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User’s Guide

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Page 2: ...r any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Further this company reserves the right to re...

Page 3: ...roduct on a bed sofa rug or other similar surface This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register or in a built in installation unless proper ventilation is provided 6 This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the marking label If you are not sure of the type of power available consult your dealer or local power company 7 This product is equip...

Page 4: ...tage points or other risks Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel 12 Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions a When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed b If liquid has been spilled into the product c If the product has been exposed to rain or water d If the product does not operate normally when ...

Page 5: ...y explode if not handled properly Do not recharge disassemble or dispose of in fire Keep away from children and dispose of used batteries promptly 15 Use only the proper type of power supply cord set provided in your keyboard manual accessories box for this unit It should be a detachable type UL listed CSA certified type SVT SJT rated 6A 125V minimum VDE approved or its equivalent Maximum length i...

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Page 8: ...ee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment ...

Page 9: ...re This user s guide consists of two chapters Chapter 1 System Board This chapter describes the system board and all its major components It contains the system board layout jumper settings cache and memory configurations and information on other internal devices Chapter 2 Setup Utility This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by changing the setti...

Page 10: ... Represent the actual keys that you have to press on the keyboard NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems IMPORTANT Reminds you to take specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures ...

Page 11: ... Installing the Pentium II processor 1 11 1 5 1 Attaching the Processor Fan Sink 1 11 1 5 2 Installing a Pentium II Processor 1 15 1 5 3 Removing a Pentium II Processor 1 18 1 6 Memory Upgrade 1 20 1 6 1 Memory Configurations 1 20 1 6 2 Installing a DIMM 1 21 1 6 3 Removing a DIMM 1 22 1 6 4 Reconfiguring the System 1 23 1 7 Installing Expansion Cards 1 24 1 7 1 Installing PCI Cards 1 24 1 7 2 Ins...

Page 12: ...y Drive A 2 6 2 2 6 Floppy Drive B 2 6 2 2 7 IDE Primary Channel Master 2 6 2 2 8 IDE Primary Channel Slave 2 6 2 2 9 IDE Secondary Channel Master 2 6 2 2 10 IDE Secondary Channel Slave 2 7 2 2 11 Total Memory 2 7 2 2 12 Serial Port 1 2 7 2 2 13 Serial Port 2 2 7 2 2 14 Parallel Port 2 7 2 2 15 PS 2 Mouse 2 8 2 3 Product Information 2 9 2 3 1 Product Name 2 9 2 3 2 System S N 2 9 2 3 3 Main Board ...

Page 13: ... 19 2 6 Power Management 2 22 2 6 1 Power Management Mode 2 22 2 6 2 Power Switch 4 sec 2 23 2 6 3 System Wake up Event 2 23 2 7 Boot Options 2 24 2 7 1 Boot Sequence 2 24 2 7 2 First Hard Disk Drive 2 25 2 7 3 Fast Boot 2 25 2 7 4 Silent Boot 2 25 2 7 5 Num Lock After Boot 2 26 2 7 6 Memory Test 2 26 2 7 7 Configuration Table 2 26 2 7 8 Boot from LANDesk Service Agent 2 26 2 8 Date and Time 2 27 ...

Page 14: ...m Board Layout without Network Connector 1 5 1 3 Jumper and Connector Locations with a Network Connector 1 6 1 4 Jumper and Connector Locations without a Network Connector 1 7 1 5 Matching the Fan Sink Clips with the Holes on the Processor 1 11 1 6 Removing tape protector from Fan SInk 1 12 1 7 Inserting the Clip Ends into the Processor Holes 1 12 1 8 Locking a Wide Clip End 1 13 1 9 Locking a Nar...

Page 15: ...or 1 19 1 17 Installing a DIMM 1 21 1 18 Removing a DIMM 1 22 1 19 Installing a PCI Card 1 24 1 20 Installing an ISA Card 1 26 1 21 Installing an AGP Card 1 27 List of Tables 1 1 Jumper Settings 1 8 1 2 Connector Functions 1 8 1 3 Memory Configurations 1 20 1 4 System Error Messages 1 28 2 1 Parallel Port Operation Mode Settings 2 19 2 2 Drive Control Settings 2 41 ...

