small Logof EPA Show Enabled P De 0 ed D evio 6 6 o d De 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 The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Do 3 56 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 1 CPU Feature Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Thermal Management TM2 Bus Ratio TM2 Bus VID Limit CPUID MaxVal NX BIOS Control Tie lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Delay Prior To Thermal This field is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50 duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating temperature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment Thermal Management Thermal Monitor On die throttling Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio and VID transition TM2 Bus Ratio This field is used to select the frequency bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor turns from cool to hot TM2 Bus VID
15. 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 Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to retum to the main menu 89 3 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 SAVE to CMOS and EXIT N Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS i Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup 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 90 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 Quit Without Saving Y N N t Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Thee Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot
16. 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 9 3 BIOS Setup 3 2 Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility AVVDFLASH EXE You can download them from DF s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative Note AWDFLASH EXE works only in DOS mode Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AVVDFLASH 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 utility by typing AVVDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear 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 File Name to Program then press lt Enter gt 92 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
17. as shown in the illustration below Retention lever Retention lever 4 Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down This will secure the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly to the retention module base Note You will not be able to push the lever down if the direction iS incorrect 5 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board 23 2 24 Hardware Installation 2 4 2 4 Jumper Settings Clear CMOS Data 12 3 1 2 3 l 2 On Normal 2 3 On default Clear CMOS Data If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the supervisor or user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processors ratio clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below Poweroff the system 2 Set JP5 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP5 back to its default setting pins and 2 On 3 Now power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the p
18. f e ene O O e 6 e De 0 ed De 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 Channel 0 Master Slave and IDE Channel Master Slave The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select Auto the BIOS will auto detect the HDD amp CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD amp CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None 5 3 52 BIOS Setup 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 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 Precomp 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 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 4 Dr
19. he system boot will not stop for a disk error will stop for all other errors he system boot will not stop for a disk or 54 BIOS Setup 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 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 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 CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help Hard Disk Boot Priority Virus Warning CPU L1 amp L2 Cache CPU L3 Cache Hyper Threading Technology Quick Power On Self Test None BBS SCSI Card Boot USB Flash Disk Type First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode MPS Yersion Control For 0 0S Select For DRAM gt 64MB HDD M A R T Capability Report No FDD For WIN 95 Full Screen LOGO Show
20. or the network Resume On Ring LAN 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 3 1 5 14 Date of Month Alarm 0 The system will poweron everyday according to the time set in the Time hh mmiss Alarm field 3 Select a date you would like the system to poweron The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field 3 1 5 15 Time hh mm ss Alarm This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to poweron everyday as set in the Date of Month Alarm field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu 78 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 16 Keyboard Mouse Power On This field allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Disabled Default setting Password When this option is selected set the password you would like to use to poweron the system in the KB Power On Password field Hot Key When this option is selected select the function key you would like to use to power on the system in the Hot Key Power On field Mouse Left When this option is selected double click the left button of the mouse to power on the system Mouse Right When this option is selected double click the right button of the mouse to power on
21. similar to the one below will appear Time hh mm ss IDE Channel Master IDE Channel 8 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On ove e ele PUZPD e fj e ene Pre e e De 0 ed De O D 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 1990 to 2098 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 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays minutes from 00 to 59 Second displays seconds from 00 to 59 Jy BIOS Setup 3 1 1 3 IDE Channel O Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel Master and IDE Channel Slave Move the cursor to the IDE Channel O Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel Master or IDE Channel Slave field then press lt Enter Note Br fields in this section will vary in accordance to the settings in On Chip Serial ATA Setting OnChip IDE Device section of the Integrated Peripherals submenu IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Channel Master Access Mode e e ele PU PD e
22. the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure the onboard IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information Hardware Installation 2 6 7 Cooling Fan Connectors Power crane Sense 3 imn ol CPU fan 3 N C Ground Power Chassis fan Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector J13 on the system board The chassis fan connector J17 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 BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fan Refer to
