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DFI AD76 RAID Motherboard

1. Primar IDE on l SES IDE J29 OOo OOo OO O OO OOo OO OO OO OO OOo OO OB The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Electronics disk drives lo prevent improper IDE cable installation each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism The 40 pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header You may enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable If you are connecting two IDE drives install the 40 pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header J27 If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device install the 40 pin connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary shrouded IDE header J29 2 Install the other 40 pin header connector s into the device with the colored edge of the ribbon cable aligned with pin of the drive edge connector s Note Refer to your disk drive users manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings 7 2 40 Hardware Installation A
2. IrDA J17 L2 345 Ll O00 Function nes 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 5K baud at a distance of meter Connect your IrDA cable to connector on the system board Set UART2 Mode Select Super IO Device field in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use this connector Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation Note The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions Be 2 44 Hardware Installation 2 8 14 CPU Fan Connector with CPU Fan Protection Function L 3 CPU fan Gas sooie Function The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heatsink Without sufficie
3. HH o KEMT E T KEMT E T HH m _ PCI standb power LE DIMM Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system s power is on or when it Is in the Suspend state Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM It will not light when the system Is in the Soft Off state PCI Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM state Important Lighted LEDs serve as a reminder that you must power off the system then turn off the power supplys switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards 50 Hardware Installation 2 8 20 Power Connector See ATX power 19 The pin assignment of the ATX power connector is shown below Function Ground Ground Ground Important The system board requires a minimum of 300W electric current J 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 21 Front Panel Connectors
4. HD LED SPEAKER L Td I9 0 0 OO REEERE 20 0 olo o jo ojo O 2 L Front panel 7 G TED 7 PWR LED connectors J28 m2 GSW ATX SW HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed G LED Green LED This LED will not light when the system s power is on or when the system Is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state It will blink every second when the system Is in the SI POS Power On Suspend state 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 PWVRBTN in the Power Management Setup chapter 3 G SW Green Switch This switch will allow your system to enter the Suspend mode RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis 52 Hardware Installation PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second When the system Is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every 4 seconds Note D If a system did no
5. 2 j 2 On Off 0O0MHz 200MHz FSB 133MHz 266MHz FSB default CPU Front Side Bus Select Jumper JP4 This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board gt Warning S gt lo ensure proper boot up and operation of your system you must poweroff the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to altering the setting of the jumper 2 2 Hardware Installation 2 5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS 2 Power N m PS 2 KB Mouse ay power select JP 1 mii 2 2 3 3 2 On 5V 2 3 On 5VSB default Power Select for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Jumper JPI This jumper is used to select the power for the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse a7 Hardware Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings for Wake On USB 2 0 Keyboard Mouse 2 3 Wake On USB 2 0 KB Mouse JI 1 2 3 2 3 2 On 2 3 On Enable 5VSB power Disable VCC power default Wake On
6. 23 Second chassis fan J26 A Fin Funan Geared If you are installing a second chassis fan in the system unit connect the fans connector to 26 on the system board 47 2 H0 Hardware Installation 2 8 17 Wake On LAN Connector 123 Wake On LAN OO J23 The Wake On LAN connector is used to connect to a LAN card that has the same connector This function will allow the network to remotely power on a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt To use the Wake On LAN function you must enable Resume on LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cable to the wakeup header on the card and the other end to location J23 on the system board The network will detect Magic Packet and assert a wakeup signal to power up the system Refer to the add in card s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must supp
7. 2 5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS 2 POWe rss 22 2 6 Jumper Settings for Wake On USB 2 0 Keyboard Mouse 23 Za JONI e Set eo TO iPS S 24 LG EO OT O aiT 25 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility S The Basic Input Output Syste rsassceatatacenentssretedecsieseaidetensnieineteseons oa 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features sssssssissssssssssssessssess 54 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features ssssesssssssssssssssess 57 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features wuss 64 3 1 4 Integrated Perit all sass tessceinzracetacdescranenercieltsatsanttsatlasen 7 3 1 5 Power Management Setup 78 CMe wee wale Sle Sola clo cmnenemeeeeer steers erent 85 Cy PRE ll gigs Fc 0 eee renee ee rere ee eer 8 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Controls 90 2de boad Falae Dedusim 92 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults sssssssssssssisrivrivrivrivrivrivrevrereereereene 92 zlil Set Supervisor PASS WV OIG a csss seesercesensisectyibenrersetserielece 72 Sg SCC Ice ess CNC a E Ta AAS Sae gt BA E ee E a NG EAE VOU AV aa 94 2 AISI TCH Ss ccsecsgetmtansaanenaainiaeeetentumetnutumanattie 7 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 Desktop Management INUIT ACES asiscenhscesltvectcaasiatclietievvottnstbovntnislianas J7 4A ex F182 O Onto inimii aani 100 43 VIA Service Pakarina aai 100 4 4 Audio Drivers and Software Applications 02 4 5 Onboard LAN Dryers for Window sS 102 4 6 RAID IDE Drvers and RAID Monitor Utility 103 Ad Microsoft DirectX 8 1 DFV E 103 48 Drivers and Utilities Installation
8. Front Audio J13 J 3 provides you the option of connecting another line out and mic in jacks 2 0 2 36 Hardware Installation 2 8 8 S PDIF out Connector i T ela S PDIF out 2 34 38 OO A w The system board is equipped with a digital audio interface S PDIF out S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface 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 Connect the appropriate end of the audio cable connector to J38 Make sure pin of the cable connector Is aligned with pin of J38 Now connect external speakers or a device that supports digital output to the S PDIF out connector that is on the other end of the audio cable Hardware Installation 2 8 9 Internal Audio Connectors Function Left audio channel Ground Ground Right audio channel AUX in and CD in These connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM driv
9. Connectors e Two connectors for 4 additional external USB 2 0 ports e One connector for 2 additional external USB I I ports e One connector for external line out and mic in jacks e Two internal audio connectors AUX in and CD in e One S PDIF out connector e One connector for IrDA interface e Two RAID IDE connectors e Two IDE connectors e One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2 88MB floppy drives e One ATX power supply connector One Wake On LAN connector One Wake On Ring connector e CPU chassis and second chassis fan connectors ATA RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk e RAID 0 striping or RAID mirroring e Two independent IDE channels support up to 4 drives UDMA modes 33 66 100 133 or EIDE e Supports PIO modes O 1 2 3 4 DMA modes 0 I 2 and UDMA modes 0 1 2 3 4 5 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 33 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 USB Ports The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB I I ports USB supports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwid
10. 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 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 Q9 Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A Using the Suspend to RAM Function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system please follow the steps below Select Power Management Setup in the main menu screen and press lt Enter gt 2 In the ACPI Function field select Enabled 3 In the ACPI Suspend Type field select S3 STR CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off By PWRBTN PWR Lost Resume State gt Wake Up Events Tl gt 3 Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Power Management Setup Enabled Item Help S3 STR User Define Disabled Disabled Suspend gt Off V H SYNC Blank 3 Instant off Keep Off Press Enter Menu Level PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 4 Press lt Esc gt to return to the main me