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Page 17: ...es a new technology which is the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP interface Supporting up to 133 MHz data transfer speed the AGP interface boosts graphics performance The PIIX4 is a multifunction PCI device controller implementing system functions including PCI IDE universal serial bus USB host hub and enhanced power management It also supports Ultra DMA 33 synchronous DMA compatible devices The syst...

Page 18: ... NS16C550 serial ports one enhanced parallel port with an Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Extended Capabilities Port ECP feature a diskette drive interface and two embedded hard disk interfaces The board also includes a built in 10 100 Mb s Intel 82558 LAN chip that supports Wake On LAN WOL only for models with LAN feature ...

Page 19: ...out LAN and one AGP expansion slots including one PCI ISA shared slot 256 KB Flash ROM for system BIOS 10 100 Mb s Intel 82558 LAN chip that supports Wake On LAN WOL manufacturing option Enhanced IDE hard disk and diskette drive interface PS2 power connector System controller chipset External ports USB connector RJ 45 jack manufacturing option Parallel port PS 2 compatible keyboard port PS 2 compa...

Page 20: ...ector 8 Intel 82C558 Ethernet controller 9 BIOS 10 ISA slots 11 PCI slots 12 AGP slot 13 Battery 14 Intel 82371EB 15 IDE1 connector 16 IDE2 connector 17 FDD connector 18 Intel 440BX 19 DIMM sockets 20 Voltage regulators 21 CPU slot 22 Power connector Figure 1 1 System Board Layout with Network Connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 17 ...

Page 21: ...t 1 7 BIOS 8 ISA slots 9 PCI slots 10 AGP slot 11 Battery 12 Intel 82371EB 13 IDE1 connector 14 IDE2 connector 15 FDD connector 16 Intel 440BX 17 DIMM sockets 18 Voltage regulators 19 CPU slot 20 Power connector Figure 1 2 System Board Layout without Network Connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 15 ...

Page 22: ...er s Guide 1 3 Jumpers and Connectors 1 3 1 Jumper and Connector Locations Figure 1 3 and 1 4 shows the jumper locations on the system board Figure 1 3 Jumper and Connector Locations with a Network Connector ...

Page 23: ...stem Board 1 7 The blackened pin of a jumper or connector represents pin 1 Figure 1 4 Jumper and Connector Locations without a Network Connector The blackened pin of a jumper or connector represents pin 1 ...

Page 24: ... on the system board and their respective functions Table 1 2 Connector Functions Connector Function CN1 Suspend 5V CN2 CPU thermal sensor connector CN3 CPU fan connector CN4 LAN Jack RJ45 optional CN5 Power connector CN6 Floppy disk connector CN7 USB connectors CN8 COM1 lower right COM2 lower left and Parallel port above CN9 Upper PS 2 mouse connector Lower PS 2 keyboard connector CN10 Enhanced I...

Page 25: ... On LAN connector CN16 Power switch CN19 Housing fan connector CN20 Audio line in connector reserved CN21 Modem Ring In wake up connector CN22 Turbo LED connector JP1 Power LED connector JP2 System reset connector JP5 Housing intrusion switch connector Reserved items are items that are supported by the system board but not available in the current version ...

Page 26: ...m component from its packaging unless you are ready to install it 2 Wear a wrist grounding strap before handling electronic components Wrist grounding straps are available at most electronic component stores DO NOT attempt the procedures in the following sections unless you are confident of your capability to perform them Otherwise ask a service technician for assistance ...

Page 27: ...tium II processor module The new fan sink includes a new metal retention bracket to hold the Pentium II processor module more securely The Pentium II processor module comes with holes on one side to hold the clips of the fan sink The upper set of holes near the latches on the processor are wider and should match the wider ends of the clips on the fan sink The lower set of holes are smaller and sho...