23. the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working 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 Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters 2 Make sure that the serial device s power is turned on and that the device is on line Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem may be due to the onboard I O or the address setting Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 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 ens
24. the system Any Key Press any key to power on the system Keyboard 98 When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windows 98 compatible keyboard to power on the system 3 1 5 17 KB Power On Password Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt Enter your pass word You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in this field You must type the correct password to power on the system If you forgot the password power off the system and remove the battery Wait for a few seconds and install it back before powering on the system 3 1 5 18 KB Power On Hot Key This field is used to select a function key that you would like to use to power on the system LI 3 80 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 19 PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off Turn On Last State 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 When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power
25. the system files The host controller should be installed correctly when Device Manager is updated after the install For Windows XP Please get the XP USB2 0 driver from Microsoft XP Service Pack 1 Important Please make sure USB Controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled or All Enabled before install the USB 2 0 driver 3 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Important M gt If you are using Windows XP you must install the Windows Service Pack USB 2 0 driver which comes available after you have installed the operating system Supported Software 4 2 4 LAN Drivers The LAN drivers support autorun for the following operating systems Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon 2 Click LAN Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear Realtek Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup RTLSetup x Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek RTL8139 810x Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup The InstallShield Wizard will install Realtek RTL8139 810x Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup on your computer To continue click Next lt Back Cancel 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the sys
26. through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore providing two times faster data transfer 6 channel Audio The audio jacks at the rear panel will support 6 channel audio only when the audio utility is configured to support this function The mic in at the rear will be disabled Use the front audio s mic in jack Introduction S PDIF 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 Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1 0 specification With speed of up to 5Gbps it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is OOMB s IrDA Interface The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices The IRDA Infrared Data Association specification supports data transfers of 15K baud at a distance of meter USB Ports
27. 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 59 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 14 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 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 15 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 it 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 16 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 17 Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration be
28. 865PE ALE Rev B System Board User s Manual 83400438 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders This publication is provided for informational purposes only The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2004 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel Pentium 4 and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders Caution To avoid damage to the system e Use the correct AC input voltage range To reduce the risk of electric shock e Unp
29. ACPI function ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 2000 ME XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operating system This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM Random Access Memory when it powers off The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power on the system Important P gt The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 gt IA Introduction AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually let the system power on automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs Package Checklist One system board One IDE cable One floppy cable One Serial ATA data cable One I O shield One Mainboard Utility CD One user s manual NANNNANAAAN 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 ml o 1 PS 2 power select P6 Parallel 12V power p USB 1 4 pow
30. B 2 0 1 1 ports Black are at locations CN5 and CN6 for USB 2 and USB 3 4 respectively JIO USB 5 6 and JI USB 7 8 connectors allow you to connect 4 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The additional USB ports which are mounted on card edge brackets will be provided as options If you wish to use the optional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to JIO and or JI I BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 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 Intel USB 2 0 Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information Ja 2 34 Hardware Installation Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse The Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function e BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From 3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important M gt e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of
31. CPU s temperature exceeded the limit warning beeps will sound 3 1 7 2 Current CPU Temperature and Current CPU Fan Speed These fields will show the current temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the CPU fan in RPM Revolutions Per Minute 3 1 7 3 CPU V 1 5V 3 3V 5V 12V VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields will show the output voltage of the monitored devices or components 83 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 7 4 Shutdown Temperature You can prevent the system from overheating by selecting a tem perature in this field If the system detected that its temperature exceeded the one set in this field it will automatically shutdown This function will work only when you enable this function in the Hardware Monitor utility Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop up or a warming alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information 84 BIOS Setup 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control oe H BIO 0 Auto Detect PCI Clk Spread Spectrum Async AGP PCI CPU Clock ove e ele PU PD e f e ene Previo 6 6 e De 0 ed De The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 8 1 CPU Cloc
