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BIOS Setup

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OnChip PCI Device:

Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu:

OnChip USB Controller:

This option enables or disables the USB controller.

USB 2.0 Controller:

This option enables or disables the USB 2.0 controller.

USB Keyboard Support Via:

This item allows you to select [

BIOS

] for using USB keyboard in DOS environment, or [

] in OS

environment.

USB Mouse Support Via:

This item allows you to select [

BIOS

] for using USB mouse in DOS environment, or [

] in OS

environment.

OnChip Audio Controller:

This option enables or disables the audio controller.

OnChip LAN Controller:

This option enables or disables the LAN controller.

LAN Boot ROM:

This item allows you to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the
local area network directly.

User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for Fatal1ty AA8XE

Page 1: ...Intel Pentium 4 System Board Socket 775 User s Manual For more information www abit com tw 4200 0433 01 Rev 1 00 ...

Page 2: ... 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 reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of th...

Page 3: ... Front Panel COM1 Connection Header 2 14 8 Front Panel Switches Indicators Headers 2 15 9 Additional IEEE1394 Port Headers 2 16 10 Additional USB Port Headers 2 17 11 GURU Clock Connection Header 2 18 12 Internal Audio Connectors 2 18 13 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 2 19 14 POST Code Display 2 20 15 Serial ATA Connectors 2 21 16 PCI Express x16 Slot 2 22 17 PCI Express x1 Slots 2 22 18 Onb...

Page 4: ...t Software Utility A 1 Appendix B Install Intel Application Accelerator RAID B 1 Appendix C Install Audio Driver C 1 Appendix D Install LAN Driver D 1 Appendix E Install USB 2 0 Driver E 1 Appendix F Install ABIT µGuru Utility F 1 Appendix G POST Code Definition G 1 Appendix H Troubleshooting Need Assistance H 1 Appendix I How to Get Technical Support I 1 For more information www abit com tw Fatal...

Page 5: ... followed that success by traveling to Dallas and defending my title as the world s best Quake III player winning the 40 000 grand prize My earned frags allowed at this tournament were 2 5 From there I entered competitions all over the world including Singapore Korea Germany Australia Holland and Brazil in addition to Los Angeles New York and St Louis WINNING STREAK I was excited to showcase my tr...

Page 6: ...e fluid movement around the maps My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying about their equipment something I ve preached since I began competing I don t want to worry about my equipment I want it to be there over and done with so I can focus on the game I want it to be the fastest and most stable computer equipment on the face of the planet so quality...

Page 7: ...echnology Enhanced Version ABIT OC strip Technology ABIT PWM cooling Technology ABIT Aero OTES Technology ABIT Audio Purification Technology for Dolby Digital Live ABIT MB LED back light ABIT MB color management system for easy installation ABIT Guru peripheral product link Guru Clock Refer to Guru Clock SPEC Guru Game Panel CMOS Reset Button USB 2 0 1394 SATA Audio IO Large LCD at front side 5 SA...

Page 8: ... 150 connectors 2x USB 2 0 headers 2x IEEE1394 headers 10 Back Panel I O ABIT Dual OTES 1x PS 2 keyboard 1 x PS 2 mouse 1x IEEE1394 4x USB 2 0 1x RJ 45 LAN Gigabit 1 x RJ 45 LAN 10 100 11 Miscellaneous ATX form factor 305mm x 245mm Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice For more information www abit com tw Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 9: ...Introduction 1 5 1 3 Layout Diagram User s Manual ...

Page 10: ...1 6 Chapter 1 For more information www abit com tw Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 11: ...le the best way to attach the board is to use studs Only if you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers Line up the holes on the board with the mounting holes on the chassis If the holes line up and there are screw holes you can attach the board with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots you can only attach with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert th...

Page 12: ...the chassis base 3 Place all the studs or spacers needed on the chassis base and then have them tightened 4 Line up all the screw holes on the motherboard with those studs or spacers on the chassis 5 Tighten all the screws As the Dual OTES Fan Duct takes up two screw hole positions that are traditionally used for motherboard installation please refer to the ABIT Dual OTES quick installation guide ...

