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1. 3 3V 3 3V 12V 3 3V Ground Ground PS ON 5V Ground Ground Ground 5V Ground Ground 5V PW OK 5V 5VSB 5V 12V 2010 12V Ground 3 2 4 Ground 12V We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATXI2V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1 Connect the ATX1 2V power supply s 20 pin ATX main power connector and 4 pin 12V power connector to J 7 and CN2 respectively The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power sup ply 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 8 Front Panel Connectors Gal RESET SPEAKER poe n 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
2. IDE DE 2 The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE head ers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Elec tronics 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 JI header 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 J2 header on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices 42 Hardware Installation N ote Refer to your disk drive user s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE driv
3. 4 he system board supports 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports wo onboard USB orts Black are at location CNI of the system board U he J26 USB 3 4 connector allows you to connect 2 additional SB ports The additional USB ports may be mounted on a card dge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis hen insert the cable connector to J26 o cH BIO S Setting Configure the USB ports in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device field 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 USB 2 0 devices install the VIA USB 2 0 Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information 3 2 32 Hardware Installation W ake O n 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 Resume from 3 IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 4 Serial Ports 9000000000000
4. last g This jumper is used to select the power of the PS 2 keyboard port BIO S Setting Selecting 5V_DUL will allow you to use the Wake On PS 2 Keyboard function PS2KB Wakeup Select IRQ Event Activity De tect field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important 4 The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 20mA 2 Hardware Installation 2 4 3 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU s FSB Bb ITUNES THOTT TTT TTT TTT 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 l 2 On Auto 2 3 On default OOMHz This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board The default setting is Auto The system will run according to the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board Important V If you are using a CPU whose frequency has been locked by the manufacturer overclocking will have no effect Overclocking may result to the CPU s or system s in
5. To reduce the risk of electric shock e Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing After installation or servicing cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord Battery Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions Joystick or MIDI port Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than IOA current at 5V DC There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit FCC and DOC Statement on Class B Thi for 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 will s equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules nstruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference 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
6. n the BIOS the default values stored in he ROM BIOS please follow Power off the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JPI pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP back to its default setting pins and 2 On 3 Now plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor s ratio clock in the BIOS please pro ceed 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 CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 25 2 26 Hardware Installation 2 4 2 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS 2 Power I JP2 123 123 z mE og l 2 On VCC 2 3 On 5V_DUL default
7. The options are 2T and 3T Active to Precharge Tras The options are 5T and 6T Active to CMD Trcd The options are 2T and 3T DRAM Command Rate The options are T Command and 2T Command 6l 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Burst Len The options are 4 and 8 CPU Read DRAM Mode The options are Fast Medium and Slow 3 1 3 2 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear DE OMG atep Utility Bedige Canteal fer 1 E Wirips ber 1 LE Asad or ing r t sP Philalus FUR Save BSCIFeit FloGeseral Hele PSs Eres ti mn res Fatl Gala Fastin Ets Spt indeed Balan its The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in its default setting which is 128M AGP Mode This field is used to select the AGP mode of the AGP card installed on the mainboard The default setting is 4X AGP Driving Control Set this field to Manual only if there are compatibility problems with some AGP cards When set to Manual you must select a value in the AGP Driving Value field 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility AGP Driving Value This field is used to select a value for the AGP Driving control We recommend that you leave this field in its default setting AGP Fast W rit
8. 140M pixels second tri linear fill rate Next generation 28 bit 2D graphics engine High quality DVD video playback 2D 3D resolutions up to 1920x1440 3D rendering features MPEG 2 video textures e 2D hardware acceleration features Motion video architecture e Full software support Introduction Onboard Audio Features Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D e AC 97 supported with full duplex independent sample rate converter for audio recording and playback e S PDIF in out compressed digital output e 6 channel audio output via software S PD IF S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog S PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device The S PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders 6 channel Audio The 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 Onboard LAN Features e Integrated LAN controller e Integrated IEEE 802 3 OBASE T and OOBASE TX compati
9. AVVDFLASH EXE You can download them from DFl s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AWDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the uti flash ity by typing AWDFLASH 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 9 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 6 The following will appear Do You Want to Save BIOS Y N This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press lt Y gt then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press lt N gt 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press lt Y gt to flash the new BIOS 92 Chapter 4 Supported Software 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with a DMI built into
10. Chassis fan HD LED USB 3 4 SPEAKER RESET 1 1 Li ASW PWR LED Hardware Installation W arning a Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your system board proces sor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only lf such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection 2 2 System Memory DDR DDR 2 The system board is equipped with two 1 84 pin DDR DIMM sockets DDR Double Data Rate is a type of SDRAM that dou bles 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 providing two times faster data transfer Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specifi cation of the memory supported by the system board 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Modu
11. Utility 3 1 The Basic Input O utput System The Basic Input Output System BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this mainboard This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS 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 Phase Ls fuerd DS CRG Setup Ged 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press lt Enter gt A screen similar to the one below will appear The sales on athe i screen are T esi nly Your version may not ie Gentica 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