32. DRAM Timing Selectable 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 information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system The CAS Latency Time to DRAM RAS Precharge fields will show the default settings by SPD 64 BIOS Setup Manual If you want better performance for your system other than the one by SPD select Manual then select the best option in the CAS Latency Time to DRAM RAS Precharge fields 3 1 3 2 CAS Latency Time This field is used to select the local memory clock periods 3 1 3 3 Active to Precharge Delay The options are 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 3 1 3 4 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay The options are 2 3 and 4 3 1 3 5 DRAM RAS Precharge This field controls RAS precharge in local memory clocks 3 1 3 6 Memory Frequency For This field is used to select the memory clock speed of the DIMM The system board supports DDR333 or DDR400 when using 800MHz FSB CPU DDR333 will run at 320MHz memory frequency when used with 800MHz FSB CPU Under such circumstance make sure this field is set to Auto or DDR320 Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specifica tion
33. Fan and Heat Sink The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heatsink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Note Only use Intel certified fan and heat sink An Intel boxed processor package contains a retention mechanism heat sink fan and installation guide If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package If you are installing a non boxed processor the heat sink fan and retention mechanism assembly may look different from the one shown in this section but the procedure will more or less be the same 2 2 Hardware Installation The system board comes with the retention module base already installed Retention Retention hole hole Retention Retention hole hole Retention module base 2 Position the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU then align and snap the retention legs hooks to the retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base Note You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly did not fit properly onto the CPU and retention module base Fan heat sink ___ and retention mechanism assembly Unsnapped 22 Hardware Installation 3 The retention levers at this time remains unlocked
34. Intel R Chipset Software installation Utility Welcome to the Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility This utility will enable Plug amp Play INF support for Intel R chipset components caen 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the utility to take effect As Supported Software 4 1 2 Audio Drivers To install please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Audio Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 4 Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup 4 96 n Realtek NOL iii A3 6 Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup 4 96 b Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek AC S7 Audio The InstallShield Wizard will install Realtek AC 97 Audio on your computer To continue click Next ces 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 96 4 1 3 Supported Software Intel USB 2 0 Drivers If you are using a USB 2 0 device you must install the USB 2 0 driver The drivers are supported in the following operating systems Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 To install the driver please follow the steps below l 2 On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon Click Intel USB 2 0 Drivers on the main menu If you are using Windows 98 SE or Windows ME the follow
35. J5 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 The front audio is enabled The rear audio is disabled Pins 5 6 and 9 10 open Driver Installation Install the Audio Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information 37 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 I O Connectors 2 6 1 CD in Internal Audio Connector Ground r Ground Left audio Right audio channel channel The CD in J4 connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 38 2 6 2 S PDIF Connector SPDIF GN in D SPDIF out Key 5V Hardware Installation ob Hi a
36. Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BCIIRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPR EPP ECP and ECP EPR 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 73 3 BIOS Setup EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed If you selected EPR the EPP Mode Select field is selectable If you selected ECR the ECP Mode Use DMA field is selectable If you selected ECP EPP both EPP Mode Select and ECP Mode Use DMA are selectable EPP Mode Select This field is used to select the EPP mode of the parallel port ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select a DMA channel of the parallel port 74 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type i Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft 0ff by PWR BTTN Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring
37. PS 2 keyboard port e Parallel port e COM port e USB ports e LAN port Mic in jack Line out jack Line in jack 22 2 30 Hardware Installation 2 5 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports PS 2 Mouse 1 o PS 2 Keyboard X 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 Warning mo sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the keyboard or mouse to power on the system To use this function e BIOS Setting Configure the PS 2 keyboard mouse wake up function in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 720mA 2 5 2 Parallel Port Parallel 2 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 Of Gy o00000000000 operejo Hardware Installation
38. Panel Connectors 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 Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWR BTTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 47 2 48 Hardware Installation PVVR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend or S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every second Note lf 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 Assignment HD LED IDD LED Power Primary Secondary HDD