Page 13: ...pull it away from the retention tab 2 Rotate the lever to fully open position 3 Use your right thumb on the bottom right side of the load plate and lift it up to fully open position 4 Use your right thumb and forefinger to grasp the CPU package Be sure to grasp on the edge of the substrate and face the Pin 1 indicator toward the bottom left side Aim at the socket and place the CPU package vertical...

Page 14: ...assembly onto the socket Align the four fasteners toward the four mounting holes on the motherboard For detailed information on how to install your heatsink and fan assembly please refer to the instruction manual came packed with the heatsink and fan assembly you bought 10 Press each of the four fasteners down into the mounting holes 11 Rotate the fastener clock wise to lock the heatsink and fan a...

Page 15: ...atibility obtain memory 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 sys...

Page 16: ...12MB 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 both sides of the ...

Page 17: ... board that you may refer to WARNING Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component Failing to so may cause severe damage to your motherboard and or peripherals Plug in the AC power cord only after you have carefully checked everything ATX Power Input Connectors 1 This motherboard provides two power connectors to connect ATX12V powe...

Page 18: ...ling fans installed in your system CPUFAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector NBFAN1 Chipset Fan Power Connector SYSFAN1 System Fan Power Connector OTESFAN1 OTESFAN2 OTES Fan Power Connector WARNING These fan connectors are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 19: ...o clear the CMOS memory Pin 1 2 shorted default Normal operation Pin 2 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory WARNING Turn the power off first including the 5V standby power before clearing the CMOS memory Failing to do so may cause your system to work abnormally or malfunction User s Manual ...

Page 20: ...tion 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 Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 21: ...nnector at front panel Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 MIC2 L Microphone 2 Left 2 AGND Analog Ground 3 MIC2 R Microphone 2 Right 4 AVCC Analog VCC Power 5 FRO R Front Right 6 MIC2_JD Microphone 2 Jack Detect 7 F_IO_SEN Front I O Sensor 9 FRO L Front Left 10 LINE2_JD Line 2 Jack Detect User s Manual ...

Page 22: ...to digital multimedia 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 Center Subwoofer 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...

Page 23: ... optical or line input 2 Remove the rubber protection cap at the other end Plug it into the Digital Out SPDIF Out jack on your digital multimedia device S PDIF Output Connection 1 Pull out the 3 5mm adapter at one end Keep this adapter with its protection cap covered in save place Plug the rest of this end into the SPDIF O jack on this daughter card 2 Remove the rubber protection cap at the other ...

Page 24: ...onnection through an extension cable and bracket Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD Receive Data 3 TXD Transfer Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator 10 NC No Connected Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 25: ...ation 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 chassis front pa...

Page 26: ...t Headers These headers each provide one additional IEEE1394 port connection through an extension cable and bracket 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 Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 27: ...rs These headers each provide 2 additional USB 2 0 ports connection through an USB cable designed for USB 2 0 specifications 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 User s Manual ...

Page 28: ...RU Clock Connection Header This header is reserved for connecting ABIT s exclusive GURU Clock 12 Internal Audio Connectors These connectors connect to the audio output of internal CD ROM drive or add on card Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 29: ...e FDC1 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 har...

Page 30: ...emory 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 device also disp...

Page 31: ...ard provides RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration for Serial ATA hard drives through the Intel ICH6R chipset You may configure a disk array by the Intel Application Accelerator RAID option ROM utility For more information on how to configure the function mode for SATA please refer to the item On Chip Serial ATA in the BIOS menu of OnChip IDE Device User s Manual ...

Page 32: ...er 2 16 PCI Express x16 Slot This slot is used to attach the next generation of graphics architecture 17 PCI Express x1 Slots These slots are used to attach the next generation of I O architecture Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 33: ...Hardware Setup 2 23 18 Onboard Switches PWR ON Press this button to power on the system RESET Press this button to reset the system User s Manual ...

Page 34: ...LED lights up when the power supply is connected with power source SUS This LED lights up when the system is in suspend mode HD This LED lights up when the hard drive is activating VCC This LED lights up when the system power is on Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 35: ...l Mouse Connects to PS 2 mouse Keyboard Connects to PS 2 keyboard LAN1 Connects to Gigabit Local Area Network LAN2 Connects to 10 100Mbps Local Area Network USB1 USB2 Connects to USB devices such as scanner digital speakers monitor mouse keyboard hub digital camera joystick etc User s Manual ...