11. Hardware Installation 2 8 4 Serial Ports BR l ccccoocc0000090 e Je oo sj OC o O EA 0 q OE COM COM 2 Teal Turquoise ooo0o0o00000000 okeere fote COM COM 2 Serial Port Serial Port The system board is equipped with onboard serial ports COM J3 and COM 2 J5 both in Teal Turquoise color located at the ATX double deck ports of the board These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 6C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices You can set the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS 3 2 32 Hardware Installation 2 8 5 Parallel Port Parallel Burgundy OES l oense J loto leko O QO Parallel Port The system board has a standard parallel port 4 Burgundy locate
12. It also allows you to manually set a range to the items being monitored If the values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system In good working condition Note D Use this utility only in Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 operating system To install Hardware Monitor please follow the steps below Click Hardware Monitor The Hardware Monitor screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 07 Supported Softwares 4 2 8 Microsoft DirectX 8 Driver To install Microsoft DirectX 8 1 please follow the steps below I Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 Driver The following screen will appear 7 The m real Perm Drets A Se pes minh e pontine 4 Le ji 2 Click Yes to continue 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 08 Supported Softwares 4 3 Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP operating systems If after inserting the CD
13. This field is used to select the clock cycle of the SDRAM CAS latency time The option selected specifies the time before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving tt Bank Interleave The options are Enabled and Disabled Precharge to Active Trp The options are 27 and 31 66 Award BIOS Setup Utility Active to Precharge Tras The options are 517 and 6l Active to CMD Tred The options are 21 and 31 DRAM FB Clock Delay The options are 0 0 ns 0 5 ns 1 0 ns and 1 5 ns DRAM REF Clock Delay The options are 0 0 ns 0 5 ns 1 0 ns and 1 5 ns DRAM Burst Length The options are 4 and 8 DRAM Queue Depth The options are 2 level 3 level and 4 level DRAM Drive Strength The options are Auto and Manual When this field is set to Manual you must select a value in the DRAM Drive Value field DRAM Drive Value This field is used to select a value for the DRAM drive strength DDR DRAM Command Rate The options are T Command and 21 Command 6 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software AGP amp P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size Trem Help AGP Mode AGP Driving Control Menu Level AGP Driving Value AGP Fast Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F
14. in chapter 2 and CPU Fan Protection in the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 for more Information Over Voltage The Over Voltage function allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that Is supplied to the CPU Although this function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage Refer to CPU Vcore Adjust in the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information CPU Overclocking The CPU Overclocking function allows you to adjust the processor s bus clock However overclocking may result to the processor s or system s Instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance Refer to Clock By Slight Adjust in the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Automatic Chassis Fan Off The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWRBIN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Introduction Wake On Ring This feature allows the system that Is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming through an internal or external modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring Wake Up Event
15. 98 SE Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the system has detected the Realtek RTL8 100 fast ethernet controller it will prompt you to install the driver for the operating system you are using The driver is in the RTL8100 root directory of the CD Please refer to README for the exact location of the drivers 104 Supported Softwares 4 2 4 VIA USB 2 0 Drivers If you are using a USB 2 0 device you must install the USB 2 0 driver To install the USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below I Click VIA USB 2 0 Drivers The Welcome screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect O5 Supported Softwares 4 2 5 Promise RAID Drivers Please refer to the README in the FastIrak Driver directory of the CD as well as the RAID User s Manual contained in the same CD 4 2 6 Promise RAID Utility To install Promise RAID Utility please follow the steps below I Click Promise RAID Utility The Promise FastTrak Controller Setup Utility screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 06 Supported Softwares 4 2 7 Hardware Monitor The Hardware Monitor utility is capable of monitoring the system s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the CPU and system voltage and speed of the CPU and chassis fans
16. Command ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Current CPU Frequency is This field shows the detected frequency of the CPU Current FSB Frequency is This field shows the detected FSB of the CPU Current DDR Frequency is This field shows the detected frequency of the DDR SDRAM DIMM 65 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility DDR DRAM Clock This field is used to select the clock speed of the DDR SDRAM DIMM By SPD The EEPROM on a DDR SDRAM DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM 100 MHz he memory clock speed will run at 2OOMHz 133 MHz he memory clock speed will run at 266MHz DRAM Timing This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM Manual It allows you to configure the next 5 fields DRAM CAS Latency to Active to CMD Ircd The system will run according to the settings in these fields DRAM CAS Latency
17. Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard 3 1 1 8 Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation Some entries are defaults required by the system board while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled ltem Help CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache Enabled Menu Level CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Allows you to choose RAID or SCSI Card Boot RAID the VIRUS warning First Boot Device Floppy feature for IDE Hard Second Boot Device HDD 0 Disk boot sector Third Boot Device LS120 protection If this Boot Other Device Enabled function is enabled and Swap Floppy Drive Disabled someone attempt to Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled write data into this Boot Up NumLock Status On area BIOS will show a Typematic Rate Setting Disabled warning Message on Typematic Rate
18. Notes 103 Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A Using the Suspend to RAM FUN CtION wissen 104 Appendix B System Error Messages AEE i EE e E E eet et ee 08 Ra Eror MESE e e en ee 08 Appendix C Troubleshooting l Troubleshooting NEKE Esses a 1O Chapter Introduction Features and Specifications 1 1 Features Chipset e VIA KT333 and VT8233ACE Processor The system board is equipped with Socket A for 462 pin PGA processor It is also equipped with a switching voltage regulator that automatically detects 1OOV to 850V e AMD Athlon XP 266MHz FSB 1500 to 2100 e AMD Athlon 200 266MHz FSB up to 1 4GHz e AMD Duron 200MHz FSB SOOMHz to 3GHz Important To ensure proper boot up and operation of your system you must poweroff the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to replacing the CPU System Memory e Memory size Supports 8 banks up to 4GB DRAMs 512Mb x8 xl6 DRAM technology for registered DDR DIMM Supports 6 banks up to 3GB DRAMs 512Mb x8 xl6 DRAM technology for unbuffered DDR DIMM e Uses PCI600 DDR200 PC2 100 DDR266 or PC27 00 DDR333 DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 5V type e Four 84 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets e L2 cache memory Duron processor built in 64KB Level 2 pipelined burst cache Athlon XP Athlon processor built in 256KB Level 2 pipelined burst cache Introduction DIMMs DIMMs Memory
19. USB 2 0 Keyboard Mouse JI The Wake On USB 2 0 Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use a USB 2 0 keyboard or USB 2 0 mouse that is connected to a USB 2 0 port to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function e Set Jl to Enabled e Set USB Resume from S3 Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS to Enabled 23 2 Hardware Installation 2 Jumper Settings for RAID L RAID setting gP2 23 mwOO 2 3 I 3 l 2 On 2 3 On Disable the RAID function Enable the RAID function default RAID Settings Jumper JP2 To use the RAID function make sure this jumper is enabled 2 3 On Refer to the RAID users manual included in the CD for information on configuring RAID P Hardware Installation 2 8 Ports and Connectors RJ45 PS 2 LAN Parallel GAME MIDI Mouse gum r E a a S a P PS 2 USB 2 COM COM 2 K B Line Line Mic out N N ATX Double Deck Ports 25 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Ke
20. a 30 angle and within a distance of meter 3 Set the RxD TxD Active and IR Transmission Delay fields appropriately RxD TxD Active The options are Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo and Hi Hi IR Transmission Delay If this option is Enabled transmission of data will be slower This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device The options are Enabled and Disabled 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 Normal SPP 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 To 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility SPP Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only ECP Extended Capabilities Port Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed EPP Mode Select This is used to select the EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel used for the parallel port Game Port Address This field is used to select the game ports address Midi Port Address This field is used to select the MIDI port s address If you have selected
