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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 System Board

1.1

Features.....................................................................1-1

1.2

System Board Layout.................................................1-2

1.3

ESD Precautions........................................................1-4

1.4

Pre-installation Instructions........................................1-5

1.5

Upgrading the CPU....................................................1-6

1.5.1

Removing the CPU.....................................1-6

1.5.2

Installing the Upgrade CPU.........................1-6

1.6

Jumpers and Connectors...........................................1-8

1.7

Installing Memory.....................................................1-13

1.7.1

Installing a DIMM......................................1-14

1.7.2

Removing a DIMM....................................1-15

1.7.3

Reconfiguring the System.........................1-15

1.8

Second-level Cache.................................................1-16

1.9

Installing Expansion Cards.......................................1-17

1.9.1

Installing the PCI Card..............................1-17

1.9.2

Installing the ISA Cards.............................1-18

1.10

Post-installation Instructions....................................1-19

1.11

USB.........................................................................1-20

1.12

Hardware Monitor Function......................................1-20

1.13

Error Messages........................................................1-21

1.13.1

Software Error Messages..........................1-21

1.13.2

System Error Messages............................1-21

1.13.3

Correcting Error Conditions.......................1-24

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Page 1: ...V38X System User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ly disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for 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 t...

Page 3: ...Other brand and product names are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective holders iii ...

Page 4: ...eating these openings must not be blocked or covered The openings should never be blocked by placing the product 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 7 This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the marking label If you are ...

Page 5: ...ing or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel 13 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 ...

Page 6: ...plode if not handled properly Do not recharge disassemble or dispose of in fire Keep away from children and dispose of used battery promptly 16 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 is 15 f...

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Page 10: ...f 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 and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit d...

Page 11: ...hapters 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 BIOS Utility This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by changing the settings of the BIOS parameters xi ...

Page 12: ... the keyboard NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures TIP Tells how to accomplish a procedu...

Page 13: ...talling Memory 1 13 1 7 1 Installing a DIMM 1 14 1 7 2 Removing a DIMM 1 15 1 7 3 Reconfiguring the System 1 15 1 8 Second level Cache 1 16 1 9 Installing Expansion Cards 1 17 1 9 1 Installing the PCI Card 1 17 1 9 2 Installing the ISA Cards 1 18 1 10 Post installation Instructions 1 19 1 11 USB 1 20 1 12 Hardware Monitor Function 1 20 1 13 Error Messages 1 21 1 13 1 Software Error Messages 1 21 1...

Page 14: ...y Channel Master 2 6 2 2 8 IDE Primary Channel Slave 2 6 2 2 9 IDE Secondary Channel Master 2 7 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 8 2 2 15 PS 2 Mouse 2 8 2 2 16 USB Host Controller 2 8 2 2 17 Product Information 2 8 2 3 Basic Configuration 2 10 2 3 1 Date and Time 2 10 2 3 2 Floppy Drives 2 11 2 3...

Page 15: ...onfiguration 2 28 2 6 1 Internal Cache 2 28 2 6 2 External Cache 2 29 2 6 3 Memory at 15MB 16MB Reserved For 2 29 2 6 4 Memory Parity Mode 2 29 2 6 5 C8000h DFFFF Shadow 2 29 2 6 6 Onboard Peripheral Configuration 2 29 2 6 7 PnP PCI System Configuration 2 34 2 7 Exit Setup Utility 2 37 2 7 1 Save CMOS Settings and Exit 2 37 2 7 2 Load Previous Settings and Exit 2 37 2 7 3 Load Default Settings 2 3...

Page 16: ... 15 1 7 Installing a PCI Card 1 17 1 8 Installing an ISA Card 1 1 9 List of Tables 1 1 System Jumper Settings 1 9 1 2 Intel P55C P54C CPU Clock and Voltage Jumper Setting 1 9 1 3 AMD K6 K5 CPU Clock and Voltage Jumper Setting 1 10 1 4 Cyrix IBM 6X86 6X86L CPU Clock and Voltage Jumper Setting 1 11 1 5 Onboard Connectors 1 12 2 1 Drive Control Settings 2 21 2 2 Parallel Port Operation Mode Settings ...

