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Page 1: ... Adobe Reader place the Driver Utility CD into the CD ROM drive in your system The auto run screen will appear click the Manual tab to enter its submenu If not browse the root directory of the CD ROM via the File Manager and double click the AUTORUN file LGA775 ATX Motherboard NB Intel 975X Chipset SB Intel ICH7R Chipset 1066MHz FSB Dual DDR2 800 DIMM Slots Dual PCI E X16 Graphics Slots Dual GbE L...

Page 2: ...t indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights res...

Page 3: ... 2 5 Installing Hardware 2 9 2 5 1 CPU Socket 775 2 9 2 5 2 DDR2 Memory Slots 2 12 2 5 3 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 2 14 2 5 4 PCI Express X16 Add on Slots 2 15 2 5 5 Serial ATA Connectors 2 17 2 5 6 AudioMAX Connection Slot 2 19 2 5 7 PCI Express X1 Add on Slots 2 21 2 5 8 PCI Add on Slot 2 21 2 6 Connecting Optional Devices 2 22 2 6 1 Additional USB 2 0 Port Headers 2 22 2 6 2 Addition...

Page 4: ...tware Installation Utility 4 2 4 2 Intel Matrix Storage Technology Driver 4 3 4 3 Realtek Audio Driver 4 4 4 4 Realtek LAN Driver 4 5 4 5 Silicon Image 3132 SATA Driver 4 6 4 6 Silicon Image 3132 SATA RAID Driver 4 7 4 7 USB 2 0 Driver 4 8 4 8 ABIT µGuru Utility 4 8 5 Appendix 5 1 5 1 POST Code Definitions 5 1 5 1 1 AWARD POST Code Definitions 5 1 5 1 2 AC2005 POST Code Definitions 5 4 5 2 Trouble...

Page 5: ...ports Dual Channel DDR2 800 Un buffered Non ECC memory Supports maximum memory capacity up to 8GB Graphics Supports Dual PCI Express X16 slots Dual ATI CrossFire VGA cards ABIT Engineered ABIT uGuru Technology ABIT Silent OTES Technology ABIT AudioMAX Technology Serial ATA Intel Matrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0 1 10 5 Supports SATA AHCI providing native command queuing and native hot plug...

Page 6: ...x SATA connectors 2x USB 2 0 headers 1x IEEE1394 header Rear Panel I O ABIT Silent OTES 1x PS 2 Keyboard connector 1x PS 2 Mouse connector 1x IEEE1394 connector 4x USB 2 0 connectors 2x RJ 45 Gigabit LAN connectors Miscellaneous ATX form factor 305mm x 245mm Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice 1 2 AW8D ...

Page 7: ...Introduction 1 2 Motherboard Layout AW8D 1 3 ...

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Page 9: ...or I O shield located at the rear panel Make sure the I O shield of the chassis matches the I O port configuration of this motherboard You can find an I O shield specifically designed for this motherboard in its package 2 2 Installing Motherboard Most computer chassis have a base with many mounting holes to allow the motherboard to be securely attached and at the same time prevent the system from ...

Page 10: ...ave them tightened Face the chassis s rear panel To prevent shorting the PCB circuit please REMOVE the metal studs or spacers if they are already fastened on the chassis base and are without mounting holes on the motherboard to align with 2 3 Checking Jumper Settings For a 2 pin jumper plug the jumper cap on both pins will make it CLOSE SHORT Remove the jumper cap or plug it on either pin reserved...

Page 11: ...ured to the default values stored in BIOS Pins 1 and 2 shorted default Normal operation Pins 2 and 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory To clear the CMOS memory and load in the default values 1 Power off the system 2 Set pin 2 and pin 3 shorted by the jumper cap Wait for a few seconds Set the jumper cap back to its default settings pin 1 and pin 2 shorted 3 Power on the system 4 For incorrect CPU ratio clo...

Page 12: ...the backup battery 1 Power off the system and disconnect with AC power source 2 Remove the exhausted battery 3 Insert a new CR2032 or equivalent battery Pay attention to its polarity The side is its positive polarity 4 Connect AC power source and power on the system 5 Enter the BIOS setup menu Reconfigure the setup parameters if necessary CAUTION Danger of explosion may arise if the battery is inc...

Page 13: ...e wake up function USB PWR1 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB1 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB1 port USB PWR2 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB2 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB2 port ...

Page 14: ...in cables can both be connected to this 24 pin connector Connect from pin 1 for either type However a 20 pin power supply may cause the system unstable or even unbootable for the sake of insufficient electricity A minimum power of 300W or higher is recommended ATX 12V 4 Pin Power Connector This connector supplies power to CPU The system will not start without connecting power to this one Auxiliary...