Page 28: ...cessor module 1 Remove the thermal tape protector at the back of the fan sink Figure 1 6 Removing tape protector from Fan SInk 2 Insert the wide clip ends into the wide holes on the processor and the narrow clip ends into the narrow holes Figure 1 7 Inserting the Clip Ends into the Processor Holes ...

Page 29: ...rewdriver to press and lock in the wide end of a clip first Then without lifting the screwdriver point it downward to press and lock the narrow end of the clip Figure 1 8 Locking a Wide Clip End Figure 1 9 Locking a Narrow Clip End ...

Page 30: ...s Guide 3b Using your fingers push down the metal bracket until it clicks into the CPU cartridge and then push the metal bracket s handle to lock the metal bracket into place Figure 1 10 Locking the metal bracket ...

Page 31: ...oard 1a Place the retention mechanism over the processor socket on the CPU board Secure it with the screws that came with the package Figure 1 11 Installing the Pentium II Retention Mechanism 1b Place the retention mechanism over the processor socket on the CPU board Secure it with the plastic pegs that came with the package as shown below ...

Page 32: ...dule golden fingers pointing downward align the processor to the posts of the retention mechanism then lower it down See Figure 1 8 The golden fingers of the Pentium II module are slotted such that it only fits in one direction Make sure that the module groove matches the one on the processor socket ...

Page 33: ...System Board 1 17 3 Press down the processor module until the golden fingers completely fit into the socket Figure 1 13 Installing a Pentium II Processor ...

Page 34: ...ssor module into place Figure 1 14 Securing the Pentium II Processor 1 5 3 Removing a Pentium II Processor Follow these steps to remove the Pentium II CPU module from the slot 1 Unlock the latches that secure the processor module Figure 1 15 Unlocking the Module Latches ...

Page 35: ...System Board 1 19 2 Firmly hold the processor module and pull it out of the socket Figure 1 16 Removing the Pentium II Processor ...

Page 36: ...tions Do not use both 66 MHz unbuffered and 100 MHz registered SDRAM together This might cause your system to malfunction Each of the sockets represents one independent bank This allows you to install DIMMs with different capacities to form a configuration 1 6 1 Memory Configurations Table 1 3 lists some system memory configurations You may combine DIMMs with various capacities to form other combi...

Page 37: ...1 6 2 Installing a DIMM To install a DIMM align it with the socket and press it down until the holding clips secure the DIMM in place The DIMM socket is slotted to ensure proper installation If you slip in a DIMM but it does not completely fit you may have inserted it the wrong way Reverse the orientation of the DIMM Figure 1 17 Installing a DIMM ...

Page 38: ...emove a DIMM press the holding clips on both sides of the socket outward to release the DIMM Place your forefingers on the top of the DIMM before you press the holding clips to gently disengage the DIMM from the socket Figure 1 18 Removing a DIMM ...

Page 39: ... removing DIMMs Follow these steps to reconfigure the system 1 Reboot the system A memory error message appears indicating that the total memory does not match the value stored in CMOS 2 Press 3 Press twice to exit Setup and reboot the system The system boots with the new memory configuration ...

Page 40: ...system board 2 Remove the bracket on the housing opposite an empty PCI slot 3 Insert a PCI card into the slot Make sure that the card is properly seated 4 Secure the card to the housing with a screw When you turn on the system BIOS automatically detects and assigns resources to the PCI devices Figure 1 19 Installing a PCI Card ...

Page 41: ...PnP cards installed in the system if any 2 Install non PnP ISA cards 3 Turn on the system 4 Use Windows 95 or ICU to manually assign the appropriate IRQs to the cards This ensures that BIOS will not use the resources assigned to the non PnP ISA cards BIOS detects and configures only PnP cards 5 Turn off the system 6 Locate the expansion slots and install the PnP ISA and PCI cards 7 Turn on the sys...

Page 42: ...g an AGP card make sure that the IRQ required by this card is not already assigned to a PCI or ISA device to avoid resource conflicts Follow these steps when installing an AGP card 1 Locate the AGP slot on the mainboard 2 Insert an AGP card into the slot Make sure that the card is properly seated ...