Page 17: ...O interfaces comprise of an UART NS16C550 serial port a parallel port with Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Extended Capabilities Port ECP feature PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports and a Universal Serial Bus USB interface The USB interface allows the system to support additional peripherals The system supports the power management function that conforms to the power saving standards of the U S Environmental...

Page 18: ...B pipelined burst second level cache Integrates an enhanced PCI local bus IDE controller PCI 2 1 compliant 2 MBit Flash ROM for system BIOS Four PCI and three ISA expansion slots one PCI and ISA shared slot Dual NS16C550 buffered serial ports and one ECP EPP parallel port USB interface that enables the system to support more peripherals Two fast IDE channels support Ultra 33 Synchronous DMA mode a...

Page 19: ...6 512 KB pipelined burst cache 18 PCI slots 7 System Chipset MTXC 82439TX 19 USB ports 8 Buzzer 20 COM 2 port 9 RTC battery 21 COM 1 port 10 DIMM sockets 22 Parallel port 11 IDE 2 connector 23 PS 2 keyboard connector 12 IDE 1 connector 24 PS 2 mouse connector Figure 1 1 System Board Layout The heatsink becomes very hot when the system is on NEVER touch the heatsink with any metal or with your hand...

Page 20: ...re you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Wear a wrist grounding strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling components If a wrist strap is not available maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring ESD protection 1 4 User s Guide ...

Page 21: ...tions in the housing installation manual 3 Follow the ESD precautions in section 1 3 before handling a system component 4 Remove any expansion boards or peripherals that block access to the DIMM sockets or CPU socket 5 See the following sections for specific instructions on the component you wish to install Do not attempt the procedures described in the following sections unless you are a qualifie...

Page 22: ...e automatically released from the socket holes 4 Detach the CPU from the socket 1 5 2 Installing the Upgrade CPU Observe the ESD precautions when installing components See section 1 3 Before you proceed make sure that there is no CPU installed in the CPU socket Follow these steps to install the upgrade CPU 1 Pull up the socket lever 2 Insert the CPU making sure that pin 1 indicated by a notched co...

Page 23: ...nstalling a CPU 4 Attach the heatsink and fan to the CPU Figure 1 3 Attaching the Heatsink and Fan to the CPU 5 Plug in the fan cable to the fan connector on the system board System Board 1 7 notched corner hole 1 ...

Page 24: ...1 6 Jumpers and Connectors Figure 1 4 shows the jumper and connector locations Figure 1 4 Jumper and Connector Locations The shaded pin indicates pin 1 1 8 User s Guide ...

Page 25: ...o 1 2 2 3 VRE K5 Type CPU Others JP25 Acer OEM BIOS 1 2 2 3 OEM Acer JPX1 LAN Card Selection 1 2 2 3 Active High Active Low Table 1 2 Intel P55C P54C CPU Clock and Voltage Jumper Setting CPU Clock Jumper Setting CPU Freq MHz Host Bus Freq Core Bus Clock Host Clock Jumpers Clock Ratio Jumpers MHz Ratio JP5 JP7 JP14 JP8 JP15 JP20 JP21 P55C 233 66 7 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 P55C 200 66 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1...

Page 26: ...re Voltage H W Monitor Voltage JP19 JP3 JP26 JP24 JP23 P55C OPEN CLOSE 9 10 2 8V 1 2 2 8V 2 3 3 3V P54C STD CLOSE OPEN 3 4 3 3V 2 3 3 3V P54C VRE CLOSE OPEN 1 2 3 5V 1 2 3 5V Table 1 3 AMD K6 K5 CPU Clock and Voltage Jumper Setting CPU Clock Jumper Setting CPU Freq Host Bus Core Bus Host Clock Jumpers Clock Ratio MHz Freq Clock JP7 JP8 Jumpers MHz Ratio JP5 JP14 JP15 JP20 JP21 JP22 K6 PR233 66 7 2...