39. 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 2 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please go to DF s web site at http www dfi com support download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or software applications 102 Appendix A Enabling Hyper Threading Technology A I Enabling Hyper Threading Technology To enable the functionality of the Hyper Threading Technology please follow the requirements and steps below Basically the following presumes that you have already installed an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology The system requires a minimum of 300 Watt ATX 2V power supply Aside from installing a CPU fan on the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology make sure to install cooling fans The system requires adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The CPU Hyper Threading field in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS setup will appear Make sure this field is set to Enabled Currently only Windows XP supports the Hyper Threading Technology If this OS has been previously installed you must REINSTALL it After installing Windows XP please check the following t
40. any translation 3 1 3 11 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 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 12 Fast Chip Select The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled 3 1 3 13 CPC Addr Control The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled 66 OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Onboard Device Press Enter Superl0 Device Press Enter Menu Level gt 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 IDE HDD Block Mode memea PCI IDE On Chip Primary Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Henu Level ee IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto If your IDE hard drive IDE Primary Slave UDHA Auto supports block mode On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled select Enabled for IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto automatic detection of IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto the optimal number of IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto block read writes per IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto sector the drive can suppor t Qn Chip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA Auto Serial ATA Port Mode Primary Master Serial ATA Porti Mode Primary Master The settings on the screen are for referenc
41. 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 25 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 62 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable Manual CAS Latency Time Active to Precharge Delay H evel DRAM RASH to CASH Delay DRAM RASH Precharge Memory Frequency For System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15H 16M AGP Aperture Size MB Init Display First Fast Chip Select CPC Addr Control Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1i General Help Eo i 1 F6 Fai F Opti lts Previous Values ail Safe Defaults timized Defau 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 would be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system 3 1 3 1
42. chapter 3 for more information 45 2 46 Hardware Installation 2 6 8 Power Connectors ne Il fe za 3 3V 3 3V 12V 3 3V U Ground Ground jia PS ON 5V Ground Ground Ground 5V 4 Ground Ground 5V PW OK 5V 5VSB 5V 12V 2010 12V Ground l 3 2 4 Ground 12V We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the AIXI2V Power Supply Design Guide Version l l 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 2VDC current to the processors 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 Hardware Installation 2 6 9 Front
43. ct Supported Software 4 1 6 Microsoft DirectX 9 To install please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 9 on the main menu The following screen will appear Installing Microsoft R DirectX R Welcome to setup for DirectX The Direct setup wizard guides you through installation of Direct Runtime Components Please read the following license agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement ou must accept the agreement to continue the setup MICROSOFT DIRECTX 9 0 SUPPLEMENTAL END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Supplemental EULA IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY These Microsoft Corporation Microsoft operating system components including any online or electronic documentation OS Components are subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement under which you have licensed the applicable Microsoft operating system product described accept the agreement C don t accept the agreement Cancel 3 Click I accept the agreement then click Next 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect IOI Supported Software 4 2 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
44. d 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 3 1 2 4 CPU LI amp L2 Cache This field speeds up the memory access The default value is enabled Enable the external cache for better performance 3 1 2 5 CPU L3 Cache This field is used to enable or disable the CPU s L3 cache 3 1 2 6 Hyper Threading Technology for Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology only This field is used to enable the functionality of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology and will appear only when using this processor 3 1 2 7 Quick Power On Self Test This 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 Fast BIOS Setup 3 1 2 8 None BBS SCSI Card Boot If you are using a non BBS BIOS Boot Specificaton SCSI card you must set this fie
45. d securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed 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 monitors power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet Check that the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving 2 The monitor has lost its vertical sync Adjust the monitor s vertical sync Move away any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems to be constantly wavering If the monitor is close to another monitor the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering Power Supply When the computer is turned on nothing happens 2 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 ty
46. e Se E E E 106 Appendix C Troubleshooting C I Troubleshooting necks ncccaceeneenmeemscmeniacmaed 108 Chapter Introduction l l Specifications Processor Intel Pentium 4 Prescott and Northwood processor up to 3 4GHz Intel Hyper Threading Technology FSB 533MHz and 800MHz Intel Celeron D processor 533MHz system data bus Intel Celeron processor 400MHz system data bus Processor socket Socket 478 Chipset Intel 865PE chipset Intel 82865PE Memory Controller Hub MCH Intel 82801ER I O Controller Hub ICHS5 System Memory Two 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets Supports dual channel 1 28 bit wide memory interface Supports up to 2GB system memory Synchronous operation with processor system bus PC2100 PC2700 PC3200 DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 with 800MHz FSB CPU DDR333 will run at 320MHz memory frequency when used with 800MHz FSB CPU Use PC2100 PC2700 DDR266 DDR333 with 533MHz FSB CPU Use PC2100 DDR266 with 400MHz FSB CPU Supports non ECC DIMMs Supports up to 512Mb DRAM densities Supports unbuffered DIMMs BIOS Award BIOS Plug and Play compatible 2Mbit flash memory Introduction Energy Efficient Design e Supports ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Management Supports ACPI STR Suspend to RAM function Wake On Events include Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse Wake On Ring external modem Wake On LAN RIC timer to power o