Page 43: ...System Board 1 27 Figure 1 21 Installing an AGP Card When you turn on the system BIOS automatically detects and assigns resources to the AGP device BIOS detects and configures only PnP cards ...

Page 44: ...ese messages typically occur after you boot the operating system or when you run your application If you receive this type of message consult your application or operating system manual for help 1 8 2 System Error Messages A system error message indicates a problem with the computer itself A message of this type normally appears during the power on self test before the operating system prompt appe...

Page 45: ...etup and select the proper drive type Equipment Configuration Error Modify DRAM configuration to agree with one of the options in Table 1 3 Hard Disk Controller Error Run Setup Hard Disk 0 Error Check all cable connections Replace hard disk Hard Disk 1 Error Check all cable connections Replace hard disk Hard Disk 0 Extended Type Error Run Setup Hard Disk 1 Extended Type Error Run Setup I O Parity ...

Page 46: ... the message reappears ask for technical assistance Onboard Serial Port 1 Conflict Run Setup and disable the port Onboard Serial Port 2 Conflict Run Setup and disable the port Onboard Parallel Port Conflict Run Setup and disable the port Pointing Device Error Check and connect pointing device Pointing Device Interface Error Replace the pointing device or contact your dealer Press F1 key to continu...

Page 47: ...s a major cause of power on error messages especially for a new system 2 Remove the system cover following the directions in the housing installation manual Check that the jumpers on the system board and any expansion boards are set correctly 3 If you cannot access a new disk it may be because your disk is not properly formatted Format the disk first using the FDISK and FORMAT commands 4 Check tha...

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Page 49: ... loads configuration values into the battery backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM This memory area is not part of the system RAM If you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages the battery may be bad In this case the system cannot retain configuration values in CMOS Ask a qualified technician for assistance Before you run Setup make sure that you have saved all open files The system reboots imme...

Page 50: ...ot Options Date and Time System Security Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change The system supports two BIOS Utility levels Basic and Advanced The above screen is the BIOS Utility Basic Level screen This allows you to view and change only the basic configuration of your system If you are an advanced user you may want to check the detailed configuration of your system Detailed system configura...

Page 51: ...e parameter appears only when you are in the Advanced Level The parameters on the screens show default values These values may not be the same as those in your system The grayed items on the screens have fixed settings and are not user configurable Use the arrow keys and to move around the Setup Utility screen Use to move to the next page or to return to the previous page if the setup screen has m...

Page 52: ...Cache Size 512 KB Enabled Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 5 inch Floppy Drive B None IDE Primary Channel Master Hard Disk xxx MB IDE Primary Channel Slave None IDE Secondary Channel Master None IDE Secondary Channel Slave None Total Memory xxx MB 1st Bank SDRAM xxx MB 2nd Bank None 3rd Bank None The System Information menu shows the current basic configuration of your system The next screen shows page 2 ...

Page 53: ...stem The system supports Intel Pentium II processors 2 2 2 Processor Speed The Processor Speed parameter specifies the speed of the processor currently installed in your system The system can support Pentium II processors running at 233 266 300 333 350 and 400 MHz and Celeron processors running at 266 MHz 2 2 3 Internal Cache Size This parameter specifies the first level or the internal memory i e...

Page 54: ...formation on how to configure the floppy drives see section 2 4 1 2 2 7 IDE Primary Channel Master This parameter specifies the current configuration of the IDE device connected to the master port of the primary IDE channel For information on how to configure the IDE drives see section 2 4 3 2 2 8 IDE Primary Channel Slave This parameter specifies the current configuration of the IDE device connec...

Page 55: ...ional memory the system automatically adjusts this parameter to display the new memory size 1st Bank 2nd Bank 3rd Bank The 1st Bank 2nd Bank and 3rd Bank parameters indicate the type and size of DRAM installed in DIMM sockets 1 2 and 3 respectively The None setting indicates that there is no DRAM installed For the location of the DIMM sockets refer to Figure 1 1 2 2 12 Serial Port 1 This parameter...