Page 27: ...ge JP19 JP3 JP26 JP24 JP23 K5 Y B 1 CLOSE OPEN 1 2 3 5V 1 2 3 5V K5 Y C 1 CLOSE OPEN 3 4 3 3V 2 3 3 3V K6 PR2 233 OPEN CLOSE 5 6 3 2V 5 6 3 2V 2 3 3 3V K6 PR2 200 166 OPEN CLOSE 7 8 2 9V 3 4 2 9V 2 3 3 3V Table 1 4 Cyrix IBM 6X86 6X86L CPU Clock and Voltage Jumper Setting CPU Clock Jumper Setting CPU Freq MHz Host Bus Freq Core Bus Clock Host Clock Jumpers Clock Ratio Jumpers MHz Ratio JP5 JP7 JP1...

Page 28: ...le 1 5 Onboard Connectors Connector Function CN1 Mouse and Keyboard connector CN2 Parallel connector CN3 USB connector CN4 COM1 and COM2 connector CN6 HDD LED connector CN7 Modem Ring in connector CN8 Secondary IDE connector CN9 IRDA connector Reserved CN10 FDD connector CN12 Primary IDE connector CN13 Power Switch connector CN15 Power connector CN16 Standby Power connector CN21 Reset LED connecto...

Page 29: ...IMM3 Single Side can only accept 16MB and 64MB DIMMs Table 1 5 lists the possible memory configurations Table 1 10 Memory Configurations DIMM 1 Double Side DIMM 2 Double Side DIMM 3 Single Side Total Memory 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB 48 MB 32 MB 16 MB 48 MB 64 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB 16 MB 80 MB 64 MB 16 MB 80 MB 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB 80 MB 64 MB 3...

Page 30: ...128 MB 32 MB 16 MB 176 MB 1 14 User s Guide ...

Page 31: ...M1 and DIMM2 sockets are exchangeable Only 16MB and 64MB DIMMs can be use on DIMM3 Single Side 1 7 1 Installing a DIMM Follow these steps to install a DIMM 1 Align pin 1 of the DIMM with pin 1 of the socket Pin 1 is labeled 1 on both of the DIMM and the socket 2 Gently push the DIMM until the holding clips lock the DIMM into a vertical position System Board 1 15 1 2 ...

Page 32: ...M in or out of a socket can damage the socket or the DIMM or both 1 7 2 Removing a DIMM To remove a DIMM 1 Press the holding clips on both sides of the socket outward to release the DIMM 2 Gently pull the DIMM out of the socket Figure 1 6 Removing a DIMM 1 16 User s Guide 1 2 ...

Page 33: ...1 7 3 Reconfiguring the System The system automatically detects the amount of memory installed Run Setup to view the new value for total system memory and make a note of it System Board 1 17 ...

Page 34: ...Refer to the following table for the possible cache configurations Table 1 11 Second level Cache Configurations Cache Size Data RAM 9 ns Location Tag RAM 15 ns U39 Cacheable Memory 256 KB 32K x 32 x 2 pcs U22 U23 32K x 8 x 1 pc 64 MB 512 KB 64K x 32 x 2 pcs U22 U23 32K x 8 x 1 pc 64 MB 1 18 User s Guide ...

Page 35: ...ve the bracket on the housing opposite to the 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 7 Installing a PCI Card System Board 1 19 ...

Page 36: ...led 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 system This time Pn...

Page 37: ...Figure 1 8 Installing an ISA Card System Board 1 21 ...

Page 38: ... according to the step by step instructions in their respective sections 2 Make sure you have set all the required jumpers See section 1 6 for the correct jumper settings 3 Replace any expansion boards or peripherals that you removed earlier 4 Replace the system cover 5 Connect the necessary cables and turn on the system 1 22 User s Guide ...