21. and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive s failure The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is supported in ATA 33 or later hard drives Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 16 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up 3 1 2 17 Onboard LAN Boot ROM Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly If you wish to change the boot ROM s settings type the lt Shift gt and lt FIOQ 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 FIQ gt only when this field is enabled 63 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter Item Help gt AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled I O Recovery Time Disabled Tl lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Gene
22. below Boot up from a system diskette without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 2 REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or 3 Press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 29 Supported Softwares 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 Auto Detect _ Type BIOS Information Handle 0000 Vendor Name BIOS Version BIOS Starting Address Segment E000 BIOS Build Date BIOS Characteristics Size of BIOS ROM 0256K T J lt Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Exit The four menus located on top of the DMI Configuration Utility screen are Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File and Save DMI File Use the lt or 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 navigate through the various setup menus Edit DMI Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Edit DMI menu 2 Highlight the ttem on the left screen that you would like to edit by using the T or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected
23. lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisor s password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want to protect access to setup only but not your system set a supervisor s password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Enter Password Type in the password You are limited to eight characters VWWhen done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password lype in exactly the same password If you type In a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to retum to the main menu 3 1 12 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 selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup set a user s password with the Setup option s
24. or the operating system may not install nor work 3 1 2 2 CPU LI Cache and CPU L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default value is enabled Enable the extemal cache for better performance 3 1 2 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the system board come with built in Level 2 cache By default ECC Is enabled to check the Level 2 cache If you are not using this function set this field to Disabled 3 1 2 4 Quick Power On Self Test 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 5 RAID or SCSI Card Boot If you want the system to boot from a drive that is connected to the RAID IDE connector or SCSI add in card you must first select SCSI in the First Boot Device field If there are drives connected to both the RAID IDE connector and SCSI add in card you must then select the drive you want to boot RAID Boot the drive connected to the RAID IDE connector that is on the system board SCSI Boot the drive connected to the SCSI add in card that is installed in a PCI slot If the drive is connected to either one of them only you don t need to particularly select an option in this field because the system will automatically detect for the existing drive Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 6 First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Sele
25. 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 ports IRQ 3 1 4 4 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize AGP or PCI first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first initialize AGP PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI igs Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 5 OnChip USB Controller This field is used to select the USB ports you want Enabled 3 1 4 6 USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function 3 1 4 7 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive Disabled Ihe IDE HDD uses the standard mode Ty 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup Enabled hoe S1 POS ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type P YP Menu Level Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off By PWRBTN PWR Lost Resume State gt Wake Up Events User Defin
26. 00000000 ooooo0o0000 ooo0oo0000000 mooooooo0oo0oo00000000000 CMOS 7 CPU FSB select JP4 drS Second chassis fan J26 RESET SPEAKER r HD LED eE G sw CED lanes L pwr y PWR LED Hardware Installation 2 Warning lt y e lo ensure proper boot up and operation of your system you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to altering the setting of a jumper or replacing the CPU Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your system board processor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection 2 2 System Memory D DDR I aa Loora DDR 3 S The system board is equipped with four 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Dual In line Memory Module sockets that support 2 5V DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing
27. 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in tts default setting which is 64M AGP Mode This field is used to select the AGP mode of the AGP card installed on the system board The default setting is 4X AGP Driving Control Set this field to Manual only if there are compatibility problems with some AGP cards When set to Manual you must select a value in the AGP Driving Value field AGP Driving Value This field is used to select a value for the AGP Driving control We recommend that you leave this field in tts default setting 68 Award BIOS Setup Utility AGP Fast Write Select Enabled to support the AGP Fast Write function AGP Master WS Write Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations AGP Master WS Read Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read operations 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software CPU amp PCI Bus Control PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled Item Help AGP Master 0 WS Write Enabled CPU PCI Post Write Enabled Menu Le
28. 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 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 144M 3 5 in 3 2 in double sided drive 1 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity 3 1 1 5 Video This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type The default setting is EGA VGA EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column 57 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters 3 1 1 6 Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error Is detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors 3 1 1 7 Base Memory
29. 9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one When the Primary INTR and IRQ3 IRQ I5 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 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical tems and It is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level X IROR i P Enter F en Oe ee Default is Disabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System T Configuration Data te A i Assignment a ESCD when you exit Slot 2 Aita Setup if you have Slot 3 Auto installed a new add on Onboard USB Slot 4 Auto and the system reconfigur
30. AD76 RAID Rev A System Board User s Manual 59700218 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of tt may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior 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 2002 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS Windows Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMD Athlon XP Athlon and Duron are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc 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 ho
31. Chars Sec 6 screen and alarm beep Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Enabled ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults 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 Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message If necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage Is done Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this a7 3 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 95 98 2000 ME XP
32. Dik Foppe Cid COD Ferae Dink T aaia dete tepma cree of up be Bal hiban O Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box Double click the Power Management icon II Click the Advanced tab In the When press the power button on my computer field select Standby Ed Using the Suspend to RAM Function 2 After completing the steps above and you want to power off the computer you do not need to go through the process of closing files applications and operating system You can power off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 To power on the computer just press the power button The operating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply the settings without restarting You must restart the computer Shut Lowen wari ET What do wou want the compia ip de Egand by M Sul down C Heset C AeHa nHSDOS mode ae e Important gt If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are in Windows 2000 ME XP please check whether your add in cards or devices support this function If this function is not supported you need to download the appropriate driver from their respective website PA Ap