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Page 37: ...mory 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 appears N...

Page 38: ...tion User Define WARNING 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 set...

Page 39: ...B800 for CPU of 200MHz FSB frequency Select PSB1066 for CPU of 266MHz FSB frequency DRAM Frequency This item determines the DRAM frequency PCI Express Clock This item selects the PCI Express frequency PCI Clock This item determines the PCI bus frequency This option allows you to keep your PCI clock at some fixed frequency to improve system stability Voltages Control This option allows you to switc...

Page 40: ... submenu These items display the power cycle statistics for each element 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 Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 41: ...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 item selects...

Page 42: ...of 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 NOTE The value of high limit must be set above the one of low limit F...

Page 43: ...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 NOTE Only the fans with 3 pin plugs provide the speed monito...

Page 44: ...M 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 low volta...

Page 45: ...m ss This item sets the time you specify usually the current time in the format of Hour Minute and Second IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master Slave Click Enter key to enter its submenu NOTE The items IDE Channel 2 Master Slave and IDE Channel 3 Master Slave appear only when the item On Chip Serial ATA in the OnChip IDE Device menu i...

Page 46: ...pacity 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 displays the number of cylinders specified as th...

Page 47: ... 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 item displays the amount of extended memory detected during sy...

Page 48: ...f thermal monitoring Limit CPUID MaxVal When set to Enabled this item limits the CPUID maximum 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 NX BIOS Control When set to Disabled this NX features flag will be forced to return to 0 Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 49: ...st Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device items 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 other than these three items Boot Up...

Page 50: ...longing this delay time A larger value will give more delay time to the device for which to initialize and to prepare for activation 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 clock signal to these unused PCI slots No The system always send clock signal to all PCI slots NO...

Page 51: ...ls the latency between the DRAM read command and the time that the data becomes actually available Act to Precharge Delay This item controls the number of DRAM clocks used for the DRAM parameters DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This item controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read write command DRAM RAS Precharge This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to t...

Page 52: ...he 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 Init Display First This item selects whether to initiates from PCI Express Slot or PCI Slot first when system boots up Game Accelerator This item enables or disables the Game Accelerator Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 53: ...lects whether to enable or disable the IDE 1 controller 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 NOTE The RAID option is only available when the item OnChip Seria...

Page 54: ... not support the Windows 98 ME operation system PATA IDE Mode This item determines the function mode for IDE1 connector Primary IDE1 connector served as Primary Master and Primary Slave channel SATA2 and SATA4 connector served as Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channel The remaining SATA1 and SATA3 connectors are disabled Secondary IDE1 connector served as Secondary Master and Secondary Slave...

Page 55: ...ing USB keyboard in DOS environment or OS in OS environment USB Mouse Support Via This item allows you to select BIOS for using USB mouse in DOS environment or OS in OS environment OnChip Audio Controller This option enables or disables the audio controller OnChip LAN Controller This option enables or disables the LAN controller LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM instead of a di...

Page 56: ...oard Serial Port 1 This item determines which I O addresses the onboard Serial Port controller will access Auto The system automatically selects an I O address for the onboard Serial Port 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard Serial Port Disabled Disables the onboard Serial Port Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 57: ...ler This option enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller Onboard LAN Controller This option enables or disables the LAN controller LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly User s Manual ...

Page 58: ... button for more than 4 seconds will 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 CPU THRM Throttling This item controls the CPU speed by cutting down its regular power to a percentage during the STR Suspend To RAM sta...

Page 59: ...EY Use any of the function keys between F1 to F12 to power on the system Mouse Left Double click the mouse left button to power on the system Mouse Right Double click the mouse right button to power on the system Any KEY Use any keyboard keys to power on the system Button Only Use only the power button to power on the system Keyboard 98 Use the power on button on the Keyboard 98 compatible keyboar...

Page 60: ...On When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power will be powered on automatically 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 syst...

Page 61: ...urces Click Enter key to enter 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 PIRQ_1 Use IRQ No PIRQ_8 Use IRQ No This item specifies the IRQ number ...