Page 39: ...edium speed peripherals less than 12Mbps such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem ISDN With USB complex cable connections at the back panel of your PC can be eliminated See Figure 1 1 for the location of the USB interface on the system board System Board 1 23 ...

Page 40: ...ement programs that offer SMART System Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology monitor function for checking local or network connected systems In addition it also enables the PC products and applications to be OS independent To enable the Hardware Monitor function you need to install either ADM or Intel LDCM Contact your dealer for information on the availability of the software Refer to the...

Page 41: ...re error messages are returned by your operating system or application These messages typically appear after you boot the operating system or when you run your applications If you receive this type of message consult your application or operating system manual for help 1 13 2 System Error Messages A system error message indicates a problem with the computer itself These messages normally appear du...

Page 42: ...Error Floppy may be bad If not check the floppy drive and replace if necessary Hard Disk Controller Error Check and connect the cable to the hard disk drive or controller Hard Disk 0 Error Check all cable connections Check the hard disk and replace if necessary Hard Disk 1 Error Check all cable connections Check the hard disk and replace if necessary Hard Disk 0 Extended Type Error Run Setup Hard ...

Page 43: ...etup Disable Onboard Parallel Port Pointing Device Error Check or connect the pointing device Contact your dealer Pointing Device Interface Error Contact your dealer Press F1 key to continue or Ctrl Alt Esc for Setup Press or Press Esc to turn off NMI any key to reboot Press to disregard NMI error Press any key to reboot the system Protected Mode Test Fail Contact your dealer RAM BIOS Error Contac...

Page 44: ...specially for a new system 2 Remove the system cover according to the directions in the system housing installation guide Check that 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 physically formatted Physically format the disk using the FDISK and FORMAT commands 4 Check that all connectors and boards are secure Cons...

Page 45: ...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 immediately after you exi...

Page 46: ...ation Basic Configuration System Security Power Management Exit Setup Utility Move highlight bar Select Esc Exit The Main Menu screen displays the basic configuration level This level of configuration allows you to change the basic parameters of your system like the following Changing the system date or time Setting power saving modes and timers Setting system password Changing system boot drive O...

Page 47: ...t press The Advance Configuration options appears BIOS Utility System Information Basic Configuration System Security Power Management Advanced Configuration Exit Setup Utility Move highlight bar Select Esc Exit The Advance Configuration level can only be access by pressing in the Main Menu The advanced configuration settings of your system BIOS is preset Do not change any settings in the Advanced...

Page 48: ...MB IDE Primary Channel Slave CD ROM IDE Secondary Channel Master None IDE Secondary Channel Slave None Total Memory xxx MB 1st Bank SDRAM 2nd Bank None 3rd Bank None PgDn PgUp Move Screen Esc Back to Main Menu The System Information menu shows the current basic configuration of your system The command line at the bottom of the menu tells you how to move from one screen to another and return to the...

Page 49: ...er specifies the type of processor currently installed in your system The system supports Intel Pentium AMD and Cyrix 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 processors running at 166 200 and 233 MHz 2 2 3 L1 Cache Size This parameter specifies the first level or the intern...

Page 50: ... 2 3 2 2 2 6 Floppy Drive B This parameter specifies the system s current floppy drive B settings For information on how to configure the floppy drives see section 2 3 2 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 devices drives see section 2...

Page 51: ...otal Memory This parameter specifies the total amount of onboard memory The memory size is automatically detected by BIOS during the POST If you install additional 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 of DRAM installed in DIMM sockets 1 2 and 3 The None settin...

Page 52: ...troller This parameter specifies whether the onboard USB controller is enabled or disabled For information on how to enable or disable USB see section 2 6 7 2 2 17 Product Information The Product Information contains the general data about the system such as the product name serial number BIOS version etc These information are necessary for troubleshooting may be required when asking for technical...