Page 15: ...rong orientation will only cause the LED not lighting but a wrong connection of the switches could cause system malfunction HLED Pin 1 3 Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis front panel RST Pin 5 7 Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front panel SPKR Pin 13 15 17 19 Connects to the System Speaker cable of chassis SLED Pin 2 4 Connects to the Suspend LED cable if there is one of chass...

Page 16: ... cooling fans installed in your system CPUFAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector NBFAN1 Chipset Fan Power Connector SYSFAN1 System Fan Power Connector AUXFAN1 5 Auxiliary Fan Power Connector These fan connectors are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors 2 8 AW8D ...

Page 17: ...cap when the CPU is not in use 2 5 1 CPU Socket 775 1 Place the board so as to let the lever hook of the socket is on your left side Use your left thumb and forefinger to hold the lever hook pull it away from the retention tab Rotate the lever to fully open position 2 Use your right thumb on the bottom right side of the load plate and lift it up to fully open position 3 Use your right thumb and fo...

Page 18: ... load plate and use your right thumb to peel the cap off The cap plays an important role in protecting contact pins In order to prevent bent pin PUT ON the cap after operation or testing 6 Lower the plate onto the CPU package Engage the load lever while gently pressing down the load plate 7 Secure the lever with the hook under retention tab 2 10 AW8D ...

Page 19: ... the four pin power plug from the heatsink and fan assembly to the CPU FAN connector The installation procedures vary with different types of CPU fan and heatsink assembly The one shown here is served for demo only For detailed information on how to install the one you bought refer to its installation guidelines A higher fan speed will be helpful for better airflow and heat dissipation Nevertheles...

Page 20: ...ry modules from the same vendor Due to chipset resource allocation the system may detect less than 4GB of system memory in the installation of four 1GB DDR2 memory modules Due to chipset limitation 128MB DIMM modules or double sided x16 memory chips are not supported There are several methods of different DDR2 configurations depending on how the DIMMs are populated on each system memory channel Si...

Page 21: ...MB 9 512MB 256MB 512MB 256MB 10 256MB 512MB 256MB 512MB Power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before installing or removing memory modules 1 Locate the DIMM slot on the board 2 Hold two edges of the DIMM module carefully keep away of touching its connectors 3 Align the notch key on the module with the rib on the slot 4 Firmly press the module into the slots until the ejector tabs at ...

Page 22: ... port and the floppy connector Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 100 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3 connector Ultra ATA 66 ribbon cables Connect the single end blue connector at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board the other two ends gray and black connector at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors of your hard driv...

Page 23: ...raphics card installation Normal Mode Install one PCIE graphics card into Master slot the PCIEXP1 slot on this motherboard Two PCIE graphics cards installation CrossFire Mode Install one CrossFire Edition graphics card into Master slot the PCIEXP1 slot on this motherboard and one CrossFire Compatible graphics card into Slave slot the PCIEXP2 slot on this motherboard The ATI CrossFire technology cu...

Page 24: ...herboard 2 Insert the CrossFire compatible PCI Express graphics card Slave Card into the PCIEXP2 slave slot 3 There are 3 connectors on the DMS 59 to interconnect cable Connector 1 DMS 59 Male connector Connector 2 DVI I Female connector Connector 3 DVI I Male connector 4 Connect the DMS 59 Male plug to the DMS 59 connector on Master Card 5 Connect the DVI I Male end to the DVI I connector on Salv...

Page 25: ...A connectors SATA1 SATA4 Available for RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 10 configuration by the utility Intel Matrix Storage Manager SATA5 SATA6 Available for RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration by the utility Sil3132 SATA RAID Driver For more information on how to configure the function mode for SATA please refer to the item On Chip SATA in the BIOS menu of On Chip IDE Device SATA signal cable optional SA...

Page 26: ...ATA device 2 Attach the SATA power cable to the SATA device and connect the other end from the power supply To convert between PATA and SATA The optional SERILLEL is a convenient accessory to convert between parallel and serial devices for this type of motherboard designed with the SATA controller from Silicon Image 2 18 AW8D ...

Page 27: ...media devices Line In Connects to the line out from external audio sources Mic In Connects to the plug from external microphone Line Out Connects to the front left and front right channel in the 7 1 channel or regular 2 channel audio system Cen Sub Connects to the center and subwoofer channel in the 7 1 channel audio system R L R R Rear Left Rear Right Connects to the rear left and rear right chan...