33. Fan Protection Function in chapter 2 for more information 3 1 7 2 CPU Temp Prot Function and CPU Temp Prot Alarm The CPU Temperature Protection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up To use this function set the CPU Temp Prot Function field to Enabled then select the desired CPU temperature limit in the CPU Temp Prot Alarm field Once the system has detected that the CPU s temperature exceeded the limit 5 warning beeps will sound and at the same time a warning message will appear on the boot up screen instructing you to press lt Del gt in order to enter the main menu of the BIOS If you did not press lt Del gt the system will automatically poweroff after the 5 warning beeps You may either 3 88 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 3 Press lt Del gt then enter a new CPU temperature limit or Allow the system to power off after the 5 warning beeps then check whether the heatsink and fan are mounted properly onto the CPU because high CPU temperature may be due to Incorrect fan heatsink installation Now restart the system If the same problem persist t may be that the CPU fan is damaged or it Is not rotating properly Try replacing it with a new fan If it is due to other contributing factors that resulted to high CPU temperature you may need to set a lower CPU temperature limit CPU Temperature References When you power up a system the BIOS messa
34. IOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility AVVDFLASH EXE You can download them from DF s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AW DFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AVVDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved The current BIOS information will appear in this area File Name to Program 5 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that Is next to File Name to Program then press lt Enter gt ree 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 96 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The sy
35. PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP supports the ACPI function allowing you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 2000 ME 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 Refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more information Important P The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt IlA Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Introduction 2 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items The system board A user s manual Two IDE cables for ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 or ATA 133 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One RAID Driver floppy diskette One Main Board Utility CD NAR AAA If any of the
36. SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy type mismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard Is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOOOOH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s 116 Appendix C Troubleshooting C I Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to he
37. Size 2MBx64 16MB 6MBx64 4IBx64 32MB 52 1BxO4 8MBx64 64MBx64 Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with universal AGP slot and 6 PCI slots AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing z buffering and alpha blending The universal AGP slot supports AGP 2x with up to 533MB sec bandwidth and AGP 4x with up to 066MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this system board will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC Onboard Audio Features e AC97 2 2 S PDIF extension compliant codec e Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D e AC9 supported with full duplex independent sample rate converter for audio recording and playback Onboard LAN Features e Uses Realtek RTL8 100 fast ethernet controller e Integrated IEEE 802 3 IOBASE T and OOBASE TX compatible PHY e 32 bit PCI master interface e Integrated power management functions e Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps e Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation e Supports wire for management Introduction ATX Double Deck Ports PC 99 color coded connectors e Two USB I I ports e One RJ45 LAN port e Two NS I6C550A compatible DB 9 serial ports e One SPP ECP EPP DB 25 parallel port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port e One game MIDI port e Three audio jacks line out line in and mic in
38. VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 5 PCI IRQ Assignment By default an IRQ Is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up you will see NA for the device that does not have an IRQ assigned 86 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status CPU Fan Protection Disabled Item Help CPU Temp Prot Function Disabled CPU Temp Prot Alarm 60 Menu Level Current System Temp 27C 80F Current CPU Temperature 37C 98F Current CPU FAN Speed 0 RPM Current Chassis FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU V 1 75 V 3 3 V 5 V 12 V 12 V 5 ww ue n lt l I e AWN Bp 5 V VBAT V 5VSB V WN He Poot IR BANS lt lt lt Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 7 1 CPU Fan Protection The CPU Fan Protection function when enabled has the capability of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once It has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate Set this field to Disabled if you are not using this function Refer to CPU Fan Connector with CPU
39. allows you to use the PS 2 mouse to wake up the system from the 3 S4 S5 state USB Resume from S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB 2 0 or USB l device to wake up the system 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 PowerOn by PCI Card This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Refer to the card s documentation for more information Award BIOS Setup Utility Resume On LAN Ring This field supports two functions e When enabled the system will poweron to respond to calls coming through an external or internal modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 for more Information e When enabled the LAN card in the system will allow the network to power on a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system Is In the Suspend mode you can wake up the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Refer to Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 for more i
40. aning the cable connector has a keying mechanism Insert the USB port cable connector to pins 6 15 if e None of the holes on the cable connector is plugged meaning the cable connector has no keying mechanism Hardware Installation USB 2 0 J20 and J22 Function Ground Ground Ground Function Pin Function vec Il Ground i Ground 2 o 5 5 Key Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse The Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend lo RAM state To use this function e Set USB Resume from 3 Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS to Enabled e Set J to Enabled You need to configure this jumper only if you are using a USB 2 0 device 29 30 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 3 RJ45 Fast Ethernet Port oo ooo o ooo ooo O o o o o o o o o o o o o r o o o o o o o The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at location J2 of the ATX double deck ports It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub
41. are properly set Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations If the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each component into the socket C Troubleshooting 6 If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults 20
42. as incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below Power off the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP5 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP5 back to its default setting pins and 2 On 2 20 Hardware Installation 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 bus clock or ratio in the BIOS please proceed to step 4 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 Clock By Slight Adjust or CPU Ratio Adjust field to tts default setting or an appropriate bus clock or ratio 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 ype lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU s Front Side Bus C O E CPU FSB select JP4 JO
43. at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore providing two times faster data transfer 2 Hardware Installation Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board Pin of the DIM module must correspond with Pin of the socket Notch 7 Key Tab TE 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 2 3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data L Clear CMOS 2 3 5 P5 i 2 3 2 3 2 On 2 3 On Normal default Clear CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data Jumper JP5 If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the keyboard supervisor or user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processors bus clock or ratio w