12. entries are defaults required by the mainboard while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference RuardAlts Ce Bete Wide Airani B Feature k OF Festere Liem Hele ee Gt ESU FLiGararal Hulp Tait audi Fri fs stim ad Dar auli 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 3 1 2 1 CPU Feature This field is used to configure the CPU that is installed on the system board Move the cursor to this field then press lt Enter gt 3 1 2 2 Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done 56 Award BIOS Setup Utility Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are run
13. interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice 2 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Notice This user s 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 always 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 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Features and Specifications 7 1 2 Hyper Threading Technology Functionality Requirements 14 3 Package CHEGIISE sat nasstassterentansedctesastgesststhtctteicesettetsiencdoaitaoratte 15 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Zell System Board Layout iss cass tadiees abescttecctcrcdunctboe
14. keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function 69 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 3 Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear rs ra F Bee an Bl screen are for reference only Your version may no The settings on to this one Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port 1 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 manually 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 70 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 D elay If this option is Enabled transmission of data will be slower This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device The options are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receiv
15. of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The 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 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
16. once automatically It will then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 3 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Resources field 80 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 4 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 ala Mias seei Fh Walon PL Fall Gai The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 5 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 VESAVGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 6 Assign IRQ for VGA When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the VGA card installed Your VGA card will need an IRQ only when using the video capture function of the card If you are not using this function and a new device requires an IRQ you can set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the VGA card will be available for your new device 3 1 6 7 Assign IRQ for U
17. pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 To power on the computer just press the power button The operating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply the settings without restarting You must restart the computer Shut pian a a What do yau wani tha compde tp ga C feim I Aadat n HSD S moda E Important Mr you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are in Windows 2000 ME XP please check whether your add in cards or devices support this function If this function is not supported you need to download the appropriate driver from their respective website Appendix C System Error M essage 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 C 1 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 singl
18. save energy 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 support ACPI Currently only Windows 98 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 If you are using the Windows 98 operating system refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix B for more information 73 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 3 Power Management O ption This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend Mode field is activated Min Saving Minimum power saving time for Suspend mode hr Max Saving Maximum power saving time for Suspend mode min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode field 3 1 5 4 HDD Power Down After the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active 3 1 5 5 Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the syst
19. set date and time ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Con guration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP _ supports the ACPI function ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function sh With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 2000 ME XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files 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 2IA 1 Introduction 1 2 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 Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The sys
20. system diskette without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 2 REM HIMEMSYS in the CONFIGSYS or 3 Press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 94 Supported Software 4 1 2 Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc 1996 Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File Save DMI File BIOS Type BIOS Information Handle 0000 Vendor Name BIOS Version BIOS Starting Address Segment E000 BIOS Build Date BIOS Characteristics Size of BIOS ROM 0256K 4 Movecursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Exit The four menus located on top of the DMI Configuration Utility screen are Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File and Save DMI File Use the lt or gt left or right arrow keys to select a menu from the Menu bar On the left side of the screen is a list of the system configuration items Use the T or J up or down arrow keys to select an item The commands at the bottom of the screen will allow you to navi gate through the various setup menus Edit DMI l 2 Use the lt or gt arrow keys to select the Edit DMI menu Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to edit by using the T or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected informa tion Press lt F10 gt to update the edit
21. the BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier With DMI a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a particular computer system without physi cally going to it Quite often a service call may be unnecessary as the problem can be solved remotely The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration Information about the type and speed of CPU type and amount of memory for each memory slot BIOS revision level types of add in PCI boards and components certain re vision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered 4 1 1 Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility type DMICFG EXE You can download this utility from ftp dfiusa com utilities DMI directory The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 180K of base memory Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by Windows must not be installed You may do this by using one of the 3 meth ods listed below Boot up from a
22. the life of the power supply or sys tem 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 PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 47 2 Hardware Installation PW R LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second When the system is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every 4 seconds Note If your system did not boot up and the Power Standby LED did not light after it was powered on it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin Pin Assignment HD LED 3 DD LED Power Primary Secondary IDE LED 5 DD Reserved 14 ee 16 GC ATX SW 8 PWRBT ATX power switch 10 PWRBT Reserved 18 Ke 20 EC RESET 7 Ground Reset switch 9 W Reset SPEA KER 13 Speaker Data Speaker connector 15 HE 17 Ground 19 Speaker Power PW R LED 2 LED Power Power Standby LED 4 LED Power 6 LED Power or Standby Signal 48 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup
23. the system select this option then press lt Enter gt Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt Important If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 Ctri F Use the lt Ctrl gt and lt FI gt keys to wake up the system Disabled Disables the keyboard password function 76 Award BIOS Setup Utility USB Resume from 3 This function 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 VGA When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any VGA activity LPT amp COM Select the port you would like the system to respond and wake up when an event occurs on that port HDD amp FDD When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any hard drive or floppy drive activity PCI Master When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any PCI or bus master activity Resume on PCI Event Set this field to Enabled if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Refer to the card s documentation for more information Resume On LAN Ring This field allows you to enable the Wake On LAN and Wake On Ring function
24. this Packace ek ore Sacer wee hres heen neue Np Scattered sommes pa WANN wap eT Seiten of Oe grag a ry an erene predates ot Donor ott ray end n eee abe eend o ne meaner sans presto aude tm Mets tot 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 102 Supported Software 4 2 5 VIA LAN Drivers The LAN drivers for Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP support Autorun To install the LAN driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon 2 Click VIA LAN Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the system has detected the fast ethernet controller it will prompt you to install the driver for Windows NT 4 0 The driver is in the LANDRV root directory of the CD Please refer to README for the exact location of the drivers 103 Supported Software sssnnnnnnnnnnneneBeBER SOE 4 2 6 Microsoft DirectX 8 1 To install please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main screen The screen be low will appear MAINBOARD __ Unuy CD 9 ha l rote cronl
25. to wake up the system from the S5 state To use this function e Jumper Setting JP2 must be set to 2 3 On 5V_DUL Refer to Jumper Set tings for Selecting the PS 2 Power in this chapter for more information e BIOS Setting PS2KB Wakeup Select IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for more information 29 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 2 RJ45 Fast Ethernet Port R45 LAN lt an b The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at location CNI of the system board It allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub BIO S Setting Configure the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the VIA LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more informa tion 30 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 3 Universal Serial Bus Ports
26. with pin of J23 40 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 3 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Ed The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives To pre vent 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 J6 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 J6 BIO S Setting Enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 4 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 4 IDE Disk Drive Connector Ed 39 40 39
27. BIOS ROM addressed at FOOOOH 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 3 1 3 6 VGA Share Memory Size This field is used to select the memory size that will be shared by the VGA 3 1 3 7 FB Address Conversion The options are Enabled and Disabled 3 1 3 8 FB Page Close Prediction The options are Enabled and Disabled 3 1 3 9 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the onboard VGA AGP or PCI first when the system boots Onboard AGP When the system boots it will first initialize the onboard VGA or AGP PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI 65 66 Proanie Peed CHH tap Utility I L Pala 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 Panis Reesor Oct CRS facie lcd ling oy DE Beerkon z ry Martor I miary Elm FEE i Block Hede The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identica to this one Award BIOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Channel 0 and OnChip IDE Channel 1 These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller The default is Enabled Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller IDE Prefetch Mode This allows data and
28. DRAM Frequency This field shows the detected frequency of the DRAM DRAM Clock This field is used to select the clock speed of the DIMM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM 100 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 2OOMHz 133 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 266MHz 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Timing This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system The SDRAM CAS Latency to DRAM Command Rate fields will show the default settings by SPD Manual If you want a better performance for your system other than the one by SPD select Manual Then select the best option in the SDRAM CAS Latency to DRAM Command Rate fields SDRAM CAS Latency The default setting is 3 which is 3 clock cycles for the CAS latency Bank Interleave The options are 2 Bank 4 Bank and Disabled Precharge to Active Trp
29. P4M266A MLV User s Manual 79910409 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 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies Inc Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders Caution To avoid damage to the system e Use the correct AC input voltage range
30. SB When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the USB device connected to your system However if you are not using USB devices and a new device requires an IRQ set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the USB device will be available for the new device 8 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 8 PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ to PCI Slot 3 Use IRQ By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must 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 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 Frequency Voltage Control tis BuardH OF MOE Fatup Ukility FPragamac grills Itan H lp tisis Facercieleac 47 7AiePicUalus Fif isse FiC Esir Finisnaral Hal i Po Preeebais Ualbars Fe Baifi tate Medan ibe PP Ciptimieed Det anise The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 7 1 CPU Clock Ratio This field is used to select the CPU s frequency ratio Important 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 7 2 Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk When enabled the system will autom
31. abled Pins 5 6 and 9 10 open The front audio is enabled The rear audio is disabled Driver Installation Install the Audio Drivers A 3D Audio Configuration program will automatically be installed This application program will allow you to configure 2 channel 4 channel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects 38 Hardware Installation 2 6 1 0 Connectors 2 6 1 Internal Audio Connectors Left audio channel Ground Ground Right audio 4 channel CD n AUX in The CD in J19 and AUX in J18 connectors are used to recei audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card ve 39 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 2 S PDIF Connector SPDIF out Key GND ve SPDIF in CHID The S PDIF connector J23 is used to connect external S PDIF ports The S PDIF ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J23 Make sure pin of the audio cable connector is aligned
32. addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip thus reducing access time Enable this field to achieve better performance IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the 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 IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for yOu Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories 67 3 68 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block si
33. ake sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIO S Setting Configure IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field 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 IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information Hardware Installation 2 6 6 Cooling Fan Connectors 12V Be Ground N C F T Eo CPU fan Qo EP round Chassis fan Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector J15 on the system board The chassis fan J14 connector 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 45 2 46 Hardware Installation 2 6 7 Power Connectors
34. an 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 Snapped 22 2 Hardware Installation 3 The retention levers at this time remains unlocked 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 re tention mechanism assembly to the retention module base N ote 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 con nector on the system board 23 2 24 Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 4 1 Jumper Settings for Clearing m JP If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted l 1 2 On Normal CMOS Data 2 3 On default Clear CMOS Data b You forgot the keyboard supervisor or user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the proc essor s ratio clock was incorrectly set i you can reconfigure the system with the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in t the steps below
35. ards require that this option be disabled The default value is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled 3 1 2 20 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 58 3 Award BIO S Setup Utility 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features Ti ifia Enter ite lenr as filz F b Ua las PMA aie ES al GE Picteierall He lp Ph Pree ie Da lise Pei Fail Sate Bet amis PSS SebinGted Bed andis 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 59 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear weil Ce Sebo lenk priar Loses ltem Heip SR Barai Ler GPU read DAAM Madr The settings on to this one Current FSB Frequency This field shows the detected FSB of the CPU Current
36. atically send clock signals to existing PCI or DIMM devices 3 1 7 3 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician 83 3 84 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 4 CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the CPU The available options allow you to adjust the CPU s bus clock in IMHz increment The default setting is 1 00MHz Important M gt Overclocking may result in the processor s or system s instability and is not guaranteed to provide better system performance If in the CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Clock field you selected an option other than the default setting and is unable to boot up the system there are 2 methods of booting up the system and going back to its default setting Method Clear the CMOS data by setting JPI to 2 3 On All fields in the BIOS Setup will automatically be set to their default settings Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and power button simultaneously then release the power button first Keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen appears This will allow the system to boot according to the FSB of the processor Now press the lt Del gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select Frequency Voltage Control and set the CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate bus cloc
37. ble PHY e 32 bit PCI master interface e Integrated power management functions e Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps e Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation Supports wire for management 1 Introduction PCI Bus Master IDE Controller e Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices e Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 and ATA 133 hard drives e UDMA Modes 3 4 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 33MB sec e Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer e Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP 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 The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB l i USB 1 1 supports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device trans fer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultane ously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 98 2000 ME XP Plug and Play compatible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up Supports DMI 2 0 function e 4Mbit flash memory Desktop Management Interface D M1 The system board comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your syst
38. boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu 87 3 88 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 11 Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set a user s password with the System option se lected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup set a user s password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features Using user s password to enter Setup allows a user to access only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt fara in BIE i t r i Sean amp Exit Gatup Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in e
39. ce to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 9 Swap Floppy Drive When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this option is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function 3 1 2 10 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 11 Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric eypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys 3 1 2 12 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 woul
40. d 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 13 Typematic Rate C hars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 57 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 14 Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins 3 1 2 15 Security O ption 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 16 APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting 3 1 2 17 MPSVersion Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version used by the system 3 1 2 18 OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS 2 The options are Non OS2 and OS2 3 1 2 19 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed Note that some graphics bo
41. dapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters 3 1 1 6 Halt On This field determines wh detected during power up No Errors The system All Errors The system a non fatal e All But Keyboard The erro All But Diskette The it wi All But Disk Key The ether the system will stop if an error is The default setting is All Errors boot will not stop for any errors detected boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects rror system boot will not stop for a keyboard r it will stop for all other errors system boot will not stop for a disk error stop for all other errors system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors 3 1 1 7 Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard 53 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 54 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 Advanced BIO S Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation Some