47. e only Your version may not be identical to this one 67 3 68 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 maxi mum 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 On Chip Primary PCI IDE and On Chip Secondary PCI IDE These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and second ary IDE controller Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the 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 according 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 BIOS Setup IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use Wh
48. e or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BlOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer 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 battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy type mismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the
49. ectors floppy connector 20 pin ATX power connector 4 pin ATX 2V power connector front panel connector 2 fan connectors Expansion Slots AGP 8x slot 5 PCI slots PCB ATX form factor 30 5cm 12 01 x 20cm 7 87 Introduction 2 Special Features of the System Board Hyper Threading Technology Functionality Requirements The system board supports Intel processors with Hyper Threading Technology Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms Components e CPU an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology e Chipset an Intel chipset that supports HT Technology e BIOS a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled e OS an operating system that includes optimizations for HT Technology Refer to Appendix A for information about enabling the functionality of the Hyper Threading Technology For more information on Hyper Threading Technology go to www intel com info hyperthreading CPU Overheat Protection CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up Once the CPU s temperature exceeded the temperature limit pre defined by the CPU the system will automatically shutdown This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment DDR DDR Double Data Rate is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate
50. em from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 3 1 5 10 Wake Up by PCI Card 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 to the PCI card 77 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 1 1 Power On By Ring Set this field to Enabled to use the modem ring on function This will allow your system to power on to respond to calls coming from an extemal modem 3 1 5 12 USB KB Wake Up From S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state This can be configured only if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR 3 1 5 13 Resume By 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 Alarm and Time hh mm ss Alarm fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls
51. en 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 On Chip Serial ATA Setting This section is used to configure the serial ATA drives On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Disables the onboard SATA Auto The system will detect the existing SATA and IDE drives then automatically set them to the available master slave mode Combined Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and SATA drives allowing a maximum of 4 drives You must manually set the SATA drives mas ter slave mode in the Serial ATA PortO Mode and Serial ATA Port Mode fields Enhanced Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and SATA drives allowing a maximum of 6 drives SATA Only This option automatically sets the SATA drives to Primary Master and Secondary Master modes Since both drives are in master mode you cannot set the IDE drives to Master mode The Serial ATA PortO Mode and Serial ATA Port Mode fields will not be configurable Serial ATA PortO Mode and Serial ATA Port Mode These fields are used to select the master slave mode of the Serial ATA drives Make sure they do not conflict with the set tings of the IDE hard drives 69 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 4 2 Onboard Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear
52. er select JP3 pit Lyp2 CPU FSB select BLb 9205 U lo i aa mil PCI PCI 2 Codec ATN S PDIF 1 Winbond WB83627HF PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 4 Front aud io USB 5 6 USB 7 8 USB 5 8 power select JP4 IDE2 IDE Clear CMOS J SATA 2 1 SATA Chassis fan SPEAKER RESET HD LED Ge ATX SW PWRLED 2 Hardware Installation gt Warning C Electrostv discharge ESD can damage your system board processor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection 2 2 System Memory on The system board sup
53. er 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 or ATA 100 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the 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 to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized 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 OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 43 2 44 Hardware Installation 2 6 6 IrDA Connector IRRX Ground I N C ais i Toss off Connect your IrDA cable to connector J6 on the system board Note Bi sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board Make sure to connect the cable to
54. et 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 Hardware Installation 2 3 CPU 2 3 1 Overview The system board is equipped with a surface mount 478 pin CPU socket This socket is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor 2 3 2 Installing the CPU Locate Socket 478 on the system board 2 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 properly Lever 2 Hardware Installation 3 Position the CPU above the socket then align the gold mark on the comer of the CPU designated as pin with pin of the socket Important P gt Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins y Gold mark 4 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 20 Hardware Installation 5 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 2 3 3 Installing the