Page 53: ...n Menu Product Name This parameter specifies the official name of the system System S N This parameter specifies the system s serial number Main Board ID This parameter specifies the system board s identification number Main Board S N This parameter specifies the system board s serial number System BIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the BIOS utility BIOS Utility 2 9 ...

Page 54: ...E Primary Channel Master ØIDE Primary Channel Slave ØIDE Secondary Channel Master ØIDE Secondary Channel Slave ØBoot Option Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help 2 3 1 Date and Time The real time clock keeps the system date and time After setting the date and time you do not need to enter them every time you turn on the system As long as the internal battery remains good approximately seven ye...

Page 55: ...d 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 2 3 2 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 ...

Page 56: ... 2 88 MB 3 5 inch 2 12 User s Guide ...

Page 57: ... A BIOS recognizes the LS 120 drive as drive A If a standard diskette drive A exists BIOS automatically identifies it as drive B If a standard diskette drive B exists it automatically becomes inaccessible 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 inaccessib...

Page 58: ...e hard disk drive connected to the master port of IDE channel 1 IDE Primary Channel Slave This parameter lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1 IDE Secondary Channel Master This parameter lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the master port of IDE channel 2 IDE Secondary Channel Slave This parameter lets you configure the hard disk drive ...

Page 59: ...de Disabled Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help The above parameters marked with will only appear if you access the advanced configuration level in the Main Menu Please refer to section 2 1 1 for more information TYPE This parameter lets you specify the type of hard disk installed in your system If you want BIOS to automatically configure your hard disk select Auto If you know your hard disk...

Page 60: ...epending on your Type parameter setting SIZE This parameter specifies the size of your hard disk in MB Enhanced IDE Features HARD DISK SIZE 504 MB When set to Auto the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function If supported it allows you to use a hard disk with a capacity of more than 504 MB This is made possible through the Logical Block Address LBA mode t...

Page 61: ...ard disk activity time This results to better hard disk performance To disregard the feature change the setting to Disabled HARD DISK 32 BIT ACCESS Enabling this parameter improves system performance by allowing the use of the 32 bit hard disk access This enhanced IDE feature works only under DOS Windows 3 x Windows 95 and Novell NetWare If your software or hard disk does not support this function...

Page 62: ...rred setting for bootup The following screen appears if you select Boot Options from the Basic Configuration menu Boot Options Page 1 1 Fast Boot Auto Silent Boot Enabled Num Lock After Boot Enabled Memory Test Disabled Boot Sequence 1st Floppy Disk 2nd Hard Disk 3rd CD ROM First Hard Disk Drive IDE Configuration Table Disabled Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help Fast Boot This parameter all...

Page 63: ...sabled BIOS is in the conventional text mode where you see the system initialization details on the screen Num Lock After Boot This parameter allows you to activate the Num Lock function upon booting The default setting is Enabled Memory Test When set to Enabled this parameter allows the system to perform a RAM test during the POST routine When set to Disabled the system detects only the memory si...

Page 64: ... system to initialize the SCSI drive before the IDE drive When set to IDE the system will initialize the IDE drive first The default setting is IDE Configuration Table This option displays the configuration table during boot up The configuration table shows a summary of information concerning your system hardware configuration The default setting is Disabled 2 20 User s Guide ...

Page 65: ... Drive Normal Setup Password None Power on Password None Operation Mode Normal Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help 2 4 1 Disk Drive Control The disk drive control features allow you to control the floppy drive or the hard disk drive boot function to prevent loading operating systems or other programs from a certain drive while the other drives are operational under DOS mode only Table 2 1 li...

Page 66: ...rite Protect All Sectors Disables the write function on all sectors Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector 2 4 2 Setup Password The Setup Password prevents unauthorized access to the BIOS utility Setting a Password 1 Make sure that JP10 is set to 2 3 bypass password You cannot enter the BIOS utility if a Setup password does not exist and JP10 is set to 1 2 pa...