42. e hole connecting interface for inserting a plug e Line out Jack Lime CN 3A1 This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Using this jack disables the front au dio s line out function 37 2 Hardware Installation e Line in Jack Light Blue CN 3B1 This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any exter nal audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the line out jack of your external device to this line in jack e Mic in Jack Pink CN3C1 This Jack is used to connect an external microphone 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 Front Audio The front audio connector J24 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 functions Remove the jumper caps from pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 of J24 prior to connecting the front audio cable connector Make sure pin of the cable connector is aligned with pin of J24 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 The front audio is disabled default The rear audio is en
43. e Select Enabled to support the AGP Fast Write function AGP Master 1 W SW rite Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations AGP Master 1 WS Read Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read operations 63 3 64 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 3 CPU amp PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Pres bien fi Pas Fabil tate Befanlis Pes Dbinbsed Bet an The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered to offset the speed difference between the CPU and PCI bus Disabled Writes are not buffered therefore the CPU must wait until the write cycle is complete before starting another write cycle PCI Master 0 W SW rite When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state PCI Delay Transaction When enabled this function frees up the PCI bus for other PCI masters during the PCl to ISA transactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of performance on the PCI bus when ISA accesses are made Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 4 Memory Hole This field is used to select the memory area that must not be addressed to the ISA bus 3 1 3 5 System BIO S Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system
44. e Sh Comal Tiare ee Appendix B Using the Suspend to RAM Function B 1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system please follow the steps below Select Power Management Setup in the main menu screen and press lt Enter gt 2 In the ACPI Function field select Enabled 3 In the ACPI Suspend Type field select S3 STR uct TL ee bail 1 az Rll FE ae bee Pif rit ai GE Pi cites al He lp FE ioe Pa Fail Sate Bet ae E sLinisrd Be ike The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 4 Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu 5 Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 6 Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported drive gt setup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information 109 B Using the Suspend to RAM Function 7 Boot Windows 98 In the Windows 98 desktop click the Start button Move the cursor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by type click Sys
45. e 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 C 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BlOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution D Danger of 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 mainboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different C 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 FLO PPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLO PPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy type mismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed ard Disk s fail 40 DD controller diagnostics failed i ee Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initial
46. eating the processor The CPU HyperThreading 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 HyperThreading Technology If this OS has been previously installed you must REINSTALL it After installing Windows XP please check the following to 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 A Enabling Hyper Threading Technology Click the General tab The processor shown under Computer should resemble the one shown below Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below Pee Peet Oe B be Pymin ra 3P 1 H KH ARAD rirni eral ake ed ae rere b Erm gjan ove Seared ba rere 107 A 108 Enabling Hyper Threading Technology 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 Pe Opie Ve Sei Help p ippa Pob Pilori biag Le reiia aH Total oh Tiris tia dra iiti inant Phil ib iam Cate aan Teal CT tida Lint AER ram HE Fes Lirah honed ime Areca Li PU Lieg
47. ed information into the flash ROM Supported Software Add DMI Use the amp or gt arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu 2 Highlight the ttem on the left screen that you would like to add by using the T or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item 4 Press lt F10 gt to save information into the flash ROM To view information about the added items go to the Edit DMI menu Load DMI File Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press lt Enter gt 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press lt Enter gt 4 The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type lt Y gt All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM Save DMI File Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for save Press lt Enter gt 3 Enter the directory and filename under which you would like the DMI file saved 95 4 96 Supported Software 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contains drivers utilities and software applications required to enhance the per
48. eed operation Standard Parallel Port but in one direction only ECP Allows parallel port to operate in Extended Capabilities Port bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate EPP Allows bidirectional parallel port Enhanced Parallel Port operation at maximum speed BIOS Setting Select the parallel port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 34 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 6 VGA Port ooo0oo000000000 0 fo ooo0oo0o0o0000000 aD ol CA VGA The system board can only be used with an analog video monitor Connect the monitor s 5 pin D shell cable connector to the VGA port Blue at location VGAI If your monitor supports analog video but does not have a 5 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that chooses between analog and TTL or digital operation If your monitor has such a switch set it for analog BIO S Setting Configure the onboard VGA in the Advanced Chipset Features
49. em configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility 1 Introduction Rear Panel I O Ports One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port e One RJ45 LAN port e Two USB 2 0 1 1 ports e One DB 9 serial port e One DB I5 VGA port e One DB 25 parallel port e One game MIDI port e Three audio jacks line out line in and mic in I O Connectors e One connector for 2 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports e One connector for external serial port e One front audio connector for external line out and mic in jacks e Two internal audio connectors AUX in and CD in One S PDIF in out connector One connector for IrDA interface e Two IDE connectors One floppy connector e Two ATX power supply connectors e Two fan connectors 1 1 2 Intelligence Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWRBTN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode 1 Introduction W ake O n 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 ext
50. em enters the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off 3 1 5 6 Video O ff O ption Always On The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode 3 1 5 7 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked WH SYNC Blank This will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initializes display power management signaling Select this if your video board supports it 74 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 8 MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system 3 1 5 9 Soft O ff by PW RBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management field is enabled or disabled if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately pow