Page 56: ...r s Guide 2 2 15 PS 2 Mouse The BIOS utility automatically detects if there is a pointing device connected to your system If there is this parameter displays the Installed setting Otherwise this is set to None ...

Page 57: ...t The following figure shows how the Product Information screen appears Product Information Product Name xxxxxxxxx System S N xxxxxxxxx Main Board ID xxxxxxxxx Main Board S N xxxxxxxxx System BIOS Version v3 1 DMI BIOS Version 2 00 1 2 3 1 Product Name This parameter specifies the official name of the system 2 3 2 System S N This parameter specifies the system s serial number 2 3 3 Main Board ID T...

Page 58: ... serial number 2 3 5 System BIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the BIOS utility 2 3 6 DMI BIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the DMI Desktop Management Interface BIOS version DMI enables software to collect information about a computer environment ...

Page 59: ...Secondary Channel Master IDE Secondary Channel Slave 2 4 1 Floppy Drives To enter the configuration value for the first floppy drive drive A highlight the Floppy Drive A parameter Press or key to view the options and select the appropriate value Possible settings for the Floppy Drive parameters are None 360 KB 5 25 inch 1 2 MB 5 25 inch 720 KB 3 5 inch 1 44 MB 3 5 inch 2 88 MB 3 5 inch Follow the ...

Page 60: ...accessible If two LS 120 drives exist BIOS recognizes them as drive A and drive B respectively Drive B BIOS recognizes the LS 120 drive as drive B If a standard diskette drive B exists it becomes inaccessible Hard Disk BIOS recognizes the LS 120 drive as a hard disk In this setting format the LS 120 drive as any other hard disk and assign it a drive letter C D E and so on See the documentation tha...

Page 61: ...el 2 IDE Secondary Channel Slave This parameter lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 2 The following screen appears if you select any of the IDE Drive parameters IDE Primary Secondary Channel Master Slave Type Auto Cylinder XXXX Head XXXX Sector XXXX Size XXXX MB Hard Disk Size 504MB Auto Hard Disk Block Mode Auto Advanced PIO Mode Auto Hard Disk 32 bit...

Page 62: ...er the setting manually Setting this parameter also sets the Cylinder Head Sector and Size parameters CYLINDERS This parameter specifies the number of cylinders of your hard disk and is automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting HEADS This parameter specifies the number of heads of your hard disk and is automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting SECTORS This paramet...

Page 63: ...detects if the installed hard disk drive supports the Block Mode function If supported it allows data transfer in blocks multiple sectors at a rate of 256 bytes per cycle To disregard the feature change the setting to Disabled ADVANCED PIO MODE When set to Auto the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function If supported it allows for faster data recovery an...

Page 64: ...a DMA and Multi DMA modes require the DMA driver to be loaded By setting this parameter to Auto BIOS automatically sets the appropriate DMA mode for your hard disk CD ROM DRIVE DMA MODE Set this parameter to Enabled to enable the DMA mode for the CD ROM drive This improves the system performance since it allows direct memory access to the CD ROM To deactivate the function set the parameter to Disa...

Page 65: ...erals Serial Port 1 Enabled Base Address 3F8h IRQ 4 Serial Port 2 Enabled Base Address 2F8h IRQ 3 Parallel Port Enabled Base Address 378h IRQ 7 Operation Mode Standard ECP DMA Channel Onboard Device Settings 2 5 1 Serial Ports 1 and 2 These parameters allow you to enable or disable serial ports 1 and 2 Base Address This function lets you set a logical base address for serial ports 1 and 2 The opti...

Page 66: ...allel port Base Address This function lets you set a logical base address for the parallel port The options are 3BCh 378h 278h IRQ This function lets you assign an interrupt for the parallel port The options are IRQ 5 and 7 The Base Address and IRQ parameters are configurable only if Parallel Port is enabled If you install an add on card that has a parallel port whose address conflicts with the on...

Page 67: ...tion at maximum speed Extended Capabilities Port ECP Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed higher than the maximum data transfer rate ECP DMA CHANNEL This item becomes active only if you select Extended Capabilities Port ECP as the operation mode It allows you to assign DMA channel 1 or DMA channel 3 for the ECP parallel port function as required in Windows 95 2 5 3 ...