Page 28: ...ap Attach one end of the optical cable with the 3 5mm Optical to Stereo adapter and have it plugged into the Line In jack on this daughter card This jack is served for either optical or line input 2 Connect the other end of the optical cable to the Digital Out SPDIF Out jack on your digital multimedia device S PDIF Output Connection 1 Remove the rubber protection cap Plug one end of the optical ca...

Page 29: ...7 PCI Express X1 Add on Slots These slots provide the connection of add on cards that comply with PCI Express specifications 2 5 8 PCI Add on Slot This motherboard remains one standard PCI slot for the add on card of PCI compliant ...

Page 30: ...more USB 2 0 headers onboard Each header supports 2x additional USB 2 0 ports by connecting bracket or cable to the rear I O panel or the front mounted USB ports of your chassis Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 NC 10 NC Make sure the connecting cable bears the same pin assignment 2 22 AW8D ...

Page 31: ...more IEEE1394 header onboard Each header supports 1x additional IEEE1394 port by connecting bracket or cable to the rear I O panel or the front mounted IEEE1394 port of your chassis Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 TPA0 2 TPA0 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB0 6 TPB0 7 12V 8 12V 9 NC 10 Ground Make sure the connecting cable bears the same pin assignment ...

Page 32: ...nce For example memory presence test is an important checkpoint and its POST Code is C1 When the BIOS execute any POST item it will write the corresponding POST Code into the address 80h If the POST passes the BIOS will process the next POST item and write the next POST Code into the address 80h If the POST fails we can check the POST Code in address 80h to find out where the problem lies This LED...

Page 33: ...tors These indicators work as a reminding device to display the power status of this motherboard with power source connected 5VSB This LED lights up when the power supply is connected with power source VCC This LED lights up when the system power is on ...

Page 34: ...signed to silently cool the motherboard s North Bridge chipset Keep the area for outgoing heat wave open BP 1394 1 Connects to devices of IEEE1394 protocol Mouse Connects to PS 2 mouse Keyboard Connects to PS 2 keyboard LAN1 LAN2 Connects to Local Area Network USB1 USB2 Connects to USB devices such as scanner digital speakers monitor mouse keyboard hub digital camera joystick etc 2 26 AW8D ...

Page 35: ...n the memory count begins and then the following message appears on the screen PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP If this message disappears before you respond restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Del keys or by pressing the Reset button on computer chassis Only when it failed by these two methods can you restart the system by powering it off and then back on After pressing Del key the main menu screen a...

Page 36: ... option User Define The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage Setting the working frequency higher than the PCI chipset or processor specs may cause abnormal memory module functioning system hangs hard disk drive data lose abnormal functioning of the VGA card or abnormal functioning with other add on cards Using non specification settings...

Page 37: ...t this option manually Select PSB533 for CPU of 133MHz FSB frequency Select PSB800 for CPU of 200MHz FSB frequency Select PSB1066 for CPU of 266MHz FSB frequency DRAM Frequency CPU DRAM This item determines the DRAM frequency Voltages Control This option allows you to switch between the default and user defined voltages Leave this setting to default unless the current voltage setting cannot be det...

Page 38: ...u These items display the power cycle statistics for each element 3 1 2 ABIT EQ Click right arrow key to switch from OC Guru setup menu to ABIT EQ setup menu ABIT EQ Beep Control This item allows you to enable or disable ABIT EQ Beep Control function 3 4 AW8D ...

Page 39: ...he shutdown temperature limit the system would shutdown automatically Shutdown Temp This items sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to prevent system overheats Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function Once the system has detected that the CPU System PWM s temperature exceeded the beep temperature limit warning beeps will sound Beep Temp This ...

Page 40: ...f corresponding element is higher lower than the high low limit the system would automatically shutdown Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function If the voltage of corresponding element is higher lower than the high low limit warning beeps will sound High Low Limit These items set the high and low voltage limit The value of high limit must be set above the one of low limit 3 6 AW8...

Page 41: ...ace key to enable system shutdown function Once the system has detected that the fan speed is lower than the low limit value system will shutdown automatically Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function If the fan speed is lower than the low limit value warning beeps will sound Low Limit These items set the low limit of fan speed Only the fans with 3 pin plugs provide the speed mon...

Page 42: ... and PWM Temperature but there is only one CPU Temperature item to choose for the CPU FanEQ Control Control Temperature High Low These items set the high and low temperature limit that you want to do the fan speed control Fan PWM Duty Cycle High Low These items set the high and low limit of PWM duty cycle that you want to provide the fan with DC Fan Voltage High Low These items set the high and lo...