51. er off your system 3 1 5 10 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this field is set to Auto the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state 3 1 5 11 PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must press the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last State When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns 75 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 12 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 3 1 5 13 IRQ Event Activity Detect Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Toes Help FF reo al Fitina EEDI Pot FPail Gars Dar salts r The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one PS2KB W akeup Select Password To use a password to wake up
52. ernal 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 If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA W ake O n LAN This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port and a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important M The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA W ake O n PS 2 Keyboard This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the S5 state Important Y gt The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA Introduction W ake O n 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 Q 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 21 5A e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse func tion 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 auto matically power on on the
53. es one must be set as the master and the other as the slave Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 and ATA 133 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function prop erly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the system board Important sA If you encounter 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 con troller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more informa tion 43 2 44 Hardware Installation 216 5 IrDA Connector IRRX N C Ground vec IRTX Connect your IrDA cable to connector J8 on the system board Note The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board M
54. es data simultaneously Use IR Pins The options are IR Rx2Tx2 and RxD2 TxD2 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 EPP These apply to standard specifications and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripheral s manual for the best option SPP Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only ECP Extended Capabilities Port Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate 7 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed EPP Mode Select This is used to select the EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel used for the parallel port Game Port Address This field is used to select the game port s address The options are 201 209 and Disabled Midi Port Address This field is used to select the MIDI port s address If you have selected the MIDI port s address you may select its IRQ in the Midi Port IRQ field Midi Port IRQ This field is used to select the MIDI port s IRQ 72 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively
55. formance 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 WaTLITy CD ers VIA Service Pack Supported Software 4 2 1 VIA Service Pack The VIA Service Pack contains the following drivers e VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver e AGP VxD Driver e IRQ Routing Miniport Driver e VIA INF Driver To install VIA Service Pack please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click VIA Service Pack on the main screen The following screen will appear CNR S Maata Mah 4 Ste 4 VIA Service Pack 4 Sv A a Aeon ae sees te pagan er NE pa ee dandan ma ae tomes aon Hann tae rope Cid Carosi te et Setup ersten dane ars papura pou bee cree Cae on ta ime eee wares a poeci by copag an d werd eae B 3 Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack Readme carefully before proceeding to step 3 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation 5 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect 97 4 Supported Software VIA Service Pack Installation Notes The AGP VxD Driver and VIA INF Driver drivers in the VIA Service Pack are s
56. ienctedaeastatit 16 22 Syste MEMORY ct circanstsreasininstcetnslaestestdenstsinsrtzeigueseettosecinjeieaeb 17 2 CPU rte ree eee eee eee ee 19 ZA JUMPS SSCA eanas 24 25 Rear Panel VO sPorts assciscasachtasccmatsainsenetaceloctleniarettenn tacit 28 Lo VC COIAMECLONS aea stoning aon ap 39 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output SySteM nmumismnssnseeetatanenaennnnt 49 3 2 Updating th BIO Sa acsteackanictad amas amanpeenmecunacancatets 9 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface 93 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications hs AAS Ipstallatiori NOTES niina 105 Appendix A Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology A Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology 106 Appendix B Using the Suspend to RAM Function B Using the Suspend to RAM FUnctionununuunnnnsnnsnnnsnn 109 Appendix C System Error Messages GA POST Beb Dienie EO A 113 C 2 Error Messages ini 113 Appendix D Troubleshooting D 1 Troubleshooting Che cklist mnsm nninnnnnnnnnnnnnssnnnmnsse 115 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Features and Specifications 1 1 1 Features Chipset VIA chipset North bridge VIA P4M266A South bridge VIA VT8235CD Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of the following supported processors e Intel Pentium 4 Processor and Northwood processor up to 3 06GHz Intel Hyper Thread
57. inboard Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system 2 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets 4 Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations 5 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 6 If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults
58. ing Technology FSB 400MHz and 533MHz e Intel Celeron processor 400MHz system data bus System Memory e Two 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets e Supports up to 2GB using PC 600 DDR200 and PC2100 DDR266 unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 5V type e Uses x8 x16 512MB technology DIMMs Memory Size DIMMs Memory Size 2MBx64 16MB 6MBx64 128MB 4MBx64 32MB 32MBx64 256MB 8MBx64 64MB 64MBx64 512MB 1 Introduction Expansion Slots AGP slot e 3 PCI slots AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing z buffering and alpha blending The universal AGP slot supports AGP 4x with up to 1066MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this system board will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC Onboard Graphics Features e Full featured Accelerated Graphics Port AGP controller AGP specification v2 0 compliant Graphics Address Relocation Table GART e High resolution CRT RGB interface 250MHz RAMDAC on chip with Gamma correction Horizontal vertical sync outputs compliant with Monitor Power Management protocols e Integrated Savage8 2D 3D graphics controller and video accelerator Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA 8 6 32MB frame buffer using system memory Single cycle 128 bit 3D architecture 8M triangles second setup engine
59. ization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing PO ST 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 FOOOOQH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s Appendix D Troubleshooting D 1 Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems l 2 3 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 All cables and power cords are tightly connected The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are connected is working Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp
60. k or ratio Note D Use a PS 2 or AT requires a DIN to mini DIN adapter keyboard for method 2 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 8 Load Fail Safe D efaults The Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default settings will be loaded 85 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 9 Load Optimized D efaults 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 aj bard Digi did seni 1 ual Pro Mera fis 1 four Feit Sriup Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values 86 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 10 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisor s password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want to protect access to setup only but not your system set a supervisor s password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features You will not be prompted for a password when you cold
61. le A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board Pin of the DIM module must correspond with Pin of the socket Pin Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Hardware Installation 23 GPU 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 corner of the CPU designated as pin with pin of the socket Important M Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins g 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
62. 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 50 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 1 3 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave Move the cursor to the IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master or IDE Secondary Slave field then press lt Enter gt Tiimit se s Ale Pi Da liss ais FRC Feit Ficileaeral Help F Fi Pail bafe De Pa inbersd eta Fam ihe Gt 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 automatically be shown on the screen IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave If you wish to define your own drive type manually select Manual The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select Auto the BIOS will auto detect the HDD amp CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD amp CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select Normal or Large Please check y
63. ndows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Audio Drivers on the main screen The following screen will appear Click Install Device Driver C Media s Xear 3D Sound Technology Installation Package r r H w install Device Driver install Piay30 Demo Program Cancel 100 Supported Software 3 The following screen will appear C Media JD Audio lnmallatisn Progrant 1 010 Cich Cancel tn pe Saho rehen cone wemagene yeu hve meray Cab Mont i portra rath the Gag pog ae OFTEN The pops panie Wy OMIT lem at Unauberced epesd cton o DEON d he reaper oy phem A mag reed i arana coed ard comered pensaa amet Sate aren doce he auran eaves parski wee eea CT em 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note The 3D Audio Configuration software which is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations will at the same time be installed into your system IOI Supported Software 4 2 4 VIA USB 2 0 Drivers To install the USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click VIA USB 2 0 Drivers The following screen will appear VIA Technologies Inc VIA USB 2 0 Driver Version 2 54 Not Available Inside
64. ning such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 98 2000 ME XP or the operating system may not install nor work 3 1 2 3 CPU L1 amp L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default value is enabled 3 1 2 4 CPU L3 Cache This field is used to enable or disable the CPU s L3 cache 3 1 2 5 Hyper Threading Technology for Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology 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 6 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the system board come with built in Level 2 cache By default ECC is enabled to check the Level 2 cache If you are not using this function set this field to Disabled 3 1 2 7 Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the system When Enabled the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST 3 1 2 8 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 Devi
65. ooooo0o0000000 e Tae ol CAA COM The serial ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices The system board is equipped with an onboard serial port J3 Teal Turquoise for COM and a 9 pin connector at location J4 for COM 2 The serial port for COM 2 may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the cable connector to J4 Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin of J4 BIO S Setting Select the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 33 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 5 Parallel Port Parallel ooo0000000000 0j ALEE O The system board has a standard parallel port Burgundy at lo cation J9 for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPR ECP and EPP modes Setting Function SPP Allows normal sp
66. or other electrical device The monitor is tumed on The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor D isplay If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on l 2 Make sure that the monitor s power switch is on Check that one end of the monitor s power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet Check that the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob 115 D Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving 2 3 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 W hen the computer is turned on nothing happens 2 3 Check that one end
67. our operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select 5 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 3 1 1 4 Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in Al type high density drive 2MB capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 720KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 1 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity 52 3 1 1 5 Video Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 A
68. pins and damage the CPU 20 2 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 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 D e Only use Intel certified fan and heat sink e An Intel boxed processor package contains a retention mechanism heat sink fan and installation guide If the instal lation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package e Ifyou 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 al ready 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 N ote You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the f
69. s e If you are using a LAN card that supports the remote wake up function set this field to Enabled The will allow the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can wake up the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function 77 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility e When enabled the system will power on to respond to calls coming from an external modem Resume on Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month and Resume Time hh immiss fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Date of Month 0 The system will poweron everyday according to the time set in the Resume Time hhimmiss field l 31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will poweron on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mm ss field Resume Time hh mm ss This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to power on everyday as set in the Date of Month field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC
70. set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu 78 Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear bi CAGE detep livibiew ify Randboring Liom Help ree BSC Feit Picteseral Help Bsfan lis f winfsed bed anlte The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one When the Primary INTR and IRQ3 IRQI5 fields are enabled access to the specified IRQ will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disabled the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified IRQ 3 79 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section shows how to configure the PCI bus system It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings fiertHoes Eeta act te ai alua PURiGave EECHEKtt PirGesmral Hulp Fat Pravdeus z Per Padl fale Delewlte Pir dptinised Malanlin The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical o this one 3 1 6 1 PNP OS Installed The default setting is No The BIOS will detect the Plug and Play devices for some compatible resources 3 1 6 2 Reset Configuration Data Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD
71. stability and are not guaranteed to provide better system perform ance If you are unable to boot your system due to overclocking make sure to set this jumper back to its default setting 27 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports RJ45 PS 2 LAN Mouse Parallel GAME MIDI or LJ Ban E PS 2 USB 1 2 COMI VGA K B Line Line Mic out n in The rear panel I O ports consist of the following e PS 2 mouse port e PS 2 keyboard port e LAN port e USB ports e Parallel port COM I port VGA port Game port Line out jack Line in jack Mic in jac 28 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard The system board is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at location JII 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 Sk W arning W Make sure to tum off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board W ake O n PS 2 Keyboard The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard function allows you to use a PS 2 keyboard
72. submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the S3 ProSavage VGA Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information 35 2 36 Hardware Installation 2 5 7 Game MIDI Port Game Port 00000000 OEE fo The Game MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game I O port Connect an analog joystick to the I5 pin D sub connector Gold at location CN3D1I of the system board This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick BIO S Setting Configure the game port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Hardware Installation 2 5 8 Audio Audio Jacks and Front Audio w00 OO 000 Seas aes Line out Mic in Line in AuD_R_ Return GND AuD_Vcc Key AuD_L_Return Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out Audio Jacks The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks A jack is a on
73. t OvwX 6 1 Do yas wah to contra 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Restart the system 104 Supported Software 4 3 Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP operating systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please go to DFI s web site at http www dfi com support download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or software applications 105 106 Appendix A Enabling H yper ThreadingTechnology A 1 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 12V 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 overh
74. tem board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Hyper Threading Technology Functionality Requirements Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms Components CPU an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology 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 1 Introduction 1 3 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items The system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 66 100 133 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Mainboard Utility CD NQANANAAN 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 KB Mouse 1 zs CPU fan 100 PS 2 power select JP2 DDR 2 LAN USB 1 2 ATX power 1 BLb 391205 1 12V power VIA IDE IDE 2 P4M266A AGP Battery Clear CMOS B GP 1
75. tem devices pre rore s a E Gei Derme nag j Frade Paai Pees eee be or 0 gen eae by porey iar ADP Stern atte cat Cea teas vcd Pree rte JAP Bac Lorgain Freer rre Den oer EE Doe EI mii dikk ce bia Fats Fiap cd Fiap a 8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab Gersi heen Maes Hebe Fes Using the Suspend to RAM Function 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer field select Mobile or docking system Click Apply then click OK Restart the computer Tia Spam Moperkea Had Oi Rogge Dii CDAD Aarma Dik Taaie cada am Pape ste a ann petemance lhe SS Beddi die sached inves congas p Bing Lupe Pe cangue aatahaad opiraasbarr Whiria pall hareak read gmi ikm lem eea e eim 10 Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box Double click the Power Management icon 1 Click the Advanced tab In the When press the power button on my computer field select Standby Pea Beibe eame Hirate Dpi D Sheer pore m nib T repi be gurami sen zerie p of iri hg m he ee bu ee ee imiy rT B Using the Suspend to RAM Function 12 After completing the steps above and you want to power off the computer you do not need to go through the process of closing files applications and operating system You can power off the computer at once by
76. to print 2 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working 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 117 D Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters Make sure that the serial device s power is turned on and that the device is on line 2 Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer 3 Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem may be due to the onboard I O or the address setting 4 Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Ma
77. upported in Windows 95 Windows 98 Win dows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 You must first install VIA Service Pack prior to installing any other drivers However this may not be the case for some AGP cards Please read carefully the following information J g Important P gt The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you install first the AGP card s VGA driver before installing the VIA Service Pack 98 Supported Software 4 2 2 S3 ProSavage VGA Drivers To install the driver please follow the steps below On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon Click S3 ProSavage VGA Drivers on the main screen The fol lowing screen will appear si ee he twee 4 iame maaken A beam a ame mee aee oa eee epee mme aveg ma be moar iae anen mt ieee ae oo see eee Te TET ee am ma Nene ma tee tt we tee rere mee mtn eT ete amai aal OE feet Ae eee ET ete oe e ee 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 99 4 Supported Software 4 2 3 Audio Drivers The audio drivers are supported in the following operating systems Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Wi
78. xactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 12 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Rewrite Le Bebop Dhilit g 1 feli Lhe 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 89 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot and you wil 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 90 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility
79. ze will depend on the type of hard disk drive Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode 3 1 4 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Tiie Enteri act eP PRi Malu FIRiCers ESGiEit FiiGararal Hulp os Y E Fis Fail Eara Darf aalir Fri Opt ted Daf au li The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one AC97 Audio Enabled Select this option when using the onboard audio codec Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card Onboard LAN By default the onboard LAN is enabled If you are not using the onboard LAN set this field to Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM By default this field is disabled Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly Award BIOS Setup Utility If you wish to change the boot ROM s settings type the lt Shift gt and lt FIO gt keys simultaneously when prompted during boot up Take note you will be able to access the boot ROM s program by typing lt Shift gt lt FIO gt only when this field is enabled OnChip USB Controller This field is used to select the USB ports you want Enabled OnChip EHCI Controller If you are using USB 2 0 this field must be set to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB

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