Page 68: ...onboard floppy disk controller IDE Controller Set this parameter to Primary to enable only the primary IDE controller Both to enable both primary and secondary IDE controllers or Disabled to disable all IDE controllers PS 2 Mouse Controller This parameter enables or disables the onboard PS 2 mouse controller USB Host Controller This parameter lets you enable or disable the USB controller on board ...

Page 69: ...Q9 The System Management Bus SMBus is used for controlling and getting information from devices on a motherboard It was designed for hybrid devices based on analog semiconductor technologies and with limited digital capabilities This parameter allows you to enable or disable this feature Onboard Ethernet Chip This parameter allows you to enable or disable the onboard network feature ...

Page 70: ...d 2 6 1 Power Management Mode This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption When this parameter is set to Enabled you can configure the IDE hard disk and system timers Setting it to Disabled deactivates the power management feature and its timers IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes depending on your setti...

Page 71: ...nly if the System Sleep Timer is enabled Any keyboard or mouse action or any enabled monitored activities occurring through the IRQ channels resume system operation 2 6 2 Power Switch 4 sec When set to Power Off the system automatically turns off when the power switch is pressed for less than 4 seconds When set to Suspend the system enters the suspend mode when pressed for less than 4 seconds 2 6 ...

Page 72: ...st Hard Disk Drive IDE Fast Boot Auto Silent Boot Enabled Num Lock After Boot Enabled Memory Test Enabled Configuration Table Enabled Boot from LanDesk Service Agent Disabled The above parameter marked with will only appear if you access the advanced configuration level in the Main Menu Please refer to section 2 1 for more information 2 7 1 Boot Sequence This parameter allows you to specify the bo...

Page 73: ... allows the system to boot faster by skipping some POST routines The default setting is Auto 2 7 4 Silent Boot This parameter enables or disables the Silent Boot function When set to Enabled BIOS is in graphical mode and displays only an identification logo during POST and while booting After booting the screen displays the operating system prompt such as DOS or logo such as Windows 95 If any erro...

Page 74: ...e This parameter allows you to enable or disable the appearance of the configuration table after POST but before booting The configuration table gives a summary of the hardware devices and settings that BIOS detected during POST 2 7 8 Boot from LANDesk Service Agent When set to Enabled the system boots from a LANDesk Service Agent network instead of your desktop system The LANDesk Service Agent is...

Page 75: ...od approximately seven years and connected the clock continues to keep the date and time accurately even when the power is off Boot Options Date Fri Jun 11 1998 Time HH MM SS 2 8 1 Date Highlight the items on the Date parameter and press or to set the date following the weekday month day year format Valid values for weekday month day and year are Weekday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Month 1 to 12 D...

Page 76: ...ide 2 8 2 Time Highlight the items on the Time parameter and press or to set the time following the hour minute second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 ...

Page 77: ...device settings and CPU frequency Do not change any settings in the Advanced Configuration if you are not a qualified technician to avoid damaging the system The following screen shows the Advanced Options parameters Advanced Options Memory Cache Options PnP PCI Options CPU Frequency 2 9 1 Memory Cache Options The Memory Cache Options allows you to configure the advanced system memory functions ...

Page 78: ... Cache This parameter enables or disables the external cache memory The external cache is incorporated in the CPU module CACHE SCHEME This parameter shows the cache scheme status only as Write back mode Write back updates the cache but not the memory when there is a write instruction It updates the memory only when there is an inconsistency between the cache and the memory Memory at 15MB 16MB Rese...

Page 79: ...egard the function 2 9 2 PnP PCI Options The PnP PCI Options allows you to specify the settings for your PCI devices Selecting this option displays the following screen For system board with LAN PnP PCI Ooptions PCI IRQ Setting Auto INTA INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 Onboard LAN AGP PCI IRQ Sharing No VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Graphics Aperture Size 64 MB Plug and Pla...