Page 43: ...or taking temperature among the available options of CPU SYS and PWM Temperature but there is only one CPU Temperature item to choose for the CPU FanEQ Control Control Temperature High Low These items set the high and low temperature limit that you want to do the fan speed control DC Fan Voltage High Low These items set the high and low voltage limit that you want to provide the fan with The value...

Page 44: ...emperature among the available options of CPU SYS and PWM Temperature but there is only one CPU Temperature item to choose for the CPU FanEQ Control Control Temperature High Low These items set the high and low temperature limit that you want to do the fan speed control DC Fan Voltage High Low These items set the high and low voltage limit that you want to provide the fan with The value of high li...

Page 45: ...he current time in the format of Hour Minute and Second IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master Slave IDE Channel 4 Master Slave Click Enter key to enter its submenu The items IDE Channel 3 Master Slave and IDE Channel 4 Master Slave appear only when the item On Chip SATA in the On Chip IDE Device menu is set to Enhanced Mode or set to Auto when SATA ports are co...

Page 46: ...apacity This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder This item configures the numbers of cylinders Head This item configures the numbers of read write heads Precomp This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing Zone This item dis...

Page 47: ...or All But Diskette The system boot will stop for all errors except a diskette error All But Disk Key The system boot will stop for all errors except a diskette or keyboard error Base Memory This item displays the amount of base memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard Extended Memory This it...

Page 48: ...hnology and will appear only when using such processor The Hyper Threading Technology helps your PC work more efficiently by maximizing processor resources and enabling a single processor to run two separate threads of software simultaneously bringing forth greater performance and system responsiveness when running multiple applications at once Quick Power On Self Test When set to Enabled this ite...

Page 49: ...um value to 3 which is usually required for older OS like Windows NT4 0 Leave this item to its default Disabled settings for OS like Windows XP C1E Function This item appears only for certain processors with the C1E Enhanced Halt State Function When set to Enabled the processor will further reduce the total power consumption Execute Disable Bit This item appears only for certain processors with th...

Page 50: ...elected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device other than these three items Swap Floppy Drive When set to Enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of the regular drive A There must be two floppy drives connected in the system to use this function Boot Up Floppy Seek When set to Enabled the BIOS will check wh...

Page 51: ...evices by prolonging this delay time A larger value will give more delay time to the device for which to initialize and to prepare for activation Full Screen LOGO Show This item determines to show the full screen logo when booting Disable Unused PCI Clock This option disables the clock of PCI slot that is not in use Yes The system automatically detect the unused DIMM and PCI slots and stop sending...

Page 52: ... the latency between the DRAM read command and the time that the data becomes actually available RAS to CAS Delay tRCD This item controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read write command RAS Precharge tRP This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM Precharge Delay tRAS This item controls the number of DRAM clocks used for the DRAM paramete...

Page 53: ...les the PCI Express port function PCI E Compliancy Mode This item selects the mode for PCI Express add on card Back to Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu PEG Force X1 When set to Enabled this item forces the PEG port down to x1 mode Init Display First This item selects whether to initiates from PCI Express Slot or PCI Slot first when system boots up ...

Page 54: ... whether to enable or disable the IDE 1 controller On Chip SATA Mode This item determines the mode for on chip Serial ATA IDE The on chip Serial ATA served as IDE mode RAID The on chip Serial ATA served as RAID mode AHCI The on chip Serial ATA served as AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface mode for advanced performance and usability The RAID option is only available when the item On Chip SATA i...

Page 55: ...3 SATA2 SATA4 None None None None The option Enhanced Mode does not support the Windows 98 ME operation system SATA PORT Speed Settings This item selects the mode for SATA PORT PATA IDE Mode This item determines the function mode for IDE1 connector IDE 1 IDE1 connector served as Primary Master and Primary Slave channel SATA2 and SATA4 connector served as Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channe...

Page 56: ...isables the USB 2 0 controller USB Keyboard Support via Select BIOS the default setting for the legacy operating system such as DOS that does not support USB keyboard USB Mouse Support via Select BIOS the default setting for the legacy operating system such as DOS that does not support USB mouse On Chip Audio Controller This option enables or disables the audio controller Super IO Device Click Ent...

Page 57: ...bles or disables the Serial ATA controller SATA RAID Mode This item determines to enable or disable the RAID mode for onboard SATA controller SATA Option ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM of onboard Serial ATA RAID to boot up system LAN 1 Controller LAN 2 Controller This option enables or disables the LAN controller Invoke Boot Agent This item allows you to use the boot ROM instead of a...