55. gins 60 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 18 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt 3 1 2 19 APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting 3 1 2 20 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using 3 1 2 21 OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS 2 3 1 2 22 HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive s failure The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is supported in ATA 33 or later hard drives 3 1 2 23 Report No FDD For WIN 95 The options are Yes and No 6 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 2 24 Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to appear during system
56. grated Peripherals submenu Super I O Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 4 Serial ATA Connectors 7 SATA 2 7 SATA The system board is equipped with two Serial ATA connectors for connecting Serial ATA devices Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to JI5 SATA 1 or J14 SATA 2 and the other end to your Serial ATA device BIOS Setting Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 4 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 5 IDE Disk Drive Connector
57. igned assigned IRQ 15 assigned tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings 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 The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCl VGA 3 1 6 5 INT Pin 1 5 Assignment to INT Pin 4 Assignment By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up you will see NA for the device that does not have an IRQ assigned 82 BIOS Setup 3 1 7 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Shutdown Temperature Tl Move Enter Select PU PD VYalue F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help 9 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 7 1 CPU Warning Temperature This field is used to select the CPU s temperature limit Once the system has detected that the
58. ing screen will appear J Intel USB 2 0 Support v1 1 Setup Intel USB 2 0 Support v1 1 Setup INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT x Please read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT BY UNZIPPING THIS FILE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THETERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT UNZIP THIS FILE UNTIL YOU HAVE CAREFULLY READ AND AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT PROMPTLY DELETE THIS FILE IF YOU UNZIP THIS FILE YOU WILL BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT LICENSE You may copy the Software onto your organization s computers for your organization s use and you may make a reasonable number of back up copies of the Software subject to these conditions o you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No Setup will close To i this product you must accept this agreement Print UT Supported Software Windows 2000 does not support auto installation of the USB 2 0 driver When you click Intel USB 2 0 Drivers the readme screen will appear j USB20_ICHS5 Notepad i loj x File Edit Format Help INSTALLATION For Windows 98SE ME Please go directly to the USB20 WIN9X of th CD and doble click Setup For Windows 2000 Open Device Manager and open the properties for the USB 2 0 and then install
59. ive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 1 5 Video No floppy drive is installed 5 1 4 5 1 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 in standard drive 360KB capacity in Al type high density drive 2MB capacity in double sided drive 720KB capacity in double sided drive 1 44MB capacity 3 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity 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 detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All But Keyboard T All But Diskette T it All But Disk Key T keyboard error it will stop for all other errors he system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors
60. iver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits About this Manual 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 user s 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 About the Package The system board and accessories in the package may not come similar to the information stated in this manual This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more information about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative Warranty Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from misuse of the product inability to use the product unauthorized replacement or alteration of components and product specifications 2 The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to ph
61. k Ratio This field is used to select the frequency ratio of the processor Important M gt The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind of processor setting an extended ratio for the processor will have no effect The system will instead use its factory default ratio 3 1 8 2 Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI devices 3 1 8 3 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in tts default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician 85 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 8 4 Async AGP PCI Clock This field is used to select the bus clock of the AGP and PCI 3 1 8 5 CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor The available options allow you to adjust the processors bus clock by MHz increment Important M gt Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance 86 BIOS Setup 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults The Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and
62. keyboard Is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure 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 107 108 Appendix C Troubleshooting C I Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer To efficiently troubleshoot your system treat each problem individually This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on 2 All cables and power cords are tightly connected 3 The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are connected is working Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seate
63. ld to Enabled 3 1 2 9 USB Flash Disk Type Auto Automatically detects the USB device HDD Emulates the USB flash disk to HDD mode Floppy Emulates the USB flash disk to floppy mode 3 1 2 10 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 11 Swap Floppy Drive When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this field is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function 3 1 2 12 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 13 Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots
64. lug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing After installation or servicing cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord Battery e Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced e Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer e Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reonent or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the rece