44. ation has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Fxit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 6 1 Reset Configuration Data Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD once automatically It will then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 2 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Resources field 85 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 3 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The IRQ 3 to IRQ 15 fields will appear Set each system interrupt to either Legacy ISA or PCI ISA PnP PCI HISA PnP For devices compliant with the PCI bus architecture Legacy ISA For devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification 3 1 6 4 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA
45. bled Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Menu Level Clock By Slight Adjust 100 AGP Voltage Adjust 1 50V Chipset Voltage Adjust 2 50V CPU Vcore Adjust Default CPU Ratio Adjust Default Tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 8 1 DRAM Voltage Adjust This field allows you to adjust the voltage that is supplied to the DRAM 3 1 8 2 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing DIMM or PCI devices 3 1 8 3 Spread Spectrum Modulated Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician 3 1 8 4 Clock By Slight Adjust This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor The available options allow you to adjust the processors bus clock by MHz increment Important Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance 90 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 8 5 AGP Voltage Adjust This field allows you to adjust the voltage that Is supplied to the AGP 3 1 8 6 Chipset Voltage Adjust This field allows you to adjust the voltage that is supplied to
46. boot up or It took some time before the CPU fan rotated If the CPU fan did not rotate immediately upon system boot up or it took some time before the fan rotated check whether the heatsink and fan are mounted properly onto the CPU then restart the system If the same problem occurs you must replace it with a good quality fan one that will rotate immediately once power comes in and also one that can dissipate heat more efficiently otherwise you have to disable this function in the CPU Fan Protection field PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS 45 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 15 Chassis Fan Connector Chassis fan J21 3 7 O d i Ie E If you are installing a chassis fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to J2 on the system board The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the chassis fan It will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode 46 Hardware Installation 2 8 16 Second Chassis Fan Connector
47. ct the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device 3 1 2 7 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 8 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 20K 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 9 Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys 3 1 2 10 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the
48. d at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports Normal SPR ECP and EPP modes You can set the ports mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Setting Function SPP Allows normal speed operation but Standard Parallel Port 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 Err Allows bidirectional parallel port op Enhanced Parallel Port eration at maximum speed Hardware Installation 2 8 6 Game MIDI Port Game MIDI Port al 200 20 02 l 000 Game MID Gold ull e e l O O The Game MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game O port Connect an analog joystick to the 5 pin D sub connector J8 Gold located at the AIX double deck ports of the system board This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC Joystick You can configure the game port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS oes 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 7 A
49. dding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives one must be set as the master and the other as the slave Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 AIA 66 ATA OO and ATA 33 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the system board P Important If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode Hardware Installation 2 8 12 RAID IDE Disk Drive Connectors a RAID Primar IDE J3 i RAID Secondary IDE J35 oooo0oo00000 ooooo0oo0o0000 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B The system board is equipped with two shrouded RAID IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Electronics disk drives To prevent improper IDE cable installation each shrouded RAID IDE header has a keying m
50. e TV tuner or MPEG card oar 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 10 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD 34 The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives To prevent improper floppy cable installation the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism The 34 pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header You may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install the 34 pin header connector of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J34 on the system board The colored edge of the ribbon should be aligned with pin of J34 2 Install the other 34 pin header connector s into the disk drive s Align the colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable with pin of the drive edge connector s The end most connector should be attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A 38 Hardware Installation 2 8 11 IDE Disk Drive Connectors
51. e Disabled Disabled Suspend gt Off V H SYNC Blank 3 Instant off Keep Off Press Enter PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults MN Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values 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 ACPI 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 51 POS 53 STR Enables the Power On Suspend function Enables the Suspend to RAM function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more Information 73 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 3 Power Management Option This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the 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 syste
52. e 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 your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Award BIOS Setup Utility 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
53. e or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for YOU Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Auto Item Help Onboard LAN Control Enabled Menu Level Tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard audio codec Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card Onboard LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the Realtek RTL8100 LAN chip Tao 3 3 1 4 3 Super IO Device Award BIOS Setup Utility Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART2 Mode Select RxD TxD Active IR Transmission Delay Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ Tle Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Super IO Device Ite
54. echanism 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 Hard drives must be Ultra ATA 133 ATA 00 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 EIDE and or Fast ATA 2 compatible For optimal performance install identical drives of the same model and capacity The drives matched performance allows the RAID array to function better as a single drive Drives in an array must be identical If striping for performance use two new drives If mirroring for protection you can use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive the new drive must be the same size or larger than the existing drive Only two drives can be configured as RAID Since both of these drives must be in Master mode striping or mirroring must be done between 2 RAID IDE channels not between 2 drives that are chained on the same channel 4 2 Hardware Installation Note Only connect IDE hard drives to the RAID IDE connectors e PCI slot 3 and RAID IDE use the same IRQ If you are using add in cards such as PCI audio card please do not install it into PCI slot 3 By default P2 is enabled If you are not using this function set P2 to Disabled e Refer to the RAID users manual included in the CD for information on configuring RAID RAID User s Manual Click here to open the manual 42 Hardware Installation 2 8 13 IrDA Connector
55. elected in the Advanced BIOS Features Using users 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 To set confirm verify disable or delete a users password follow the procedures described in the section Set Supervisor Password 3 2a Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 13 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Save to CMOS and Exit Y N N Type Y and press lt Enter gt The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the Initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Quit Without Saving Y N N Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 Updating the B
56. ge appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the CPU temperature range is normally between 32 C and 35 C When you run an operating system then tried to reboot the system the CPU temperature range at this time is between 40 C and 45 C These temperature references serve as a guide when you select the CPU temperature limit Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Chassis Fan Speed These fields show the internal temperature of the system current temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the CPU and chassis fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute 3 1 7 4 CPU V These fields show the voltage of the processor Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 5 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of the power supply Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop up or a warning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information 89 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control DRAM Voltage Adjust 2 50V Beep Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Ena