Page 80: ...Q Setting Select Auto to let BIOS automatically configure the plug and play PnP devices installed on your system Otherwise select Manual Refer to your manual for technical information about the PCI card PCI SLOTS When you set the PCI IRQ Setting parameter to Auto these parameters specify the auto assigned interrupt for each of the PCI devices If you set the PCI IRQ Setting parameter to Manual you ...

Page 81: ...able to assign for the remaining device function we recommend that you enable this parameter VGA Palette Snoop This parameter permits you to use the palette snooping feature if you installed more than one VGA card in the system The VGA palette snoop function allows the control palette register CPR to manage and update the VGA RAM DAC Digital Analog Converter a color data storage of each VGA card i...

Page 82: ...l PnP boot and non boot devices such as sound cards Set this parameter to Yes only if your operating system is Windows 95 Reset Resource Assignments Set this parameter to Yes to avoid IRQ conflict when installing non PnP or PnP ISA cards This clears all resource assignments and allows BIOS to reassign resources to all installed PnP devices the next time the system boots After clearing the resource...

Page 83: ...er which makes applications run faster CPU Multiple This parameter sets the Core bus ratio of your system The clock speed of the bus does not necessarily equal the CPU s core The bus clock speed is often slower than the CPU clock speed Processor Speed The processor speed is the speed at which a microprocessor executes instructions Clock speeds are expressed in megahertz MHz with 1 MHz being equal ...

Page 84: ...r on Password None Operation Mode Normal Disk Drive Control Floppy Drive Normal Hard Disk Drive Normal 2 10 1 Setup Password The Setup Password prevents unauthorized access to the BIOS utility To set or change a Password 1 Make sure that JP3 is set to 2 3 bypass password See figure 1 2 for the location of JP3 You cannot enter the BIOS utility if a Setup password does not exist and JP3 is set to 1 ...

Page 85: ...d 3 Type a password in the Enter Password field The password may consist of up to seven characters Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on the screen 4 Press Retype your password in the Enter Password again field to verify your first entry 5 Highlight Set or Change Password and press 6 Press to return to the System Security menu and then press again to exi...

Page 86: ...our computer s housing and reboot your system The next time you want to enter the BIOS utility you must key in your Setup password To remove your Setup Password 1 Disable the Setup Password parameter in the System Security menu by pressing the or arrow key to select None 2 Press to return to the System Security menu and then press again to exit Setup The Exit Setup screen appears Exit Setup Settin...

Page 87: ...r s housing and reboot your system To bypass Setup Password If you forget your setup password you can bypass the password security feature by hardware Follow these steps to bypass the password 1 Turn off and unplug the computer 2 Open the computer housing and set JP3 to 2 3 Bypass password to bypass the password function See figure 1 2 for the location of JP3 3 Turn on the system and enter the BIO...

Page 88: ...up password Make sure to set JP3 to 1 2 to enable the Power on password Power on Password Enter your new Power on Password twice Power on Password may be up to 7 characters long Enter Password Enter Password again Set or Change Password Operation Mode This function lets you enable or disable the password prompt display When set to Normal the password prompt appears before system boot When set to K...

Page 89: ...l settings and their corresponding functions Table 2 2 Drive Control Settings Floppy Drive Setting Description Normal Floppy drive functions normally Write Protect All Sectors Disables the write function on all sectors Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector Hard Disk Drive Setting Description Normal Hard disk drive functions normally Write Protect All Sectors...

Page 90: ...n menu Load Default Settings Do you want to load default settings Yes No Select Yes to load the default settings Select No to ignore the message and return to the BIOS utility 2 12 Abort Settings Change Use this option to disregard your changes to the BIOS and reload your previous settings The following dialog box appears when you select Abort Settings Change from the main menu Abort Settings Chan...

Page 91: ... you will know what values to enter when you rerun Setup Press to leave Setup Utility The following dialog box appears Exit Setup Do you really want to exit Setup Yes No Use the arrow keys to select your response Press If you made any changes to the Setup Utility the dialog box below is displayed Exit Setup Settings have been changed Do you want to save CMOS settings Yes No Use the arrow keys to s...

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