Page 62: ...s 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 Saving This option exits the BIOS setup menu without saving any changes Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 63: ...se follow the on screen instructions Insert the Driver Utility CD into the CD ROM drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the executable file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility The following screen appears 1 C...

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Page 65: ...to the CD ROM drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the executable file in the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your cursor to the Drivers tab Click Intel Application Accelerator RAID The following screen appears NOTE To install this program you have to enable the item RAID Function first...

Page 66: ...complete setup 7 To run the Intel Storage Utility click Start All Programs Intel R Application Accelerator Intel Application Accelerator 8 This is the Intel Storage Utility configuration menu Click the Help menu for more information Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 67: ...e on screen instructions Insert the Driver Utility CD into the CD ROM drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the executable file in the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your cursor to the Drivers tab Click Audio Driver The following screen appears Click Next 1 Click Continue Anyway 2 User ...

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Page 69: ... drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the executable file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your cursor to the Drivers tab Click Intel PRO 1000 MT LAN Driver or Intel PRO 100 VE LAN Driver The following screen appears Click Install Base Driver 1 2 Click OK to complete setup Click E...

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Page 71: ...0 Driver E 1 Appendix E Install USB 2 0 Driver NOTE The installation of USB 2 0 driver for Windows XP or Windows 2000 is currently available by updating the latest Service Pack from Microsoft s web site User s Manual ...

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Page 73: ...n instructions Insert the Driver Utility CD into the CD ROM drive It should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the executable file located in the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your cursor to the ABIT Utility tab Click ABIT µGuru The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click Next Click Finish to...

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Page 75: ...terface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0E Test F000h segment shadow 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 algorit...

Page 76: ...according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 2B Invoke Video BIOS 2D 1 Initialize double byte language font Optional 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed full screen logo 33 Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e g Winbond 977 series Super I O chips See also POST 63 35 Test DMA Channel 0 37 Test DMA Channel 1 39 Test DMA ...

Page 77: ...ard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6F 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 75 Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76 Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 77 Detect serial ports parallel ports 7A Detect install co processor 7C Init HDD write protect 7F Switch bac...

Page 78: ...nable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Saving 3 Program boot up speed 4 Chipset final initialization 5 Power management final initialization 6 Clear screen display summary table 7 Program K6 write allocation 8 Program P6 class write combining 95 Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96 1 Build MP table 2 Build update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ ...

Page 79: ...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 Se 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 Check CPU core voltage 9 8 De As...

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Page 81: ...st the following three troubleshooting methods 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 dis...

Page 82: ...time you insert a card until the system will not start Keep the VGA card and the interface card that caused the problem inserted on the motherboard remove any other cards or peripheral and start again If you still cannot start note the information related to both cards in the add on Card space provided and don t forget to indicate the motherboard model version BIOS identification number CPU refer ...

Page 83: ...r Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ST31621A 1 6GB 8 CD ROM Drive Indicate the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2 and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is IDE2 Master Example In the CD ROM drive space check the box in the Brand space write Mitsumi ...

Page 84: ... Phone Number Contact Person Fax Number E mail Address Model BIOS ID Motherboard Model No DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory ADD ON CARD Problem Description Fatal1ty AA8XE ...

Page 85: ... need service or technical support please understand the constraints that we have and always check with the reseller who sold the product to you first To expedite service we recommend that you follow the procedures outlined below before contacting us With your help we can meet our commitment to provide the best service to the greatest number of ABIT Fatal1ty customers 1 Check the Manual It sounds ...

Page 86: ...res Your reseller should be very familiar with your system configuration and should be able to solve your problem much more efficiently than we could After all your reseller regards you as an important customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well They integrated and sold the system to you They should know best what your system configuration i...

Page 87: ...any and Benelux Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg France Italy Spain Portugal Greece Denmark Norway Sweden Finland and Switzerland AMOR Computer B V ABIT s European Office Jan van Riebeeckweg 15 5928LG Venlo The Netherlands Tel 31 77 3204428 Fax 31 77 3204420 Sales sales abit nl Web Site http www abit nl Austria Czech Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Bosnia Serbia and Macedonia Asguard Computer Ges ...

Page 88: ...ikely that you have a defective component Please contact the reseller from whom you bought the product You should be able to get RMA service there 10 Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others For this reason any compatibility problem that is reported t...

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