57. information 4 Press lt FIO gt to update the edited information into the flash ROM Supported Softwares Add DMI ar Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the T or J arrow keys then press lt Enter gt The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter Information about the added item Press lt FIO 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 aa Supported Softwares 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contains drivers utilities and software applications requi
58. ion may not be identical to this one 3 72 Award BIOS Setup Utility OnChip Primary IDE and OnChip Secondary IDE These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller The default is Enabled Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller IDE Prefetch Mode This allows data and addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip thus reducing access time Enable this field to achieve better performance IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what tt 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 driv
59. key Is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and 6 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typematic Delay Msec fields below 3 1 2 11 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 12 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 13 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt 3 1 2 14 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 15 HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis
60. lders Caution To avoid damage to the system e Use the correct AC input voltage range To reduce the risk of electric shock e Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing After installation or servicing cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord Battery e Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced e Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer e Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions Joystick or MIDI port e Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than IOA current at 5V DC There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 5 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there Is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment
61. le of fast I O select Disabled to speed up system operation 7 0 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals gt VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip Primary IDE Enabled Item Help OnChip Secondary IDE Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your vers
62. le this function in the CPU Fan Protection field PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS Troubleshooting Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 2 Make sure that the monitors power switch is on Check that one end of the monitors power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet Check that the video Input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob The picture seems to be constantly moving 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 fleld around the display Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems to be constantly wavering If the monitor Is close to another monitor the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering Power Supply When the computer is turned on nothing happens 2 gt Check that one end of the AC power cord Is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage
63. lp you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer To efficiently troubleshoot your system treat each problem individually This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below 2 oF 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 or other electrical device The monitor is turned 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 CPU Fan Protection After booting up the system a beeping alarm sounded then the system s power was turned off A The CPU fan did not rotate because the fan is damaged Replace it with a new one The CPU fan did not rotate immediately or it took some time before the fan rotated Check whether the heatsink and fan are mounted properly onto the CPU then restart the system If the same problem occurs you must replace it with a good quality fan one that will rotate immediately once power comes in and also one that can dissipate heat more efficiently otherwise you have to disab
64. m Help Enabled Disabled Dicsbied Menu Level Normal Hi Lo Enabled 378 IRQ7 SPP EPP 1 7 3 201 330 10 PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Disabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 SF8 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 74 Disables the onboard serial port and or serial port 2 Award BIOS Setup Utility UART2 Mode Select The system board supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices You may not use IrDA 17 and the COM 2 5 serial port at the same time If you are using the COM 2 serial port make sure this field is set to Normal To use the IrDA function follow the steps below Connect your IrDA cable to connector 7 on the system board 2 Set the UART2 Mode Select field to the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA peripheral device IrDA or ASKIR For better transmission of data your IrDA peripheral device must be within
65. m 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 system 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 Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode All Modes gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Doze Standby or 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 his only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initializes display power management signaling Select this if your video board supports it Ta 3 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 Off by PWWRBTN 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 preve
66. menu screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit The Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press lt Enter gt A screen similar to the one on the next page will appear Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue May 21 2002 Item Help 4 35 5 Ti hh mm e DTD ae Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master Press Enter None gt IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None Change the day month gt IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None year and century gt IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this
67. nce BitGuard BitGuard is a complete hardware monitoring system designed on the system board to ensure the highest levels of system stability and component protection BitGuard will watch over the entire system and take care of any problems before they develop BitGuard brings Thermal Diode Protection directly to the AMD Athlon XP CPU and will shut the system down anytime the CPU gets too hot CPU instability when overclocking will also be taken care of as BrtGuard works out the instability before you get a system crash BrtGuard also monitors the CPU chassis fan CPU system temperature and Vcore voltages CPU Temperature Protection The CPU Temperature Protection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up Once it has detected that the CPUs temperature exceeded the CPU temperature limit defined in the BIOS the system will automatically power off after 5 warning beeps Refer to CPU Temp Prot Function and CPU Temp Prot Alarm in the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 for more information Introduction CPU Fan Protection The CPU Fan Protection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once It has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment Refer to CPU Fan Connector with CPU Fan Protection Function
68. nformation Resume by Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month and Resume Time hh mmiss fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the Incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Date of Month O The system will power on everyday according to the time set In the Resume Time hh mmiss field l 31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mm ss field Resume Time hh mm ss This is used to set the time you would like the system to poweron If you want the system to poweron everyday as set in the Date of Month field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu 8 3 84 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 12 IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON hon Help IRQ3 COM 2 Enabled IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled Menu Level IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ
69. nt air circulation across the CPU and heatsink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board The CPU Fan Protection function supported by the system board has the capability of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once It has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment To use the CPU Fan Protection function please follow the steps below Before you power on the system make sure the heatsink and CPU fan are correctly installed onto the CPU The system Is capable of monitoring the CPU fan therefore you must use a fan 3 Hardware Installation with sense pin to support this function Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location 18 on the system board Make sure the CPU Fan Protection field in the PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS is set to Enabled Refer to PC Health Status section in chapter 3 for more information You may now power on the system Two circumstances may occur causing the system to poweroff automatically A beeping alarm will sound before the system will power off 2 The CPU fan did not rotate because the CPU fan is damaged When you boot up the system and the CPU fan did not rotate it may indicate that the fan is damaged Replace it with a new fan The CPU fan did not rotate immediately upon system