Page 58: ...power off the system This will prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off the system Wake Up by PME of PCI When set to Enabled access through the add on PCI card can remotely wake up the system that was in Soft Off condition The PCI card must support the wak...

Page 59: ... system will power on on the date set and the time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm item Time hh mm ss Alarm This item sets the time you would like the system to power on Power On Function This item selects the way you want your system to power on Password Use a password to power on the system select this option then press Enter Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly th...

Page 60: ...lus one of each function key F1 F12 simultaneously Restore On AC Power Loss This item selects the system action after an AC power failure Power Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power remains off You must press the Power button to power on the system Power On When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power will be powered on automatically Last State When...

Page 61: ...ter its submenu This item sets each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards do not work with PCI VGA PCI Latency Timer CLK This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another ...

Page 62: ...most stable minimal performance system operations 3 9 Load Optimized Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 3 10 Set Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself 3 11 Save Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the BIOS setup menu 3 12 Exit Without Savi...

Page 63: ...g installation auto run screen appears If not browse the root directory of the CD ROM via the File Manager and double click the AUTORUN file Drivers Click to enter the driver installation menu Manual Click to enter the user s manual menu Utility Click to enter the utilities installation menu ABIT Utility Click to enter the installation menu of utilities exclusively developed by ABIT Browse CD Clic...

Page 64: ...pset components in order to ensure all the features function properly To install this utility 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility item under the Drivers tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect 4 2 AW8D ...

Page 65: ...hip SATA Controller To install this driver 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Intel Matrix Storage Technology Driver item under the Drivers tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 66: ...essary only after having installed the AudioMAX daughter card To install this driver 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Audio Driver item under the Drivers tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect 4 4 AW8D ...

Page 67: ...gabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Controller To install this driver 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the LAN Driver item under the Drivers tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 68: ...roller To install this driver 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Sil3132 SATA Driver item under the Drivers tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect 4 6 AW8D ...

Page 69: ...ver is necessary only after having enabled the RAID function in the BIOS setup menu To install this driver 1 Click on the Drivers tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the Sil3132 SATA RAID Driver item under the Drivers tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 70: ...em performance of your system while playing games listening music browsing Internet or office applications in full screen with no need to stop or close the running application To install this utility 1 Click on the ABIT Utility tab in the installation menu screen 2 Click the ABIT Guru item under the ABIT Utility tab The following screen appears 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete instal...

Page 71: ...hadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker 10 Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD DMI support 12 Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 14 Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default value...

Page 72: ...rupt mask bits for channel 2 43 Test 8259 functionality 47 Initialize EISA slot 49 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4E 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller...

Page 73: ... Recover the text font used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83 Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84 Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85 1 USB final Initialization 2 Switch screen back to text mode 87 NET PC Build SYSID Structure 89 1 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 2 Set up ACPI table at top of the memory 8B 1 Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2 Invoke all PCI ROMs...

Page 74: ...y 8 C 3VDUAL voltage ready 8 D VDDA 2 5V voltage ready 8 D GMCHVTT voltage ready 8 E Check CPU fan speed 8 F Assert all power ready 9 0 Complete µGuru initial process AWARD BIOS take over booting job Power Off Sequence 9 1 Start power off sequence 9 2 De Assert all power 9 3 De Assert power on 9 4 De Assert LDT Bus power 9 5 De Assert PWM for CPU core voltage 9 6 De Assert CPU core voltage 9 7 Che...

Page 75: ...s to discharge CMOS data recover the hardware default status and then making the motherboard work again There is no need to bother returning the motherboard to where you bought it from or go through an RMA process Step 1 Switch off the power supply unit and then switch it on again after one minute If there is no power switch on the power supply unit disconnect its power cord for one minute and the...

Page 76: ... recognized properly if the display resolution mixed or if a certain program cannot be executed etc you may Upgrade the motherboard s latest BIOS version Upgrade the add on device s latest driver version Check if there is any conflict in the Control Panel System Properties Q How to fill in the Technical Support Form A To fill in this Technical Support Form please refer to the following instruction...

Page 77: ... and specifications of your optical drives and quantity Specify if it was inserted on IDE Master or Slave or SATA ports Other devices Indicate which add on cards or USB devices that you absolutely sure are related to the problem If you cannot identify the problem s origin indicate all the add on cards or USB devices inserted on your system Example AHA 29160 on PCI 2 Sandisk Cruzer mini 256MB USB F...

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