65. n the system e AC power failure recovery Hardware Monitor e Monitors CPU temperature and overheat alarm e Monitors CPU 1 5V 3 3V 5V 2V VBAT 5VSB voltages e Monitors the speed of the CPU fan e CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature and fan during system boot up automatic shutdown upon system overheat Onboard Audio Features 6 channel audio CODEC e 20 bit stereo full duplex codec with independent variable sam pling rate e True stereo line level outputs e S PDIF in out interface Onboard LAN Features e Realtek RTL8 100C PCI controller e Integrated power management functions e Full duplex support at both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps e Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation e Supports wire for management Serial ATA Interface e Supports two SATA Serial ATA interfaces which are compliant with SATA 1 0 specification 1 5Gbps interface IDE Interface e Supports up to UltraDMAI OOMbps hard drives Introduction Rear Panel I O Ports mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port DB 25 parallel port DB 9 serial port RJ45 LAN port 4 USB 2 0 ports Mic in line out and line in jacks I O Connectors 2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2 0 ports connector for one external serial port front audio connector for external line out and mic in jacks CD in internal audio connector S PDIF connector for optical cable connection IrDA connector 2 Serial ATA connectors 2 IDE conn
66. ns Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DHA The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one KBC Input Clock This is used to select the input clock of your keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manu ally select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 Disabled Disables the onboard serial port and or serial port 2 es BIOS Setup UART Mode Select This field is used to select the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA device For better transmission of data your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 angle and within a distance of meter RxD TxD Active The options are Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo and Hi Hi IR Transmission Delay If this field is Enabled transmission of data will be slower This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device The options are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously Use IR Pins The options are IR Rx2Tx2 and RxD2TxD2
67. o ensure that the operating system has been properly installed a Click Start point to Settings then click Control Panel b Double click the System icon The System Properties dialog box will appear 103 Enabling Hyper Threading Technology c Click the General tab The processor shown under Computer should resemble the one shown below System Properties System Restore Automatic Updates Remote General Computer Name Hardware Advanced System Microsoft Windows xP Professional My Version 2002 T Registered to h 5627 4 005 5307992 22189 Computer Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 06GHz 3 05 GHz 256 MB of RAM d Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below Device Manager File Action view Help 8 62 a WH B EOYXEVYDS9L g Computer 1J ACPI Multiprocessor PC See Disk drives 2 Display adapters 3 DVD CD ROM drives 4 Floppy disk controllers J Floppy disk drives E IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices 1 B9 Network adapters aF Ports COM amp LPT MR Processors We Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 06GHz Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 06GHz SCSI and RAID controllers Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Monitors 104 Enabling Hyper Threading Technology
68. of the memory supported by the system board 3 1 3 7 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at FOOOOQH FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system BIOS Setup 3 1 3 8 Video BIOS Cacheable As with caching the system BIOS enabling the Video BIOS cache will allow access to video BIOS addresssed at COQOOQH to C FFFH to be cached if the cache controller is also enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the faster the video performance 3 1 3 9 Memory Hole At I5M 16M In order to improve system performance certain space In memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 6MB When enabled the CPU assumes the 5 16MB memory range is allocated to the hidden ISA address range instead of the actual system DRAM When disabled the CPU assumes the 5 16MB address range actually contains DRAM memory If more than 16MB of system memory is installed this field must be disabled to provide contiguous system memory 3 1 3 10 AGP Aperture Size MB This field is used to select the size of the system RAM that can be allocated to the AGP for graphics purposes Aperture refers to a portion of the PCI memory address range that is dedicated for the graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without
69. on when power retums 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 BIO 0 Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By PCIZYGA Palette Snoop INT Pin 1 5 Assignment INT Pin 2 Assignment INT Pin 3 Assignment INT Pin 4 Assignment 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 The system will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the IRQ Resources field respectively 8 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources assigned PCI Device Item Help assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned ass
70. pe of voltage you are using The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive 2 The floppy diskette may not be formatted Format the diskette and try again The diskette may be write protected Use a diskette that is not write protected You may be writing to the wrong drive Check the path statement to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive There is not enough space left on the diskette Use another diskette with adequate storage space 109 C 110 Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure 2 Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two hard drives make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave The master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to format it is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 2 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached Verify that
71. ports DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SORAM 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 The two DDR DIMM sockets are divided into two channels and support the following memory interfaces Single Channel SC Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits 8B from the memory channels Hardware Installation Virtual Single Channel VSC If both channels are populated with different memory configura tions the MCH defaults to Virtual Single Channel Dual Channel DC Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate Single Channel Only one socket is populated with DIMM Virtual Single Channel The two DIMM sockets are populated with different memory configurations Dual Channel The two DIMM sockets are populated with identical memory configurations BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS 2 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 Notch Key a An Tab Tab Pin Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the sock