70. nt 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 power off your system 3 1 5 10 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 8Q 3 1 5 1 1 Wake Up Events Award BIOS Setup Utility Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PS2KB Wakeup Select PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 USB Resume from S3 VGA LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD PCI Master PowerOn by PCI Card Resume On LAN Ring Resume by Alarm Date of Month Resume Time hh mm ss gt IRQs Activity Monitoring Enter Select TL3 Move F5 Previou
71. nu 5 Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 6 Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter This is to ensure that the ACPI function Is supported drive gt setup p If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information 10 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 7 Boot Windows 98 In the Windows 98 desktop click the Start button Move the cursor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by type click System devices Pte races be fre pes Gees by ere ear ACP Cae ey ita wie Wa bha ec Pirhi ee cee he e Lee Feer rre Dic n E r BI miki iilh pal ha Doh Fiag md Fi a M shod oe eee Hee hed Ce 2 FTI h Pere appr RT eed BP ne Pues bead eer er a SSprmaetis Dihina lates ccs ee ee e Cem 8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab Frie n ey Ga ai Fa Efek Hre br 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 Faka Titi M opie i Hai
72. off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Notice This users manual contains detailed information about the 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 Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User s Manual Table of Contents Chapter Introduction gett a cela eles le osl acl els ommemerer remnant tren i id Tr e E E inane E 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation A yen Eora LOUT i R 6 HE a a E tee E A T iz 23 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data i 2 4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU s Front Side mO ert EA eee A 2
73. on Important The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you install first the AGP cards VGA driver before installing the VIA Service Pack 02 Supported Softwares 4 2 2 Audio Drivers and Software Applications The audio drivers and audio playback software supports Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 operating systems To install the audio driver please follow the steps below Click Audio Drivers The Avance AC 97 Audio Setup screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 03 Supported Softwares 4 2 3 Realtek LAN Drivers The LAN drivers for Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP support Autorun To install the Realtek LAN driver please follow the steps below Click Realtek LAN Drivers The InstallShield Wizard screen will appear Wetoowe by ibe hme heet Wineed be ULUSS The beta Aea al wil DMR T on ee Sew ooie Toccoa cit 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN drivers for Windows 98 Windows
74. one 3 1 1 1 Date The date format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt Day displays a day from Sunday to Saturday Month displays the month from January to December Date displays the date from to 31 Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 3 1 1 2 Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example p m is 3 00 00 Hour displays hours from OO to 23 Minute displays minutes from OO to 59 Second displays seconds from OO to 59 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 The following screen will appear ne 3 56 Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level Access Mode Auto Change the day month Capacity OM year and century Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of th
75. ort gt 20mA Hardware Installation 2 8 18 Wake On Ring Connector Pin Function pt Ground 2 RI The Wake On Ring connector is used to connect to an internal modem card that has the same connector It will allow the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming through the internal modem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the cards wake on ring connector and the other end to location J24 on the system board You must also enable Resume on LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS If you are using an external modem the ring on function will come through the serial port where the external modem Is connected Important P gt If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2 20mA T 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 19 DIMM and PCI Standby Power LEDs _ DIMM standby power LED ral S fl
76. pendix B System Error Message B B 2 When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS FI TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESG or DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom Enter Setup to correct the error POST Beep There are two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS One code indicates that a video error has occured and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps The other code indicates that a DRAM error has occured This beep code consists of a single long beep Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BlOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution D Danger of 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
77. r to your operating system s manual or documentation USB 2 0 The system board is equipped with J20 and J22 for connecting 4 external USB 2 0 ports The USB 2 0 ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option If you wish to use the optional USB 2 0 ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB 2 0 port cables to J20 or J22 The USB ports cable connector can be inserted only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of J20 or J22 Now connect the interface cable connector of your USB 2 0 device to the USB 2 0 port that Is on the bracket 2 2 28 Hardware Installation USB I I The system board is equipped with two onboard USB I 1 ports J2 Black located at the ATX double deck ports of the board It is also equipped with J25 for connecting 2 additional external USB 1 1 ports The USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option If you wish to use the optional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J25 The USB ports cable connector can be inserted only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of J25 Depending on the type of USB port cable connector that you are using Insert the USB port cable connector to pins l 10 if e One of the holes on the cable connector is plugged me
78. ral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources These items should not be altered unless necessary he 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 64 3 1 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock Drive Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Current CPU Frequency is Current FSB Frequency is Current DDR Frequency is DDR DRAM Clock DRAM Timing DRAM CAS Latency Bank Interleave Precharge to Active Trp Active to Precharge Tras Active to CMD Tred DRAM FB Clock Delay DRAM REF Clock Delay DRAM Burst Length DRAM Queue Depth DRAM Drive Strength DRAM Drive Value DDR DRAM Command Rate Enter Select T Move F5 Previous Values PU PD Value F10 Save DRAM Clock Drive Control Item Help Menu Level By SPD By SPD 2 5 Disabled 3T 6T 3T 0 0ns 0 0ns 4 4 level Auto 04 2T
79. red to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 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 00 Supported Softwares 4 2 1 VIA Service Pack The VIA Service Pack contains the following drivers VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver e AGPVxD Driver IRQ Routing Miniport Driver e VIA INF Driver To install VIA Service Pack please follow the steps below Click VIA Service Pack The Welcome screen will appear ee Se ee et ee ee 1o ee et me ee we Gee Lew 90 bow rata Gee oe es sve E amp taowse ww 2 Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack Readme carefully before proceeding to step 3 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation 4 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect VIA Service Pack Installation Notes The AGP VxD Driver and VIA INF Driver drivers in the VIA Service Pack are supported in Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 IO Supported Softwares 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 informati
80. rt 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 Troubleshooting printer can be assumed to be in good condition If the printer remains inoperative replace the printer cable and try again Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters 7 Make sure that the serial device s power Is turned on and that the device is on line Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching It to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work erther the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem may be due to the onboard I O or the address setting Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed Make sure the keyboard is properly connected Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Board Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers
81. s field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2 20mA RTC Timer to Power on the System The RIC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time Refer to Resume By Alarm Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC Your LAN card must support the remote wakeup function Refer to Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2 20mA A AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually let the system poweron automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs Refer to PWR Lost Resume State in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Introduction ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that enables
82. s Values PU PD Value F10 Save Wake Up Events Hot Key Item Help Disabled Disabled Disabled Off LPT COM On Off Disabled Disabled Disabled 0 0 0 0 Press Enter Menu Level ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot Key Use any of the function keys between FI and F12 to wake up the system from the power off mode Password Use a password to wake up the system from the power off mode Select this option and press lt Enter gt Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters ype in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt If you selected this option the PS2KB Wakeup From 3 S4 S5 and PS2MS Wakeup From 3 S4 S5 fields will not be configurable Important P gt If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 8 3 82 Award BIOS Setup Utility PS2KB Wakeup from S 3 S4 S5 Any Key Use any keyboard keys to wake up the system from the S3 S4 S5 state Disable Disables the keyboard wakeup function Ctrl Fl to Ctri FI2 Use any of these function keys to wakeup the system from the S3 S4 S5 state PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This field when enabled
83. se items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board PS 2 KB Mouse power select JP 1 R keel CPU fan J 0000000000 o0000000 0m Jp ATX power J19 COM 3 Parallel 4 COM 2 J5 CD in J12 m AUX in 15 Realtek RTL8 100 Layout g18 252020202020202020202020202020202020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000202020202020202020020202002020 O00 00000000 00 0 0 029 o O 070 Sot 000 0000 Poe OOOO OOOO 99999999 GP ooo0o000000000000000 0 0 0 252020 0 0_0_0_0_0 0 0 Socket 462 Chassis fan VIA KT333 AGP Slot Front audio J13 PCI Slot ALT E S PDIF out 138 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 8 O Nn PCI Slot 4 easy IrDA J17 PCI Slot 5 USB 1 1 J25 NE lt S E PCI Slot 6 Se I1 JOOOOO IS ce fee 88388 USB 2 Wake On KB Mouse 020 USB 20 022 Ring 024 JLI Wake On LAN J23 IDE J2 DDR RAID Secondary DDR 3 IDE 35 RAID Primary__ IDE J31 VIA VT8233ACE Clear moo mm PCI standb power LE RAID setting JP2 DIMM standby I lt power LED Secondary IDE J29 Primar 1 FDD 024 oooooo0o00000000000 moooooo0oo0000000000 msooooooo0oo0oo000
84. stem board comes with a DMI built into the BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software Is designed to make Inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier With DMI a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some Information about a particular computer system without physically going to it Quite often a service call may be unnecessary as the problem can be solved remotely The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration Information about the type and speed of CPU type and amount of memory for each memory slot BIOS revision level types of add in PCI boards and components certain revision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board 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 utilrties DMI directory The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 8QK 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 methods listed
85. t 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 i Pin Assignment HD LED HDD LED Power Primary Secondary IDE LED HDD G LED 14 Green LED Power Green LED l6 Ground ATX SW PWRBT ATX power switch PWRBT G SW 18 Ground Green switch 20 SMI RESET Ground Reset switch H W Reset SPEAKER Speaker Data Speaker connector Speaker Power PWR LED LED Power Power Standby LED LED Power LED Power or Standby Signal 53 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System The Basic Input Output System BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously When you press lt Del gt the main
86. th providing a marked Improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 95 98 2000 ME XP Plug and Play compatible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up e Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades e Supports DMI 2 0 function e 2Mbit flash memory e Vcore and CPU external bus clock selectable in the BIOS Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software Is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility Introduction 1 2 System Health Monitor Functions The system board is capable of monitoring the following system health conditions e Monitors CPU system temperature e Monitors 1 2V 5V 3 3V CPU VBAT V 5VSB Y voltages e Monitors CPU chassis fan speed e Automatic chassis fan on off control e Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and fan speed Refer to the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 and the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information 1 3 Intellige
87. the chipset 3 1 8 7 CPU Vcore Adjust This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU If you wish to use the CPU s default core voltage leave this field in its default setting which is Default The CPU s Vcore will be generated according to the CPU VID configuration Important Although this function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage 3 1 8 8 CPU Ratio Adjust This field is used to select the CPU s ratio 9 3 92 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults The Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Type
88. udio Jacks Line out J6 q Line in J7 UL r Mic in J9 2O OO O 0 T moooo 9 Front audio 013 L CA BR le oceocccc00000 6 loo000000 g Wh oee ewn To lll e i l l ol O i Z z a D i Line out Line in Lime Light Blue Onboard Audio Jacks ol ou ee wed 000 Line out Line Mic in Front Audio J13 Pa rnan Pr Funeson a e o a eo 3 4 AuD Vcc Avec AuDR Out 6 AuD_R Return GND ES cy AuD_L_Out IO AuD_L_Return GND 34 Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks A jack Is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug Line out Jack J6 Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Line in Jack J7 Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the line out jack of your external device to this line in jack Mic in Jack J9 Pink Connect a microphone to the mic in jack
89. vel CPU AGP Post Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled Tl lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one PCI Master 0 WS Write and AGP Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI or AGP bus are executed with zero wait state 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU PCI Post Write and CPU AGP Post Write The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Delay Transaction When enabled this function frees up the PCI bus for other PCI masters during the PCI to ISA transactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of performance on the PCI bus when ISA accesses are made 3 1 3 4 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM 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 5 Video RAM Cacheable When enabled it allows the video RAM to be cacheable thus providing better video performance If your graphics card does not support this function leave this field in its default setting Disabled 3 1 3 6 I O Recovery Time Selecting Enabled will allow additional time for I O devices to respond to the system However if your I O devices are capab
90. yboard Mouse Green l D oea J peenes J S o ola e o0o0o I The system board is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at location J of the ATX double deck ports of the system board The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQI2 If a mouse Is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ 2 for other expansion cards gt Warning D Make sure to tum off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board 26 Hardware Installation 2 8 2 Universal Serial Bus Ports SOOO 00555 osoo USB 25 USB 2 0 4 Black 22 Jooo oTlio USB 20 e Pe 1222 020 or J22 B ee de 0 0 0 HJooooo ls USB TP mooo s 025 Black USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use the USB ports Refe
91. you are using The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one If necessary C C 118 Troubleshooting Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive The floppy diskette may not be formatted Format the diskette and try again 2 The diskette may be write protected Use a diskette that Is not write protected 3 You may be writing to the wrong drive Check the path statement to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive 4 There is not enough space left on the diskette Use another diskette with adequate storage space Hard Drive Hard disk failure L Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two hard drives make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave The master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to format it is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 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 po

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