Page 67: ...ord then press After setting the password the system automatically sets the Setup Password parameter to Present 7 Press to exit the System Security screen and return to the Main menu 8 Press to exit the BIOS utility A dialog box appears asking if you want to save the CMOS data 9 Select Yes to save the changes and reboot the system 10 While rebooting turn off the system then open the housing 11 Set...

Page 68: ...een and return to the Main menu 5 Press to exit the BIOS utility A dialog box appears asking if you want to save the CMOS data 6 Select Yes to save the changes Bypassing the 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 system 2 Open the system housing and JP10 is set to ...

Page 69: ...lity select System Security then highlight the Power On Password parameter Follow the same procedure as in setting the Setup password Make sure to set JP10 to 1 2 to enable the Power On 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 Keyboard Lock the password prompt do not ap...

Page 70: ...I BIOS Enabled System Wake up event Modem Ring Indicator Enabled Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help The above parameters marked with will only appear if you access the advanced configuration level in the Main Menu Please refer to section 2 1 1 for more information 2 5 1 Power Management Mode This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption When this parameter is set to Enabled you can ...

Page 71: ...ving mode that the system will enter after a specified period of inactivity The options are Standby and Suspend Mode This parameter becomes configurable only 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 5 2 Power Switch 4 sec When set to Power off the system automatically turns off...

Page 72: ...m wake up event allows the system to resume operation when the modem ring indicator is enabled Modem Ring Indicator When Enabled any fax modem activity wake up the system from suspend mode The default setting is Enabled 2 28 User s Guide ...

Page 73: ... the Advanced Configuration parameters Advanced Configuration Page 1 1 Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Memory at 15MB 16MB Reserved for System C8000h DFFFF Shadow Disabled ØOnboard Peripheral Configuration ØPnP PCI System Configuration Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help 2 6 1 Internal Cache This parameter enables or disables the first level or internal memory that is the memor...

Page 74: ...em reserves a portion of random access memory RAM for the shadow RAM function This parameter allows you to shadow the C8000h DFFFF address range enabling I O ROM functions to run directly from the shadow RAM for faster operation When you set this parameter to Disabled the functions run normally from ROM 2 6 5 Onboard Peripheral Configuration The Onboard Peripheral Configuration allows you to confi...

Page 75: ...or disable the 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 controller 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 contro...

Page 76: ...ion from the Onboard Peripheral Configuration menu displays the following screen Onboard Serial Parallel Port Settings Page 1 1 Serial Port 1 Enabled Base Address 3F8h IRQ 4 Serial Port 2 Enabled Base Address 3F8h IRQ 4 Parallel Port Enabled Base Address 3BCh IRQ 7 Operation Mode ECP ECP DMA Channel 3 Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help SERIAL PORT 1 AND 2 This parameter allows you to enable...

Page 77: ... 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h BIOS Utility 2 33 ...

Page 78: ...s 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 parallel port onboard a ...

Page 79: ... operation in a two way mode Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Allows bidirectional parallel port operation 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 DM...

Page 80: ...to INTA INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 PCI IRQ Sharing Yes VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Plug and Play OS Yes Reset Resource Assignments No Move Highlight Bar Change Setting F1 Help PCI IRQ 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 abo...

Page 81: ...le 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 installed in the system The snooping process lets the CPR send a signal to a...

Page 82: ...et 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 data the parameter resets to No 2 38 User s Guide ...

Page 83: ... Select Esc Back to Main Menu 2 7 1 Save CMOS Settings and Exit Select this option if you want to save the current CMOS settings and exit the BIOS utility 2 7 2 Load Previous Settings and Exit Select this option to cancel the current changes made to the BIOS settings reload the previous settings and exit the BIOS utility after reload 2 7 3 Load Default Settings This option loads the default settin...

Page 84: ...tings including your recent modifications Press to return to the Main Menu 2 7 5 Abort Settings Change This option cancels all modifications that you have made in the system configuration and reloads your previous settings Press to return to the Main Menu 2 40 User s Guide ...

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