72. press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N S Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Thre Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default settings will be loaded 87 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS i Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values 88 BIOS Setup 3 1 11 Set Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a 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 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 Password and press lt Enter gt Set Password SE Te Enter Password Esc Oui F9 Menu in BIOS oe Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Type in the password
73. rocessor s ratio clock in the BIOS please proceed to step 4 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 Enter gt Set the processor s ratio clock to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 25 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 2 CPU FSB Select JPI JP2 JPI JP2 JPI JP2 ssf 1 ofe aa 2 2 o o 2 olo s 3 olo s l 2 On 2 3 On All Off JPI JP2 l 2 On l 2 On 2 3 On 2 3 On 2 3 On All Off All Off All Off All Off 2 3 On denotes default setting JPI and JP2 are used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board The default setting is Auto The s
74. tem for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the Windows NT 4 0 system has detected the Realtek RTL8100 fast ethernet controller it will prompt you to install the driver The driver is in the Realtek_LAN WINNT4 directory of the CD a 100 Supported Software 4 1 5 Hardware Monitor The system board comes with the Hardware Monitor utility con tained in the provided CD This utility is capable of monitoring the system s health conditions and allows you to manually set a range Highest and Lowest Limit to the items being monitored If the settings values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition To install please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Hardware Monitor on the main menu The following screen will appear InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Hardware Doctor The InstallShield Wizard will install Hardware Doctor on your computer To continue click Next lt Back Cancel 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effe
75. ure that the jumpers are properly 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 component into the socket If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults
76. wer Down fields 3 1 5 5 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked WH SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization 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 6 Video Off In Suspend This field is used to activate the video off feature when the system enters the Suspend mode The options are Yes and No 76 BIOS Setup 3 1 5 7 Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off 3 1 5 8 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 9 Soft Off by PWWR BTTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management func tion 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 syst
77. wn 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 poweron the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 20mA 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 The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 720mA Introduction Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state Important P e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse 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 Keyboard Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configuration 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 2000 ME XP supports the
78. your power supply must support 215A e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A Hardware Installation 2 5 5 RJ45 Fast Ethernet Port g u a R 45 LAN Fa The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at location 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 Onboard Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more informa tion 39 2 36 Hardware Installation 2 5 6 Audio Rear Panel Audio and Front Audio Mic in Line out OOO
79. ysical abuse improper installation modification accidents or unauthorized repair of the product 3 Unless otherwise instructed in this user s manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjustments or repairs on the product whether in or out of warranty It must be returned to the purchase point factory or authorized service agency for all such work 4 We will not be liable for any indirect special incidental or consequencial damages to the product that has been modified or altered Table of Contents Chapter Introduction Lol SPECIEI Snie 2 Special Features of the System Board l3 Package CHEcKliS tiuneriai Chapter 2 Hardware Installation el System Board Layout ssssssssrissrisresrssresrrssresreisresrasresrasrsraranaanan 22 yten Memo kas scaled ere aaan 23 CPU ee A een eer 2A JUMPE SENES nonan 23 Rear Panel VO PON iciennniiencsinaumeoneantannuiunsnandnnes ZO WOMCGRMECIONS sinnini Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 The Basic Input Output Syste cactccwarcsesresisieerinaviseneceinvnsis 3 2 Updating the BO Smisieauesmiuynsmiemiynna Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications 42 Installation OOS teeta tear eet 5 oe 16 19 Appendix A Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology A Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology 103 Appendix B System Error Messages BM ROS T BEED aer a eee cement 106 B2 EnorMes do
80. ystem will run according to the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board Important M gt e If you are using a CPU whose frequency has been locked by the manufacturer overclocking will have no effect e Overclocking may result to the CPU s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance If you are unable to boot your system due to overclocking make sure to set these jumpers back to their default settings 26 Hardware Installation 2 4 3 PS 2 Power Select we 822 4 321 SS aig l 2 On 5V 2 3 On 5VSB default qE JP6 is used to select the power of the PS 2 keyboard mouse port Selecting SVSB will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to wake up the system BIOS Setting Configure the PS 2 keyboard mouse wake up function in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important M gt me 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 20mMA 27

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